Chapter 239: Chapter 47: The Epic Path; The Innermost Essence of Desire

"Lend you ten years, but you must do three things for me."

Leanna caressed the ancient piece of vine wood in the dragon claw, a hint of reluctance in her dragon eyes.

Hearing this, Udi raised a dragon brow, feeling amused,

"Three things? You haven’t figured out your situation yet, have you?"

Udi sneered, "Loan me this profession, and we’ll settle the previous contract issue. Apart from that, you have no other demands to make of me."

Survival of the fittest.

Just like when Leanna expelled Udi from the Dragon Nest when he was one, simply because she was worried about her treasure’s safety.

What Udi is doing now is quite similar.

Indeed, if it weren’t for Leanna’s status as Dragon Mother and her having sheltered him for a year, with other Black Dragons, he wouldn’t bother with words, he’d just knock them down and take it by force.

"You’ve really grown up," Leanna said in a low tone, surprisingly without exploding in anger or clashing with Udi, instead she said gloomily,

"Then let’s do as you say and sign the contract."

"That’s more like it," Udi said with a satisfied smile.

He didn’t care what schemes Leanna was harboring; only the power he held mattered.

Then, witnessed by the Platinum Dragon God (at the cost of a high-quality Elemental Gemstone), Leanna and Udi successfully signed the contract.

Udi successfully acquired this special spiritual ability profession.

Afterward, he didn’t linger, stepped into the Any Gate, and vanished.

Leanna watched Udi’s departing figure, slowly turned around, and returned to the Blue Dragon Castle den to lay down.

An invisible and colorless special energy flowed over the bone-spike-ridden Black Dragon Body, stimulating physical growth and enhancement.

Having acquired the "Mountain Faithful" spiritual ability profession years ago, Leanna had also developed some very useful techniques.

For example, infusing a large amount of spiritual energy into a recently deceased body while it’s still fresh, nurturing new consciousnesses, and creating a new life form.

Or, using spiritual energy at certain frequencies to stimulate physical evolution, achieving more formidable physical effects.

Spiritual energy is inherently a high-level energy that can be cultivated and purified to eventually reach the upper tier of deity-like power.

Deity-like power is simply explained as power equal to or comparable to divine level.

Many ancient beings from the Star Realm are not divine spirits, but they possess the strength comparable to deities because they have mastered some form of deity-like power and energy.

Take the two most famous Dragon Gods, Five-Colored Dragon Mother Tiamat and Platinum Dragon God Bahamut; in terms of divine spirit authority, they are only at Weak Divine Power Level but possess the strength comparable to Powerful Divine Power God-level because they master some power equaling that level.

For these two Dragon Gods, the Dragon God’s authority can be expendable; even without it, their strength remains unaffected.

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Dragon Pool.

Out of the brilliant white gate steps the Black Dragon Lord.

Without wasting time, Udi immediately took out the half-human tall piece of vine wood and extended his Spiritual Power, ready to start studying the knowledge of this spiritual ability profession.

The vine wood merely serves as the vessel for recording knowledge of this special profession, similar in essence to scrolls, beast hides, or crystals.

However, generally speaking, the more otherworldly the knowledge approaches the essence of the Star Realm, the more precious and powerful the required vessel.

With Udi’s knowledge (gleaned from Dragon’s Legacy), it’s quite likely this small piece of vine wood is the core of a Legendary Level plant life form.

Moreover, it shouldn’t be an Ordinary Legendary; Ordinary Legendary cannot possess such a terrifyingly profound aura.

Plant life forms are considered rare compared to flesh life forms, especially those that reach Legendary Tier; their rarity might rival that of Ancient Dragons, especially Giant Dragons.

Not only in rare stature but, of equal levels, a Legendary plant life form is far more formidable than a Legendary Giant Dragon, with life forces resilient enough to shame Giant Demons, and their sizes rank them among the first-tier legends, immensely large.

To kill a Legendary plant life form often requires surpassing it by a Great Tier.

Therefore, to have the ’corpse’ core of such powerful beings as the vessel for supernal knowledge ensures the knowledge recorded is extraordinary.

As the Spiritual Power submerged, ancient texts emerged in Udi’s mind.

Though Udi couldn’t read these ancient texts, he understood their meaning, representing a different kind of heritage.

[Mountain Faithful]

[Eight True Essences: Calm as Entropy, move as Heaven Collapses]

[Dedicated Martial Artists, whether traversing treacherous peaks or urban alleys, hone their physique and will to perfection. They master psychic combat techniques, their every punch and kick infused with great Power. Unarmored, yet resistant like Knights clad in steel, repelling attacks. They ignite latent Psychic Power within, using this force to strengthen their form, refine their psyche. Perhaps, you’ve pursued the path of practice to shed a Dark past, or your village fell prey to evil forces or malicious beasts and you sought justice, or maybe you’ve just wanted to grow strong to indulge in all you desire, shamelessly from then on. Regardless of motives, Monk’s path transforms you into earthly weapons.]