Chapter 1869: The Mysterious Power Within the Dragon Washing Pool
Upon entering the lake, Wyatt Barnes found that aura to be even more intense.
"It’s at the bottom of the lake!"
Diving into the water, Wyatt moved effortlessly, heading towards the lakebed.
The presence of the water posed no obstacle for him.
Below the lake, aquatic plants were everywhere, but not a single fish could be seen.
"There!"
Following his sense of the aura, Wyatt arrived at a cluster of aquatic plants.
However, upon seeing nothing but the aquatic plants, he couldn’t help but feel puzzled, "What’s going on? That aura clearly comes from here!"
Raising his hand, Wyatt controlled his solar essence, sweeping the aquatic plants aside.
Once the aquatic plants were swept away, a palace embedded beneath the lake appeared in Wyatt’s view, illuminating his eyes.
Currently, he was located above the palace, a layer of transparent film akin to a celestial veil separated him from the water outside.
"I should be able to enter..."
Wyatt attempted to pass through the transparent film resembling a celestial veil, and his foot encountered no obstacle.
"I can indeed!"
Moments later, Wyatt passed through the transparent film, appearing above the ancient and majestic palace.
Now, as he looked up, Wyatt could see a gap opening in the void, behind which was the lakebed where he had previously been.
"The Dragon Washing Pool... is inside this palace?"
Retracting his gaze, Wyatt descended and landed in front of the palace door.
Only then did he have time to carefully examine the palace before him.
This palace wasn’t large but exuded an ancient and enduring aura, intermingled with the aura that attracted Wyatt here.
"Is the Dragon Washing Pool inside?"
Wyatt didn’t linger outside the palace for long; his thoughts were entirely focused on the ’Dragon Washing Pool.’
Pushing open the palace doors, a thick mist greeted Wyatt as he entered the palace.
Beneath the mist lay a massive pool, filled with a milky white liquid that emitted an alluring aura...
This aura not only contained dense spiritual energy from heaven and earth but seemed to harbor something else as well.
"Is this the Dragon Washing Pool?"
After activating the ’Mysterious Eye,’ the mist before Wyatt’s eyes gradually thinned and revealed the complete view of the Dragon Washing Pool.
The Dragon Washing Pool appeared like a regular pool, but around it were nine dragon statues with long bodies.
The tails of these dragon statues stretched into the pool, while their heads were pressed against the edges of the palace, mouths agape, swallowing the faint spiritual energy and transferring it into the pool.
Approaching the pool, Wyatt tentatively reached his hand inside.
The milky white liquid felt cool to the touch, and a surge of rich spiritual energy flowed through Wyatt’s hand and into his body, accompanied by a mysterious force.
Once this force entered, his solar essence within began to circulate along the Nine Dragons War Sovereign’s path automatically.
Moreover, the ’Dragon Power’ granted by the eight-clawed dragon that enabled him to transform into a Dragon Warrior, also began to stir with the influx of this force, like an unrestrained horse beyond Wyatt’s control.
"What is this?!"
His pupils slightly contracted as Wyatt hurriedly withdrew his hand.
Instantly, the solar essence and Dragon Power within Wyatt came to a halt.
"Go ahead... there’s no problem."
At the same time, Elder Fire’s voice came, assuring Wyatt that the Dragon Washing Pool was harmless.
"Elder Fire, just now..."
Hearing Elder Fire’s words, Wyatt couldn’t help but smile wryly.
Although he trusted Elder Fire greatly, the previous experience left him still somewhat apprehensive, so he shared the experience with him first.
"Don’t worry... the Dragon Power within you merely resonated with the power in the Dragon Washing Pool. If my guess is correct, once you enter the pool, not only will your cultivation increase significantly, but you should receive other benefits as well... The fact that your solar essence automatically followed your cultivation technique also indicates a resonance with that power."
Elder Fire said: "It seems this Dragon Washing Pool suits you very well... Even I can’t foresee the benefits you’ll receive upon entering it! But I’m certain it’s all positive."
"That mysterious force resonated with my Dragon Power and my cultivation technique?"
Wyatt’s eyes widened.
The force resonating with his Dragon Power didn’t surprise him, as he had recently acquired it.
The source of the Dragon Power and the Dragon Washing Pool were in the same area, only separated by the lake.
However, the idea of his cultivation technique resonating with that force left him puzzled, "My cultivation technique was a creation of the Martial Emperor of Cloud Skies Continent, the ’Nine Dragons War Sovereign! Even the Martial Emperor himself never practiced it."
"Later, when I arrived at the Martial Dao Sacred Land, as I practiced the Nine Dragons War Sovereign, nine Divine Dragon shadows would appear within me, manipulating the celestial energy of the world, maneuvering the True Origin... Logically speaking, the Nine Dragons War Sovereign was created by the Reincarnation Martial Emperor, and shouldn’t have any connection with the power inside the Dragon Washing Pool of the Dragonsmith Clan Holy Land!"
"But now... what exactly is going on?"
Wyatt Barnes was baffled.
The Nine Dragons War Sovereign was created by the Reincarnation Martial Emperor, who once stood at the pinnacle of the Cloud Skies Continent.
However, even at the peak of the Reincarnation Martial Emperor’s power, he was insignificant compared to Wyatt’s current level!
No matter how strong the Reincarnation Martial Emperor was, he only reigned supreme on the Cloud Skies Continent.
As for the current him, even across the entire Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, he was considered a formidable force.
The Dragon Washing Pool, the ’Holy Land’ of the Lower Realm Dragon Clan of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.
No matter how he thought about it, Wyatt found it hard to link the two together, but they were inexplicably connected in a way he couldn’t fathom.
"Forget it... If I can’t figure it out, I won’t think about it! Since Elder Fire said there’s no problem with the Dragon Washing Pool, there should be no problem."
Coming to his senses, Wyatt stopped pondering and leaped into the Dragon Washing Pool with a flash.
Splash!
At the moment of entering the Dragon Washing Pool, Wyatt found that the milky white liquid inside gave him a cool sensation, while also evaporating the robe he wore... The entire robe disappeared upon contact with the milky white liquid.
"Had I known this would happen, I would have taken off my clothes before coming in."
Seeing this, Wyatt shook his head.
In the next moment, as if sensing something, Wyatt’s eyes widened suddenly, then his body became stiff as if he had lost his soul, and he fell into the Dragon Washing Pool.
"What’s going on?"
Just before his body collapsed, Wyatt realized his body was acting out of his control.
However, compared to when he first entered, the situation was much better now.
Besides not being able to control his body, Wyatt could still manipulate his Divine Sense and observe everything outside.
"Oh? I can control it again."
Moments later, Wyatt found he had regained control of his body.
After regaining control of his body, Wyatt was horrified to discover that in just a short while, his body had become a complete mess!
First, the liquid celestial energy in the Dragon Washing Pool had entered his body, followed by that mysterious force.
Even if it was just this, it would have been fine.
The problem was, even the ’Dragon Power’ lurking in his body joined the fray, merging with his Solar True Origin and the two forces from the Dragon Washing Pool, all operating along the cultivation path of the Nine Dragons War Sovereign.
From beginning to end, Wyatt had not actively operated the Nine Dragons War Sovereign technique; it was running all on its own!
Even when Wyatt wanted to stop it, he couldn’t; he could only watch from the sidelines.
"Is this still my body?"
Feeling the four forces circulating in his ninety-nine Saint Veins, Wyatt’s heart was filled with bitterness, feeling as if his body had been occupied by an intruder.
Fortunately, everything seemed stable for now.
His cultivation level was also increasing at an extremely terrifying speed...
The liquid celestial energy in the Dragon Washing Pool was a whole level beyond the ’spirit pool’ of the Mysterious Void Pavilion.
With Wyatt’s current cultivation, it wouldn’t take long to absorb the latter completely.
But the former seemed inexhaustible.
"At this rate, it won’t take long for my cultivation level to reach the ’late Great Saint Realm’!"
Wyatt could clearly feel his rapid cultivation progress. If he maintained this speed, in at most ten days to half a month, he would successfully break through to the ’late Great Saint Realm’.
"Hmm? What’s happening?"
Just as Wyatt was calming his mind, he discovered that two of the four forces within him were acting up.
The liquid celestial energy from the Dragon Washing Pool and his Solar True Origin were fine, without any anomalies, but as the mysterious force with Dragon Power broke away from the ’team,’ the operation of the Nine Dragons War Sovereign ceased, no longer running automatically.
Suddenly, Wyatt had to manually operate the Nine Dragons War Sovereign.
"The operation of the Nine Dragons War Sovereign really is related to that mysterious force... But what is it trying to do now?"
Wyatt found that the mysterious force, taking the Dragon Power with it, distributed itself throughout his body.
Moments later, Wyatt noticed that his skin started to change, sprouting a set of clearly visible scales, which were unmistakably dragon scales.
Moreover, his hands and feet had now transformed into dragon claws.
Each dragon claw had eight claws, glowing with a chilling light, seemingly capable of tearing through everything.
"This... What is happening? I haven’t even fully mastered the method to transform into a ’Dragon Warrior,’ yet it... it can directly help me transform into a ’Dragon Warrior’!"
Wyatt was dumbfounded.