Chương 102: War God’s : — Chapter 102 - Yan Zhaoxue: Senior, Don't Go Down!

Wang Xian felt like he'd just opened the curtains after waking, eyes long accustomed to darkness catching the first ray of sunlight. It was exactly: Twin peaks pierce the vault of heaven, majestic and crowned with frost. A cold garment reveals a secluded ravine, a solitary bloom suffused with chill fragrance. Fireflies vie with the icy soul, a loyal heart towers above the jade hall. Dragon blood soaks through the garment, crimson stains vanish into vast snow...

Yan Zhaoxue closed her eyes slightly, her breathing seeming to stop. But her forced composure let her barely maintain her poise.

"You didn't need to rush." Wang Xian was forced to glance once.

"I know meridians well. Since I know the acupoints, I can locate them and purge the Malevolent Qi without looking much..." At those words, the poise Yan Zhaoxue could barely maintain shattered. She'd completely failed to consider that the senior could be this formidable.

"Huh?" Her cheeks turned even redder than the dragon blood essence. Right at this stunned moment. Wang Xian closed his eyes, his index finger striking like lightning! The Hand Yangming Meridian, one of the Twelve Primary Meridians, circulated. The Divine Meridian stirred. Ten thousand forces of gravity coalesced at the Shangyang acupoint on his index finger. Just a light tap. A wisp of uniquely pure Malevolent Qi was instantly drawn into his fingertip.

'Huh. This wisp is different?' Wang Xian paused. Malevolent Qi, also known as Spirit Malevolence, had different concentrations. This wisp was the purest he'd ever seen. Even purer than the Tiger Soul Crystal Core from the B-rank Relic.

'This purity... and it contains a trace of dragon aura?'

'Purebred draconic beast dragon aura?'

'A-rank or above!'

'Not just dragon aura. There's death aura too...'

'This aura... A-rank Beast, Demonic Skeletal Dragon?' Wang Xian understood why Yan Zhaoxue could only suppress it, not purge it. The Malevolent Qi purity was too high, mixed with dragon aura and death aura. Once it adhered to a warrior's meridians, it became a festering sore in the bone. Extremely difficult to shake off. With modern purification tech, even a few fallen feathers from that S-rank Beast Wind King Falcon would leave disaster zones from residual Malevolent Qi that would take a month to purify.

Let alone Malevolent Qi this pure. However...

'There's also beast will...' Eyes closed, within this wisp, Wang Xian seemed to see another massive skeletal beast roaring at him.

'Demonic Skeletal Dragon, a cannon-fodder beast like you dares bare fangs at me...' Over a dozen Divine Meridians circulated. The vast Spirit Malevolence within them instantly surrounded this wisp. Then. Refined in an instant.

"Catch." Wang Xian's fingertip struck again like thunder, returning the remaining dragon aura within the wisp back to Yan Zhaoxue. To aid her cultivation of Dragon Blood Body Technique and comprehension of later Dragon Spear martial arts. Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. Two finger strikes took but a fleeting instant. Dragon aura entered her body. She trembled slightly, silent.

Wang Xian finished, then turned to leave, intending to continue searching for the dragon-shaped stone key. Yan Zhaoxue stood dazed. Until. Seeing the senior's departing figure, she finally came back to her senses.

"This... it's done already?" Senior, you were way too fast... I didn't even feel anything yet... Suddenly, she couldn't help but let out a soft "Eep." Then she covered her cheeks with both hands and sank back into the blood pool. She'd thought it would take quite a long time... Completely hadn't expected it to be this fast...

'Meridian studies are typically only mastered by Old Martial Arts experts...'

'Purifying Malevolent Qi is even more unheard of...'

'Even if it exists, it's usually some rare talent that can purify one's own...'

'Could the senior also possess such a talent?'

'Or could it be...' Thinking of something, Yan Zhaoxue's entire body trembled.

'The senior doesn't possess the ability to purify and purge Malevolent Qi... he simply absorbed this wisp into his own body... then separated out dragon aura to return to me.' If that's the case... In truth, she hadn't held much hope originally. Over the past half year, she'd sought many methods to purge this unique wisp from her meridians. Modern technologies couldn't resolve it. It could only be suppressed and concealed through drugs or powerful equipment.

An Old Martial Arts expert proficient in opening meridians could, through certain techniques, absorb this wisp. Unfortunately, Old Martial Arts experts were already few. Who would foolishly absorb this wisp into their own body? Coupled with the location being somewhat private and requiring physical contact, she'd never considered this method. Her grandfather, as a relative, was also an Old Martial Arts expert and could do it. But grandfather had a hidden ailment.

If she told him about this, grandfather would undoubtedly absorb this wisp without hesitation. Yan Zhaoxue didn't want grandfather injured again, so she'd never told anyone in her family about this injury. Thinking of this, Yan Zhaoxue's mind gradually sank into silence... She gazed at the senior's back, her eyes gradually growing complex... But at this moment, she didn't hesitate. She quickly began cultivating Dragon Blood Body Technique, prioritizing restoring her strength.

Otherwise, she'd have no way to leave this place.

"Can't find it..." Wang Xian sighed. He'd already searched the nest several times and still couldn't find that dragon-shaped stone key.

"If that's the case, I can only find an opportunity to go to the Northern Tibet Relic ahead of schedule..." Wang Xian shook his head. He glanced at Yan Zhaoxue in the distance. Seeing she'd entered a cultivation state, Wang Xian looked upward.

"To leave, we'll still need Yan Zhaoxue's strength."

"The gravity here is astonishing, and there's lava all around. Without reaching sixth realm, you can't even fly. With Yan Zhaoxue's tens of thousands in life force, she can easily leap up." Seeing this, Wang Xian wasn't in a hurry. Dragon Blood Body Technique wouldn't take long to cultivate. Coupled with the blood essence of an entire Flame Demon Dragon, it was enough for her to cultivate it to perfection. This wasn't her first time cultivating it either. She should already have a certain proficiency.

As Wang Xian expected. By the next day, the blood essence in the fire pool had faded pale as plain water. Suddenly. Yan Zhaoxue shot out from the fire pool, her battle armor materializing. The dragon pattern on her back emitted a crimson blood-colored glow. As if, in this moment, it had come to life.

"Her talent improved." Wang Xian nodded inwardly. Martial talent could be enhanced. For instance, if a warrior relied on low-tier talent and cultivated all the way to Martial God, their talent must have been elevated and evolved. It was just that the difficulty was extremely high. It required many fortuitous encounters and cultivation to achieve. Yan Zhaoxue, who possessed King-tier Talent, after cultivating the ancient secret skill Dragon Blood Body Technique, had her talent also receive a certain enhancement.

A powerful spear intent burst from her body, piercing the heavens.

"Fourth realm peak... just one step from fifth realm."

"This spear intent is Hidden Dragon Spear Intent. She can use it to gain further comprehension." How else could she be called a genius? Geniuses could always achieve breakthroughs in all kinds of cultivation environments. Wang Xian wasn't surprised. He himself had no idea how many times he'd experienced situations like this.

"Senior!" Yan Zhaoxue landed, the world-weary intent in her eyes mostly disappeared, replaced by a hint of light charm. Wang Xian considered that it was likely the death aura within that wisp that had made Yan Zhaoxue listless. Hence her gaze had appeared very negative and world-weary. Some people probably liked this kind of gaze. That kind that saw everything as meaningless, that looked at everything like trash. But it was probably also partly due to her personality.

The world-weariness in her eyes hadn't completely vanished. She still retained a measure of world-weary indifference. When looking at others, she probably still saw trash. As for now though...

"Congratulations." Wang Xian nodded. Yan Zhaoxue pressed her thin lips together and suddenly thought of something.

"Right, after I successfully cultivated Dragon Blood Body Technique in the fire pool, I felt like there was something underneath."

"What thing?" Yan Zhaoxue led Wang Xian to the fire pool's edge. The blood essence had already turned white. The power contained in it had been completely absorbed, and it was even somewhat translucent. And... The original stench had disappeared, replaced by a faint, subtle fragrance. Wang Xian's thoughts didn't stray. This was because Yan Zhaoxue, during cultivation, had added specially prepared agents into the blood essence to neutralize its power. This was also part of cultivating Dragon Blood Body Technique.

And now, Wang Xian had no time to dwell on this, because at the bottom of the fire pool, he saw a hidden compartment that had appeared at some unknown time. The hidden compartment was engraved with dragon patterns. His eyes widened. When he'd first discovered the fire pool, this had absolutely not been here! He'd searched the entire nest without finding it. So now! Without hesitation, he leaped down, diving into the fire pool. Seeing this, Yan Zhaoxue blushed and hurriedly said:"Senior, wait a moment!"

Don't be fooled by the water being semi-transparent and smelling faintly fragrant. In reality, cultivating Dragon Blood Body Technique had a marrow-cleansing and body-purifying effect on her body... Causing the water to contain some... uh... However, Wang Xian cared nothing for any of that, holding his breath all the way to the bottom of the fire pool. ➤ Next: Senior, Called Wang Feng! Massive Gains, Secret Skill and Flood Dragon Pearl!