Chapter 916: Little Yellow Dragon Girl, Tai Sui Boy

In the vast waters of Yunmengze, Zhou Shengqing flew in mid-air, calmly raising his right hand. Instantly, a complex talisman appeared in the void. As the talisman took shape and was activated, the spiritual energy of the surrounding world began to converge, transforming into streams of clear, brilliant divine light that encircled his body.

"Rooooar—" From the water, a black monstrous fish with two heads burst forth. Covered in sturdy scales, it brandished a water-splitting trident and attacked Zhou Shengqing in mid-air. Its body was like a small mountain, and the pitch-black cold air it spewed from its mouth carried a foul, fishy stench. The creature, resembling a demon stirring up giant waves, exuded an astonishing aura.

However, Zhou Shengqing merely waved his hand gently, and the surrounding green light transformed into a verdant, crystal-clear green leaf, blocking the two-headed fish demon. Then, the clear, brilliant divine light condensed into a sword. With a flick of his sword-finger, he split the fish demon in two, its blood splattering across the river surface.

Amidst the roars, another third-order demonic beast, brimming with demonic energy, surged from the water. However, Zhou Shengqing's gaze shifted, and the Heaven-Wood Divine Light around him condensed into a massive green palm print that descended from the sky, directly pressing the beast back down. As the dull thuds of bone and flesh shattering, along with wails, echoed from the depths of the water, a crimson hue suddenly welled up on the surface.

After the two leading third-order demonic beasts died, the thousands of Yunmengze demonic beasts they led immediately scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing from the bottom of the water in all directions. Zhou Shengqing retrieved the two third-order demonic cores, then finally unleashed the Heaven-Wood Divine Needles. In an instant, the Heaven-Wood Divine Light around him condensed into countless luminous needles, falling like a torrential downpour upon the Yunmengze demonic beasts below.

*Whizz! Whizz! Whizz!* One by one, the demonic beasts had their hearts pierced. After swimming a short distance in the water, they lost all life force and floated to the surface. However, some demonic beasts managed to escape this calamity. Zhou Shengqing was too lazy to pursue them further. He landed on the water's surface, specifically on the largest treasure ship of the Sun family.

"Many thanks, Venerable Shenmu, for helping our Eastern Wu quell the demon scourge," Sun Huanglong, along with the Core Formation cultivators of Eastern Wu, gathered around him with grateful expressions, thanking Zhou Shengqing.

After Chen Mobai had slain Old Ancestor Poison Dragon and occupied the Yellow Dragon Cave, it was natural to clear out Yunmengze. To say nothing else, all those third-order demonic beasts had to be killed. However, as there was an urgent matter at the Immortal Sect, Chen Mobai had to return for a meeting, so he entrusted this minor task to Zhou Shengqing.

Initially, Zhou Shengqing was somewhat reluctant. After all, the demonic beasts that emerged from the Yellow Dragon Cave were mainly wreaking havoc in Eastern Wu's Yunmengze territory. In his view, it would be best if the immortal cultivation families of Eastern Wu and these demonic beasts fought to mutual destruction, and then surrendered to their Five Elements Sect. But after Chen Mobai told him about the upcoming plan, Zhou Shengqing suddenly understood.

"Eastern Desolation and Eastern Wu have been close allies for over a thousand years, like a sash of water between them. In my youth, I also met Old Ancestor Huangwu and referred to him as Martial Uncle. Now that I have the ability, I naturally must help." After Zhou Shengqing said this to Sun Huanglong and the others, he pointed to some demonic beasts that had escaped his Heaven-Wood Divine Needles, instructing the Eastern Wu cultivator alliance army to deal with them.

"It truly pains us to trouble Venerable Shenmu to personally take action. These are contributions from our major families; please accept them, Venerable." Sun Huanglong instructed two Core Formation cultivators beside him to lead the treasure ship army to hunt down the demonic beasts. He then took out a storage bag and respectfully handed it to Zhou Shengqing, who accepted it without hesitation.

"This is my communication talisman. Should you encounter any more demonic beasts you cannot handle, do not hesitate to inform me." After receiving the gift, Zhou Shengqing's expression became even more amiable. He even gave Sun Huanglong a talisman to contact him. However, in the eyes of the immortal cultivation families of Eastern Wu, the third-order demonic beasts, without the protection of Old Ancestor Poison Dragon, were merely lambs to the slaughter.

Therefore, in the following days, without even needing Zhou Shengqing's intervention, Sun Huanglong led the Eastern Wu allied army to besiege and kill the remaining third-order demonic beasts one by one. However, Yunmengze was simply too vast, so two third-order demonic beasts still managed to hide their tracks and escape the pursuit of the Eastern Wu allied army. In response, Chen Mobai instructed Nujiang and others to search within the Yunmengze territory belonging to the Eastern Desolation. As expected, they were indeed found. Mo Douguang, leading Ning Leshan, personally took action and slew these two third-order demonic beasts.

From then on, only demonic beasts below the third order remained in Yunmengze. After Chen Mobai finished his meeting at the Immortal Sect, his heart still concerned about the Yellow Dragon, he immediately returned. By this time, the natural formation of the Yellow Dragon Cave had also been deciphered by the Anomaly Puppet he left behind, creating a path for free entry and exit. Chen Mobai immediately notified Zhou Shengqing to return, and then, taking Qing Nü with him, the three of them entered the cave.

"Junior Brother, in ancient times, Old Ancestor Yiyuan ascended riding a dragon. In the future, you too will be able to ride this little yellow dragon, traversing Eastern Continent, emulating his feat..." Zhou Shengqing said to Chen Mobai with a hearty laugh after his initial surprise, looking at the third-order yellow dragon bound by chains in the most vibrant spiritual vein deep within the Yellow Dragon Cave.

"Senior Brother, you jest. Let's think about how to deal with this little yellow dragon." Chen Mobai shook his head. According to the path in the Tianhe Realm, cultivators above the Soul Transformation stage would ascend to the Spirit Void Immortal Realm. However, he was, after all, from the Immortal Sect, and he feared that if he truly ascended, the powerful beings above would discern that he was from a different world. Therefore, he would certainly not ascend in his true form while the situation remained unclear.

"The Yellow Dragon possesses the bloodline of an innate true spirit, equivalent to a demon royal court. If the Dao Sect knew of its existence, they would likely immediately come to request it, to cultivate it and extract its true spirit blood..." Zhou Shengqing also said with a frown. If possible, he naturally wanted to subdue this little yellow dragon. After all, with its true spirit bloodline, given enough time and spiritual energy, it could easily advance to the fourth, or even fifth, order.

However, the sacred lands of Eastern Continent placed great importance on the Tong Sheng True Spirit Pill to ensure a continuous lineage of Soul Transformation cultivators. The Dao Sect had previously raised several innate true spirits, but after tens of thousands of years of extraction, even true spirits could not endure it and had long since perished. In the current era, true spirits were scarce, and those that existed had mostly joined various demon royal courts. As a result, the Dao Sect, now wanting to refine the Tong Sheng True Spirit Pill, could only hunt those in the Desolate Ruins who lacked royal court backing.

If news of the little yellow dragon reached the Eastern Land from the Five Elements Sect, even the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Sect would likely side with the Dao Sect and demand its handover. If Chen Mobai were truly the Dao Son of Yiyuan, he might even be able to offer the little yellow dragon and secure a Tong Sheng True Spirit Pill. But unfortunately, he was an imposter. Without the backing of the Yiyuan Dao Palace, he would not be qualified to negotiate with the Dao Sect.

"Then let's raise it for now. We can discuss it further when I reach Soul Transformation stage." The moment he said this, the yellow dragon, which had been watching them, suddenly let out a roar, as if it understood and wanted to say something.

"Junior Brother, why don't you first form a contract with it, to ensure this yellow dragon joins our Five Elements Sect?" Zhou Shengqing, seeing this scene, immediately spoke. Chen Mobai thought for a moment and agreed. He began to perform the Blood Contract and Divine Sense Contract. The yellow dragon seemed to want to resist, but at its mere third-order level, combined with years of having its heart blood essence extracted, its body was already weak and utterly unable to resist. Before long, Chen Mobai had successfully established a contract with the yellow dragon.

With the Divine Sense Contract, simple communication became possible. In Chen Mobai's Sea of Consciousness, the little yellow dragon's voice echoed, and after translation, its general meaning became clear.

"Release... me... I'll give you... benefits..."

"The entire Yellow Dragon Cave is already in my hands. What benefits could you possibly offer me?" Chen Mobai replied with great curiosity.

The little yellow dragon raised its head, then extended its tongue and licked a stalactite hanging from the rock wall above. Chen Mobai felt the entire Yellow Dragon Cave's telluric spiritual energy suddenly surge into the stalactite. Subsequently, an extremely pure and vast water spiritual energy descended. After the two mixed, a single drop of clear, emerald spiritual liquid fell.

Qing Nü, who was nearby, immediately took out a spirit-sealing tube and preserved the drop of spiritual liquid. "This is... Azure Nether Cold Water!?" Zhou Shengqing, seeing this scene, spoke with some hesitation.

"Indeed. The Yellow Dragon Cave originally had a spiritual vein close to the sixth order, primarily earth-elemental spiritual energy, with attached water-elemental spiritual energy. It was the method used by the ascending Yellow Dragon thousands of years ago to condense Azure Nether Cold Water. This heavenly spiritual water can help true spirits cleanse their bloodline and refine their souls, and can also help cultivators open their Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness and enhance their divine sense. However, later, when the Yellow Dragon fought with Old Ancestor Yiyuan, most of the earth-elemental spiritual energy here was extracted. The aftermath of their battle also transformed the original Great Cloud Dream River into Yunmengze, causing the earth-elemental spiritual energy to greatly diminish, while the water-elemental spiritual energy became dominant. This is how it became the current Yellow Dragon Cave.

"When Old Ancestor Yiyuan ascended, this little yellow dragon was still an egg, nurtured beneath this Azure Nether Cold Water. Unfortunately, after the earth-elemental spiritual energy of the Yellow Dragon Cave weakened, the time required to condense Azure Nether Cold Water greatly increased, so it took a long time for it to accumulate enough power, gestate, and finally break out of its shell. However, it was unlucky. After it emerged, it encountered Old Ancestor Poison Dragon. After being deluded by a few words from him, it opened the cave. Subsequently, it was supplanted and locked up until today.

"After Old Ancestor Poison Dragon occupied the Yellow Dragon Cave, he continuously extracted its bloodline, mixing it with Azure Nether Cold Water, Water Essence, Heavenly Spirit Dew, and other resources. This not only allowed him to advance to the peak of the fourth order but also cultivate a true spirit bloodline. If not for our good fortune in encountering it just as it was emerging this time, we would probably only be able to watch it wreak havoc on both sides of the river in the future."

After Chen Mobai established a contract with the little yellow dragon, he generally learned the full story of how Old Ancestor Poison Dragon achieved such accomplishments, all from the dragon's thoughts. Hearing this, Zhou Shengqing was greatly relieved. "Fortunately, Junior Brother, you turned back then..." If Old Ancestor Poison Dragon had not died and had instead devoured this little yellow dragon using its true spirit bloodline, it was highly likely he would have become a fifth-order true spirit. Even if the True Monarchs from the sacred lands of Eastern Land came to deal with him, the Five Elements Sect would certainly have been annihilated before that.

"It was merely fate!" Chen Mobai merely said this in response. Then he took out the Sea-Settling Sword. Amidst clanging sounds, the chains binding the yellow dragon were all severed.

After gaining freedom, the little yellow dragon stared with disbelieving dragon eyes, cautiously extended its front claws, and after crawling past a line it had never crossed before, it let out an excited roar to the sky. A massive wave of sound erupted, seemingly a dragon's roar carrying the power of a true spirit, causing even Qing Nü to feel dizzy in her Sea of Consciousness.

"Quiet!" Chen Mobai immediately issued a command to the little yellow dragon through their contract, and it instantly restrained itself. Having been bound for over a thousand years, the little yellow dragon had long lost the untamed spirit a true dragon should possess. It crawled out, then nodded to Chen Mobai. After establishing the contract, it had already understood that the person before it was its master. Although the original chains had been replaced by a contract, being able to leave this cage was a huge step forward for it. It was a true spirit with a long lifespan; perhaps in the future, it would find an opportunity to break free from the contract, just as it had waited for Old Ancestor Poison Dragon to be slain by this person.

"To prevent you from being discovered, your scope of activity will henceforth be confined to the core valley of this cave," Chen Mobai spoke to the little yellow dragon. Although it was displeased, it still nodded in agreement. "However, if you reach the fourth order and transform in the future, I can allow you to leave this cave, and even explore various places across the Eastern Desolation."

"What is... transformation...?" However, the little yellow dragon was like a blank slate, completely ignorant of many basic terms and knowledge of the immortal cultivation world. Chen Mobai briefly explained that it meant being able to transform into a human form, just like them.

Immediately, the little yellow dragon shimmered with spiritual light. Its originally slender dragon body then slowly began to shrink, and finally, after a dazzling burst of light, it transformed into a small girl with a pale face, two small curved dragon horns on her head, and golden hair and eyes.

"Junior Brother, some innate true spirits are naturally capable of mastering transformation arts," Zhou Shengqing immediately spoke, seeing the slightly surprised eyes of Chen Mobai and Qing Nü. When Old Ancestor Hunyuan was at the Yiyuan Dao Palace, he encountered demon royal families who came to visit. Those royal members with true spirit bloodlines were all like this; although their cultivation had not yet reached the fourth order, they could transform into human form. This matter was even shared as an anecdote with Zhou Shengqing and his fellow disciples.

"I didn't expect it to be a little dragon girl!" However, what primarily surprised Chen Mobai was this.

"Junior Brother, there's one more thing: the true spirit Yellow Dragon is a dragon of the earth, naturally capable of mastering earth elemental energy and operating the earth's axis. Precisely because of this, cultivators of earth-attribute cultivation techniques, if they can form a contract with it, will find their cultivation path to be twice as effective with half the effort," Zhou Shengqing continued. "My master once heard that the reason Old Ancestor Yiyuan specifically came to subdue this Yellow Dragon before his ascension was likely related to this aspect, as the Hunyuan Dao Fruit, in essence, is founded upon earth elemental energy! Although you, Junior Brother, are not a Heavenly Earth Spirit Root, you have, after all, cultivated the Hunyuan True Qi, so you can try it."

Zhou Shengqing brought up another matter mentioned by Old Ancestor Hunyuan. Given Old Ancestor Yiyuan's peak Soul Transformation cultivation at the time, ascending on a dragon surely wasn't just for show, which is why there has always been this speculation in the Eastern Land. At this, Chen Mobai nodded slightly.

However, for him, the greatest use of the Yellow Dragon's blood was its potential for cultivating the Six Dragons Heavenly Chariot Scripture in the future. One must know that the Human Emperor of the Eastern Land Imperial Court back then only possessed the blood of one type of true spirit dragon: the Yellow Dragon. Chen Mobai now, at least, had this condition on par with the Human Emperor. Moreover, there was also the Rainbow Flood Dragon blood, painstakingly cultivated by Old Ancestor Poison Dragon. Furthermore, with the True Spirit Transformation Art now in hand, he could see if it could guide the Heaven-Swallowing Snake towards a directional transformation into a Green Dragon. Also, if Chen Mobai remembered correctly, the Dragon Transformation Scripture cultivated by Bian Jingchun evolved into the White Dragon form. This implied that she certainly possessed a spirit beast with White Dragon bloodline. If Chen Mobai found it too troublesome to cultivate a dragon himself using the Dragon Transformation Scripture, he could directly take a drop of Bian Jingchun's blood essence, though he didn't know if she would be willing.

With this train of thought, Chen Mobai suddenly felt that obtaining the six types of true spirit dragon blood needed for the Six Dragons Heavenly Chariot Scripture seemed to pose no difficulty for him. After all, many in the Immortal Sect cultivated the Dragon Transformation Scripture. Bian Jingchun had the White Dragon form; a quick check back at the sect would surely reveal cultivators with Red Dragon, Black Dragon, and other forms. It was just that extracting a cultivator's blood essence in the Immortal Sect was a bit tricky; even if Chen Mobai was a Nascent Soul Venerable, the other party had to be willing. Nevertheless, even so, compared to the arduous collection needed in the Tianhe Realm, he now had the freedom to choose from the Immortal Sect.

Just then, the little yellow dragon girl suddenly walked over, pointing to her back with a slightly pained expression. Chen Mobai was first surprised, then remembered something and immediately walked behind her. The pitch-black tube Old Ancestor Poison Dragon used to extract her Yellow Dragon blood essence had not disappeared with her transformation; it was still inserted into her back. Chen Mobai called Qing Nü over to take a look. Besides being an alchemist, she had also taken medical courses at the Jumang Dao Academy, including elective veterinary medicine.

"This little yellow dragon is quite pitiful." After Qing Nü finished examining it, she used her spiritual energy to protect the meridians around the wound, then signaled Chen Mobai that he could pull it out. A dragon's roar, suppressed by pain, rang out. However, under Chen Mobai's suppression, although the little yellow dragon struggled continuously from the intense pain, it could only crush the stones on the ground, leaving a few claw marks.

After pulling out the tube, Chen Mobai immediately transferred the nearly full golden-yellow blood essence inside into a spirit-sealing tube, ignoring the little yellow dragon girl's pleading gaze as she turned her head, and directly put it into his spatial pouch. "It's done. However, its vital essence is depleted, and it may require a long period of recuperation."

Qing Nü helped the little yellow dragon girl reconnected several heart meridians that had been severed at her chest due to the removal of the tube. Seeing the golden-yellow dragon scales appearing at the wound, with flesh regenerating but unable to fully heal due to vital essence depletion, she stated her diagnosis. Seeing this scene, Zhou Shengqing couldn't help but sigh with emotion. The immensely powerful innate true spirit was now unable to heal even such minor injuries; one could imagine how weak this little yellow dragon girl had become.

"In that case, why not let her follow you? If she can be properly trained in the future, it's not impossible for her to become my disciple," Chen Mobai spoke to Qing Nü. His idea was to transfer a copy of his contract to Qing Nü, similar to how he gave the Tai Sui to Zhuo Ming. Conveniently, the Yellow Dragon Cave had already been designated as Qing Nü's betrothal gift. He wanted her to take the little yellow dragon girl, help her heal her injuries and recuperate, and also teach her ethics and morals. Perhaps in the future, after he and Qing Nü, due to their high cultivation, were forced to ascend and leave, she could become the guardian deity of the Five Elements Sect.

"This... I wonder if she would be willing?" Qing Nü had no objection; after all, raising a true spirit was something only Old Ancestor Longchuo of Kunpeng Dao Academy had managed to do in the Immortal Sect. Moreover, in Eastern Desolation, besides managing the Danxia Pavilion, she truly didn't have many other tasks. Raising a little yellow dragon sounded quite interesting.

"She is willing," Chen Mobai directly answered on behalf of the little yellow dragon girl. She opened her mouth, then closed it again.

"Can these two dragon horns be changed...?" Seeing that the little yellow dragon girl had no objection, Qing Nü immediately happily took her hand, then looked at her very noticeable dragon horns and pointed to them. The little yellow dragon girl nodded, and under the gaze of the three, her dragon horns slowly receded into her forehead.

Chen Mobai then drew a batch of aura-concealing talismans, placed them in a storage bag, and handed it to the little yellow dragon girl. "These fourth-order talismans of mine, once activated, can last for a year. Don't forget to use them when you go out, and just tell me when you've used them all." Hearing Chen Mobai's words, the little yellow dragon girl nodded, then took the storage bag and hung it around her neck.

"We humans usually hang them at our waists..." Qing Nü immediately corrected her habit.

"Junior Brother, it's been a while, and your mastery of talismans has surpassed mine. Truly impressive," Zhou Shengqing said. On the other side, Zhou Shengqing looked at the scene of Chen Mobai casually drawing a dozen fourth-order talismans with emotion. What he was most proud of was being a fourth-order talisman master. Although Chen Mobai had previously displayed talent in talismans, Zhou Shengqing believed his own skill level was still superior. Who knew that within such a short time, Chen Mobai had already caught up. One can only say that a genius is a genius. Fortunately, this genius belonged to his Five Elements Sect.

"In my free time, I did a bit of research. I plan to work with Qing Nü soon to integrate the inheritances of the four major arts – spells, alchemy, artifact forging, and formations – into a scripture, establishing the orthodox path for our Five Elements Sect's various immortal cultivation arts," Chen Mobai explained his reasoning, and Zhou Shengqing nodded repeatedly.

As they talked, they also walked out of the underground cage. "These Water Essence and Heavenly Spirit Dew, let's put them on the Spirit Treasure Pavilion shelves later, so Senior Brother Nujiang and the others can exchange for them," Chen Mobai said upon arriving in the main palace hall, pointing to the spiritual dew and the spring eye in the white jade pond. By this time, he also understood that the source of this spring eye was the stalactite section in the underground cage. After the Water Essence and telluric essence inside fused, they formed Azure Nether Cold Water. And the power of the Yellow Dragon's true spirit could accelerate this fusion process.

For cultivators of water-attribute techniques in the Five Elements Sect, Water Essence was undoubtedly the finest natural treasure. It was the essence of a fifth-order water spiritual vein. Qing Nü could even dilute the Water Essence and use it as a primary ingredient to refine the Water Element Core Formation Pill.

"Excellent, excellent. Junior Brother can make the decisions," Zhou Shengqing nodded repeatedly, indicating no objections. At this moment, Qing Nü also walked out, holding the hand of the little yellow dragon girl, who trembled slightly upon seeing the sunlight outside.

Just then, the stone statue at the entrance, which Chen Mobai had sealed with Hunyuan True Qi, suddenly began to fluctuate. Through divine sense communication with the little yellow dragon girl, he learned that this was a stone spirit hastily enlightened by the Yellow Dragon before its ascension, intended to guard its birth. Unfortunately, due to the decline of the spiritual vein here, and the passage of time, the stone spirit had also fallen from its original fourth-order level to the third order, unable to even stop Old Ancestor Poison Dragon. Upon learning this, Chen Mobai also unsealed the stone spirit, allowing it to serve as the guardian of the palace. This stone spirit was essentially a puppet, but it was enlightened by a Yellow Dragon nearly at the Void Refinement stage, containing profound mysteries related to innate transformation that even he did not understand.

However, the stone spirit only possessed simple sentience. With the cooperation of the little yellow dragon girl, Chen Mobai quickly set new commands in its core. The core of this stone spirit was actually a Mother Earth Stone. However, over all these years, even within the Yellow Dragon Cave, the spiritual energy had long since dwindled to less than one-tenth of its original amount. After some thought, Chen Mobai still did not set up a charging formation. After all, if the stone spirit recovered to the fourth order, only he would be able to suppress it. It would be better to wait until Qing Nü formed her Nascent Soul before fully replenishing its spiritual energy.

After the three individuals and one dragon left the core area, they soon saw the bustling Five Elements Sect disciples outside. As a fifth-order spiritual vein location, the Yellow Dragon Cave was an excellent sacred land, whether for developing spiritual fields or for disciples to cultivate within. Moreover, since this would be Qing Nü's cave dwelling in the future, it would naturally also be Chen Mobai's place of residence and cultivation, so a quieter environment would be better. Therefore, Chen Mobai planned to develop it into spiritual fields and transplant the most precious medicinal herbs from the Five Elements Sect, and even from the Eastern Yi, to this location. At the same time, he also intended to go to the Immortal Sect to acquire some precious spiritual herb seeds. In this way, thousands of years later, this place would become the most valuable foundation of the Five Elements Sect. As transplanting medicinal herbs could easily lead to them wilting and dying due to unsuitability to the soil and water, Chen Mobai directly called his beloved disciple Zhuo Ming over, asking her to help Qing Nü complete this task together.

"Greetings, Master!" When Zhuo Ming arrived, she wasn't alone. By her side was a very strange boy. Compared to a normal boy, he was only half a meter tall, and his entire body glowed green like jade. Short and stout, with a round face, he looked like a plump green ball.

"Greetings, Master!" After Zhuo Ming finished speaking, the plump boy immediately performed a grand bow to Chen Mobai.

"This is... a Tai Sui?!" Chen Mobai quickly learned the boy's origin through their contract, an expression of surprise on his face.

(End of Chapter)