A man from the Big Dipper, starting his charlatanship at Mount Tai.

"The princess has given her order, and Qianlun will obey it."

The Great Sage Qianlun took a deep breath, and with a thought, shook the Myriad Dragon Bell behind him.

"Ring ring~"

The sound of the Wanlong Bell pierced through the layers of dragon caves, reaching the ears of every slumbering ancient creature.

Deep within the Dragon Nest, countless divine sources began to emit a faint light.

In the place where the Ancestral King was sealed, dozens of divine sources lit up simultaneously, some large and some small, each containing an ancient creature of various shapes.

Some resembled lizards, with wings on their backs and their bodies covered in silvery-white scales. Others looked like a burning flame, their exact shape indistinct, only their scorching heat palpable. Still others were crackling with lightning, each arc radiating a terrifying destructive power.

As the divine source cracked one after another, auras of varying strengths emanated from all parts of the Myriad Dragon Nest.

"Ring ring~"

The Wanlong Bell rang again, announcing that it was only ringing the bell for important matters. Then, the Great Sage Qianlun spoke, spreading his voice throughout the entire Wanlong Nest.

"All races belonging to the Dragon Nest, heed my command!"

"Each of you take three drops of your essence blood and hand them over to me!"

........

As soon as the Great Sage Qianlun uttered these words, the Myriad Dragon Nest erupted in chaos.

"What? You want our essence blood?"

"What does the Great Sage Qianlun want? Even if his essence blood isn't his own, it's not something he can just take at will, is it?"

"The princess is there too, could it be... that the princess wanted this?"

"This is an order issued by the Imperial Army; we have no right to refuse."

Countless divine thoughts intertwined and collided, some expressing doubt, some confusion, and some dissatisfaction, but... no one dared to disobey.

The Great Sage's orders and the authority of the ancient imperial soldiers were not something they could question.

Soon, clusters of blood essence of various colors flew in from all parts of the Dragon Nest.

Some were crimson, radiating a scorching heat—that was the blood of the Fire Dragon Clan. Some were silvery-white, carrying a hint of coldness—that was the blood of the Ice Phoenix Clan. Some were golden, so rich they resembled molten gold—that was the blood of a branch of the Golden Clan.

There's also purple, that's the blood of the main lineage of the Myriad Dragon Nest... the blood of the Myriad Dragon Emperor clan.

Countless essences of blood gathered together, and various colors of light intertwined, illuminating the sky with vibrant colors.

With a wave of his hand, the essence blood merged into a fist-sized ball of light, which slowly flew toward Lin Xiu.

“Young human friend, this is the essence blood of all races that you requested.”

“I took at least three drops of blood from each race; that should be enough for you.”

Lin Xiu reached out and took the blood orb, sensing the immense life force and various peculiar fragments of Dao principles contained within it.

If we can get them to go through all the Blood Character Ancient Runes and Dragon Character Ancient Runes, we can definitely get the level of these two ancient characters to rise rapidly!

Because... these essence bloodstains are not only numerous and come from many different races, but also... extremely potent! They contain a large amount of ancestral king's blood!

"Thank you, senior. Thank you, princess."

Lin Xiu smiled with satisfaction, cupped his hands in a salute, and transformed the blood sphere into tiny droplets, merging them into his brow altar.

.......

As the blood sphere entered, the ancient blood-letter talisman that was freely floating inside Lin Xiuxian Platform suddenly trembled violently, like a shark that had smelled blood.

"Go!~"

With a thought, Lin Xiu sent the blood-red ancient talisman, which emitted a faint blood-red light, rushing towards the blood sphere!

During the contact with the Blood-letter Ancient Rune, countless pure bloodline powers and Great Dao Laws were stripped from the blood sphere and surged wildly into the Blood-letter Ancient Rune.

The ancient blood-letter rune greedily devoured the blood and Dao principles, its patterns becoming increasingly mystical, and its radiance ever more dazzling.

All I can say is that the potency of a large amount of ancestral king's blood was still too strong.

As the Dao principles within the blood are absorbed, the level of the Blood-Character Ancient Talisman continues to rise!

As the level of the Blood-letter Ancient Symbol continued to rise, Lin Xiu could feel that his perception and comprehension of various bloodlines were also improving at an astonishing rate!

"Buzz!~"

Seventh Heaven... Eighth Heaven... Ninth Heaven!

After reaching the peak of the Ninth Heaven, the aura of the Blood-Character Ancient Talisman finally stabilized. The entire talisman transformed into a dark red blood moon, hanging above Lin Xiuxian Platform, radiating a blood-red light that made people's hearts tremble.

"Nine Heavens, Peak Saint King."

"If I can obtain the blood energy and Dao principles of another Great Sage, I should be able to advance to the Great Sage realm of the tenth level."

"In that case... then I'll trouble Elder Wei!"

Lin Xiu never fed Wei Yi's blood to the Blood Character Ancient Talisman. The blood of the Great Sage was extremely precious, and once the blood of the same Dao Principle had been fed to it once, feeding it to it again would not have much effect.

Therefore, the higher the grade of blood, the more it should be reserved for absorption at the appropriate time.

.......

Following the ancient blood-letter symbol is the ancient dragon-letter symbol.

The ancient blood-letter talisman absorbed the blood's divine energy and the laws of the Great Dao from the blood sphere, but it did not absorb the true meaning of "momentum" within it.

The blood essence of all races in the Myriad Dragon Nest contains the unique "power" of each race. The more powerful the race, the stronger this "power" is. In particular, the ancient race of the Myriad Dragon Emperor lineage has the most effective blood for the ancient dragon-character runes!

After absorbing the blood and dragon energy of the Wanlong Emperor lineage, the level of the ancient dragon-character talisman also began to rise rapidly.

Sixth Heaven...Seventh Heaven...Eighth Heaven!

Since only the bloodline of the Wanlong Emperor has a certain effect on the Dragon Qi Ancient Talisman, the Dragon Character Ancient Talisman eventually reached the Saint Realm of the Eighth Heaven before it became powerless.

"The ancient dragon-shaped rune that embodies the strongest power... its cultivation level isn't easy to improve~"

Lin Xiu sighed. This improvement was mainly in the Heavenly Dragon direction. Although there was some progress in the Earthly Dragon and Human Dragon directions, he still needed to observe the mountains and comprehend the Great Dao on his own.

Due to the "bucket effect," we can only barely improve to this level. If we want to continue to make progress, we still have to start with our weaknesses.

"Earth dragons and human dragons~"

"As far as humans and dragons are concerned, we're all one family. The Great Xia Dynasty should be happy to let me absorb some dragon energy, right?"

"As for earth dragons, they require certain special terrain, special terrain..."

As Lin Xiu pondered this, he looked down at the Myriad Dragon Nest.

The Myriad Dragon Nest was also one of the Immortal Realms he had listed as his targets. Unfortunately, the ancient clans in the Myriad Dragon Nest were much stronger than those in Purple Mountain, and they were not suppressed by the Boundless Bell. The difficulty was too high, so he had not made a move.

However, his relationship with Princess Wanlong is quite good now. If he can use Princess Wanlong's name to comprehend the origin of Wanlong Nest's mountain formations... then, wouldn't the ancient clans of Wanlong Nest be willing to grant him whatever he wants?

Lin Xiu felt that the Princess Wanlong hadn't been fooled enough.

We need to add fuel to the fire.

.......

While Lin Xiu was comprehending the ancient primordial characters, Princess Wanlong was carefully storing three drops of True Dragon Immortality Elixir into a purple jade bottle.

After collecting the elixir of immortality, she suddenly remembered something and looked up at Lin Xiu.

"Brother Lin, it's perfect timing. I also have a business deal I'd like to discuss with you. Would you be willing to listen?"

"Oh?"

"What kind of business? Your Highness, please speak freely."

Lin Xiu raised an eyebrow in surprise. Good heavens, he'd just finished a deal with Princess Wanlong, and she was already thinking of doing another one with him. She was really trying to learn by analogy!

Princess Wanlong smiled slightly, her voice, though cool, now softened.

"The Imperial Scripture!"

“I am very interested in the Human Race Imperial Scripture that Brother Lin showed me before.”

"Although we are of different races, one human and one ancient, we both cultivate the True Dragon Path. Now that I am about to sever my own path, I wish to borrow the power of the human emperor to draw parallels and perfect my own path."

Like Ji Zi, Princess Wanlong was sealed into the divine source by her father after cultivating to the peak of the Great Power realm.

Now that the seal has been broken, it is natural to consider matters related to the severing of the Dao.

"I see... You want the Taihuang Sutra~"

Lin Xiu nodded. Given his status in the Great Xia Dynasty, it was still possible for him to give away an imperial scripture that could no longer be passed down.

"Yes, I am indeed qualified to pass on the teachings."

"However, the princess should be well aware of the principles of fair trade, right?"

Princess Wanlong chuckled and nodded.

"Of course, I don't have the habit of taking things from others for free."

"Brother Lin, just tell me what you want."

Ye Fan: "......."

As soon as Princess Wanlong uttered these words, before Lin Xiu could say anything, Ye Fan's expression became subtle.

Who was it that asked him for the imperial weapon and the elixir of immortality, and even wanted to take him as a servant?

So after all this, it turns out that being extorted wasn't entirely for nothing, right?

......

What do I want?

"To be honest, I do have two things that I need Wanlongchao's help with."

"What is it?" Princess Wanlong raised an eyebrow.

"My first request is for all the scriptures above the Saint level in the Myriad Dragon Nest."

"The second thing is that I feel something in the Dragon Nest is attracting and calling to me, so I want to swim and experience the Dragon Nest."

"this........"

Princess Wanlong frowned slightly.

Traveling to the Dragon Nest is no problem at all; she can even accompany Lin Xiu on his travels.