Chapter 913: Ancient Mutated Beast—Thousand Feathered Snake
With a flip of Yao Yan’s hand, one of the greatest treasures of the Merfolk Race—the Holy Beast Medallion—appeared in her hand. A gargantuan snake the size of a mountain, with thousands of feathered wings, appeared in the sea.
Qi Wuxue exclaimed in shock, “The ancient mutated beast Thousand Feathered Snake! I really did not expect this. This witch really has a lot of treasures on hand. The Thousand Feathered Snake will be able to help her withstand the pressure from one of the Martial Emperors.”
After this battle, there would no longer be any Princess Yao Yan. Instead, there was be a new Queen Yao Yan, whose name would spread throughout the entire Kunlun Realm.
Long Fei’s and Qi Wuxue’s expressions were rather unsightly. After all, the major characters behind them were participating in the battle for this Sea Monarch Palace.
With the Sea Monarch Palace as the base and the Thorn Sovereign Circlet as support, Yao Yan managed to control the four treasures of the Sea Monarch. From the looks of things, the more she fought, the more powerful she became. She even suppressed the various Martial Emperors. How could Long Fei and Qi Wuxue be in a good mood?
Xiao Chen had nothing to worry about. He treated the battle five hundred kilometers away as a feast, observing carefully and studying it.
Among the people surrounding Yao Yan and attacking her, Xiao Chen saw an Immortal Cultivator, who was probably from the One Dao Palace. When he recalled that he had killed the two people from the One Dao Palace, he decided that it would be best for him not to remain here.
“I’m going. If I stay any longer, I might not be able to leave even if I want to. Actually, we all already know whom the Sea Monarch Palace will end up with.”
After taking his leave of Qi Wuxue and Long Fei, Xiao Chen quickly departed, electric light flashing underfoot.
Half a day later, he had crossed the Chaotic Demonic Sea and arrived at the beach. When he saw the Yellow Soil Demonic Garden at the limits of his vision and thought about his experiences in the past half month, he sighed ruefully.
Within the Universe Ring, the Azure Emperor Drawing the Saber painting and the Standing Tall Seeing Far painting were completely combined. With a wave of his hand, an entirely new scroll appeared in his grip.
Xiao Chen unfurled the scroll and did not see the Azure Emperor in the painting, only two secret manuals and one simple and ancient azure medallion. With a gentle shake, the three items fell out.
Then, the painting took fire and quickly burned down to ashes.
“This is what was hidden in the painting?” Xiao Chen said with anticipation and carefully put away the three items. The Azure Emperor definitely had his own reasons for placing these in the painting.
“Boom!”
Just as he was about to check these items out, a towering wave surged up, and a large Thousand Feathered Snake carried Princess Yao Yan out.
Wait, that isn’t right. It should be Queen Yao Yan now.
“I finally caught up. Young Master Xiao, you are still alive. This is wonderful news.” Seeing that Xiao Chen was fine, Yao Yan smiled with a somewhat complicated expression.
“Thank you for worrying, Your Majesty. Xiao Chen is indeed living very well.” He smiled faintly, appearing as cold as before.
The Thousand Feathered Snake emitted a horrifying power that churned the seawater below. Its long, forked tongue flicked in and out repeatedly, revealing cold, sharp, venomous fangs.
However, with Yao Yan standing on this ferocious mutated beast, it obediently stayed still, not daring to move.
The sky-blue Sea Monarch Palace mark on Yao Yan’s forehead flashed with a bright light as dazzling as the sun.
The current Yao Yan looked like the sun in the sky, projecting overwhelming might. With one look, she could evoke bone-deep fear in another.
She had refined the Sea Monarch Palace and subdued the Sea Monarch’s four treasures. She had the Sea Monarch Scepter with unparalleled offensive power, the Divine Rain Robes with unrivaled defense, the Pursuing Wave Boots that could pierce through space and travel five hundred kilometers in an instant, and the Sea Monarch Crown that represented vast might.
Then, there were the three greatest treasures of the Merfolk Race: the Water God Pearl, the Holy Beast Medallion, and the Thorn Sovereign Circlet.
With so many powerful Secret Treasures, her strength was already beyond Xiao Chen’s comprehension.
The overall strength of a cultivator consisted of five aspects: cultivation, Martial Techniques, Cultivation Techniques, combat experience, and finally, Secret Treasures.
Yao Yan managed to bring out the might of all these Secret Treasures to their peak. Even a Martial Emperor could perfectly bring out the might of an Emperor Grade Secret Treasure only one at a time. If they tried with more, they would fail due to lack of energy. However, she succeeded with four Emperor Grade Secret Treasures at the same time.
In the end, this was all thanks to Xiao Chen for helping Yao Yan eliminate the evil Demon in the Sea Monarch Palace. Otherwise, she would not have the Sea Monarch Palace to provide her with an endless supply of energy.
If she relied only on the Thorn Sovereign Circlet, bringing out the full might of the four Emperor Grade Secret Treasures belonging to the Sea Monarch would be impossible.
“My apologies, Young Master Xiao. In the end, I misled you into making a misjudgment.” Yao Yan, whose aura had changed remarkably, said this in the end while emanating supreme might.
“However, Yao Yan truly feels gratified that Young Master survived. My original intent was to use the three treasures of the Merfolk Race to exchange for your Purple Thunder True Fire. I never intended to put Young Master Xiao in danger.”
Xiao Chen appeared rather calm as he smiled faintly. “Is Your Majesty blaming herself? There is no need for that. You carry the hopes of nine Martial Emperors of your race. I also carry the identity of the Azure Emperor’s descendant. There are some things that one cannot help doing, some matters that the heart cannot help but want to do. I did not misjudge you. At least Your Majesty will remember Xiao Chen now.”
“There are some things that one cannot help doing, some matters that the heart cannot help but want to do,” Yao Yan muttered to herself several times. Then she looked at Xiao Chen, feeling moved. It turned out that the carefree Young Master Xiao also had moments when he could not stop himself from doing certain things.
“Whoosh!”
Yao Yan’s eyes turned clear as she tossed out the Holy Beast Medallion. She said, “This is a treasure of my race, the Holy Beast Medallion. It can seal even a Holy Beast as strong as a Martial Emperor, allowing one to control it freely. I no longer need the Holy Beast Medallion to control this Thousand Feathered Snake, so I’m handing it over to Young Master.
“In the future, when the Martial God Palace confers a Kingship on Young Master, Yao Yan will definitely send a big gift to thank Young Master for his mercy.”
After saying that, Yao Yan disappeared into the depths of the sea, riding the mutated ancient beast with a thousand feathered wings, departing for parts unknown.
Xiao Chen caught the Holy Beast Medallion and looked across the vast sea. Then he smiled faintly as he turned around. He hoped that this girl could resolve the knot in her heart; otherwise, the efforts of the nine Martial Emperors would go to waste.
The Merfolk Race had been content to stay in a corner, trapped in the Chaotic Demonic Sea for ten thousand years, always excluded from the Heavenly Starry Ocean. For a long time, they continuously declined, unable to save themselves, digging their own grave and enslaved by others.
There are some things that one cannot help doing, some matters that the heart cannot help but want to do.
From the beginning up to now, Xiao Chen had always moved as his heart wanted. He had always had the freedom to act independently as he pleased.
With a flip of his hand, the two secret manuals and the medallion from the Azure Emperor painting floated in front of Xiao Chen.
He held the medallion in his hand. The azure medallion had an Azure Dragon carved on the front and a totem on the back. Its material was unfamiliar, feeling extremely heavy, at least five hundred kilograms.
The Azure Dragon on the obverse appeared alive as if it would leap out of the medallion at any moment.
When Xiao Chen looked carefully, the vast, majestic, endless Kunlun Mountain Range appeared in his mind. Then, an Azure Dragon leaped out from the mountain range.
The Azure Dragon swallowed up the seas in one breath. With one roar, the mountains and rivers turned into ashes; the clouds vanished.
This was a true Azure Dragon. A person appeared in the mountains, standing in the distance. He held a long saber as he stood upright in the air, looking down on this Azure Dragon, radiating overwhelming pride.
When this person roared at the Azure Dragon, his voice was like thunder. He actually managed to suppress the sound of the dragon as a bright light shot up into the sky.
The Azure Dragon was unconvinced of its loss, so one man and one dragon fought in the Kunlun Mountain Range.
Xiao Chen felt excited as he carefully observed and visualized it. This was his Xiao Clan’s old ancestor subduing a dragon.
Dragon Subduing Slash, Dragon Subduing Slash. The words “dragon subduing” was the true essence of the move. The other things were just minor details.
However, the Azure Dragon was a Holy Beast, one with the bloodline of a True Dragon. How could it be so easy for an ordinary person to speak of subduing a dragon?
Xiao Chen sat down cross-legged and imitated every single action of that old ancestor in his mind, materializing thirteen moves of the Dragon Subduing Slash, analyzing the essence of his old ancestor’s subduing of a dragon.
He sat there for half a month before he opened his eyes once more, suddenly gaining enlightenment regarding the Dragon Subduing Slash. Clearly, its core was dragon subjugation.
A look of joy appeared on Xiao Chen’s face. Then, he stood up and carefully turned over this Azure Dragon Medallion to look at the Azure Dragon totem on the reverse. Needless to say, the old ancestor must have succeeded with his dragon subjugation. Otherwise, this totem to benefit his descendants would not exist.
Xiao Chen pushed off the ground and soared into the air. Eighteen Azure Dragons appeared around him, all subservient to him, raising his aura sky-high.
The eighteen Azure Dragons roared at the same time. Mountains and rivers shattered, clouds scattered. My heart is flawless. None can stop me from subduing dragons.
“Slash!”
Xiao Chen shouted, and he felt the Law Energy in his body surge out like a gushing waterfall. Azure Dragons rushed out through his fingertip and formed strands of saber light, shooting out without pause.
The sea became like a piece of cut tofu. As the azure light faded, he stretched out his hand and raised it. The seawater instantly flipped over.
A one-kilometer-wide deep pit appeared on the calm surface of the sea as if someone had gouged it.
After a while, the seawater in the surroundings rushed back, hundred-meter-tall waves surging and howling as they assaulted the beach.
The place rumbled like a massive army on the march, shaking the sky and rocking the earth.
Xiao Chen smiled faintly and retracted his hand in satisfaction. “The power to subdue dragons and flip the sea and rivers. I can do it too.”
Although he could not compare to Queen Yao Yan and the other Martial Emperors, he could really do it by relying on his own power.
Someday, I will truly flip the sea and rivers. I will flip this entire Chaotic Demonic Sea.
Xiao Chen solemnly put the Azure Dragon Medallion away. This medallion should have other uses. It should not be only for helping the later generations understand the mysteries of the Dragon Subduing Slash.
Then, he looked at the two secret manuals. He flipped open one, which had the words “Azure Dragon Body Nourishing Art” on the cover. This was a Divine Art for tempering the body, something of a higher rank than the Firmament Body Tempering Art.
Xiao Chen could not help being overjoyed. Now, that he had half a Dragon Force, two thousand five hundred kilograms of force, he could not advance it further using the Firmament Body Tempering Art. This Azure Dragon Body Nourishing Art met his urgent need.
He carefully put away this secret manual and flipped open the other one, full of anticipation of what pleasant surprise it would bring him.
This secret manual’s cover and pages were all black, inspiring a heavy, stifling, and uncomfortable feeling. One glance at it immediately captured his attention.
As Xiao Chen flipped the pages, his expression slowly turned grave. He only flipped a few pages and already felt shaken like he was about to fall into a trap. He quickly shut the book with a ‘pa’ sound and calmed himself.
This secret manual was actually for a Demonic Art. If one was not careful, it might consign them to eternal damnation. It was called the Good and Evil Beneficence Art.
It focused on cultivating Beneficence, which could be accumulated through both good and evil. The kinder and more benevolent one was, the more the Beneficence and the stronger one would be. However, this was the same for evil as well.
Good and evil were interchangeable. The theory of this Cultivation Technique was something he had never seen or heard of before. Unexpectedly, Beneficence could increase one’s strength.
The most important thing was that one could accumulate Beneficence regardless of good or evil. Xiao Chen shivered just thinking about it. This Cultivation Technique must not be preserved. If those loose cultivators in the Primal Chaos Domain obtain it, the consequences would be extremely horrifying.
Did the Azure Emperor cultivate this Cultivation Technique?