Starting Immortal Cultivation from a White Dog

Fengxian County, Fuyou Palace.

Wisps of smoke rose from the gilded incense burner inside the hall.

Bai Fengxian wore a plain white dress embroidered with silver patterns. Her long hair was tied up with a simple jade hairpin, with a few strands falling down her cheeks.

"Although General Lei Gong has retreated today, this matter will not end here."

Bai Youhuan sighed, tapping his cane lightly on the ground: "Fengxian, your actions today... were truly impulsive. General Lei Gong is, after all, a righteous god of the Heavenly Court, wielding power over the Thunder Department. If he truly intends to target the Bai family, I'm afraid..."

“The Thunder Department isn’t ruled by him alone, Ancestor. You don’t know this, but if I agree to his request today, I will offend another supreme deity.” Bai Fengxian interrupted her, her eyes as cold as ice.

"Now the Thunder Department also has another Golden Light Holy Mother, who has also attained the position of a deity, and her strength is by no means weaker than that of General Thunder God."

"If I were to marry General Lei, I would first offend the Holy Mother of Golden Light, and second, I would become a vassal, with my life and death in the hands of others. The outcome would only be more tragic."

She paused, then looked around at the three of them: "Since I have received the decree from the Jade Void Heavenly Venerable and am ranked among the Wind Mother Primordial Sovereigns, General Lei Gong cannot openly kill me."

"However, in order to improve my status and authority in the Thunder Department as soon as possible, I need to take the initiative to do some things."

Bai Youhuan pondered for a moment and said, "Feng Xian, you mean..."

Bai Fengxian slowly rose and walked towards the huge map of the Southern Frontier in the hall. The mountains and rivers on the map were clearly depicted, with Fengxian County marked in vermilion red, and the distribution of various families and sects was marked around it.

She pointed to the South China Sea on the map: "The Dragon Clan occupies the four seas, controlling wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and has always had direct conflicts with the Thunder Department."

"As long as I can suppress the dragon race and gain merit, I will naturally gain the praise and trust of Jade Void Celestial Venerable."

"Now that the Dragon Clan has begun to operate in the South China Sea and has landed in Tonghai County in the Southern Frontier, this may well be an opportunity for us."

"I have decided that after a period of time, once I have completely refined the Heavenly Court's edict, I will challenge the Third Prince of the Dragon Clan, Moang, to a duel and drive him off the land."

She turned around, and the moonlight shone through the window lattice onto her, making her plain white dress glow with a faint silver light.

"In order to ensure victory in this battle, the entire Bai family will, from this day forward, devote all their efforts to collecting all cultivation techniques that only dragons can practice."

"Regardless of rank or origin, any dragon clan cultivation technique shall be accepted!"

Bai Youhuan was taken aback: "Dragon Clan cultivation techniques? Phoenix Immortal, those techniques are completely inaccessible to humans. What's the use of collecting them?"

"Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated." Bai Fengxian said, "Although I cannot cultivate those techniques, I can understand the cultivation path of the Dragon Clan, so that I can be more effective in my attacks."

"Send messages to all branches, chambers of commerce, and undercover agents, demanding the acquisition of Dragon Clan cultivation techniques at any cost."

Bai Youhuan sighed, "If that's the case, then let's do it your way!"

She waved her hand, and the three palace masters who had been serving her spoke up, "As you command."

Seeing this, Bai Fengxian narrowed her eyes slightly, but didn't say anything more.

She has not been in the Bai family for long and her foundation is shallow. If she wants to win people's hearts, she will need to spend some time and effort. She cannot suppress people directly just by relying on her True Immortal cultivation.

Bai Fengxian returned to the table, took out a palm-sized jade talisman, and used her finger as a brush to draw incantations in the air. The incantations fell and merged into the jade talisman, and soon the original jade talisman turned into a bluish-green color.

"Send someone to deliver a message to the Zhu Rong clan, asking them to use their connections across the world and among the various ancient clans to help collect the Dragon Clan's cultivation techniques."

Bai Youhuan pursed her lips, said nothing more, and the Lord of Taiyin Palace stepped forward to take the jade talisman, agreed, and quickly left.

Bai Youhuan stood up, leaning on her cane, a sharp glint flashing in her cloudy eyes: "Although I am no longer useful, I still have some old connections in the Southern Frontier. Fengxian, I will also do my part in this matter. I will personally visit a few reclusive old friends. They traveled all over the world when they were young, and perhaps they have some Dragon Clan techniques."

Bai Fengxian stood up and bowed respectfully to Bai Youhuan: "Thank you for your trouble, Ancestor."

……

Several days later, in Wuling County, at the Lu family's Tingzhu Pavilion.

It was afternoon, and sunlight streamed through the skylight, casting bright spots of light on the jade-green ground.

Wu Tian sat cross-legged on a futon, with dozens of jade slips, ancient books, and animal skin scrolls neatly arranged in front of him. These were all dragon clan cultivation techniques sent by the Lu family, and some were directly imprinted in his mind.

Bai Fengxian read and studied all the cultivation techniques collected by the Bai family and the Zhurong clan directly. Since the Dharma body and the true body were originally one, Wu Tian was naturally able to learn them immediately.

"Among the techniques I have acquired during this period, the most profound is the 'Eight Forms of the Azure Dragon on the Left'... Although it is only a fragment, it is full of mysteries."

This technique was sent to the Bai family by the Zhu Rong clan. When Wu Tian looked at the incomplete scroll, a grand scene immediately appeared in his mind.

Above the boundless sea of ​​clouds, a blue dragon coiled, its body stretching for thousands of miles, each scale the size of a house, shimmering with a metallic luster.

Suddenly, the Azure Dragon extended a claw. The claw seemed slow, but it instantly traversed thousands of miles of clouds. Wherever the claw tip passed, the void distorted and the wind and clouds changed color.

However, Wu Tian only pondered it briefly before choosing to give up.

This technique is indeed exquisite, but it is a method of the Azure Dragon clan, and the Lord of the Azure Sky is an Azure Dragon.

He really didn't want to have any more karmic ties with those old-fashioned people.

Beings like Taiyin Fengmu Yuanjun and Kuafu, who have disappeared into the ancient past, are one thing, but it's best not to provoke ancient beings like the Azure Dragon who are still alive.

Wu Tian thought for a moment, then picked up a roll of animal hide. This was a magic technique that the Lu family had collected from Tonghai County, called "The Dragon Stirring Up the Sea".

This scroll of teachings isn't exactly a secret manual in the Southern Frontier, but it's widely circulated among aristocratic families. It's said to have been obtained from the lair of a dragon that was about to transform into a dragon, which was slain by a senior master.

Although this method is not very useful for human cultivators, it can be applied to other areas and is quite beneficial for cultivating water-based magic, which is quite rare.

It's unclear whether the scroll Wu Tian obtained is the original.

The animal hide was tough and cool to the touch, and remained intact despite the passage of countless years. When unfolded, the painting was three feet long and one foot wide, entirely painted in ink, but with varying shades and tones to create the effect of light and shadow on the seabed.

Wu Tian calmed his mind and focused all his attention on the painting.

At first glance, the scene appears still: a deep seabed with jagged rocks, swaying seaweed, and a dark blue dragon coiled among the coral reefs. But as he became engrossed in it, the scene came alive.

He heard the sound of the deep sea, deep and long, with a primal rhythm; he could even smell the salty smell of the sea, mixed with seaweed, coral, and the faint dragon's might emanating from the dragon.

And then the dragon began to move.

The dragon lay prone on the seabed, its belly rising and falling slightly. With each inhale, the surrounding seawater seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, turning into tiny whirlpools that surged towards its mouth and nostrils; with each exhale, tiny bubbles rose upwards. This inhalation and exhalation subtly harmonized with some kind of rhythm of nature, echoing the frequency of the undercurrents on the seabed.

Wu Tian imitated this breathing rhythm and adjusted his own breathing.

At first, I was a little awkward, but I quickly got the hang of it.

As his breathing gradually synchronized, he felt as if he were truly in the deep sea, feeling the touch of the water flowing over his body.

On the system panel, the "Dragon Havoc in the Sea" painting had appeared out of nowhere. The cultivation progress began to fluctuate: 0.1%...0.2%...0.3%...

In just a few breaths, the progress reached 1%.

Wu Tian broke free from the image of the dragon causing havoc in the sea and glanced at the system panel.

The "Dragon Playing in the Sea" painting is a method for cultivating the dragon's bloodline, which can unlock the dragon's bloodline and enhance the ability to control water.

"Let's just use this one scroll of the Dharma..."

Although the "Dragon Stirring the Sea" painting is not a true dragon cultivation method, and even if one cultivates it to its peak, it is impossible to transform into a true dragon, it is enough for him for now.

After all, the true dragon's legacy is all in the East Sea Dragon Palace. Obtaining it is not so easy, and it's not worth wasting more time.

He stopped thinking about it and sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, observing the image of a dragon stirring up the sea. Gradually, the sound of waves rose around him, and a faint pressure spread out.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Wu Tian suddenly had a flash of inspiration. His mind seemed to be completely integrated into the scroll, transforming into a dragon. Born and raised in the deep sea, his familiarity with water was as natural as breathing.

The sound of the water waves around his body grew louder and louder, and the water elemental energy surged in, transforming into a deep blue halo that rippled around his body like water waves. Incantations could be vaguely seen arising and ceasing within that halo.

On the system panel, the progress of cultivating "The Dragon Stirring the Sea" is also increasing at a visible speed.

Just as the progress broke through 10%, a sudden change occurred!

Wu Tian, ​​who was sitting cross-legged on the jade futon, suddenly shuddered.

A cool yet powerful force erupted from the depths of his bone marrow without warning. It seemed to originate from the very core of his bloodline, long dormant, and now finally awakened. Like a flood bursting its banks, it surged through his limbs and bones, crackling and popping as they reassembled.

Wu Tian looked at himself and saw that wisps of bluish-gold were rising from the depths of his bone marrow. More and more of these bluish-gold wisps gradually merged with his original blood and qi.

On the surface of the skin, fine blue lines emerged, moving slowly like living things, eventually converging on the chest, back, and limbs to form faint scale-like patterns.

As time passed, the cyan-gold color in the blood grew increasingly intense, eventually condensing at the heart into a drop of dragon essence blood the size of a soybean, entirely cyan-gold, radiating a faint dragon's might.

The moment the drop of essence blood took shape, Wu Tian felt a surge of heat throughout his body, as if some shackles had been broken.

A thought flashed through his mind: "Switch bloodlines."

"Crack—Crackling—"

The sound of bones popping and cracking rang out in rapid succession.

Wu Tian's body began to change at a speed visible to the naked eye.

On the skin's surface, the bluish-green patterns rippled like water, transforming into real scales. The scales were bluish-black, each the size of a coin, rhomboid in shape, with sharp, knife-like edges and a cold, metallic sheen.

The scales spread from the neck, covering the chest, back, waist, abdomen, and limbs, and finally even the face was covered with fine cheek scales.

The ten fingers of both hands transformed into sharp claws, the nails lengthening, bending, and hardening into hook-shaped claws, the tips gleaming with a cold light.

The spine extended, and with a soft pop, a dragon tail covered in scales burst forth from the tailbone. The dragon tail was about five feet long and as thick as a child's arm, with an arrowhead-shaped tip that created a whistling sound in the air when it swung freely.

His facial features became increasingly defined, with prominent cheekbones and a distinct jawline. On either side of his forehead, two hard objects slowly emerged from under the skin, and after breaking through the skin, they revealed two three-inch-long black dragon horns.

The horns are spiral-shaped with sharp tips and natural patterns on the surface.

The pupils contracted, becoming vertical spindle-shaped, the whites of the eyes turned a pale gold, and the irises were a deep blue.

The whole process lasted about ten breaths.

Ten breaths later, a five-foot-long dragon appeared on the jade futon.

The dragon's entire body was covered in dark blue-black scales, which gleamed with a cold, eerie light in the sunlight streaming through the skylight. Only its horns and claws were pure white, without a single blemish from wrist to claw tip, with a hint of gold at the claw tip.

This is a typical characteristic of the Jade Claw Dragon, which is considered to be of medium to high quality among dragon bloodlines.

The dragon was agile and powerful. Although it was only five feet long, it exuded a majestic aura when it was coiled in the quiet room.

It raised its head slightly, its scales standing on end, and a low dragon roar came from its throat. The roar was not loud, but it made the entire Tingzhu Pavilion tremble slightly, and the bamboo beams creak.

Wu Tian was overjoyed.

Success! The dragon bloodline has truly awakened.

This means that his plan was more than half successful.

With this dragon's body, the plan to infiltrate the Dragon Palace and seize the true dragon's inheritance would have a basis for implementation.

After all, killing the third prince of the Dragon Palace, Moang, is too difficult and would have great consequences. Even if Moang were killed, it is not certain that the true dragon inheritance could be obtained from him.

Although the Jiaolong is not a true dragon, in order to cultivate the true dragon bloodline, one must obtain the true dragon cultivation technique passed down directly from the Dragon Palace.

But with this dragon's body, it will be much easier to infiltrate the Dragon Palace in the future.

He spent some time in the quiet room getting used to his new body, trying out movements such as walking, leaping, tail wagging, and breathing, gradually becoming familiar with the way this body exerts force and its sensory patterns.

The dragon's vision, hearing, and sense of smell are all very different from those of humans, especially its perception of water, which is incredibly acute.

He could even hear the sound of fish swimming in the pond downstairs, and smell the water vapor from the Wuling River several miles away.

Half an hour later, Wu Tian thought again and switched back to human form.

He looked down at his hands; the skin was smooth, the nails were normal, and there were no dragon-like features.

"It's finally done," Wu Tian murmured to himself.

He pushed open the door and went downstairs.

Lu Nanxi was checking the household accounts when she saw Wu Tian come down. She looked up and smiled sweetly, "Husband, how is your comprehension of the cultivation technique going?"

Wu Tian walked to her side, gently kissed her forehead, and smiled, "I have made some progress in my cultivation and need to go out for a trip. It will take a few days or a month at most, so you don't need to worry."

Lu Nanxi was slightly taken aback. She originally wanted to ask him where he was going, but before she could finish speaking, she paused and suddenly thought of Bai Fengxian. So she stopped talking and just told him, "Husband, please be careful."

Wu Tian nodded, gave a few more instructions on family affairs, and then turned and left Tingzhu Pavilion.

Without alerting anyone, he left the Lu family mansion, transformed into a streak of light, and headed towards the Ten Thousand Mountains.

They traveled swiftly, and by evening they had penetrated deep into the heart of the Ten Thousand Mountains. (End of Chapter)