Chapter 62: Three Volumes of Water Control

"Where did you go, Young Master? You made me look hard for you!"

Su Yuanshan smiled slightly.

"It's nothing, I was just walking by the lake. By the way, what brings you to find me so late at night, Princess?"

Ao Fangling looked at him and said.

"I heard from my father that he gave you the third volume of our family's 'Green Billows Water Control Art'?"

Seeing Su Yuanshan nod, Ao Fangling then said.

"The 'Green Billows Water Control Art' is divided into three volumes in total. The first volume is called 'Mist Rain', the second volume is called 'Clear Rain', and this third volume is also the most difficult to learn. Apart from my great-great-grandfather, no one has been able to comprehend it, including my father. Its name is 'Cold Rain'."

As she spoke, she actually took out two more green jade slips and handed them to Su Yuanshan.

"These two volumes are copies of the first and second volumes of the 'Green Billows Water Control Art'. I hope they are useful to you!"

Su Yuanshan felt a bit surprised, but he accepted them nonetheless.

"My thanks to the Princess!"

Compared to the Profound Underworld True Fire—Red Lotus, because of the bonuses from the two divine offices of 'Cloud Raising' and 'Rainfall', this 'Green Billows Water Control Art' seemed to be of more value to him.

Seeing Su Yuanshan accept them, Ao Fangling seemed to heave a sigh of relief.

"No need for formalities. After all, you saved my life; no matter how I repay you, it wouldn't be too much.

However, although this secret technique has been given to you, whether you can master it depends on your own fortune. After all, there has never been a precedent of our Dongting Dragon Clan's secret techniques being passed on to outsiders."

Su Yuanshan smiled. He seemed to be able to feel Ao Fangling's sincerity, and after pondering for a moment, he stopped hiding it.

"Actually, those words the Princess just said really did surprise me a little?"

Ao Fangling seemed to have a look of confusion.

"Surprised? Why surprised?"

Su Yuanshan reached out and beckoned, and that green slip appeared before his eyes, opening automatically.

He spoke to himself.

"This volume is not as profound, difficult to understand, or extremely hard to practice as the Princess said."

Seemingly afraid that he would not believe it, he channeled his spiritual power secretly. In an instant, a water ball appeared in his hand, but soon cold mist rose from his palm, and that water ball turned into an ice ball in the blink of an eye. This scene left Dragon Princess Sangongzhu dumbfounded, and she said in a lost voice.

"You... how did you do that?"

"Naturally, the key is spirit..."

He had originally wanted to say, 'The key is spiritual power'.

Because he had tried using divine power before and failed, what supported the operation of the third volume, 'Cold Rain', should be spiritual power rather than divine power. But as soon as the words left his mouth, he realized that perhaps Ao Fangling, and even their entire Dongting Dragon Clan, did not possess the possibility of cultivating the kind of spiritual power he had; otherwise, how could one explain why they could not cultivate this third volume at all?

So he changed his words on the spot and said.

"The key to this is naturally the need for flexible application!"

"Flexible application?" Ao Fangling seemed to fall into deep thought. Soon, she raised her head and smiled slightly.

"I still don't understand. It seems the Young Master's talent far exceeds mine!"

Su Yuanshan: "......"

He did not know how to comfort Ao Fangling. After all, this was not the problem she was talking about at all; it was just that he had played a little trick.

To change the subject, he asked.

"By the way, do you know why that great-great-grandfather of yours was able to cultivate this third volume, and what differences he had from you all? Perhaps you could find the reason from him."

Hearing him say this, Ao Fangling's eyes lit up as if she had remembered something, and she could not help but say.

"I remember now, that great-great-grandfather of mine was a half-dragon!"

Su Yuanshan looked confused.

"Half-dragon?"

Seemingly afraid that Su Yuanshan would not understand, Ao Fangling explained.

"Actually, it would be more appropriate to say half-human, half-dragon, because his father was a human and his mother was a white dragon! So we habitually call him a half-dragon."

Su Yuanshan nodded slightly.

"So that's how it is!"

"Half-human, half-dragon; it cannot be ruled out that this is the reason!"

Ao Fangling nodded slightly, seemingly seeing hope. She glanced at Su Yuanshan and said with no small amount of admiration. "In any case, it is truly impressive that the Young Master was able to comprehend the third volume in such a short time."

However, there was not a hint of smugness on Su Yuanshan's face, and he said indifferently.

"The Princess flatters me. I only happened to catch a glimpse of the path; I am still far from truly comprehending it."

He paused and said again.

"By the way, has your father talked to you privately about the origin of that Huo Jun?"

Sangongzhu Ao Fangling smiled.

"I came here precisely for this matter!"

As she spoke, she pulled a letter from her sleeve and said.

"This is the handwritten letter my father wrote to you, which he entrusted me to deliver.

Furthermore, he also asked me to tell you that he has submitted another petition to the Heavenly Court regarding the long drought and lack of rain in Tushan Xian. I expect it won't be long before a new Rain-Governing Dragon God arrives."

Taking the letter, Su Yuanshan said.

"Your father is very thoughtful. Please convey my thanks to him. If he can bring down the sweet rain, your father will have boundless merit!"

Ao Fangling smiled.

"Young Master is too polite.

If there is nothing else, I shall take my leave."

Su Yuanshan nodded and walked her all the way to the door, until she suddenly vanished from sight.

Returning to his room, Su Yuanshan opened the handwritten letter Dongting Longjun had written to him, browsed through it roughly, and could not help but feel a bit surprised.

"Baie Hou? Baie Hou again?

To think that his second Blood Slave is this Huo Jun?"

After burning the handwritten letter, Su Yuanshan closed the doors and windows and began to meditate and cultivate, silently reciting the "Purple Mansion Immortal Scripture" over and over in his heart.

"If it is Dao, then advance; if it is Qi, then live; spiritual charm in all things, circulating within oneself..."

Following his silent recitation, he suddenly sensed golden characters beginning to emerge one by one on the Spirit Pearl inside the Spirit Void Ring.

【Purple Mansion Immortal Scripture +1】

【Purple Mansion Immortal Scripture +1】

【Purple Mansion Immortal Scripture +1】

Not knowing how much time had passed, he seemed to have an epiphany, and suddenly felt a rumble of thunder in his mind.

Another line of golden characters suddenly emerged on the Spirit Pearl.

【Purple Mansion Immortal Scripture Level 4 → Level 5】

【Obtained Mental Method Special Effect: Shui Xi Zhuan Chang (Cannot be upgraded). Can increase the comprehension and damage of water-type cultivation techniques.】

At this moment, Su Yuanshan's spirit was greatly invigorated, and he began to circulate his mental method to swallow spirit and refine Qi again.

【Swallow Spirit Refine Qi Art +1】

【Swallow Spirit Refine Qi Art +1】

【Swallow Spirit Refine Qi Art +1】

Cultivating until the east turned pale and the rooster crowed, Su Yuanshan suddenly felt his whole body tremble; his cultivation realm finally broke through, stepping into the high stage of Spirit Infusion, and his entire temperament changed, though Su Yuanshan quickly and deliberately concealed it.

The Spirit Infusion realm is equivalent to the Linglong realm of demon cultivators, only the terminology and the path of cultivation are different.

Early the next morning, Su Yuanshan came to the edge of Dongting Hu, and seeing no one around, he suddenly reached out to gather the spiritual Qi within his body into his palm, while the technique formula flashed through his mind.

"Thin mist, thick clouds, draw, circulate, sudden!" In an instant, he naturally unleashed the 'Green Billow Water Control Art'.

With a 'whoosh', a water dragon broke out of the water, its dragon might imposing, and it instantly transformed into an ice dragon, crashing into the reef by the lake with a 'boom', swallowing the reef in an instant amidst the splashing ice and water.

The commotion on the shore seemed to have alarmed Dongting Longjun of the Dongting Hu Shuijing Gong; he broke through the water and transformed into an elderly human, coming ashore to investigate the disturbance, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Su Yuanshan among the willow trees by the water's edge, though he also felt surprised.