Chapter 37: Borrowing Energy

Yinlong Lake was considered the outsider of all clans and sects.

Almost all of the large sects from both the Land of Genesis and the Land of Extinction look down on Yinlong Lake.

The reason was that Yinlong Lake serves dragons.

Some even called them the dragon’s slaves.

In the history of the Vast World, dragons once dominated all three of the Lands.

Well, of course, today the dragons had long lost their glory.

Humans, instead, were now the ruler of the Vast World!

Many cultivators from the Land of Genesis and the Land of Extinction often hunt dragons to use as mounts or take their bones or scales to craft weapons.

People like the Demon Palace and Halls even enslave some giant dragons to labor for their benefits.

Oftentimes, dragon servers were loyal to humans.

Only Yinlong Lake was different. They were dragons’ servants, dragons’ slaves.

“The dragon’s spirit that is implanted in your body is currently taking away your inner power and absorbing the necessary energy needed for your souls.” Yu Yuan said while looking at the faint blue light. “It is also a reason why you haven’t entered the Contained Spirit Realm yet.”

“I know.” Zhao Yafu said painfully.

She sensed that the young dragon spirit was stealing from her power again.

This process was as painful as cutting her flesh away.

She, however, had no choice but to bear it in her heart.

“It’s still on the growing stage, but its wisdom is not fully developed. When he got enough energy from your body,” Yu Yuan held her hands tighter and said, “Your souls and your flesh will be its perfect meal.”

Zhao Yafu’s face was pale. She lowered her head and said, “I know.”

“A dragon’s soul is very powerful. If you are able to refine it into your own, your souls of heaven, earth, and life will be able to restore their original energy.” Yu Yuan told her, “In the future when you will be working toward the Nuance Realm or even when you are condensing your Yin God and Yang God, the process will be much smoother than others.”

“I see.” Zhao Yafu nodded.

“I’ll give it a try.”

Yu Yuan took a deep breath, and the nine dots of light started to spin, faster and faster.

No one could see it, but he knew that in this instant, his palm became a black hole that could swallow any energy.

Only being at the Meridian Establishment Realm, he could not manipulate his spiritual power to attack others directly outside of his body.

He could only use the advanced method to absorb as much external energy as he could.

Spiritual energy existed everywhere in nature. The flames splashed out from Yuan Qiufang’s weapon was one way of using such energy to attack, but some remnants would inevitably be leftover, making this area dense in energy.

Even An Ziqing’s blood also contained some spiritual energy that he could absorb.

It was hard for cultivators using ordinary methods to fully draw in these minimal energies scattered around, but his Nine Bright Heavenly Cycles could.

“Wow.”

Zhao Yafu’s body was shocked, and her eyes flashed in excitement.

Zhao Xi, who was standing next to them even felt it.

They both noticed that as Yu Yuan was activating his Nine Bright Heavenly Cycles, the flames and blood droplets around them started to inch closer to them little by little.

Yu Yuan seemed to have become a strange magnet, attracting every bit of energy around them.

“Ah!”

Zhao Yafu’s pretty face suddenly turned pale.

She stared at Yu Yuan fiercely with suspicion, and shouted, “You, what do you want to do?”

That young dragon spirit implanted in her rushed into her palm desperately, struggling to break into Yu Yuan’s palm.

“You want to steal it from me!” She was furious.

The dragon’s spirit that had tortured her for years was her clan’s hope!

How can that be taken by others?

“What a bastard!” Zhao Xi’s face turned cold. “Master Yu, don’t take things that don’t belong to you! How dare you to mess around under my eyes!”

“Shut up!”

Yu Yuan shouted angrily.

After just a few seconds of running the methods, he was already covered in sweat. His hands that were holding Zhao Yafu were also trembling. “Right now I’m only in the Meridian Establishment Realm, what do I need a dragon in my body spirit for?”

After hearing that, Zhao Xi and Zhao Yafu calmed down a bit. It was true that if the spirit did somehow end up in his body, he wouldn’t be able to handle it.

“Concentrate and help me!” Yu Yuan said again.

Zhao Yafu saw the flames and blood had finally reached Yu Yuan’s palm, slowly sinking in.

The dragon’s spirit seemed to have sensed the delicacy coming from Yu Yuan’s palm. It tried even harder to get closer to Yu Yuan.

Both of their palms pressed tightly together.

Sizzle, sizzle!

The flames and blood slipped in between their palms and burned the dragon’s spirit.

Zhao Yafu keenly felt the pain of the young dragon spirit.

It finally found out that this was a trap and wanted to get away from the nine dots of light toward her chest.

“What an idiot. I won’t let you get away!”

Feeling the fright from the dragon’s spirit, Yu Yuan sneered, “Sure enough. Greed is a natural instinct of dragons. They used to be the owner of the world, nothing they want can pose them a danger. Pity that it’s no longer true.”

The tiny droplets of blood were what’s really attractive to the dragon.

Contained in them was pure energy from qi and blood.

By using his method to cumulate those, he was able to create a significant scent for the dragon spirit to be good to it.

When the burn from his nine lights touched it, however, it would immediately realize itself being trapped.

Now, all it wanted was to return to Zhao Yafu’s body.

“It hurts!”

Sweat droplets covered Zhao Yafu’s nose and forehead.

Her hand was in a burning pain with the blood coming in almost unstoppable.

A little bit of blood carried a strong smell of rotten flesh.

The dragon’s spirit, which had some unexplainable link with Zhao Yafu, seemed to be trembling in her senses.

In abnormal pain, she lowered her head to feel where the spirit was.

It was twisting and turning in her palm.

Suddenly, Zhao Yafu felt a hint of happiness in her heart. Seeing the pain of the young dragon’s spirit, she felt much better.

The countless days and nights that this intruder had tortured her, watched her, and stole from her was now being repaid.

She knew everything but couldn’t do anything.

Her father and grandfather often told her that the intruder was her master, the object of her allegiance for life.

Why should she be loyal to such a thing?

Why should her own destiny be linked to that spirit? Why should she sacrifice herself to resurrect it?

Why?

Zhao Yafu was not content with its existence!

“Not bad!”

Yu Yuan finally let out a smile, “It thinks the blood of Yin God will be its next meal but forgot that when condensed, such power can kill it easily. Now I know why it can die without anyone from Yinlong Lake noticing.”

“It’s so stupid! A stupid dragon.”

An Ziqing’s blood droplets might not seem to be much when scattered from the battle, but when actually condensed, it was still quite powerful.

“What, a dragon spirit?”

An Ziqing suddenly stopped running away from the Fire Halberd.

She appeared in front of them.

She blinked and said curiously, “Young master, I have helped you so much and now you are helping Zhao Clan’s girl? Do you know how much trouble a dragon spirit can bring upon the Divine Blood Sect or the Red Devil Sect?”

Yu Yuan chuckled, “Well, I’m sure you won’t be scared of that anyways and won’t mind giving a helping hand, right?”

“NO!”