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"What... what is it doing?" Zi Yan stared wide-eyed at the depths of the Thunder Pool in disbelief.
There, the massive body of the golden thunder dragon suddenly exploded, unleashing huge arcs of lightning accompanied by a mournful dragon roar, instantly wiping out everything around it...
Ye Chen frowned and said in a deep voice, "The surrounding spiritual energy is gathering, and this Nine Profound Golden Lightning is gathering spiritual energy!"
The so-called gathering of spirits is the gathering of spiritual wisdom.
If the Nine Profound Golden Thunder successfully gathers its spirit, it can become an energy spirit like the Pure Lotus Demon Flame and the Void Devouring Flame—a Thunder Spirit!
"Wow! Big brother, we're so lucky!" Zi Yan exclaimed with delight.
"Regardless of whether the spirit gathering is successful or not, this thing will enter a period of weakness afterward, at which time..."
"When the two of us make our move, we'll definitely take it down!"
Even if a fully grown Nine Profound Golden Thunder Spirit is greatly weakened by then, its energy is probably no less than that of a Seven-Star Dou Sheng. Even if the two of them share it, it would be enough for them to simultaneously advance a major realm!
"Heh, wishful thinking. It's not that simple..."
Ye Chen's gaze was equally intense, but his heart was not as relaxed as Zi Yan's.
"You should know that the more powerful an energy entity is, the more difficult it is for it to develop sentience. Just look at the Bodhi Tree to see that..."
If the Pure Lotus Demon Flame hadn't encountered the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, it probably wouldn't have been able to successfully develop sentience, so there's a 90% chance it would have failed!
Zi Yan shrugged, seemingly unconcerned, and said, "So what if we fail? It has nothing to do with us anyway. I was just craving its body..."
Ye Chen rolled his eyes at the girl.
You really don't hide it at all...
"Don't get your hopes up. If it really fails to gather spirit energy, its spiritual body might collapse directly. At that point, you can only hope we can run fast enough, otherwise the entire Void Thunder Pool might erupt!"
"Huh? Then, shall we run now?" Tilting her head and blinking her eyes, Zi Yan put on a cute look and tugged at Ye Chen's sleeve.
Stop acting cute!
Ye Chen raised his hand and tapped the girl on the forehead, his eyes also flashing with greed.
"Giving up like this isn't in my nature... Watch my signal later, we'll go talk to this Lei Ling..."
Gathering spiritual energy with the Nine Profound Golden Thunder is certainly not an easy task, but it's not like there's no other way...
Rumble!
Golden thunderstorms continuously exploded on the surface of the golden thunder dragon, each explosion accompanied by a mournful dragon roar.
Seeing this, Zi Yan couldn't help but swallow hard, saying with some concern, "I didn't expect the backlash from the Nine Profound Golden Lightning's attempt to gather spiritual energy to be so powerful..."
Of course, although these backlashes were powerful, Ye Chen could detect that the golden thunder dragon's previously lifeless eyes had begun to show some sentience...
However, just as some spiritual energy emerged from the eyes of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Dragon, the backlash within its body became increasingly intense!
Deep, rumbling thunderous sounds emanated from its body, each terrifying explosion sending chills down Ye Chen and his companion's spine.
Under this violent explosion, much of the spiritual energy in the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Dragon's eyes was actually blasted away...
"It looks like this big guy is going to fail..."
Zi Yan suddenly shook her head, looking somewhat regretful.
"That's not necessarily true..."
A smile appeared on Ye Chen's lips, and the next moment, his body suddenly plunged into the depths of the sea of lightning.
"Wow! Big brother, are you crazy..." Zi Yan was startled by this sudden scene, but seeing Ye Chen's figure, she followed without any hesitation.
"Give me your power and I will help you gather your soul."
Compared to the enormous thunder dragon, Ye Chen and his companion were like ants. However, their calm voices caused a slight ripple to appear in the dark dragon eyes of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
"I think you should understand now that immense power is the biggest obstacle to your gathering of spiritual energy..."
Ye Chen's words finally caused the Nine Profound Golden Thunder to loosen.
Then, Ye Chen gently placed his palm on a dragon scale between the eyes of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, and then suddenly pulled it out hard...
The next moment, the dazzling golden lightning was directly extracted from the body of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and faintly, the golden lightning gathered into a golden lightning dragon about a hundred feet long.
"Such terrifying power... But, it was so easy to succeed?" Zi Yan glanced at the golden lightning dragon with some trepidation, then looked at Ye Chen with disbelief.
"Hehe, although it hasn't fully gathered its spiritual energy yet, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning already possesses a rudimentary level of sentience, so it can understand my words..."
Compared to sheer power, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning clearly chose intelligence. It seems that countless years of aimless existence had worn away its patience.
Ye Chen's hands moved rapidly, and then the milky white Pure Lotus Demon Flame transformed into a giant lotus flower, directly enveloping the golden lightning dragon with its layers of petals...
"Roar!"
The golden thunder dragon struggled frantically, trying to escape, but without anyone specifically directing it, it seemed powerless to do so.
"seal up!"
With a cold shout from Ye Chen, the milky-white demonic fire lotus rapidly shrank, and the roar of the golden thunder dragon gradually dissipated, before merging into Ye Chen's body along with the demonic fire lotus.
"The energy of this golden lightning dragon is too powerful and violent; it will probably take a lot of effort to refine it..."
However, with the suppression of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame and his own Star Essence Space, this thing probably can't cause any major trouble.
Then, Ye Chen's gaze turned to the small golden dragon, which had lost its power and was now only about ten feet long...
Ye Chen rubbed his chin, and his eyes suddenly lit up as he thought of an interesting idea.
"Zi Yan, give me a drop of your essence blood..."
The essence blood of the Supreme Dragon and Phoenix would be an absolute treasure on the mainland!
Zi Yan, however, was unaware of this. She forced a clump of purplish-gold blood from her fingertip and asked blankly, "What do you need my essence blood for?"
Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, smiled slightly, and also forced out a drop of essence blood from his body. Then, he manipulated the two different colored but equally powerful bloodstains, placing them directly onto the little golden dragon's forehead...
"Hehe, after absorbing this essence blood, you will truly possess your own physical body and become the only living being in this world!"
Stroking the little golden dragon's cold scales, Ye Chen spoke in a seductive tone.
The Nine-Headed Golden Thunder Dragon gazed at the young man before it, feeling an inexplicable sense of kinship with the first person it saw, much like a newborn beast.
With little resistance, the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Dragon, following Ye Chen's instructions, directly merged the two orbs of essence blood into its body...
The next moment, the purple-gold energy erupted instantly, turning into blood-red light that completely enveloped the thunder dragon, transforming it into a giant blood cocoon several dozen feet long.
Strange energies emanated from the blood cocoon, indicating that a strange creature was undergoing a unique transformation within it...
Ye Chen's smile couldn't help but widen; this was his greatest gain from this trip to the Void Thunder Pool!
On the other side, Zi Yan quietly stepped forward, gently covering the blood cocoon with her palm, feeling the tiny life inside that had a faint connection with her, and a strange feeling arose in her heart.
"This...would you consider this my brother's and my child...?"
Chapter 517 Pharmacopoeia (A long chapter of 4,000 words)
On a cloud-covered peak outside Saint Dan City.
"Are you sure you don't need me to come with you?" In the crowd, Her Majesty the Queen, dressed in a colorful long dress, looked at Ye Chen beside her and whispered.
Ye Chen shook his head slightly and smiled, "It's just participating in the Pharmacopoeia, there's no need to make such a fuss. Besides, Saint Pill City still needs you to oversee things..."
With her current strength, Cai Die is arguably the strongest person besides Ye Chen and the Pill Tower Ancestor. Although Ye Chen is confident that the Soul Clan is unlikely to spare any power to attack the Pill Tower at this stage, it is still necessary to be on guard.
Xuan Kongzi stepped forward and asked Ye Chen, "Who are you planning to take with you on this trip to the Medicine Clan?"
Although Ye Chen said he wouldn't make a big fuss, it was still somewhat inappropriate for the president of the Pill Tower to go to the invitation alone.
"Yes, the person has arrived..."
After saying something seemingly out of nowhere, Ye Chen's gaze immediately shifted in one direction.
Xuan Kongzi was completely confused by these words, but when his gaze followed Ye Chen's, he saw a white figure silently appear from the void...
"This is...?!" Xuan Kongzi's eyelids twitched, shocked by the way the newcomer made his entrance.
Space moves!
Xuan Kongzi had only ever seen this kind of technique on the ancestor, which was a technique that only a six-star Dou Sheng could master. Who was the other party?
Of course, Ye Chen didn't show any surprise. Instead, he smiled and went to greet him, saying, "Greetings, Senior Su..."
The person who arrived was none other than Su Lingyin, the Valley Master of Yin Valley!
After recognizing the newcomer, the Danta members present were even more shocked.
"How is this possible... The Valley Master of Yin Valley is actually this powerful?"
But Su Lingyin's strength wasn't that great when she traveled the Central Continent. Otherwise, Yin Valley wouldn't have just earned the title of one of the Three Valleys, but would have stood alongside the Pill Tower and the Soul Palace as one of the three great powers!
Cai Die looked at the woman in front of her, dressed in a long white dress and wearing a light veil, and her narrow, beautiful eyes flickered slightly.
The two women were quite similar in terms of figure and appearance.
However, Her Majesty the Queen's demeanor leans more towards noble and charming, while this Valley Master of Yin Valley is like a secluded orchid in a secluded valley...
Perhaps sensing the sudden change in Her Majesty's aura, Ye Chen quickly transmitted his voice secretly, "Don't overthink it, this Senior Su is Dan Chen's biological mother..."
Her Majesty the Queen, whose gaze had been turning somewhat sharp, paused slightly, then the coldness in her eyes vanished instantly, and she even smiled and nodded at the other party...
These changes happened in an instant, and apart from the Valley Master of Yin Valley, who was the catalyst for everything, no one else noticed them.
However, this made Su Lingyin, who was the "mother-in-law," feel slightly unhappy, and her gaze towards Ye Chen became somewhat unfriendly.
This guy... he's been in contact with other women besides Chen'er...
Well, it's just that the Valley Master of Yin Valley is too out of touch with the world. Nowadays, who in the entire Central Continent doesn't know that the monstrous president of the Pill Tower is a womanizer, with countless powerful and beautiful women following him around?
This is why the vast majority of talented young people in the entire Central Plains regard him as their lifelong learning goal.
Seeing that the atmosphere was starting to get a little strange, Ye Chen quickly took off and went directly to Su Lingyin's side. He said to the others, "Alright, everyone, there's no need to see us off any further. Let's set off now."
After speaking, he laughed at everyone again, then turned and sped away into the distance. Behind him, Su Lingyin frowned slightly and quickly followed.
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The Medicine Clan resides in the Shennong Mountains, in the far south of Zhongzhou.
In some ways, that area is actually separated from the Central Plains region, and therefore appears quite remote.
However, as the saying goes, a mountain is not sacred because of its height, but because of the immortals who dwell there.
Although the Shennong Mountains are a wild region similar to the ancient wilderness, teeming with poisonous insects and teeming with ferocious beasts rarely seen in the Central Plains...
However, the presence of the Medicine Clan still made this area quite lively.
Moreover, this mountain range is rich in various rare medicinal herbs, and many alchemists travel from afar to find the herbs for alchemy. Therefore, Shennong Mountain Range is a very popular place among alchemists and the higher-ups of various sects.
Saint Dan City is located in the very center of Zhongzhou, which is naturally very far from Shennong Mountain.
But given Ye Chen and Su Lingyin's speed, this distance, which seemed unattainable to others, was covered in less than half a day.
"Such abundant spiritual energy! The Medicine Clan has certainly secured a good location..."
Even Ye Chen couldn't help but praise the Shennong Mountains when he first saw them.
The swirling clouds above these mountains are no ordinary things; they are formed by the convergence of heaven and earth energy, and their concentration is not much less than that of Danta Mountain. No wonder so many rare medicinal herbs can be produced here.
“There must be some human intervention here. It’s estimated that the Medicine Clan modified this place in ancient times…” Su Lingyin said softly, looking at the mountains below.
Ye Chen nodded, his soul power spreading out as he began searching for the portal to the Medicine Realm mentioned in the invitation sent by the Medicine Clan…
This wasn't difficult at all, since they weren't the only two who came to participate in the pharmacopoeia, so he easily found the huge stone gate located in a deep ravine in the mountains.
In front of the stone archway, a group of guards dressed in the attire of the Medicine Clan were checking the invitations in the hands of the visitors, and then politely welcoming these Medicine Clan guests through the stone gate.
"Let's go, let's go over there too..."
As he spoke, Ye Chen led Su Lingyin to the stone gate and handed over the jade slip containing the Medicine Clan's invitation.
"Please, gentlemen. Once inside, someone will escort you to the clan's territory."
After examining the jade slip, the Medicine Clan guard spoke while waving a beam of light that shot onto the giant gate, causing spatial fluctuations to appear on it.
"Thank you." Ye Chen smiled gently, then stepped into the spatial portal.
But after the two entered, many people around them started whispering among themselves...
"Was that the young president of the Pill Tower just now? I didn't expect him to come too. Could it be that he's also after the title of the number one alchemist on the continent?"