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Chapter 322 Abyss (asking for monthly ticket)

Just as Lin Rui entered the Shenlong Hall, a group of girls in white clothes in the nearby Dragon Guards were looking towards the Shenlong Hall.

"It seems there's a new commander of the Anti-Traitor Bureau, and he's receiving the Dragon Seal."

"He should be here to select Dragon Guards. I wonder which sister will get the chance this time?"

"I made some inquiries yesterday. It turned out to be a person named Lin Twelve, a disciple of the Third Divine Envoy."

"Although following the Commander of the Traitor Assassination Bureau is not the right path, the secret method we practice, while conducive to rapid success, requires external aids. Moreover, if we cannot transform into a dragon by the age of twenty, there will be no hope for our entire life. I don't know how long we will have to wait for the next selection of dragon guards by the Divine Envoy and the Emperor."

"Even if the Divine Envoy and the Emperor were to hold a general election now, I'm afraid we wouldn't be chosen. Being able to choose a prince, or a certain lord in the Imperial City Department to follow is already quite good."

"Look, sisters, I have no hope. I guess this gentleman doesn't think highly of me either. In two months, I will resign and return home."

The substitute Dragon Guard Shangguan Tianyi didn't hear the news until half a minute later, and hurried to the lobby of the Dragon Guard Capital with a sword in his arms.

She stood behind the other women, stretching her long neck and looking towards the Shenlong Hall, with a hint of anticipation in her eyes.

However, Shangguan Tianyi's arrival aroused hostility from other girls in white.

They all looked at Shangguan Tianyi with vigilance.

"Isn't this Shangguan Tianyi? Isn't she known as the most outstanding swordsmanship genius in Dragon Guard City in the past hundred years? And yet she wants to compete with us for this opportunity to transform into a dragon?"

"It seems this woman has practiced some wrong technique and was eliminated after several rounds of screening."

"I know. It seems there's something wrong with her sword intent. The situation is extremely tricky. Not only is she unable to mobilize all of her inner essence to fight, but she will also be very risky when she transforms into a dragon. So don't worry, no one will pick on her. Even if the commander doesn't know the truth, the higher-ups will warn him."

"Not only that, this physical weakness also affects her bloodline. It seems that if she continues to practice, she could easily become a demon. It is said that the master who was responsible for teaching her two years ago was also punished by the higher-ups. They said that he was blind and how could he let such a person sneak in."

"She's quite impressive. She's been hiding it until now. It's said that she can pass all the tests using only 20% of her strength. However, the higher-ups have already decided that if her condition doesn't improve, she'll be expelled from Longwei City. This month, it's going to happen."

Shangguan Tianyi heard the girls talking.

She pretended not to care, but her face turned slightly pale, and her slender hands tightly grasped the sword in her arms.

Shangguan Tianyi looked at the Dragon God Hall with great anticipation.

She knew that her chances of being chosen were slim, but she was willing to give it a try even if it was only a one in a billion chance.

Shangguan Tianyi was really unwilling to leave Longwei City like this and cut off her martial arts path. She wanted to go all out to seize this opportunity.

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Lin Rui was stunned for a while in the Shenlong Hall.

The reminder Lin Rui received from the battle spirit was: 'Abyss Source Core' detected, do you want to consume 10000 soul power to refine the 'Abyss Source Core'?
This is not the Abyss Source Essence, but the Abyss Source Core?

Lin Rui wondered what this thing was. Should he try refining it himself?
He was a little reluctant to give up 10000 soul power points, and was also worried that there would be problems with the National Dragon Seal. However, after contemplating for a moment, Lin Rui gritted his teeth and chose to refine it.

Is 10000 soul points a lot? Not much, it's just a matter of killing a few more demons.

As for the National Protection Dragon Seal, Lin Rui had already deduced the high-level talisman array to the grandmaster level. He concentrated and sensed that the dragon seal structure between his eyebrows was still very stable.

What reacted with Lin Rui's abyss source was actually a certain component in the blood, essence and soul of the National Guard War Dragon, not the dragon seal itself.

——So even if this part is missing, it will not affect the overall structure of the National Protection Dragon Seal.

After only 5 minutes, Lin Rui felt that there was something between his eyebrows that was connected to his heart and soul and resonated with his mind.

It was a tiny crystal, feeling a bit like a golden elixir, which was continuously producing extremely pure vital energy, as well as abyssal breath and source essence.

"Is this the so-called Abyssal Origin Core?"

Lin Rui concentrated and sensed it, wondering why this thing felt a bit like the external elixir described by Taoists?
Just as this thought was coming into his mind, he discovered that the ball of 'Holy Thunder Fire' on his chest had undergone a strange change.

This mark came alive and turned into strands of silver fire, flowing through Lin Rui's blood vessels and meridians all over his body to the 'Abyss Source Core' between his eyebrows.

After Lin Rui sensed this situation, he was frantically wondering what this "Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire" was up to. Was it trying to usurp the throne?
He tried his best to stop the interference, but this "Holy Thunder Fire" could not pass through his body, so it simply emanated from Lin Rui's pores all over his body, went directly through the external channels, and seeped into his eyebrows.

At the same time, the three national guardian dragons seemed to be stimulated, and blood continued to flow out from their eyebrows, merging into the blood mark on Lin Rui's eyebrows.

As these blood threads seeped into Lin Rui's eyebrows, Lin Rui's Golden Core Dragon Armor also produced a stress response and seeped into the abyss source essence.

At this time, Lin Rui received another reminder from the War Spirit Ring, this time three in a row.

Tip: The ownerless 'Abyss Concept' is detected to be combined with your 'Abyss Source Core'. Do you want to consume 100000 soul power to blend and refine them?

Tip: A new 'Abyss Source Core' has been detected. Do you want to consume 10000 soul power to refine the 'Abyss Source Core'?
Notice: A newly generated 'Abyssal Source Core' has been detected. It conflicts with your 'Abyssal Source Core' and the unowned 'Abyssal Concept'. Please refine it as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable. After receiving the prompt, Lin Rui's face darkened slightly, wondering why he had to consume 11 soul points this time?
The key point is that at this time, Lin Rui has no choice.

What are the unforeseen consequences of the Ringwraiths? Lin Rui didn't dare to gamble.

Lin Rui recently discovered that the Ringwraith of this Battle Ring is nothing like an artifact spirit, but more like a super AI with a huge database.

If even the Battle Spirit Ring cannot predict the outcome, then it would be hard to predict whether it will be a blessing or a curse.

Lin Rui had no choice but to refine it, and this refining lasted until evening.

Lin Rui felt that he and the three national guardian dragons seemed to be stuck in a dead loop.

Every time he refined a newly generated 'Abyss Source Core', more blood and essence would spurt out from the center of the National Guardian War Dragon's eyebrows and seep into the 'National Guardian Dragon Seal' on his forehead.

These three war dragons seemed determined to engrave their blood, essence and soul into Lin Rui's national dragon seal, and they would not give in.

Lin Rui's dragon armor and golden elixir will be stimulated by this, and will also produce more "pseudo abyss source essence" that will flow into his eyebrows.

When these 'pseudo-abyss sources' are combined with the spirit, energy and blood of the national guardian dragon, a new 'abyss source core' will be produced.

Lin Rui had to spend his soul power to refine it, and after refining it, he had to stimulate the national protection dragon to supply more essence and blood. It was simply endless.

This vicious cycle was not broken until late at night. This was because Lin Rui's Dragon Armor Golden Core could no longer keep up and was completely drained, and could no longer provide pseudo-abyss source essence.

The three national guardian dragons once again used their blood and essence to fill Lin Rui's national guardian dragon seal, and then closed the wound between his eyebrows with satisfaction.

When Lin Rui walked out of the Shenlong Hall, his face was black. In order to maintain this vicious circle, he spent a full 33 soul power.

Although there was a thing like an "external pill" between his eyebrows, and it had expanded to the size of a pigeon egg and embedded in the center of his brow bone, he still didn't know what the use of this thing was.

At present, he only knew that this thing could absorb the ether between heaven and earth, continuously generate true qi and energy, and both the quality and quantity far exceeded his own golden elixir.

Not only did the quantity exceed 230%, but the quality of the true qi also far exceeded his golden elixir.

The problem is that he spent a full 33 soul points on this thing.

Lin Rui and the Seventh Realm Imperial Flame War Dragon were clearly within reach, but now he seemed to see the Imperial Flame War Dragon waving at him and saying "bye".

When Lin Rui walked out of the Shenlong Hall, Ji Xueying, who had been sitting on the steps, suddenly showed joy in her eyes, while Meng Weiyun looked at Lin Rui with surprise and helplessness.

She was wondering what Lin Twelve was doing in there?

Meng Weiyun had just clearly sensed that the aura of the three national guardian dragons inside was surging, which meant that Lin Twelve was not in a daze or resting or playing in there.

The question is why does it take so long to make a 'National Protection Dragon Seal'?

Other commanders of the Assassination Bureau could handle the task in about an hour, so why was her junior brother so different?
"Senior Sister—" Lin Rui smiled awkwardly and was trying to think of words to explain, but he saw Meng Weiyun suddenly wave her hand.

"Don't explain to me. I have no right to hear about anything that happens in the Dragon Palace."

Meng Weiyun shook her head slightly: "But I originally wanted to take you to the Assassination Bureau and introduce you to my colleagues, but now——"

She raised her head and looked at the sky. It was almost three o'clock in the morning, and the deputy commanders of the Anti-Traitor Bureau had already left the office.

"Well?"

At this moment, Meng Weiyun was suddenly shocked and looked up at the sky. She found that today's constellations seemed a little unusual.

Meng Weiyun carefully identified it and frowned slightly after a while: "Strange, there is something wrong with the stars today."

Lin Rui didn't take it seriously at first and just asked casually: "Astrology? Senior Sister, can you observe the stars? Is there something happening up there?"

"I have some basic knowledge of astrology." Meng Weiyun pointed towards the sky in confusion. "In the past, the power of the eight abysses occupied the sky, crisscrossing it. But now, I feel that the constellations in the sky seem to have changed a little."

Lin Rui was stunned when he heard this and also looked up at the sky.

As far as he knew, there were eight abysses in Tianji Star, five outside and three inside.

There are five in the outer world, and three in the inner world known as Purgatory.

Among them, the 'Abyss in the Middle' located in Zhongzhou is a little different. They are actually a couple. Separately, they are slightly weaker than the Abyss, but once they join hands, they become the most powerful among the eight Abysses.

He then heard Meng Weiyun laugh: "The change is very subtle. Maybe I'm seeing things. It can't be that a new abyss has appeared."

(End of this chapter)