Chapter 556: Chapter 72: True Dragon’s Blood, Incredible Gains (2)
The next moment, the Demon-slaying Blade struck down. The dragon scales growing on the Dragon Ape were extremely sturdy, but ultimately could not withstand Lin Chen’s Demon-slaying Blade.
The Dragon Ape did not possess the regenerative ability of the Earth Dragon from before. After being cleaved in half, its aura rapidly diminished, quickly fading entirely.
Having slain one Dragon Ape, Lin Chen did not pause for a moment because more Dragon Apes were charging at him. For these demon beasts, comparable to Integration cultivators, a distance of a hundred miles could be crossed in just a few breaths. However, when they reached Lin Chen, they were met with the cold Demon-slaying Blade.
Ten breaths later, Lin Chen gazed upon the corpses strewn about like small mountains.
"Seventeen Dragon Apes in total..." Lin Chen’s expression was grave. However, he sensed no more Dragon Apes approaching. Generally, such a number of Dragon Apes would form a small tribe, which in a Secret Realm would usually guard some kind of treasure. Otherwise, it’s inexplicable how so many Dragon Apes appeared.
So, without a second thought, Lin Chen continued deeper into the valley. He followed the path from which the Dragon Apes came and soon discovered a small lake. Surrounding the lake was a mist, quite unusual in its ability to obscure Divine Sense, explaining why Lin Chen hadn’t discovered it earlier.
Beside the lake, Lin Chen also saw clusters of blood-red flowers in bloom, numbering perhaps thirty to forty. However, most of them were not yet mature, with only a few appearing vibrant and seemingly ripe.
Approaching the red flowers, Lin Chen examined them carefully but could not identify their specific names.
"Are these some unheard-of treasures of heaven and earth, or perhaps remnants from ancient times?" Lin Chen was uncertain.
However, with his alchemy skills and knowledge of Spiritual Medicine, even if he didn’t know their names, he could observe that these flowers strengthen the body and were likely a type of treasure capable of nourishing the flesh.
"Since I’ve spotted them, I can’t leave empty-handed..." With the principle of leaving no stone unturned, Lin Chen swiftly began collecting the red flowers.
The mature flowers were directly taken by Lin Chen, while the immature ones were hastened to maturity using the Power of Time. However, Lin Chen quickly noticed that the effect of the flowers matured this way seemed inferior to those that matured naturally.
"Strange, theoretically, when these treasures of heaven and earth are hastened, their effects should be the same?" Lin Chen was puzzled.
However, this scenario isn’t entirely impossible.
The only explanation was that this particular treasure was not inherently miraculous but instead absorbed some energy from heaven and earth.
For example, the dragon aura in this valley, which required a long period absorbing to reach its fullest effect. When Lin Chen hastened maturity, it skipped that process, something the Time Law couldn’t replicate.
"Still, even with half the efficacy, it’s not bad. First, I’ll understand why these treasures of heaven and earth work this way, and if possible, replicate them before taking them back to Great Xia..." So, Lin Chen observed his surroundings again, his gaze lingering on the small lake nearby.
This lake wasn’t deep, appearing only a few meters. It contained no living creatures, resembling a small fishpond.
"Could the water in this lake be unusual?" Lin Chen wondered, touching his chin in thought. Since the lake water wasn’t much, he simply used the Power of Space to transport the water into the Profound Celestial Small World.
Through Lin Chen’s Divine Sense inspection, the water in the lake indeed held some peculiarities. It had a faint reddish hue, as if soaked in blood.
"Just this lake water alone seemingly has effects capable of strengthening the body?" Lin Chen mused. Just when he thought the lake’s water was the source of everything, he was surprised to discover more water seeping from the dried lakebed.
"Is the lake connected to an underground stream, or is it a Spiritual Spring flowing from the earth?" Lin Chen pondered. Without answers here, he decided to investigate further.
Thus, with a thought, Lin Chen executed the Earth Escape Technique, diving underground.
Traveling dozens of miles below, Lin Chen indeed found a mysterious space. It was a cavern, roughly ten-some zhang in circumference. Within it was a pool of crimson Blood Spring.
Above this blood-red spring, Lin Chen felt an overwhelming dragon aura.
"Such intensity of dragon aura, could it be the blood of that True Dragon?" In the Cultivation Realm, Body Refining Cultivators have long spoken of tempering their bodies with true dragon blood. Dragons, with incredibly powerful physical bodies, offer blood that immensely benefits cultivators, especially the higher the Realm of the True Dragon, the better its blood’s effect.
The Blood Spring before Lin Chen was clearly not ordinary dragon blood, but true dragon essence blood.
"This is truly an unexpected treasure of heaven and earth..." Lin Chen silently marveled.
This arrival of True Dragon Essence Blood was timely, as Lin Chen was on the verge of breaking through to the Martial God Realm. But breaking through to a Martial God was no easy feat, requiring external force to stimulate the body. Lin Chen originally planned to break through during the Mahayana Thunder Tribulation but needn’t wait any longer. This True Dragon Essence Blood was potent enough to stimulate Lin Chen’s body for the breakthrough.
With this thought, Lin Chen did not hesitate and used his powers to draw the True Dragon Essence Blood.
However, halfway through draining it, Lin Chen was surprised to find an unknown creature’s egg in the blood spring. The egg stood over a zhang high, deep red, perfectly blended with the dragon blood, which Lin Chen hadn’t noticed before.
"Could this be a True Dragon’s egg?" The idea suddenly sprang to Lin Chen’s mind. Approaching, he slowly used his Divine Sense to sense the dragon egg.
"It’s not a dead egg!" Lin Chen discovered with shock that the dragon egg still held life. Preserved by the long soaking in dragon blood.
"Perhaps it could hatch a True Dragon in the future!" With a little thought, Lin Chen stored the dragon egg in the Profound Celestial Small World.
Afterwards, Lin Chen used Divine Sense to scan the surrounding area. He found that the soil soaked in dragon blood also had profound effects, with a remarkable richness in Spiritual Energy. So, adhering to the principle of leaving no stone unturned, Lin Chen excavated the soil within a hundred zhang radius.
Finishing all this, Lin Chen used the Earth Escape Technique to return to the surface. Only then did he notice the dragon aura within the valley rapidly dissipating. At the same time, the mountains flanking the valley began to collapse.
Thus, Lin Chen ascended into the sky, swiftly flying to a higher altitude.
From several thousand zhang high in the sky, he looked down upon the entirety of Fallen Dragon Valley. Only then did Lin Chen realize with astonishment that the valley was long and narrow, with both sides towering like the spine of a True Dragon. The whole valley seemed formed from the remains of a True Dragon at death.
"Could the entire valley be the corpse of a True Dragon?" Just as this thought arose in Lin Chen’s mind, he felt a deep surprise. The Fallen Dragon Land stretched thousands of miles; if truly a True Dragon’s corpse, how massive must that dragon have been?
Nevertheless, the most important treasures in the valley had already been taken by Lin Chen, and there was no need to continue exploring this Secret Realm. This exploration had yielded unexpected gains. With the previously collected Dragon Blood Flowers and that Blood Spring, Lin Chen’s cultivation and strength could make further breakthroughs.
Soon, Lin Chen employed the Space Law to leave the relic. As he departed, the entire relic began collapsing rapidly, with the entire Fallen Dragon Valley quickly buried.
After leaving the Dragon Spirit Sect relic with a tremendous bounty, Lin Chen no longer felt like wandering further.
He returned to his abode on Wenda Mountain to begin studying the Dragon Blood Flowers and Dragon Blood.
Soon, from ancient texts left behind in Jiang Country, Lin Chen found information about the Dragon Blood Flower...
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