After the Golden Dragon was bound by Young Master Hei’s hands, its roar turned furious, twisting its imnse body to struggle desperately.
But where could it escape from Black Water’s will?
"Well, this dragon is defiant—beat it until it submits."
Zhou Xuan stretched his right hand toward the Blood Well, and Fei Yue began spinning rapidly. As it rotated, a scorching red mist erged from the moon.
The mist transford into countless blood-red dart-like projectiles, separating from Fei Yue and hurling toward the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. Each strike made the dragon howl in pain.
Hundreds, even thousands of dart-like projectiles slowly broke down the dragon’s will.
Finally,
The Golden Dragon ceased its resistance, and its deafening roars turned into pitiful pleas for rcy. Yet, the Blood Well did not stop sending volleys of projectiles, battering the dragon like an endless storm until its resolve was thoroughly eradicated.
The dragon’s enormous form shrank, circle by circle, until it transford into a single stick of incense that floated above Zhou Xuan’s head and hung suspended.
Zhou Xuan felt a resonance with the incense; waves of dragon roars reverberated within him.
"The third incense—Dragon Seeking!"
As soon as the Golden Dragon was subdued, Black Water cascaded down, rging back into Fei Yue.
On Fei Yue appeared the image of a jet-black Xuan Turtle.
The turtle’s shell was inscribed with myriad runes, glowing with peculiar radiance, seemingly calculating the occurrences of all things in the universe.
In the Xuan Turtle’s eyes, Zhou Xuan’s form kept shifting—one mont dressed as a modern man, the next clad in Nu opera attire performing on stage, and then walking through the Ti-Space World while carrying a crimson coffin on his back...
Through its prediction, the Xuan Ghost sighed in delight, nodded solemnly to Zhou Xuan, and transford into an incense fla engraved with "Xuan Ghost Cloud Pattern," which hovered above Zhou Xuan’s head.
The Xuan Ghost represented the Divine Hall lineage of "Escaping Armor."
"The fourth incense—Escaping Armor."
Two incense flas now hovered around Zhou Xuan.
"The third and fourth incense flas are both from Divine Hall?"
"The third incense is for Dragon Seeking. This ti, Lao Yun must be teaching sothing real."
Zhou Xuan said with a smile.
This ti, the Blood Well and Black Water both devoured the God-level Alien Ghost "Ghost Hand," helping Zhou Xuan ignite two incense flas.
"Miss Qiang, I’m a bit confused—why did they consu Alien Ghost flesh but ignite Divine Hall incense flas for ?"
"The Black Water God and Well God don’t transform the incense flas directly for you. Instead, by absorbing the incense, they gain so power and help you uncover opportunities connected to two halls," Miss Qiang explained. "Walking the Nu Temple through nine halls is difficult because every incense involves absorbing incense flas from other halls, which requires the assent of their Ancestors.
The other halls naturally wouldn’t give up their incense flas unless an opportunity presented itself and their Ancestor agreed.
Your first incense was for the Storyteller. Why? Because your master happens to be the Storyteller—he introduced Bi Fang into your Secret Realm, and it was subdued by the Nuo God.
The second incense, for tattoos, ca about because the Tattoo Clan’s conviction found you. The Tree Clan sought your help, and the Peach Blossom Ancestor Tree taught you the twenty-four Divine Images.
The third incense, for Dragon Seeking, was achieved through your war intent and the combined efforts of the Black Water God and Well God to subdue the Human Golden Dragon that was drawn into the Secret Realm.
The fourth incense ca from the Ancestor of Escaping Armor, the Xuan Turtle, who was brought here by the Black Water God and Well God. The turtle was deeply impressed by the prediction of your future, thus consenting to allow you to practice this incense fla."
Only then did Zhou Xuan understand how Nu Temple obtained its incense flas—so were gained through reason and persuasion, while others had to be wrested forcibly.
For instance, the Dragon Seeking incense was only acquired by defeating the Human Golden Dragon.
"You now have the combat strength of four incense flas. Once you complete refining two incense flas together, you’ll move on to the fifth," Miss Qiang said with a smile while looking at Zhou Xuan.
The stronger Zhou Xuan beca, the more hopeful Miss Qiang felt about her "road ho."
Even though the Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty was eradicated, she still wanted to visit those ruins again.
"The Ghost Hand’s corpse yielded two incense flas for . Definitely worth it."
Zhou Xuan also wanted to quickly enhance his incense fla strength.
...
When Zhou Xuan exited the Secret Realm, his entire aura had changed, growing noticeably stronger.
Lord Jiu scrutinized him and said, "Your aura just now felt like you had two or three incense flas. Why does it now feel like four or five?"
"Lord Jiu, I just finished burning my second incense, and now the third and fourth incense flas are simultaneously ignited."
"???"
Lord Jiu, though experienced and knowledgeable, had never heard of anyone burning two incense flas simultaneously.
Lady Hong Guan also expressed disbelief: "Young Master, surely you’re joking? Jing Country’s iron rule for cultivation is to ignite one incense fla at a ti, completing it before starting another. How could you ignite two at once?"
"It is indeed two incense flas burning together. The third incense fla is for Dragon Seeking, and the fourth for Escaping Armor. Both are divine incense flas," Zhou Xuan replied solemnly.
Only now did the group believe he wasn’t joking, marveling at the oddity of Nu Temple producing two simultaneously burning incense flas.
"It’s not Nu Temple that’s unusual—it’s because Xuan’s offering this ti was extraordinarily potent," Lord Jian said as he rushed toward East River Town, slightly late.
"Xuan, congratulations on igniting two incense flas simultaneously. You’re set to be a standout figure in Dragon Seeking and Escaping Armor," Lord Jian said to Zhou Xuan.
"Lord Jian, if my offering was strong enough to ignite two incense flas, does that an if I make an even stronger offering, I could ignite three at once?"
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