“I’ve endured far worse than this, so this is nothing.”
Ling Xiao gave a weak smile.
Hearing this, Yuan Zun couldn’t help but show a look of sympathy and pity.
This boy is only fourteen years old, what has he been through to have experienced even greater pain? The lad is truly pitiable.
Ling Xiao, of course, had no idea what his master was thinking. He took out a stamina-restoring pill, swallowed it, and sat cross-legged for a moment.
The physical pain had completely vanished, and his fatigue was nearly gone.
Only then did he have the chance to look back at the wings on his back.
The Golden Light Dragon Wings were even more beautiful than he had imagined, though not as large as those of the Golden Light Flying Dragon. But overly large wings would be inconvenient, and these, spanning about two zhang, were sufficient.
The jet-black dragon wings were strikingly adorned with vivid golden inscriptions.
“Master, these can be retracted, right? Otherwise, they’re far too conspicuous.”
As he spoke, Ling Xiao attempted to retract the Golden Light Dragon Wings using the method for withdrawing them.
It worked!
To his surprise, it actually worked.
From the outside, there was no trace of the Golden Light Dragon Wings ever having appeared.
When he condensed true essence wings using his true essence, the Golden Light Dragon Wings reappeared, without the slightest pain.
It felt incredibly convenient.
“Master, I’m going to test them out!”
With that, Ling Xiao retracted the Golden Light Dragon Wings, darted out of the cave, and leapt from the mountainside.
In that instant, the Golden Light Dragon Wings unfurled, and Ling Xiao felt as though he had become the freest being in the world.
Soaring through the sky like a bird.
The sensation was utterly extraordinary, as if the entire landscape had transformed.
Unfortunately, though the Golden Light Dragon Wings consumed far less true essence than a flight martial soul, at his current cultivation level, he could only sustain flight for sixty breaths at most.
Then he would need to replenish his true essence.
Of course, this was while carrying the array stones.
Without them, he estimated his flight time could increase tenfold!
Roughly six hundred breaths, or ten minutes.
This was already far superior to mere gliding.
Even Celestial Realm experts couldn’t maintain gliding for more than ten minutes.
In other words, with the Golden Light Dragon Wings, Ling Xiao’s flight speed and altitude were now comparable to those of Celestial Realm experts.
“If you want to roam freely between heaven and earth, you’ll need to reach at least the mid-to-high Celestial Realm cultivation stage. Otherwise, you can only extend flight time and distance, not truly soar freely.”
Yuan Zun said.
“No matter, Master, I’m already very satisfied with this. After all, being able to fly gives me a tremendous advantage.”
Ling Xiao wasn’t greedy. Obtaining the Golden Light Dragon Wings was already a rare fortune, so why demand more?
For the next half-day, Ling Xiao focused on integrating the wings with his techniques.
This way, he could leverage their speed in combat, significantly boosting his fighting prowess.
With his exceptional comprehension, by the time the sky darkened, he had mastered coordinating the wings with his techniques.
Though not a true fusion, achieving near-perfect synergy was already impressive.
This was essentially Cloud Dragon Divine Travel combined with Golden Light Dragon Wings, producing a burst of speed that was absolutely astonishing.
That night, Ling Xiao returned to the cave, ate some food, and was about to start refining pills.
But he caught sight of the text on the ice bed, reminding him of an important task he hadn’t yet completed.
However, after carefully reading the text, he discovered it was an extremely cryptic riddle.
Even with his Mountain and River Martial Soul, he couldn’t decipher it quickly.
Yet he had a feeling that this wasn’t a martial arts manual but rather something tied to a secret from tens of thousands of years ago.
“Master, can you guess the answer to this riddle?”
Ling Xiao turned to Yuan Zun and asked.
“Dragon’s Secret Language!”
Yuan Zun suddenly declared.
“You can tell, Master!”
Ling Xiao asked in surprise.
“Yes, the answer to this riddle is ‘Dragon’s Secret Language.’ It points to the whereabouts of the Primordial Dragon Soul, one of the nine Primordial Dragon Souls.”
Yuan Zun replied.
“What are the nine Primordial Dragon Souls?”
Ling Xiao asked, puzzled.
“Some time ago, I sensed a terrifying dragon aura in the Moonlight Treasure Pagoda. If I’m not mistaken, it was the aura produced by the revival of one of the nine Primordial Dragon Souls.”
Yuan Zun explained, “The so-called nine Primordial Dragon Souls are martial souls formed after the death of the nine ancient divine dragons that ruled the Mysterious Realm before the rise of the Human King!”
“The nine ancient divine dragons that ruled the Mysterious Realm could die?”
Ling Xiao asked in shock.
“The birth of the Human Sacred Dynasty was built upon the corpses of primordial giant beasts. To survive, humans had to resist the mighty primordial beasts. The nine ancient divine dragons once fought a great battle against the Human King and twelve top human experts. In the end, all nine divine dragons perished, and the twelve human experts died as well. Over hundreds of thousands of years, their souls have likely all become martial souls.”
Yuan Zun elaborated, “But the martial souls of the twelve top experts were inherited by the emperors of the twelve continents in the Mysterious Realm, making them claimed. Only the martial souls of the nine ancient divine dragons remain contested objects.”
Ling Xiao’s heart raced with excitement. He had obtained the corpse of an Ancient Golden Dragon but not its dragon soul. No matter, he believed that by following this clue, he could absolutely cultivate a powerful Ancient Golden Dragon soul.
“Master, what are the nine dragon souls?”
Ling Xiao asked.
“The Primordial Dragon Soul of the Ancient Primordial Dragon, the True Essence Dragon Soul of the Ancient True Essence Dragon, the Time Dragon Soul of the Ancient Time Dragon, the Azure Heaven Dragon Soul of the Ancient Azure Heaven Dragon, the Earth Dragon Soul of the Ancient Earth Dragon, the Dream Dragon Soul of the Ancient Dream Dragon, the Nature Dragon Soul of the Ancient Nature Dragon, the Five Elements Dragon Soul of the Ancient Five Elements Dragon, and the Hell Dragon Soul of the Ancient Hell Dragon!”
No Ancient Golden Dragon?
Ling Xiao was stunned.
But that didn’t make sense. From what Yuan Zun said, the Ancient Golden Dragon should be one of the ancient dragon martial souls.
The more he thought, the more confused he became.
“Master, what is the Ancient Golden Dragon?”
Ling Xiao couldn’t help but ask.
“You actually know about the Ancient Golden Dragon! Where did you come across information about it?”
Yuan Zun exclaimed, “The Ancient Golden Dragon was the king of primordial giant beasts, known as the Dragon of Laws, controlling all the laws of the Mysterious Realm. Strangely, during the primordial battle, it mysteriously vanished. Otherwise, the Human King might not have triumphed.”
