Fantasy: Empress Wife, Cute Kids Cause Havoc in Jiuzhou

Chapter 146 - 144: The Greatest Opportunity in the Secret Realm, the Ancient Divine Pool

Just like usual, Long Shaoyu and his two companions could only eat one or two pieces of roasted steak before they could eat no more, and the remaining roasted beef and beef blood soup were all gobbled up by the siblings Chu Xin and Chu Chen.

At the moment, the siblings were lying on the ground, looking at the sky, leisurely drinking Ice Beast Milk.

As for the Two-headed Fire Dragon, it was still enduring the energy impact from the Black Thunder Bull Blood Soup.

Inside it, powerful Sword Intent, Sword Intent, flames, and black lightning struggled and collided with each other, each trying to take dominance.

The energy released during the collisions battered the Two-headed Fire Dragon’s physical body into a mangled mess.

If it had been any other Demon Beast, it would have been torn apart by these four energies long ago, but the Two-headed Fire Dragon possessed a unique ability not found in other beasts—regeneration.

As long as neither of its heads was destroyed, it could regenerate infinitely, and with each regeneration, its strength could slightly improve.

This was also why, despite its unfortunate innate talents, it could endure the powerful energy impacts time and again and comprehend corresponding abilities.

Hum!

After a long standoff, the original energy of fire took control, still occupying the body.

The other three energies couldn’t overcome each other and seemed to compromise, settling down in various parts of the Two-headed Fire Dragon’s body.

Sword Dao concealed itself in the dragon horns on the left head of the Two-headed Fire Dragon, Sword Dao hid within the dragon horns on its right head, and the newly arrived black lightning gathered all along the dragon tail of the Two-headed Fire Dragon.

Once the four energies stabilized, the Two-headed Fire Dragon transformed back into its two-headed pig form and fell into a deep sleep.

"Why is the pig sleeping again?"

Chu Chen, holding a milk bottle in one hand and pinching the dragon horn of the Two-headed Fire Dragon with the other to lift it up to his eyes, said with disdain, "Eats, then sleeps; sleeps, then eats, just like a pig."

"Little brother, are you silly?"

Chu Xin tapped Chu Chen’s little head gently, took a sip of Beast Milk, and pointed at the Two-headed Fire Dragon, "It is inherently a pig, you know."

"Oh right."

Chu Chen scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly, placing the sleeping Two-headed Fire Dragon to the side.

"It is digesting the energy within its body; I believe once it awakes, its cultivation will have greatly increased."

Long Shaoyu explained while feeling deeply impressed that the Two-headed Fire Dragon King had been fortunate to be abducted by these two rambunctious kids.

If it had remained in the Fire Dragon Valley, the Fire Dragon King would likely have remained at the peak of the Sixth Rank for its entire life and, despite striving all its life, might have had the chance to breakthrough to the early Seventh Rank, but never achieve what it had now.

Being abducted by these two rambunctious kids, although it did get several pig heads and pig trotters eaten, the benefits it gained were also immensely significant.

If the Two-headed Fire Dragon King had known the enormous benefits it would receive, it probably would have willingly offered its pig heads and pig trotters to those two kids without the slightest resistance.

The square-faced youth and the bow-wielding youth also looked enviously at the Two-headed Fire Dragon King. Aside from those two abnormal kids, this creature was the most enviable.

All it had to do was follow the two kids, eat, sleep, and its cultivation would shoot up, whereas they had to train hard every day, and still, their cultivation did not increase much.

It’s bad enough when people outdo others, but now even a pig can leave one feeling disgruntled.

"Oh."

Chu Chen suddenly understood.

Chu Xin blinked her big eyes, murmuring to herself, "After its cultivation increases, it must taste even better."

"Yeah, definitely tastier."

Chu Chen, drinking his Beast Milk, nodded his little head.

Long Shaoyu and his companions could only roll their eyes—these mischievous kids couldn’t stop thinking about eating.

The sleeping Two-headed Fire Dragon, seemingly hearing the discussion, trembled slightly.

"Ai Chirou, did you manage to seize Lei Wanjun’s map? Let me see it."

Long Shaoyu asked after resting for a moment.

"Here you are."

Chu Xin took out Lei Wanjun’s Secret Realm map with a wave of her hand, her face filled with anticipation as she said, "Big brother, take a quick look, see if there’s a Central State portal on it."

Long Shaoyu took the map, combined it again with the previous six maps, and scrutinized it carefully. His eyes suddenly lit up.

The core of the Secret Realm, the Ancient Divine Pool, had appeared.

Each combination of the Secret Realm map would evolve anew.

It wasn’t just simply combining the areas shown on the original maps; each new addition could potentially evolve into an entirely new map.

Together with the seven State Level maps that had evolved, the Ancient Divine Pool had finally appeared.

It was said that the Ancient Divine Pool contained Ancient Divine Power. Bathing in it could purify a cultivator’s bloodline and True Qi, as well as their spiritual power. There was even a chance of awakening a powerful Ancient Bloodline.

Besides, in the Ancient Divine Pool, there was an Ancient Divine Lotus that matured only once every ten thousand years. Consuming it could forge an Ancient Divine Body.

This was the greatest opportunity found within the Jiuzhou Secret Realm.

According to ancient records and family elders, it was highly likely that this generation would coincide with the maturity of the Ancient Divine Lotus, making the skirmish that followed extremely fierce.

The opportunities sought in other parts of the Secret Realm were all to enhance one’s strength, to compete for the chance to enter the Ancient Divine Pool and vie for the Ancient Divine Lotus.

It is known that the sole Martial God of Jiuzhou, the Guardian God of the royal family, had, ten thousand years ago, secured an Ancient Divine Lotus in the Jiuzhou Secret Realm, which allowed him to successfully undergo the Divine Tribulation and become a Martial God.

And now, it was rumored that he was about to ascend.

"Big brother, is there a Central State portal?"

Chu Chen asked, somewhat excitedly.

Although the Secret Realm had many delicacies, he hadn’t forgotten his purpose.

Sneaking out of Big Stone Village, he was on his way to split open Imperial City and save his mother.

Long Shaoyu snapped back to reality and shook his head, "No, but there’s a place that will gather all the Heavenly Prides. If you defeat them, you can seize all the maps, and then you will definitely find the Central State portal."

"Where?"

Chu Xin and Chu Chen got up, holding their milk bottles, tilting their little heads back, their round eyes brimming with anticipation.

"Ancient Divine Pool."

Long Shaoyu tried to keep his tone neutral, but the corners of his mouth hidden under his mask still trembled slightly and his eyes shimmered with uncontrollable excitement.

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After planning for so long, the final moment was almost at hand—how could he possibly remain completely calm.

Luckily, Chu Xin and Chu Chen didn’t notice anything off; the little minds were focused on seizing the maps and finding the Central State portal, urging eagerly, "Big brother, let’s hurry to that Ancient Divine Pool."

Long Shaoyu glanced at the two-headed piglet, smiled, and said, "No rush, let’s wait until it wakes up."

This Two-headed Fire Dragon, on awakening, should possess the strength of a Seventh Rank Peak, equivalent to a Peak Martial Saint. Taking it along would increase the odds of success.

Even though only Jiuzhou’s number one Heavenly Pride had reached the Peak Martial Saint, each Heavenly Pride had their own hidden strategies, all set for the battle over the Ancient Divine Lotus.

These Heavenly Prides could likely summon beings or employ methods comparable to a Peak Martial Saint.

Like himself, he possessed a Peak Martial Saint Summon Token.

Even though the summoned Peak Martial Saint exceeded the age limit of the Secret Realm and would suffer from the attacks of the Secret Realm’s rules, possibly even dissipating completely, for the Ancient Divine Lotus and the chances within the Ancient Divine Pool, sacrificing a Peak Martial Saint was worth it.