Chapter 45: Dragon Soul

  "Not today, we have something important on our hands this time." Tian said.

  "Alright, alright, stop pretending here. If you have something to say, let's go inside and talk." Ling Xiao didn't care about Tianyi's explanation and pulled him into the transmission array. Tianhuo and Lingxing followed with a bitter smile.

  Although the buildings within the Lingtian Sect are quite magnificent, this is limited to external decorations. Take the small building of Elder Lingxu for example, although it looks exquisite, once you enter, you will find that you were wrong. This thought has now occurred to both Lingshen and Lingyu.

  "Not really, it's still the elder, how can there be no chairs in this house? Even a cushion?" Ling Xing said softly.

  "What did you say, Ling Xing?" Tian Huo asked coldly.

  "Hehe, Brother Dao doesn't have to be like this. It's normal for the younger generation not to be used to this futon, after all they haven't been practicing for long and might place more importance on external things." said Ling Xū Dào.

  "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, but I still don't quite understand, why are all the buildings here decorated so extravagantly? It doesn't seem like the style of the cultivators." Tian Huo asked in confusion.

  "It's no wonder that you, Brother Dao, would have doubts. Hehe, in the past, before I sent my ancestors to the Tao, I was an emperor of this mundane world in the Zero Realm Star. That's why there are so many palace-like buildings here. Out of respect for our ancestors, none of these buildings were demolished. The previous leader of our sect simply used this place as a residence for the 36 rotating elders of our sect." said Ling Xudao.

  "Oh, I see."

  "Right, Tianyi the old drunkard, what brings you here this time?" Ling Xū thought for a moment that Tianyi didn't come to drink this time, and couldn't help but ask with a lack of interest.

  "Tianyi, what's with the 'old ghost' nonsense? Alright, alright." Tianyi Elder complained for a bit before explaining his intentions to Ling Xue.

  "Oh, I see. So the Instrument Spirit Union has this idea, completely because of your sect's thousand-year closure. These new rising sects don't even know you exist, and those older generation sects with some foundation have already looked down on you for a long time. The fact that such a situation has arisen is expected, and moreover, your sect's Supreme Elders didn't participate in the Holy Alliance either. And most of the high-level scattered immortals in the Instrument Cultivation Union are also in the Holy Alliance, which also has the factor of these people stirring up trouble." Ling Xiao thought for a moment before saying.

  "Hmm, think back to the year when our Instrument Spirit Sect made so many contributions to the entire Orthodox Cultivation Realm? A thousand years ago, in that one battle, I alone lost nearly fifty 10-star instrument refinement masters. Now it's good that they want to provoke our Instrument Spirit Sect, are those old codgers from the Sacred Alliance blind? Letting these people run amok." Tian Huo said with great indignation.

  "Heh heh, Tian Huo, just mention these words here and don't go spreading them around, after all the entire Orthodox Cultivation Realm is under the jurisdiction of the Holy Alliance now. I heard that not long ago, someone was sent down from above to bestow a magical artifact upon the current Alliance Master, Qianji Zi."

  "What's above? A divine artifact, could it be from the realm of the gods?" Tianyi was shocked and lost color upon hearing this.

  "Hmm, Old Wine Ghost, I am now the Inspector of the Holy Alliance. This matter has been confirmed, but as for what specific divine artifact it is, that's unknown. Since it was bestowed by the Heavenly Realm, its power should be considerable." Ling Xiao said.

  "Hmm, but I'm still quite confident in this match. If I'm not mistaken, you're here to take Lingming away, right? Heh heh, after all, among the young generation of alchemists, only Lingming can suppress Murong Yunfan." Ling Xiao said with a smile.

  "Haha, nothing can be hidden from you. Indeed, we came this time to take Lingming away to participate in the competition. Don't worry, after the trial is over next year, we will bring him back. By the way, how is Lingming doing here? Are the things he refined not meeting your requirements?" Tianyi said.

  "Haha, that's where you're wrong, old drunkard. Your own disciples don't meet the requirements and you don't even know? But I should thank you instead?" Ling Xiao's smile was somewhat sly, and even Tian Yi, a cultivator with a stable mind, felt a chill run down his spine when he heard it.

  "What are you thanking me for? Isn't it just letting Lingming refine some magic treasures for you? He himself asked to be tempered." Tianyi said, straightening his back.

  "Hehe, thank you for bringing me such a great cooking expert, Lingming's dishes are even better than those of the top chefs in our Zero Boundary Star Tianxiangju, hehe, how can I thank you?" Ling Xiao said with a smile.

  "Master, I only remember this much of the seal." Sun Ming finished the last stroke of the law seal on the dragon tendon, looking at the star-studded array on the embryo of the treasure formed by the dragon tendon, feeling quite satisfied. Although it was only one-third of the position, after all, it was his own handprint, a law seal that he had slowly imprinted.

  "Alright, let's get started then. Pay attention tomorrow, I hope you'll gain some insight." With that, Yun Zhongzi said, Sun Ming felt his consciousness appear in the sea of consciousness, and Yun Zhongzi was directing his body to begin refining.

  Although it was his own body, under the command of his master, the handprint that had just been extremely difficult to perform seemed so simple. The same technique produced two different feelings, just like the same brush in the hands of Wang Xizhi and a person who had just learned to write would produce completely different characters. This is how Sun Ming felt now.

  Just like the endless array of Jiang water, the seal was continuously engraved on the dragon tendon, everything was so natural, so smooth. The Hongmeng purple fire also jumped and changed color constantly, the fire supreme seemed particularly happy at this moment. It's unknown how long it took, Yun Zhongzi's hand gesture finally came down, and the unfolded dragon tendon slowly automatically rolled up, finally, when Yun Zhongzi's last handprint stopped, the Suo Xian rope was also slowly formed in the Hongmeng purple fire.

  "Alright, tomorrow, it's up to you now. There seem to be more people waiting for you outside the cave. In a while, I'll put away the Restrictive Rope and clean up the traces of these formations. I'm going into meditation, which will take a very long time. During my absence, it's all up to you. Be careful not to slack off in your cultivation, or else..." Cloud Ancestor said wearily.

  "Ah, Master, you can rest assured that I will definitely work hard." Sun Ming said with a solemn oath. After thinking about the legendary Yu Xu Palace's method of punishing disciples who made mistakes, Sun Ming couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine - he didn't want to suffer that punishment.

  "Uh, gotta work hard and cultivate, ah, the Golden Core stage is really...” Yun Zhongzi's voice grew fainter and fainter until it disappeared. Sun Ming tried calling out a couple of times, but when no one responded, he knew that this time his master was truly exhausted.

  "Binding the Immortal Rope, haha, binding the Immortal Rope, it's really beautiful!" Sun Ming looked at the rolling Immortal Rope and secretly rejoiced in his heart. He slowly began to refine this beautiful rope using the unique Heart Refining Technique of the Jade Void Sect.

  Heart Refining is a technique that differs from the current method of controlling magical artifacts in the Cultivation Realm. Heart Refining involves using a unique technique to separate a portion of one's divine thoughts and merge them with the artifact being refined, making it difficult for others to seize the artifact. Furthermore, the separated divine thoughts will form an artifact spirit to a certain extent after merging with the artifact.

  Sun Ming painfully separated a part of his already scarce divine thoughts, slowly merging with the Bundling Immortal Rope. As this part of his divine thoughts entered, Sun Ming also saw the scene inside the rope. He didn't expect to see a dragon soul without consciousness inside the rope. It seemed that his master had once said that dragons were the kings of all beasts, born with the ability to ride the clouds and fog. If a dragon died abnormally, its dragon soul would condense into its tendons. This dragon tendon came from the Heavenly Dragon, which was extraordinary. Now it seemed normal for a dragon soul to appear inside. Sun Ming didn't think much about it and used this part of his consciousness to occupy the dragon soul.

  It's a very strange feeling, Sun Ming looked at the bundled immortal rope, feeling as if he had an extra body, and as long as his divine thoughts moved slightly, the bundled immortal rope would make the same movements according to his intentions. Ma Hua, item circle... One by one, very similar shapes were made by Sun Ming's command of the bundled immortal rope, even including a plate of well-cooked noodles. Fortunately, Yun Zhongzi is now meditating and recovering, if he saw this scene, I don't know what kind of state this Taoist would be in.

  "Right, Master said there's someone waiting for me outside the door, it must be Tian Kui or Yun Lei, or maybe both of them came together. Alas, I regret it, I've fed their mouths. Sun Ming put away the bundle of sacred rope and slowly collected the crystal stones used to set up the formation."

  "Huh, Tianyi Elder, Tianhuo Elder, what are you doing in Lingjing Star?" Sun Ming walked out of the cave dwelling he had been waiting in for three months and was still reeling from the dazzling sunlight when he was bewildered by the few people in front of him.

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