Chapter 1285 Dragon Transformation Pool, Dragon Marrow, Earth Spirit Milk
Chapter 1285 Dragon Transformation Pool, Dragon Marrow, Earth Spirit Milk
Legend has it that dragons live in the Dragon Pool Secret Realm.
However, although no true dragons or dragons were found, Chen Yang discovered a cave at the foot of a large mountain surrounding the Dragon Pool. Wisps of dragon energy gushed out of the cave, and there was a faint shimmering light. Several ancient pine trees, so thick they were frightening, stood at the entrance of the cave, making the place look ancient and mysterious.
Of course, dragon energy is also the energy of the earth's veins, because there are earth dragons and dragon veins.
Normally, places where the earth's veins converge and where the earth's energy surges are often where rare and precious materials are born.
Because of its extraordinary terrain, this place is blessed with the finest natural beauty.
"Dragon Cave?"
Now that he had discovered this mysterious cave, Chen Yang naturally wanted to go inside and take a look.
Dragon energy surged from the cave entrance, and divine light flickered; perhaps some rare and precious treasures might be found inside.
Soon, Chen Yang arrived at the cave entrance and found a stone door, which was not something he could just walk through.
The stone gate is very large, about four or five meters high, and looks very thick and solid. Its pure physical weight is probably several hundred tons, so it would be very difficult to break it open.
In addition, the stone gate is engraved with mysterious runes, densely packed, which are integrated with the entire mountain, forming an impregnable whole.
If you try to force your way through this mountain, it will inevitably disturb the entire mountain.
With such a powerful protective array, it would be impossible to break through the stone gate unless the entire mountain, several thousand meters high, was destroyed.
Hey!
A clear bird call rang out; the Blackscaled Eagle had arrived.
The giant, striped tiger had been devoured, its flesh and blood completely absorbed. Now, full of energy, it was brimming with vitality.
Seeing its owner looking worried, it knew its chance to shine had come.
Raise an army for a thousand days, use it for a while!
Clang!
Facing the stone gate in front of the cave, its large wings slashed across like a battle blade. The feathers at the edges gleamed and clanged.
Such a wing is incredibly sharp, capable of cleaving tanks and armored vehicles in two without a problem.
Back in the day, during the war against the Stars and Stripes, the Blackscale Eagle used its wings to cut down countless warplanes, striking fear into the hearts of the Stars and Stripes.
But at this moment, sparks flew everywhere and a deafening clang resounded, yet it only erased a few traces of the Dao. The entire stone gate remained unmoved, without leaving a single scratch.
thump!
Instead, the Blackscaled Eagle fell flat on its face, its wings were deformed from the impact, and some feathers fell off.
"It's no use. This stone gate is engraved with a Nascent Soul formation, and it has the Dao traces of a Nascent Soul expert. With your strength, you can't break it even if you risk your life." Chen Yang poured cold water on Black Scaled Eagle.
oooooooo!
The Blackscaled Eagle was furious, but there was nothing it could do. It had already realized from its earlier attempt that it couldn't break such a restriction.
The restrictions set up by the Nascent Soul cultivator indicate that there must be treasures in this cave.
Otherwise, the Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to seal the entire cave.
Therefore, Chen Yang had no choice but to go into the cave.
Chen Yang pinched his chin and stood in front of the stone gate, examining it for a while.
Although the restrictions on the stone gate of this cave were set up by a Nascent Soul cultivator and bear the Dao traces of a Nascent Soul expert, with the passage of time and the dissipation of divine power, they have been downgraded to Golden Core level restrictions.
In other words, one could break through this stone door with the power of a Golden Core cultivator.
Chen Yang possesses the power of the Golden Core level.
However, he did not intend to do so, because destroying the stone gate might also destroy the cave, thereby destroying any rare and precious materials that might be inside.
To open the stone gate, besides brute force, one can also break the array restrictions on the stone gate.
However, breaking through the array's restrictions is a technical skill.
It's like there's a combination lock on a stone gate; you have to crack the code to open it.
There are often millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of possible password combinations. Trying them one by one would never open the door, no matter how long it takes.
Unless you have the skills or know the structure of the combination lock.
Chen Yang stood before the stone gate, his fingers moving incessantly. Strands of Daoist runes appeared on the stone gate, moving with his fingers. It was as if he were performing some kind of mysterious arrangement and combination.
click!
About half a day later, the stone door shook and suddenly opened by itself.
"Not bad, it's half a day ahead of schedule. I thought it would take a whole day to open this stone door," Chen Yang muttered to himself.
The inheritance he received from the Xuanhuang Ancestor included the knowledge of breaking formations. However, this knowledge was difficult to understand, requiring more mental effort than physical strength, and he was still in the process of exploring it.
Once he truly masters this knowledge and integrates all of it, he will be able to crack this stone gate in no time.
Whoohoo!
The moment the stone gate opened, a dense dragon aura rushed out, blowing Chen Yang's hair back into a slicked-back style and causing his clothes to flutter wildly.
The Black-scaled Eagle followed behind Chen Yang and was even blown off balance, causing it to tumble.
The dragon energy inside the cave was so dense that Chen Yang suspected that the great dragon vein of Changbai Mountain might really be imprisoned inside.
As is widely known, Changbai Mountain has a great dragon vein that stretches for thousands of miles and is one of the largest dragon veins in our great Eastern country.
Imprisoning or capturing such a large dragon vein would be very difficult.
"My darn thing!"
Embarrassed in public, the majestic figure fell flat on its back. Enraged, the Black-Scaled Eagle unleashed a curse through its divine sense.
Then, it took two big, thick iron legs and charged into the cave.
This dead bird wasn't stupid; it knew there must be treasure in the cave.
With such rich dragon energy, it's sure to nurture rare and precious materials.
Dragon energy is essentially the energy of the earth's veins, because earth veins are also called dragon veins. Where there are mountains, there are often dragon veins, only varying in size. Therefore, dragon energy is not particularly precious, but it is of great benefit to cultivators who practice earth-elemental supernatural powers.
However, if the dragon's energy nurtures rare and precious materials, it will be of great benefit to any cultivator.
Tear it apart!
Chen Yang grabbed the Black-scaled Eagle, plucked a few feathers from it, and said to it, "If you don't want to die, stay outside for now. I'll go in and take a look."
If the cave dwelling of a Nascent Soul cultivator is suspected to contain some deadly formations or death traps, even ten Black Scaled Eagles wouldn't be enough to survive if they rushed in.
Furthermore, this dead bird is incredibly disrespectful. It's merely Chen Yang's mount, yet it dares to try and take over the role of the guest, trying to be the first to obtain the secret treasure in the cave.
Especially since it was Chen Yang who broke open the cave entrance, not the other way around, yet they dared to try and get in first—it's simply going against the natural order.
"That's precisely because there's danger, that's why I have to rush in first! Let all the danger come at me, and you can go in after I've confirmed it's safe," the Blackscaled Eagle said innocently, looking every bit the good bird.
Chen Yang was almost fooled. He said, "You're just my mount, not a dog by my side. Besides, even a dog has value. I would never allow a dog by my side to die so easily. Stay here and wait for me."
After saying that, Chen Yang activated his Flowing Cloud Stepping Technique, transforming his body into a fleeting shadow as he rushed into the cave.
As the saying goes, in the world of martial arts, speed is the only way to break through defenses.
If you are fast enough, even traps and killing formations cannot harm you in the slightest.
"Dog owner, you speak so righteously, but you just want to keep all the treasures in the cave for yourself. I won't let you succeed. As the saying goes, we share half when we meet, so I'll also have a share of the secret treasures in this cave."
Blackscaled Eagle snorted and charged into the cave, openly defying Chen Yang's orders.
Its wings were too wide, with a wingspan of more than ten zhang (approximately 33 meters), so it had to fold them up and use its two legs to move through the cave, hopping and skipping, which was quite comical.
However, these two legs are quite powerful, and they can run very fast, almost as fast as a rabbit.
The cave was filled with auspicious light. Although the dragon's aura was churning, the air was not humid but rather very dry. Although there were no luminous pearls embedded in the cave walls, many strange stones emitted a glow.
So much so that the cave was not dark, but rather full of auspicious colors, with splendid smoke and clouds, and undulating mist, just like a fairyland in legend.
Coming here gives you a dreamlike feeling.
The cave wasn't straight; it meandered and twisted. After traveling several hundred meters, we arrived at the deepest part of the mountain, inside the cave's interior, where there was a huge, open space. It was more than ten times larger than the stone chambers in the Cloud Mist Mountain cave, and it was incredibly spacious.
Within this enormous stone chamber, ley line energy surged down from the dome, connecting to a ley line itself. The entire chamber was shrouded in mist and clouds; the ley line energy here was so concentrated that it had even condensed into tiny liquid droplets, resembling a mist.
In the center of the stone chamber, there is a jade pool with a diameter of about ten meters.
Tick tock!Tick tock!
The earth's dragon energy, condensed into liquid, drips from the top of the stone chamber and falls into the jade pool.
The dome of the stone chamber has many inverted pointed cones that look like stalactites, from which drops of milky white liquid drip.
This is ambergris, which means the saliva spat out by a dragon. It is also called dragon marrow or earth spirit milk, a rare and precious natural treasure formed from the earth's veins and dragon energy.
Although dragon marrow is born from dragon veins, not all dragon veins can produce it.
Only a sufficiently powerful dragon vein can produce dragon marrow.
The Changbai Mountains stretch for over a thousand kilometers and are one of the largest dragon veins in our Southeast University area, which is why they have this capability.
Small dragon veins like those in Yunwu Mountain won't work.
"Dragon Transformation Pool!"
On the exterior of the jade pool in the center of the cave, Chen Yang also saw the three characters "Transformation Dragon Pool".
The phrase "transformation into a dragon" is not difficult to understand; it means to transform into a dragon.
On the ground, Chen Yang also saw many scattered scales, most of which were the size of an adult's palm, heavy and extremely hard in his hand.
"Dragon scale? No, it should be a dragon scale." Chen Yang looked at a scale he picked up from the ground and muttered to himself.
Legend has it that dragons live in Changbai Mountain. However, the possibility of a real dragon is obviously slim, because a real dragon could not be born in such a shallow place as Earth, nor would any real dragon be willing to live here.
The presence of these scales proves that this secret realm was once inhabited by a dragon, and it is very likely that this was originally a secret realm set up by a dragon.
Later, for reasons unknown, perhaps due to the decline of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the gradual depletion of spiritual power, these dragons fled elsewhere. Or perhaps the entire race simply became extinct; that's not impossible either.
Anyway, when Chen Yang released his divine sense, he didn't sense the aura of a dragon or find the shadow of a jiao (a type of dragon-like creature).
Always believe that no matter how powerful a race or how invincible a sect is, in the long river of time, they are nothing and will eventually decline or even be destroyed.
Upon seeing those towering architectural ruins, Chen Yang guessed that a dragon might have once lived here. Only a dragon could possess such a large physique.
Of course, dragons live in dragon pools, but if they transform into human form, they can live in rooms, like the architectural ruins Chen Yang just saw.
The Dragon Transformation Pool likely embodies the beautiful aspirations of the dragon clan: soaking in the pool with dragon marrow and taking a bath will allow them to transform into dragons.
Dragon marrow, as a rare and precious material, does indeed have the effect of enabling people to undergo transformation, but whether it can transform a dragon into a dragon is still a question mark in Chen Yang's mind.
The dragon vein generates dragon marrow at an extremely slow rate. The diameter of the Dragon Transformation Pool is about ten meters. As the dragon marrow drips down from the dome, the time required to fill the entire pool would be astronomical.
Chen Yang strode forward, wanting to see how much dragon marrow was left in the pool.
If he could, he would also like to take a dip in it.
He now finally understood why the Nascent Soul cultivator had personally placed a seal on the stone gate—because there were truly great treasures inside the cave. The Dragon Transformation Pool and the Dragon Marrow were priceless treasures.
"Who?"
However, just as Chen Yang rushed to the Dragon Transformation Pool, he wondered if his eyes were playing tricks on him, but he actually saw a tiny figure about half a meter tall in the pool. It vanished in a flash, like a dream bubble.
"When did even my eyes start to have problems? Impossible. There must have been a villain in that Dragon Transformation Pool just now, probably stealing dragon marrow," Chen Yang muttered to himself, confident in his judgment.
"Wow, my goodness! There's so much celestial nectar, almost half a pool full. Let me have a sip."
The black-scaled eagle swooped over, stretched its head to look into the jade pool, and was shocked. It opened its blood-red beak to feast.
The dragon marrow in the pool shimmered and sparkled, crystal clear, like liquid crystal of the finest quality, emitting a pale golden light and a fragrant aroma; it was clearly a rare and priceless treasure.
The small amount of dragon marrow and earth spirit milk in the pool had already far exceeded Chen Yang's expectations.
It should be noted that this jade pool is about ten meters in diameter, and it is usually used as a large bathing tub for dragons.
Half a pool of dragon marrow is enough for people to swim in.
An adult who cannot swim may drown if they fall in.
boom!
Just as the Blackscaled Eagle was about to rush into the Dragon Pool to drink the dragon marrow, Chen Yang slapped it away and scolded, "You have no manners. Did you ask for my permission before you tried to drink the dragon marrow?"
Hey!
The black-scaled eagle protested with a loud cry.
It knew that the Earth's Spirit Milk was precious and really wanted to drink a sip.
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