Chapter 69 Benefits

  A golden light flashed across the sky, and in an instant it had traversed a distance of several miles, its speed leaving one aghast.

  In the golden light, it was Longwang and Kong Fang who were rushing to the Qi Zong, with the young dragon Long Xun wrapped around Kong Fang's neck, sleeping with his eyes closed.

  Looking down at the mountains and land below, Kong Fang was secretly shocked by the terrifying speed of the Dragon King. Indeed a strong practitioner of the Tongshen realm, this speed was countless times faster than the Cloud Soaring Boat.

  Even with Confucius' current cultivation, after gazing at the rapidly retreating land below for a while, he couldn't help but feel slightly dizzy, and so withdrew his gaze.

  No longer concerned with the outside world, Kong Fangbian focused his mind on himself.

  After merging with the Dragon King's essence, Kong Fang gained immense benefits. The most noticeable was that he became more sensitive to the Earth element between heaven and earth. This sensitivity not only made him feel the Earth element more clearly between heaven and earth and within the earth but also manifested in his control over it.

  In the past, Kōng Fāng needed to bury materials in the earth to borrow the power of the terrestrial veins to remove impurities and create vessels. But now, as long as he places the materials on the ground and lets them come into contact with the earth, Kōng Fāng can borrow the power of the terrestrial veins to achieve all this. If he continues to grow stronger like this, Kōng Fāng believes that in the future, he will absolutely be able to break free from the constraints of the earth and definitely be able to do these things even in mid-air.

  Apart from feeling more sensitive to the power of the earth, another obvious change is his body. Kong Fang's body had already been very powerful after being tempered by his magical powers, but compared to other cultivators of the same realm, the difference was not that great. However, after merging with the Dragon King's drop of essence blood, Kong Fang's body became several times stronger again, and this is only the current limit of how much his body can be strengthened. In the future, as his cultivation breaks through and his realm increases, Kong Fang's body will become even stronger once more.

  The divine beast is also a powerful being in the realm of gods, and the power contained in one drop of its essence blood is extremely terrifying. To know that taking out this drop of essence blood, the dragon king's strength has decreased somewhat, it can be seen that the power contained in this drop of essence blood is so terrifying. If Kong Fang's current cultivation wasn't really too weak, the improvement in all aspects would absolutely be very frightening.

  In fact, if it wasn't for the Dragon King personally taking action to infuse that drop of essence blood into Kong Fang's body, with Kong Fang's current level of cultivation, recklessly fusing with the essence blood would have only one outcome - being burst apart by the terrifying power within the essence blood. In fact, not to mention Kong Fang at the Soul Summoning stage, even an existence at the Spirit Transformation stage would be unable to withstand the power within that drop of essence blood all at once, and could only gradually absorb it.

  Now, the vast majority of the power in that drop of essence has been sealed by the Dragon King in Kong Fang's body. As Kong Fang's cultivation increases, the seal will slowly open, allowing him to gradually absorb and refine all the power in the essence through his hard work.

  These benefits are just the most obvious, and also the changes that Kong Fang can feel. Some hidden benefits, Kong Fang may not be clear, for example, Kong Fang's body has merged with this drop of pure blood, in fact, he is equivalent to having a part of the divine beast's bloodline, which makes his future potential and advantages even greater, and on him there is also a hint of the divine beast's aura, which will have some suppressive effect on the water-dwelling demon beasts.

  There are also some other hidden benefits, but these benefits will only gradually emerge as Kong Fang slowly absorbs the power of the essence and blood, so for now, nothing can be seen.

  At this time, Kong Fang couldn't think of how great the benefits he got were, but it didn't affect his excitement and happiness.

  "I have merged with the Dragon King's essence, and now I carry a hint of his aura within me. From now on, I can freely enter and exit the Thousand Dragon Lake without worrying about being discovered by other aquatic demons or half-blooded dragonkin like before. If I'm lucky, I might even stumble upon precious spiritual herbs and treasures that have no owner, which I can then exchange for a large amount of contribution points at the Sect, allowing me to obtain the Heaven-Defying Treasure, the Five Extremes Separation Mirror."

  Kong Fang never thought of relying on his half-blooded dragon benefactor identity to forcibly demand various spiritual grasses and treasures from the water-dwelling demon beasts or half-blooded dragons. The Dragon King's single drop of essence was enough to repay his debt, and relying on this identity again would be ungrateful. Moreover, even if he could do so, Kong Fang wouldn't, as he had his own moral bottom line.

  "Little friend, do you want to come with me to meet your sect leader?" The Dragon King turned his head and glanced at Kong Fang, his golden eyes filled with a hint of a smile as he said: "If Gu Hanshan knew that you helped me out so much in Qian Long Hu, he will definitely heavily reward you."

  Kong Fang was taken aback, but immediately shook his head and refused the proposal without hesitation.

  "I have an impolite request and I hope that Senior Dragon King will be able to agree to it." Kong Fang's expression was extremely solemn.

  "Alright, you speak." The Dragon King nodded and said.

  "I'd like to ask you, senior, not to mention my affairs to others." Kong Fang said. However, after careful consideration, the Dragon King was looking for Zong Zhuo Han this time because of what happened at Qian Long Hu, and it's impossible not to mention that matter. He could only compromise and say: "At least don't let others know of my existence, I hope you can grant me this request, senior."

  The Dragon King looked at Kong Fang in surprise, for a moment he couldn't understand why Kong Fang didn't take the opportunity to reveal his identity. After all, if the Sect Master or other powerful cultivators were to find out about Kong Fang's existence, they might be able to gain great benefits from it later on.

  "I agree with you." Although he didn't quite understand Kong Fang's plan in his heart, the Dragon King still nodded and agreed.

  "Thank you, Senior Dragon King." Kong Fang bowed gratefully.

  After flying forward for a while longer, the Dragon King put Kong Fang down on the plain below at his request.

  The reluctant Long Xun came down from Kong Fang's shoulder and wrapped itself around the Dragon King's arm. A pair of big eyes looked pitifully at Kong Fang, making a weak "aww" sound in its mouth.

  Kong Fang touched his little head and smiled: "In the future, I will often go to Qianlong Lake to see you."

  "Ah", Long Xun suddenly let out a clear and loud cry, his eyes once again filled with spirit.

  The Dragon King smiled wryly and shook his head slightly, then took Long Xun and quickly flew into the sky, rushing to Qizong first.

  Watching Long Wang and Long Xun disappear into the distance, Kong Fang let out a bitter laugh.

  "There are benefits that no one doesn't want, but with my current strength, I still can't enter the line of sight of strong masters like Zong Zhu. I have all sorts of secrets on me, and once I'm frequently noticed by powerful masters like Zong Zhu, it's easy to expose some of these secrets. Not to mention other secrets, just entering the secret mansion is enough to make Master Zong freeze my skin and strip me bare from the outside in. I can't gamble with my own safety for someone else's preferences and kindness." Kong Fang thought to himself.

  Then, Kong Fang took out the Xingyunzhou and flew quickly to a small mountain not far away, cultivating while waiting for nightfall. It was easy to be discovered by people during the day at the Huqi Sect, only at night was it slightly safer.

  "It's a good thing that the trial with Su Yun and that woman is only tomorrow, there's still plenty of time now." Kong Fang felt a little relieved in his heart. If he hadn't saved Long Xun earlier, even if he managed to escape from Qianlong Lake successfully, he wouldn't know how much time it would take. Once the trial time was missed, Su Yun and Luo Qing would definitely break into his small courtyard, and at that time, the fact that he wasn't in the Qi Zong would be exposed. Moreover, Zhao Yong, who had a grudge against him, happened to die on the same day, whoever did it first would suspect him."

  To know that killing a fellow disciple is a serious crime, once discovered, the consequences will be severe.

  Actually, Kong Fang had no idea how lucky he was today. If he hadn't saved Long Xun at that time, they wouldn't have been able to leave Qianlong Lake. The theft of the young dragon shook the entire Qianlong Lake, and afterwards countless aquatic demons and half-blooded dragons roamed around. Given Kong Fang's distance from the edge of Qianlong Lake was still several hundred miles away, he actually didn't have time to escape.