A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 120 Azure Dragon Advancement

Ten days later, Luo Ming took out the blue demon core with perfect spiritual power from the cauldron and casually tossed it to the green dragon that was waiting nearby.

"Focus on your seclusion and refine your skills, striving to break through to level five in one fell swoop. Once you advance, we will return to Qiyuan Island."

The Azure Dragon gave a low response, then came to the center of the formation, where it began to refine the fifth-level demon core in seclusion.

For the next six months, Luo Ming did not leave the deserted island. He devoted himself to cultivating the secret techniques of the "Azure Nether Scripture" and honing his magical power, while having the Golden Gu Elder and the Black Tortoise guard the surroundings and protect the Azure Dragon in its seclusion.

During this time, he also checked on the other party's situation several times. Seeing that the demonic power in the Azure Dragon's body was becoming more and more violent and condensed, he knew that the day of its breakthrough was not far away, and he felt more expectant.

That morning, a high-pitched and resounding roar of a dragon suddenly echoed across the deserted island, its sound waves soaring into the sky and causing ripples to spread across the sea. Luo Ming instantly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing within them:

"It's done!"

As its roar resounded, a massive surge of spiritual energy erupted from the surrounding area, frantically converging towards the center of the deserted island, only to be devoured by the azure dragon—the final infusion of spiritual energy into its body.

Like human cultivators, when a demon beast advances to this realm, the longer the spiritual energy is infused into its body, the more solid its foundation will be, and thus the greater its potential will be.

Of course, this is also the stage where it is most important to avoid being disturbed by other monsters.

Luo Ming, Xuan Gui, and Jin Gu, three Core Formation cultivators, guarded the area, keeping a close eye on the surroundings.

Whether it was good luck or the intimidating power of the dragon, the situation that Luo Ming was worried about did not occur.

"roar!"

A cyan figure soared into the sky, stretching its body in the air. The cyan dragon grew to about fifty feet in size, soaring up and down in the air. Its scales were as translucent as jade, and its body was surrounded by a rich water-attribute spiritual light, with the dragon's might faintly emanating from it.

The azure dragon circled in mid-air for several weeks, then opened its mouth and spewed out a massive cloud of water mist. Its body suddenly swayed, transforming into a streak of azure light that plunged into the sea. In an instant, it burst out from the other side of the sea—clearly, it had successfully awakened the Water Escape Technique.

Seeing this, Luo Ming was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Good! Good! I can now indirectly master the Water Escape Technique, which adds another way to escape!"

Although earth and water escape techniques are the most common among the five elements of escape techniques, not every demon beast can control them. The blue dragon's water control ability was quite good, but it was still a long way from being a true water escape technique.

This is also why Luo Ming could tell that its bloodline was insufficient. If the blue dragon possessed the Water Escape Technique, ordinary formations could not trap it. Only the forbidden formations that protect sects, which possess the power to isolate space, could restrain the use of the Five Elements Escape Technique.

The azure dragon swooped down and landed in front of Luo Ming, obediently lowering its head with eyes full of submission. Then it spat out a drop of blood emitting a blue light, which was the azure dragon's original blood.

This blood, compared to the original blood of the Xuan Turtle, lacked the earthy richness, but possessed much more vitality, clearly because this dragon had some wood-attribute spiritual roots.

Time passed slowly, and half a month went by in the blink of an eye.

Having learned from the experience of refining the Xuan Turtle's essence blood last time, the time to refine the Azure Dragon's essence blood was shortened by more than half this time. Including the time spent in the Spirit Gathering Cauldron, it only took half a month.

At the center of the formation, Luo Ming suddenly opened his eyes, and a faint aura of water spirit instantly surrounded him. He raised his hand and waved it, and the surrounding water vapor instantly gathered. With a sway, he transformed into a beam of water light and instantly fled dozens of feet away, his speed no less than that of the Azure Dragon's water escape technique.

"Haha, it worked!"

Luo Ming laughed heartily. He had completely mastered the Water Escape Technique by using the original blood of his natal spirit beast. In the future, whether traveling or breaking out of an encirclement, he would have an excellent means of doing so.

After mastering the Water Escape Technique, Luo Ming put the Azure Dragon into his spirit beast pouch, summoned the Black Tortoise, and sat cross-legged on its broad back as they began their return to Qiyuan Island.

Since the Xuan Turtle advanced to level five, Luo Ming has grown increasingly fond of sitting on its back. Besides the fact that its underwater speed is not much slower than that of an ordinary cultivator's escape light, Luo Ming can also cultivate peacefully on its back, which is the most important point.

Just as Luo Ming was meditating cross-legged on the back of the Xuan Turtle, the newly advanced Azure Dragon immediately sent its request, expressing its desire to come out and play, but Luo Ming ruthlessly refused.

Isn't this just setting your owner up for failure?

After sailing steadily for about half a month, the surrounding sea became increasingly deep and vast, with few islands to be seen.

On this day, Luo Ming, who was cultivating in the earthen-yellow light shield supported by the Xuan Turtle, suddenly received a reminder from the Xuan Turtle. After surfacing, he discovered a gray-white wave of energy in the distant sky.

That grayish-white color was not clouds, but rather it spread and expanded at a visible speed, as if an invisible giant mouth was devouring the azure sky.

At the same time, a dull and oppressive aura wafted from afar. Even with the Xuan Turtle Barrier protecting him, Luo Ming could feel the surrounding spiritual energy becoming restless, especially the wind-attribute spiritual energy, which was unusually active and violent.

"This is... Tianfeng is back again?" Luo Ming's eyes lit up as he smiled.

Now that he has advanced to the Core Formation stage, he is naturally not afraid of the power of the heavenly wind; on the contrary, he can gain some benefits from it.

"Your opportunity has arrived again."

Luo Ming smiled slightly and summoned the Wind Fox Beast. This beast has now reached level four, but it is still some distance from the peak of level four. If it is lucky, it may be able to catch a high-level wind attribute demon beast, which will greatly speed up the Wind Fox Beast's cultivation speed.

The Wind Fox Beast was fast asleep in the spirit beast pouch. It was still a little dazed when it was first woken up, but after sensing the increasingly dense wind spirit energy around it, it immediately perked up. Looking at the approaching wind in the distance, it became somewhat eager to try.

The winds in the outer sea felt more violent than those in the inner sea, and the wind spirit energy contained within them was also purer.

Moreover, as far as he knew, there were some wind-attribute monsters in the outer sea that would follow the wind, but unfortunately he had not encountered any of them in the past few years.

"Hopefully I'll encounter a group of wind-attribute monsters, or fire-attribute flying monsters, so I won't have to worry about resources for the advancement of the Fat Sun Bird and the Wind Fox Beast." Luo Ming was looking forward to this good luck.

The wind was incredibly fast. Just moments ago it seemed so far away, but now it was right in front of us, rolling in like a giant curtain that blotted out the sky.

Luo Ming stood on the back of the Xuan Turtle, his body covered with a protective spiritual light, standing tall and firm despite the raging winds and waves.

"I really want to go see the source of the Heavenly Wind! I wonder what it's like there?"

Watching the Wind Fox Beast nimbly roam in the Heavenly Wind, he couldn't help but feel a little interested in the origin of the Heavenly Wind, but he quickly suppressed it rationally.

In the Chaotic Star Sea, no one knows where the Heavenly Wind originated. They only know that it is deep in the outer sea, but no cultivator dares to go there to find out.

Legend has it that a rogue cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, relying on his astonishing wind-attribute supernatural abilities, wanted to go there to find out what was going on, but he never returned. No one knows whether he was killed by the demons of the outer sea or encountered some unknown danger there.

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