Chapter 1240: Chapter 1240 - 1225: Gifted Beyond Compare

"Strange, this old man has helped nearly a hundred thousand martial artists to quickly improve their cultivation, yet you’re the first to absorb the medicinal power ahead of time?"

Zhao Zhong circled around Ye Zhen, a look of bafflement on his face.

He dipped a finger into the medicinal liquid and put it into his mouth, smacking his lips, "All the assistant medicines are present, but the Horned Dragon Essence Blood is gone? Strange, could it be that you have a dragon bloodline that allows you to specifically absorb Dragon Clan Essence Blood?"

With a puzzled expression, Zhao Zhong poured another hundred pounds of Horned Dragon Essence Blood, and the moment the medicinal liquid began to boil, Ye Zhen closed his eyes once more.

If Zhao Zhong could observe Ye Zhen’s body through the medicinal liquid at this moment, he would discover a mysterious transformation occurring on Ye Zhen’s skin.

The black glow flickered continuously, and the numerous streams of Horned Dragon Essence Blood absorbed by Ye Zhen transformed into a surging heat flow. Driven by the magic formula operating within Ye Zhen, it gathered towards his skin and flesh.

Inches by inches, the skin and flesh on Ye Zhen’s body were being fortified, an inexplicable force continuously tempered Ye Zhen’s flesh and blood, causing it to emit muffled sounds akin to the drumming of a Dragon Skin War Drum.

With each tempering, a massive amount of Horned Dragon Essence Blood would fuse in, making Ye Zhen’s skin and flesh more resilient.

The Black Dragon Water Spirit Power within his body surged rapidly, and under the complement of the Yin and Yang of the Five Elements, a large amount of spiritual power converted into Black Dragon Water Spirit Power, supporting Ye Zhen’s cultivation.

Indeed, Ye Zhen was actively cultivating!

Utilizing the Horned Dragon Essence Blood, which contained the aura of the Ancient Dragon Clan, to cultivate the Black Dragon Tyrant Body.

Originally, Ye Zhen was still hesitating between cultivating the Innate Fire Spirit Battle Body or the Black Dragon Tyrant Body.

Previously, Ye Zhen leaned towards cultivating the Innate Fire Spirit Battle Body because while the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Medicine required for its cultivation was difficult to find, it wasn’t impossible.

However, just the initial step of forging the body for the Black Dragon Tyrant Body made Ye Zhen feel that the hope for cultivating it in this lifetime was extremely slim.

Dragon Clan Essence Blood!

To begin the Black Dragon Tyrant Body, a large quantity of Dragon Clan Essence Blood containing the ancient dragon bloodline was needed for forging the body.

The Dragon Clan containing the ancient dragon bloodline is a terrifying existence with unparalleled combat power. Even a common Flood Dragon, once it awakens the ancient dragon bloodline, at the very least, would be at the Divine Communication Realm.

What would Ye Zhen use to slay them?

How would Ye Zhen obtain the Dragon Clan Essence Blood?

Initially, Ye Zhen had no hope, but just now, Ye Zhen suddenly discovered that what Zhao Zhong poured in was actually Dragon Clan Essence Blood.

This shocked Ye Zhen.

Without hesitation, Ye Zhen began to operate the secret technique of forging the Black Dragon Tyrant Body.

The Black Dragon Tyrant Body is a Supreme Secret Method capable of forging an ancient dragon body, but the first step is extremely important.

The quantity of Dragon Clan Essence Blood absorbed and refined in the first step determines the initial power of Ye Zhen’s Black Dragon Tyrant Body once cultivated.

If only the minimum requirements are met, forging the first stage of the Black Dragon Tyrant Body, Ye Zhen’s physical strength would be comparable to an ordinary soul artifact.

Fire and water would not penetrate, blades and swords would find it hard to harm him, but others wielding soul artifacts of the same level could still easily injure him.

However, if he could absorb enough Dragon Clan Essence Blood, the first stage of the Black Dragon Tyrant Body, once completed, could elevate Ye Zhen’s physical strength to the defensive level of a High Grade Soul Artifact.

By then, not even mentioning other defensive soul artifacts, Ye Zhen’s body itself would be a defensive soul artifact, making it exceedingly difficult to severely injure him.

If there were enough Dragon Clan Essence Blood, even the first stage of the Black Dragon Tyrant Body could reach the level of a Suppressing Device.

This level of a Suppressing Device implies not just defense, but offensive power as well.

By then, every gesture from Ye Zhen would exhibit the power of a Suppressing Device.

Moreover, operating this humanoid Suppressing Device wouldn’t deplete much spiritual power at all.

Such power, how great it is, is how great it is!

However, the power of the first stage of the Black Dragon Tyrant Body, with the Suppressing Device being the upper limit, must be continuously honed and tempered for improvement!

Now with Dragon Clan Essence Blood at hand, if Ye Zhen were to pass up such an opportunity, he might indeed incur the wrath of the heavens.

Ye Zhen was fully committed to cultivating the Black Dragon Tyrant Body, consuming Dragon Clan Essence Blood very rapidly. Every two hours, Ye Zhen would shout for more medicine!

Zhao Zhong, staring wide-eyed, poured barrel after barrel of Dragon Clan Essence Blood for Ye Zhen, his eyes filled with increasing puzzlement.

After most of the day had passed, when Ye Zhen called for medicine a ninth time, Zhao Zhong did not add it as Ye Zhen had requested.

His triangular eyes glimmered with a cold sheen as he gave Ye Zhen a scrutinizing look from top to bottom and said, "Captain Ye, honestly tell me, what are you doing exactly?"

"A day’s time has passed, you’ve consumed an amount of medicine others would normally use in five days, yet your cultivation hasn’t increased in the slightest!

A day, we have only sixty days, yet you’ve wasted this one! Are you trying to get this old servant’s entire family killed?"

"Speak, what exactly are you planning?" Zhao Zhong shouted, his face livid with rage.

"Well, I’m not doing anything, I’m honestly just cultivating!" Ye Zhen replied earnestly.

The two-month deadline was for Zhao Zhong, not Ye Zhen, so Ye Zhen felt no urgency!

"Normal cultivation? Impossible! Even without these medicinal liquids, if you cultivate like this for a day, your cultivation level should improve, there shouldn’t be no change at all..."

"But no, with so much Dragon Clan Essence Blood, did you really absorb it all?"

"You must be practicing some secret technique?"

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No matter how much Zhao Zhong tried to persuade, Ye Zhen still wouldn’t budge.

Where would Ye Zhen get so much abundant Dragon Clan Essence Blood on his own? Only in a well-established Marquis Mansion like the Marquis of Xingqing’s could such a large amount of Dragon Clan Essence Blood exist.

No matter what, Ye Zhen wouldn’t miss this opportunity.

Ye Zhen wouldn’t say anything, but Zhao Zhong was anxious.

After talking for a long time, the desperate Zhao Zhong suddenly knelt before Ye Zhen with a thud, "I say, Captain Ye, Lord Ye, what exactly do you want? Give a word, we can work anything out, don’t ruin my whole family!"

Ye Zhen chuckled, quickly helping Zhao Zhong up, winking at him, "Chief Zhao, you should’ve said this earlier!"

"Chief Zhao, I am indeed practicing a secret technique, but once this secret technique starts, it can’t be stopped! Before this secret technique is successfully cultivated, my cultivation level won’t advance an inch!" Ye Zhen said.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhong’s lips began to tremble, "How long does it take to successfully cultivate this secret technique?"

"It might take over a month!" Ye Zhen said casually.

The color suddenly drained from Zhao Zhong’s face, and his expression became exceptionally grim and fierce, "Over a month to cultivate fully! No matter what, it won’t meet the Marquis’s requirements. Captain Ye, are you determined to kill an old servant like me?"

If it means annihilation of the clan anyway, then this old servant might as well take you along..."

Ye Zhen was startled, hurriedly waving his hands, "Chief Zhao, don’t rush, don’t rush, listen to me finish!"

"Speak!" Zhao Zhong squeezed out a word from between his teeth, being pushed to his limit.

"Chief Zhao, you should have noticed, this secret technique of mine requires a large amount of Dragon Clan Essence Blood for cultivation, and the quality of the Dragon Clan Essence Blood can significantly boost the speed of my secret technique’s cultivation!" Ye Zhen said.

"If I have Ying Dragon Essence Blood, I should be able to reduce the cultivation time to within twenty days! If there is stronger True Dragon Essence Blood, ten days, maybe even less than ten days, would be enough! If there were top-grade Five-clawed Golden Dragon Essence Blood, then..."

Before Ye Zhen could finish, Zhao Zhong had already interrupted him, "Five-clawed Golden Dragon Essence Blood, Captain Ye, are you dreaming? That stuff, not to mention the Marquis lacks it, even the Prince might not have it..."

Ye Zhen’s eyes lit up, without the Five-clawed Golden Dragon Essence Blood, Zhao Zhong’s implication was that there is stronger Ying Dragon Essence Blood and True Dragon Essence Blood?

"Captain Ye, are you fooling this old servant, entertaining yourself, or?" Zhao Zhong also realized something was off.

"Chief Zhao, anyway, the Marquis said, achieve the goal at all costs!

And my unique talent consumes a bit more, doesn’t it?" While speaking, from within Ye Zhen’s Red Moon Soul Ring a box after box of sparkling gemstones and pearls flew out, quickly piling up in small mountains in the underground palace, making Zhao Zhong’s eyes turn red.

"What do you think, Chief Zhao?" Ye Zhen smiled looking at Zhao Zhong.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhong let out a raspy laugh like a drake, "Indeed, Captain Ye is right, those excelling in the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique certainly have unique talents."

With a sweep of the wide sleeve, a thousand boxes of gemstones piled like mountains disappeared, and then Zhao Zhong swaggered towards the outside of the underground palace.

"Captain Ye, allow this old servant to take another trip to the treasure vault!"

"Oh, there’s no other way, the Marquis gave a death order, to fulfill the Marquis’s death command, this old servant has risked everything!"

"Two months, yeah, two months to quickly cultivate a peak Ninth Stage Establishment existence, without consuming some precious resources, how is that possible?"

"Even if it consumes more, as long as it’s done, the Marquis won’t mind!" Muttering to himself, Zhao Zhong left the underground palace.

After fifteen minutes, Zhao Zhong directly poured a barrel of blood as amber-colored as amber into Ye Zhen’s large cauldron.

At the moment it was poured in, Ye Zhen let out a miserable scream, almost jumping out of the large cauldron.

The amber-colored blood, like concentrated sulfuric acid, instantly scorched away the flesh and blood on Ye Zhen’s surface, causing him to scream.

But just in an instant, the half-formed Black Dragon Tyrant Body that Ye Zhen had just forged began to madly absorb the terrifying power inherent in that amber-colored essence blood.

Under the support of the terrifying medicinal power, new flesh continuously burgeoned out.

Every new fleshy sprout, was as robust as Dragon Sinew!

Strong vitality began to converge towards Ye Zhen’s five internal organs and six hollow organs, especially the heart; under the nurturing of that Ancient Dragon Clan Bloodline inherent in the Dragon Clan Essence Blood, Ye Zhen’s heart was continuously strengthened, each beat like the breadth of a bellows.

Each surge caused a large quantity of essence blood to shoot through his limbs and bones, with the sound of rushing water, also dragging the most primal power of the Dragon Clan Essence Blood to the limbs and bones, the forging secret technique of the Black Dragon Tyrant Body guided the Black Dragon Water Spirit Power to continuously circulate, quickly strengthening each bone and every piece of flesh!

The very faint primordial aura originally present on Ye Zhen began to elevate rapidly.

The first stage of Ye Zhen’s slowly progressing Black Dragon Tyrant Body was condensing at an unprecedented speed!

"There were only ten barrels of True Dragon Essence Blood left in the Marquis’s treasure vault; I brought you five barrels, if you can’t finish cultivation in ten days, I’ll take you down with me!" Zhao Zhong’s sinister voice echoed in Ye Zhen’s ears!

Ye Zhen smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, the True Dragon Essence Blood in the big cauldron boiled ever more violently, and as the Black Dragon Tyrant Body strengthened slowly, Ye Zhen’s absorption speed of the True Dragon Essence Blood became faster and faster!

Half a day later, Ye Zhen opened his eyes again, shouting, "Add more medicine!"