90: A dragon's roar! The Blood-Lined Flood Dragon has been born! All sides are in turmoil!

Chapter 90: Dragon Roar! The Bloodline Flood Dragon Emerges! All Sides Stirred!

Inside the temporary Immortal Cave, Lu Qiu was carefully processing the carcass of the Green Water Python.

"Panlong River is truly a famous perilous land within the Yuanwu Kingdom; Yao Beasts roam everywhere, but it is indeed full of Opportunity," Lu Qiu sighed as he used his spiritual power to cut through the tough snake skin.

A Third-Tier Demonic Beast is a treasure from head to toe, especially a venomous water-attribute Yao Beast like the Green Water Python, whose Materials have wide-ranging uses.

Those two broken fangs, though damaged, still contained alarming toxicity; with a bit of Artifact Refining, they could be made into insidious flying needle-type Magical Artifacts.

The intact venom sac was an even better material for refining poison Medicinal Pills or coating poison blades.

The emerald-green scales were hard and possessed water-attribute resistance, making them excellent material for crafting armor and shields.

The snake tendons were exceptionally tough and could be used to make bowstrings or whip-type Magical Artifacts.

The snake bones, meat, and blood also had their uses, whether for Alchemy or beast rearing... These Materials were enough for Lu Qiu to refine several good Top-Tier Magical Artifacts. If he could find a suitable Artifact Refiner and combine them with other rare Materials, he might even be able to refine Peak-Grade Top-Tier Magical Artifacts.

"This trip was not in vain." Lu Qiu sealed the categorized Materials one by one and put them into his Storage Pouch.

The carcass of this Third-Tier Middle-Rank Demonic Beast alone was worth far more than the net worth of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Afterward, he sat cross-legged and began to focus his mind on recovering the "Spirit Shocking Thorn" he had consumed today.

Firing five at once was no small burden on his Divine Sense, and they needed to be nurtured and replenished in a timely manner.

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The next day, as the first light of dawn appeared.

Lu Qiu punctually reviewed today's newly organized Opportunity information.

[white information: Twelve miles downstream, in a tomb washed away by floods, several copper coins are scattered, tainted with a wisp of Yin Qi, which can be used to refine a Yin Gathering Talisman.]

[silver information: Eight miles upstream, in a shaded rock crevice on the 'Eagle Beak Rock' cliff by the river, a 'ink jade orchid' with a medicinal age of five hundred and twenty years is growing and is about to mature.]

[silver information: Late Foundation Establishment Stage Loose Cultivator Zhang Qiu was ambushed and killed in a single strike by a hidden Fifth-level Demonic Beast, a Bloodline Flood Dragon, while investigating Yao Beast traces at 'Huilong Bay', ten miles downstream of the Panlong River. His Storage Pouch sank into the riverbed silt along with his body.]

"Bloodline Flood Dragon! A Fifth-level Demonic Beast!" Lu Qiu's pupils suddenly contracted!

There really was a flood dragon in the Panlong River!

And it was a Fifth-level Demonic Beast equivalent to a human in the Core Formation Stage!

The strength of a Fifth-level Demonic Beast could be compared to the Middle Stage Core Formation.

No wonder even his Revered Master, Li Huayuan, had waited here bitterly for thirty years back then and returned empty-handed!

Such an existence was not something an ordinary Core Formation Cultivator could easily plot against!

"A Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator... was actually killed in a single strike..." Lu Qiu felt a chill in his heart.

For Zhang Qiu to be able to Cultivate to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, he was certainly no mediocre hand and must have had many life-saving means, yet he didn't even have a chance to react. The horror of this Bloodline Flood Dragon was far beyond imagination.

As for that Storage Pouch that had sunk to the riverbed... Lu Qiu shook his head.

He absolutely wouldn't dare to go and retrieve it in the near future.

When a flood dragon appears, it is bound to be alert.

That Bloodline Flood Dragon was very likely still lingering in the nearby waters, perhaps already viewing Huilong Bay as its hunting ground.

Going there with his meager cultivation would be no different from seeking death.

"Forget it, even if the treasure is good, one must be alive to enjoy it." Lu Qiu suppressed the trace of regret in his heart and decided to stay away from that area for now.

He stood up, left the Immortal Cave, and flew toward "Eagle Beak Rock" eight miles upstream.

Eagle Beak Rock was a protruding cliff shaped like a hawk's head, and the terrain was steep.

Lu Qiu soon found that soon-to-mature "ink jade orchid" in a narrow rock crevice on the shaded side.

This orchid was pitch black as ink, with thick leaves and a flower bud at the tip, emitting a faint fragrance and pure Wood Spiritual Qi.

Its medicinal age indeed exceeded five hundred years, making it an excellent primary ingredient for refining certain Medicinal Pills for strengthening the foundation, nurturing the origin, and detoxification.

Lu Qiu carefully dug it out along with the soil, placed it in a jade box with a Seal, and quickly returned to his Immortal Cave.

Throughout the process, he maintained a high level of vigilance, his Divine Sense constantly monitoring the river surface and the surrounding mountain forests, fearing the Bloodline Flood Dragon might suddenly appear or that he might be targeted by other high-level Cultivators who had heard the news.

Only after returning to the Immortal Cave and laying down a Formation did Lu Qiu breathe a sigh of relief.

He decided not to go out for a while, peacefully waiting for the information on the Golden Core Immortal Cave to be reorganized, avoiding the crisis that might be triggered by contact with the Bloodline Flood Dragon.

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At the third mark of the Shen hour.

Inside the temporary Immortal Cave, Lu Qiu was sitting cross-legged in meditation, circulating his Qi through the heavenly cycles to nurture his spiritual power.

Suddenly—

"Roar—!!!"

A low, majestic roar that seemed to come from the primordial desolation, containing supreme majesty and violence, suddenly exploded between heaven and earth like thunder from the Nine Heavens!

This sound did not travel through the air but directly shook the Spiritual Qi, sweeping through like a physical sonic wave!

The entire temporary Immortal Cave was trembling slightly! The Formation's light barrier rippled violently!

Lu Qiu was instantly startled awake and snapped his eyes open!

"Dragon Roar!"

In a flash, he rushed out of the Immortal Cave and stood at the edge of the cliff, his gaze like lightning as he scanned the river surface.

He saw that on the broad surface of the Panlong River, the waves were even more turbulent, as if they were boiling.

In the distant horizon, a dark red, mountain-like giant phantom could be faintly seen flashing through the river mist before plunging into the water and vanishing.

That soul-shaking Dragon Roar seemed to come from very far away, but its lingering power was still heart-pounding.

"It really is the Bloodline Flood Dragon! Judging by this momentum, it's definitely not something an ordinary Fifth-level Demonic Beast can compare to! It's probably close to the Level Six!" Lu Qiu was shocked.

At the same time, upstream and downstream of the Panlong River, in different directions, a dozen or so Escape Lights of various colors suddenly lit up, each emitting a powerful aura without exception!

These Escape Lights were extremely fast, making no attempt to hide their cultivation. The lowest was at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, and among them was one aura as deep as the sea, with spiritual power fluctuations far exceeding Foundation Establishment—it was a Core Formation Stage Cultivator!

They were clearly all startled by that Dragon Roar, or perhaps they had been prepared long ago, and were now all heading toward the direction from which the roar had come.

They were likely racing toward the area of "Huilong Bay" downstream!

In the sky, powerful Spiritual Pressure crisscrossed, causing the wind and clouds to change color.

Clearly, these Cultivators were all after the Bloodline Flood Dragon!

Whether to slay the demon, seize treasure, or make a name for themselves!

After all, a flood dragon is a treasure from head to toe!

"I wonder if that fallen Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator Zhang Qiu was one of them..." Lu Qiu thought to himself as his gaze swept over those receding Escape Lights.

Presumably, a world-shaking battle between man and flood dragon was about to break out near Huilong Bay!

However, Lu Qiu had no interest in this.

"A Fifth-level Demonic Beast occupying the right time and place, and in its home field of the Panlong River... these Cultivators, even with a Core Formation Stage leading them, will likely suffer heavy casualties." Lu Qiu shook his head, having no intention of following to watch the excitement.

There are countless opportunities in the cultivation world, but the prerequisite is to act within one's capabilities.

Seeking an Opportunity that is beyond one's ability is the path to death.

As for Zhang Qiu's Storage Pouch at the bottom of the river... he could only wait for this storm to pass, until the Bloodline Flood Dragon was either slain, heavily injured and in hiding, or had left those waters, before looking for a chance to check it out.

Hopefully, by then, the Storage Pouch wouldn't have been washed away by the river or discovered by some other Cultivator looking for easy pickings.

Lu Qiu stopped watching and turned back into the Immortal Cave, opening all his protective and concealment Formations to their maximum.

The next few days near the Panlong River were destined not to be peaceful.

With high-level Cultivators gathering and Yao Beasts becoming restless, acts of killing for treasure and looting during the chaos would likely be frequent.

He didn't want to get inexplicably caught up in this mess, becoming cannon fodder in someone else's fight or being casually wiped out by some passing expert.

"Meditate in peace and wait for the Immortal Cave Opportunity to be reorganized; the troubles of the outside world have nothing to do with me." Lu Qiu sat down cross-legged again, focusing his mind and immersing himself in his own cultivation and his comprehension of the profound mechanism array canon and Xuanji Pupil.

Outside the Immortal Cave, the echoes of the Dragon Roar seemed to still linger on the river surface.

And the undercurrents in the heart of the river had already become even more turbulent.