Wang Daoyuan followed Taigong into the cave. There were still long stone steps below.
They walked down the stone steps for more than 200 feet and arrived at a platform.
On this platform, there was a fork in the road.
Taigong pointed at the stone steps that continued to extend downwards and said, "This is the escape route left behind by the family. When the ancestor was still alive, he spent more than 200 years to extend it to the northeast corner of the family territory, which is near Tie Qiu Peak."
After saying that, he led Wang Daoyuan to the fork in the road.
After walking for more than 100 feet, there was another door in front of them. This door was protected by a large array.
Taigong took out a token and injected spiritual power into it.
The token flickered, and the door opened automatically. An aura that made one's legs go weak came out.
This aura was much stronger than that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.
Moreover, this aura was mixed with a feeling that made one want to worship it.
This should be the dragon's aura.
How powerful was the dragon's aura that could make non-aquatic creatures want to worship it?
After the two of them used the Water Dragon Armor, they immediately felt better. The dragon's aura was gone. It seemed that the Arowana recognized them as family.
After walking a few feet into the door, they saw a stone platform inside. On the platform was an aqua-blue spirit beast with a dragon head and a fish body. Its image was exactly the same as the Wang family's emblem.
The entire Arowana was more than 30 feet long, and the dragon head was more than 5 feet long.
Looking at the size alone, it was really nothing. Yun Yi's waist circumference was more than 30 feet.
However, this Arowana's dragon head was indeed extraordinary. Its head was like a camel's, its horns were like a deer's, its eyes were like a rabbit's, and its ears were like a cow's. There was no obvious difference between it and the legendary True Dragon.
It was not easy for ordinary dragon species to be similar to True Dragons in one or two aspects.
For an Arowana whose dragon head was no different from a True Dragon, how high was the concentration of its dragon blood?
If it did not die, it might transform into a True Dragon in the future.
Behind the dragon head was a fish body that was more than 20 feet long and a tail that was more than 6 feet long.
Moreover, this Arowana did not look like it had been dead for hundreds of years. Instead, it looked like it was asleep.
A level-4 dragon species was full of treasures.
Dragon pearls, dragon horns, dragon scales, dragon bones, dragon tendons, and so on were all good materials for refining level-4 artifacts.
The Dragonfish died in battle before the Old Ancestor. Later, it was said that the Old Ancestor ate the Dragonfish meat and refined it into a few magic weapons.
Back then, the old ancestor did have a magic weapon refined from dragon horns and dragon bones.
Everyone thought that the rumors were true. Even Wang Daoyuan didn't know that the Arowana's body was still there.
If it weren't for this rumor, the Arowana's carcass would have been destroyed.
The Wang Family's Water Dragon Technique had some dragon's might, which was imitated from the Arowana.
However, the Dragon Aura of the Water Dragon Technique was nothing compared to the Arowana.
Wang Daoyuan had always felt that his Water Dragon Technique wasn't as powerful as it was rumored to be.
Back then, the Grand Ancestor's Water Dragon Art could instantly kill opponents of a higher cultivation level, while his Water Dragon Art could only defeat opponents of the same cultivation level.
Fifth Uncle and Twelfth Uncle's Water Dragon Art could only fight against cultivators with slightly higher cultivation bases.
Looking at it now, it lacked the charm.
The Grand Ancestor had fought side by side with the Arowana for hundreds of years. The Water Dragon Technique had the charm of the Arowana, so it was naturally more powerful.
Wang Daoyuan looked at the Arowana's body and felt that it looked a little like a Qing River Carp. He asked in confusion, "Grand Elder, why do I feel that the Arowana's body looks a little like a Qing River Carp?"
Grand Elder stroked his long beard and said with a smile, "You have good taste. The Arowana's predecessor was a Qing River Carp.
However, it was a mutant among the Qing River Carps.
Back when the Grand Ancestor obtained the Arowana, it was only a foot long and looked no different from an ordinary Qing River Carp. However, it was already a low-grade Rank Two spirit beast.
There were indeed Qing River Carps that could break through to Rank Two, but they were all old fishes that had lived for hundreds of years and were dozens of feet long.
The Grand Ancestor saw that it was extraordinary, so he raised it in the Jade Dragon Spring.
It ate the Jade Dragon Algae in the Jade Dragon Spring, and after decades, it broke through to Rank Three.
After the breakthrough, a patch of reverse golden scales grew out from the bottom of its throat.
This was something that only dragons with a high concentration of dragon blood could grow.
Even for flood dragons, only a few of them could grow reverse scales.
The Grand Ancestor nurtured it wholeheartedly. Later on, the Arowana slowly grew horns and even comprehended the Dragon Clan's water-controlling ability.
After the Arowana broke through to Rank Four, it grew into its current appearance.
Unfortunately, if it didn't die, it might have a chance to break through to Rank Five in the future. "
Wang Daoyuan was a little surprised. There was a rumor in the outside world that the Wang Family's Arowana was an ordinary spirit fish.
However, it had always been treated as a rumor. Basically, no one believed it. Wang Daoyuan didn't believe it himself.
He didn't expect the rumor to be true.
He thought of the hundreds of Qing River Carps he raised in the Spiritual Pearl's space, and there were a few Rank Two ones.
However, those Rank Two Qing River Carps had lived for hundreds of years, and he had never seen one that could break through to Rank Two at a foot long.
Grand Elder bowed three times to the Arowana and then used a secret technique to make the Arowana open its mouth.
A blue pearl with a diameter of about nine inches appeared in the Arowana's mouth.
However, the Dragon Pearl was covered in cracks as if it would shatter with a touch.
Grand Elder asked, "Can this Dragon Pearl be used?"
Wang Daoyuan shook his head and said, "The damage is too severe. It will shatter after a few uses. I don't have the means to repair it.
It's good to use it as a one-time use Dharmic artifact, but it's still lacking when used to refine a Natal Dharmic Artifact.
However, I can extract its essence to upgrade my Natal Dharmic Artifact. "
Grand Elder sighed and said, "The Dragon Pearl is indeed too severely damaged. The ancestor left behind two secret techniques.
One is for Violet Palace Realm cultivators to consume the Dragon Pearl and gain strength comparable to Golden Core cultivators for a short period of time. After that, the Violet Palace Realm cultivator will explode and die.
The other is for Golden Core cultivators to use it to control the Arowana's body.
Unfortunately, after the defeat, the Wang Family didn't leave the Violet Palace Realm for three hundred years, let alone Golden Core cultivators. "
Then, he handed a jade slip, jade sword, and token to Wang Daoyuan and smiled. "I'm not far from death, so I'll leave these things to you.
Although Zhi An triggered the Arowana phenomenon when he opened his Violet Palace Realm, his aptitude can only be considered above average.
The Wang Family's future depends on you and Shouye.
When you form your Golden Core in the future, you might be able to repair the Dragon Pearl.
By the way, what phenomenon did you trigger when you opened your Violet Palace Realm? "
Wang Daoyuan didn't stand on ceremony with Grand Elder and smiled. "When I opened my Violet Palace Realm, I triggered the phenomenon of the Five Elements Divine Beast."
Grand Elder was stunned for a long time before he said excitedly, "Good! Good! Good! My Wang Family's prosperity is imminent!
Those who could produce divine beasts in their Violet Palace Anomalies were all famous experts after forming their Golden Cores.
According to the family's records, when the ancestor opened his Violet Palace Realm back then, the phenomenon was a water dragon.
Although they're all dragons, there's a difference in status. The water dragon is far inferior to the azure dragon.
I didn't expect that you could trigger the phenomenon of the Five Elements Divine Beast. "
Grand Elder used a secret technique to shut the Arowana's mouth.
Wang Daoyuan didn't have the ability to move the Arowana's corpse, so he could only leave it here.
The two of them left the door and reactivated the array.
Grand Elder said, "In the future, when you want to comprehend the True Dragon's charm, you can come here.
Every time you're done, remember to activate the array.
This array has the function of protecting the Arowana's corpse. If you don't activate the array, there might be problems with the Arowana's corpse. "
Wang Daoyuan nodded and followed Grand Elder back to the secret treasury.
After taking a few pieces of Black Iron Crystals, they left the secret treasury.
The materials for the Black Tortoise Shield were all prepared, and he could start refining it at any time.
Now, Wang Daoyuan was still thinking about something else, and that was the Jade Dragon Algae.
The Jade Dragon Algae could allow aquatic beasts to evolve. If he could plant it in large quantities and feed it to the Qing River Carp, it wouldn't be impossible to cultivate another Arowana in the future.
Although the Jade Dragon Algae had high requirements for its living environment, it was still a spiritual plant. With the Spiritual Fire of Life, it might be able to survive in the Spiritual Pearl's space.
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