After laughing for a while, Zhou Yuan raised his head and looked outside the hall into the distance, where black clouds seemed to be gathering as he slowly said, “Don’t worry father, the Great Zhou Empire will be fine.”
“I was too young back then, and could only allow both of you to protect me without being able to do anything myself. But it’s different now…”
“Now, if they still dare to do anything, they will have to first ask if I agree.”
The smile on Zhou Yuan’s face seemed to contain an endless frostiness.
“All that they’ve taken away will sooner or later be taken back by us…”
“And now, we will begin with Qi Manor…”
Chapter 97 Declaration of War
Qi Manor’s rebellion together with their declaration to establish the Great Qi Empire undoubtedly set off towering waves that swept across the entire Great Zhou Empire. Everyone feared that the events from many years ago would replay once again. For a time, everyone’s hearts were shrouded in trepidation.
It was at this time however that Wei Canglan appeared in Great Zhou City and announced with his status as the great general of the Great Zhou Empire that Qi Manor were rebels and will be dealt with using force.
Wei Canglan was a well known and respected figure in the Great Zhou Empire. It was only because he had not left Canglan County for the past few years that rumours that he and the royal clan were at odds had spread. His appearance immediately dispelled these rumours, while also slightly easing the troubled hearts of the citizens.
After Wei Canglan, the Black Venom King also made an appearance and proclaimed that Black Venom City had submitted to the Great Zhou Empire.
News of this caused wave after wave of uproar to spread. Who did not know of the infamous Black Venom City that constantly infringed on Great Zhou borders, but who could have imagined that such a ferocious character would chose to submit to Great Zhou at this juncture.
Although the news stupefied countless people, it also gave everyone a little more confidence in the Great Zhou royal clan. Hence, the people’s hearts were put at ease.
While the addition of Wei Canglan and the Black Venom King bolstered the Great Zhou Empire’s might and reputation, there was not even the slightest hint of any response from Qi Manor. They latter merely continued to train their forces as if completely unaffected.
King Qi, Qi Yuan, even sent out a declaration of war.
“Our troops will arrive at Great Zhou City after ten days.”
This declaration immediately caused countless uproars. From the looks of it, Qi Yuan intended to tackle the root of the problem. Once Great Zhou City was breached, it was easy to imagine the fate of the royal clan.
Great Zhou would be overthrown.
The only thing that everyone did not understand was that since there were now three Alpha-Origin experts stationed in Great Zhou City, just where did Qi Yuan find the confidence to make such a declaration of war?
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“Troops will arrive at Great Zhou City after ten days…”
In a certain courtyard, Zhou Yuan gazed at the declaration of war in his hands as a look of thought flitted across his eyes. This declaration clearly represented Qi Yuan’s confidence.
Without this confidence, Qi Yuan the declaration would instead become a huge blow to his reputation if he ended up failing.
“Looks like he has obtained a tremendous amount of support from the Great Wu Empire.”
Zhou Yuan’s eyes flashed coldly as he mumbled to himself in a hair raising voice, “The crown prince of Great Wu that stole my blessing seems to really dislike me having peaceful days.”
Regardless of the support king Qi had obtained, the only choice they had was to respond with force and counter each move as it came.
Zhou Yuan breathed in deeply, suppressing the feelings in his heart. The most important thing he had to do now was to learn the first level of the Ancestral Dragon Scripture and cultivate the Omni Python Qi.
Once he cultivated this Genesis Qi, he would have truly stepped into the the realm of the Qi Nourishing stage.
He did not have the time to do so previously because he had been rushing back to Great Zhou City, so the current moment was the most opportune.
“Are you ready?” A melodious voice was transmitted from the side. Yaoyao was seated to one side, carrying Tuntun as she stared at Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan solemnly nodded. Without further ado, he gently patted his Universe bag and several flashes of light flew out, landing on the stone table before him.
Heavenly Gold Marrow.
Nine Underworld Black Spring Crystal.
Genesis Swallowing Rock.
Grade 4 python-type beast spirit.
Zhou Yuan could not help but breath a sigh of relief as he admired the four Genesis materials before him. He had finally gathered everything after investing so much effort and time.
Excitement gradually gushed out in his eyes together with anticipation.
This was a day Zhou Yuan had been looking forward to ever since he obtained the Ancestral Dragon Scripture.
He looked towards Yaoyao and gave her a slight nod, before his expression grew solemn. With a pat of his Universe bag, a mysterious mottled bone piece appeared in his hand.
An indescribable presence spread from the bone piece.
Growl!
Tuntun suddenly jumped out of Yaoyao’s arms and emitted a low growl. Faint scarlet light seemed to flow on its now rigidly raised fur as if it was about to transform into battle mode.
Even though Tuntun had encountered the bone piece previously, it still displayed a deep wariness at the mysterious bone piece.
Zhou Yuan glanced at the clearly agitated Tuntun. Even a mysterious Genesis Beast like it was so wary of the Ancestral Dragon bone piece. One could imagine just how powerful the legendary Ancestral Dragon was.
“To obtain the Ancestral Dragon Scripture within the Ancestral Dragon bone, one needs to use a dragon type blessing as the key…”
Zhou Yuan was somewhat nervous as he raised the hand on which the Dragon’s Resentment Poison had entrenched itself. The sacred dragon blessing that originally belonged to him had been stolen by Great Wu’s python and sparrow. The current him could only try to use the Dragon’s Resentment Poison as the key. If he failed, it could be said that the paths of himself and the Ancestral Dragon Scripture were not fated to meet.
Upon seeing the nervousness in his eyes, Yaoyao frowned a little and said, “Don’t worry. Since I’ve said it will work, it will definitely work!”
Zhou Yuan let out an awkward laugh. Soon after, he began gathering his concentration. Without further ado, the hand that contained the Dragon’s Resentment Poison slowly tightened around the Ancestral Dragon bone piece.
The moment the Ancestral Dragon bone piece came into contact with the Dragon’s Resentment Poison on his palm, Zhou Yuan immediately sensed faint runes of light emerge on the mottled bone piece.
These runes seemed breathe, pulsing between strong and weak.
The blood-red Dragon’s Resentment Poison on Zhou Yuan’s palm began to squirm as if it had been attracted by something. Strands of blood-red tunnelled out from his palm and poured into the Ancestral Dragon bone.
The runes on the Ancestral Dragon bone grew even brighter as an extremely ancient dragon roar seemed to cross time and space, echoing from the dragon bone.
All noise began to fade from the courtyard.
The Ancestral Dragon bone shook violently at this moment. A split second later, a mysterious light shot out from within, flashing through the air as it shot into the spot between Zhou Yuan’s brows.
Boom!
A deep booming sound resounded within Zhou Yuan’s mind.
Zhou Yuan’s Spirit trembled as if it had now arrived at the formless mass that existed before creation itself, a time when the heavens and earth had yet to be born. All of a sudden, a life form was born within the primal chaos, its body tremendous beyond imagination.
/> It was the Ancestral Dragon!
The Ancestral Dragon roared, blasting apart the primal chaos, an act akin to the creation of a new world.
It slowly lifted its head, titanic eyes flickering with the glow of primal chaos as it seemingly caught sight of Zhou Yuan. In the next instant, the light of primal chaos shot out from its eyes and headed straight for the latter.
Boom!
The light of primal chaos instantly scattered Zhou Yuan’s Spirit.
Zhou Yuan’s tightly shut eyes abruptly opened at this moment, sweat dripping from his body. Although he did not know if what his Spirit had seen earlier was real, the pressure he had felt had almost destroyed him.
If he had not constantly practiced the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method that honed his will to overcome great terror and tempered himself, it was likely that his Spirit would have dispersed the moment the Ancestral Dragon looked at him.
However… he had managed to withstand its gaze.
Zhou Yuan extended a faintly trembling finger and gently felt the area between his brows as a smile of uncontrollable excitement emerged from the corners of his lips.
A certain Qi cultivation method was currently flowing within his mind. It was the Qi cultivation method for the Omni Python Qi.
At long last, he had finally obtained the Ancestral Dragon Scripture.
Chapter 98 Omni Python Qi
“So this is the first level of the Ancestral Dragon Scripture, the Qi cultivation method for the Omni Python Qi…”
In the courtyard, Zhou Yuan’s shut eyes opened once again, excitement and wonder flooding his face as he pondered over the mysterious and complex Qi cultivation method in his mind.
After numerous trials and tribulations, the first level of the Qi cultivation method was finally in his hands.
“Congratulations, you are now a practitioner of the Ancestral Dragon Scripture.” Yaoyao beautiful eyes focused on Zhou Yuan as she slowly said, “However, you should know that once you cultivate the Omni Python Qi, you will no longer be able to reverse the process and can only continue down on this incomparably difficult path till… death.”
Zhou Yuan was silent a moment as he slowly nodded. However, it was clear from the look in his eyes that his resolve had not been shaken. Instead, the flames of determination burned even stronger.
“There are far too many dangers in this world. Without sufficient power… I may one day come to share the fate of the Battle Puppet Sect, just a random one of the many life forms within an eighty thousand mile radius that can be easily destroyed with a flip of someone else’s hand.”
“I do not like such an outcome, nor do I want to see such a calamity strike those at my side. Thus… I need to become strong, strong enough to resist any such calamity!”
Yaoyao gazed at Zhou Yuan’s eyes that flickered with unwavering determination and ultimately gave a gentle nod of approval with her pointed snow-white chin.
“Since you’ve made your resolve, you should begin. I will protect you during the process.”
Zhou Yuan solemnly nodded. Without anymore hesitation, his eyes closed as he meticulously savoured the Omni Python Qi cultivation method in his head. It was two hours later before he opened his eyes again.
Roar!
Zhou Yuan’s body jerked slightly, his back arched over, while his bones vibrated as if a dragon roar was echoing within his body. It was the Dragon Breathing method.
The Dragon Breathing method currently used by Zhou Yuan no longer required him to open his mouth. As he breathed, the surrounding Genesis Qi transformed into strings of white as they endlessly surged over, tunnelling into his body through his nose in sync with his breathing.
This showed that he had obtained a certain level of mastery over Dragon Breathing and was capable of using Dragon Breathing while he breathed to take in the surrounding Genesis Qi.
However, Zhou Yuan’s mastery had yet to reach the level where he could maintain this state for a long period of time. If he were to polish it till the point of perfection in future, even his daily ordinary breathing would allow him to take in the surrounding Genesis Qi and cultivate continuously.
Genesis Qi circulated within Zhou Yuan’s body, flowing through his eight meridian channels before ultimately pouring into his Qi Dwelling.
In his Qi Dwelling, Genesis Qi as pure as crystal floated about like the mist.
With a thought, the Genesis Qi in his Qi Dwelling began to vibrate, slowly turning into a whirlpool as if being pulled towards something.
Genesis Qi began to be gradually compressed in this manner.
While the Genesis Qi in his Qi Dwelling began to swirl, Zhou Yuan made a grabbing motion at the Heavenly Gold Marrow, sucking it into his hand like a drop of dazzling golden liquid.
The moment it landed on his palm, Genesis Qi swiftly wrapped around it and brought it into his body. It shuttled through Zhou Yuan’s meridian channels and entered his Qi Dwelling.
The Heavenly Gold Marrow was soon cast into the vortex formed from Genesis Qi, immediately turning into countless golden specks of light.
Thus, the originally pure Genesis Qi turned dazzling gold as a faint but sharp aura gradually emerged.
“Nine Underworld Black Spring Crystal!”
Without pause, Zhou Yuan grabbed the Nine Underworld Black Spring Crystal. Genesis Qi surged as his hand closed around it, crushing the crystal into tiny pieces.
Wisps of black cold Qi was bundled up by Genesis Qi and brought into Zhou Yuan’s body, ending up in his Qi Dwelling before being poured into the spinning golden vortex.
Wisps of black light now swam within the golden vortex.
“Genesis Swallowing Rock!”
Zhou Yuan’s movements were now more practiced. The Genesis Swallowing Rock was swiftly crushed into powder when it entered his hand and wisps of night-black Qi was sent into his Qi Dwelling.
After sending these three Genesis materials into his Qi Dwelling, Zhou Yuan’s gaze turned towards the final ingredient.
The Grade 4 python type Genesis beast spirit.
At this moment, Yaoyao suddenly cautioned, “You need to be more careful when you fuse this material. A Genesis beast spirit is extremely savage in nature and the slightest mishap might result in your Spirit being devoured.”
This step was undoubtedly several times more dangerous compared to adding the previous three Genesis materials.
Zhou Yuan merely smiled confidently in response. “I might fear it if it still had its physical body, but a mere beast spirit is no threat to me.”
The moment his words faded, both his palms suddenly swung towards the crystal, shattering it as a savage hiss rang out. A flash of night-black light immediately shot towards the spot between Zhou Yuan’s brows.
It was the grade 4 python type Genesis beast spirit.
“Hss hss!”
The night-black light that contained the silhouette of a python zipped straight towards the cross-legged illusory figure the moment it entered Zhou Yuan’s head. Its mouth opened wide with the intent of swallowing the latter.
“You don’t have the qualifications to do as you please here!”
Zhou Yuan’s Spirit let out an icy chuckle as it glimmered and faded away. The formless mass of creation quickly descended as an endless Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone slowly fell from the sky.
The python silhouette was instantly horrified out of its soul by this scene. It could clearly feel an endless amount of fear from the seemingly infinite Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone. After a loud hiss of terror, it turned around and fled without the slightest hesitation.
However, the mottled divine grindstone was capable of travelling through space. Oddly enough, the python silhouette appeared in front of the grindstone as it descended, grinding the python into oblivion.
Zhou Yuan’s Spirit revealed itself at this moment and made a grabbing motion as countless fragments of night-black light gathered towards him, transforming into a blurry python silhouette in his palm. There
was no longer any ferocity in the newly formed python silhouette, its snake eyes lifeless and dull as if its mind had been stripped away and destroyed.
Zhou Yuan’s Spirit swung its hand, casting the blurry python silhouette at his Qi Dwelling and into the swirling Genesis Qi vortex.
All four Genesis materials were now present.
Zhou Yuan concentrated and began to spin the Genesis Qi vortex according to the Omni Python Qi cultivation method, slowly fusing and tempering.
In the blink of an eye, seven days passed by.
During these seven days, Zhou Yuan’s body was as still as a rock and even his breathing had become much lighter. Meanwhile, a dark golden glow would flicker on the surface of his body from time to time.
It seemed as if a unique aura was brewing within his body.
During these seven days, Zhou Qing, Qin Yu and Su Youwei came by to see Zhou Yuan but did not dare to disturb him upon seeing that he was at a critical juncture.
When the first rays of the sun sprinkled down onto Zhou Yuan’s body on the eighth day, his unmoving body finally jerked.
Hss!
The hiss of a great python seemed to emerge from within his body, causing his Qi and blood to boil and tremble.
Swish!
Zhou Yuan’s tightly shut eyes opened at this moment, golden light spouting from within as wisps of dark gold Genesis Qi surged out from his body and began swirling around him.
While the dark gold Genesis Qi rose, a golden python Qi body emerged from the top of Zhou Yuan’s head, hissing at the heavens like a clap of thunder.
On this day, the first level of the Ancestral Dragon Scripture, the Omni Python Qi had finally been cultivated by Zhou Yuan.
Chapter 99 King Qi Besieges the City
Rumble!
The entire courtyard shuddered at this moment.
Dark gold Genesis Qi curled around Zhou Yuan’s body. Within the Genesis Qi, one could barely make out the figure of a giant golden python hissing at the heavens as an astonishing pressure unfurled from Zhou Yuan’s body.
Crack!
Cracks gradually grew on the stone pavilion he was in due to the pressure from the dark gold Genesis Qi.
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