Chapter 46 - Treasures of the Dragon Palace, Schemes and Strategies
Chapter 46 Treasures of the Dragon Palace, Schemes and Strategies
Yuan Feng also sensed the final outcome of the great battle. The Crystal Palace had been seized, and the Ancestral Dragon had suffered a loss. Her beautiful face was also filled with shock. But unlike Shi Qilin’s fear and apprehension, her astonishment carried a complex mix of indescribable brilliance and a trace of relief.
“He… he even managed to take Crystal Palace? This fellow cultivator is truly… truly astounding beyond belief!”
Yuan Feng murmured to herself, then thought of her daughter, Feng Ling, who was currently traveling with such a lawless yet overwhelmingly powerful figure. Her heart was filled with mixed emotions.
On one hand, she worried for her daughter’s safety—after all, following someone like that was bound to get swept into greater storms. But on the other hand, there was a faint sense of reassurance and even anticipation.
With such a powerful figure protecting her, Ling’er’s safety would be greatly ensured. She might even gain a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
“For Ling’er to encounter such a person… I wonder if it’s a blessing or a curse…”
Yuan Feng let out a soft sigh, then her gaze became resolute.
“No matter what, emotionally and logically, I should go pay a personal visit. First, to thank this fellow Daoist for watching over my daughter. Second, it’s time to form a good relationship with this newly risen powerhouse.”
The aftermath of the great battle had yet to fully subside; the air still carried a faint scent of blood and the lingering chaotic aura of clashing laws. Riding a streak of mystic yellow light, Chu Yuan soon returned to the cloud-shrouded, immortal-qi-filled Penglai Immortal Island.
“Welcome home, my lord!”
Feng Ling and Nuwa were already waiting outside the Gu Xuan Palace. As members of the three primordial clans, Feng Ling understood the true heritage of the Dragon Clan better than ordinary beings.
Seeing Chu Yuan had gone to pursue and kill the Torch Dragon, it would be a lie to say she hadn’t been worried. Now, witnessing his safe return—with only a slightly pale complexion, not a sign of true injury—she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Was the journey smooth, my lord?”
“It went well. I didn’t suffer any losses.”
Sensing Feng Ling’s concern, Chu Yuan nodded. With a flick of his hand, a radiant, majestic palace flew out from the hidden apertures within his body.
It hovered in mid-air, surrounded by a coiling dragon aura and clearly infused with the Law of Water!
Bathed in divine light and otherworldly brilliance—it was truly extraordinary. It was none other than the sacred Dragon Clan site he had forcibly uprooted from the bottom of the Eastern Sea…
The Crystal Palace!
“This… this is…”
Upon seeing the grand and imposing palace, Feng Ling froze in shock. It took him quite a while to snap out of it, and even then, his speech was stuttering, as if he suspected he was hallucinating.
“M-My lord, this… this is…”
“This is the Dragon Clan’s Crystal Palace?”
“Mm. Earlier, I chased Zhulong all the way to the Crystal Palace and fought with the Ancestral Dragon.”
“I thought the palace was rather magnificent, so I decided to seize it for myself.”
“It’s just a pity I couldn’t take Zhulong’s life,” Chu Yuan said this casually.
But he had no idea just how violently this stirred Feng Ling’s heart.
The Crystal Palace!
This was the Dragon Clan’s main sanctuary, painstakingly forged by the Ancestral Dragon himself with countless heavenly treasures. It was a sacred site revered by billions of beings of the scaled races. It wasn’t just a treasure or a building—it represented the face, the pride of the Dragon Clan!
And now, Chu Yuan had taken it, right in front of the Ancestral Dragon.
This…
Thinking back to Chu Yuan’s earlier words—“I didn’t suffer a loss”—Feng Ling still felt like everything was surreal.
A Taiyi Golden Immortal!
Had fought the Ancestral Dragon…
Had stolen the Crystal Palace…
Chu Yuan’s methods, courage, and power completely shattered Feng Ling’s understanding of what a true powerhouse in the Great Desolation was.
…
The Crystal Palace was a sacred land of the dragon race, located atop eighty-one spiritual veins in the Eastern Sea. It was protected by countless restrictions, but with the severing from the earth veins, most of these restrictions had lost their effectiveness. This, however, saved Chu Yuan a great deal of trouble.
His magical power surged forth, continuously breaking through the remaining restrictions. Before long, he had cleared out all the formations and enchantments laid by the dragon clan.
Chu Yuan extended his divine sense into the palace, and even with his current breadth of vision, he couldn’t help but be slightly moved. Inside the palace, the space was vast, with one resplendent hall after another, glittering with gold and jade.
In the treasure vault behind the Crystal Palace, radiant treasure light shone in all directions. This place stored part of the dragon clan’s heritage.
Piles of rare immortal metals and divine ores towered like mountains—many were aquatic-type heavenly treasures unique to the four seas. Such as Profound Ice Cold Iron, Deep Sea Silver, and Xuanming Heavy Water. They were too numerous to count.
All were ideal materials for crafting postnatal spiritual treasures. Each one, in the future, would be enough to make countless immortals fight over them. And this was merely the outermost layer.
Deeper within there was even a dedicated medicinal garden. It contained countless spiritual herbs and immortal medicines, many of which were over a million years old—no less than a hundred thousand in total. Additionally, there were more than eighty postnatal spiritual roots, each with its own unique use!
At the center of the garden, innate spiritual energy was pervasive. There were five low-grade innate spiritual roots.
The Clearheart Willow Tree, Innate Yimu Vine, Innate Crimson Flame Grass, Mysterious Yin Pine, and the Innate Seven-Colored Flower!
All of them were high-quality spiritual roots used to produce materials for crafting magical treasures. Moreover, there were two even more powerful mid-grade innate spiritual roots.
The Innate Qian Spirit Fruit Tree!
It flowers once every thousand years, bears fruit after another thousand, and matures after yet another thousand!
Every three thousand years, it yields 365 fruits. Consuming one can instantly grant the power of a Profound Immortal!
Although it did not compare to the high-grade innate spiritual root—the Fire Origin Fruit Tree—that Chu Yuan had previously acquired, it had the advantage of a shorter maturation period and a much higher fruit yield.
Together with the Fire Origin Fruit Tree, it wouldn’t take long to raise a powerful army of Dao Soldiers for Chu Yuan to command!