214: The Dragon Energy Mother Tree and the Seventh Earthly Evil Power (asking for monthly tickets)

Sky Patrol Division Headquarters.

Chen Yuan returned to his separate courtyard, sent a message to the patrolling armored guards, ordered no one to disturb him, and then eagerly went to the quiet room, where he then casually set up several Restrictions.

After doing all this, Chen Yuan walked to a futon, sat down cross-legged, slowly closed his eyes, silently recited the Scripture of Constant Quietness, and quickly entered a state of meditative emptiness, his consciousness sinking into his Niwan Palace.

In the Niwan Palace, amidst a sea of clouds, a wisp of cloud Qi surged, condensing Chen Yuan's form. In the center of the cloud sea, the Nine Wonders Thirty-six Mountain Demon Subduing Pagoda floated and sank, exhaling and inhaling the cloud Qi.

At this moment, Chen Yuan's body flickered, entering the Demon Subduing Pagoda, where he could clearly see golden light flickering, and a colossal creature was trapped in the pagoda's central well.

A “Dragon” was strikingly impaled by golden divine chains, tightly bound in the well. Its Dragon scales, like old tree bark, its green Dragon horns, branched like tree branches, and its green mane, flowing like clouds, resembled a living True Dragon, giving a shocking visual impact.

But in Chen Yuan's eyes, this Dragon was not a Dragon; it was a manifestation of Luck, filled with boundless vitality, a type of Earthly Spiritual Root. Standing before it, one could feel a massive amount of essence Qi washing over their Divine Soul.

This thing was of great use to Chen Yuan!

At this moment, Chen Yuan looked up at this colossal creature, his eyes flickering with brilliance, and then he stomped his foot.

With this gentle stomp, the Demon Subduing Pagoda seemed to fall from the clouds, breaking into the sea of clouds, plummeting rapidly downwards, plunging into the Twelve-Story Pagoda, entering the Physical Body's black water. Inside, a great river surged with a rumbling sound, and lamps flickered within, emitting a mysterious light.

Finally, the precious pagoda passed from night to day, entering a “vast” space where a golden great sun floated, covered in golden flames.

This was the Dantian!

As the Demon Subduing Pagoda descended into the Dantian, a loud hum instantly erupted. In the central well, Golden Core True Fire rolled down, surging to envelop this Dragon-shaped Qi Root, and terrifying high temperatures swept forth.

“Yin!”

Suddenly, a high-pitched Dragon roar echoed.

The Dragon-shaped Qi Root instantly glowed with green light, instinctively resisting. The Dragon head roared, its Dragon claws and Dragon tail flailed wildly, causing a loud clanging of chains.

A surging tide of massive essence Qi poured out, transforming into waves of colorful essence Qi, violently washing over everything around, blocking the Golden Core True Fire and causing the Demon Subduing Pagoda to hum loudly.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“...”

One by one, the golden divine chains were snapped by the struggling Dragon-shaped Qi Root. Then, with a Dragon roar, this colossal creature, sweeping with waves of essence Qi, broke free from the bottom of the pagoda.

Violent power instantly filled this Dantian furnace. If it went out of control, it would result in a body explosion, which was extremely dangerous.

But inside the Demon Subduing Pagoda, Chen Yuan’s expression remained unchanged. Since he could subdue this thing once, he could subdue it a second time.

It was merely a dead object.

“Rumble!”

The Demon Subduing Pagoda spun rapidly, growing larger, enveloping the entire Dantian. As the cloud Qi churned, golden chains, like lightning in the sky, flew out from the pagoda’s body, then transformed into golden long whips, lashing fiercely at the “Dragon.”

“Snap!”

“Ao!”

The golden divine whip lashed fiercely at the Dragon’s body, scattering streaks of essence Qi, striking hard against the “Dragon scales,” creating sparks and lightning.

Then, the golden whip lashed like thunder, continuously striking the Dragon-shaped Qi Root, causing it to constantly roar, its Dragon body rolling and twisting.

Its form also gradually shrank during this process.

After about an hour, this great Dragon was finally extracted from its main body. Its four Dragon claws transformed into strong, gnarled roots, its Dragon body twisted into a crooked trunk, and its Dragon horns became branches like jadeite leaves.

A small coiled Dragon tree, shimmering with brilliant green light, now floated within the Dantian. Divine radiance unfurled, and its boundless vitality seemed endless.

At this moment, Chen Yuan felt all the pores of his entire body open. Strands of essence Qi, from inside out, washed over his flesh, bones, muscles, and even his hair, making them glow. Under this cleansing, Chen Yuan’s entire body was being tempered.

And this was not all. With each breath, Chen Yuan's entire body's pores absorbed the essence Qi of heaven and earth from the outside, forming countless tiny wind vortices around his body. After being absorbed, this crystalline small tree quickly refined the essence Qi into True Qi. In this way, each inhale and exhale completed a closed loop, like a perpetual motion machine, continuously providing Chen Yuan with True Qi and maintaining his endless vitality.

Chen Yuan had not expected this object to not only contain immense vitality but also to have such an effect. His heart couldn't help but burn with excitement.

This time, he had truly found a treasure!

He had originally thought that this thing, with its sea-like essence Qi, could be used to Cultivate a life-saving Divine Ability.

It was originally intended as a consumable.

Now, with this small tree rooted in his Dantian, continuously generating essence Qi and maintaining endless vitality, he could maximize the potential of the Divine Ability he was about to Cultivate.

This Divine Ability was called Entrustment.

This technique also belonged to one of the Seventy-two Earthly Fiends Divine Abilities. Although its name wasn't particularly pleasant, its effect was very practical. In short, this technique allowed one to transfer the damage they received to an object they carried.

Therefore, the upper and lower limits of this Divine Ability were entirely determined by the object carried.

Chen Yuan had actually paid attention to this Divine Ability long ago, as it could save his life at critical moments, but he had never found a suitable object for the technique.

The Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Spear and the Demon Subduing Pagoda: one had entered the Extreme Dao Domain, making it incomparably hard; the other integrated various Divine Abilities, capable of absorbing and sealing damage. However, these two were already one with him, sharing prosperity and destruction, so transferring damage was equivalent to not transferring it at all.

As for the others, there was truly nothing suitable, so he had simply put it aside.

Now, this small coiled Dragon tree, a Spiritual Root whose origin was still unclear, contained immense vitality and could maintain endless vitality when rooted in the Dantian. It was clearly the most suitable vessel for this Divine Ability.

Having made up his mind,

Chen Yuan’s eyes flickered with brilliance. This thing had come at just the right time. The information revealed by the Yao Race demon, the old Feiyi, which had Cultivated its second form and was killed by him, made him vigilant.

It seemed that the Yao Race in the Ten Thousand Mountains could easily break through the defenses and kill everyone, but they hadn't.

Soon, soon, what was soon?

These words were like a blade hanging over his head. Although Chen Yuan had always been pessimistic about the current situation, the phrase “soon, soon” was like a death knell, making people tense and uncomfortable.

Once he Cultivated this life-saving Divine Ability, his life would have an extra layer of protection, and his fundamental standing would be even more solid.

With this thought, Chen Yuan's consciousness immediately returned to his body. His eyes opened, and his pupils flickered as he brought forth the Entrustment Divine Ability method.

Then, he silently willed to add points.

Immediately, his glowing Physical Body began to tremble slowly. Following that, the acupoints around his body gradually grew hot. Then, wisps of blood Qi seeped out from his pores, forming a foot-thick blood mist. This blood mist contained Chen Yuan's own imprint. Then, the blood mist condensed into tadpole-sized characters, revolving and flickering around Chen Yuan's body, revealing a hint of strangeness.

After half a cup of tea, these characters suddenly “whooshed” and collided with Chen Yuan's body. Then, these characters, like hot irons, branded Chen Yuan's entire body, including his face, nose, mouth, and ears.

Subsequently, these blood characters seemed to sink into a quicksand, gradually settling down and merging into Chen Yuan’s body.

At this moment, Chen Yuan’s thoughts shifted, and he inwardly observed his Dantian. He could clearly see that each of those characters had transformed into streaks of blood-light, rushing towards the crystalline and dazzling small coiled Dragon tree in his Dantian.

However, when these streaks of blood-light reached the vicinity of the small tree, they were blocked by the divine light surrounding the small tree, isolating them. The Divine Ability could not be imprinted.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan commanded the precious pagoda to shoot out golden divine chains. They coiled around the small tree, performing a Restriction technique to conceal its divine light. Thus, the blood characters, formed from Chen Yuan's own essence blood, were one by one imprinted onto the emerald green small tree, then disappeared into it.

After about another half an hour, when the emerald green small tree hummed, a strange connection with his Physical Body swept through him.

Chen Yuan knew that this method was complete!

Chen Yuan brought up his own information:

“Chen Yuan: Ninth Mountain Zhonglang General

Realm: Fourth Heavenly Gate Dao Fruit Realm First Layer

Luck Points: 2283

Cultivation Technique: Dragon Subduing Post (Perfection), Demon Subduing Fist (Perfection), Taoist Internal Scripture Diagram (Perfection), Seventy-two Earthly Fiends (7/72)

Techniques: Animal Creation, Demon Subduing Fist

Divine Ability: Food Consumption, Dharma Eye (cultivable), Sword Arts, Mountain Carrying, Demon Nine Transformations (Mountain Lord, Savage Ox, Feiyi, Zhen, Bo), Dream Grafting, Pot Heaven, Formation, Entrustment

Dao Soldier: Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Spear (Boundless: A type of Extreme Dao Domain, Dao Soldier breaks limits, battle power increases, battle power multiplies as Realm increases)

Dao Fruit: Nine Wonders Thirty-six Mountain Demon Subduing Pagoda (39%), Suppresses Demons and Refines Yao, Restricts Body and Captures Spirit, can refine three thousand methods, 歸於塔身.

Entrustment Associated Object: Dragon Qi Mother Tree (Juvenile), a type of Qi Luck Spiritual Root, can establish Grotto-Heaven, create blessed lands, formed by Luck.

Qi Luck Spiritual Root: Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, randomly born in places of geomantic auspiciousness, spiritual beauty, and strange dangers. Each one is unique and possesses incredible power.”

Chen Yuan’s gaze sharpened at the last two lines of text, thinking, “As expected.”

The origin of this precious tree was indeed as he had guessed. The juvenile state meant it had just been born not long ago, and as Luck would have it, a Yun Family disciple stumbled upon it and reported it to him, allowing him to pick up a bargain.

Through the description of the Qi Luck Spiritual Root, he guessed that this thing was not simple. Combining it with the secrets Pei Yanhu had told him, which he had heard from the imperial court, it was not difficult to deduce that the great chaos in Shu Land, with the redistribution of Luck, was attracting swarms of people seeking the ethereal Luck.

Before, he had been somewhat puzzled: how would they contend for it?

Now it seemed he had been narrow-minded. A thing like the Qi Luck Spiritual Root would indeed drive countless martial arts Cultivators mad.

After half a cup of tea,

Chen Yuan’s door burst open, and a shout came out,

“Someone!”

“Here!”

“The Yun Family has rendered meritorious service. Reward them with two thousand jin of Yao Race blood and flesh!”