novelraw Chapter 551: Solar True Flame
Chapter 551: Solar True Flame
Starlight Island, Cold Ice Cave.
After completing his daily cultivation, Shen Xuan had just stepped out of the secret room when he saw Shangguan Yan’Er waiting at the door.
"What’s the matter?"
Shen Xuan asked.
Shangguan Yan’Er looked anxious, showing a worried expression.
"It’s True Master Hanyue, her family has arrived."
Shangguan Yan’Er said softly.
She had long been in the right position.
The status of a high-tier concubine in the Sect of Song Country far exceeded that of the original Patriarch Shangguan.
Qin Yuehan seemed cold but was actually kind-hearted and treated her well.
All previous affairs were still entrusted to her for handling.
"Junior Sister Hanyue is from the Royal Family of Song Country, supposedly a branch of the Qin family from Purple Maple Mountain. But that was a long time ago, what are they doing here?"
Shen Xuan pondered to himself.
"I’ll go take a look."
Reason dictated that Shen Xuan should host them.
He went to the reception hall.
At this moment, Qin Yuehan was speaking with a Fake Pill True Master, her face full of anger.
The two seemed to be having a dispute.
Noticing Shen Xuan’s entrance, Qin Yuehan stood up to introduce.
"Senior Brother Shen, this is True Master Qin Zhigang from the Qin family of Purple Maple Mountain. According to seniority, he’s Yuehan’s grand-uncle."
"True Master Profound Ice greets True Master Qin."
Shen Xuan casually sat down opposite Qin Zhigang.
Qin Zhigang looked arrogant, but seeing Shen Xuan’s status as a Golden Core True Master, he still clasped his fist in salute.
"Qin greets True Master Profound Ice."
"It’s rare for True Master Qin to come all this way, is there something important?"
Shen Xuan asked with a smile.
"There’s nothing major. Many years ago, the clan leader unanimously decided to bring Qin Yuehan back to Purple Maple Mountain, to add her to the direct lineage and let her recognize her ancestry."
Qin Zhigang said lightly, "This girl Qin Yuehan, in order to break through to solidifying the inner core, entered the Reincarnation Spirit Mirror to hone her mental realm."
"Now that she has condensed her inner core, the clan leader instructed me to bring her back to Purple Maple Mountain."
Shen Xuan nodded, "So that’s what’s happening."
Qin Yuehan said coldly, "My grandfather and father were mere mortals, kings in the worldly dynasty. I’ve been over a hundred and seventy years old now, and have never received support from the Qin family of Purple Maple Mountain."
Qin Zhigang sighed deeply, "This was a neglect of the family. Therefore, the Patriarch and the clan elders instructed me to bring you back. They have prepared many resources to help you stabilize your realm and continue cultivating."
"No need. Yuehan only condensed a fake pill, my path is broken. Those resources should be left to others in the family who need them more."
Qin Zhigang’s face darkened, "Qin Yuehan, how can you speak like this! Even if the family neglected you, you shouldn’t bear resentment. Moreover, the family is attempting to make amends."
Qin Yuehan sneered, "Make amends? Is it to have me marry into an alliance?"
Qin Zhigang said seriously, "A man should marry when grown, a woman must wed when of age. Zheng Jinrui from the Zheng family of Gold Mist Mountain is a distinguished prodigy of the Profound Celestial Sect, having formed a True Pill a century ago."
"It’s your fortune that he is willing to join with you. The family has already agreed to this matter, and if you return this time, it would be perfect to bond you two."
"Qin Yuehan, you shouldn’t miss your own chance. This matter was jointly decided by the Qin family of Purple Maple Mountain and the Zheng family of Gold Mist Mountain."
After speaking, Qin Zhigang looked toward Shen Xuan.
"True Master Profound Ice, what do you think?"
It turned out that the so-called ancestry recognition was just an excuse.
They wanted to use Qin Yuehan as a marriage tool to curry favor with the Zheng family of Gold Mist Mountain.
This matter, Qin Yuehan had already heard about.
At this moment, her face instantly turned cold, her eyes filled with a frigid aura.
Shen Xuan chuckled.
"Qin Yuehan is my junior sister."
"No one can force her."
"Neither the Qin family of Purple Maple Mountain nor the Zheng family of Gold Mist Mountain."
Qin Zhigang tried to argue.
Shen Xuan waved his hand and suddenly said sternly, "Qin Zhigang, since it’s your first offense, for the sake of my junior sister, get off Starlight Island!"
The aura of the Ice Technique Golden Core suddenly erupted, permeated with Profound Ice Cold Qi.
Qin Zhigang was immediately intimidated, refusing to say another word.
"Hurry and leave!"
Shen Xuan flicked his sleeve.
A surge of Profound Ice Cold Qi pushed Qin Zhigang back several steps, stumbling.
Qin Zhigang glared at Qin Yuehan, flicked his sleeve, and left.
He just couldn’t understand.
What was Qin Yuehan thinking?
Why give up a prestigious clan prodigy for an unnamed Loose Cultivator True Master?
On Starlight Island, he didn’t dare confront Shen Xuan directly.
Fearing that Shen Xuan’s anger would cause him to suffer a loss.
Qin Zhigang left despondently, heading back to report to the patriarch.
Shen Xuan didn’t care about the Qin family of Purple Maple Mountain or the Zheng family of Gold Mist Mountain.
He doesn’t provoke trouble but isn’t afraid of it either.
Both families belong to the top-tier sects of the Profound Celestial Sect.
Descendants of the two Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Profound Celestial Sect.
From Shen Xuan’s understanding of Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
They wouldn’t meddle in such trivial matters.
As for the cultivators of the same tier.
Even the Zheng Jinrui who formed a True Pill a century ago.
Shen Xuan didn’t fear in the slightest.
However, Qin Yuehan inexplicably felt touched.
In her mind, Shen Xuan had stirred in anger for her, offending the two great families, the Qin family of Purple Maple Mountain and the Zheng family of Gold Mist Mountain.
He showed deep affection for her.
Thinking she had involved Shen Xuan, she felt somewhat uneasy.
She told Shen Xuan that Zheng Jinrui had a flirtatious nature and took multiple wives and concubines.
Many years ago, upon seeing her once somewhere, he sent the Zheng family members to the Qin family of Purple Maple Mountain, proposing to take her as a concubine.
To avoid Qin Zhigang, Qin Yuehan entered the Reincarnation Spirit Mirror.
Now, Qin Yuehan had condensed her inner core.
She thought that this matter had been resolved.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Jinrui persisted, instigating trouble once more.
"Don’t worry, Yuehan. It would be wise for them to let it go."
"If they continue to be entangled, Shen Xuan will show them!"
Shen Xuan comforted her.
He didn’t take this matter to heart.
"Without the Demon Core and Essence Blood of a divine dragon descendant, why not begin enhancing the Fire Spirit Root?"
After obtaining the [Nine Revolutions Fiery Sun Technique] and [Pure Yang True Flame Art], Shen Xuan had yet to cultivate them.
With a Fire Spirit Root value as high as six, no matter the effort, the effect was nominal.
At sixty, Shen Xuan was at the Qi Cultivation Third Layer.
It took another one hundred and ten years to condense the Ice Technique Golden Core.
Now, concurrently cultivating the Fire Technique, condensing the Fire Technique Golden Core shouldn’t take as long.
Moreover, his lifespan was long, over one thousand one hundred years.
Even if his lifespan does not increase, he can live for more than nine hundred years.
Spending a century or so to condense the Fire Technique Golden Core is not a problem.
...
In the Practice Room.
Shen Xuan stared at a basin of Essence Blood on the Jade Table.
Previously, he had tried to steal Essence Blood from the Mountain Patrolling Spirit Dog.
In three months, the Earth Spirit Root had exploded from five points to fifteen points.
The Mountain Patrolling Spirit Dog is a Tier Two low-grade Spirit Beast.
The Essence Blood before him belonged to the Devouring Gold Fire Crow King.
A Tier Two low-grade Demon Beast.
It is said to have a trace of the Great Sun Golden Crow’s bloodline.
This was also the reason Shen Xuan chose it.
"Let’s see if there are any unexpected gains!"
The Mysterious Jade Talisman flashed a golden light, enveloping the Essence Blood of the Devouring Gold Fire Crow.
[Stealable Talent: True Sun Flame, Evil-Breaking Golden Pupil, Wind-control Rainbow Transformation, Fire Feather Shield, Soul-splitting Crow Cry, Sun-gathering Rebirth.]
The Mysterious Jade Talisman did not explain these Talent Skills.
One could only understand them by their literal meaning.
The True Sun Flame originates from the Great Sun Golden Crow’s life flame.
The Evil-Breaking Golden Pupil should be a special Pupil Technique possessed by the Devouring Gold Fire Crow King.
Wind-control Rainbow Transformation is an Escape Technique.
The Fire Feather Shield is a defensive skill.
Soul-splitting Crow Cry is a Sound Wave Attack.
Sun-gathering Rebirth should be a recovery ability.
Shen Xuan thought for a moment and chose the most practical [True Sun Flame]
[Talent: True Sun Flame (3/100)]
Looking again at the Dao Rhyme, it increased by a hundred points.
Shen Xuan was slightly taken aback.
He remembered that when he plundered the Mountain Patrolling Spirit Dog of the same tier previously.
[Sharp Teeth and Fangs] increased ten skill points after reaching Great Success.
The Dao Rhyme increase was less than thirty points.
"This [True Sun Flame] is indeed extraordinary. Not only is it difficult to grasp at the entry-level, but the Dao Rhyme value is also shockingly high!"
Shen Xuan was not alarmed but delighted.
"So, my approach is correct."
"The stronger the ancestors of the plundered Demon Beast, the better."
[Devouring All Things] is a top-tier Talent Skill, plundered from a weak Demon Beast like the Blood Mosquito King.
Its ancestor is the renowned Primordial Fierce Beast Black-winged Blood Mosquito.
Shen Xuan glanced at it.
[True Sun Flame] requires plundering the Essence Blood of the Devouring Gold Fire Crow King over thirty times for entry.
Replacing it with the Demon Core of the Devouring Gold Fire Crow King might speed things up a bit.
According to the Mysterious Jade Talisman’s ten-day cooldown period, it should take about a year.
Fortunately, he is now a Golden Core True Master.
It’s easy for him to acquire the Demon Core Essence Blood of the Devouring Gold Fire Crow.
"A year is a year, but this is the True Sun Flame!"
While refining the Essence Blood of the Devouring Gold Fire Crow King, Shen Xuan diligently practiced [Dragon Blood Boiling].
After condensing the Golden Core, the strength of his body multiplied several times, and the backlash of [Dragon Blood Boiling] diminished considerably.
Moreover, with his long lifespan now, he had less to worry about.
[Talent: Dragon Blood Boiling Perfection (1789/3200)]
Shen Xuan calculated.
When practicing with full effort, he could increase his Skill Level by around fifty points in a year.
At this rate, even if progress slows later,
diligently practicing for thirty years would max out [Dragon Blood Boiling].
However, doing so would not only require putting aside the cultivation of the Ice Technique divine power, but it would also deplete his lifespan.
Every time [Dragon Blood Boiling] was exerted to the fullest, he felt a sense of exhaustion.
At least a day of rest was needed to recover.
"So, this Body Refining Technique is indeed not for ordinary people to practice."
"Extraordinary recovery, extremely long lifespan. Without these two conditions, Body Refiners in the Dharma Realm have no hope of breaking through to the Divine Power Realm."
"And although Body Refiners in the Divine Power Realm are also Tier Four Cultivators, their combat power is far inferior to Nascent Soul True Monarchs."
"They can only flaunt their power by bullying those weaker than them in front of Core Formation True Masters."
Shen Xuan sighed internally.
...
Two months later.
A majestic warship swiftly approached the outside of Starlight Island.
The warship stopped in front of the Great Formation of Ten Thousand Waters, without entering.
A True Pill True Master, dressed in a luxurious magic robe with a sinister expression, stood on the warship’s deck and shouted loudly: "Shen Xuan, come out!"
The voice echoed throughout Starlight Island.
In the Cold Ice Cave.
Shen Xuan, who was drinking tea and recovering, heard the voice transmission, and his face darkened.
They still haven’t let it go!
A hundred breaths later.
The Great Formation of Ten Thousand Waters opened.
Shen Xuan flew directly out of the formation, confronting the warship in the air.
"How can a fellow cultivator be so rude!"
"I am True Master Zheng Jinrui of the Profound Celestial Sect. Why have you insulted me, ruining my reputation!"
Zheng Jinrui said in a deep voice.
A powerful mid True Pill stage pressure spread from his body.
"When have I ever insulted you?"
Shen Xuan found it amusing.
This was specifically to cause him trouble.
The so-called insult was just an excuse.
Ultimately, it was because Qin Yuehan refused to obey the family’s order to marry him.
"True Master Qin advised True Master Hanyue to recognize their ancestors and return to their family. You not only obstructed him but also insulted the Qin Family of Purple Maple Mountain and the Zheng Family of Golden Lan Mountain."
"Shen Xuan, you’ve only been condensing your Pill for a decade. Out of consideration that my Profound Celestial Sect and yours are both part of the Seven Sects of Song Country, Starlight Island was temporarily loaned to you as a place of practice."
"Not only are you ungrateful, but you also dare to insult the two great families of the Profound Celestial Sect. Such audacity!"
Zheng Jinrui shouted fiercely.