197: Dragon Marrow Pond

Lin Chen, filled with anticipation, arrived with Ancestor Jin at Ba Sect, located 83,000 light-years from the capital.

As one of the ten overlord-level powers in the Ziwei Great World, the spiritual energy at Ba Sect's location was extremely dense.

Body cultivators focused on refining their physical bodies, and dense spiritual energy could accelerate this tempering process.

The density of spiritual energy here was even comparable to that of the Space-Time Holy Land.

As soon as he stepped out of the spatial gate's teleportation array, Lin Chen saw a familiar figure.

He was extremely burly, with a bear's head and a human body, exuding an incredibly powerful aura; it was Xiong Lie.

Lin Chen hadn't known Xiong Lie's cultivation realm before, but now he could tell at a glance.

Xiong Lie's Golden Body Realm was currently at the fifth forge of the Saint Rank; eight years ago, it should have been the fourth forge of the Saint Rank.

"Disciple, you've finally arrived; your master has been waiting for quite a while!"

Xiong Lie greeted him with a grin, his huge palm suddenly slapping Lin Chen's shoulder.

Huh?

Xiong Lie's mouth twitched; although he had only used one ten-thousandth of his strength just now, he hadn't expected his hand to be jolted with pain.

"How is your physical body so strong!"

Xiong Lie suspiciously pressed and kneaded Lin Chen's body.

"Lin Chen's physical body realm is stronger than yours now."

Ancestor Jin glared at Xiong Lie from the side and said.

"What?"

Xiong Lie cried out in disbelief, immediately drawing the attention of many Ba Sect disciples nearby.

"Look, isn't that Elder Xiong? He seems to be welcoming that human boy."

"What's the background of that kid? Is he a new junior disciple of the sect?"

"The time for our sect to recruit disciples has long passed. I think this young man must have a significant background."

"..."

Seeing more and more disciples gathering, Xiong Lie immediately reprimanded them.

"Go, go, go, do what you're supposed to do."

His voice boomed, full of deterrence, and the onlookers quickly dispersed.

He then looked at Lin Chen, his eyes filled with admiration and delight.

"Lin Chen, you truly are a freak. It's only been a few years, and it's truly unimaginable."

"I originally thought you wouldn't be able to handle the opportunity I prepared for you this time, but now I'm relieved."

Upon hearing 'opportunity,' Lin Chen grew curious again.

"Master, what kind of opportunity is it?"

Xiong Lie smiled mysteriously and said,

"You'll know when you get there. Your Master Yuan Fei also came today."

Lin Chen was puzzled upon hearing this. Such a big show?

Afterward, Lin Chen and Ancestor Jin followed Xiong Lie onto a spaceship, which arrived after about half an hour of flight.

Stepping out of the spaceship, a massive lake came into view, its water a crimson color.

Lin Chen sensed an extraordinarily violent energy contained within the lake water.

And on the edge of the lake stood over a dozen figures, one of whom was Master Yuan Fei.

This is... Lin Chen, looking puzzled, followed Xiong Lie forward.

"Disciple, come here quickly."

Yuan Fei called out from a distance.

As Lin Chen approached, he realized that standing beside Yuan Fei were over a dozen young men and women of various races.

Among them were many prodigies from major clans, and Lin Chen even recognized one: Ao Jin, who was formerly ranked tenth on the Source Origin Rankings.

Presumably, the other dozen or so were also young talents from the two great body cultivation sects.

After Lin Chen arrived near Yuan Fei, he pointed at the crimson lake in confusion and asked,

"Master Yuan, what is this?"

Before Yuan Fei could speak, several contemptuous voices rang out from the side.

"Is this the disciple Elder Yuan took in from outside? He doesn't look like much."

"Right, he doesn't even know about the Dragon Marrow Pool, a country bumpkin."

"Why should this kid, who hasn't even joined our two sects, take up a spot!"

Yuan Fei's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. He glared fiercely at the group of young men and women behind him.

"Shut up! If you say another word, your spot will be revoked!"

The few sect prodigies who had spoken were very indignant at this, but they dared not say anything more.

Lin Chen watched, shaking his head slightly.

Among these dozen or so sect prodigies, the highest cultivation realm was only the third forge of the Saint Rank Golden Body... "Lin Chen, this is the Dragon Marrow Pool. Inside, there is a True Dragon's remains at the thirteenth-tier level."

"This True Dragon perished a million years ago, and its corpse was jointly acquired by the sect masters of our two sects."

"It is thanks to these True Dragon remains that our two sects have been able to prosper for the past million years."

Lin Chen was shocked upon hearing this. Thirteenth-tier?

Thirteenth-tier corresponded to the Emperor Realm!

This was the remains of an Emperor Realm expert!

Emperors were at the absolute pinnacle of the Endless Realm.

Lin Chen didn't know if this four-dimensional world had Great Emperor-level powerhouses, but the Emperor Realm was already the ultimate goal for countless living beings.

Seeing Lin Chen's shocked expression, Yuan Fei smiled and said,

"Lin Chen, in a moment, your Master Xiong and I will jointly activate the energy of these True Dragon remains. You and they will go in together to temper your physical bodies."

"These True Dragon remains can absorb the energy of heaven and earth on their own, and the Dragon Marrow Pool can only be opened once every thousand years. You've just happened to catch it."

Lin Chen immediately became interested upon hearing this.

He was currently at the seventh forge of the Saint Rank Golden Body. Although he didn't hold out hope of advancing to the eighth forge of the Saint Rank here, any improvement would be good.

After all, it would require 3 million energy points for him to advance on his own using energy points... "Lin Chen, the energy in this Dragon Marrow Pool is extremely violent. It might be very painful later, so you need to be mentally prepared."

Xiong Lie reminded him from the side.

Very painful?

When had he ever broken through without experiencing excruciating pain?

Lin Chen said with a smile,

"Don't worry, Masters, I can endure it."

Xiong Lie and Yuan Fei nodded in satisfaction. Afterward, they both leaped into the crimson Dragon Marrow Pool, directly reaching the bottom, and began to activate the energy of the True Dragon remains.

Boom boom boom—

As the energy of the True Dragon remains was activated, the crimson pool water began to boil, and plumes of red steam rose, the violent energy causing Lin Chen's heart to tremble.

Yuan Fei and Xiong Lie also flew up at this point.

Lin Chen noticed that after Yuan Fei and Xiong Lie came up, their bodies trembled slightly for an instant, which was clearly them enduring the pain.

Both Masters were currently at the fifth forge of the Saint Rank Golden Body, and they couldn't withstand the baptism of this Dragon Marrow Pool?

This immediately filled Lin Chen with anticipation.

"Alright, you all go down. Remember, act according to your ability!"

Xiong Lie shouted to the dozen or so young men and women behind him.

Then, splashing sounds of people jumping into the water came.

Lin Chen noticed that these body cultivation sect prodigies were only at the very edge of the Dragon Marrow Pool, only a few kilometers from the shore.

Only the young man at the third stage of the Saint Rank was slightly closer to the central area.

One must know that the diameter of this Dragon Marrow Pool was over a hundred kilometers!

"Lin Chen, you go down too. Don't overexert yourself. Adapt to the edge first, then slowly approach the center."

"The closer you get to the True Dragon remains, the more violent the energy of the pool water will be."

Lin Chen nodded slightly, then went to the shore, leaped, and jumped into the pool water.

As soon as he entered the pool water, an extremely dense bloody smell assailed him, causing Lin Chen to frown slightly.

He could feel threads of energy entering his physical body, slowly beginning to transform it.

This was extremely similar to when his physical body broke through each time.

But this level of transformation would take ages... Lin Chen then began to move towards the center of the Dragon Marrow Pool.

During this time, he passed by the dozen or so prodigies. He noticed that each of them had their eyes tightly closed, their skin crimson, and they were undergoing a painful physical transformation.

Several with lower Golden Body Realms were even close to completing a transformation.

Lin Chen continued towards the center.

As he passed the young man at the third forge of the Saint Rank, he suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils incredibly crimson.

Lin Chen's eyebrows twitched. This state... he had gone berserk!

In the Dragon Marrow Pool, besides the violent energy that could transform the physical body, there were also the chaotic auras remaining from the True Dragon remains, which could also temper the true spirit's will.

At this moment, Xiong Lie and Yuan Fei on the shore also sensed it.

Going berserk was very dangerous!

"Lin Chen, get out of there quickly!"

Xiong Lie shouted. Just as he was about to move to rescue him, Lin Chen's voice rang out.

"Don't worry, Masters, I'm fine."

Lin Chen's thought moved, and a wisp of true spirit power enveloped the young man.

"Quiet!"

His true spirit power was at the First Tribulation Quasi-Emperor level, many times stronger than this young man. He used his true spirit power to block the violent aura from the True Dragon remains.

Slowly, the crimson receded from the young man's eyes.

After he regained consciousness, he also realized his situation and then looked at Lin Chen with great gratitude.

"Thank you for saving me!"

Lin Chen nodded slightly and said,

"You should move back a bit. You can't handle this area yet."

This young man was the strongest divine child of Ba Sect, also from the Azure Dragon clan, named Ao Hai.

His attitude towards Lin Chen had completely changed at this point.

To be so calm in this area, this human youth's physical body must be terrifying!

After Ao Hai thanked him again, he slowly retreated.

Lin Chen looked at the increasingly terrifying pool water ahead, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Let's see how much this place can transform my Golden Body!"