Half an hour later, he opened his eyes.
Xiao Ruoling looked at him in surprise.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "What's wrong? Don't you recognize me?" He touched his face.
Everything was clearly illuminated, and he could see the changes in his flesh and blood. Even his aura had subtly changed.
Xiao Ruoling, with her keen senses, clearly felt his difference. He seemed to have become gentler and more pleasing to the eye.
"Is this the Dragon Transformation Art?" Xiao Ruoling smiled. "I thought it would make you stronger and more powerful."
Chu Zhiyuan discovered that the seventh level was different from the previous six.
The first six levels rapidly strengthened the body, strengthening the meridians, bones, marrow, and tendons, making them thicker and stronger.
But this seventh level, refining the flesh, went in the opposite direction. It strengthened the flesh and blood through refinement and purification.
Outwardly, he seemed to be becoming weaker, and his original vigorous aura was rapidly fading.
The deeper one went into the Flesh Refining Realm, the more one looked like a weak scholar, refined and elegant, making one more deceptive.
Chu Zhiyuan couldn't help but think of the dragon's characteristics: concealment and transformation. He was becoming more and more dragon-like.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "This Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill is indeed powerful. Let's take the other one too."
Xiao Ruoling hesitated but ultimately didn't offer much persuasion.
Two Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pills were like two lives, and she was too embarrassed to take more.
Chu Zhiyuan sensed her distress and smiled, "Improving cultivation is more important than saving lives."
He also had life-saving pills.
But their effect on improving the Dragon Transformation Art was extremely minimal, not worth the cost, so he didn't use them for cultivation.
The Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill was different.
"... Alright." Xiao Ruoling reluctantly took out another crimson pill and handed it to him.
Chu Zhiyuan didn't use his fingers but opened his mouth directly.
Xiao Ruoling's slender fingers, like jade, recoiled as if electrified after touching Chu Zhiyuan's lips, and a blush instantly flooded her cheeks, making her extremely charming.
Chu Zhiyuan looked at her with a smile.
They had been intimate for so long, only hugging, and she was still so sensitive.
Xiao Ruoling glared at him with a red face.
Chu Zhiyuan closed his eyes with a smile, and the Flying Dragon Pearl in his sleeve accelerated the operation of the Dragon Transformation Art.
Xiao Ruoling stared at him, observing his changes.
His skin seemed to be becoming more lustrous and delicate. She looked down at the back of her hand.
His skin was comparable to her own.
Her skin was like mutton-fat jade, half natural and half due to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Art.
It seemed that his Dragon Transformation Art was also like that.
But how could the Dragon Transformation Art be practiced to make the whole body like jade?
Then, she discovered that Chu Zhiyuan's skin was changing again, with faint, fine lines emerging. These lines were subtle, like countless thin threads spreading, and these thin threads faintly flickered with golden light.
She felt even more surprised.
Did the Dragon Transformation Art actually have such a strange phenomenon?
Chu Zhiyuan slowly opened his eyes, and the golden light in his eyes flashed and disappeared. He couldn't help but exclaim, "What a powerful Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill."
Yaoyue Palace disciples loved to explore the secret realm in search of treasures, tirelessly. Some were lucky, and some were unlucky.
Most could encounter natural treasures, but there were always those who were unlucky, exploring the secret realm their whole lives without encountering a single plant.
This later became an obsession. They often died with regret.
"... That's right, then let's do it next time." Chu Zhiyuan nodded. "Now I'm getting busier and busier, and I can't go in for a few days at a time. I can't get away from the Phoenix Camp."
He shook his head and sighed, "Phoenix Camp... it's really created a big trouble."
Once things started, they began to get out of control. The Phoenix Camp was different from what he imagined.
Xiao Ruoling smiled and said, "The secret realm is here, and you can go in anytime. Important matters come first." She also knew the importance of the Phoenix Camp to Chu Zhiyuan. The Phoenix Camp was the foundation for his achievements.
Building the Phoenix Camp, practicing the great formation, and then promoting it would improve the military strength of the Great Jing Dynasty.
It had the potential to elevate the Great Jing Dynasty to the number one in the world.
This kind of achievement was not comparable to ordinary merits. It was the foundation for generations and could affect the struggle for the throne.
"Alright, I'll come again in a while." Chu Zhiyuan said, "I will definitely come before I leave."
Xiao Ruoling smiled.
The reason why Chu Zhiyuan didn't continue to enter the secret realm was because he had a faint guess.
Xu Yingying was not only a treasure trove but also a lucky charm.
Was his ability to enter the island this time due to Xu Yingying's luck?
He had extrasensory perception and the ability to predict good and bad luck, and now he could faintly feel the existence of luck.
He estimated that this was also the wonderful use of the Golden Upright Pupil.
As his cultivation improved and his integration with it deepened, it was gradually releasing its own wonderful uses.
This time, he refined the glass knife on the island and obtained the Nine Yang Grass, which had almost exhausted his luck.
The next time he entered the secret realm, he would first have to find Xu Yingying and get some luck before going over.
East Sea
Under the midday sun, Chu Zhiyuan stood alone on a huge reef.
The surrounding reefs were towering, and the air was filled with a fishy smell.
The reef was covered with honeycomb-like holes, covered with various conches, some seaweed, and some dead fish and rotten shrimp.
Here, one could not see the beauty of the seaside, only the fishy smell and dirt. Chu Zhiyuan stood with his hands behind his back, facing the wind, looking at the horizon, looking at the blue sea.
His divine sense covered more than five hundred meters around him, but he didn't find any large fish or fierce sea beasts.
This sea was completely different from the sea in the secret realm. He took out two Water Repelling Pearls from his sleeve.
One had already turned white and transparent, no longer showing its light, and the other was still glowing with green light.
The white, lightless one had already been refined by him.
The refining method was indeed magical. Anything that contained spiritual light and had its own mysteries could be successfully refined.
He turned to look at the forest behind him.
Then, two transparent flying knives shot out, shuttling and slicing through the forest. After a while, pieces of wood fell to the ground.
He pieced them together to form a small wooden boat, and then he threw it. The two-meter-long wooden boat flew towards the sea, and he had already appeared in mid-air, standing inside the small boat.
Under the urging of Gang Qi, the small boat shot towards the distance like an arrow from a bow. After traveling more than two hundred meters, the sea began to deepen.
The small boat suddenly tilted downwards, as if on a downward slope, plunging into the sea.
It plunged deeper and deeper, and then disappeared below the sea level. Chu Zhiyuan had already entered the sea.
The small boat under his feet was still floating in the sea, while his body was under the protection of the Water Repelling Pearl.
This was the Water Repelling Pearl after refining, capable of manipulating the direction and size of its domain.
He was like standing inside a balloon, not in the center of the balloon, but at the bottom of the balloon.
At this time, he looked no different from standing on the sea.
Both were stepping on a wooden boat, one side of the wooden boat was in the sea, and the other side was in the air.
The three-meter range around him was no different from being on the sea, but beyond the three meters, it changed from air to sea water.
It was like the polar marine world of his previous life.
The small boat continued to speed forward under the urging of Gang Qi.
Chu Zhiyuan tested the speed of the small boat to estimate how long it would take to reach the Western border of the Great Lie Dynasty or the Great Guang Dynasty.
In the evening, under the setting sun, he appeared in a deserted group of reefs on the western border of the Great Lie Dynasty.
Not all of the Great Lie Dynasty's islands were guarded by soldiers.
Many places were groups of reefs, like guards, and ships could not enter, so there was no need to send troops to guard them.
