Chapter 1294: Preparing to Evolve the Dragon Resonance
Chapter 1294: Preparing to Evolve the Dragon Resonance
When Li Luo opened his eyes lazily in the early morning, the soft body in his arms had already vanished. He got up in a hurry and saw Jiang Qing'e standing by the window. She had already changed her clothes and was looking at the training ground in the distance, where the sounds could be heard.
Jiang Qing'e had noticed his movement and turned her head around. "Oh you've awakened?"
She had returned to her usual calm composure. Li Luo pouted when he saw this, as he said with a reluctant look, "Give me back the gentle Jiang Qing'e!"
During the previous night, Jiang Qing'e had been demure and shy and this was a really rare sight even for Li Luo.
Jiang Qing'e rolled her eyes back at him. "I will head over to the training ground first. In the next few days, there is no need for us to take on any missions. You can focus on your cultivation."
She was about to leave the room but it was then when she saw the melancholic look on Li Luo's face. She slowly walked over and bent down, her red lips lightly kissing his forehead, leaving a faint mark on it.
Then, she turned around and left the room swiftly. Her fragrance lingered in the air as her slender body walked out.
Li Luo was left a little stunned as he watched the elegant figure leave. He couldn't figure out their roles at this moment. Just who was the one who was actually rewarded last night? Nonetheless, that wasn't important. At least he had a wonderful night.
The plump white goose had a nicely scented and soft body. Sleeping with such a bolster had a much better rejuvenating effect than any pills. It would be perfect if he could be rewarded like this everytime. However, that seemed unlikely given his understanding of Jiang Qing'e's temperament. Li Luo got up feeling a little regretful. He prepared himself and left for the cultivation chamber for his daily cultivation session.
He had spent close to half a month of time to accomplish the Golden Stone Valley mission. His resonant power had also strengthened considerably after pushing himself constantly with all the fierce fights he was forced into.
His Heavenly Resonance Diagram had reached 90,000 feet at this point.
Many ordinary individuals in the Greater Heavenly Resonance stage would be completely satisfied if their Heavenly Resonance Diagram had reached such a level. However, this was insufficient for Li Luo. The 90,000 feet was only his starting point. His ultimate goal was to reach a perfect 100,000 feet Heavenly Resonance Diagram.
Such a foundation was absolutely necessary if he wanted to forge a Ten Pillar Duke Bergfried during his breakthrough into the Duke stage. "The opening of the World End's River Treasure Domain will be coming soon. I have to achieve a 100,000 feet Heavenly Resonance Diagram before that. That way, if I come across any top grade Foundational Spirit Treasures in the Treasure Domain, I'll be able to use it and breakthrough into Duke stage immediately." Li Luo sat down on the stone platform and pondered with a solemn face.
Once the Heavenly Resonance Diagram had reached 90,000 feet, the difficulty in increasing it any further became exponentially harder. Even with his triple resonant palaces, Li Luo could only achieve about 10 feet of growth per day. This left him clearly dissatisfied.
Fortunately, he still had the World End's River Falling Star Terrace to help him.
He couldn't participate in the previous round as he was out on a mission in the Golden Stone Valley. As such, he did not receive any Star Pearls from the previous Falling Star Terrace. Luckily, its next opening would be in around 10 days time.
If he made full use of it, Li Luo should be able to achieve remarkable growth. That said, it was unlikely that he would replicate the achievement of 20,000 feet like his first time.
Like all things, the first supplement usually had the strongest effects. Besides, Li Luo had stepped into the 90,000 feet region now. The difficulty had ballooned exponentially.
"Not only that, there is still the evolution into a Heavenly Dragon resonance."
Li Luo grew excited as soon as he thought about it. He had toiled so hard over the past half month in order to obtain the requisite Sovereign Pearl. This item would significantly increase his chance of evolving his dragon resonance into the Heavenly Dragon resonance.
It was the Heavenly Dragon resonance, known as the King of all Dragon resonances. This was something Li Luo had been yearning for over the years. His Father had stood atop all his peers during his generation with his quasi ninth-grade Heavenly Dragon resonance. Clearly, it was much stronger than any ordinary quasi ninth-grade resonances.
If Li Luo could evolve his dragon resonance successfully, his Thunder Dragon resonance would overtake his Woodearth resonance. It would no longer be his weakest resonance.
In fact, it would no longer be a Thunder Dragon resonance...
It would be a Heavenly Dragon Thunder resonance!
Just the thought of thrilled him.
Li Luo kept his excitement under control as he awaited the good news from Li Jingzhe. Once the spiritual liquid for the Crimson Pill Blood Refinement Resonance art was completed, he would be able to begin the evolution.
With that, Li Luo slowly closed his eyes and began to cultivate.
Just like this, five days passed by.
Every day felt like a year for Li Luo as he waited for news. However, he couldn't go over and rush his Grandfather either. He could only wait patiently.
Li Luo knew that this spiritual liquid was no ordinary item. If he had to do it by himself, he wouldn't have been able to even come close to creating it, even if he exhausted all his family fortunes and all the methods available to him.
It was already a blessing that a Quasi-Triple Crown King like Li Jingzhe was willing to help him personally.
Li Luo thought about this and slowly calmed himself down. He continued to wait.
Another two days passed by. Finally, news from the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion had arrived while Li Luo was training with the other Dragon's Fang Guardians members in the training ground. He jumped up happily on the spot as he threw his training for the day to the side. Without any further hesitation, he barrelled straight toward Heavenly Dragon Pavilion as quickly as he could.
When he arrived, he saw Li Qingpeng within. The latter laughed out heartily as he brought Li Luo into a Grand Hall in the deeper parts of the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion.
In the center of the spacious and bright hall, there was a crimson red cauldron. A volcano that continuously spat out magma was engraved onto the wall of the cauldron. This magma appeared to exist in reality, emitting an extremely high temperature onto the surroundings and keeping the temperature inside the cauldron at an astonishing level.
This was the Volcano Cauldron which was previously mentioned.
Li Jingzhe stood by its side with his hands behind his back.
"Grandpa!" Li Luo ran inside and shouted happily.
Li Jingzhe took a glance at him and smiled lightly. "Can't wait can you?"
"It's fine. With Grandfather helping out, there will surely be no problem!" Li Luo sang his praises without holding back.
Li Jingzhe grinned and flicked his finger. On one corner of the Volcano Cauldron, an opening appeared. Li Luo looked over immediately and saw it filled with crimson red liquid. There was a mysterious attraction towards it, as if it could invigorate the blood in his body.
"The effects of the Sovereign Pearl you brought back were fantastic. I ended up spending a little more time refining it but I managed to create the Evolving Spiritual Liquid in the end."
Li Jingzhe stared at Li Luo and continued slowly, "Let me remind you. You only have one chance to use this secret art and attempt evolution. If you fail, the secret art would no longer work again in the future. Any affinity with the Heavenly Dragon resonance will come to an end."
Li Luo's face turned solemn as he listened and nodded his head.
He had already been prepared for this possibility. No matter how challenging the task would be, he wasn't going to give up.
If he really wanted to forge a Ten-Pillar Duke Bergfried when he reached the Duke stage, a seventh-grade Thunder Dragon resonance would definitely hold him back. He had to do something about this shortcoming. "For the evolution of the Heavenly Dragon resonance, you'll be refining the Heavenly Dragon blood in your body and fusing it with your own Dragon resonance. This will bring about excruciating pain. If your mental fortitude isn't strong enough, you will not be able to last through it."
Li Luo looked over at the Volcano Cauldron which was a terrifyingly high temperature. At this point, his face gradually turned calm and composed. There was no more anxiety like how he had felt over the past few days.
"Grandpa, I am ready. If it's not a life and death situation, I hope grandpa will not interfere with the process." Li Luo responded in a gentle voice.
Li Jingzhe did not reply but there was a hint of appreciation deep within his eyes.
If Li Luo did not have such determination and wanted to rely on his protection, he wouldn't have stood a chance.
"Grandpa, I have another question."
"Yes?"
Li Luo asked curiously, "If I really succeed in evolving my dragon resonance into the Heavenly Dragon resonance, what grade will it be?"
Li Jingzhe thought about it for a moment before answering. "Your Heavenly Dragon resonance wouldn't be any lower than eighth-grade. Although your Thunder Dragon resonance is only upper seventh-grade now, it will definitely reach the eighth-grade at least if your evolution is successful. Your spiritual liquid also contains a Sovereign Pearl, so there's a high chance you will reach the upper eighth-grade too."
"Oh, upper eighth-grade." Li Luo pouted his mouth, clearly a little dissatisfied with this result. "An upper eighth-grade is still too low for you? An increase from upper seventh-grade to upper eighth-grade is a jump in one full grade. If you rely on spirit liquids under ordinary circumstances, who knows how many of those you will need? Besides, an upper eighth-grade Heavenly Dragon resonance will not pale in comparison to many of the quasi ninth-grade resonances." Li Jingzhe explained.
"Can we increase it just a little more?" Li Luo asked.
"It's really rare to see someone as ambitious as you." Li Jingzhe replied angrily.
"It's not my fault. Sister Qing'e is just too strong, I am under a lot of pressure!" Li Luo answered back. "It's indeed shocking that Qing'e has triple ninth-grade Light resonances. However, your triple palaces six resonances are just as good as well. You don't need to underestimate yourself." Li Jingzhe pondered for a moment before he continued, "The Heavenly Dragon resonance may be stronger than the other Dragon resonances but tempering its grade is also equally difficult. In the past, your Father spent a gargantuan amount of resources on his quasi ninth-grade Heavenly Dragon resonance but was ultimately unable to increase it to the lower ninth-grade. This is the degree of difficulty that awaits you. It's good for you to be ambitious but there is little I can help you with in this regard. Evolution requires one to first have the secret art and spiritual liquid. The second would be to depend on their Heavenly Dragon blood purity. Ultimately how far you can go will depend on yourself."
Li Luo nodded his head and took in a deep breath. "I understand."
Li Jingzhe nodded his head slightly.
"Let's enter the Cauldron then."