Traveling through the Immortal Realm: Starting from Becoming a Top-Level Furnace Cauldron

"Chi You?" Li Chonglin frowned. "Who is this? Why have I never heard of him?"

The bone dragon's head seemed to be endowed with a soul, its fangs swaying up and down, and it looked at Li Chonglin with a roar.

"If you are not the remnant of Chi You, how could you come here?!"

"Senior, I am Li Chonglin, the crown prince of Longhua Kingdom. I have no intention of offending you. Please forgive me." Li Chonglin bowed and saluted with an extremely respectful attitude.

"Longhua Kingdom? What is that thing?" The bone dragon seemed to be spewing hot air from its sinuses, but the hollow bones could only make it emit a mournful whimpering sound.

Li Zhonglin explained to the Bone Dragon, but the Bone Dragon had no patience to listen. The dark blue underworld fire penetrated time and space, and it was extremely creepy just to look at it.

"Since you call me senior, I won't kill you outright," the old voice said slowly, "but you dare to disturb my eternal sleep..."

"If I don't let a lowly ant like you bleed a little, I will be doing a disservice to my great name, Yinglong!"

As soon as he finished speaking, huge waves suddenly rose up in the dark sky, and the surging water washed away all the red sand.

Li Chonglin was caught in the waves, his movements were hindered and he found it difficult to exert his spiritual power.

"Oh no, I can't breathe!"

Li Chonglin took out the dragon-patterned sword and tried to mobilize his spiritual power to cut a path in the air. However, the pressure of the water waves was too great, and he could not resist it with his strength in the Dust Transformation Stage.

Yinglong saw the sword in Li Chonglin's hand, and the faint blue light flickered.

"This sword is quite interesting." Yinglong's skeleton was so huge that even the water level several meters high could not bury it. "Boy, if you can't escape, then stay here with me forever!"

Li Chonglin tried his best to swim on the water surface, but the waves kept hitting him underwater, causing great pressure on Li Chonglin.

Seeing this, Yinglong stopped torturing Li Chonglin and growled, "Come out, everyone. I'll leave him to you."

what?

"Could there be other creatures?"

Li Chonglin couldn't open his eyes, but he could feel countless figures moving underwater.

At once, many dark shadows emerged from the water. Li Chonglin panicked because they were a group of small fishmen holding stone spears.

"Kaka..."

"Kaka..."

The stone spears of the little fishmen kept stabbing at Li Chonglin

Li Chonglin waved his dragon-patterned sword, trying to block these sudden attacks, but the impact of the waves slowed his movements.

The little fish people didn't seem to be afraid of the spiritual power emitted by the dragon-patterned sword. Their stone spears drew splashes in the water and continued to attack Li Chonglin.

"It seems that the black shadows I encountered earlier were these guys." Li Zhonglin urged the spiritual power in his body, trying to form a spiritual power shield to resist the attack, and cursed in his heart, "Damn it, why are these guys so difficult to deal with!"

However, the pressure of the waves made it difficult for him to condense his spiritual power, and the spiritual power shield could never take shape.

Yinglong watched coldly from a distance, seemingly not interested in the battle, just quietly waiting for the outcome.

Li Chonglin knew that if he could not get rid of these little fishmen as soon as possible, he would die of exhaustion sooner or later.

"Everyone, stand down!"

A trace of determination flashed in Li Chonglin's eyes. He took a deep breath, and the spiritual power in his body surged. The dragon-patterned sword suddenly burst into a dazzling light, as if a real dragon wanted to break out of the sword.

"Golden Dragon Sword Technique—"

He let out a low roar, and the dragon-patterned sword in his hand was like a swimming dragon, emitting countless sword shadows.

The sword shadows attacked the little fishmen like a violent storm, smashing their stone spears one after another. The little fishmen were caught off guard by this sudden counterattack and retreated one after another, trying to avoid the sharp sword energy.

Li Chonglin did not relax his vigilance. He took advantage of the break in the battle to move his body and stood on the water surface by stepping on the corpses of some fishmen.

"Senior Yinglong, I simply intruded unintentionally. Please show some mercy!"

Yinglong's voice carried a hint of disdain, but his eyes remained fixed on the dragon-patterned sword in Li Zhonglin's right hand. "Boy, I want to ask you, how did you get your sword?"

"This is a weapon passed down from generation to generation in the royal family. As the crown prince, I naturally have the right to obtain the Dragon Pattern Sword."

Yinglong sneered and said to Li Zhonglin, "Dragon-patterned sword? Hahahahahahahaha... Boy, I'm going to make a bet with you. If you can hurt me within three moves, I'll spare your life!"

Li Chonglin knew that he had to give it his all, otherwise it would be difficult to escape from the Longyuan forbidden area.

"In that case, please take it, senior. Watch out!"

He took a deep breath and pushed the spiritual power in his body to the extreme, and the dragon-patterned sword once again burst into dazzling light.

"Golden Dragon Sword Technique - one move, break!" Li Chonglin shouted, and the dragon-patterned sword turned into a golden dragon, roaring and rushing towards Yinglong, whose body was covered with bones.

Wherever the golden dragon passed, the waves were torn apart and the little fishmen retreated.

A hint of surprise flashed in Yinglong's eyes, and it raised its huge bone claws to greet the golden dragon.

The two collided, causing a deafening roar and sending waves dozens of meters high.

Li Chonglin quickly adjusted his posture and prepared to deal with Yinglong's counterattack. He knew that this battle was a matter of life and death, and he could not afford to be careless.

Yinglong's dragon claws were in a stalemate with the golden dragon. Seeing this, Li Chonglin no longer held back. He gritted his teeth and injected a large amount of spiritual power into the dragon-patterned sword, trying to turn the tide of the battle.

"Golden Dragon Sword Technique - Second Style, Pierce!"

Li Chonglin shouted again, and the golden dragon burst out with unprecedented light, forcibly shaking away Yinglong's dragon claws.

"Boy, you've completely pissed me off!"

Yinglong roared, his voice full of anger and disdain, and swung his huge bone claws again, trying to tear Li Chonglin into pieces.

Li Chonglin was not afraid at all. He knew that only by giving it a try could he have a chance of survival.

He took a deep breath and concentrated all the spiritual power in his body on the dragon-patterned sword, and the sword emitted an even brighter light.

"Golden Dragon Sword Technique - Third Style, Stab!"

Li Chonglin shouted loudly, and the third move of the Golden Dragon Sword Technique burst out. The golden dragon turned into countless sharp sword auras and attacked Yinglong in an overwhelming manner.

The sword energy was as dense as rain, and Yinglong waved his clumsy bone claws to dissolve it all.

"Boy, you do have some skills, but you are still far from being able to hurt me!" Yinglong roared, his bones creaking all over his body, as if he was preparing to launch a more powerful counterattack.

However, at this moment, the inscription on the sword burst out with countless golden lights, turning into an illusory giant sword shadow, piercing Yinglong's sternum.

"This... this is Xuan——"

Before Yinglong could finish his words, the sword shadow penetrated his bones, turned into a spot of light, and dissipated in the sky of Longyuan.

"You ant, how dare you hurt me!" Yinglong's voice was full of anger.

The damage caused by the giant sword's shadow far exceeded Li Chonglin's level in the Dust Transformation Period. Li Chonglin himself was stunned. He did not expect that the Dragon Pattern Sword could cause such great damage.

Could it be the same as in the illusion?

Li Chonglin had no time to think. He gripped the dragon-patterned sword tightly, gathering the last bit of spiritual power in his body, ready to meet Yinglong's counterattack.

However, Yinglong suddenly stopped moving, and its huge skeleton slowly sank into the water, leaving only a calm water surface.

Li Chonglin stood on the water, gasping for breath. He didn't know why Yinglong stopped attacking.

An old human figure slowly condensed on the water surface, with wings on its back and a pair of long horns on its head. It was obviously the transformed form of the Yinglong skeleton.

"Boy, you'd better tell me the truth. Where did this sword come from?!" Yinglong stepped barefoot on the water and quickly approached Li Chonglin.

Li Chonglin looked at Yinglong's wrinkled face. His dark and deep pupils seemed to want to eat him alive.

"Senior, what I said is absolutely true!" Li Chonglin said seriously.

Yinglong was silent for a long time, and there was visible fatigue in his old eyes.

"Could it be... that it is really fate that cannot be defied?"

"senior……"

"No need to say more. If you were the remnant of Chiyou, I don't think this sword would recognize you as its master." Yinglong sighed.

"Senior, who are the remnants of Chiyou you are talking about?" Li Chonglin asked cautiously.

Yinglong stared at Li Zhonglin for a long time, then sneered and said, "It seems that outside, an unknown amount of time has passed..."

"Chi You was a powerful and vicious being from ancient times. He battled with the Yellow Emperor for the throne, but was ultimately defeated."

"Back then, I assisted the Yellow Emperor in slaying Chi You with my extraordinary skills."

"After Chi You's death, his eighty-one subordinates fled everywhere, cultivating themselves with blood and bringing disaster to the world." Yinglong's pupils constricted as he continued, "Calculating the time, if they hadn't been wiped out, they would now... be overrun with maggots."

Li Chonglin was shocked when he heard this. He had never heard of these ancient legends.

"Those so-called evil cultivators are probably the remnants of Chi You!" Li Chonglin's heart tightened.

Yinglong put his hand on Li Chonglin's chest. Li Chonglin was about to retreat, but was tightly entangled by a suction force and could not escape.

"Don't resist. I will merge some of the dragon marrow into your body, which will be of great benefit to you."

After a while, Li Chonglin's injuries were healed, his blood surged, and a pair of dragon wings patterns faintly appeared on his back.

"We're about to break through!"

Li Chonglin was overjoyed and immediately sat cross-legged in meditation.

The surrounding spiritual energy began to fluctuate violently, as if being drawn by an invisible force, converging towards Li Zhonglin's body. True Qi surged through his body like a river, gradually condensing into a powerful force.

Li Zhonglin's consciousness gradually blurred, as if he was in chaos. He felt his soul constantly sublimating, and every cell in his body was cheering and welcoming this new strength.

Suddenly, a dazzling light burst out from Li Chonglin's body, illuminating the entire altar like daylight.

In the light, Li Chonglin's cultivation level rose steadily, breaking through from the eighth stage of the Dust Transformation Period to perfection, until he reached the threshold of the Foundation Establishment Period.

"Foundation building!——"

Li Chonglin let out a low shout, and the spiritual power in his body seemed to have found a home, quickly condensing into a thick spiritual sea in his dantian.

After breaking through the foundation-building stage, Li Chonglin felt that his perception ability had greatly improved, and everything around him became clearly visible.

"Finally, I finally broke through!"

Li Chonglin opened his eyes, a gleam of light in them. He stood up, feeling the surging power in his body.

"Boy, consider this a gift from me. Learn the mysteries of the dragon pattern," Yinglong said, looking at Li Chonglin with admiration. "Take good care of your sword. If you encounter the remnants of Chiyou, help me eliminate them."

"Thank you for your kindness, senior. I will definitely live up to your trust." Li Chonglin bowed respectfully to Yinglong, but when he looked up again, Yinglong was gone.

The waves gradually disappeared, and the red sandy land appeared again. Only the aging echo of Yinglong came from the horizon.

"There are still many trials ahead. Once you pass them all, you can leave here."

Li Chonglin's eyes flashed with determination, and he muttered to himself: "It seems that I have to finish the rest of the journey." After that, he picked up the dragon-patterned sword and continued to move forward.

To the west of Kyoto, Tanchunting.

Lu Yuguan slept for a night, but he always felt uncomfortable all over. It seemed that he had a strange dream. In the dream, he turned into a mermaid and seemed to have seen... Li Chonglin?

"Hiss... I must have eaten too little hotpot." Lu Yuguan came to this conclusion after thinking for a moment.

system:……

[Host, this system thinks you have a cold. ]

"Bullshit, how can a cultivator like me in the Foundation Establishment Stage catch a cold?" Lu Yuguan curled his lips in dissatisfaction.

[Ding! The host has been detected swearing, and one point of civilization value has been deducted.]

Lu Yuguan: ...

"Okay, whatever you say is what it is." Lu Yuguan said helplessly.

As soon as he got up, he went to Tanchun Pavilion to keep the appointment, for fear of being late and missing his appointment with Shangguan Qi.

Such a great painter must have a bit of temper.

What if I come too late and Shangguan Qi doesn’t want to paint anymore?

That’s a full 4.5 civilization values.

That’s enough to make me curse a lot!

Lu Yuguan stood outside Tanchun Pavilion and looked towards the pavilion in the distance.

This place is surrounded by a bright lake, with lotus leaves standing tall like a canopy on the lake surface and lotus flowers blooming in full bloom, looking very beautiful in their tender pink color.

Lu Yuguan took a deep breath and thought to himself: "This Young Master Shangguan is really good at choosing. Tanchun Pavilion is such a great place." At this moment, he suddenly heard light footsteps behind him.

"Mr. Lu, I have long heard of your great name."

Turning around, Lu Yuguan saw a woman in a light and elegant long dress walking slowly towards him. The woman had a delicate face and picturesque eyebrows and eyes, like a fairy in a painting.

Lu Yuguan was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, bowed and said with a smile: "Miss, you are too kind. I am just an ordinary cultivator."

The woman shook her head slightly and said, "Mr. Lu, you are too modest. I heard that you were with the Dragon Guards fighting demons and showing your prowess. You killed demons and exorcised evil spirits. Such praise is more than deserved."

Hearing this, Lu Yuguan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and quickly waved his hands and said, "It's all nothing, not worth mentioning."

The woman smiled slightly and continued, "Sir, there is no need to be so modest. Your Majesty is wise and wise, and it is only natural that you should be rewarded."

Lu Yuguan felt embarrassed by the praise. Although he looked calm, he was actually very happy in his heart.

"Ehehehehe!"

[…Keep your voice down.]

【Your mental activity is disturbing me. 】

Lu Yuguan:?

"Tongzi, do you know how much of a reward a girl's praise is to a shy and kind little boy?!" Lu Yuguan said angrily to the system.

【Kind?】

"Correct."

Shy?

"Any questions?"

You are no longer a little boy.

Lu Yuguan:?

"I get it. You think I'm too old. Wuuuuuuuuu..." Lu Yuguan pretended to shed tears.

System (kind face): What a simple child.

Before Lu Yuguan and the system could say a few more words, Shangguan Qi's figure walked towards Lu Yuguan from Tanchun Pavilion.

"Mr. Lu, I finally waited for you!"