Chapter 227

"Moo~" The Dragon Whale struggled violently.

The four sea ships, including the three thousand Liu Tiannings, were all dragged along by the Dragon Whale.

The death throes of this behemoth were terrifying; a huge black cloud whirlpool appeared in the sky, even affecting Liu Tianning's Solar Term Tokens and cloud techniques.

"Release!"

Liu Tianning shouted.

"Release the chains!"

Pei Yuanchang immediately commanded the mechanism master group on the sea ship.

"Ka ka ka ka ka ka~" The mechanism rotated, the winch wheel spun rapidly, and the chains sank into the sea section by section.

The Dragon Whale instinctively dived, wanting to shake off the enemy.

But the Tough Vines Liu Tianning held and the God-Locking Chains on the sea ships were long enough.

The Dragon Whale dived five hundred meters and was still firmly bound.

"Retract!"

Following Liu Tianning's instructions, the Tough Vines and the God-Locking Chains on the sea ships began to retract, wrestling with the Dragon Whale.

The severe pain forced the Dragon Whale to surface from five hundred meters underwater, emerging from the water again.

"Pa!"

The three-hundred-meter-long fish tail slapped the sea surface; the waves surged wildly, impacting Liu Tianning and the surrounding sea ships.

"Beng beng beng~"

The sixth-order Tough Vines actually had layers of their skin cracked.

"This guy has great strength." Xia Jing looked at the behemoth below.

"And its vitality is vigorous." Chen Shijie's eyes were bright, "After receiving so many attacks, its life aura hasn't dropped much."

"Someone is coming over."

Zhao Xing frowned and looked to the east.

At this moment, the two brothers, Ji Ye and Ji Chen, who had already retreated, were sailing their warships closer.

Clearly, they had discovered the abnormality.

With such a big commotion, it was impossible for them not to know.

"Dragon Whale? Such a big Dragon Whale?!" Ji Ye was surprised; after seeing the Dragon Whale's body size, his heart began to thump.

"A great opportunity; this Dragon Whale definitely deserves to be called the greatest opportunity in the Extreme Night Sea!"

"Pass the order!"

"Let the five warships enter combat state, release all mechanism puppets! Wait for orders!"

"Release the Dragon Whale's coordinates and notify all major exploration groups!"

"Young Master, no." The strategist beside him changed his expression; he knew exactly what Ji Ye was thinking. "Liu Tianning might not be able to kill the Dragon Whale, but he definitely has the ability to kill us."

"Am I that stupid?" Ji Ye sneered, "Let Liu Tianning fight that big guy first, spread the news, and I'll have a chance to reap the benefits!"

"With so many exploration groups coming, can Liu Tianning kill them all?"

"The benefits of the Dragon Whale are big enough; I don't believe no one will be tempted!"

"Young Master, if it were two months ago, this plan might still be possible, but now it's hard to achieve; even if those exploration groups agree on the surface, I'm afraid they won't put in any effort." Strategist Zhang Wensong advised.

"No need to persuade me further, go do it!"

The strategist looked at Ji Ye, his eyes showing some disappointment.

After walking out of the room, Zhang Wensong looked up at the sky and couldn't help but shake his head.

"When Qin Chongwu and Huangfusong were killed, he didn't dare to fight, but now for the Dragon Whale, he dares to fight."

"Two months ago, when the six major exploration groups hadn't offered tribute to Liu Tianning, he didn't go to unite and resist. Now, two months later, everyone has already reaped enough benefits, yet he's thinking of uniting..."

Zhang Wensong's eyes flashed with a trace of disdain: "A child is not worth conspiring with; following him will sooner or later lead to disaster."

Thinking of this, Zhang Wensong went to his room, packed up all the rewards Ji Ye had given him, and even took off his fine clothes, placing them on the table.

Then he flew directly to Ji Chen's ship.

The Thirteenth Prince, Ji Chen, also discovered the Dragon Whale's commotion; he was also quite tempted and wanted to get a share of the spoils.

But his strategist advised: "If Young Master makes a move, you might not be able to snatch the Dragon Whale, and instead, you will offend Liu Tianning, the future leader of the True Self school."

"Then how does Sir think I should act?" Ji Chen asked.

"Help Liu Tianning." The strategist said, "The Dragon Whale's commotion is huge and will inevitably attract prying eyes from all sides; at this time, Young Master should block those troubles for Liu Tianning."

"Regardless of whether Liu Tianning is willing or not, as long as Young Master makes this move, he will have to accept this favor."

Ji Chen clapped his hands: "Sir's words make sense; whoever attacks Liu Tianning, I will attack them."

…………

After the Dragon Whale was locked, it struggled for three days and three nights.

Liu Tianning and Pei Yuanchang's four sea ships also followed along for three days and three nights.

With such a big commotion, it was naturally impossible to hide it from the other exploration groups.

Around the Dragon Whale, there were first Liu Tianning and Pei Yuanchang's forces.

Further out were the two top exploration groups, Ji Ye and Ji Chen.

After that were Xing Ming's joint exploration group, the direct grandson of the Tianjue Prince, and the exploration group of the Liang Prince's youngest son, Ji Dan.

During this period, the fifth-grade officials on the Ten Thousand Laws Tower Ship and the Hailan Warships were all prepared for battle.

To prevent anyone from interfering with Liu Tianning and stabbing him in the back.

And there really were people stabbing in the back; on the evening of the second day, Ji Ye's warship went to intercept the Dragon Whale's swimming area.

But before the people on the Ten Thousand Laws Tower Ship and the Hailan Warships could move, someone stood up to block the knife for Liu Tianning.

It was precisely Ji Ye's older brother, the Thirteenth Prince, Ji Chen.

The younger brother draws the knife, the older brother blocks it.

It left the other forces who wanted to fish in troubled waters only able to watch from the outside.

Because the two brothers were fighting, blocking the way.

And at the 9:00 AM hour of the fourth day.

The Dragon Whale's struggle finally weakened.

At 1:45 PM.

The Dragon Whale completely lost its resistance, and Liu Tianning took the opportunity to shatter the Dragon Whale's Life Soul.

Thus, although the Dragon Whale's body was not yet dead, its soul had already been extinguished.

"Sou sou sou sou sou~"

The Tough Vines were retracted from the Dragon Whale and returned to Liu Tianning's body.

Thus, the other forces could only sigh and give up the idea of fishing in troubled waters.

"Zhao Xing, come here."

Liu Tianning stood on the Dragon Whale's back and beckoned to Zhao Xing.

"Yes."

Zhao Xing immediately flew toward the Dragon Whale.

As for the others, they still watched from the boat.

Liu Tianning didn't call them, so they could only wait.

"Teacher, is it dead?"

"Sort of, but the essence of life still remains." Liu Tianning revealed a faint smile, "I didn't expect that after eating so many treasures, I would encounter this Dragon Whale that seizes the creation of heaven and earth today."

Liu Tianning pointed.

"Puchi~"

On the Dragon Whale's back, a group of golden light suddenly emerged.

"Putong~ Putong~"

The golden light pulsed as it contracted and expanded.

The Dragon Whale's Heart!

Zhao Xing resisted the urge to pounce over and just looked at this heart.

The Dragon Whale's heart was too big; even the largest cabin of the Blood Shadow Flying Ship couldn't hold it.

And this part was also the part containing the most spiritual essence.

"The Dragon Whale's heart, fins, and meat are all great tonics." Liu Tianning said, "However, the only thing useful to our master-disciple pair is the essence blood inside this Dragon Whale's heart."

Liu Tianning pointed, and the heart broke a hole, after which golden blood actually flowed out.

"Gulong~" A group of golden blood the size of a fist floated in front of Zhao Xing. "Eat, eat as much as you can."

"Many thanks, Teacher." Zhao Xing immediately stopped being polite, opened his mouth, and sucked this group of golden blood into his mouth.

"Putong~" "Putong~"

As the golden blood entered his body, Zhao Xing felt his heart suddenly beat violently.

His whole person expanded, and a golden phantom appeared around his body; this phantom was exactly Zhao Xing's appearance, but his body size was more than ten times larger, like a giant.

Wisps of aura flowed around his body; looking closely, one would find that this flowing aura was in the shape of a Dragon Whale.

Unlike the "fat" of Long Xiao and Xia Jing.

Zhao Xing's "fat" at this moment was the expansion of vitality.

The human race's life essence has an upper limit; this is heaven and earth's restriction on various races.

Being sixth-grade, the human race's lifespan is far inferior to the spirit turtle; this is the shackle restriction of life essence.

Now, this shackle was broken by the massive longevity spiritual essence, and Zhao Xing's lifespan upper limit became higher!

"The manifestation of life." Liu Tianning watched this scene, and he also consumed a group of golden blood.

However, the golden phantom around Liu Tianning's body was paler.

This was because his absorption speed was faster; in just an instant, the golden phantom merged into his body.

Liu Tianning began to consume the second group of golden blood, while Zhao Xing was still digesting.

By the time Liu Tianning ate the fourth group, the golden phantom on Zhao Xing's body slowly faded.

He began to consume the second group of blood.

The master and disciple stood on the whale's back, absorbing.

Liu Tianning absorbed until the tenth group of golden blood before stopping.

Afterward, Liu Tianning looked at the sky, lost in thought.

……

Zhao Xing's absorption speed was relatively slow, but he also absorbed ten groups of golden blood.

The golden phantom on his body faded, and Zhao Xing stood up in shock.

"Did the spiritual essence effect of this Dragon Whale really increase by 200 years?"

He looked at a record on the panel.

[You have consumed heaven and earth spiritual essence, heaven bestows its longevity, your extra lifespan is increased by 200 years]

[You have consumed heaven and earth spiritual essence, knowing your own fate.]

The panel also changed simultaneously.

[Remaining Lifespan: 478 years]

Zhao Xing looked at the panel and also began to ponder.

"Sixth-grade realm, normally one can only live three hundred years; previously, my extra lifespan increased to 178 years and then didn't move at all. According to my guess, under normal circumstances, if I don't cultivate, don't get promoted, and don't consume any longevity-increasing treasures, I only have a fate of 122 years."

"The natural lifespan of 122 years, plus the 178 years gained from national fortune longevity increase, longevity spiritual essence, etc., is exactly 300 years, which corresponds exactly to the theoretical limit lifespan of the sixth grade."

"Now, I am twenty-two, but I can still live for 478 years."

"It's equivalent to my limit lifespan already being comparable to the fourth grade."

"Does this mean that if I reach the first grade, I can break the theoretical limit of 800 years for first-grade officials?" Zhao Xing pondered.

Logically speaking, this limit could only be broken during the Martial Emperor's era.

But the world is full of wonders, and the upgrading of a Cave Heaven is something rare to see in hundreds of thousands of years.

Perhaps, he really had already broken the 800-year limit.

"Old Liu also ate ten times." Zhao Xing secretly thought, "If my guess is correct, he should also be like this."

Verifying the guess was actually very simple.

When he promotes to fifth grade and accepts the national fortune baptism, if his lifespan can still increase, it means that after consuming the Dragon Whale spiritual essence, the theoretical limit lifespan has already been broken.

If he reaches the fifth and fourth grades and his lifespan doesn't increase, it means he hasn't broken the heaven and earth limit of the big world, but only obtained the fourth-grade lifespan in advance in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven.

Having fourth-grade longevity at the sixth grade is also a benefit; even if he never gets promoted, he can live for five hundred years.

One must know that Dantai Ming, this fourth-grade official, theoretically can only live for five hundred years, and normally he wouldn't even reach his theoretical lifespan.

"It should be that the limit has been broken, which is why there is the phrase 'heaven bestows its longevity' on the panel!"

"Heavenly longevity is broken, and the next longevity bottleneck for officials is one thousand years."

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Xing raised his head.

He saw that the heart was still emitting golden light; he and Liu Tianning had only eaten half of it.

"The giant whale's bone marrow is still helpful to you." Liu Tianning turned around. "You still have two hours to eat."

"Teacher, what do you mean?" Zhao Xing was puzzled.

Liu Tianning pointed to the Dragon Whale's heart and said: "I told you before that I have already eaten all the longevity-increasing treasures I could eat at the fifth-grade stage."

"Now that the heaven and earth spiritual essence contained in this Dragon Whale's heart can still let me continue to absorb it, it means that my longevity limit has already been broken."

"This matter is of great importance; I have already reported it to the Rahu Prince." Liu Tianning said, "A Prince will soon come to handle this Dragon Whale."

"So, you must hurry."

Hearing Liu Tianning say this, Zhao Xing immediately began to absorb the Dragon Whale's marrow.

Liu Tianning's three thousand Dharma bodies had long since cut the Dragon Whale into many parts.

He now only needed to eat what was ready.

"Dragon Whale Marrow."

Zhao Xing held a huge dragon bone, knocking on the bone to suck the marrow.

Hot, a scorching feeling instantly spread throughout his body; Zhao Xing felt like he had been thrown into a furnace.

His skin, flesh, acupoints, meridians, and bones were all plated with a layer of gold.

"Ah——" Zhao Xing knelt on the ground, showing a look of pain.

The Dragon Whale's marrow contains Yuan Soul spiritual essence; its effect is to strengthen the physical body!

This Dragon Whale was simply a treasure from head to toe.

"Hu~ Hu~"

An hour later.

Zhao Xing panted, sweat flowing continuously.

Now, his bone body was emitting golden light.

[You have consumed Dragon Whale bone marrow, your physique has undergone a transformation, from 'Golden Bone Birth' to 'Golden Bone Great Success'!]

"Huh?" Zhao Xing was stunned.

The Dragon Whale's marrow had actually forcibly pulled his physical body to the level of "Golden Bone Great Success."

He grabbed a bone casually; the Dragon Whale's bone was originally very hard and required a divine weapon to knock it to pieces.

But now, he used a little force—

"Pa!"

The hard Dragon Whale bone was actually crushed.

Looking at his own palm, Zhao Xing fell into deep thought.

His physical strength had increased by more than several times.

And a sense of ease came from his sea of consciousness.

"The Life Soul resides in the womb; my physical body has become stronger, and the Life Soul no longer has a sense of confinement, becoming free."

A stronger physical body is a good thing.

If someone gets close, he won't die from one hit, and his vitality has become more tenacious.

Entering the Yuan Soul Realm in the future will also be much easier.

"If I encounter any spell forbidden zones or extreme environments, possessing this golden bone and knowing a little bit of martial arts, my ability to save my life will also be greatly improved."

There was nothing good to eat next; for Zhao Xing, the other parts were already useless.

Unless he could break through his current realm.

And when he finished sucking the Dragon Whale's marrow, it was already two hours later.

…………

Two hours later, a Golden Dragon warship appeared in the Extreme Night Sea.

There was a flag on the warship, with a bow and arrow emitting a faint golden light.

"Rahu Prince's warship?"

"Why did he come?"

The various forces in the Extreme Night Sea couldn't help but be surprised.

Since the eruption of spiritual essence in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven, the three Princes were appearing in public for the first time.

The Golden Dragon warship flew next to the Ten Thousand Laws Tower Ship.

"Shua~"

Afterward, three phantoms landed on the Dragon Whale's back.

They were precisely the Tianyan Prince, the Rahu Prince, and the Lingde Prince.

"Subordinate Zhao Xing, pays respects to the Rahu Prince, Tianyan Prince, and Lingde Prince."

"Exempt from courtesy." The Rahu Prince nodded lightly.

Afterward, the three Princes scanned the Dragon Whale, especially the golden Dragon Whale heart.

"How is it?" The Rahu Prince looked at the Tianyan Prince.

"It indeed has miraculous aspects." The Tianyan Prince nodded, "It seems it swallowed too much spiritual essence, and it has already undergone a qualitative leap."

"Liu Tianning, take your disciple back to the ship." The Rahu Prince ordered.

"Yes." Liu Tianning immediately took Zhao Xing and flew away from the Dragon Whale, returning to the Ten Thousand Laws Tower Ship.

Immediately after, the Rahu Prince, Tianyan Prince, and Lingde Prince sealed the surrounding space.

Flags emerged and landed above the Dragon Whale.

Like a sky curtain, no one could see the situation inside.

…………

Four hours later, the sky curtain barrier dissipated.

The Dragon Whale's heart had disappeared, and no one knew where it went.

The three Princes didn't explain anything, got back on the Golden Dragon warship, and left the Extreme Night Sea.

Zhao Xing watched the warship leave, lost in thought.

The spiritual essence items of the Extreme Night Sea are useless once they leave the area, but it also depends on who takes action.

Clearly, the three Princes used special means to take that heart away.

"I hadn't heard of the Dragon Whale in my previous life; it seems it was indeed a Prince-level action, and they sealed the news." Zhao Xing guessed.

However, the Rahu Prince and the others only took the heart.

They didn't pay any attention to the other parts.

Liu Tianning and Pei Yuanchang spent another three days cutting up the precious parts of the Dragon Whale.

The other members on the Ten Thousand Laws Tower Ship also received Dragon Whale meat.

Although the quality wasn't as high as the Dragon Whale's heart, it still had great attraction for fifth-grade officials.

Especially the Dragon Whale bone marrow, which could strengthen the physical body, which was of great help for the subsequent promotion to the fourth grade.

Chen Shijie, Xia Jing, Long Xiao, Ji Ziyun, Murong Xue, Ji Zixuan, Liu Cheng'an, Wu Ting... every member of Liu Tianning's exploration group had a share.

A few days later, many people became "fat" because of the excessive accumulation of vitality.

Even the mountain cat ate until its belly was round, and its body expanded by a circle.

"Time to go back."

Zhao Xing stood on the Ten Thousand Laws Tower Ship, looking at the people below sharing the fish, and glanced at the almanac.

Today was already July 2nd!

"Now I have no more requests for the Ten Suns Cave Heaven; even if there are still some leftovers, it doesn't matter." Zhao Xing secretly thought.

"Just in time to use the excuse of digesting vitality and honing spells to stay in Yangcheng and not go out."

The Ten Suns in the Sky is at the end of August, but Zhao Xing decided to stop at the beginning of July.

Because the harvest had already exceeded the original expectations, and now was the time to get away.

No one knew if it would happen early this time, or what other additional variables would occur.

July 3rd, Zhao Xing followed Liu Tianning's Ten Thousand Laws Tower Ship and returned to Yangcheng.

At this time, there were less than two months left until the Ten Suns in the Sky.

Returning to the Eighteen Locust Willow Courtyard, Zhao Xing entered a dream, sorting out the exploration experience of more than three months to prevent omissions.

Walking into the memory palace in the dream, when he watched the "Heavenly Gate Deduction" segment, Zhao Xing's expression changed.

At this moment, he took the initiative to enter and recall, and he remembered this sealed memory.

"The Ten Suns in the Sky is actually related to the Profound Heaven Sect? And might even be related to the Liang Prince?" Zhao Xing pondered.

The original intention of him sealing this memory was because his own strength was too weak.

But now, knowing Liu Tianning's strength and discovering that old Liu's backer was the Rahu Prince, he had some other thoughts.

"Profound Heaven Sect, Ten Suns in the Sky..." Zhao Xing pondered.

Tomorrow this volume should be wrapped up, and the Qinggang Mining Area won't be written much more, so I'm a bit stuck; writing five thousand today, everyone please forgive me.