TL: GoldenLung

This Lower Dragon creature now had almost no strength to fight back and was slammed to the ground. Its life force was rapidly fading, and at this moment, Lan Xuanyu, the Treasure Seeking Beast, and Lan Mengqin successfully opened up a cultivation channel.

The Treasure Seeking Beast was adept at converting energy—this was something Lan Xuanyu had long been aware of. Back when he cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well on Senluo Planet, the Treasure Seeking Beast frequently transformed the energy of the Well into immortal spiritual energy to supply his cultivation. As long as it had seen a certain type of energy or bloodline power before, it could convert it. The prerequisite, however, was that there had to be enough energy to draw upon. Otherwise, it would start consuming its own essence.

In fact, this current process of transformation was also greatly beneficial to the Treasure Seeking Beast itself. The energy suitable for conversion into bloodline power was channeled into Lan Mengqin, while the remaining life energy and other types of power from this Lower Dragon creature were filtered and absorbed by the Treasure Seeking Beast.

Over this period of time, it had continually shape-shifted, helping Lan Xuanyu and the others complete all sorts of disguises. The expenditure on its part had been quite significant. Up until now, it could only rely on Lan Xuanyu’s strength to replenish itself, but that in turn slowed Lan Xuanyu’s own cultivation. Having this Lower Dragon’s energy to top itself off now gave it a feeling of being utterly refreshed.

After infusing Lan Mengqin with bloodline power for a full five minutes, Lan Xuanyu shouted, “Mengqin, stop cultivating and stabilize your realm. Yuge, you’re next.”

Tang Yuge sat down beside Lan Mengqin. Behind Lan Mengqin, a jade-green silhouette appeared, shimmering with emerald light—it was the Emerald Swan. Ripples of green light spread out like waves of water, extinguishing the flames and helping her bring the bloodline tempering to an end.

Even in that short span of time, Lan Mengqin’s clothes were already soaked through with sweat, showing just how excruciating this tempering was.

The reason why Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu hadn’t suffered quite as much during their previous tempering session was mainly because they had taken the Dragon Soul Fruit and had not ignited their own bloodlines.

Just a moment ago, Lan Xuanyu had sensed that Lan Mengqin’s spiritual fluctuations were becoming unstable, so he immediately halted her cultivation.

When Tang Yuge’s bloodline ignited, the situation was clearly different from Lan Mengqin’s. A gentle, five-colored flame enveloped her body. Compared to the flames that had appeared on Lan Mengqin, this five-colored blaze was much more stable.

Tang Yuge’s cultivation was profound and her foundation solid. On top of that, she was two years older than the others and in better physical condition. At this moment, she could actually fully control the flames generated by the burning of her bloodline. She, too, chose her right arm as the focus, and the five-colored flames surged into it.

Above her head, the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird emerged quietly, standing guard over her. For this level of burning—which wasn’t too intense—the Yin-Yang Chaos Bird alone was enough to help her douse the fire if needed.

A flash of light flickered in the Treasure Seeking Beast’s eyes. The previous emerald hue instantly shifted into five colors. Five-colored brilliance descended onto Tang Yuge’s body. Her figure quivered slightly as a layer of lustrous, glass-like five-colored radiance flowed over her, circulating on its own while the five-colored flames tempered her physique from within.

Her condition was much more stable than Lan Mengqin’s. Though her brows were slightly knitted as she endured the pain, the trembling of her body was clearly far less pronounced.

Seeing Tang Yuge’s state, Lan Xuanyu finally let out a breath of relief. Experimentation proved that his idea was correct. With the combined efforts of him and the Treasure Seeking Beast, the method of igniting one’s bloodline to temper the body had finally succeeded. Under the tempering of bloodline power, his companions’ physical strength would continuously rise, and their spiritual power would also be enhanced.

This cultivation method was extremely overbearing; a single misstep could result in irreparable damage. Yet for that very reason—because it was so domineering—the effects it produced were outstanding.

Lan Mengqin’s condition had already stabilized, and she was now drawing in large amounts of life energy from the air to replenish herself.

At this time, Qian Lei had already released the arm of the Lower Dragon creature and reverted to his human form. The Lower Dragon being was hanging on by its last breath and could no longer struggle. Qian Lei quickly walked over to Lan Mengqin’s side to guard her.

Tang Yuge’s cultivation continued until the Lower Dragon creature let out its final breath. Its body was completely withered before she finally stopped. Her tolerance was much greater than Lan Mengqin’s—one reason was her higher cultivation and stronger physique, and the other was her Heavenly Stems Qilin. With its five-element cycle, her control over flame was all the more exquisite, and her Five Elements Escape Technique gave her a strong resistance against the flames produced by burning her bloodline.

As the light withdrew, Tang Yuge ended her cultivation. Her body, too, began rapidly absorbing the surrounding life energy to replenish what she had spent.

Lan Xuanyu then stored the corpse of the Lower Dragon creature into his Ring of Fate. It could still be brought back as a trophy for the Seventh Fleet. This was, after all, a dragon clan native to Celestial Dragon Planet. It would be of great help to the Douluo Federation in studying the dragon clan of Celestial Dragon Planet.

Two full hours later, Tang Yuge and Lan Mengqin finally awoke one after another, though both were clearly somewhat weakened.

Lan Xuanyu said in a deep voice, “Let’s head back first.”

Silvery light swirled out, enveloping everyone as he activated the preset coordinates. Radiance flickered, and the six of them vanished on the spot, reappearing at their temporary residence in the outskirts of Fenglong City.

At this moment, everyone’s spirits were running high.

Qian Lei couldn’t wait and immediately turned to Lan Mengqin. “How is it?” he asked, eager.

Lan Mengqin nodded. “The effect is really good. I can feel that my right hand is different now. But the aftereffects are serious too. I need a lot of life energy to make up for what I used. The bloodline power we drew from that Lower Dragon creature can only repair the damage from the tempering process; it can’t replenish my own consumption. I estimate I’ll need to go into seclusion for a while before the full benefits of this tempering can truly show.”

Tang Yuge nodded as well. “It’s about the same for me. I also need a great deal of life energy to recover what I spent.”

Lan Xuanyu said, “Shortly, I’ll send you both to Old Shu. We’ll ask him to help you absorb more life energy to support your cultivation. From the looks of it, this method is feasible, and it also allows us to weaken the enemy at the same time. But there’s one thing I need everyone to keep in mind: today, what we faced was very likely the weakest type among the dragon clan. During the Dragonification period, more than a thousand kinds of pseudo-dragons appeared, but that period is already long past. Their reproduction might be slow, but they’ve continued to multiply. Take Huang Daoqi for example—he already has six children. The bloodline purity of these descendants will be even lower. In the future, when we encounter other dragon-type creatures, we’ll need to be even more cautious. My guess is, the stronger the dragon-type creature, the more powerful its bloodline force will be, and the more of us it can support in cultivation.”

Yuanen Huihui spoke up eagerly, “Let me try next time. Brother Xuanyu, when are we going to move again?”

Lan Xuanyu replied, “There’s no rush. This time was just a trial run. Next time, we can prepare more thoroughly. One dragon-type creature disappearing won’t attract too much attention, but if several vanish in a short period, Celestial Dragon Planet will definitely take notice. I’ll have Liang Pu purchase a secluded residence in each of the other main cities over the next period of time. Then, in those houses, I’ll set up teleportation arrays so we can carry out long-distance transfers. However, we’ll leave Celestial Dragon City out for now—it’s better if we don’t go there yet. Also, for distances that are too far, I can’t manage it alone right now. When the time comes, I’ll need everyone to work together with me.”

The Treasure Seeking Beast could completely convert everyone else’s soul power and transfer it to Lan Xuanyu, replenishing what he spent and enabling him to teleport them to even more distant locations.

Previously, the city they visited—Xiaoyun City—was the closest one to Fenglong City. Combined with the arrays Lan Xuanyu had already set up and the inherent strength of his orange-gold soul ring, he’d barely managed to complete the teleportation. But for that round trip, he had consumed nearly seventy percent of his own soul power—far more than what he would normally expend in a battle. If their destination had been any farther, problems could easily have arisen with the teleportation itself.

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