Primordial Era: I, Hongyun, take charge of the literary path

"This is... a primordial spiritual treasure?!"

A glint of greed flashed in the golden dragon's eyes.

"You, a mere Taiyi cultivator, actually possess a primordial spiritual treasure?"

The golden dragon looked at the red cloud excitedly and said, "Haha, what a treasure! If I kill you, it will be mine."

The golden dragon opened its mouth wide and spewed out a golden beam of light, which contained a rich solar law. Wherever it passed, the lake water was instantly evaporated.

"His literary skills are supernatural, and his words are dazzling."

Hongyun snorted coldly, urging the boundless righteous energy of heaven and earth to condense, and countless heavenly flowers enveloped him within.

A shower of heavenly flowers: This method possesses the divine power of ten thousand golden lotuses, which cannot be broken by anything, all evils will be repelled, and all laws will be invulnerable.

A golden light screen appeared around Hongyun. The beam of light emitted by the golden dragon struck the light screen, making a hissing sound, but it could not break through the light screen's defense.

The dazzling display of flowers is a defensive supernatural power of literature and Taoism. Similar supernatural powers include being able to remain untouched by dust and being immune to mosquitoes.

The protective effects of being free from dust, mosquitoes, and falling insects increase in that order.

"What kind of supernatural power is this?!"

The golden dragon sensed the overwhelming defensive power and a hint of apprehension flashed in its eyes as it asked in surprise.

"The Four Symbols Seal, hazy and chaotic!"

Hongyun naturally did not answer the Golden Dragon's question, and continued to silently shake the Fire Cloud Banner.

On the other side, Hongyun secretly unleashed the power of the Four Symbols Seal, with the power of the four symbols—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—surrounding him, and the Four Symbols Seal suppressed the Golden Dragon.

"The dragon that soars too high will regret it; the golden scales will transform!"

The golden dragon did not retreat, nor did it hold back any longer. It roared and then unleashed a terrifying power that caused the surrounding lake bottom mountains to tremble.

Suddenly, the golden dragon shone brightly, its body expanded by hundreds of thousands of feet, its scales gleamed with golden light, and the dragon horns on its head exuded a powerful aura.

After the Golden Flood Dragon used an unknown divine power, his cultivation level briefly increased by one level, reaching the mid-stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, which already put pressure on Hong Yun's cultivation.

Hongyun's expression was solemn. The Golden Flood Dragon's strength exceeded his expectations, but it was not enough to make him fearful.

The Four Symbols Seal continued to suppress the golden dragon.

The golden dragon opened its mouth wide and spewed out a beam of light, which transformed into a dragon head and collided with the Four Symbols Seal.

With a loud bang, the Four Symbols Seal and the dragon head phantom shattered simultaneously. Hongyun took several steps back, feeling his blood churning, but he quickly calmed down.

"Wow, what powerful divine ability!"

The golden dragon was also in bad shape; cracks appeared on its golden scales, and even its cultivation level began to become unstable.

"That Taoist priest, who exactly are you?"

A hint of horror flashed in the golden dragon's eyes, and a sense of unease rose in its heart when it looked at the red cloud.

"Hmph, the one who'll take your life!"

Hongyun said coldly, and then activated the Fire Cloud Banner with all his might. The Fire Cloud Banner then flew out waves of fire cloud sand.

Fire Cloud Sand is entirely red, emitting a faint golden light, the light from the hair dyed by the Sunlight Divine Water.

Fire Cloud Sand is a substance refined by the Fire Cloud Banner using the souls and blood of living beings. It can corrode the soul and body, and its power is greatly increased when combined with Sunlight Divine Water.

Suddenly, a red sandstorm swept across the bottom of the lake, and the golden dragon was instantly swallowed up by the endless fiery sand.

When the sandstorm was withdrawn from the Fire Cloud Banner by the red clouds, the golden dragon was no longer there.

Hongyun breathed a sigh of relief. The golden dragon, a mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal, couldn't withstand a single blow from the Fire Cloud Banner.

"The boost that spiritual treasures provide to combat power is enormous."

Hongyun thought to himself, "No wonder during the Investiture of the Gods, the three religions were all competing with magical treasures."

"In battles of the same level, a useful magic weapon can unleash several times the combat power of the user."

Hongyun searched the surroundings, collected the Golden Dragon's Blazing Sun Stone, and then quickly left the scene.

The battle just now was too loud and will definitely attract other powerful figures to investigate. It is not advisable to stay here for long.

Sure enough, not long after Hongyun left, several powerful auras appeared at the scene of the battle.

"A battle at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level..."

The owner of one of the auras muttered to himself, "And neither side was weak. I didn't expect it to end so quickly."

"Judging from the marks, it should be a golden dragon."

The owner of the other aura said, "I don't know who the other one is, but judging from the aura, he's not a water beast."

"What? The Golden Flood Dragon is dead? Who could kill the Golden Flood Dragon? Could it be the Water People again?"

"I don't know, but he was able to kill the Golden Flood Dragon in Yanyang Lake, so he must be at least a late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal, or even a peak Taiyi Golden Immortal."

"Report this to Lord Yangsui. He dared to kill the Golden Dragon; we must retaliate."

The several auras arrived quickly and disappeared just as quickly.

After leaving the Golden Dragon's territory, Hongyun did not rush to the next production area. Instead, he found a safe and reliable place and began to sort out the harvest.

After killing the Golden Flood Dragon, only one Blazing Sun Mystic Stone dropped. However, a Mystic Stone of the Taiyi Golden Immortal level is more precious, containing more Blazing Sun Power and Solar Law.

Hongyun didn't intend to refine it directly, but instead used it to refine pills, combining it with Golden Coral Fruit and other spiritual herbs to refine some Eight-Turn Body Tempering Pills.

Before that, Hongyun needs to increase the success rate of alchemy. He can refine five-stage golden pills with 100% success rate, and one dose of spiritual medicine can produce nine golden pills.

Nine pills represent the pinnacle of a single elixir, extracting all the medicinal properties of the herb.

Hongyun can refine the Six-Turn Golden Elixir to perfection, but he can only make a maximum of seven pills, far from squeezing out all the medicinal properties.

Previously, Hongyun's success rate in refining a Seven-Turn Golden Pill was about 50%, but after breaking through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, this probability increased to about 80%.

Before refining the Eight-Turn Body Tempering Pill, Hongyun needs to increase the success rate of the Seven-Turn Golden Pill as much as possible. Only when the success rate reaches 100% will she attempt the Eight-Turn Golden Pill.

"This trip to Yanyang Lake was very fruitful."

Hongyun nodded in satisfaction, and then headed to the medium-sized Sunlight Divine Water production area.

There was a Taiyi Golden Immortal-level water beast and several Golden Immortal-level water beasts guarding the area, but this was no problem for Hongyun at all; he easily dealt with the guardian water beasts.

In the medium-yield area, Hongyun collected a large amount of Sunlight Divine Water and Golden Crow Grass, and transplanted them all into the Hundred Herbs Garden.

Although we cannot produce and sell our own products, it is still a good thing to keep the activity of the golden clove grass so that it can be used as needed.

Hongyun thought to himself, "With this Sunlight Divine Water and Golden Crow Grass, I won't lack materials for the Eighth-Rank Great Sun Divine Pill and the Ninth-Rank Great Sun Divine Pill in the future."

The Great Sun Divine Pill is not just a seven-stage golden pill; it includes golden pills from one stage to nine stages, and is a complete set of pill formulas.

But whether it's the first or ninth cycle, the main ingredients for alchemy are Sunlight Divine Water and Golden Crow Grass.

The difference lies in the amount of Sunlight Divine Water and Golden Crow Grass used, as well as the quality of the auxiliary medicines. The higher the quality of the auxiliary medicines, the higher the grade of the Golden Elixir produced.

Hongyun has a book of literary fortune records, from which various prescriptions can be deduced for different effects based on various materials.

This is something that others cannot do.

"We'll start refining pills once we get back to Tianbao City."

Once Hongyun made up her mind, she began her return journey.

But he didn't know that the killing of the two Taiyi Golden Immortal-level water beasts had already enraged the Yangsui Beast.

The Yangsui Beast issued the order, and under the command of the water beasts of the Taiyi Golden Immortals, the beast tide that swept across Yanyang Lake began, and all cities were under attack.