by Dragon King
Just as the first class of the day was about to begin, Su Han and Hao Ren reached the paths near the school. The students that were on their way to school witnessed the sight of Hao Ren and Su Han, which was a picture to the eyes.
Hao Ren was wearing a Hawaiian outfit, so he looked extremely sharp. Anyone from miles away could see him in those bright colors.
The male students who witnessed this scene were filled with curiosity and envy.
“He’s running with Su Han this early in the morning, how nice…” They thought.
Su Han wasn’t a figure who was easy to approach. Therefore, they couldn’t imagine how difficult it would be to have the chance to run with her in the morning.
She was in a soft shirt and mini skirt pants, exhibiting the brightness of youth.
Su Han breathed out slowly as she tried to maintain her running speed while leading Hao Ren to the entrance of the East Ocean University. The air seemed to smell like flowers as she passed by.
Hao Ren didn’t want to enter the university like this by creating such a big scene. However, he couldn’t handle Su Han’s poking with her short bat, so he obeyed her orders and followed her into the administrative building.
Amongst those students at the entrance, there were not only ordinary students but also a select group of students – young dragon cultivators!
They were very envious as they saw Su Han and Hao Ren slowly fade into the horizon.
It was almost time for the general exams at the Dragon God Shrine. It would be great to have an official inspector like Su Han to be one’s personal coach!
399 Heavenly Dragon, Treasure!
“That’s all for the day,” Su Han jogged to the front entrance of the administrative building and said.
“Great!” Hao Ren nodded frantically.
A 12-kilometer run. In the past, even though Hao Ren didn’t start cultivating at the time, he could finish the run without any problems with his title as a long-distance runner in high school.
Now, a 12-kilometer run was as difficult as crossing mountains and rivers for Hao Ren. His shorts and t-shirts were soaked in his sweat.
In contrast, Su Han seemed very relaxed. Although her face was slightly flushed, she did not sweat at all. The blue shirt and mini skirt pants made her look like a flower blooming from the cement floor in front of the administrative building.
Countless male student around the area stopped to watch Su Han like hungry wolves.
Su Han used to jog in the morning, but she always wore white sportswear with long sleeves. Although she still seemed very sexy, it was not as youthful and attractive as this time.
“That’s all,” Su Han said coldly as she saw Hao Ren staring at her. Then, she turned around and was about to walk into the administrative building.
Suddenly, she stopped for a moment and returned to Hao Ren. She raised her hands and fixed Hao Ren’s collar. Then, she smiled softly and walked into the building.
This small act made the male students around them gasp as they couldn’t help but start to scream.
How could a gorgeous and icy girl like Su Han fix the collar for a guy like Hao Ren!
Especially that gentle smile; it was definitely a sign that the iceberg was melting!
One smile could overthrow a city, another smile could overthrow a country.
Hao Ren enjoyed the glory of making all the male students jealous! Their jealous then immediately turned into hatred!
Hao Ren stood still in the same position as his shoulder could still feel Su Han’s touch when she fixed his collar.
From his perspective, Su Han’s smile was a smile of encouragement.
Within an hour, Hao Ren mastered the rhythm of the Five Mountains Bracelets and could control his nature essence accurately. Su Han’s little act was, perhaps, praise or a reward.
In the flock of angry eyes, Hao Ren walked into an academic building.
The Five Mountains Bracelets sealed off 60 percent of Hao Ren nature essence. However, if Hao Ren could control his nature essence well and use the split-second pause in the array formations of the Five Mountains Bracelets each second, he could smoothly utilize the remaining 40 percent of his nature essence.
It was similar to controlling the flow of water that would stall for a split second every second before it started flowing again. Although it seemed that there was one more thing to be worried about, this practice could drastically improve one’s skill in controlling nature essence!
Hao Ren even suspected that Su Han might have been wearing Five Mountains Bracelets herself.
From the fact that she insisted on jogging every morning, did not like to fight with people, and did not bother to walk around on campus, it seemed like Su Han was wearing Five Mountains Bracelets that limit her nature essence. If that were true, Su Han only showed a part of her true strength!
Su Han wanted to reach the Heavenly Dragon Realm. Things that were not related to the elevation of realms were useless to Su Han.
Therefore, she would not waste any time.
The last Heavenly Dragon appeared a few hundred years ago. The super-strong cultivators who remained on the land and First Heaven all wanted to become the next Heavenly Dragon!
Zhao Kuo wanted that, so did Su Han!
Su Han wanted the supreme power! Zhao Kuo wanted to demonstrate his might! They wanted to see who could reach the Heavenly Dragon Realm first!
Su Han gave up battling and improved her realm through cultivation. Zhao Kuo, on the other hand, must have been strengthening himself through insane battles right now somewhere.
Although the two of them were on different paths, they both had the same goal, and that was to reach the Heavenly Dragon Realm which was beyond Qian-level!
“Heavenly Dragon Realm…”
As Hao Ren thought about that, he used some of his nature essence and started running away from the school.
In the morning, the sunlight shined from the east onto the street. The trees on both sides of the street were lined up properly.
Ahead of the straight road was golden glory.
Hao Ren, who clenched his fists, started running faster and faster.
If the nature essence were flowing smoothly, it would definitely trigger the Five Mountains Bracelets. If one could release and restrain nature essence with great control within a second, he would be able to control 40 percent of his nature essence without triggering the Five Mountains Bracelets. That required Hao Ren to control his nature essence on top of doing everything else.
One second, one moment!
In fact, that was the trick for accumulating strength and unleashing strength!
Hao Ren, who was running on the empty street, gradually disappeared.
He formed a red energy sphere around him and released 16 sword energies from his palm.
The sword energies accompanied Hao Ren by his side and followed in his footsteps, piercing forward and pulling back.
Because of the Five Mountains Bracelets, Hao Ren could not use his nature essence continuously. The sword energies dimmed down and brightened up as they followed the flow of Hao Ren’s nature essence rhythm.
Boom!
Hao Ren’s energy sphere was suddenly enlarged.
There were now 160 sword energies flowing on top of Hao Ren’s head and formed a giant array.
Hum! Hum!
The colorful sword energies flickered.
The sword energies didn’t float in mid-air as usual. Instead, they retracted along with Hao Ren’s rhythm. With the sword handle as the axis, every sword energy was slowly circling him.
The 160 sword energies formed a neatly arranged array. Each sword energy was continuously flickering within its own position, and the instability made it looked even more shocking!
Seemingly, the sword energies were about to attack at any moment!
“Gongzi!”
Two clear voice appeared on both sides of the road.
Hao Ren looked around and saw Lu Linlin and Lu Lili standing on both s
ides of the road as they grinned at him.
Hao Ren smiled awkwardly as he withdrew the sword energies and revoked the energy sphere.
Hao Ren reappeared on the street.
“Gongzi is going through a tough day!” Lu Linlin and Lu Lili hopped to Hao Ren and smiled.
“Oh, you saw?” Hao Ren asked.
Lu Linlin snickered, “Is Gongzi’s butt still hurting?”
“Yes…” Hao Ren replied honestly.
“A strict teacher produces outstanding students. Gongzi will be able to win at the Dragon God Shrine!”
“Do you guys know anything about the Dragon God Shrine?” Hao Ren asked.
“Since the Dragon God Shrine was established, the general exams had become a great event each year for dragon cultivators. The general exams would take place on the date of the Dragon Boat Festival,” Lu Lili looked at Hao Ren and said as she blushed slightly.
“Oh, the Dragon Boat Festival…” Hao Ren then remembered that it was the Dragon Boat Festival this weekend.
Dragon boat racing and eating zongzi were the most common customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. Hao Ren also heard from Grandma that the Dragon Boat Festival was actually a day to worship the Dragon God.
Lu Linlin suddenly turned serious and said, “Gongzi, we want to give you some advice. If you win, you don’t need to care about other treasures. You only need to get one thing, and that is the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus.”
400 Top-Tier Mystic Crystal!!!
“Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus” Hao Ren was a bit confused.
“Yes, Gongzi. To put it more precisely, it’s the seed of the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus. My sister and I have been asking around, and we finally found out that there is such a seed in the Dragon God Shrine,” Lu Lili said.
“You need the treasure…for something?” Hao Ren asked.
His sweat from running outside had already dried up, and Hao Ren drew back his nature essence as he walked back to school.
“Not for us, but for Gongzi,” Lu Linlin interrupted, “The Seven-Color Snow Lotus is one of the ten best elixir materials, and the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus has even purer essence than the Seven-Color Snow Lotus. However, the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus melts when it meets fire, so it can not be used to make elixir pills. On the other hand, the lotus seed of the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus is actually the most balanced natural ingredient in the world and the most suitable for Gongzi to refine into a mystic crystal.
Mystic crystal!
Hao Ren was familiar with this word.
“A thousand-year Seven-Color Snow Lotus can be turned into mystic crystal as well, but the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus is a rarer treasure no matter what,” Lu Linlin said.
Speaking of this, Hao Ren remembered the two thousand-year Seven-Color Snow Lotuses left in the cave in Sky Mountain. Only low-level cultivators under Zhen-level or the Core Formation Realm could enter the cave, so Hao Ren wouldn’t be able to get in there anymore. However, Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi might be able to get inside.
There was an abundance of spiritual herbs in the Herb King Valley, A.K.A the Ethereal Summit, on Fifth Heaven, but there were no snow lotuses. These lotuses were probably the specialty of the Sky Mountain Sect on Sixth Heaven, and they strictly kept the lotuses in their own hands.
Hao Ren had personally seen the magical use of the snow lotuses when Zhao Kuo failed the Heavenly Tribulation and was in severe danger. Even Zhen Congming said that the snow lotuses were holy materials for elixir making. If they could transplant some of them to Fifth Heaven and grow them on a large scale…
“If I can refine a mystic crystal for myself, I will be able to absorb more nature sense and break through realms easier. Is that right?” Hao Ren asked.
“Mystic crystal is like a second dragon core to a dragon cultivator, and it will be inside the cultivator for the rest of his or her life. Therefore, dragon cultivators are very careful in selecting mystic crystals. It has to be the best match for their physique and has abundant nature essence,” Lu Linlin answered.
“Gongzi cultivates all five elemental essences at the same time. Therefore, your mystic crystal has to be a natural treasure of all five elements as well. Otherwise, you need to gather different materials and connect them through external forces. Its effect will be reduced since it is not natural,” Lu Lili stuck her head over and said.
Hao Ren was a little convinced by their persuasive attitude.
He had never considered mystic crystal since he just reached Gen-level. Generally, dragon cultivators would start paying special attention to mystic crystals when they reached Dui-level. They would try to get a mystic crystal of their own before breaking through to Xun-level in order to assist them in reaching Kun-level and Qian-level.
All the Qian-level and Kun-level cultivators had their mystic crystals. In other words, there was no chance to get to Kun-level and Qian-level with just the dragon core!
The importance of a mystic crystal to a high-level cultivator was crucial.
The smaller dragon clan didn’t possess the materials or treasures to refine mystic crystals. In addition, the materials that could be used as mystic crystals were scarce and scattered around. They were either under the control of large dragon clans or in extremely dangerous places.
Therefore, there was only one place to get it for talented dragon cultivators from small forces- the Dragon God Shrine!
The Dragon God Shrine possessed abundant resources and information. The identity as an inspector could allow them to enter some restricted areas. There was hope in either getting the mystic crystal from the Dragon God Shrine by outstanding performance or finding it themselves!
“So, the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus is a treasure but can’t be used in elixir making. It is useless for most cultivators, right?” Hao Ren thought for a bit and asked.
Hao Ren didn’t have the confidence to get to rank one. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even expect himself to rank in the top three in the exams. As long as he could rank within the top ten and become an official inspector, he could potentially get his hands on this treasure.
“The Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus can’t be used in elixir making, but it can be used to make dharma treasures. So, some inspectors might use it to create dharma treasures,” Lu Linlin said.
Some of the thousand-year spiritual herbs could be used in elixir making as well as dharma treasure making. For example, thousand-year rosewood could be made into elixir pills as well as wood-elemental dharma treasures.
The seed of the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus was very hard, and it combined all five elements. It would be great if someone made it into a beam-shaped dharma treasure that could help with boosting cultivation speed and offer additional protection.
“So…” Hao Ren felt the sudden pressure. The quality of the mystic crystal affected the level of his future realm. It could also potentially determine if he could become a Heavenly Dragon or not in the future.
All dragon cultivators tried their best to locate the best mystic crystal for them. Even Su Han, who dedicated herself to cultivation, spent a long time looking for the most suitable mystic crystal for herself.
Since the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus was the best mystic crystal for someone like him, Hao Ren sure wouldn’t consider the Seven-Color Snow Lotus anymore.
“Don’t you worry, Gongzi. I have discussed with Lili, and we decided to sneak into the Dragon God Shrine to take the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus for you in case you don’t get rank one!” Lu Linlin bit her lip and said.
“No; that’s too risky!” Hao Ren immediately rejected this idea.
The Dragon God Shrine was the highest administration institution which governed the Dragon Tribe. It was also the united force of the dragon cultivators against the human cultivators who were on and above Fifth Heaven.
Even a top-tier Qian-level master wouldn’t be able to get in and out of there freely! Not to mention that Lu Linlin and Lu Lili were only on the low-tier Qian-level at the moment.
&nbs
p; The twins were surprised at Hao Ren’s intense reaction. Then, they smiled at each other happily.
Their Gongzi rarely contacted them, but his rejection showed how much he cared about them!
“You two are more important than the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus,” Hao Ren said slowly.
Lu Linlin and Lu Lili looked at each other again and felt the warmth in their hearts.
One of them had a ponytail, and the other had pigtails. Their hairs were so long that they reached their waists. They hugged Hao Ren from both sides and said, “You are important to us too, Gongzi!”
Hao Ren looked at them and laughed helplessly.
The scene of Lu Linlin and Lu Lili entering the school gate with their arms on Hao Ren’s arms almost killed all the male students in the area!
Hao Ren had just arrived at school side by side with Su Han, and now he was making another entry with the twins! He had won the wrath of God and the resentment of men!
Not to mention that his actual girlfriend, Xie Yujia, was also a beautiful girl!
“Alright, I’m going to class.” Hao Ren realized that it was almost time for class. He lighted waved off Lu Linlin and Lu Lili’s arms.
“Ok, Gongzi!” the twins stood straight and said pleasantly as their hairs swayed behind them.
Their voices caused so many guys to be jealous!
Although they couldn’t get near ice-cold Su Han, they wished to get close to the beautiful twin sisters who were so energetic and cute! However, the sisters didn’t seem to be interested in any other guys!
Hao Ren jogged into an academic building, knowing that he had now become the public enemy of all guys in the entire school.
Morning class was about to start.
Xie Yujia slighted waved at Hao Ren from the front row.
Hao Ren waved back. He thought for a bit before he walked over to her. He bent over and asked her quietly, “Did Zhao Yanzi cause you any trouble?”
“No, she was good.” Xie Yujia laughed.
“Oh… that’s a relief,” Hao Ren looked up at Zhao Jiayi and the guys at the back. He straightened up and whispered, “I’ll sit with them today.”
