Chapter 30 Reuniting with Ao Xue at the Dragon Palace
However, reversing the innate nature of a spiritual treasure is incredibly difficult, far more so than
reversing the innate nature of an acquired spiritual treasure. A wisp of innate water spirit essence only gave the Zi Chen Sword the possibility of reversing its innate nature; how many trials would it have to endure to become an innate spiritual treasure?
In the primordial world, only the Qiankun Cauldron, the innate treasure in the hands of the Goddess Nuwa, possessed the ability to reverse the innate nature and could be used to refine innate spiritual treasures.
No one else has ever been known to have refined innate spiritual treasures, demonstrating the extreme difficulty of refining innate spiritual treasures acquired later in life.
Despite this, Feng Zi Chen was still very satisfied. With this bit of innate spiritual light, the power of the Zi Chen Sword greatly increased, allowing it to overpower other magic weapons of the same level. What more could he ask for?
Reforging the Zi Chen Sword took a considerable amount of time, and now the day the Dragon Gate opened was even closer.
Fearing he would miss the opening of the Dragon Gate, Feng Zi Chen leaped into the water, using the Abyss Shrinking Earth Technique. A bottomless abyss became like flat ground, and a distance of ten thousand miles seemed like a mere foot.
Shrinking the earth to an inch, covering ten thousand miles in a single step, he sped towards the Dragon Palace.
Several days later, deep within the East Sea, a crystal palace stood majestically, radiating countless rays of light and auspicious colors, like a blazing sun illuminating the surrounding seas.
A transparent light curtain enveloped the entire crystal palace, isolating it from the outside world and preventing seawater from entering.
He took out a white dragon scale and gently touched the light curtain. After a flash, the light curtain parted, creating a passage, which closed again after Feng Zichen stepped inside.
This dragon scale was a gift from Ao Xue. Long before the Water Dragon Lord, Ao Xue had secretly given him a dragon scale, an old scale she had shed when she transformed into a nine-clawed cloud dragon.
Although the Water Dragon Lord had also given him a dragon scale, compared to living with Ao Xue for a hundred years, he had only met the Water Dragon Lord once, and he felt too embarrassed to trouble him.
After entering the Dragon Palace territory, Feng Zichen gently touched the dragon scale, and an invisible wave emanated, spreading towards the depths of the Dragon Palace.
Then, he waited silently in place. At this moment, his heart was filled with unease; after all, he and Ao Xue hadn't seen each other for almost two thousand years, and he wondered if Ao Xue still remembered him.
While Feng Zichen was filled with anxiety, in a palace somewhere within the Dragon Palace, Ao Xue lay listlessly on a cloud bed, lost in thought.
Suddenly, a familiar fluctuation came. Ao Xue was startled at first, then overjoyed, transforming into a nine-clawed cloud dragon and flying outwards.
"Your Highness, where are you going?"
Outside the palace, a beautiful woman saw Ao Xue rushing out and hurriedly asked.
"My friend has arrived; I'm going to meet him."
Ao Xue determined her location and flew towards Feng Zichen's location.
"Hey! Princess, wait for me!"
Seeing Ao Xue fly out of the Dragon Palace without even turning her head, the woman worried about Ao Xue's safety and transformed into a streak of light, chasing after her.
At the same time, a short old man with a tortoise shell on his back also quietly followed from the shadows.
These two seemed to have merged with the Dao, their bodies shimmering with the light of the Great Dao, clearly experts who had stepped into the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
Long ago, on the battlefield of the three races, Ao Xue, with the help of the Yinming Dragon Lord, experienced a reversion of her bloodline, transforming into the form of the Ancestral Dragon. Upon returning to the Dragon Clan, her status naturally rose greatly, second only to the Dragon Clan's Daluo Golden Immortals.
To prevent Ao Xue from suddenly disappearing from the Dragon Palace again, as before, the Dragon Clan specially dispatched two Taiyi Golden Immortals to protect her.
After revealing her true form, Ao Xue moved swiftly, arriving near Feng Zichen in no time.
"Zichen, why are you only arriving now? The Dragon Gate is about to open, I thought you weren't coming!" Ao Xue
's voice carried from afar even before she arrived.
"I encountered an accident on the way, which delayed me a bit, otherwise I would have arrived much earlier."
Sensing Ao Xue's familiar tone and warmth, Feng Zichen was very pleased and greeted her with a smile.
However, as soon as Feng Zichen arrived beside Ao Xue, he felt two enormous divine senses sweeping towards him, trying to probe his true strength. The aura of merit automatically manifested, blocking the two divine senses and preventing them from further probing.
"Insolence! I've already said he's my friend, how dare you act like this?"
Before Feng Zichen could speak, Ao Xue erupted in fury, angrily rebuking the woman and old man who had just appeared.
It should be known that using divine sense to spy on someone is tantamount to provocation, a highly offensive act. The two of them so brazenly scanning Feng Zichen with their divine senses clearly showed they didn't take him seriously, naturally infuriating Ao Xue.
"Princess, please forgive us, we have overstepped our bounds!"
The two first apologized to Ao Xue with wry smiles, then said to Feng Zichen with a face full of apology, "Please calm down, fellow Daoist, we were presumptuous."
Little did they know, they were secretly lamenting their predicament. They had thought that with their Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation, they could spy on a mere Celestial Immortal cultivator silently.
But who knew that a mere Celestial Immortal would possess so much merit protecting him, exposing them so easily.
"It's nothing!"
Feng Zichen replied expressionlessly.
These two were Ao Xue's guards. Although he was displeased with their behavior, he had to consider Ao Xue's feelings and couldn't reprimand them directly.
"Calming down is all it takes? Get out of here! Go to the Dragon Palace to receive your punishment." Feng Zichen had his reservations, but Ao Xue didn't.
After punishing the two, Ao Xue transformed into human form and led Feng Zichen towards the Dragon Palace. Compared to two thousand years ago, Ao Xue had grown up quite a bit, appearing to be twelve or thirteen years old.
On the way to the Dragon Palace, Ao Xue kept talking to Feng Zichen, showing how much she had been holding back during her years in the Dragon Palace.
......
Dragon Palace, in front of the Water Dragon Palace!
This was the palace of the Water Dragon Lord. As the son of the Dragon Lord, he was able to have his own palace in the Dragon Palace.
"Please inform your Highness that an old friend has come to visit." Stepping forward, Feng Zichen handed the dragon scale given to him by the Water Dragon Lord to the shrimp soldier guarding the door.
Sensing the familiar dragon aura on the dragon scales, the shrimp soldier immediately recognized them as scales shed by their lord.
He quickly returned the scales to Feng Zichen and warmly invited him into the hall, showing no disrespect despite his celestial cultivation.
"High God, please wait here a moment; His Highness will be here shortly!" After leading Feng Zichen to the front hall, the shrimp soldier withdrew.
Not long after, several clam maidens entered, carrying various spiritual fruits, which they placed before Feng Zichen for him to enjoy.
Soon after, the handsome Water Dragon Lord, dressed in a green robe, entered.
"Zichen Clan, long time no see!"
Upon seeing Feng Zichen, the Water Dragon Lord's heart skipped a beat, but he maintained his composure, speaking with a smile.
This human, Zichen Clan, truly possessed great fortune.
The first time they met, he was shrouded in the turbid aura of the acquired world. Today, the turbid aura had vanished, and he had completely transformed into a primordial being.
Moreover, judging from the dazzling innate spiritual light emanating from them, they are among the best.
(End of Chapter)