Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 175 Soul Core Dragon Pill: Mu En's Expectations!

Zhu Ziyang's idea was to take advantage of the opportunity of fusing with his sixth soul ring to condense his first soul core in one go. He hoped to first condense his first soul core, that is, a spiritual soul core, in his upper dantian. Only in this way could he ensure that he would be invincible when condensing subsequent soul cores.

The first soul core is of paramount importance, and of course, it is also the most difficult to condense. As the saying goes, "everything is difficult at the beginning," which is absolutely true.

According to his initial plan, his sixth spirit ring should be a 100,000-year spirit beast with a spiritual attribute, preferably one that could generate a 100,000-year skull.

It is a soul beast that is both spiritual and possesses the attributes of light or death, suitable for the Jing Shi Xiu Ming Scythe, and is guaranteed to produce a head soul bone. Moreover, it must be something that can be found. Believe it or not, there really is one, and it is quite famous.

Evil eye tyrant!

The Evil Eye Tyrant is a unique spirit beast of the Sun and Moon Continent. It is a mental-type spirit beast, and because it only has one head, the spirit bone it produces will always be a head spirit bone. The Evil Eye Tyrant race is numerous, and the individuals are completely different. In addition to being purely mental-type, some individuals also possess other attributes. For example, the fire-attribute Evil Eye Tyrant is called the Fire Evil Tyrant, and the ice-attribute Evil Eye Tyrant is called the Ice Evil Tyrant.

Unfortunately, the Evil Eye Tyrant clan cannot possess the attribute of light; otherwise, Zhu Ziyang would not have opted for the Evil Eye Tyrant with the attribute of death, the Death Evil Tyrant.

In the Evil Eye Forest of the Sun Moon Empire, there exists a 100,000-year-old Dead Evil Tyrant, said to be one of the sons of the Evil Eye Tyrant ruler. If Mu En hadn't given Zhu Ziyang a better choice, that Dead Evil Tyrant would surely have met with a grim fate.

The Illusionary Purple Spirit Dragon is a true dragon with both spiritual and light attributes. Its bloodline strength and spiritual strength are in no way inferior to the powerful soul beast, the Evil Eye Tyrant. It was on Zhu Ziyang's list, but was excluded because it was too rare and its whereabouts were extremely scarce.

Unexpectedly, Mu En actually discovered one, and it had a cultivation period of over 100,000 years. This is simply fate!

Like the Evil Eye Tyrant, the Illusionary Purple Spirit Dragon is a soul beast that is bound to produce a head soul bone, which is why Zhu Ziyang did not hesitate to give up the Deathly Evil Tyrant and choose it.

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The next day, Mu En left Shrek Academy with Zhu Ziyang, accompanied by Xuan Zi.

Their destination was a large mountain within the Douling Empire. It was a desolate, rocky mountain, over five thousand meters high. Mu En had traveled there in his youth, and it was during that time that he discovered the Illusionary Purple Spirit Dragon. If Mu En hadn't needed to absorb spirit rings back then, Zhu Ziyang would never have had a chance to obtain the Illusionary Purple Spirit Dragon.

"Ziyang, there aren't many soul beasts in this rocky mountain, but almost all of them have dragon bloodlines, and there are even quite a few sub-dragons. Do you know why?" Mu En suddenly asked, a broad smile on his face.

"I don't know." Zhu Ziyang didn't know why Mu En suddenly asked this question, but he really didn't know, so he answered directly.

"Haha, the reason is simple. There is an ancient ruin on this mountain, and there are a lot of dragon bones in the ruin. The essence of these bones has sunk into this mountain, which is why all the soul beasts on this mountain are dragon soul beasts," Mu En said with a smile. "Including that Illusionary Purple Spirit Dragon, it is very likely that it appeared here because of that ruin."

"Teacher, how did you know that there is an ancient ruin here?" Zhu Ziyang asked with a puzzled expression after hearing Mu En's words.

"Because when you were young, you accidentally entered that ruin!" Moon smiled and said, "and you were incredibly lucky to find a dragon pill!"

"Dragon Pill!" Zhu Ziyang was stunned upon hearing this, his heart filled with astonishment. The Dragon Pill, like the Snow Emperor's Snow Pill and the Ice Emperor's Ice Pill, is the life essence of a true dragon, containing most of its cultivation and energy from its lifetime. Zhu Ziyang was very surprised; he hadn't expected Mu En to have such an encounter.

"That's right, and it's the dragon core of a light-element white dragon!" Moon said with a hint of regret on his face. "That light-element white dragon's strength was definitely no weaker than mine in my prime. Even though it had been dead for many years, its corpse was still surrounded by a terrifying and domineering dragon's might and aura."

"Doesn't that mean that the white dragon's cultivation is at least 500,000 years?" Zhu Ziyang analyzed, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sure enough, those who can become Limit Douluo all have some kind of luck to them.

"Haha, that's right." Mu En smiled regretfully and said, "Unfortunately, the energy of that dragon pill is too domineering and violent. A human body simply cannot absorb it directly. After I obtained it, I could only carry it with me and use its aura and dissipated energy to cultivate."

The dragon core was indispensable to my ability to condense my second soul core and break through to the Limit Douluo realm! I originally planned to nurture it with my Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul to smooth out its violent and ferocious energy before absorbing it. However, plans don't always go as expected. After my battle with Poison Must Die, I was severely injured, yet I faced an important meeting, so I absorbed the dragon core instead.

At that time, I had been nurturing that dragon core for nearly a hundred years, and I thought I had cleared away the malevolent energy within it. However, I still underestimated the power of a dragon core formed from the condensed life essence of a true dragon. The energy of that dragon core had indeed become much milder, but it was still far too domineering for me, who was severely injured at the time!

The energy of the Dragon Pill raged within my body, resulting in further severe damage to my original essence, which was initially unharmed. This damage to my essence has led to my current state! Alas, greed is a dangerous thing!

Zhu Ziyang was very surprised. He hadn't expected Mu En to have such an experience. It was truly a case of being both made and broken by the Dragon Pill!

"In the end, I had to give up the energy of the Dragon Core to suppress it with all my might." Mu En said with a bitter smile, "Ironically, as I was dying, the Dragon Core finally became mild, so mild that even people without a Dragon Clan Martial Soul could absorb it. But it was of no use to me."

If it were a hundred years earlier, I could have used the energy of this Dragon Pill to reach that realm and achieve transcendence! Unfortunately, time cannot be reversed! This is truly a cruel twist of fate! I originally intended to leave this Dragon Pill to Bei Bei, after all, he is my descendant, and his talent is no less than mine back then. This Dragon Pill would be enough to make him a Limit Douluo!

However, your appearance changed my decision! No one is more suitable than you to absorb this Dragon Pill. I hope this Dragon Pill can help you, and ideally, assist you in taking a step towards transcendence!

"Teacher, I..." Zhu Ziyang was stunned after hearing Mu En's words. When Mu En mentioned the Dragon Pill, Zhu Ziyang had a premonition of his intentions, but when he heard Mu En say that he was going to leave the Dragon Pill to him, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"Don't worry about it, this is what you deserve!" Moon said with a calm smile. "I only hope that you can reach the level that the original Shrek Seven Devils achieved ten thousand years ago, leading Shrek Academy to an even higher peak! Ten thousand years has passed, Shrek Academy has existed for far too long, and some people are already impatient. Ziyang, do you understand your importance?"

"I understand!" Zhu Ziyang nodded. Leaving aside the Shrek Academy reforms he would initiate after taking over the Sea God Pavilion, the current Shrek Academy was already on the verge of collapse, seemingly calm but actually fraught with watchful eyes. All the forces were waiting—waiting for those three old guys, Mu En, Xuan Zi, and Lin Huiqun, to die, so they could join the feast of dividing up Shrek Academy!

"Hehe, Ziyang, you don't need to feel too much pressure right now," Mu En chuckled, seeing the seriousness in Zhu Ziyang's expression. "How many more years can this old man live? Even if I die, Xuanzi and Elder Lin are still here. They can protect you for at least fifty years! Fifty years is enough for you to grow! Those shady characters want to play the trick of using someone else's resources to their advantage, trying to usurp the throne. Don't they know that the founder of Shrek Academy is the true master?"

Moon's final words were filled with murderous intent and chilling coldness. Shrek Academy was infiltrating the nobles of various empires, but weren't the nobles of those empires also infiltrating Shrek Academy?

It's truly reassuring to have a sacred place and academic center like Shrek Academy in one's own hands!

Xuanzi's appearance interrupted the conversation between the master and disciple. Xuanzi was dragging a huge purple dragon in his hands.

The Illusionary Purple Spirit Dragon was being dragged along in the hands of the Gluttonous Douluo Xuanzi like a dead dog!

(End of this chapter)