Chapter 820: Chapter 668: A Perfect Match
This is a Tier Three Top Grade Water Attribute Spirit Vein.
In the center of the cave mansion, a woman in a water-blue palace dress sits quietly, cross-legged, on a naturally formed White Jade Platform.
Her eyes are closed in meditation, with tiny blue light dots dancing around her like fireflies.
Upon closer inspection, her eyebrows and eyes bear a fifty to sixty percent resemblance to Long Xiaoyun.
Only her demeanor is more ancient, cold, and indifferent.
Long Yunshang walks to the front of the platform and asks sweetly: "Sister Divine Pearl, what do you think of Yunshang’s Ah Jun?"
The woman in the palace dress slowly opens her eyes.
Those are eyes of a transparent azure blue, looking at Long Yunshang, yet seeming to see through her and gaze at a distant scene.
"Ice Technique as the base, Fire Technique hidden within. The vigor of qi and blood, the vitality, the lifespan, all far exceed those of the same tier."
Her voice is like a cold spring, clear and icy, with little fluctuation.
"A major ambition, desiring to countercharge the Nascent Soul by harmonizing water and fire."
She pauses, her eyes reflecting a faint blue light.
"During tribulation, the Taichu True Water was used. Within the body, the aura of Celestial Thunder Tribulation Fire and True Sun Flame is nurtured. Cultivating both water and fire yet maintaining such a delicate balance, truly an anomaly."
"Can Ah Jun successfully form the Nascent Soul?"
Long Yunshang presses on.
A trace of concern in her eyes.
The woman in the palace dress remains silent.
After a long while, she lifts her gaze, seemingly looking past the cave’s rock wall into some mystical trajectory.
"In theory, it’s very difficult."
She slowly articulates, "Water and fire clash, a great taboo in cultivation. A slight mistake can lead to pill shatter and death. However..."
"This person carries immense fortune, with a unique destiny. Through sheer vigor of qi and blood and vitality, even if the path is difficult, through persistent effort, one can at least reach the pinnacle of the Golden Core Realm."
"Does it have something to do with his cultivation technique?"
Long Yunshang speculates.
"It’s possible."
The palace-dressed woman replies faintly.
She herself is considered a Water Cultivator.
Some profound Water Cultivation Techniques inherently have effects to prolong life and nurture vitality.
Moreover, since Shen Xuan is a Tier Three Alchemist, consuming some Longevity Spirit Pills is not difficult.
"Why did Sister Divine Pearl not agree with the matter Ah Jun mentioned before?"
Long Yunshang hesitates a bit but asks anyway.
"It’s not that I disagree."
The woman glances at her: "It’s just that there’s no need to rush. Many things are not as simple as you think."
"Shen Xuan of the Cyan Cloud Sect in Song Country, True Master Profound Ice, has already been listed on the Demon Realm’s Golden Spirit Race’s bounty list."
"Ah?"
Long Yunshang’s face changes slightly: "Isn’t Ah Jun in great danger?"
The woman, hearing this, rolls her eyes.
"He is already in the Divine Power Realm!"
"What danger could there be?"
"Isn’t it said that the Demon Race has many Nascent Soul Demon Lords, and even Divinity Transformation Demon Monarchs?"
Long Yunshang argues.
"So what?"
The palace-dress woman’s voice turns cold: "If they wish to descend their true bodies into this world, they will be suppressed by the Heavenly Dao Rules of this realm, with their Realm Cultivation falling. Here, exerting the combat power of the Late Stage of Nascent Soul is the best they can do. Even if True Master Profound Ice cannot defeat them, he can certainly escape safely."
She looks at Long Yunshang, her gaze turning serious.
"It’s you who needs to be cautious, little Yunshang."
"This True Master Shen, seemingly gentle and handsome, has probably taken many lives with his hands, not akin to someone kind-hearted."
"Ah Jun is very nice!"
Long Yunshang immediately refutes.
She indignantly reaches into her chest, carefully taking out that cyan Jade Box, opening it for the palace-dress woman to see.
A crimson Spirit Fruit, shaped like a coiled dragon skeleton, emitting a strange fragrance.
"Look, this is what Ah Jun gave to Ah Qiao."
Her tone carries a hint of showing off.
"He stated that when Ah Qiao reaches the Late Stage of Dharma Aspect, she can borrow the power of this fruit."
The gaze of the palace-dress woman slightly focuses on the Spirit Fruit.
"Oh?"
"A mature Dragon Bone Fruit? He actually gave it to you?"
"Can I use it?"
Long Yunshang asks expectantly.
"You can."
The woman confirms.
"However, exercise caution during refinement. The medicinal power of this fruit is domineering. It’s crucial to keep your mind intact, avoiding interference from heart demons or the wild nature in your bloodline disrupting your sanity."
"I know."
Long Yunshang giggles, carefully closes the Jade Box, puts it away again, revealing a face full of unabashed happiness.
"Alright. I must cultivate now. Don’t disturb me unless it’s important."
"Okay."
After bowing respectfully, Long Yunshang turns and leaves.
Her steps are light and bouncy.
The cave mansion returns to silence.
If a well-informed expert were here, they would surely recognize that the core of the whole cave mansion is not the Tier Three Upper Grade Spirit Vein.
But rather, the fist-sized Treasure Bead floating in the void behind the woman in the palace dress.
Quiet as the sea, yet within it lies endless starlight and tides, endlessly enduring.
The greatest trump card of the Long Family Stronghold’s millennia of inheritance is this High Tier Spiritual Treasure Sea Calming Divine Pearl left by the ancestors of the Long Family.
This "Sister Divine Pearl" is the Artifact Spirit of the Sea Calming Divine Pearl.
This is why Golden Dragon Island stands firm in the perilous deep sea.
When activated, even Transformed Great Demons might be extinguished.
Shen Xuan could never have imagined.
What he sensed, the "comparable to Nascent Soul" mysterious mighty power behind the Long Family Stronghold, is actually the Artifact Spirit of a Spiritual Treasure.
...
The sails are full, and the massive iron pearwood ship cuts through the deep blue sea at full speed.
Standing on the aft platform, Shen Xuan watches the long white waves trailing behind the ship, his brows slightly furrowed.
The speed is too slow.
He makes a rough estimate in his mind.
With the tailwind, the speed is no more than a dozen miles per hour.
At this pace, to cross this hundred-thousand-mile sea and reach Starlight Island, it would take at least two to three years.
The time is too long.
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