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Chapter 994 Silent Prayer, Star Dragon
The true bodies cultivated by the Jiang family's Jia Yin Tiger lineage are of four grades: Heavenly Beast, Tiger Venerable, Immortal Tiger, and Spirit Tiger. Naturally, the true bodies cultivated by the Zhao family's Jia Chen Dragon lineage also have such distinctions.

Given the general lack of successors in the True Spirit Sect, none of the collateral branches of the Zhao clan have produced any outstanding dragon-shaped true bodies. The only exception is Zhao Si Niangzi (Zhao Ni), whose female and male snake-shaped true bodies, once transformed into dragons, will be exceptional among dragons, perhaps offering a glimpse into the supreme truth of physical immortality.

Although the Zhao family is one of the four great families of the True Spirit School, their foundation is not as strong as that of the Ji and Jiang families. Therefore, they do not have the means to bestow inspiration upon their descendants through the ancestral remains of the elixir. They simply swallow the elixir honestly.

Within the Zhao family, demons with dragon-like qualities, such as snakes, fish, and alligators, are often used to refine various elixirs from their scales, blood essence, and spirit teeth.

First, one consumes these pills to refine the true form of snakes, fish, crocodiles, etc., and then slowly purifies the bloodline within the true form, gradually ascending to the dragon realm. This is a safe and secure method, preventing the demonic nature from taking over one's mind.

Of course, there are also those with extremely high talent, or those who are naturally compatible with the spirit of dragons, who can directly consume pills made from the spiritual materials and treasures of dragons, serpents, and serpents. Those with even more exceptional talent can directly consume pills made from materials of true dragons.

For the Zhao family, the true form's status depends on the quality of its true dragon form after the final transformation.

The highest among dragons is the Yinglong from ancient times. The next highest are the Jiaomu Jiao and Kangjin Long, which are dragons from the Dou constellation. In fact, these dragons are like the Kaiming Tianzun pursued by the Jiang family, all of whom have achieved "perfect form and spirit", with unique spirit and form.

Therefore, apart from these dragon-shaped creatures that can only serve as role models, the dragons that the Zhao family can truly master are the Four Seas True Dragons, the Nine Sons of Dragons (Qiuniu, Yazi, Chaofeng, etc.), and other exotic true dragons such as the Mirage Dragon.

The next level down includes dragons such as tiger dragons, mountain dragons, pig dragons, serpent dragons, and dragon fish.

The lowest tier includes snakes, fish, alligators, turtles, and the like, which possess the nature of dragons.

Thanks to its vast and diverse array of dragon and serpent species, the Zhao family was able to rise to prominence and become the most dynamic clan within the True Spirit Sect.

"It's time to unleash the dragon we've prepared."

Inside the thatched cottage, Ji Ming folded his six arms together, embracing the void, and sank his mind into the darkness, beginning a silent prayer.

He wasn't praying to the master of Qinghua Palace, but rather turning to another being. The deep prayer echoed within the thatched cottage, carrying a unique rhythm and reverence.

"The purple radiance condenses into the pivot, and the dark crystal transforms into a star raft."

The hanging gourd's light weaves the celestial network, yin and yang revolve in the dust and sand of calamity.

With emerald eyes, one can see all the signs of the three calamities; with the medicine furnace, one can secretly ward off the nine evils.

The curse of plague and disease is invoked, and starlight stirs; the vast universe's pathogenic energy enters the silver teeth.

The two tracks patrol the heavens, dividing light and darkness; the primordial energy surges into the mysterious, determining the course of the year.

Do not say that a compassionate heart can melt iron and stone; its icy spirit forever illuminates the myriad worlds with its radiant glow.

As the prayers ceased, the sky above the thatched cottage was no longer the gloomy sky of Jinji Mountain, but a starry sky that suddenly covered Jinji Mountain. Among them, a solitary star with a dark purple, a halo of eerie green that shifted, and surrounded by clear and turbid rings cast a stream of light down towards Jinji Mountain, landing silently in front of Ji Ming.

As dawn broke over Golden Rooster Mountain, the silhouette of a golden rooster and a lone star in the sky exchanged a knowing glance before the lone star and the starry sky vanished in an instant.

Zhao Mingyan's face turned pale under the plaque outside the hall, and Quan Shou knelt on one knee facing outside, silently reciting several of the noble names of that lofty star in succession - "Immovable Venerable", "Founding Ancestor of Taiping Mountain", and "Xuanqiong Sibing Star Lord".

After reciting it several times, seeing the starry sky turn back into a gloomy sky, Inugami finally took a look at the things in the hall.

It was a strange creature that resembled neither a dragon nor a snake, with a long, winding body, no visible legs, and its entire body covered with silvery-white round scales.

This monster does not have eyes in the traditional sense. Instead of eye sockets, two twisted and coiled dragon horns, like ancient star branches, have grown out of them. The horns have a cold metallic luster, and specks of starlight flow on the horns.

Ji Ming held the Star Dragon in his hand. This was not a real dragon, but rather a type of jiaolong (a type of dragon-like creature). It was not something Ji Ming had obtained, but rather something that had been brought to life by the great magic of the ancestor Gan Xiong.

This Star Dragon was originally a comet drifting in the boundless sea of ​​stars. For Ancestor Ganxiong, who had refined the Lonely Star, his celestial body had occasionally seen some comets passing by during the long time he spent high in the depths of the stars, and he collected a few of them.

Later, during moments of boredom, Master Ganxiong would cast one or two comets between heaven and earth, transforming them into spirits and observing their life's achievements.

This comet was created at Ji Ming's request. He sent a comet from among the stars to the Dragon Silk Palace in the South China Sea, where it absorbed the essence of a true dragon and transformed into a jiaolong (a type of dragon).

Using materials from true dragons, the nine sons of dragons, and so on to refine pills for cultivation is not particularly novel for Ji Ming, nor does it offer any special benefit to his next step in improving his cultivation after mastering the true method.

For Ji Ming, the process of building up step by step, using the current step to advance the next step, and doubling the final effect, has almost become an instinct.

Ji Ming took out the Dragon Pill that he had obtained from Prince Mihuan. It contained most of Prince Mihuan's cultivation. Although it was dim and dull at the moment, one could still feel the powerful water elemental vitality and the thick pure yang dragon energy within it.

The essence and blood of Prince Mihuan were refined into Dragon Essence, and the Dragon Pill could not be wasted.

With a flick of his finger, the Dragon Pill flew into the Star Dragon's mouth. The next moment, he moved all six arms at once, without relying on any alchemy furnace, but instead used his own magic power to outline an invisible furnace in the void of the thatched cottage.

"Move out of position, freeze!"

"Kan position, turn!"

"The Xun position, guide!"

He uttered low shouts repeatedly, and as his fingertips moved, the void sensed his presence, sealing off the five elements and creating a separate alchemy zone within his furnace.

With a casual wave of his hand, he threw the Star Dragon into it.

In the Li position, as his techniques change, he ignites the invisible fire of demonic refinement to extract the source essence; in the Kan position, as his palm prints fly, he mobilizes the Qi of Gui water to cleanse and dispel its drifting and unpredictable violent nature; in the Xun position, he fans the green mulberry fan, blowing it around to make the medicinal properties evenly blend.

The entire process was devoid of any physical activity, only filled with spiritual light and the flow of Taoist principles.

Visible to the naked eye, the Star Dragon became transparent and pure, eventually condensing into nine silver-white pills the size of dragon eyes, just like decomposed starlight.

"My skills aren't bad either," Ji Ming thought to himself with a touch of pride.

Ji Ming reached out and summoned all nine Star Pills into his palm. They were cool to the touch and as light as floating clouds.

Without the slightest hesitation, he took one of the pills, kneaded it in his palm, and then began to cultivate the "Six Jia Spirit Flying Strategy Essence Book".

Ji Ming understood very well that this must be a special kind of cultivation, cultivated from the perspective of someone who had already achieved mastery in physical cultivation. It was either a meteoric rise to the top or a complete defeat; there was no third possibility. But Ji Ming was confident.

This confidence is not without foundation, but rather the result of a long and arduous journey.

Furthermore, his deductions, based on the opinions of many great minds, are not mere theoretical exercises.

"Here we go, turning cause into effect!"

(End of this chapter)