Liu Feng carefully stepped onto the stone platform, and just as he was about to pick up the jade slip, he suddenly felt a powerful pressure coming from the bottom of the lake.
He immediately stopped, held his breath, and stared intently at the lake.
The lake water began to ripple slightly, as if some enormous creature was awakening.
Suddenly, a deep roar came from the bottom of the lake, followed by churning of the water and the emergence of a huge black shadow.
It was a blue dragon, ten zhang long, its scales shimmering with a cold, eerie light, coiling on the lake's surface, its eyes gleaming with ferocity.
Liu Feng felt a chill run down his spine as he sensed a strong sense of pressure, and his clothes were instantly soaked with sweat.
He understood that this battle was inevitable, and only by fighting with all his might could he find a glimmer of hope.
The azure dragon before us is a serpent that has cultivated for a thousand years to guard this place. Naturally, it will not let anyone who trespasses get away with it.
With a roar, the dragon pounced on Liu Feng.
Liu Feng lightly flicked his sword, its cold light gleaming. With a clear whistle, he moved like lightning, heading straight for the dragon.
The Qingfeng sword in his hand was like a living thing; its light intertwined with the dragon's claw strikes and tail sweeps, bursting forth with dazzling light and deafening roar.
However, the dragon was, after all, a thousand-year-old spirit beast, far more powerful than imagined. Its scales were as hard as iron, and Liu Feng's sword light only left faint marks on them.
Despite Liu Feng's exquisite swordsmanship, he gradually began to feel powerless, and his spiritual energy was being rapidly depleted.
Just then, the dragon seized the opportunity, suddenly opened its huge mouth, and pounced on Liu Feng at such a speed that it was impossible to keep up.
Liu Feng tried his best to dodge the fatal blow, but he was still a step too slow.
His small, thin figure was swallowed whole by the dragon, leaving behind a lone Qingfeng sword stuck in the ground, its tip trembling slightly, as if still telling the story of the thrilling battle that had just taken place.
"Am I going to die in the mouth of a dragon today?" Liu Feng felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, and then he was swallowed by the dragon.
Just when Liu Feng thought he was about to die in the dragon's belly, the treasure gourd in his ancestral aperture suddenly emitted a golden light, saving him.
Liu Feng fell from mid-air, reached out and grasped the Qingfeng Sword in his hand once more.
Looking around warily, I found that the dragon had disappeared and the lake had returned to calm.
Just as he was wondering, he sensed that a lake had appeared inside the magic gourd, with a small blue dragon swimming around in it.
Upon closer inspection, this little dragon was none other than the large blue dragon that had swallowed him whole!
What kind of extraordinary treasure is this gourd? It possesses such divine power that it can subdue a dragon within.
Liu Feng gasped for breath, secretly rejoicing: "Amazing, my 'treasure'!"
It took me a while to calm down.
He stepped onto the ancient stone platform again, and as he prepared to pick up the jade slip, he discovered that it was covered with complex Taoist runes.
"Could this contain some kind of long-lost cultivation method?" A thought struck him, and he eagerly probed the jade slip with his spiritual sense to begin reading its contents.
The jade slip contains a Taoist mental cultivation method called "Mysterious Heaven Creation Technique".
This is an extremely profound cultivation method, full of mysteries, capable of maximizing the absorption and transformation of residual spiritual energy in the world even in environments where spiritual energy is depleted.
Compared to the innate cultivation techniques he practiced, it was many times superior, as if it were tailor-made for him.
Liu Feng was overjoyed; this Mysterious Creation Technique was probably the greatest gain from this trip.
His gaze shifted to the alchemy furnace on the stone platform.
Although the alchemy furnace was ancient, it still exuded a powerful aura, as if it had refined countless precious pills in the past.
When Liu Feng reached out and touched the alchemy furnace, a surge of powerful information flooded into his mind.
He immediately understood many of the secrets of alchemy and learned that this furnace was called the "Mysterious Heaven Creation Furnace," and that only by cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Creation Technique could one activate it.
Liu Feng was overjoyed, knowing that this expedition had indeed been worthwhile.
With these alchemy techniques and furnaces, his path of cultivation will be further aided.
He decided to thoroughly search this blessed land and secret realm to see if he could find any other cultivation resources.
When he walked to the lakeside and saw the three spiritual lotuses on the lake again, relevant information immediately came to mind.
This spiritual lotus is none other than the legendary Nine-Leaf Mysterious Lotus.
Although it has only grown one leaf, one flower, and one pointed tip so far, it emits a faint fluorescence, like the gentlest starlight in the night sky.
The edges of the emerald green lotus leaves are engraved with fine golden patterns, as if they were works of art sculpted by nature.
The most eye-catching feature is the blooming lotus flower, with its petals layered upon each other, the color gradually changing from light purple to deep blue-purple, and a dazzling gold at the center, as if it has gathered all the brilliance of the world.
Legend has it that the Nine-Leaf Mystic Lotus originated from a drop of dew containing the essence of the universe that accidentally fell into the mortal world at the beginning of time. After being nourished by the essence of the sun and moon for millions of years, it gradually took shape.
The "Nine Leaves" in its name symbolizes the ultimate and perfect, with each leaf containing different natural laws and life mysteries, while the two characters "Mysterious Lotus" reveal its profound and unfathomable nature.
The Nine-Leaf Mystic Lotus is not only stunning in appearance, but also possesses amazing and miraculous effects.
For cultivators, it is a supreme elixir for enhancing their cultivation and gaining insight into the universe.
Consuming the lotus seeds or petals produced by the Mystic Lotus can purify the physical body, strengthen the soul, and even help break through cultivation bottlenecks and comprehend deeper levels of the laws of heaven and earth.
For alchemists, the Nine-Leaf Mystic Lotus is an essential material for refining top-grade pills, as it can endow the pills with incredible spiritual power and medicinal effects, helping people to come back to life and prolong their lives.
Liu Feng never expected that this secret realm would contain such a divine object, but unfortunately the Nine-Leaf Mystic Lotus grows slowly, and only one leaf has grown so far. Perhaps it is because the rules of this world have changed and the spiritual energy is scarce.
He searched his memory for an ancient alchemy technique called "Nine-Turn Qi Condensation Pill".
This is a recipe specifically for refining the Nine-Leaf Mystic Lotus.
The Nine-Turn Qi Condensation Pill possesses powerful spiritual energy. After consumption, it can greatly enhance a cultivator's cultivation level and even help them comprehend the rules of heaven and earth, reaching a higher realm.
Liu Feng's heart raced. The pills in this formula were the key to his breakthrough to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.
However, the materials required to refine the Nine-Turn Qi Condensation Pill are extremely rare, especially one of the spiritual herbs called "Purple Sun Grass," which can only be collected under specific conditions.
Liu Feng decided to search this blessed land thoroughly to see if he could find any other materials for refining the Nine-Turn Qi Condensation Pill.
He first walked to the lakeside, gently plucked two petals from the lotus, and carefully placed them beside the alchemy furnace on the stone platform.
He then began searching around the blessed land and discovered many rare and magical herbs growing around the lake.
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