NOVPUBIn order to repay this debt of gratitude, Ji Xuexiao directly confronted formidable opponents like Wei Shengxin, offending him and paying no small price!
As such, it was actually Su Changkong who now owed Ji Xuexiao a favor; otherwise, the best outcome for Su Changkong would have been to hand over the Transforming Dragon Gate to ensure his safety.
"It’s nothing. I was simply honoring an agreement," Ji Xuexiao said, shaking her head. She had once stated that she would repay Su Changkong’s favor within the limits of her ability, and facing Wei Shengxion was still within that range!
Had Su Changkong been facing an actual Martial Saint at that time, Ji Xuexiao would not have been foolish enough to confront him head-on; instead, she would have advised Su Changkong to surrender the Transforming Dragon Gate for safety.
"Consider this sword a gift to Miss Ji,"
After pondering for a while, Su Changkong, who also disliked owing favors, suddenly thought of something. He took out a longsword from the Bag of Book Fragrance; it was the Heavenly Dragon Sword, sculpted as if from crystal ice!
The Heavenly Dragon Sword was the companion weapon of the Heavenly Dragon Martial Saint. It was a divine weapon in its own right. Most importantly, it contained the Sword Soul of the Heavenly Dragon Martial Saint, which could sharpen a martial artist’s Martial Arts intent and was capable of rapidly advancing one to the Soul Realm through soul metamorphosis!
At that time, Mo Junling and Gu Lie had fought over the Heavenly Dragon Sword, which had ended up in Gu Lie’s hands.
All of them died under Su Changkong’s blade, and their spoils of war were claimed by Su Changkong. On his way back, after inspecting his loot, Su Changkong found the Heavenly Dragon Sword among Gu Lie’s Storage Treasures.
With Su Changkong’s Blade Soul having reached the Soul Realm, the Heavenly Dragon Sword was not of great use to him. Plus, wanting to repay Ji Xuexiao, Su Changkong thought of the Heavenly Dragon Sword and decided to give it to her.
"Does this sword contain a Sword Soul?"
Ji Xuexiao, who was also a swordsmanship expert, sensed the Sword Soul within the Heavenly Dragon Sword and couldn’t help but be surprised.
To cultivate one’s Martial Arts intent to the level that induces a soul metamorphosis, the Soul Realm, is more difficult than cultivating a set of Martial Arts to the Level of a Pseudo Divine Skill.
Ji Xuexiao, with her unmatched talent, was able to make the Divine Seed acknowledge her, but because she was young, and her Sword Intent had not yet reached its peak, she was still a step away from the Soul Realm.
If she were to receive the Heavenly Dragon Sword and comprehend its Sword Soul, it would sharpen her own Sword Intent, and there was almost a ninety percent chance that she’d achieve the Soul Realm—a massive breakthrough!
"This... This is too precious..." Ji Xuexiao hesitated; in her view, she was only fulfilling an agreement, and the Heavenly Dragon Sword containing a Sword Soul was too priceless.
Su Changkong didn’t give Ji Xuexiao a chance to refuse. Riding on a white crane, he flew toward the direction of the Spirit Taoist Sect, and sent a telepathic message, "Miss Ji, if you need to use the Transforming Dragon Gate, come find me near Zhongling Mountain."
For Su Changkong, lending the Transforming Dragon Gate to others wouldn’t be a big issue.
Judging from the previous matter with the Blood Divine Seed and this incident, Su Changkong could tell that Ji Xuexiao was indeed a person with a pure heart, not covetous of the Transforming Dragon Gate like others. Even the Heavenly Corpse Old Man, despite helping Su Changkong, did so only because he had a grudge against Mo Junling and desired the Heavenly Dragon Battle Puppet.
Therefore, Su Changkong was willing to leave his contact information, in case Ji Xuexiao ever needed to use the Transforming Dragon Gate and would seek him out at Zhongling Mountain.
"So his name is Dao Wufeng... To think that someone of such caliber could arise within the Great Flame Empire."
Cradling the Heavenly Dragon Sword, Ji Xuexiao watched as Su Changkong quickly vanished into the horizon and murmured to herself.
After parting ways with Ji Xuexiao, Su Changkong returned to the Spirit Taoist Sect alone.
Inside the Spirit Taoist Sect, everything was as tranquil as usual.
Though this journey had not been long for Su Changkong, he had experienced much. He gained the approval of the remnant soul of the Heavenly Dragon Martial Saint, obtained the Divine Artifact Transforming Dragon Gate, was besieged by strong opponents like Mo Junling, and was personally confronted by the reincarnated Martial Saint Wei Shengxin.
It was only after the appearance of the Ancestor of the Yan family that the ordeal finally concluded.
Despite the dangers, Su Changkong’s gains were undoubtedly immense!
Most treasures from the Heavenly Dragon Cave Sky had fallen into his hands. Not to mention the Transforming Dragon Gate, just the Spiritual Medicines alone were enough to cultivate nearly a hundred Perfection of Innateness experts!
And then there were items like the Ten Thousand Pill Furnace.
"I need to convert all of these into my own strength!"
Su Changkong clenched his fists, hating the feeling of being threatened. Particularly loathsome was the Sacred Heart Alliance Hierarch Wei Shengxin, who, from his lofty position, treated his own imminent ascension to the Martial Saint realm as merely a step away due to his Bloodline Regression.
Every reincarnated Martial Saint possesses an innate legacy in Martial Arts from their bloodline, comprehending without a teacher and easily cultivating various Martial Arts to the levels reached by the Ancestors of Martial Saint, and almost all have a Divine Seed within them capable of wielding the true power of Divine Skills!
To a regular martial artist, no matter how exceptional the talent, it seemed impossible to surpass the reincarnated Martial Saints through cultivation alone.
Su Changkong felt a burning desire in his heart—he wanted to become stronger, stronger than those so-called Sons of God with Bloodline Regression. Even though he lacked a Divine Seed and any Martial Saint bloodline, he was determined to surpass them!
Transforming the treasures gained from the Heavenly Dragon Cave Sky into assets, Su Changkong needed time to digest them and use them for his own transformation.
"First, I’ll use the Transforming Dragon Gate to enhance the potential and talent of the Innate Martial Artists of the Spirit Taoist Sect. The better their talent, the higher the realm they reach when cultivating the Turtle Breath Technique, which means a quicker accumulation of the Mysterious Turtle True Essence for me."
Su Changkong’s initial plan was to make full use of the Divine Artifact, the Transforming Dragon Gate.
If those hundred Innate Martial Artists could provide Su Changkong with a drop of Mysterious Turtle True Essence in a few days or even a day, it would be faster than absorbing a Spirit Vein and provide an unending benefit—a long-term gain!
Su Changkong gathered Zuo Qiu and other Innate Martial Artists in the Heaven Silkworm Cave at the back of the mountain, as well as Sect Master Helian Yuan and the Innate Elders of the sect.
The improvements the Transforming Dragon Gate could bring to Su Changkong were limited—not because the Transforming Dragon Gate was lacking, but because Su Changkong’s potential and talent were so high that he had almost reached the Transcendent Level, which implied an almost certain ascension to Martial Saint through normal cultivation.
