Battle Through the Heavens: The Beginning of the Dou Sheng Inheritance

Chapter 181 Yellow Spring Demon Saint

After giving his orders, Yao Ming turned around, cupped his hands to Long Yan, and said sincerely, "Brother Long Yan, I was able to escape this time thanks to your help. I have no way to repay this great kindness, but I must give you something in return."

"Besides the formula and ingredients for the Ancient Serpent God Pill that I promised, there's also a secret method. I wonder if Brother Longyan has ever heard of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint?"

Long Yan nodded. "The Yellow Spring Great Sage, who once had one foot in the Dou Di realm in ancient times, is the reason I came from the Nine Netherworld Python Clan this time, for the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet."

Yao Ming was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect Brother Long Yan to know about this as well. I'll take you to find the Yellow Springs Stele now."

"The Yellow Springs Stone Tablet has been passed down from ancient times. Within this stone tablet are recorded the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's lifelong learning. It is said that deep within the stone tablet, the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's essence blood still remains."

"The Yellow Springs Stone Tablet is the treasure of my Nine Netherworld Python clan. Three fighting techniques are carved on the stone tablet: Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm. The former is a low-level Heaven-rank fighting technique, while the latter is a mid-level Heaven-rank technique. Both are extremely powerful, but only the clan leader and a few elders can practice them."

"The last fighting skill is the high-level Heaven Rank, called Yellow Springs Wrath. Yellow Springs Finger severs life and death, Yellow Springs Wrath shatters the soul. The famous skill of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint back then was Yellow Springs Wrath."

The Wrath of the Yellow Springs, to be precise, is a sonic fighting technique, and a high-level Heaven-rank sonic fighting technique at that. According to ancient records, even some powerful warriors at the Battle Saint level were somewhat terrified of the Wrath of the Yellow Springs in that era.

Of the top experts who fell to the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, at least nine out of ten died because their souls were shattered by the Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath.

"The inheritance of the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath fighting technique is hidden deep within the stone tablet. We cannot obtain the cultivation method at all, and because of the fear of damaging the essence blood of the demon saint within, no one has ever dared to forcibly break it open."

"The stone tablet is guarded by a remnant of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint's soul, and the cultivation method of Yellow Spring Heaven's Wrath is hidden in that remnant soul."

Yao Ming laughed and said, "We magical beasts don't value soul power. Even with my strength, the soul power I possess is probably only about the same as that of a seventh-grade alchemist. But with that, I can't tame that remaining soul."

Although he is said to be a seventh-grade alchemist, the difference is actually in his soul control. Yao Ming's soul power is also at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Realm, but his soul control is too poor, so when he uses it, it is like the Great Perfection of the Mortal Realm.

"After years of testing, we have discovered that only souls that have reached the Heavenly Realm can successfully infiltrate the stone tablet. However, such souls are generally only possessed by some grandmaster-level alchemists among humans."

"The clan had discussed inviting a grandmaster of alchemy before, but later, because they were worried that the exposure of the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet would cause some unnecessary trouble, they had to put it off."

"After all, the essence blood of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint is hidden within that Yellow Spring Stone Tablet. If this gets out, even some Dou Sheng powerhouses will be eager to make a move."

Even some members of the clan only know of the existence of the Yellow Springs Stele, but they don't know what is hidden within it.

Yao Ming said, "Brother Long Yan, I'm taking you to find the Yellow Springs Stele for two reasons. First, I want to repay you in kind, as I, Yao Ming, am not one to forget kindness. Second, I want to use your abilities to open the stele so that I can improve my strength and gain complete control over the Nine Netherworld Python Clan."

Long Yan said, "I have a way to help you improve your strength. Your current strength is at the late stage of the two-star Dou Sheng. If I refine a Nine Yuan Treasure Pill for you, you can break through to the late stage of the three-star Dou Sheng. The gains will be far greater than if you refined a drop of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint's essence blood."

Yao Ming smiled broadly upon hearing this and cupped his hands in thanks, saying, "Then thank you very much, Brother Long Yan."

Long Yan followed behind Yao Ming, and in just over ten minutes, they landed on an ancient altar.

This altar is extremely magnificent, constructed entirely of blue-green boulders. Standing atop the altar, one can overlook several surrounding mountain peaks.

The two slowly landed on top of the altar. In the center of the altar, a huge pale yellow stone tablet, about a hundred feet tall, stood alone, exuding an ancient aura, as if it had existed forever.

"Is this the legendary Yellow Springs Stele?"

Long Yan looked up at the massive stone tablet, upon which were inscribed numerous strange runes, faintly shimmering with an eerie light.

It is carved with a huge finger and a palm print that is half a foot deep. Some strange information emanates from it. It should be the cultivation method of the so-called Yellow Spring Finger and Yellow Spring Palm.

Yao Ming first bowed solemnly before the stone tablet, then slowly stepped back, looked at Long Yan, and said, "This is the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet of my Nine Netherworld Python Clan, and the Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath and the essence blood of the Demon Saint are hidden inside it. As for whether we can obtain them, we will have to rely on Brother Long Yan."

Long Yan nodded silently, his gaze fixed solemnly on the stone tablet, from which he sensed an extremely powerful soul pressure.

Emperor-level souls... Xiao Jue has seen them twice already, once even in a life-or-death situation.

Looking at Long Yan's solemn expression, Yao Ming sighed softly and looked at the stone tablet with apprehension. He said, "Back then, I once tried to obtain the Yellow Springs Wrath cultivation method and the Demon Saint's essence blood from the stone tablet. However, as soon as my soul power invaded the stone tablet, I was shocked and vomited blood, and it took me half a year to recover."

"Even though I am many times stronger than I was back then, I have a feeling that if I were to do it all over again, the outcome would probably not be much better than last time."

Long Yan nodded and said, "The stone tablet does indeed contain an extremely powerful soul force, and within that soul force, there is also a strange pressure. The soul force of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint must have reached the Emperor Realm."

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"A person who can step into the Dou Di level with one foot in is no ordinary person." Yao Ming gave a wry smile, then asked, "So? Brother Long Yan, are you confident?"

"No problem." Long Yan nodded.

Upon hearing this, Yao Ming was also pleasantly surprised and said, "In that case, we'll have to rely on Brother Long Yan. If you find anything amiss, leave as soon as possible."

"Um."

Long Yan nodded slightly, and with a movement, he appeared on a stone pier directly in front of the stone tablet. He slowly sat down cross-legged, and the soul between his brows began to stir.

"Don't let anyone bother me during this time."

Long Yan spoke softly, his body trembled slightly, and then a somewhat illusory figure stepped out from between his eyebrows and finally hovered in front of the stone tablet.

(End of this chapter)