"You are the artifact spirit of the Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram?"
Listening to the voice transmitted from the Yellow Springs Diagram, Fang Han communicated with this flood dragon using his spirit. He instantly felt the aura of the flood dragon in the Yellow Springs Diagram to be as majestic as a large river.
It was simply on par with the rolling and surging "Dragon Abyss River."
The "Dragon Abyss River" stretched for ten thousand miles, crossing the eastern and western boundaries of the entire Dali Dynasty; it was the gathering place of the dynasty's dragon vein. And now, the aura the flood dragon in the Yellow Springs Diagram gave Fang Han was equivalent to a dynasty's dragon vein, running through ancient and modern times, controlling history, changing destinies.
"This aura… is too powerful."
Fang Han felt a suffocating sensation of being unable to breathe.
"My origin was originally a dynasty's dragon vein, of course I am powerful. However, I am heavily injured, my vital energy drastically reduced, with only a wisp of a remnant soul left. But as long as you can manage to get three thousand six hundred and thirty-six pure Yang treasures like today's for me to absorb the Yang soul essence, I can gradually recover. By then, you won't need to hide and dodge either; you can directly inherit the Yellow Springs Emperor's Dao lineage and become a generation's Demon Emperor! Roam heaven and earth, dominate the universe!"
The flood dragon's voice continued to be transmitted out.
"With you being so powerful, what could possibly injure you?"
Fang Han did know that this "Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram" was the talisman imperial decree of the Demon Sect's Yellow Springs Emperor. Whoever obtained it had hope of becoming a generation's Demon Emperor, unifying the Yellow Springs Sect.
And now the flood dragon in the Yellow Springs Diagram had actually been awakened by him.
"It was the immortals in the sky! Immortals possessing boundless magical power…" The flood dragon let out a long chant: "In order for them to find the legendary Gate of Eternal Life… Hahahahaha, that gate, opening that gate, one could be indestructible through myriad calamities, eternal and imperishable, the sun and moon extinguished yet I am not extinguished, heaven and earth decayed yet I am not decayed… Hahahahahahahaha… But these things are not something you can come into contact with…"
"Gate of Eternal Life, what is that thing? The sun and moon extinguished yet I am not extinguished, heaven and earth decayed yet I am not decayed… There cannot be such an existence. Could this flood dragon be crazy? Stimulated by something?"
Fang Han muttered in his heart.
"Fang Han, you are called Fang Han, right? I sense that there doesn't seem to be much excitement in your heart? Don't you want to become an emperor of the Demon Sect?"
After its long chant, the flood dragon suddenly asked a bizarre question.
"Becoming a Demon Emperor, how can it be that easy? On the path of cultivation, it is impossible to instantly achieve it relying on a magical treasure. Does the Yuhua Sect I am in now lack magical treasures? But how many figures on the level of a Demon Emperor have appeared? Magical treasures are at most an aid to let you take a shortcut; true cultivation still relies on walking step by step yourself, with solid footprints."
Fang Han said solemnly, transmitting a powerful mental intent for the flood dragon to know.
Regarding what the flood dragon said, telling him to inherit the Demon Sect Yellow Springs Emperor's Dao lineage to become a generation's Demon Emperor, Fang Han indeed didn't have much excitement in his heart.
After all, cultivating requires going step by step; only with indomitable spirit, extraordinary great perseverance, great wisdom, and great luck can one cultivate to legendary realms. It is absolutely impossible to accomplish it in one go.
If it were otherwise, experts would be everywhere in the world.
For a sect as large as the Yuhua Sect, the sect leader supreme has profound cultivation, his reputation not beneath a few Demon Emperors of the Demon Sect. Yet creating an expert in the Divine Ability Realm is exceptionally difficult.
And even if an expert in the Divine Ability Realm is created, lacking a will forged from solid step-by-step cultivation, it is impossible for them to achieve any further greatness.
For instance, if the Yuhua Sect leader now gave a Yin-Yang Ten Thousand Life Pill to an ordinary person, and spent great effort to let him step into the Divine Ability Realm, then this person's achievements would stop here, impossible to advance an inch, because it is a castle in the air.
That is why the Yuhua Sect leader would make disciples go out and kill people like the Pink Prince, letting the elite disciples attain spiritual transcendence amid life and death before granting the Yin-Yang Ten Thousand Life Pill.
Becoming a Demon Emperor just by obtaining a "Dragon Subduing Yellow Springs Diagram"? Then a Demon Emperor is far too cheap.
"I didn't expect you to have seen through the path of cultivation, knowing that the road of cultivation is long and endless. Very good, very good. Your mindset is very good; this is the mindset of an heir to the Demon Emperor. The road is long; as long as you persist in walking it, there will eventually be a day of success. Thus, as long as you find one pure Yang supreme treasure like today's for me to swallow every time, to let my power recover, I will impart one of the cultivation techniques of the Yellow Springs Sect to you, gradually assisting you to become an emperor of the Demon Sect."
The flood dragon said.
"Sure enough, there's nothing free in the world. Where am I supposed to find a second magical treasure like the Heavenly Rooster Extreme Yang Rope for you to eat?" Fang Han said deliberately and methodically. "Moreover, your swallowing of this supreme treasure today has plunged me into massive danger. The elders of the Yuhua Sect will definitely trace it, and once it is traced to me, I am immediately dead. You will also be taken away and refined. Let's solve this trouble first."
"That is indeed troublesome." The flood dragon remained silent for a while before saying: "My power has not recovered; I can only collect Spirit Artifact level magical treasures. If it is a Treasure Artifact, there will have to be a struggle. If we encounter an expert with extremely strong divine abilities like those from the Yuhua Sect, I am afraid I still won't be able to do anything. I can only hide upon your body. You have merged with the Nine Orifices Golden Pill, and your blood has the aura of the Yellow Springs Emperor, which is just suitable for me to hide. We'll talk about finding pure Yang Treasure Artifacts for me later. That Yellow Springs River, a void of its own, is a small cavern heaven, and I am the spirit of the dragon vein of the Yellow Springs River. Back then, with supreme magical power, the Yellow Springs Emperor sealed up the sacred Yellow Springs River of the underground abyss. You can now rely on the power of the Yellow Springs River to store items. This way, others won't be able to discover you at all."
"So that's how it is…"
Fang Han nodded.
He finally knew what benefits he had gained now. The first was to help the flood dragon find pure Yang Treasure Artifacts for him to swallow and recover his power. And the flood dragon would impart to him the supreme demonic arts of the Yellow Springs Sect.
The second was obtaining this small cavern heaven of the Yellow Springs River, able to store items.
This was a trade.
"Also, just now when collecting this pure Yang rope, the ten Great Flying Yaksha demonic generals were collected. They are all in the Yellow Springs River. I will use the power of the Yellow Springs River to slowly nourish them and turn them into Asuras. The Yellow Springs River is the sacred spring of the underground; its water holds inconceivable power, most suitable for tempering demonic arts. In the future, when you exercise your physical body, you can enter the Yellow Springs River to swim freely. With these ten Great Asuras, even if we encounter an elder of the Yuhua Sect, I will be able to fight a bit. Alright, I must now refine the pure Yang power to consolidate my spiritual body. If you encounter danger, I will appear to help you… Oh no, someone is coming, rapidly approaching here. The incoming person's strength is extremely powerful. You must hurry and leave."
As it spoke, the voice of the flood dragon gradually faded, seeming to sink into slumber.
"Fang Han, Fang Han…"
Hearing Princess Hongyi's calls, Fang Han snapped back to reality.
"Someone is coming, let's leave here immediately, take the Pink Prince's corpse with us."
Fang Han didn't have time to explain much; he suddenly waved his hand, and a pink garment was worn on his body. It was actually the newly collected "Blood Cotton Demonic Garment."
Subsequently, he walked over to the Pink Prince, waved his hand, and immediately a vortex formed of yellow water flow appeared on his hand, sucking the Pink Prince right in and vanishing.
Within the observation of divine sense, the corpse of the Pink Prince had already fallen into the Yellow Springs River in the Yellow Springs Diagram.
After the flood dragon awakened, Fang Han could utilize the Yellow Springs Diagram more handily. He could now rely on his own intent to bring out a bit of water flow from the Yellow Springs River to wrap up items and take them back in.
Instantly, Fang Han grabbed Princess Hongyi and shouted, "Up!" A pink light lifted the two, gliding at low altitude in the desert, and they disappeared, entering the depths of the desert and leaving this place of trouble.
By wearing the Blood Cotton Demonic Garment, he was able to rely on the demonic garment's power to fly.
Just shortly after the two left, two figures suddenly descended from the sky above.
One of them was wearing a "Gold Emerald Gauze Garment," and it was none other than the recently fled Yuan Jiankong, ranked tenth on the Mountain and River List. But now his demeanor was extremely respectful! He followed behind a man, behaving like a subordinate.
This man had eyebrows like crescent moons, and the aura on his body was as airy as clouds and crisp as the breeze, without a hint of sharpness. He seemed like a pool of spring water, a breath of clear wind. The clothes he wore was just an ordinary cyan gown, not a Spirit Artifact, nor a Magic Artifact. It seemed his flight was entirely reliant on the power of his physical body, without relying on outside forces at all!
"Senior Brother Hua, we are a step too late!" Yuan Jiankong said softly like a subordinate.
It turned out the incoming person was none other than the first true disciple taking charge of Tiandu Peak of the Yuhua Sect, Hua Tiandu.
The owner of the Heavenly Rooster Extreme Yang Rope!