The pair of dragon wings were pure black, with only faint golden patterns shimmering around the edges, giving the impression they were adorned with gold leaf.
The dragon wings unfurled, majestic and awe-inspiring, filling Ling Xiao with uncontainable delight.
“Golden Light Flying Dragon, King of Nefarious Beasts, equivalent to a martial artist just entering the Cave Heaven Realm, incredibly fast and extremely difficult to capture. When it flies, it’s like a flash of golden light, vanishing in an instant. It’s an exceptionally rare nefarious beast, existing only on the Tianlong Continent.”
These words weren’t from any written source but were information automatically generated in Ling Xiao’s mind after that soul force entered his brain.
“King of Nefarious Beasts! Good heavens, equivalent to a martial artist just entering the Cave Heaven Realm? That’s absurdly powerful! Could such a nefarious beast still exist on the Tianlong Continent today?”
Ling Xiao was utterly astonished.
Up to now, the most formidable creatures he had read about in books were merely tenth-level nefarious beasts, equivalent to a Ten Directions Heaven expert in the Celestial Realm.
But a King of Nefarious Beasts had never been documented.
It seemed the era when that ancient martial artist lived must have been tens of thousands of years ago, otherwise, encountering such a nefarious beast would be impossible.
That soul force likely belonged to the powerful martial artist who created this top-tier golden secret technique!
The information within the soul force continued.
“Dragon Wings, also known as Golden Light Dragon Wings. This secret technique was developed by this old man after capturing a Golden Light Flying Dragon and raising it for several years, studying its unique flight patterns to create a flying secret technique. It was originally intended for my disciple, but alas, heaven envies the talented. My disciple was killed, and so this secret technique was left without an heir.”
“If someone destined obtains this, remember not to rashly cultivate this technique unless your body is exceptionally robust, otherwise, cultivation will surely lead to death!”
“Gulp!”
Ling Xiao couldn’t help but swallow hard.
The speaker was vague—robust body, but how robust exactly?
Still, this old man was truly remarkable, capturing and raising a King of Nefarious Beasts, the Golden Light Flying Dragon, for his disciple’s sake. That would require at least the prowess of a Cave Heaven Realm expert, otherwise, it would be utterly impossible.
To cultivate or not to cultivate?
Ling Xiao opened the bamboo slips, reading while pondering.
The content of this secret technique was very brief, and most of its cultivation, like others, could only be explored through personal practice.
!
Wait!
Ling Xiao’s eyes suddenly lit up.
This was strikingly similar to another technique.
Both involved condensing true essence into a tangible form.
One formed an air sword, the other dragon wings, but they were essentially the same.
In fact, Ling Xiao’s air sword could also take the shape of wings, though it couldn’t grant him the ability to fly.
But the method of condensation was remarkably similar. If he didn’t cultivate this, wouldn’t it be a terrible waste?
“Are you really planning to cultivate this thing?”
Yuan Zun, who had woken up at some point, perhaps sensing that foreign soul force, spoke.
“Master, this is a treasure! Not cultivating it would be such a pity, wouldn’t it?”
Ling Xiao released Yuan Zun from the beast ring and said.
“Indeed, a secret technique is called a secret technique because it’s rare enough. Even I have seldom seen such a technique, and the last time I did was tens of thousands of years ago. Now, it’s completely extinct.”
Yuan Zun nodded and continued, “Actually, the information in that soul force isn’t complete. It only mentioned raising the Golden Light Flying Dragon, observing its flight patterns, and creating this cultivation secret technique, but it didn’t tell the whole story.”
“There’s something hidden?”
Ling Xiao asked, puzzled.
“Of course there’s something hidden. If flying secret techniques were so easy to create, wouldn’t every Cave Heaven Realm expert be able to make one?”
Yuan Zun explained, “You should know that the bodies of demonic beasts, ferocious beasts, nefarious beasts, and exotic beasts all contain divine inscriptions passed down from the primordial ancient times, which can also be called secret techniques. Do you know where secret techniques come from? They’re derived from the bodies of these creatures.”
“You’re not saying that old man ultimately killed the Golden Light Flying Dragon, are you?”
Ling Xiao felt a chill.
“Not quite, but to obtain the divine inscriptions of the Golden Light Flying Dragon’s flight, removing its pair of wings was certainly necessary.”
Yuan Zun replied, “I even suspect his disciple was killed by an enraged Golden Light Flying Dragon. To develop this secret technique, he removed the dragon’s wings to extract the divine inscriptions within, causing the dragon to go berserk and wreak havoc in his cave mansion, leading to that tragedy.”
“After extracting the divine inscriptions, they must be sealed through array refinement. This secret technique cannot be successfully cultivated by relying solely on the formula. Check the items he left behind; there should be two array stones.”
Following Yuan Zun’s words, Ling Xiao hurriedly searched through the pile of items he had previously tossed into the Mountain and River World.
Sure enough, there were two array stones.
The array stones shimmered with golden inscriptions, exuding an extremely wild and restless aura.
“Master, why do these two array stones feel as if they’re alive?”
Ling Xiao asked in shock.
“That’s the divine inscription. Divine inscriptions have spirituality, and the higher the beast’s level, the stronger the spirituality of its inscriptions. I’m not opposed to you cultivating this, but I have one requirement.”
Yuan Zun said.
“Please tell me, Master.”
Ling Xiao knew Yuan Zun’s request must be for his own good.
“First, try using your soul force to erase the violent consciousness of the residual soul in these array stones. If you succeed, you can cultivate it without any worries.”
Yuan Zun replied.
“That’s a small matter.”
Ling Xiao’s soul force was far stronger than his physical strength and even more formidable than his body’s resilience.
Not only was it unrivaled within the Mortal Realm, but even the soul force of a Celestial Realm expert might not surpass his.
Especially when combined with his dragon’s might, in terms of pure soul pressure, he could directly confront a Demon Flame Heavenly Sovereign just entering the Celestial Realm.
So, when it came to soul force, he was most confident.
However, this time, he clearly underestimated the power of the violent consciousness within the array stones.
Yuan Zun said nothing, merely watching Ling Xiao calmly.
Some things could only be understood through terrifying personal experience, and no amount of warning would suffice.
Besides, he believed Ling Xiao could manage it, though it wouldn’t be easy. Still, it was unlikely to endanger his life.
Some things, especially beautiful things, couldn’t be obtained without some effort—that would be far too naive.
Ling Xiao gripped the two array stones, closed his eyes, and channeled his soul force into both stones simultaneously.
“Roar~~”
In that instant, Ling Xiao nearly lost control of his mind and almost threw the array stones away.
Fortunately, he had faced such dangers before, especially after enduring two consecutive soul force attacks from Elder Jin in Green Valley, which had honed his ability to withstand sudden crises.
This allowed him to hold onto the array stones.
