Free Web NovelChapter 807: Chapter 665: The Proud Daughter of the Long Family
This region of the sea, within a thousand miles radius, has over a dozen islands.
Each island is quite large.
Golden Dragon Island is about a thousand miles long and five hundred miles wide.
It is equivalent to a bloated Starlight Island.
Its area is twice that of Starlight Island.
The other islands are smaller than Golden Dragon Island.
Their resources are scarce, possessing only tier two Spirit Veins.
The indigenous people on the islands engage in the most primitive fishing, hunting, and farming.
Fishing is their pillar industry.
Due to the harsh environment offshore, these island natives, both men and women, generally practice Body Refining Techniques.
Each island has several body refining masters at the Dharma Realm.
As the alliance hierarch, Long Family Stronghold has more than a dozen body refining masters in the Dharma Realm.
Shen Xuan had inspected.
The highest realm cultivation of the body refining masters in Long Family Stronghold was only at the Middle Stage of the Dharma Realm.
Today, luck was good.
He actually saw someone impacting the Late Stage of the Dharma Realm.
Unlike spirit cultivators.
Body refining masters advance breakthroughs primarily by stimulating bloodline power, enhancing blood vitality, and increasing physique and power.
The resulting natural phenomena are natural changes drawn out by immense blood vitality.
In his line of sight.
The forbidden area of Long Family Stronghold.
Winds rising, clouds surging, the earth shaking, as a golden light shot into the sky.
A gem sharpened by another.
Shen Xuan concealed his breath and went invisible, stealthily approaching to a few miles outside the forbidden area of Long Family Stronghold, silently observing.
Soon, a blurry golden dragon dharma aspect appeared in the sky.
The dragon’s body was long, its scales glistened, and it shined with golden light, exuding an ancient, wild, and immortal Divine Dragon’s Suppression.
A body refining master at the peak of the Middle Stage of the Dharma Realm is extremely rare throughout Song Country.
Compared to the Bai Family ancestor from Bai Family Stronghold, this person was vastly superior.
The golden dragon let out a dragon’s roar, ancient and powerful, resounding for a thousand miles.
Upon hearing it, Shen Xuan slightly shook his head.
Within the dragon’s roar, there was a faint hint of weakness.
Although not seen with his own eyes.
Shen Xuan could predict.
This person, in breaking through to the Late Stage of the Dharma Realm, used many Heavenly and Earthly Treasures to enhance blood vitality.
Initially, this could be sustained.
But over time, it was difficult to maintain.
Body refining masters and spirit cultivators differ.
They rely entirely on their own bloodline power.
No shortcuts, nor borrowing external force.
Hmm, Shen Xuan was an exception.
He refined the Essence Blood of the Divine Dragon’s descendant Demon Core and integrated it with his own bloodline.
Indeed, after an hour.
The natural phenomena gradually calmed down.
The immense pressure emitted by the dragon dharma aspect was steadily receding.
"Lacked stamina, a pity,"
Shen Xuan thought silently.
He hoped that the Long Family Stronghold on Golden Dragon Island would be as strong as possible.
After all, none were as strong as him.
This person’s Body Refining Technique, although surpassing the Bai Family ancestor,
still lacked blood vitality, somewhat hasty for success.
According to Shen Xuan’s observation.
As long as the blood vitality was stabilized, enduring hard cultivation for another decade or so could increase the chances of breaking through to the Late Stage of the Dharma Realm.
After observing for another half an hour.
"That’s about it. Failed to breakthrough,"
Shen Xuan concluded.
The golden dragon dharma aspect gradually faded, about to disappear.
Centered around the forbidden area of Long Family Stronghold, the pressure emitted by the golden dragon dharma aspect was still at the Mid Stage level of the Dharma Realm.
A failed breakthrough of a body refining master also results in backlash.
Moreover, the backlash is often more severe than that of spirit cultivators.
The path of body refining is essentially an extreme exertion and transformation of one’s flesh body.
Every breakthrough is a challenge to the limits of life’s levels.
Once failed, the violent uncontrolled power would erupt within, with dire consequences.
At best, the Dao Foundation is damaged, blood vitality declines, hidden injuries abound, and the path forward is halted.
At worst, the flesh body collapses, bloodline backlash occurs, consciousness becomes unclear, a fate worse than death.
More severely, one dies from an explosion, perishing in both body and spirit, with form and essence annihilated.
Currently, that person was only breaking through a minor realm.
Though not severe enough to result in death.
Yet, damage to the Dao Foundation and depletion of blood vitality were inevitable.
Shen Xuan chose to meditate in seclusion on Golden Dragon Island.
Originally intending to befriend the indigenous cultivators on the island, setting up a retreat for friends and family at Starlight Island.
However, there was no need to rush.
Shen Xuan quietly left.
Several days later.
At the Long Family Stronghold base.
Shen Xuan appeared as his true self, radiating the powerful aura of a Golden Core True Master, directly approaching the guards and presenting a written invitation.
As a Golden Core True Master, he naturally would not be slighted.
A Long Family Stronghold elder at the Dharma Realm personally came to receive him.
"I am Long Zhijiao, greetings True Master Profound Ice."
Shen Xuan’s invitation was signed as True Master Profound Ice Shen Xuan from Song Country’s Cyan Cloud Sect.
After the two exchanged greetings.
Long Zhijiao escorted Shen Xuan into Long Family Stronghold.
He was one of the actual power holders of Long Family Stronghold, responsible for foreign affairs.
After serving wild tea.
Long Zhijiao inquired, "May I know what brings Fellow Daoist Profound Ice, traveling ten thousand miles, to our Long Family Stronghold?"
Shen Xuan took a sip of the wild tea.
Hmm, the taste was not bad.
Though it lacked Spiritual Qi,
it had a slight effect of strengthening blood vitality.
It was apparent that Long Family Stronghold was quite courteous to him, the Golden Core True Master.
The wild tea offered was also a rare and valuable item.
"I have some knowledge in the Alchemy Dao,"
Long Zhijiao was slightly startled.
"I apologize for my ignorance, could Fellow Daoist Profound Ice clarify your intent?"
Shen Xuan chuckled softly, his gaze turning to the maid serving tea nearby.
Tall and slender, with dark skin, a graceful face, possessing a wild beauty.
Long Zhijiao waved his hand, dismissing the maid.
Shen Xuan took out a spirit pill with a faint golden glow, engraved with eight dao patterns.
"Is this a Tier Three Spirit Pill?"
Long Zhijiao’s expression changed.
Staring at the spirit pill, examining it repeatedly.
With Shen Xuan’s permission, Long Zhijiao carefully received the spirit pill to assess its grade and attributes.
"The pill fragrance is rich, Spiritual Light is notable, may I ask Fellow Daoist Profound Ice, what is the name of this pill?"
Long Family Stronghold is isolated overseas.
Almost devoid of spirit cultivators.
Even though Long Zhijiao is a body refining master at the Dharma Realm, responsible for the family’s external affairs.
