Chapter 22: Comparable to Dragon Scales! An Extra Defensive Spiritual Artifact!

On Drunken Immortal Peak, when the numerous registered disciples and outer disciples heard these words, envious expressions appeared on their faces one after another, and they praised with one voice.

"Even when Ryan is just refining pills, he has True Person of Turbid Wine protecting him. Such treatment... is really enviable!"

"Haven't you heard? The [Blazing Flame Muscle-Casting Pill] was won from the true disciple of another branch!"

"I heard it was Aston Lowell from the Artifact Refining Hall. That guy wanted to compete with our True Disciple Ryan in talent, but in the end, he brought humiliation upon himself! His Dao heart was damaged!"

"Haha! True Disciple Ryan is a celestial prodigy! How can his talent and comprehension be compared to ordinary people?"

In the sky, the green-scaled flood dragon bound by the spiritual energy chains seemed to also sense the approaching death crisis. It struggled and rolled desperately, stirring up layer upon layer of cloud waves around its body.

Accompanied by the flood dragon's roar, dense black clouds unexpectedly appeared in the originally clear sky.

Drip, drip...

A drizzle began to fall, and in just a few breaths, it turned into a torrential downpour.

Although everyone didn't bring rain gear like oil-paper umbrellas or coir raincoats, after all, the people present were cultivators.

The worst among the disciples present also had the cultivation level of the first level of Spirit Nurturing, so they wouldn't catch a cold and fall ill like ordinary people just because they were drenched by the rain.

"Refine!"

True Person of Turbid Wine pointed her fingers like a sword, her eyes cold, and suddenly waved her hand.

Sword Qi crisscrossed and lingered around the flood dragon.

Scales and blood splattered everywhere, but before they could fall to the ground, they disappeared.

Now, after all, it was just a manifestation of a remnant soul and didn't have real flesh and blood - its essence of flood dragon's flesh and blood had all been brewed into that pot of Dragon Descendant's Blood Wine and drunk by Ryan!

"Roar!"

It wailed in pain, and a weak expression of begging for mercy appeared on its originally unruly dragon head: "I'm sorry, I was wrong! I regret it!"

"As long as you let me go, from now on, I promise that I will never harm any human being again!"

"I won't take revenge on you, master and disciple!"

Originally, it had always firmly believed that it was right and that it hadn't made any mistakes.

Now, in the face of the death crisis, it felt fear and thought that all its stubbornness was meaningless.

It was just admitting defeat and softening to its enemies. It seemed that its pride wasn't that important?

However, all the pleas of the green-scaled flood dragon were in vain.

True Person of Turbid Wine didn't pay any attention to it at all.

Just like when it stirred up waves and drowned the whole city's people, it didn't pay attention to those innocent victims either.

So...

The body manifested by the remnant soul of the green-scaled flood dragon was gradually compressed, its shape shrank, and finally, it just let out a reluctant roar and died completely.

It didn't even leave a single distracting thought of the remnant soul!

True Person of Turbid Wine looked at Ryan, and her beautiful eyes were clear and shining. She said in a serious tone: "Once you confirm someone as an enemy, you should do everything you can to destroy them."

"Don't leave the enemy any chance to make a comeback!"

"Otherwise, there will be endless troubles!"

The second lesson she taught her true disciple was - cut the weeds and dig up the roots.

Ryan nodded slightly: "I've remembered it, Master."

True Person of Turbid Wine nodded with satisfaction and gently shook her fair and slender hand.

In the next moment, a sky-blue droplet fell on Ryan's forehead.

This sky-blue droplet was essentially the purest [Dragon Soul Essence]. Due to its high concentration and refinement, its grade was even higher than that of the green-scaled flood dragon when it was alive.

Sizzle...

The sky-blue droplet spread out.

A cool touch diffused on Ryan's forehead.

This feeling was very comfortable, as if there was an extra energy source on his forehead.

It had been nourishing his mind all the time, making his mind clear and his whole body comfortable.

Ryan was extremely comfortable and immediately said: "Thank you for your trouble, Master!"

In just one day, his strength and potential had both increased!

Could there be a more wonderful development than this?

No!

Such huge gains also made Ryan strengthen his belief in his plan of "pretending to be a celestial prodigy" again.

True Person of Turbid Wine shook her head: "No need to be polite. You're my heir, and you have a pure and kind character. Of course, I'll treat you sincerely, do everything I can for you, and help you succeed."

"Now, after absorbing this drop of extremely pure Dragon Soul Essence and drinking the remaining Dragon Descendant's Blood Wine, you'll gain an extra portion of potential."

"When your cultivation reaches the third level of Spirit Nurturing, your skin will be like those of the dragon descendants, comparable to dragon scales, which is equivalent to having an extra layer of defensive spiritual artifacts covering your whole body compared to other cultivators!"

"By then, your skin will be impervious to water and fire and extremely tough."

"Just in terms of defensive power, it will be several times stronger than that of cultivators of the same realm. If someone attacks you with ordinary spiritual artifacts, you can easily block them!"

Ryan listened carefully to his master's teachings.

The other person's sincerity was evident, and Ryan was by no means hard-hearted.

He naturally thought that in the future, when his cultivation was successful, he must revitalize the Drunken Immortal Peak lineage.

With his own abilities, he would make the long-abandoned [Wine Sword Hall] reopen in Xuanji Cave Heaven.

In this way, he would let his master know that she had done the right thing by helping him wholeheartedly!

Although in terms of pure cultivation talent, Ryan was just of average level, neither good nor bad, but he had the Supernatural Power of Causality by his side. Moreover, as a transmigrator from Earth, he had broad knowledge and outstanding cognition.

Considering all these factors comprehensively, he was quite confident in his future achievements!

A faint blue dragon pattern appeared on Ryan's forehead.

After absorbing a drop of [Dragon Soul Essence] carefully refined by True Person of Turbid Wine, the spiritual auras emanating from Ryan's body were also very different from usual.

Now, he gave people a faint first impression of being endowed with the finest spirits of the universe and being favored by heaven and earth.

Seeing this scene, the inner disciples and sect deacons also had changing expressions on their faces and yearned for it in their hearts.

They were also extremely envious of the [Dragon Soul Essence] and wished they could replace Ryan.

If they could be favored by True Person of Turbid Wine like Ryan and obtain her kindness, wouldn't their cultivation levels rise steadily?

Even if their own strength was not good enough, they might still have powerful magic weapons by their side!

Unable to hold back the surging emotions in their hearts, they lowered their voices and whispered to each other.

"Such attention is simply the treatment of an heir!"

"Slaughtering a flood dragon just to increase Ryan's foundation and boost his potential..."

"The Dragon Soul Essence... Involving this heavenly treasure, I'm afraid that within the next hundred years, there will definitely not be a second true disciple on our Drunken Immortal Peak!"

Envious, longing, and desiring expressions appeared on everyone's faces.

However, as inner disciples and sect deacons, they had much more knowledge than the registered and outer disciples living at the foot of the mountain and on the periphery of Drunken Immortal Peak.

Deep in their hearts, everyone knew that they didn't have the qualifications to compete with the celestial prodigy on the same stage and vie for the favor of the peak master at all.

So, they had to settle for the second best and thought in their hearts about how to flatter and please Ryan in the future, hoping to win his favor.

This was just like in the mortal world. In an imperial court, although the emperor was in his prime, he had only one child. Even if the officials and noble relatives in the whole court didn't flatter and please the crown prince, they would definitely not offend him.

When the crown prince became the emperor in the future, those who had offered timely help in the past would be regarded as having made great contributions.

Looking at the faint blue dragon pattern on Ryan's forehead, True Person of Turbid Wine raised the corners of her mouth and smiled knowingly: "I'll wait for you at the mountain top."

Previously, in her eyes, Ryan was just like a little baby who had just learned to walk and couldn't withstand any wind and rain.

Now, Ryan had a little more ability to resist disasters.

It wasn't just because Ryan had reached the second level of Spirit Nurturing and had successively refined the [Blazing Flame Muscle-Casting Pill] and the [Dragon Soul Essence].

Ryan's performance when facing the insidious and cunning deception of the remnant soul of the flood dragon also made her feel a little more at ease.

After her words fell, True Person of Turbid Wine's figure faded and gradually disappeared in the wind.

Amid the flattering praises of the many disciples trying to curry favor with him, Ryan found several deacons in charge of managing the inner disciples and expressed his request.

"Do you want to live on the mountainside for a while and stay with our inner disciples on Drunken Immortal Peak?"

"Great! It's just like in the mortal world when an emperor or a crown prince disguises himself as an ordinary person to go on an inspection tour, experience the people's livelihood, and have fun with the people!"

"True Disciple Ryan like this, when his cultivation level rises in the future and he becomes a powerful being at the Transcendent Dust Realm or even the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm, he will definitely not be one-sided and will know the hardships of the lower-level cultivators. Being so down-to-earth, he will surely greatly enhance the reputation of our Drunken Immortal Peak!"

The deacons were flattering him to the sky, but Ryan didn't take their words to heart at all.

If one takes flattery too seriously, one will become proud and conceited, and an inflated mentality will lead to destruction.

He always reminded himself to stay rational and calm and not be blindly arrogant.

Ryan waved to Fenrir Howe and Chu Shaobai in the crowd: "The path of immortality is long, and the road is full of obstacles."

"Fenrir, Shaobai, don't slack off in your cultivation. Let's..."

"See you in the future!"

After his words fell, hundreds of thousands of disciples on Drunken Immortal Peak looked at the young Champion Marquis and the eldest son of the Chu family in Qinghe under the rule of the Great Qian Dynasty.

Feeling the scorching gazes of everyone, both Fenrir Howe and Chu Shaobai felt a bit uncomfortable, but they both took it calmly.

The path of immortality is long, and the road is full of obstacles!

Truly so!

If one couldn't even bear this kind of attention from others, then what was the point of cultivating immortals and seeking the Dao?

After bidding farewell to his two friends, Ryan was enthusiastically led by the deacons to the mountainside of Drunken Immortal Peak.

As soon as he arrived here, Ryan heard that it seemed a little girl was arguing with someone.

She had a childish voice: "Bad guy, go away!"

Ryan raised his eyebrows, feeling curious.

This was within the territory of Xuanji Cave Heaven, the residence of the inner disciples of Drunken Immortal Peak. Where did this little girl come from?