Chapter 115: Azure Dragon Profound Darkness Scripture |
Seeing that Bu Chengyang before him was no longer as good at putting on airs as when they first met, unlike himself, Li Musheng stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes, saying, "Don't worry, I just want to ask about the origin of this Dragon Pearl and matters concerning the Azure Dragon True Qi."
"As long as you honestly answer my questions, I can overlook certain inappropriate behaviors of yours from before."
As soon as these words came out, Bu Chengyang felt somewhat more reassured. Since Li Musheng had demands of him, that meant the other party definitely wouldn't attack without reason for the time being.
It was just that he couldn't quite figure out when exactly he had offended Li Musheng. It sounded like the other party was quite dissatisfied with him.
However, he didn't think deeply about it. Instead, he cupped his hands toward Li Musheng and said, "I do indeed know some things about this place and can certainly clarify matters somewhat for Young Hero."
Then, his gaze looked toward the stone bead in Li Musheng's hand as he said, "Although this object is called a 'Dragon Pearl,' it's not actually the true core of an azure dragon. Rather, it's a product formed from the partially scattered and sealed Azure Dragon True Qi in this place accumulating over time and permeating the mountain rocks underground."
"Therefore, the stone of this Dragon Pearl itself has nothing particularly special about it. Its most precious aspect lies in the Azure Dragon True Qi contained within it, and this is also the real reason the Azure Dragon Elder wanted to obtain this object."
Hearing this, Li Musheng showed a contemplative expression and said, "This Azure Dragon True Qi is completely different from martial True Qi. Could that Azure Dragon Elder actually absorb it?"
Speaking thus, he seemed to remember something and said with sudden realization, "I heard you mention earlier that old man cultivated some divine technique called the Azure Dragon Profound Darkness Scripture. Could it be he relied on this cultivation method to absorb the Azure Dragon True Qi in the stone bead?"
"As for the Azure Dragon Elder's Azure Dragon Profound Darkness Scripture, he obtained it by chance in his early years from an ancient relic. Originally his martial Dao aptitude was extremely poor with no talent whatsoever for martial arts practice. By rights he would have difficulty even entering the Acquired martial Dao realm. However, relying solely on this divine technique, he rose rapidly and even stepped into the Heaven-Human Realm that countless martial world people dream of."
"However, although this cultivation method is extraordinary, it has one major limitation, which is that one must absorb sufficient Azure Dragon True Qi to advance in martial Dao realm."
Hearing this, Li Musheng's eyes narrowed slightly as he glanced at the stone bead in his hand and said, "No wonder that old man wanted to obtain this thing so badly, even betting his life on it."
Speaking thus, Li Musheng suddenly looked toward Bu Chengyang again and changed his tone, saying, "However, I'm somewhat puzzled. You shouldn't have cultivated that Azure Dragon Profound Darkness Scripture, so why were you so concerned about Azure Dragon True Qi? Could you also absorb Azure Dragon True Qi for your own use?"
Hearing this, Bu Chengyang's expression fluctuated for a while, clearly somewhat hesitant. But in the end, he still explained aloud, "Young Hero doesn't know that I wanted that Azure Dragon True Qi not actually for my own use, but for a sword."
"A sword?"
Li Musheng frowned slightly. Then he glanced at the long sword Bu Chengyang carried on his back and chuckled, "I almost forgot, you said earlier I wasn't worthy of knowing your identity. I don't even know which school or sect you're from in the martial world."
Hearing this, a strange gleam flashed through Bu Chengyang's eyes. At this moment he seemed to somewhat understand how exactly he had offended the other party.
He didn't have any major flaws, but sometimes relying on his profound martial Dao cultivation, he liked to lecture and point fingers at juniors.
Earlier, he had acted superior, clearly taking an attitude of ordering around a junior toward Li Musheng.
Looking at it now, his behavior was undoubtedly like wielding an axe before the Lu Gong Divine Hall, somewhat embarrassing and offensive.
Thinking of this, Bu Chengyang immediately cupped his hands and said, "Young Hero, please forgive me. I'm from one of the four great sects of the Great Li martial world, the Great Yan Sword Sect, belonging to the sect's second generation of sword cultivators in this era. As for the purpose of this journey..."
Speaking thus, Bu Chengyang paused, then lowered his voice, "It's for the Great Li Imperial Dragon Divine Sword."
Hearing this, Li Musheng showed a thoughtful expression and said, "So the sword you mentioned just now is the Imperial Dragon Divine Sword?"
"Precisely. Young Hero may not know that back when Great Qi gathered the world's weapon refiners to forge the Imperial Dragon Divine Sword, they used meteoric iron from beyond the heavens and Azure Dragon True Qi as the foundation to create this world-renowned famous sword. This is also the origin of this sword's name."
"Somewhat interesting. However, how do you plan to obtain the Imperial Dragon Divine Sword using Azure Dragon True Qi? And how much do you know about the Azure Dragon True Qi sealed here at Dragon Lock Well?"
Li Musheng raised his eyebrows slightly and asked casually.
To be honest, he originally didn't have much interest in that Great Li divine artifact, the Imperial Dragon Divine Sword. But since this sword was connected to Azure Dragon True Qi, it slightly caught his attention.
However, what he truly cared about was actually still the Azure Dragon True Qi.
Of course, before that he still had one thing to do, which was to first verify whether this Azure Dragon True Qi, like that Qilin Blood, had an enhancing effect on him.
Thinking of this, Li Musheng's palm holding the stone bead lightly clenched.
In an instant, the stone bead emitting grayish dim light transformed into a pinch of powder, leaving only a trace of extremely faint cyan-gray aura that was absorbed into his body.
Bu Chengyang, who had been preparing to respond on the side, saw this scene and temporarily stopped speaking, his gaze observing and examining Li Musheng's condition.
As far as he knew, aside from being used for weapon refining, ordinary people simply couldn't absorb Azure Dragon True Qi.
It was also completely unlike Qilin Blood which, although its power was domineering beyond compare, could still be mastered by an extremely small number of people, thereby creating quite a few legendary martial Dao figures in the martial world.
This also caused Azure Dragon True Qi to be far less famous in the martial world than Qilin Blood. Even those who knew of this object were extremely few.
Bu Chengyang knew Li Musheng's martial Dao cultivation was extremely high. However, absorbing Azure Dragon True Qi really didn't have much to do with martial Dao cultivation.
So he also wanted to know whether Li Musheng could break convention and absorb this Azure Dragon True Qi.
However, after observing for a while, Bu Chengyang didn't see any changes on Li Musheng's body.
He immediately became somewhat curious and couldn't help but ask, "Young Hero, how is this Azure Dragon True Qi?"
Hearing this, Li Musheng glanced at the other party and stroked his chin, "Too little, don't feel much."
Speaking thus, his eyes suddenly shifted as he said, "Since that Azure Dragon Elder just now could absorb Azure Dragon True Qi through the Azure Dragon Profound Darkness Scripture, if I cultivate this technique, wouldn't the effect be different?"
Then, he looked toward where the Azure Dragon Elder had turned into blood water earlier, but sighed, "What a pity. I acted too quickly just now and didn't leave anyone alive."
At this moment, Bu Chengyang on the side showed a thoughtful expression and said, "That Azure Dragon Elder has been lurking here for over ten years to obtain Azure Dragon True Qi. He might have left the cultivation method behind."