Da Zaojun

The mirage dragon, having been torn to pieces, had its flesh, bones, and scales transformed back into mirage energy, which then separated from its original form.

Although the parts tainted by the Dragon-Slaying Sword Intent must be discarded, a portion of it is ultimately freed.

However, it did not escape because the Dragon Ball was still sealed in the Red Pillar. If it did not take that thing with it, it would lose most of its cultivation.

Dragon Balls are equivalent to a cultivator's Golden Core, or even more important.

He turned around and unleashed countless clouds, setting up numerous restrictions across the heavens. These restrictions, layer upon layer, transformed into a maze, trapping Lin Fajing.

Although the Mirage Dragon's cultivation level had fallen, its Daoist cultivation had not. Moreover, it cultivated the Dao of Illusion, which was of such difficulty as "Refining the False to Cultivate the True." Just when Lin Fajing was extremely angry, he had already fallen into its "Shocking Illusion" and was now trapped in the illusion of fighting against his own inner demon.

Song Wuji had taken an Illusion Pill beforehand and had been using the Kitchen God's Heart Sutra to break the illusion.

But his mind was racing, and he thought to himself: This Lin Fajing is really unreliable. It seems I have to rely on myself.

The mirage dragon swam up to Song Wuji's side. Seeing that Song Wuji had taken out the Yellow Spring Pearl and surrounded himself with a stream of Yellow Spring water, it did not attack.

He simply said, "Back then, all the dragons in the Dragon Nest did evil, but I was the only one who did not."

He omitted a sentence: at that time he had just been born from a dragon egg.

“I was raised in this well since I was a child.”

"It only occasionally releases mirage gas to go out for some fresh air."

"That Xu fellow has suppressed me for five hundred years! He's been roasting me day and night with fire wells!"

Do you think I can accept this?

Song Wuji said, "Now that you're out, I'll show you the way. Although the Three Realms and Six Paths have lost their order, has the Patriarch of Iron Pillar Palace descended to the altar? Although he has relinquished his position and is recuperating in the grotto-heaven."

"Don't look for me, go find him. Whether you're resentful or filled with hatred, go find him!"

"However, you destroyed the ley lines of Xiaoyao Mountain, but I don't know if you woke him up."

"After all, I'm not sure if he deliberately wanted you to break free, cause trouble, and then say: 'You beast, you have indeed done evil,' and killed you."

As Song Wuji spoke of the Patriarch descending to the altar, the mirage dragon's pupils constricted: "How is that possible? You're lying to me!"

Song Wuji waved his hand: "Who knows? I just heard it from someone else."

The mirage dragon was caught in a dilemma. The sword held by the statue was already so powerful, not to mention that the deity himself had personally intervened. Back then, more than three hundred dragons were killed together.

Otherwise, how could even chickens and dogs ascend to heaven? The elixirs they refined were made using the lives of the entire dragon clan in the dragon's nest, making their magical power reach an unprecedented level.

Only in this way can one possess great magical power, elevate one's household to immortality, and transform relatives, friends, disciples, and even the chickens, ducks, geese, and donkeys raised at home... all be transformed into celestial beings by his guiding divine light.

Even now, despite falling from its rank, being injured, and recuperating, the Mirage Dragon still doesn't dare to resist.

"Either way, he's going to die. He wanted to draw his sword to kill me and plot to refine my Dragon Pearl into an elixir. You were involved too. If you hadn't taken out that five-colored flower, how could he have become greedy?"

"Five-colored flowers, Yellow Spring water, and dragon pearls can be used to make elixirs."

Song Wuji said, "In other words, if I give you the Five-Colored Flower and the Yellow Spring Water, you can also refine pills, or use the Yellow Spring Water and the Five-Colored Flower to cleanse yourself."

The mirage dragon frowned: "You're willing to help me?"

Song Wuji said, "Actually, we have no enmity. It's just that I cultivated the Samadhi Fire Talisman Golden Elixir, and the Iron Pillar Palace invited me here to strengthen the seal. That's why they said they would help me."

“I did not want to be subject to karma, so I gave him the five-colored flower.”

"I have more than one of these five-colored flowers, and enough water from the Underworld." "Aren't you afraid I'll eat you?"

Song Wuji laughed and said, "I'm afraid they won't come down."

He then said, "Actually, I also want to give you your freedom, but I'm afraid you'll be released and slaughter people. Besides, I've ruined your plans twice before."

"However, in this world, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests."

The Mirage Dragon sneered inwardly: Sure enough, after being provoked, they've started to distrust each other. As long as I can break this deadlock, I can gain my freedom.

"What benefits can you offer me?" Song Wuji asked.

The mirage dragon pretended to be thinking.

Song Wuji interrupted him, seemingly anxiously: "Once he breaks the illusion, you won't have time. I'll have no choice but to help him kill you."

"hehe."

The mirage dragon said, "You want me to acknowledge you as my master?"

Song Wuji shook his head: "There is also the possibility of a master being devoured by its master. Your cultivation is too high, I am not at ease. I only need real benefits."

"Truly tangible benefits."

The Mirage Dragon was actually penniless, possessing nothing but its mirage aura, having been suppressed for a thousand years.

"Can you really set me free?"

Song Wuji laughed and said, "That's natural. Inside my Yellow Spring Pearl is a dragon seed, which is the spiritual essence of a branch of the Yellow Spring River. It is called the Yellow Spring Fallen Dragon. This Yellow Spring Fallen Dragon can take your place in suffering."

“I possess a true dragon scale, cultivated with the virtue of water, containing the transformations of clouds and mist. The principle lies in the word ‘change.’ Once obtained, it can be large or small, visible or invisible. What do you think?”

“Not enough,” Song Wuji said. “This is only enough to cover the cost of the Five-Colored Flower, not enough to set you free. And to use the Yellow Springs Fallen Dragon as a substitute is too much of a loss.”

“I have a supernatural power called Transformation and Shape Change, which can be transformed in countless ways. Not only can the transformation be accurate, but I can also acquire all the abilities and talents of the transformed object, and even learn the wonders from these transformed objects to supplement my original form.”

"not enough."

Song Wuji said, "Iron Pillar Palace said it could support me in reshaping the human realm and becoming an ancient sage king. Can you do that?"

The Mirage Dragon was also anxious, thinking to itself, "Could it be that he genuinely wants to let me out?"

He immediately said, "I do have another treasure, but you must first swear an oath to the Great Dao, that you must release me from the well, and that you must not conspire with others to harm me."

Song Wuji nodded and immediately swore an oath.

The mirage dragon was completely convinced. Song Wuji did indeed want to take advantage of the situation to extort money, but the more he tried to take advantage of the situation, the more it would reveal that he genuinely wanted to gain benefits. Under such circumstances, his oath was actually more credible.

"I have a treasure called the Illusionary Spirit Pearl. It is a supreme treasure that I specially crafted with illusion magic, apart from my Dragon Pearl. After the great change of the demons, the rules of heaven and earth wanted to turn the Crimson Iron Well into a prison-like secret realm. However, I deceived the heavens with the Illusionary Spirit Pearl and placed the entire secret realm into this pearl. As long as you hold the pearl, you will have another secret realm."

"And in this secret realm, there is a replica of me, a mirage dragon without intelligence. That mirage dragon was originally the target of my possession, but I was afraid of being imprisoned inside forever, so I never carried it out."

"I'm willing to give it to you, as long as you help me get out of this predicament."

"Deceiving Heaven?"

Compared to the Illusionary Spirit Pearl, Song Wuji paid more attention to this method, thinking to himself, "Is this Mirage Dragon's illusion technique so sophisticated that it can even deceive the Heavenly Dao?"

(End of this chapter)