Loan Wusheng

Chapter 217 Condensing the Primordial Elixir, A Majestic Imperial Aura!

Zheng Jun sat cross-legged in the earth's veins of Lanzhou City.

Zheng Jun is feeling slightly agitated right now.

After all, a Yuan Dan Martial Saint is already at the top of the food chain in this world.

Apart from those reclusive Dharma Aspect True Martial beings, there is no one left who can rival the Yuan Dan Martial Saint.

If this condensation of the Yuan Dan is successful, it will mean that I have officially entered the realm of Yuan Dan Martial Saint and become the thirty-ninth Yuan Dan Martial Saint in the Central Plains.

It should have been the 40th statue, but the death of Emperor Yongchang caused the number to drop by one.

But it doesn't matter.

With a flick of his sleeves, Zheng Jun revealed the inner core of the Deer Demon King and placed it in his palm.

With his eyes slightly closed, the inner core of the Deer Demon King, suspended in his palm, glowed with a ghostly blue light, and between the patterns on the core, there seemed to be the shadows of deer crying and struggling.

Zheng Jun took a deep breath, and the 'Tai Xu Ning Yu Pian' within his body rapidly circulated, causing brilliant golden light to burst forth from all the acupoints on his body. At the same time, the two great divine abilities, 'Radiant Sun and Flowing Light' and 'Floating Shadow Life', were also activated.

"Rumble..."

The earth veins of Lanzhou City suddenly roared, and the powerful earth energy, like a giant dragon awakening, began to surge.

"Everything is ready."

Zheng Jun thought to himself, now that everything is ready, it's time to break through to the Yuan Dan realm!
Zheng Jun flipped his palm, and the inner core of the Deer Demon King floated up, its azure demonic light surging like a tide, and the hideous phantom of the Deer Demon King's remnant soul faintly appeared between the core's patterns.

With a cold gaze, Zheng Jun swallowed the demon core without hesitation. In an instant, violent demonic power erupted through his meridians like a volcanic eruption!

"What an overbearing demonic aura!"

In an instant, Zheng Jun felt as if he had just drunk a glass of strong liquor, and immediately felt a surge of exhilaration. He then circulated his true essence to the fullest extent, and the crimson gold true essence in his dantian transformed into a raging inferno, enveloping and refining the demon core.

The spirit of the Deer Demon King was unwilling to be annihilated, and it manifested its true form in Zheng Jun's sea of ​​consciousness.

In an instant, a giant deer with green horns, hundreds of feet tall, roared to the sky, its demonic aura soaring into the heavens!
In Zheng Jun's Niwan Palace, the "Radiant Sun" supernatural power suddenly erupted, transforming into a blazing sun that pressed down.

The remnant soul of the Deer Demon King trod on fire with its four hooves, and its demonic horns emitted a blue light, briefly resisting the scorching sun.

"Zheng Jun, Zheng Jun!"

Within Zheng Jun's mind sea, the Deer Demon King roared ferociously, his eyes filled with malice. He roared and circled within Zheng Jun's Niwan Palace, saying, "I thought you would refine me into a pill to consume, but I never expected you to be so arrogant and conceited, actually trying to use your source and supernatural powers to refine my essence demon core!"

"You're courting death!"

The remnant spirit of the Deer Demon King howled incessantly, his heart filled with cunning and ruthlessness.

He had already given up hope, thinking that Zheng Jun was going to refine him into a pill, and that he had no power to resist.

But now, Zheng Jun has gone mad; he actually swallowed his own demon core whole!
Isn't this creating a great opportunity for yourself?

As long as I can devour Zheng Jun's soul in my sea of ​​consciousness, I can be resurrected through Zheng Jun's body!

Thinking of this, the Deer Demon King couldn't help but want to roar to the sky.

Inside the Niwan Palace, the world was turned upside down.

The hundred-foot-tall giant deer, formed from the remnant soul of the Deer Demon King, shattered the clouds in the sea of ​​consciousness, its blue antlers bursting forth with dazzling demonic light. The broken antlers miraculously regenerated within the divine consciousness space, transforming into two colossal blades that swept across the heavens!

"Youngster! Do you know how many years I have lived?"

The Demon King's roar shook the sea of ​​consciousness to its core: "Back in the chaotic days of the late Yu Dynasty, even Emperor Jiang Yu of the late Yu Dynasty would have to give way to me. How dare you even think you can refine me?!"

"This time, without your help, what do you have to fight me with?!"

Zheng Jun's manifested divine soul was slashed by the demonic horn, causing him to stagger backward. A trickle of golden soul blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. He looked up at the sky-covering demonic shadow and suddenly sneered, "If I can kill you once, I can certainly kill you a second time!"

Before the words were finished, the dome of the Niwan Palace suddenly cracked open.

"boom--!"

Nine golden suns pierced the sky and arrived, the original blazing sun transformed from the divine power of 'Radiant Sun'!

The blazing golden light poured down like a celestial river, scorching the demon king's soul with a hissing sound.

The Deer Demon King roared in pain, and his demonic body suddenly contracted and solidified, transforming into a human-shaped deer-headed warrior.

It clasped its hands together, and the phantom of its demon core spun in front of its chest, spewing out towering blood flames to counter the golden light.

"it's useless."

Zheng Jun calmly watched the changing Deer Demon King extend his hand and sneered, "This is my sea of ​​consciousness!"

Before the words were even finished, the entire divine consciousness space trembled violently!
In an instant, the illusory images of the black jade seal, the nine blazing suns, the green dragon of the green water, and the star map that were suspended in the four directions lit up at the same time. These were all supernatural marks that Zheng Jun had learned over the years!
The imperial seal suppressed the demonic energy, and the blazing sun melted away the blood flames!
The Deer Demon King was horrified to discover that with each step he took back, his sea of ​​consciousness shrank a little, as if it were being digested by this world.

"No...impossible!"

The Demon King stared at the ink-black jade seal, then suddenly said in a trembling voice, "This is the ink seal technique of the Great Wei royal family. How do you know this? You also understand the Great Sun Sutra of the Yu Dynasty. Just who are you...?"

"Noisy."

Zheng Jun didn't give him a chance to think at all.

Inside his dantian, the azure gold true essence had transformed into a furnace, enveloping the demon core. At this moment, Zheng Jun suddenly opened his arms, and the world in his sea of ​​consciousness collapsed!
"Radiant Light, Refine!"

With a roar from Zheng Jun, the nine golden suns exploded simultaneously!

The raging 'Radiant Sunlight' source, like thousands of golden needles, pierced into the Demon King's soul from all directions!

The Deer Demon King let out a mournful howl, its soul melting away like ice and snow, turning into wisps of blue energy that were absorbed by Zheng Jun's soul.

It never expected that it would be completely powerless to fight back in Zheng Jun's Niwan Palace, unable to even unleash one-tenth of its strength from the outside world.

Outside, Zheng Jun, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes.

He spewed out blue demonic fire from his seven orifices, and foul blood seeped from every pore of his body.

But those eyes were frighteningly bright, with golden sun and blue deer shadows flashing alternately deep within their pupils!
"Give it to me!"

Zheng Jun clasped his hands together fiercely, and a roar like a landslide and tsunami emanated from his body. The spiritual energy of the Lanzhou earth veins surged wildly into his dantian, colliding violently with the refined demonic power.

With each collision, a strand of impurity is expelled from the body.

With each boom, the true essence within the dantian solidifies a little more.

Gradually, the violent energy began to revolve around a certain core.

It started as a gaseous vortex, then transformed into a liquid vortex, and finally formed a dazzling golden-blue primordial pill!
"Crack!"

There seemed to be the sound of shackles breaking in the darkness. Zheng Jun's long hair moved without wind, and his aura rose steadily, causing the entire ley line cave to tremble violently.

"Next, we need to slowly refine all the demonic power and stabilize this Yuan Dan."

A bead of sweat appeared on Zheng Jun's forehead as he muttered to himself.

This breakthrough to the Yuan Dan stage didn't feel too difficult; it was rather easy. However, I've only just begun to condense the Yuan Dan, and it will still take quite some time for it to adapt.

This is a long process, but if all goes well, one or two months should be enough to bring things together.

If things don't go smoothly, it could very well take several years.

The next thing to do is to calm down.

Gradually come to understand, gradually refine.

Until finally, the Yuan Dan was perfected!

……

Outside Lanzhou City, two weary travelers landed.

Both of them were at the Tongqiao cultivation level and possessed formidable strength, but at this moment, their eyes were filled with exhaustion.

These two men were Shan Xiong Yi and Xu Shi Mao, who had come all the way from Qingzhou.

These two had recently been defeated and killed in Qingzhou, and their generals had also scattered.

After King Qi swiftly annihilated Zhai Qian's forces, generals Qin Li and Cheng Shijie surrendered to him and were entrusted with important responsibilities.

Zhang Chou, along with generals Wang Boyong, Xie Zhaolin, Niu You, and Wang Xuan, marched south to serve under Duke Yue, Shu Weiyuan.

As for Shan Xiong Yi and Xu Shi Mao, they broke away from the group and headed towards Lanzhou, intending to seek refuge with their "closest brother" Zheng Jun.

"Now that heroes are rising up all over the world, Brother Xu, do you think it's appropriate for us to come and join Zheng Jun?"

Sitting in a teahouse outside the city, Shan Xiong Yi's face was quite gloomy, and he seemed to have some doubts about Xu Shi Mao's judgment: "The princes of the Li family are constantly fighting each other and each has their own territory. They have thirty or forty Tongqiao under their command, which is obviously more advantageous! This 'King of Han' has only a handful of Tongqiao under his command."

"If we don't want to serve those Li family princes, aren't there Qin Cunhai, Emperor Xiao of Southern Liang, and Emperor Lu of Eastern Wu? Even in Shu, there's King Zhang Bengong of Great Shu. Zheng Jun is inferior to them in terms of reputation, power, and strength. If we serve the King of Han, wouldn't we be..."

Hearing Shan Xiongyi's words, Xu Shimao smiled slightly and then said, "Second Brother Shan is short-sighted."

"I observe that among the various lords of the world, some are mediocre and incompetent, some are deceitful and vain, and some are unfit for great use. Only the King of Han stands out with his outstanding talent and vigor. He has the ambition to dominate the world and the aura to overwhelm the present age."

Xu Shimao said, "The Prince of Han has only practiced martial arts for five years, yet he has already reached the half-step Yuan Dan realm. He defeated the Fang family, took over Lanzhou, and as a county clerk, he supported the emperor and obtained the title of prince! He also won over the Lu and Cai families, helping each other. With such great talent, it is the time for us to join him."

After saying that, Xu Shimao took a deep breath and continued, "Second Brother Shan thinks that the Prince of Han is weak and has no capable generals under his command. Isn't this our opportunity? If we go to those Li clan princes or the emperors of Southern Liang and Eastern Wu, there are plenty of talented people there. If we go there, how will we get ahead?"

Upon hearing Xu Shimao's words, Shan Xiongyi was taken aback, then stammered, "But the Prince of Han has already offended all the princes surnamed Li in the land by supporting Emperor Jinglong. If all the princes were to launch an attack, wouldn't that be..."

"That will be our chance."

A glint of light flashed in Xu Shimao's eyes, and he said, "Where in this world is there any such thing as 'everything is preordained, destiny is predetermined'? Brother Shan, if you want to elevate your family's status, break through to the Yuan Dan Martial Saint realm, and leave your mark on history, you can only choose the King of Han! Follow the King of Han to defeat the Li family and pacify the world! Only then can you rise to the highest rank and be among the feudal lords!"

"If you had joined the ranks of other lords, you would have spent your entire life as a prefect! You've finally reached this point of great chaos in the world, is your ambition simply to be a prefect?"

Xu Shimao's words resonated in Shan Xiongyi's mind.

indeed.

His ambition in this life was not as simple as becoming a prefect.

He wanted to be the founding duke!
"Whoo~"

Dan Xiong Yi took a deep breath and was about to say something when he suddenly saw a strong disturbance coming from the sky above Lanzhou City!

"Ok?"

Shan Xiong Yi was taken aback, and he and Xu Shi Mao looked up at the same time, gazing in the direction of Lanzhou City.

But then a golden-blue pillar of light shot up from the direction of Lanzhou, piercing through the defensive array and reaching the sky.

Above Lanzhou City, the clouds were stirred into a huge vortex, and within the vortex, a strange phenomenon of dragons and tigers intertwining could be vaguely seen!
Suddenly, the dragon and tiger in the clouds collapsed, transforming into a phantom of an emperor's crown that reached the heavens and the earth.

The crown has nine tassels hanging down, each tassel reflecting a different scene!
Whether it's the worship of all people, the eternal stability of the land, or a triumphant return from a hundred battles...

"The aura of an emperor!"

Gazing at the dragon and tiger in the clouds, Shan Xiong Yi crushed the teacup in his hand with a 'crack,' his weathered eyes flashing with a sharp light: "Lanzhou City has actually manifested an imperial phenomenon?!"

Xu Shimao, standing nearby, exclaimed solemnly, "The Prince of Han has broken through to the Yuan Dan realm!"

Of course, it's not that simple.

The extraordinary phenomena that occurred after Zheng Jun broke through to the Yuan Dan stage represent one point.

The aura of an emperor!
"It seems that this Prince of Han truly has the ambition to rule the world!"

After witnessing this scene with his own eyes, Shan Xiongyi was somewhat shocked and began to believe Xu Shimao's judgment more and more.

Xu Shimao, however, was not only impressed by this, but also exclaimed: "To condense the Yuan Dan with the majestic aura of an emperor and manifest the image of an emperor is truly unprecedented! I heard that when the Divine Martial Emperor broke through to the realm, he could only manifest the crowns of a king and marquis. Now, the King of Han is clearly stronger than when the Divine Martial Emperor, Emperor Taizu of Yu, and Emperor Gaozu of Wei broke through to the realm."

Upon hearing Xu Shimao's words, Shan Xiongyi's eyes narrowed!
He knew nothing of such things!
Although he knew that his brother Xu had loved reading since childhood, how could he know so much about the breakthrough phenomenon of the 'Divine Martial Emperor'?

If that's the case, wouldn't it mean that Zheng Jun, after condensing his Yuan Dan, is even stronger than Emperor Shenwu back then?
Emperor Shenwu, with his cultivation at the Yuan Dan realm, dominated the world, seized power, and eventually became a true martial artist of the Dharma Aspect.

If that's the case, wouldn't it mean that this King Zheng Jun of Han is very likely to become the founding emperor of the fifth dynasty after the Great Xia, Great Wei, Great Yu, and Great Zhou, following the Great Xia, Great Wei, Great Yu, and Great Zhou after the Great Chaos?

Moreover, he is so young, isn't it possible for him to take a step that none of the four dynasties and five emperors had ever taken?
Thinking of this, Shan Xiong Yi couldn't help but feel his heart stirred and his blood boil.

Upon realizing this, Shan Xiongyi did not hesitate. He immediately gathered his powerful earth-yellow true energy and smiled at Xu Shimao, saying, "Brother Xu, now that the Prince of Han has left the pass, we should pay him a visit as soon as possible!"

Having said that, he planned to go to Lanzhou City to pay his respects to King Zheng Jun of Han!

……

Deep within the earth's veins, Zheng Jun slowly floated into the air.

The golden-green primordial pill in his dantian slowly rotated. Even more astonishingly, nine tiny points of light floated around the primordial pill, which were the source of the supernatural power imprinted by 'All Dharmas Without Form'!
"I see."

As Zheng Jun felt the surging power within his body, he realized: "The so-called Yuan Dan is nothing more than re-condensing the true essence scattered in the five internal organs of the Tongqiao Realm into a pill. However, I used 'All Dharmas Without Form' to imprint the origin of supernatural powers in advance, which means that I completed part of the pill condensation process in the Tongqiao Realm."

Suddenly, he looked south as if struck by a premonition.

According to his divine sense, there were two late-stage Qi Refining auras hovering several miles away, one of which was very familiar.

Seeing this, Zheng Jun's lips curled up slightly, and with a gentle shake of his sleeves, all the dirt on his body was shaken off.

"I don't know how long I've been in seclusion this time... but I've managed to break through to the Yuan Dan stage successfully, so even if I've lost something, it's all worth it."

Zheng Jun walked out of the earth vein step by step. With each step, his true essence was surging and brewing, while the dragon and tiger in the clouds were rapidly dissipating: "Shan Xiongyi and another person came to find me, most likely wanting to join my ranks. That's good."

At this point, Zheng Jun had already stepped out of the earth's veins.

The warm sunlight shone on Zheng Jun's body.

At this moment, Zheng Jun shone even brighter.

"I have now entered the realm of Yuan Dan Martial Saint, and I am finally qualified to officially compete for supremacy in the world!"

(End of this chapter)