amaotonovel Chapter 25 The True Dragon Achieves Success
Chapter 25 The True Dragon Achieves Success
The civil and military examinations were just three days away, and the capital was becoming increasingly lively.
Talented scholars from all over the country gathered in the capital, vying for attention and gaining fame for many.
Officials are doing everything they can to amass wealth, while scholars still dream of changing their fate through the imperial examinations. Beggars throng the streets, and the wine and meat in the mansions of the wealthy rot before they can be taken away. The women of Taiping Street are competing to see which is prettier, white or black stockings. The secret agents are anxiously investigating something, and rumors occasionally circulate in the palace that the Emperor's divine appearance has attracted a response from the immortals...
Li Lan sat in the pavilion of the Lin family garden, sipping wine, while Yue Ran told him about the situation in the capital.
"Son-in-law, what's most hateful is that group of people like the little poet Xu Ruyu. They're spreading rumors everywhere, saying that your 'Spring River Flower Moon Night' was plagiarized and not written by you. Humph, they're really despicable. There are also many writers from other places who, after hearing about your situation, specifically asked to have a poetry contest with you... Those people really have no self-awareness at all."
Yue Ran was very angry.
Li Lan seemed to be deep in thought.
In fact, every day for the past few days, people have come directly to the General's Mansion, making a lot of noise in front of the mansion, forcing Lin Zheng to send people to guard the mansion and drive them away.
It is said that only the mediocre are not envied. Li Lan knew that receiving the title of "Poet Immortal" from Gu Qinghong would inevitably attract a lot of trouble, but the current level is a bit too much.
I have a feeling that someone is stirring things up!
"They really are like flies that you can't get rid of..."
Li Lan sighed. Besides Jinyang Palace, who else is crazy enough to target him every day?
However, judging from all that has happened before, the "Mr. Zhu" in Jinyang Palace is no ordinary person. Is he just instigating these scholars to cause trouble for Li Lan?
Isn't that a bit too superficial?
Li Lan couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he said:
"Ignore them, Yue Ran, drink with me."
He had no interest in the clamor outside and didn't care about any empty fame or reputation.
For those scholars, reputation was the foundation of their livelihood, but in his view, it was not worth mentioning.
Chaos is approaching; apart from true strength, everything else is meaningless.
“Young master, this wine… Yue Ran is not worthy to drink it.”
The wine Li Lan was drinking was Qingyun Brew, which she had brought back from Songxianlou yesterday. Yue Ran knew how precious this wine was. Lin Zheng had fought for the country for so many years, enjoying wealth and honor, and holding a prestigious position, but the palace had only bestowed two jugs upon him on his daughter's wedding day.
"If I, a martial arts failure, can drink it, why can't you, a martial arts prodigy?"
Li Lan smiled.
As his bodyguard, Yue Ran's current martial arts level is actually somewhat low in his eyes.
We still need to find a way to improve her strength and level.
“No, son-in-law, Yue Ran knows that you like to drink Qingyun Brew when you are sad. Qingyun Brew is not just wine for you, but a good medicine to heal your pain... Yue Ran hopes you will always be happy.”
She said very seriously.
Since marrying Miss, the young master first spent all his time drinking with Lin Ruoshi, and later went to Zuiyue Tower to drown his sorrows alone. In Yue Ran's eyes, alcohol was the only way for the young master to relieve his distress...
Qingyun Brew is rare, and even rarer is that this wine can soothe the son-in-law's mood a little...
Li Lan was taken aback for a moment, but then smiled and offered no explanation, nor did he force Yue Ran to drink.
"When the young lady finally acknowledges her husband, he will drink Qingyun wine not to drown his sorrows, but to celebrate. Yue Ran will then drink with you again."
The moon dyes the road.
"it is good!"
Li Lan poured himself a cup of wine and drank it all in one gulp!
……
night.
inside the room.
Li Lan took out six Azure Cloud Fruits.
The fruit is only the size of an ordinary apricot, but it is crystal clear. Under the thin skin, it really seems to be wrapped in a cloud of green. Just smelling it makes people feel refreshed.
"Is it really necessary to refine it into medicinal wine or make it into pills in order to exert its medicinal properties?"
Li Lan pondered.
Based on his understanding over this period of time, Qingyun fruit, Baigu flower, and similar substances are generally not taken directly.
Because the human body can absorb very little nutrition directly from the raw medicine, the medicinal properties are brought into play after it is processed into wine, medicine, etc., so that it can be used by people.
To some extent, without mastering the methods of making medicinal wine or refining medicine, the effects of Qingyun fruit on ordinary people may not be as useful as common medicinal materials such as ginseng and poria.
These methods and means are almost entirely monopolized by the major sects!
He couldn't help but glance at the panel again:
Name: Li Lan
Realm: Fourth level of Inner Breath (First-class)
Cultivation Techniques: Xuan Yang Gong (Fourth Level), Huan Yun Needle Technique (Minor Success), Nine Turns Cotton Palm (Perfect), True Dragon Technique (3/1000)
Spirituality: 123
He originally had 21 points in reserve, and the jar of Qingyun wine given by Zhao Tanyue added another 102 points, so he now had 123 points of spirituality.
"Can the panel directly absorb spiritual energy?... Never mind, let's try it first!"
Li Lan felt that with the help of the panel, it was not necessary to refine medicinal wine or the like.
He picked up a Qingyun Fruit and took a bite!
Sweet and delicious, this is the best fruit Li Lan has ever eaten in his two lifetimes!
The fruit burst in his taste buds, and the juice filled his stomach. He immediately felt an increase in his spiritual energy!
Li Lan was quite excited and, without further hesitation, ate the entire Qingyun Fruit!
His panel has changed:
Name: Li Lan
Realm: Fourth level of Inner Breath (First-class)
Cultivation Techniques: Xuan Yang Gong (Fourth Level), Huan Yun Needle Technique (Minor Success), Nine Turns Cotton Palm (Perfect), True Dragon Technique (3/1000)
Spirituality: 276 points
Aside from the original 123 points, this one fruit alone increased his spirituality by 153 points!
According to his understanding, one pound of Qingyun Fruit can be used to brew ten pounds of Qingyun Wine, and one pound of Qingyun Wine can increase his spirituality by about 100 points.
Proportionally speaking, the fruit he ate weighed about one ounce, and the brewing of Qingyun Wine would only yield one pound. He should have gained about one hundred points of spiritual energy, but by eating the fruit directly, he gained about fifty more points.
why?
Li Lan thought for a moment and instantly understood the key point...
The spiritual energy inherent in the Azure Cloud Fruit should be around 150 points!
However, in order to stimulate the spiritual energy that is not easily absorbed, the major sects process the Qingyun Fruit into spiritual wine and other products, which are indeed easier to absorb, but the spiritual energy of the Qingyun Fruit itself is actually reduced!
The loss is approximately one-third.
Li Lan, however, did not have the problem of "absorption" because of the panel. He could directly skip the wine and plunder all the spiritual energy in the Qingyun Fruit, so he did not suffer any loss.
Having figured this out, Li Lan was overjoyed.
This is an incredibly huge advantage!
Even if others obtain spiritual objects, they still need various methods to absorb them, but he can skip this process.
In this way, he can save himself a lot of trouble.
Without hesitation, he ate the remaining five Qingyun Fruits!
It reached 1028 points!
rich!
Unprecedented wealth!
Li Lan took a deep breath, suppressing her excitement, and then began to think.
For external martial arts, I currently have the fully mastered Nine-Turn Cotton Palm and the partially mastered Illusionary Cloud Needle Technique, which is almost enough.
Improving one's inner strength is the most important thing!
As for internal energy cultivation techniques, he currently possesses the Xuan Yang Gong, but he also has another option…
True Dragon Skill!
However, this technique requires too much investment; if the True Dragon Technique were used, Li Lan's spirituality would be completely wiped out...
However, the True Dragon Skill is of a much higher grade than the Profound Yang Skill. The Profound Yang Skill is only at the Profound Rank, while the True Dragon Skill is at the Heaven Rank!
"Compared to Xuan-rank techniques, Tian-rank techniques are definitely more powerful and are more suitable as a trump card!"
"Moreover, if we miss this opportunity, it will be very difficult to gather a thousand points of spiritual energy again. The Profound Yang Technique is different; it consumes less spiritual energy, so we can collect Azure Cloud Wine while cultivating without any impact..."
After much deliberation, Li Lan decided to go all in!
Instantly, he poured his spiritual energy into the True Dragon Technique!
Suddenly, Li Lan felt dizzy and disoriented. Countless illusory images appeared before his eyes, as if mountains of corpses and seas of blood were flowing by, and as if the cries of the common people were echoing. In the endless sea of death, a blood dragon was born from the blood...
After a long while, he was drenched in sweat and finally slowly recovered.
His body was covered in a thick layer of black mud, making him look like he had just been dug out of a coal mine, with only his two eyeballs remaining white.
However, when his inner energy returned to his dantian, he felt an unprecedented surge of power!
Within his dantian, the Xuan Yang internal energy he had cultivated through the Xuan Yang Gong had disappeared, and instead had been devoured and replaced by another, more domineering and powerful internal energy!
His panel has also changed:
Name: Li Lan
Realm: Seventh level of Inner Breath (Late Stage of First-Class)
Cultivation Techniques: True Dragon Skill (First Level), Profound Yang Skill (Fourth Level), Nine-Turn Cotton Palm (Perfect), Illusory Cloud Needle Technique (Minor Success)
Spirituality: 31
Li Lan looked closely, feeling both surprised and delighted.
To his surprise, he hadn't expected the True Dragon's Inner Breath to be so domineering, devouring and plundering all of his Profound Yang Inner Breath. To his delight, however, this technique was truly powerful. It was only the first level, yet the inner breath it produced had already surpassed that of the fourth level of the Profound Yang Technique!
As expected of a Heavenly Rank cultivation technique!
No wonder no one in the Zixia Academy could master it. Even Li Lan, who possessed great fortune, found it extremely difficult to master the first level.
With the True Dragon's Inner Breath dormant in his dantian, Li Lan couldn't resist the urge to show off his skills. With a casual wave of his hand, a silver needle shot out and disappeared completely into the iron wine pot on the table!
Li Lan picked up the wine pot, and with a flick of his palm, the silver needle returned to his hand. Then, with a gentle rub, the incredibly hard wine pot turned into a lump of iron. Under the force of his palm, it slowly softened, almost turning into molten iron!
Li Lan was extremely satisfied!
If he only cultivated the Profound Yang Inner Breath, even if he reached the seventh level, he probably wouldn't be able to achieve this level.
"With the power of a true dragon's inner energy, even against a first-rate ninth-rank opponent, I probably wouldn't be at a disadvantage..."
He was in high spirits!
However, I wonder if they can suppress that bastard Lin Ruobing! ...
Although Lin Ruobing is not as famous as Lin Ruoxue, she was still chosen by Zixia Academy as a so-called "immortal seed," which shows her extraordinary talent. Li Lan estimated that her cultivation level was only one step away from becoming a top-tier cultivator...
Forget it, I'll just have to play it safe a little longer!
Li Lan forcibly suppressed the urge to pin her down and give her a good beating!
……
The next morning.
"Young master, the master is looking for you."
Someone came to report.
Li Lan then went to the front hall, where he found Lin Ruoshi there as well.
"Just now, Master Cen sent some books to your residence, saying they were for the two of you."
Lin Zhengdao.
But upon hearing this, Li Lan frowned instantly and said, "Father-in-law, this... I'm afraid something is not right."
Lin Zhengdao asked, "What do you mean?"
Li Lan said, "Master Cen, as a great Confucian scholar in the capital and one of the examiners for this year's literary examination, has already gone to the palace. Why would his servants send books at this time?"
"Moreover, it was before the major examination of literature and morality."
"Something's not right."
Lin Zheng frowned instantly and said, "Po Shan, investigate!"
Tie Poshan immediately organized a team, and on Li Lan's suggestion, wiped every page of the book with vinegar.
"There really is... a problem."
Tie Poshan was astonished. In one of the collections of essays, a line of writing appeared immediately after being wiped with vinegar...
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