Chapter 342

Heishanyang lifted its head, its pair of upright eyes staring at Mother Long Ming, it slowly approached, standing beside Chen Chuyang, feeling the overflowing aura, the power shaking the bloodline; Heishanyang was somewhat puzzled, somewhat unable to comprehend.

In the depths of those eyes lay deep bewilderment; the person and the sheep said nothing, merely staring at each other.

After a long while, Chen Chuyang felt the aura on Mother's body grow dense; the spiritual qi of heaven and earth from Longshe Shan gathered upon her, yet it seemed insufficient. Chen Chuyang hastily opened the Ascending Dragon Pool, reactivating the painstakingly accumulated energy, carefully guiding Mother into the Ascending Dragon Pool—all of this, Long Ming remained unaware.

After entering the Ascending Dragon Pool, Chen Chuyang activated the pool, then poured in some Wild Dragon Snake flesh to increase energy, thereby supplementing the energy Mother needed; after the four Dragon Blood Pills she had swallowed were completely digested, her body still required a large amount of energy, especially dragon blood.

Thus to activate the dragon blood within her body, the dragon's bloodline, Chen Chuyang sensed that bloodline aura deep within Mother's body—there was no mistake.

He poured in most of the Wild Dragon Snake's fresh blood, without time to feel sorry; for Mother's sake, to let her awaken better and recondense her inner core, Chen Chuyang gave his all, pouring in a great deal, and whenever it was insufficient, he added more.

Three days passed in a flash.

Most of the energy inside the Ascending Dragon Pool entered Mother's body; Chen Chuyang had made nine injections, the energy Mother needed was vast, far exceeding that of Father and the others, only slightly less than what Chen Chuyang had initially absorbed.

Such a physique, such energy absorption, could easily burst the body; Chen Chuyang stopped the infusion, Mother's body had reached its limit and could no longer devour more; he folded his arms, watching cautiously, ready to act at once if anything happened.

Heishanyang, seeing Long Ming stabilize, asked doubtfully, "Kid, what bloodline does your mother actually have? Why is it so terrifying?"

Even though it was well-informed, at this moment it also wanted to confirm, or rather, it had formed an answer deep inside, though not entirely certain.

After all, such a bloodline is rarely seen, and it simply cannot appear in this world; it's utterly impossible.

Heishanyang was somewhat doubtful and wanted to confirm again.

Chen Chuyang spread his hands: "I don't know; wait until Mother wakes up, then you can ask her."

To be honest, Chen Chuyang truly does not know—Mother's bloodline, her origin, everything about her, she has never spoken; Father doesn't know either; in the entire Chen Clan, only Mother knows, no one else does.

All that is known is that Mother is the daughter-in-law Father brought back from a mission, after which she has lived in the Chen Clan, laboring for the clan, bearing three children for Chen Yuan, becoming the matriarch of the Chen Clan; over the years, Long Ming has earned the acknowledgment and respect of everyone in the Chen Clan, even more so than Father Chen Yuan.

Besides Mother's identity, there is also her strength; Long Ming rarely acts, yet no one in the Chen Clan dares to be presumptuous before her—in fact, when facing Mother, the Chen Clan members dare not even breathe, fearing her more than they fear Father.

If one were to ask who truly holds authority in the Chen Clan, many would tacitly agree it is Mother, not Father.

Regarding Mother's identity, Chen Chuyang is unaware and has not inquired; he dislikes probing into origins, and if Mother does not speak, he will not force her to.

When Mother wishes to speak of it, she will naturally tell Chen Chuyang.

"You don't know either?" Heishanyang exclaimed in surprise.

Its eyes narrowed, as if it did not quite believe Chen Chuyang's words.

Chen Chuyang stared straight at Heishanyang and asked, "What guesses do you have? Speak freely."

Heishanyang shook its head, said nothing, and merely kept staring at Chen Chuyang.

The person and the sheep remained silent, just waiting like that.

"Hum."

Chen Chuyang swiftly pressed down with both hands to Protector; that turmoil, that momentum, was instantly sealed within the Ascending Dragon Pool, not allowed to leak out, nor to damage any spiritual herbs of Longshe Shan.

A small carp in Yu Tang twitched, opened its eyes, seeking the source of that pressure; sensing danger, it spotted Chen Chuyang, froze for a moment, then closed its eyes again and continued cultivating.

Inside the storage bag, the Wild Dragon Snake egg trembled violently, sensing danger; it flew up, panicked, trying to escape the storage bag, but Chen Chuyang soothed it, and it returned to its original spot to wait.

Chen Chuyang stared at Mother's body; an inner core was condensing.

All the energy in the Ascending Dragon Pool was completely devoured; the spiritual qi of Longshe Shan also flowed toward her, countless streams entering her illusory inner core; Chen Chuyang opened his palms, transmitting true qi to Mother, while Heishanyang was not idle either, opening its mouth to spit out a cluster of pure demonic power into that inner core.

With the true qi and inner core input from Chen Chuyang and company, that inner core ceased absorbing heavenly and earthly qi, instead digesting the two clusters of energy; still insufficient, Chen Chuyang once more transmitted true qi, primordial true qi entering the inner core, which rapidly solidified, swift as a few breaths, the inner core expanded tenfold.

Above it emanated terrifying Dragon Might, along with the aura of Chen Chuyang's primordial true qi.

"Hum."

The spinning inner core hovered above Mother's head, and the sky above seemed to have changed.

Yet no heavenly tribulation appeared; Chen Chuyang ceased transmitting true qi, this transmission having cost him one-third of his true qi, for Mother needed too much energy—had they not come to Longshe Shan, she would likely have failed to condense her inner core.

The inner core had solidified, bearing Dragon Might upon it; Chen Chuyang focused his gaze, observing this inner core, which was roughly similar to the Wild Dragon Snake inner core absorbed within his body, but no—it was far more terrifying than the Wild Dragon Snake inner core, its pressure even more intimidating.

The Wild Dragon Snake inner core merged with his body, continually transforming it and rapidly raising his cultivation; this time, it consumed a portion of the Wild Dragon Snake inner core's energy, for the two were originally of the same source; Mother's inner core was absorbed intact and unharmed, completing the process of recondensing the inner core, a process Chen Chuyang witnessed from start to finish.

In his heart, he gained a new insight into condensing the inner core.

His cultivation rose accordingly.

Regarding the inner core, he gained another kind of insight.

This insight was strange; Chen Chuyang was still seeing for the first time the process of condensing a dragon core, Mother's inner core differing from an ordinary one—this was a dragon core, possessing the dragon's aura, Mother's identity, it seemed…

This dragon core was purer, more terrifying, and more intimidating than the Wild Dragon Snake inner core.

Mother's strength was gradually recovering; this was not her first time condensing a dragon core.

The absence of heavenly tribulation signified that Mother was merely restoring her cultivation.

"Dragon core."

"Indeed a dragon core, so her identity cannot be wrong."

"But why would she appear here, and moreover unite with humans—this is too…"