Chapter 760: Dragon God Temple... Ascension?
Yanzǐ's face turned red as she leaned against Hu Ren's shoulder, "Don't come looking for me at school隨便ly."The cheers from the balcony of the teaching building gradually became more organized: "Zhao...Chapter 760: The Dragon God Temple... Ascension
"Ah... East Sea Dragon Palace" Zhao Zanv blinked, looking at Hao Ren in surprise.
In the Five Heavens, the spiritual energy was thick. Moreover, with the protection of a barrier around Mysterious Peak, it would be better than refining xuan crystals undersea at the East Sea Dragon Palace.
Furthermore, Zhao Kuo lost to Su Han; although there wasn't chaos in the East Sea Dragon Palace, all the elders were troubled. If Hao Ren went back to the East Sea Dragon Palace for crystal refinement again, wouldn't it cause more waves
Xie Yujia also looked at Hao Ren with confusion but since this was a decision made by Hao Ren, she believed in every decision he made and would not obstruct him.
"Young Master's thoughts are correct. The East Sea Dragon Palace has the most meticulous protection; refining xuan crystals there is safest," Lu Lili said.
Above the Five Heavens was still territory for human cultivators, where numerous Core Formation and several Spirit Transformation-stage cultivators could be found.
Crystal refinement such as this, which had problems arise at any moment, should take place in a place one felt most stable. It was like breaking through to a new realm—if the heart wasn't calm enough, it would be hard to succeed.
Mysterious Peak had barriers surrounding it but it was only a safe corner within the Five Heavens and too many unexpected events had occurred there. If anything happened, it would affect Hao Ren's crystal refinement process.
However, things were different with the East Sea Dragon Palace—the entire sea area along with nearby land was under its control. With millions of soldiers patrolling, even if a powerful enemy attacked, they could hold off for a moment.
Lu Linlin and Lu Lili knew Hao Ren's decision to refine xuan crystals in the relatively sparse East Sea Dragon Palace was wise.
Moreover, they felt that this move of Hao Ren’s might be about cheering up Zhao Kuo.
Hao Ren released his palm towards a gap in the valley and the golden light shield, lodged within the fissure, was pulled out by his strength. It spun around to rest beneath him.
The Sevenheart Five-color Lotus had abundant spiritual energy; it wanted to extract this too but with Lu sisters’ yin-yang rings enclosing three of them, it couldn’t approach.
Yet in these two days, it wasn't without gain. Xie Yujia wiped its surface clean during her free time from alchemy practice and now the golden light shield truly deserved to be called a golden light shield—it had the appearance of an immortal artifact, glittering with gold.
However, when it moved, it revealed its nature—fidgety and restless, not at all like an immortal artifact should behave.
Hum!
Hao Ren stepped onto the back of the golden light shield, controlling it to fly.
The dozen snow lion cubs saw Hao Ren and others leaving and rolled over to run towards them, seemingly unwilling to part with Xie Yujia and the rest.
Xie Yujia felt pity in her heart and picked up four of the snow lions.
These snow lions had grown bigger since coming here—none were light. Thanks to Xie Yujia being a cultivator, she could lift them.
The other cubs panicked when they saw their companions being lifted by Xie Yujia—they looked up and chirped anxiously.
Living at Mysterious Peak, they had found that whenever Xie Yujia appeared, there would be food for them. Otherwise, they'd go hungry. The spirit fields in the valley were enclosed with barriers, which weren't easy to approach.
Lu Linlin and Lu Lili smiled as each picked up four snow lions. Zhao Zanv carried two while Duan Yao thought of Zhuoga from Sky Mountain Sect upon seeing them and bent down to pick one up too.
"Pay respects to the Ancestor!"
Seeing Hao Ren flying out of Mysterious Peak, the three sects around called out simultaneously.
With five or six cultivators riding on different magic treasures and carrying a dozen snow lions flying out from Mysterious Peak, this scene looked spectacular to the sects in the Five Heavens.
Hao Ren looked back at Mysterious Peak, unsure if he would ever return. Tomorrow was Su Han's day to break through to the Heavenly Dragon realm, and Hao Ren planned to refine the Mystic Crystal tonight; if everything went smoothly, he could just make it in time.
A short while later, Hao Ren flew from the fifth layer of heaven down to the first layer, leading Xie Yujia and the others into the East Sea.
Liu Yi, who had returned to duty at the East Sea, was responsible for guarding the area between Dragon Palace and land. Seeing Hao Ren return, he immediately came over to greet him.
Today's Hao Ren was already a Zhen rank middle grade cultivator; his speed far surpassed Liu Yi’s ability.
"General Liu, tonight we need to triple the military presence around Dragon Palace," said Hao Ren when he saw Liu Yi approach.
"Understood!" Without asking for reasons, Liu Yi replied crisply.
Hao Ren added, "There might be changes in heaven and earth. Let the soldiers know not to panic; I am refining a Mystic Crystal."
Liu Yi looked at Hao Ren in surprise before hurriedly nodding and rushing off to deploy troops around Dragon Palace.
Hao Ren trusted him, having promoted Liu Yi from a gatekeeper position. Liu Yi would never betray Hao Ren’s trust.
But Liu Yi was slightly surprised; refining Mystic Crystals was no small matter, especially since Hao Ren was the Grand General of the East Sea. With Zhao Kuo defeated by Su Han and morale low, if Hao Ren were to fail…
Ridiculous! How could Grand General Hao lose Liu Yi slapped himself hard before rushing into a barracks.
Meanwhile, Hao Ren led Xie Yujia and the others through the gate of Dragon Palace.
"Young Master Hao…" The hunched-over Chancellor Xia saw Hao Ren return as if he had found his backbone. "Third Lord has closed himself in seclusion, saying he won’t come out for two hundred years. You must persuade him!"
With Zhao Kuo pouting and refusing to leave seclusion, the million-strong army of Dragon Palace was left under Hao Ren’s command alone. Chancellor Xia worried that if Hao Ren abandoned his post, chaos would ensue.
"Alright…" said Hao Ren as he nodded. "I am going to refine a Mystic Crystal. Could you please prepare for me"
"Refine… Mystic Crystals" Chancellor Xia straightened up weakly and looked at Hao Ren in astonishment.
When he saw clearly that Hao Ren was indeed already Zhen rank middle grade, refining Mystic Crystals made perfect sense. But to reach such a level without using Mystic Crystals when one is only Exchange rank… the potential for advancement would be even higher!
"Please find me the most secluded place in Dragon Palace where I can train," Hao Ren requested.
Chancellor Xia stepped back, at a loss. "This humble official will immediately prepare!"
Seeing how calm and collected Hao Ren was, Chancellor Xia’s heart was filled with anticipation… Could it be that Hao Ren would become so powerful as to ascend to the Heavenly Dragon realm
Hao Ren needed to refine a Mystic Crystal, and this could not wait. Within Dragon Palace, everyone sprang into action.
Outside of Dragon Palace, Liu Yi led tens of thousands of soldiers in readiness.
Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu learned that Hao Ren was about to refine a Mystic Crystal and emerged from the palace; this made Zhao Yanzi very tense.
The last time she had waited for Zhao Kuo to refine his Mystic Crystal on an island, everyone had been concerned but relieved when he successfully came out. Was refining Mystic Crystals really that dangerous
Several dozen Purple Robe Elders who were discussing strategies for Dragon Palace’s future rushed outside with Zhao Guang upon receiving news.
The place Hao Ren was assigned to train in was precisely where Zhao Haoran trained.
This is the heart of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, and also the center of its protective array. Without Zhao Haoran here, even Purple Robe Elders cannot approach this area. Now that Zhao Guang personally arranged for Hao Ren to use it to refine the mysterious crystal, could it be considered the best environment for cultivation
To a certain extent, Hao Ren is inheriting Zhao Haoran's legacy. By cultivating here, they hope Hao Ren can absorb the aura of the old Dragon King, Zhao Haoran.
"Mom, it's really dangerous" Zhao Yanzi stood beside Zhao Hongyu and asked repeatedly as she saw Hao Ren enter the secret chamber.
"Your uncle has experience in refining mysterious crystals, so he was able to succeed in one attempt. Although Hao Ren is at the middle level of Xun grade, which isn't low, refining a mysterious crystal into the body isn’t that simple." Zhao Hongyu said.
"Then let Hao Ren cancel it!" Zhao Yanzi felt regretful now.
"Hao Ren wants to refine the mysterious crystal. We can't shake his resolve right now. Your uncle originally planned to break through to Heavenly Dragon within these two days, saying that this period is most suitable for a breakthrough." Zhao Hongyu replied.
In fact, Hao Ren's sudden announcement of refining the mysterious crystal made her quite surprised too. But since Hao Ren has already found the most suitable mysterious crystal, he should refine it as early as possible to accelerate his cultivation progress.
Every Dragon Clan cultivator would eagerly refine a mysterious crystal that suits them after finding one in order to advance into a higher realm ahead of time.
One must know that mysterious crystals are hard to come by. Even if the mysterious crystal won't cause any accidents, it can't be guaranteed that the cultivators won't.
Xie Yujia also stood on another side of Zhao Hongyu and was somewhat anxious as well.
Duan Yao clenched her fists tightly, looking at Hao Ren entering the secret chamber with a slightly complicated look in her eyes. During the days she followed Hao Ren, she always wanted to kill him for revenge, but indeed had several chances yet couldn't bring herself to do it.
A dozen snow lions were lined up from far to near, squatting beside Xie Yujia's feet.
Seeing these snow lions, even the Purple Robe Elders of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace were quite surprised; they couldn't imagine that Hao Ren could obtain so many Grade C spiritual beasts and all of them were second-tier!
"M-Master!"
Lu L琳琳和陸莉莉猶豫了幾秒，朝郝仁跑去。
“我們……幫公子護法！”陸家姐妹堅定地說道。
“不用了。”郝仁搖頭。
護法需要心神相通，如果郝仁煉化玄晶失敗，她們出手相助就會把她們也牽連進去。
“公子是仙靈之體，跟我們有不可分割的聯絡，而且……”陸琳琳看著郝仁，遲疑半秒，終於說道，“這大概是我們姐妹倆最後一次幫公子了。”
“你們……”郝仁遺憾地看著她們。
“我們要回去了。”陸琳琳無奈地笑笑，表情有些淒然，“公子已經是巽級中品，成功煉化玄晶境界還會再上一層，應該是不再需要琳琳和莉莉了。”
陸莉莉聽到陸琳琳這樣說，咬著嘴唇，淚水已經在眼眶裡打轉。
她不像陸琳琳那樣活潑，但心裡確實捨不得郝仁。
“何況我們這次拿到兩顆萬年的七心五彩蓮的蓮子，我和莉莉能夠互相煉化，跟公子形成合力。”陸琳琳接著說道。
“嗯……”郝仁看看她們誠懇的臉龐，再看看時間緊迫，於是轉身進入密室。
郝仁知道陸琳琳和陸莉莉不是此界的修士，總有一天要回去的。
其實就在七層天裡，他聽到那個聲音喊她們是“稱心稱意”，他就感覺陸家姐妹不會久留。
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"Master, are you really going to do this" Lu Linlin and Lu Lili hesitated for a few seconds before running towards Hao Ren.
"We... will guard Master!" The Lu sisters firmly declared.
"No need," Hao Ren shook his head.
Being a guardian required mental resonance. If Hao Ren’s refinement of the mysterious crystal failed and they intervened, it would also drag them into danger.
"Master is an immortal body, inseparably linked to us. Moreover..." Lu Linlin looked at Hao Ren, hesitated for half a second, then finally said, "This might be our last time helping Master."
"You two..." Hao Ren looked at them with some regret.
"We have to return," Lu Linlin smiled helplessly, her expression somewhat grim. "Master is already in the middle level of Xun grade; upon successfully refining the mysterious crystal and advancing further, he will no longer need Linlin and LiLi."
Hearing this, Lu Lili bit her lips as tears welled up in her eyes.
She wasn't as lively as Lu Linlin but she truly couldn't bear to part from Hao Ren.
"Besides, we have received two ten-thousand-year-old seven-heart five-color lotus seeds this time. LiLi and I can refine them together, forming a synergy with Master."
“Hmm…” Seeing the sincere faces of Lu Linlin and Lu Lili, and realizing the pressing time limit, Hao Ren turned to enter the secret chamber.
Hao Ren knew that Lu Linlin and Lu Lili were not natives of this world; they would have to return eventually.
Actually, from his conversations with the voice in the Seven Heavens, he had sensed that the Lu sisters wouldn’t stay for long.
When Lu's sisters mentioned the replacement of the ancestral dragon and the changes in heaven and earth, he understood that they were about to return.
He hoped that Lu's sisters would stay by his side and live happily, but at the same time, he felt that he couldn't give them happiness, so if they wanted to go back, he wouldn’t force them to stay.
Zhao Yanzi and Xie Yujia saw Lu's sisters follow Hao Ren into the secret room, guessing that they were there to protect him. Amongst them, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili had the highest realm and were also closest to Hao Ren… he just hoped that nothing would happen to Hao Ren.
“Gagaga…” The stone door of the secret room slowly closed.
Synchronously, in the top-secret chamber on the top floor of the Dragon God Temple, nine deputy temple masters lined up facing the back of the temple master.
"Temple Master, are you really going to use the Dragon God Temple as Su Han's venue for ascending"
One of the nine deputy temple masters couldn't hold back and asked.
The temple master faced the wall without turning around or speaking.
"The Heaven Dragon Tribulation is something that ordinary cultivators can hardly resist. The Dragon God Temple oversees all dragon races and floats high in the sky…"
"There are many prisoners locked up inside the Dragon God Temple. If there's any change to the array formations…"
"Temple Master…"
The nine deputy temple masters spoke one after another.
Even Yue Zilong felt that using the Dragon God Temple as Su Han's venue for ascending was a bit too reckless.
The array formations of the Dragon God Temple could mitigate some of the heavenly tribulation, but if Su Han couldn't withstand it, all its power would be unleashed on the Dragon God Temple, potentially causing it to collapse.
Having an Immortal Dragon cultivator emerge from their group was indeed good, but sacrificing the entire Dragon God Temple for this purpose seemed a bit disproportionate.
"My mind is made up; no more talk." The temple master raised his hand and stopped the clamor of the nine deputy temple masters.
Two of the deputy temple masters tried to say something, but found themselves unable to speak.
"You must all understand that the Dragon God Temple won't last forever or continue for millennia." The temple master said.
The nine deputy temple masters fell silent.
Indeed, the original intention of establishing the Dragon God Temple was to stabilize the cultivation world after a great war and supervise the seriously imbalanced major dragon races while also preventing human cultivators from breaking their agreements and retaliating on land.
Over several hundred years of management and adaptation, cultivation sects had stabilized above the Fifth Layer of Heaven, losing interest in the thin-spirited earth, and dragon cultivators no longer stirred up trouble but gradually integrated into ordinary human life as dragon race power dynamics tended toward stability.
The increasingly powerful Dragon God Temple was fundamentally a temporary institution. Although the nine deputy temple masters didn't verbally acknowledge this, they had to understand it in their hearts.
"If Su Han successfully passes her tribulation, I will hand over this Dragon God Temple to her. If she fails, then none of you need to think about anything."
The temple master slowly turned around and looked at the nine deputy temple masters with a stern face, speaking in an unambiguous tone.
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