Volume 1 Setting Sail Chapter 81 Dragon Pool

  The third watch has passed.

  The woman who walked out from among the mountains and waters was truly a surprise to Xiao Chen and the other martial body disciples, none of them had expected that Qi Changlao's shifu's younger sister would be so young, after all Qi Changlao's hair was already completely white.

  The woman's pace was extremely slow, but her speed of progress was very fast. Everyone only saw the woman take a dozen or so steps and she was already in front of them, as if she had used the legendary "shrinking distance to inches" technique.

  The woman looked about thirty years old, wearing a pale yellow palace dress, elegant and refined, with bright eyes and white teeth, her eyebrows like the dark green of a willow tree, exuding mature beauty from head to toe.

  "Qī Shīxiōng, you've brought your beloved disciple to me again." Qin Lǎo said with a hint that this was not the first time.

  "Hehe... It seems I'll have to trouble Qin Shi again." said Qi Chang Lao with a faint smile.

  Qin's elderly heard the words, bright eyes turned once, opened his mouth and said: "Qi Shixiong, I've long heard that Xu Jinji in Xianghua City is famous for its rouge throughout Nanxun Department Continent. My sister guards the Dragon Pool, not allowed to go down the mountain, Qi Shixiong..."

  Qī Zhǎnglǎo naturally understood the implication of the other party's words, and this little Shīmèi had always loved beauty, and was particularly fond of worldly cosmetics.

  Although Qin was in charge of guarding the Dragon Pool, he had no obligation to serve him exclusively. It was somewhat embarrassing to always trouble others to open the Dragon Pool for him.

  At this time, Qi Changlao said magnanimously: "Qin Shimei has a crush on Xu Jin, and how can Shixiong not make things perfect for her? This matter is taken care of by Shixiong."

  "Thank you, Senior Brother." Qin Lao heard this and was overjoyed. He then looked at Xiao Chen and the others, a bright light flashing in his eyes, and said: "Qi Senior Brother, the disciples you've chosen this time are all extraordinary!"

  "Haha......" Qi Changlao burst out laughing upon hearing this, looking very pleased with himself.

  "Follow me, young ones." Qin Lao didn't say anything else, and calmly turned around, leading Xiao Chen and the others towards Longchi.

  Walking in the vast and magnificent mountains and waters, all the way, the fragrance of flowers is everywhere, the grass and trees are lush, this place is simply another world, which is completely out of tune with the scene on top of Yuntai Peak. Compared to those tall and majestic buildings on top of Yuntai Peak, the intricate struggles between the upper and lower levels, this place seems even more ordinary, an otherworldly ordinariness.

  Weaving through the mountains and rivers, they walked for about half an incense stick's time before Qin Lao brought everyone to the foot of two steep peaks.

  These two peaks, one cyan and one red, stand intersecting, straight into the sky, as if they were two cyan and red heavenly swords descending from the heavens, inserted into the earth, extremely steep, not even birds can fly up to them, are two towering absolute peaks.

  "Little ones, this is where the Dragon Pool is." Qin Shimei led everyone here and stopped in their tracks, looking up at the two green and red peaks, saying.

  "Qin elder, but I didn't see the Dragon Pool?" Gu Xiuyi's beautiful eyes looked around, but she couldn't find the so-called Dragon Pool, only seeing two steep peaks, and became puzzled.

  Upon hearing this, Qin Shuangmei smiled and said: "These two peaks are the foundation of the Dragon Pool, and their true forms are the Daoist artifacts Qing Lei Sword and Zhen Huo Sword. Standing here, one can absorb the power of the Nine Heavens' divine lightning and the Nine Heavens' true fire, gathering them in the Dragon Pool to form heavenly thunder and heavenly fire, extremely fierce and powerful. Entering the Dragon Pool is equivalent to being immersed in heavenly fire and heavenly thunder, an unbearable pain."

  "With boundless suffering, thoroughly stir your souls, making your souls awaken. The heavenly thunder accumulated in the pool for thousands of years, the power of heavenly fire smelts and refines your true energy, accelerating its transformation into a higher-level true yuan."

  Upon hearing this explanation, Xiao Chen and the others furrowed their brows, their scalps felt numb, and goosebumps broke out on their skin. Such a forced awakening of the soul was indeed worthy of being called 'cruel'.

  It's actually allowing people to immerse their physical bodies in infinite thunder and heavenly fire, using the suffering of purgatory to force the soul to awaken! The pain must be so great that it's hard to imagine without experiencing it, but it will definitely be extremely painful.

  Xiao Chen, who possessed the 'Guiyuan Dan', immediately had the idea of retreating, after all, he had the 'Guiyuan Dan' to smoothly enter the Lingjue Mirror, why bother looking for trouble and suffering, wasn't it beneath him!

  However, when Xiao Chen's idea emerged, it was brutally killed by Ye Liu Xing in the cradle.

  Xiao Chen, you must go to Longchi.

  "Why?" Xiao Chen asked.

  "Since this Dragon Pool is a fusion of two Dao artifacts, the sword condensed from the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder and the Nine Heavens True Fire, if you don't go, it would be a great loss. The reason why the Starry War Body is so formidable is not because there are no bottlenecks in its cultivation, but because it has a vast capacity, possessing an incredibly powerful devouring ability that's almost abnormal."

  "The starry sky is infinitely profound and vast, embracing the celestial phenomena, capable of containing all things. You are now at the moment of awakening your soul, breaking into the spiritual awareness mirror. If you can seize this opportunity to transform your true energy, combining the power of heavenly thunder and fire into your true origin, your combat strength will become even more formidable. Moreover, in terms of alchemy and artifact refinement, your techniques will not be limited to just the three primary true fires."

  "It's like that, huh..." Xiao Chen responded in a low voice, unable to deny the tempting words of Ye Liu Xing. In this world, no one would complain about being too strong, just like in his past life, no one would complain about having too much money.

  Xiao Chen originally didn't want to go, but after hearing Ye Liu Xing's words, Xiao Chen changed his mind and started wanting to go.

  "But won't it conflict with the 'Guiyuan Dan'?" Xiao Chen asked, voicing his greatest concern.

  "No, 'Guiyuan Dan' is a pill that gathers yuan energy and is mainly used internally. Tianlei and Tianhuo are external, so they won't conflict with each other." Ye Liu Xing said: "Besides, I have my own personal reasons for letting you go. I want to see if using the power of those two Dao instruments can help me recover some of my strength."

  "Regain power?! Night Flowing Star sister, you wouldn't have taken in those two Dao artifacts, would you?" Xiao Chen knew about Night Flowing Star's methods, if she had taken in these two Dao artifacts, it was likely to be catastrophic.

  "This young lady is not some country bumpkin, two pieces of low-grade equipment aren't even worth this young lady's trouble to steal!" Ye Liu Xing said with a bad attitude.

  Xiao Chen was taken aback and thought to himself: Don't mess with this young lady, or you'll be in for a world of trouble.

  After Xiaochen sang a note, he was no longer in contact with Ye Liu Xing, and his divine soul retreated.

  "Now you all know that Longchi is not a good place, now it's still possible to leave, but if you enter Longchi, you won't be able to leave even if you want to." Qin Lao introduced Longchi and made a final warning.

  However, no one said they wouldn't go. This was a special training opportunity and others wanted to come but didn't have the chance, so how could they give it up?

  Xiao Chen would not have had the idea of quitting if it weren't for the 'Guiyuan Dan'. Therefore, after Qin Lao's words were finished, no one retreated and they all had a determined look on their faces.

  Elder Qin looked at the five of them with a look of appreciation, exchanged a nod with Elder Qi, and then his expression turned serious. He stretched out his jade-like hand, formed a seal with his fingers, and a brilliant blue light burst forth from the seal, shooting onto the two green and red artifacts.

  With a burst of green light shooting out from the Dao instrument, two divine lights, one blue and one red, exploded from the Dao instrument, resembling an inverted large bowl that enveloped Xiao Chen and others within.

  The next moment, a flash of light, and Xiao Chen and others all disappeared from the spot.

  Splash!

  In a flash, the scene in front of him changed greatly. Xiao Chen took a glance and saw that what entered his eyes was a vast and strange space with stars twinkling like scattered snowflakes floating in the slightly dim space, emitting weak light and making this space have a dreamy beauty.

  A hundred meters away, there is a giant dan furnace with a majestic and powerful shape, as high as ten or more zhangs, standing there like a giant beast that can swallow people.

  On the giant dan furnace, there were two divine lights, one blue and one red, pouring into the dan furnace like a heavenly penetration, making the great fire in the dan furnace flourish, with lightning intersecting.

  Far, far away, you can already feel the temperature bursting out of that dan furnace, as if facing a lava-like heat wave, a hot wave hits your face, almost burning people into charcoal.

  At this moment, all the disciples' faces changed, and even the usually proud Gu Xiuyi looked extremely ugly at this moment.

  "Could it be that the Dan furnace is actually the Dragon Pool? Such a violently burning heavenly fire, entering it would likely result in being directly refined!" Xiao Chen merely took one glance and felt that entering the Dan furnace for training was simply seeking death, absolutely not to stimulate the soul's awakening with boundless pain.

  It's all burnt to charcoal, what a pain in the butt!

  Will dead people still have suffering?!!

  "This Dan furnace is called the Five Qi True King Ding, also a Taoist instrument, which can gather the five elements and absorb yin and yang." Qin Lao seemed to see what was on the minds of the disciples, explaining: "The purpose of this ding is only to filter out the violent energy from the heavenly fire and thunder, not the Dragon Pool."

  Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen and others secretly wiped their foreheads, it was a false alarm.

  However, after hearing the explanation, Xiao Chen and others became even more interested in that Longchi. What kind of power does this dragon pool have, which was created by three Taoist instruments?

  "Now you're all prepared, I'm going to open the Dragon Pool. Once the Dragon Pool is opened, you must immediately jump in, otherwise the heavenly fire energy and heavenly thunder power inside will dissipate too quickly!"

  Qin said, and with a foot on the ground, a flying sword appeared under his foot. He stepped on the flying sword and flew up to meet the scorching heat of the Five Qi True King's Cauldron.

  Then, Xiao Chen and the others found that Qin Lao's jade hand stretched out, with a green glow spreading out, suddenly bursting out with infinite power, grabbing the large ring on top of the Five Qi True King Cauldron, and violently lifting it up.

  Boom!

  A deafening crash, the giant tripod, as high as ten zhang and as large as a small mountain, was suddenly lifted off the ground by Qin's frail body, flying up three or four zhang!

  Under the Five Qi True King Cauldron, there was a golden light cave entrance. As the Five Qi True King Cauldron was lifted up, dazzling golden light suddenly burst out from that cave entrance.

  "Jump into the dragon pool now!"