Chapter 436: Seal and Restriction, the Method of Seeking Within

For Lin Yuan today, the soul restriction set by Hunxuzi is undoubtedly an extremely useful “weapon”… especially when there is a way to back it up!

As Hunxuzi said, this soul restriction is actually a “mark” of mutual trust between him and the Soul Clan.

As long as this soul restriction still exists, Yuan Tianzun is a genuine high-level Soul Palace, and there is no need to worry about being targeted by the Soul Clan because of his identity as Danta. At the same time, he can also take this opportunity to access the Soul Clan’s intelligence and use the Soul Clan’s resources to seek greater benefits.

In the future, he plans to use this soul mark to set up a trap and give his cheap master a “surprise gift”…

Wouldn’t it be a waste to lift the ban too early?
Moreover, if this soul restriction is really lifted, the counterattack of my cheap master and the Soul Clan will surely come like a huge wave.

With his current strength and power, he is still unable to resist the Soul Clan’s offensive.

In addition, if one wants to plan to seize the huge amount of soul origin that the Soul Palace has collected over the years, quietly making a move inside it is undoubtedly the most convenient way.

On the side, Zhu Kun nodded slightly after hearing this, with a glimmer of approval in his eyes: “You are calm, and you understand the interests involved. In this case, keep this restriction for now, and when the time is right, I will help you remove it.”

After a short pause, he said thoughtfully: “Now, I can leave a seal. When necessary, you only need to activate it to block the effect of the ban…”

At this point, a hint of cunning flashed in Zhu Kun’s golden eyes.

The seal he left behind can not only block the soul restriction, but also naturally play other roles… If this boy has ill intentions towards Zi Yan, then it is no wonder that he, the elder, turned against him and was ruthless.

Only by accepting this proposal can Zhu Kun fully trust the other party and help him without reservation.

As the Dragon King who has roamed the continent for many years, Zhu Kun has extremely rich experience and would not completely trust Lin Yuan based on just a few words.

The matter of the ancient emperor’s cave is of great importance. He is trapped here. If an accident happens, it will be extremely troublesome and dangerous. He has to act cautiously – it is best not to test human nature and leave a back-up plan for checks and balances.

This boy is quite smart and must be able to guess the intention of his proposal just now. It all depends on his decision next.

Thinking of this, Zhu Kun smiled slightly and looked at Lin Yuan meaningfully.

“Great!” Lin Yuan smiled happily and accepted Zhu Kun’s proposal without hesitation: “Then I’ll have to trouble you, Senior, to help me set up this safe-haven seal! Please set the seal more secretly to avoid being discovered by others!”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Kun’s mouth corners slightly raised and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

“Can you be more secretive? Yes! Look at me!”

He formed several mysterious seals with his hands like lightning, and a ray of purple light shot out from his fingertips and penetrated into Lin Yuan’s brow.

The purple light entered the body and went straight to the soul between the eyebrows.

Afterwards, it merged with Lin Yuan’s soul without any delay, and transformed into several mysterious purple runes, flickering on the surface of the soul. A faint sound of dragon roars could be heard during the flow, and then slowly disappeared into the invisible.

“The Ancient Dragon Locking Seal that this emperor set up can not only block the soul restriction, but also protect you from a fatal soul attack at a critical moment.”

Zhu Kun retracted his finger, a smug look on his face, and said.

Feeling the strange power between his eyebrows, Lin Yuan was secretly amazed. He immediately cupped his hands and said respectfully: “Thank you for your generous gift, senior. I will remember it in my heart!”

On the side, Zi Yan saw that the problem was solved and a bright smile appeared on her face.

“Haha, you’re welcome, it’s just a small matter!” Zhu Kun waved his hand casually and chuckled, “You will need to figure out how to improve Zi Yan’s soul realm. If there are other needs, I will also fully cooperate…”

After a short pause, he continued, “Let’s continue with the previous topic! I have already told you the external method of achieving the emperor realm. Now let’s talk about the internal method…”

After setting up the Ancient Dragon Locking Seal, Zhu Kun’s trust in Lin Yuan increased rapidly, and he naturally began to teach him without hesitation.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan couldn’t help but sit up straight, his eyes becoming serious.

The method of cultivating an emperor’s soul by relying on oneself without relying on external forces – this is the information he desires most at the moment.

Seeing Lin Yuan’s expectant look, Zhu Kun couldn’t help but smile and waved his hands helplessly.

“Little guy, don’t aim too high, and don’t have unrealistic expectations. The inner search method is much more difficult than you think! Generally speaking, only after you have cultivated to the peak of Dou Sheng can you be qualified to take this path.”

“When one’s cultivation reaches the peak of Dou Sheng, if one continues to practice hard, the blood of the cultivator will begin to mutate. Even the blood of Dou Emperor will produce its own unique mutation!”

“During this mutation process, a very special blood energy will be generated.”

“This kind of bloodline energy has a very strong nourishing effect even for souls that have reached the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm. Only by nourishing the soul with it for a long time can one break through the boundaries and achieve the soul of the Emperor Realm.”

“Ninety-nine percent of the Emperor Soul masters in the history of Douqi Continent are masters at the peak of Dousheng.”

“The reason is simple. Having the cultivation base of a Dou Sheng peak, or in other words, a bloodline that has begun to mutate, is the foundation for the soul to enter the Emperor Realm during normal cultivation.”

“If you haven’t cultivated to the stage where your bloodline begins to mutate, you don’t have the qualifications to aspire to the Emperor Realm.”

“Although the soul entering the Emperor Realm does not mean becoming a Dou Emperor, it can also allow a strong person who has reached the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng to further increase his strength, which has expanded to the limit, and become a so-called ‘half-emperor’ level existence!”

“This is how normal cultivation works, one level after another, and the Emperor Realm… is the level after the peak of the Fighting Saint.”

“Your soul is extremely gifted, but you must not get the order of your practice wrong.”

Zhu Kun leaned on the stone bench, reached out to pick up the jar of wine beside him, tilted his head back and took a big gulp. The mellow wine slid down the corners of his mouth and soaked the collar of his shirt.

He wiped his mouth and warned solemnly: “You and Zi Yan, after you have raised your soul power to the Heavenly Realm, you should focus on practicing Dou Qi, and don’t pursue the illusory ‘Emperor Soul’ too much!”

Although Lin Yuan had guessed it long ago, he couldn’t help but fall into deep silence after hearing Zhu Kun’s words.

He lowered his head slightly, and a barely perceptible sigh flashed in his eyes – as expected, it is not easy to achieve the emperor realm by taking shortcuts.

As Zhu Kun said, except Xiao Yan and Void Tunyan, the other two achieved Emperor Soul through external means. Emperor Hun Tian, ​​Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, Huangquan Demon Saint, Tiandan Saint… All these Emperor Soul masters that Lin Yuan could confirm were at the peak of Dou Sheng.

In view of this, Lin Yuan had long suspected that the opportunity to achieve the emperor realm was inextricably linked to the level of cultivation.

Now, this conjecture has finally been verified through Zhu Kun’s mouth.

After all, Lei Ying and Yan Jin, compared with Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan, have no shortage of resources, only a gap in cultivation – after such a controlled variable analysis, it is not difficult to find the key to the soul breaking through the emperor realm. Lin Yuan rubbed his forehead and pondered: “Then can the senior condense that kind of blood energy, and then help Zi Yan nourish her soul and help her break through the emperor realm?”

“hehe–“

Upon hearing this, Zhu Kun raised a playful smile and said, “You are quite quick-witted, but this idea still doesn’t work! Bring me a few more jars of wine…”

As he spoke, he tossed the empty wine jar and gestured slightly with his eyes.

“Why doesn’t it work?”

Hearing Zhu Kun deny his idea, Lin Yuan’s eyes revealed a hint of doubt. He threw several jars of “Qianzuigan” over and asked.

Zhu Kun took the jar of wine, smelled the aroma of the wine, smiled with satisfaction, and then began to explain patiently.

“There are two reasons. First, that kind of blood energy is produced in large quantities during the blood transformation process. Once the blood transformation is complete, it is difficult to produce again. Second, that kind of energy naturally contains the powerful soul imprints of the strong. It is difficult to eliminate and digest.”

At this point, his eyes became more serious: “Remember, although the strong have endless treasures, they must not be abused! Otherwise, it may cause the road to cultivation to be cut off…”

If there had not been such restrictions, Zhu Kun would have been bleeding continuously during the thousands of years of imprisonment, in order to gather enough blood and essence for his daughter to advance to the ninth star level.

And those ancient clans have long used the strong as resources to mass-produce powerful Dou Shengs.

If one wants to break through such limitations, alchemy is undoubtedly the best choice – the alchemist’s ability to blend and create, combined with the medicinal properties of natural treasures, can best eliminate the residual image of the soul in the “materials” of the strong, thereby maximizing its value.

However, if one wants to utilize the “materials” of the Nine-Star Fighting Saint, the requirements for alchemy skills are ridiculously high.

In addition, alchemy also has its own “drug resistance” problem.

The world is so wonderful. One thing after another is linked together, almost blocking the possibility for strong people to use themselves as “raw materials” and easily support a large number of strong people.

“The soul mark of a strong man?” Lin Yuan whispered to himself.

Suddenly, the figure of a young girl flashed in his mind like a dream, making his eyes sparkle instantly.

He immediately raised his eyes and asked Zhu Kun a question.

“Senior, what you just said is all about ‘general situations’. Does that mean there are special situations? For example, some special physiques can breed that kind of blood energy before their cultivation reaches the peak of Dou Sheng?”

Zhu Kun shook the wine jar and said calmly, “This kind of physique does exist, it’s called the Blood Soul Spirit Body, but it’s extremely rare and has only appeared a few times in history…”

“Blood Soul Spirit Body?” A trace of greed flashed in Lin Yuan’s eyes. “It seems that the Medicine Clan needs to make plans early!”

At this moment, the girl that appeared in his mind was none other than the medicine spirit of the medicine clan.

If you think about it carefully, it seems to make sense?
In the original trajectory, the blood of the medicine spirit seemed to have an effect on Xiao Yan, who had reached the great perfection of the heavenly realm, making him feel the possibility of surpassing the peak.

Perhaps, the so-called “Emperor’s Soul” refers to this?

“From your looks, are there really blood soul spirits in this era?” Seeing Lin Yuan’s reaction, Zhu Kun became somewhat interested, but was quickly suppressed by another matter. “Forget it, it seems that you have already made a plan, so I won’t ask about it…”

He put down the wine jar in his hand and looked at Zi Yan who was sitting opposite him seriously: “My dear daughter, I just felt the breath of dragon and phoenix on you. Have you taken the dragon and phoenix origin fruit?”

Speaking of this, Zhu Kun couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

Dragon Phoenix, this is the most powerful bloodline of magical beasts, and it is also his hope to escape from the ancient emperor’s cave!
“Yes, I took the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.”

Zi Yan swallowed the monster meat in her mouth, nodded to confirm Zhu Kun’s guess, and said softly: “I will continue what I said before! Starting from what happened after I arrived in Zhongzhou, and the things about Dragon Island, I will also tell you…”

“Dragon Island? What happened to Dragon Island?” Looking at Zi Yan’s distressed expression, Zhu Kun felt a little uneasy.

“The ancient dragon clan has split!” Zi Yan looked at Zhu Kun and said in a deep voice.

“After you disappeared, the three royal bloodlines fought for the position of Dragon King! They managed to instigate infighting within the clan, splitting the Ancient Dragon Clan into four parts, and the Ancient Dragon Island was also divided into four parts, each wandering in the void.”

“When I returned to Ancient Dragon Island, the North, South, and West Islands had already established their own Dragon Kings. Only East Dragon Island remained loyal to the Dragon Emperor.”

“As for those powerful Dragon Island ancestors, most of them chose to leave and have not returned for a long time.”

“The Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan is now extremely weak. The strongest person at the moment is me, who returned to Dragon Island a few years ago and just broke through to the Five-Star Fighting Saint.”

“I was able to break through to the Five-Star Dou Sheng so quickly because of the many high-level elixirs that Lin Yuan refined, and the Dragon and Phoenix Origin Fruit that he helped me get.”

“According to the original plan, after I return to Zhongzhou, I will reunite the Ancient Dragon Clan!”

After hearing these words, Zhu Kun immediately became excited: “These three bastards really deserve to die. They dared to split Dragon Island. They are the eternal sinners of my Ancient Dragon Clan. And those old guys, how could they let such a thing happen?”

“Alright!” Zi Yan waved her hand and said calmly: “Previous Dragon Emperor, anger can’t solve the problem. Don’t worry about the ancient dragon clan… This emperor will take action!”

Her calm demeanor emanated the domineering aura of an empress, and even Zhu Kun was slightly frightened.

Seeing this, Zi Yan’s lips curled up slightly, outlining a trace of satisfaction – the kingly demeanor she practiced in the fantasy game seemed to be very good!
“Clap clap-“

At this moment, crisp applause rang out beside her, “Your Majesty, the Queen is mighty! Your Majesty, the Queen will rule the continent for thousands of years!”

Zhu Kun looked at the two of them in bewilderment. Is this how this couple usually get along? !

It wasn’t until Lin Yuan gave him a cooperative look that he reacted.

“Clap clap-“

As if competing with Lin Yuan, Zhu Kun slapped his palms as big as palm leaves with a force that could shatter space. Loud applause spread throughout the huge square, “The Dragon Emperor is mighty and unifies the universe!”

Zi Yan glanced at her father and husband who were playing with her, her eyes narrowed slightly and a gentle smile appeared on her face.

This kind of scene was something she had never imagined in her dreams…

(End of this chapter)