135 – Red Talent: True Dragon Form! Terrifying Beyond Words!

“So, this is the world where Lin Yuanyuan resides? Interesting…”

Wang Ping glanced at the ministers below and then at Lin Yuanyuan beside him, his expression becoming odd.

Lin Yuanyuan, are you playing quite extravagantly?

You’ve actually become an Empress.

Considering her strength, as long as she wishes, in this world with pathetically weak top combat power, she can indeed do as she pleases.

Of course, weak is a relative term.

Shattering a mountain peak with one strike is already very powerful in a martial arts world.

One can only say that this level of strength, placed in his fantasy world or those powerful worlds, is indeed too weak.

“Uh, Empress, huh, so envious.”

Chen Si blinked at Lin Yuanyuan, muttering.

“She does have a bit of a cool vibe. Besides that, she’s very beautiful.”

Chen Kang also stared at Lin Yuanyuan without blinking.

Wu Jun rolled his eyes at Chen Kang’s words: “Junior, I advise you not to have any thoughts about Lin Yuanyuan. After all, you can’t withstand her Golden Finger.”

Lin Yuanyuan is indeed very beautiful, although not comparable to Liu Mei, and there’s a bit of a gap with Chen Yao, but in the eyes of common people, she can be considered a beauty.

Add to that her enhanced strength and now becoming an Empress, she naturally exudes majesty, greatly enhancing her charm.

Although Chen Kang is now a member of the Transmigrator Chat Group, this guy actually died right after transmigrating, so he can’t be called a qualified transmigrator, at most, just a slightly special (unlucky) ordinary person. It’s normal for him to be amazed by Lin Yuanyuan.

But, Wu Jun really wants to say, Lin Yuanyuan is not someone you can handle.

Let alone you, a small fry, even Brother Wang can’t handle her. If you touch her, you die.

“(⊙o⊙)…” Chen Kang was dumbfounded, completely clueless.

“Little Jun, are you looking for a beating?”

Lin Yuanyuan spoke with a half-smile.

“I don’t want to.” Wu Jun’s face twitched.

Lin Yuanyuan is one of the high-end combat forces in the group; he dare not provoke her.

Although they have gotten quite familiar with each other over the past four months through various collaborative tasks, he still wouldn’t bother the big shots in the group.

“Um, brother, what’s Sister Lin’s Golden Finger?” Chen Si tugged at Chen Kang’s sleeve, blushing as she asked softly.

“Pfft” Chen Kang’s eyes widened in shock as he looked at Lin Yuanyuan, feeling his mind being heavily impacted; for a moment, all thoughts were lost.

“Now is not the time for chatter, let’s find a quiet place.”

Wang Ping shook his head with a smile and then spoke.

“Okay.” Lin Yuanyuan nodded.

Then, she glanced at the ministers below, and without saying ‘dismiss session,’ she led Wang Ping and others away from the palace, under the trembling gaze of the ministers.

After Lin Yuanyuan and the others left, the civil and military officials breathed a sigh of relief, looking at each other in shock.
His Majesty’s friends are indeed extraordinary, among whom three were particularly peculiar in their modest attire and unconventional hairstyles.

As for Wang Ping, they couldn’t see through him.
Moreover, His Majesty seemed to treat him with utmost respect, which was quite perplexing.

This ruthless Empress lowering her stance this much is truly a wonder.

“It’s quite peaceful here. Brother Wang, I’ll leave the rest to you.”

Lin Yuanyuan led Wang Ping and the others to a white jade pavilion in the garden of the Imperial Palace and spoke softly.

“Alright, I’ll gather some information first.”

Wang Ping nodded, closing his eyes.

This made Chen Kang curious, but he wisely refrained from asking any questions.

However, his sister Chen Si, after admiring Wang Ping for a moment, considerately explained to Chen Kang.

At this moment, the halted characters reappeared in Wang Ping’s eyes.

【On the first day, you chose to cultivate.】

【Five years later, your cultivation reached the fourth level of the Profound Elixir Realm, and you comprehended your low-grade divine ability: ‘Shadow Sun Nine Rays,’ significantly boosting your strength. Moreover, you inadvertently triggered the Unstable Evolver, upgrading the Secret Technique of Concealing Aura to match the level Ye Chen might give you in the future. No cultivators below the Nirvana Realm can see through your aura.】

“???”

Wang Ping was stunned by the simulation content.

Outrageous!

Too outrageous!

Is this the prowess of the Red Talent: True Dragon Form? Is this the talent and understanding of a Saint-level prodigy?

Just five years
Without a master’s guidance or resources from a Holy Land, relying solely on himself, he reached the fourth level of the Profound Elixir Realm and directly comprehended his own low-grade divine ability. This was unimaginable before!

For a moment, Wang Ping felt he had significantly underestimated Ye Chen in previous simulations.

Given his achievements now, how strong would Ye Chen have become when the Purple Moon Secret Realm opened? What level of divine abilities would he have comprehended?

Although Ye Chen is not the typical overpowered main character type, he clearly follows a growth model, with his talents and comprehension gradually improving through various opportunities. But this is certainly no small feat.

“Perhaps my choice of the Red Talent: Unstable Evolver was truly the wrong one.”

Wang Ping instinctively had this thought.

After all, the Unstable Evolver had not brought about any qualitative changes for him.

Previously, he thought without the Unstable Evolver, he might be struck dead by lightning tribulation, but that was just his speculation at the time.

From the current perspective, even if the Red Talent: True Dragon Form wasn’t this strong, it wouldn’t be much worse.

When he reaches the Profound Elixir Realm, he would surely comprehend his divine ability and easily withstand the Heavenly Tribulation.

“However, things have come to this point, and there’s no use complaining. Besides, choosing it now would just be a redundancy, a waste.”

Wang Ping consoled himself as he continued to gaze at the screen.

【When you comprehended your own divine ability, you accidentally triggered the Unstable Evolver, allowing you to choose whether to optimize your divine ability. Without a moment of hesitation, you chose to optimize it. To you now, a mere low-grade divine ability, even if it were to be lost, you could comprehend a new one with some time. But if the optimization succeeded, you would directly gain a mid-grade divine ability.】
【The value of lower-grade and middle-grade Divine Abilities is incomparable. What’s more, this Divine Ability is your own, making it even more valuable and saving you a lot of comprehension time.】

【You chose optimization, and you are very fortunate. You successfully optimized your self-comprehended lower-grade Divine Ability ‘Nine Suns Shadow’ into a middle-grade Divine Ability ‘Heaven-Covering Sun’. Your mind was filled with numerous insights, greatly benefiting you.】

“Uh, sorry, Unstable Optimizer… I shouldn’t have belittled you…”

Wang Ping’s expression became subtle as he looked at the simulation content.

He had just criticized the Unstable Simulator when it unexpectedly demonstrated great effectiveness, which was unbelievable and certainly a slap in the face.

However, he’d welcome more such slaps in the face, thank you very much.

【Next, you lose interest in quietly cultivating and waiting for the opening of the Purple Moon Secret Realm. Since the greatest opportunities there are the Nirvana Fruit and Nirvana Realm inheritance, which you don’t currently need desperately. Waiting for decades is a waste of time. Moreover, you wouldn’t rob your disciple Ye Chen’s chance. Ordinary opportunities no longer catch your eye.】

【Thus, you choose to set Ye Chen free, allowing him to venture on his own. Meanwhile, you take Cai Yonglong to the Eastern Wilderness. After acquiring some spirit stones in the Heavenly Sea Kingdom, you begin traveling across nations, seeking powerful opportunities.】

【Five years later, using opportunities discovered by Cai Yonglong’s ‘Golden Finger’, your cultivation reaches the seventh level of the Profound Elixir Realm, significantly enhancing your strength. Concurrently, Cai Yonglong is extremely fortunate to find his own mighty opportunity.】

【This opportunity is discovered in the dangerous Black Light Valley of the Black Source Country outside the Heavenly Sea Kingdom. In Black Light Valley, an eminent figure, nearing death, discovers Cai Yonglong’s hidden light-type talent and uses his life’s cultivation in a ritual to bestow it upon him, leaving him with a powerful inheritance.】

【Because of this, Cai Yonglong’s cultivation catches up with yours, soaring directly to the Great Perfection stage of the Profound Elixir Realm. Although Cai Yonglong’s condensed Profound Elixir is only second-tier, it is still strong enough to rival many core disciples of the Holy Lands.】

【This shows that many rogue cultivators may not lack talent but haven’t unlocked their true potential. Their cultivation methods’ attributes could even be conflicting. Only the major forces typically identify the most suitable attribute for their disciples early on, guiding them down the right path without wasting time.】

【You feel deeply about Cai Yonglong’s opportunity. Indeed, in this world, opportunities are crucial. A powerful opportunity can rapidly elevate someone. Of course, the method Cai Yonglong used to quickly gain cultivation through bestowment carries risks, as not everyone can bear such a powerful cultivation. Additionally, a sudden surge in power could cause issues in one’s mental state.】

【Despite Cai Yonglong’s rapid ascension to the Great Perfection stage of the Profound Elixir Realm, he must spend considerable time solidifying his foundation and tempering his character. Such time consumption might be insignificant to ordinary cultivators, who may never reach this height in their lifetime, but for true prodigies, they might achieve this cultivation through their training and steadier progress.】

【Thus, true prodigies generally don’t value bestowal highly. And you, while feeling deep emotions, don’t dwell on it too much, just feeling happy for Cai Yonglong.】

“The speed of this cultivation improvement is quite enjoyable. However, Cai Yonglong finally has a chance to catch up with me… very nice.”

Wang Ping smiled slightly as he looked at the simulation content.

Cai Yonglong’s rise in strength significantly benefited him, so he naturally hoped Cai Yonglong would quickly grow stronger.

However, the Black Source Country and the Black Light Valley… these are probably faraway places.

Moreover, it’s uncertain whether that eminent figure would choose to bestow his life’s cultivation upon Cai Yonglong at this timeline.

After all, at this point, he still has over ten years of life left. He might not be so generous.

“Forget it, whether he’ll be that generous, a chance simulation will tell. But I’m still on a mission now. To get the answer, I’ll have to wait until I return.”

Wang Ping thought to himself, continuing to gaze at the screen.

【In the blink of an eye, another eight years pass, and your cultivation has early on reached the Great Perfection stage of the Profound Elixir Realm. You and Cai Yonglong keep looking for ways to travel to the Central Continent, intending to head to the Eternal Frozen Wastes to find high-quality Yin energy.】

【In the end, you both fail. The distance between the two continents is too vast. Even Yin-Yang Mirror experts cannot afford the journey to another continent. Though you both are not ordinary Great Perfection Profound Elixir Realm cultivators, with Cai Yonglong having some valuable items left by a Life and Death Realm expert, you are still unable to make the journey.】

【Only those forces with King-level powerhouses or Holy Lands can establish cross-continental teleportation arrays. Approaching them might be a suicidal act.】

【While you are troubled, you think of Bing Ningyue and the Ice Palace. With the Ice Palace’s power, perhaps you could make the trip. Also, you remember Xue’er. She might be related to the Ice Palace, and if you relay news of Xue’er using Bing Ningyue, it might get their attention and aid you.】

【After careful analysis, you deem the plan very feasible. Thus, you head to the vicinity of the Ice Palace, where you have a long-awaited reunion with Bing Ningyue. After receiving your transmission talisman, Bing Ningyue is surprised and decides to meet you.】

【After reuniting, you talk at length about your various experiences. Bing Ningyue is astonished to discover that you and Cai Yonglong have reached the Great Perfection stage of the Profound Elixir Realm. You also marvel that Bing Ningyue has reached the same level, with evident awakening of her bloodline and physique.】

【However, you recall that Bing Ningyue only achieved the Half-Step Yin-Yang Mirror level after twenty years. You understand that the Ice Palace is likely searching for extremely high-quality Yin-Yang energy for her to ensure a perfect breakthrough.】

【Otherwise, with Bing Ningyue’s talent, breaking through the Half-Step Yin-Yang Mirror level would be effortless. This is probably true for many prodigious talents of the Purple Spirit Realm since core disciples and saintly figures of Holy Lands wouldn’t settle for third-grade Yin energy—second grade at the very least.】

As for those with grand ambitions, they might even choose to pursue first-grade treasures. Since these worldly treasures are hard to find, it naturally takes an enormous amount of time to search. Therefore, even prodigious talents can often get stuck at the Great Perfection stage of the Profound Elixir Realm or the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm for many years, decades even.

However, given the lifespan of cultivators and these prodigious talents, a few decades is nothing. What they need is the strongest foundation possible; otherwise, in the future, they might be stuck at a certain Nirvana Realm, an outcome they are unwilling to see. Their ultimate goal is the King Realm.

Next, Bing Ningyue became curious about why you sought her out. You provided an answer: you want to go to the Eternal Frozen Wastes but have no way to get there, so you wish to use the teleportation array of the Ice Palace.

Bing Ningyue was very surprised, guessing your thoughts and feeling that you’re taking too much of a risk. The Eternal Frozen Wastes, though rich in high-quality Yin power, is far more dangerous than other places.

You helplessly stated that as a rogue cultivator, you know of no other place to safely obtain high-quality Yin power, and you have no other choice. Bing Ningyue fell silent, puzzled why you wouldn’t join a Holy Land. With your talent, it would be easy to join a Holy Land.

Although even in a Holy Land, obtaining high-quality Yin-Yang power requires various contribution points, which would take inner disciples at the Profound Elixir Realm a long time to exchange. Even disciples with the potential to become true disciples would need a long time to accumulate enough contribution points.

However, despite the difficulty of exchanging, at least it is possible, unlike rogue cultivators who face danger and uncertainty.

You sighed, indicating you have unspeakable difficulties, not something you can say openly. Bing Ningyue did not press further. Ultimately, Bing Ningyue explained that she had accumulated many contribution points in the Ice Palace over the years and could help you exchange them for the Ice Palace’s treasured first-grade Yin power. This would be her way of repaying your kindness for giving the Four-Leaf White Jade Flower.

This made your heart race; you felt your earlier investment was indeed the right choice. However, you asked how Bing Ningyue would manage. She responded that her master, a King Realm powerhouse, had been helping her search for pure Yin power for years. Her master stated that she could only use pure Yin power combined with pure Yang power to form the Yin-Yang Two Elements Diagram to break through to the Yin-Yang Realm.

You realized that the significant figures in the Ice Palace see Bing Ningyue as the hope for the Ice Palace’s resurgence, intending for her to break through in the strongest way possible. You also speculated that Bing Ningyue likely already condensed a Flawless Profound Elixir that even ordinary disciples in other Holy Lands could not match.

After considering, you accepted Bing Ningyue’s generosity. After all, you needed this high-quality Yin power. If it could trigger an optimization option, you could break through to the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm using pure Yin power. This was very important to you.

Of course, you clearly understood that even if the optimization succeeded, it might not necessarily optimize into pure Yin power; it might also be two first-grade Yin powers. Regardless, you were determined to obtain this first-grade Yin power.

Next, Bing Ningyue returned to the Ice Palace and exchanged for a first-grade Yin power for you. You accepted it but did not activate the Unstable Evolver to optimize it into pure Yin power, causing you great disappointment.

Then, Bing Ningyue asked whether you still intended to go to the Eternal Frozen Wastes. After thinking it over, you decided to make the trip. Since Cai Yonglong had not broken through yet, you hoped to find a third-grade Yin power there.

Bing Ningyue did not try much to dissuade you. After all, every prodigy has their ambitions and goals and cannot be easily persuaded otherwise. Thus, she just aimed to help a rare fellow Daoist.

You felt grateful for Bing Ningyue’s help. However, although you wanted to tell her about Xue’er, you realized you couldn’t explain how you knew these things, so you shook your head and kept the secret buried in your heart.

You thought that only after going to the Eternal Frozen Wastes and contacting Xue’er could you eventually bring Xue’er back to the Ice Palace, repaying Bing Ningyue’s kindness.

Of course, you also had many doubts. You wondered where Xue’er, from your memories, had been taken and who had taken her.

Next, with Bing Ningyue’s help, you and Cai Yonglong successfully entered the Ice Palace and used its teleportation array to travel to the Ice Poison Gate in Central Plains. It turned out that the Ice Palace had always had close ties with the Ice Poison Gate.

This led you to have more doubts. The founder of the Profound Ice Sect claimed to be a disciple of the Ice Empress, so why was the Ice Palace closer to the Ice Poison Gate, established by followers of the Ice Empress?

You then recalled the practices of the Profound Ice Sect in your memory and speculated that the sect couldn’t be that simple, likely hiding some secret, thus becoming distrusted by the Ice Palace and the Ice Poison Gate.

Although you had many doubts, you had no intention of delving deeper. Since it had nothing to do with you, as a small rogue cultivator, you couldn’t interfere and might lose your life.

Upon arriving at the Profound Ice Sect, the elders of the Ice Poison Gate enthusiastically welcomed you, recognising your extraordinary nature, and even invited you to join the Ice Poison Gate.

After considering it, you and Cai Yonglong felt that joining the Ice Poison Gate might be a good choice. Therefore, you chose to join the Ice Poison Gate. However, you expressed that you did not like conflict, hoping the elders would not reveal your presence.

Seeing your difficulties, the elders of the Ice Poison Gate agreed. Eventually, you became stewards of the Ice Poison Gate, and it was a leisurely position.

You marveled at the differences between the Ice Poison Gate and the Profound Ice Sect. After settling down in the Ice Poison Gate, you began discussing the trip to the Eternal Frozen Wastes with Cai Yonglong.

However, you felt that instead of delving in now, it would be better to wait until you broke through to the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm. Once you reached the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm, your combat power would soar, equaling that of a quasi-true disciple of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land, possibly even suppressing them easily. Such strength would be sufficiently formidable.

Cai Yonglong thought your point made sense, deciding to head out together after your breakthrough.

You began a closed-door cultivation, spending a month successfully breaking through to the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm, inscribing a first-grade Yin power on your Flawless Profound Elixir. After reaching the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm, your combat power skyrocketed, making you feel euphoric.

However, you felt a tinge of regret for not breaking through with pure Yin power. Of course, it was just a regret; you didn’t care too much. Pure Yin power could only be obtained by a quasi-Emperor delving deep into the Eternal Frozen Wastes. For you, obtaining it was nearly impossible.

Not to mention, breaking through with pure Yin power required using pure Yang power as well, and you didn’t know how to find pure Yang power. You might get stuck at the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm.