Chapter 138: The Newly Promoted Yinglong Guard

"Your appearance..." Looking at the white-robed youth and Yun Tian, who now possessed a completely different cyan-robed appearance, Yu Qiu could not help but widen her beautiful eyes in astonishment.

Yun Tian gently opened his eyes, chuckled, and transformed back into the appearance of the black-robed youth: "This is my true appearance. The previous form was merely a disguised identity to make things convenient for me while traveling outside."

"The Seventy-Two Transformations? And you still claim you aren't practicing the Eight-Nine 玄功 (Mystical Arcane Art), lying to me that it's the Chaotic Golden Body!" Yu Qiu glared fiercely at Yun Tian.

"It is indeed the Chaotic Golden Body," Yun Tian replied with a shake of his head and a smile. "If you don't believe me, I can teach you the cultivation method of the Chaotic Golden Body. Once you practice it, you will know whether what I said is true or not."

Hearing this, Yu Qiu was startled once again: "Teach... teach me? Such a physical refinement divine ability and technique, can you just teach it to me arbitrarily without being bound by your sect?"

"What sect constraints would there be? My master is merely at the Loose Immortal cultivation level; what could possibly restrict me?" Yun Tian shook his head and laughed casually. "In the Three Realms, aside from me, not a single person knows this Chaotic Golden Body. Therefore, you will soon be the second person to practice this physical refinement divine ability."

"Only you know how? How is that possible? Don't tell me you created this divine ability and technique yourself!" Yu Qiu found it hard to believe.

"Uh... this..." Yun Tian faltered upon hearing this, and hastily spoke evasively, "How should I put it? The origins of this Chaotic Golden Body are somewhat mysterious, and I only succeeded in cultivating it by a fortuitous coincidence. Ah, stop asking so many questions; in short, I can teach you how to cultivate it."

Although full of doubts in her heart, once she received the cultivation method of the Chaotic Golden Body imparted by Yun Tian, Yu Qiu naturally did not ask any further questions.

In the blink of an eye, the three-month trial period in the Yushan Great Wilderness Swamp had arrived. Yun Tian, who was preparing to take Yu Qiu away from the Yushan Great Wilderness Swamp, could not help feeling slightly troubled. Yu Qiu was a Primordial Spirit Great Demon; who would believe her if he claimed she was a spirit beast he had subdued? Taking her back directly like this would be far too eye-catching. Moreover, the Divine Flame Furnace was being used by Yun Tian to trap that primordial demon and god, so he couldn't put Yu Qiu inside it either!

Aware of Yun Tian's dilemma, Yu Qiu smiled somewhat mysteriously and produced an immortal dwelling—and an immortal-grade magical treasure immortal dwelling at that. Since it was an immortal dwelling, people could naturally live inside it, and the master of the immortal dwelling could store it within their body just like a magical treasure. In this way, outsiders would have no way of knowing whether there was an immortal dwelling inside one's body, let alone whether there were people living inside it.

Secretly surprised that Yu Qiu was actually able to produce such an immortal dwelling, Yun Tian did not ask any further questions. Both of them knew that each had their own secrets, and they tacitly refrained from probing into everything to the bottom. Even so, whether it was Yun Tian imparting the Chaotic Golden Body to Yu Qiu or Yu Qiu producing the immortal dwelling, both demonstrated a deep trust in each other. Often, trust does not require an absolute lack of secrets between one another.

Yun Tian took the immortal dwelling without standing on ceremony and directly refined it, allowing Yu Qiu's true body, her second primordial spirit, and his own second primordial spirit to cultivate inside the immortal dwelling. As for himself, he executed spatial teleportation to arrive at the void near the Yinglong Guard's station in the Yushan Great Wilderness Swamp, and then piloted a flying ship magical treasure toward the Yinglong Guard station.

***

When Yun Tian arrived at the Yinglong Guard station, at a single glance, he saw Ji Ning and Mu Zishu among the twenty or thirty people who had returned earlier than him.

"Senior Brother Yun!" The two of them, upon seeing Yun Tian, could not help shouting in pleasant surprise and hurriedly greeted him.

"What's wrong? Are you both this happy to see me?" Yun Tian asked with an expression of surprised amusement and bewildered astonishment.

Mu Zishu lowered his voice and said hastily, "Senior Brother Yun, you have no idea. This time, we encountered a powerful primordial demon and god that suddenly awakened near a subterranean fire vein. Fortunately, it had no intention of killing us, otherwise Senior Brother Ji Ning and I probably wouldn't have been able to return alive."

"Oh? There is such a thing?" Yun Tian feigned an expression of astonishment, then quickly said, "It's fine as long as you both managed to return safely."

The Azure Serpent coiled around Ji Ning's arm, Ji Qingqing, couldn't help chiming in: "Hey, did you know about the danger in advance, which is why you separated from us?"

"Haha... What you said is right. I am skilled in divination, knowing five hundred years into the past and five hundred years into the future. I'm quite formidable!" Yun Tian burst into laughter.

"Xiao Qing, don't talk nonsense!" Ji Ning gave an awkward smile and patted Xiao Qing's little head.

Mu Zishu, standing nearby, also assumed Yun Tian was just joking and laughed so hard he clutched his stomach. Having survived a catastrophe, completed the trial mission, harvested abundant gains, and about to become members of the Yinglong Guard, both Mu Zishu and Ji Ning were extremely joyful.

After slowly waiting for everyone to gather, the personnel from the Yinglong Guard branch once again activated the teleportation array to send Yun Tian and the others back to the Chilong Mountain Range.

Upon returning to the Chilong Mountain Range and waiting for a short while beside the teleportation array, Yun Tian and the others saw a large ship flying down from the clouds in the distance, crushing the airwaves and landing directly on top of the mountain.

A breathtakingly alluring woman in pink gauze flew down from the ship, followed by a train of alluring beauties, making it seem as if immortals were descending to the mortal world.

Immediately following them were several spirit beasts. These spirit beasts charged toward various immortal cultivators respectively, clearly being the spirit beasts the cultivators had previously left behind in the Chilong Mountain Range. Among them was Ji Ning's Uncle Bai, Bai Shuize.

***

"Everyone, congratulations on returning alive. You may address me as Daoist Yulan." Her skin was faintly visible through the pink sheer garments, and the pink-robed woman's voice carried a strong sense of enchantment—an allure caused by acquired cultivation techniques and certain secret arts. Moreover, Daoist Yulan was a Primordial Spirit Daoist, capable of affecting even the Dao-hearts of some Wanxiang Adepts.

"Please present the heads of the Wanxiang Great Demons so I can identify them one by one," Daoist Yulan said, full of alluring charm with the corners of her eyes brimming with seductiveness and hook-like captivation. "Those who failed to obtain the head of a Wanxiang Great Demon had best step forward voluntarily, sparing me some trouble."

Immediately, seven of them walked out and headed to a distant spot. As for Yun Tian, Ji Ning, and the others, they took out the corpses and heads of the Wanxiang Great Demons one by one on the open ground beside them.

Daoist Yulan also released her divine sense to carefully inspect them. Only after confirming them one by one did she look at the crowd and say, "Very good, they are all at the level of Wanxiang Great Demons."

"The seven of you stay here; your departure will be arranged shortly." Daoist Yulan glanced at the other seven somewhat dejected individuals, then turned her gaze to Yun Tian and the rest of the group: "Take your respective spirit beasts and board the ship with me."

The large ship flew forward amidst the clouds. Daoist Yulan waved her hand, and books drifted down before Yun Tian and the others: "Congratulations on becoming members of the Yinglong Guard! From the moment you become Yinglong Guards, you will possess certain privileges belonging to the Guard, and you must also shoulder certain responsibilities of the Guard. Take a careful look at these! Everything is explained very clearly inside."

Yun Tian casually flipped open the book to read and could not help feeling a slight internal sense of admiration. The Yinglong Guard was indeed utterly tyrannical; once immortal cultivators donned this imperial cloak, they could practically walk sideways across the world. As for the responsibilities, they simply required completing a certain amount of merit-based missions within a specified timeframe, which was still quite relaxed.

Reading further down, Yun Tian could not help narrowing his eyes slightly: "Divine abilities and secret arts require merit points to exchange for them, and there are even status requirements?"

"Did you see that?" Daoist Yulan's gaze swept across the newly appointed Yinglong Guards. "The divine abilities and secret arts within our Yinglong Guard are the most abundant and numerous. Even the Antan Northern Mounts Clan cannot compare to us. However, these divine abilities, secret arts, and numerous rare treasures will not be casually made available for you to learn. Of course, should you choose to become Inner Guards of the Yinglong Guard who are utterly loyal to our Great Xia Dynasty, the Guard will naturally nurture and cultivate you. You can think it over carefully; whether it takes a year, a decade, or a century, we always welcome you to become part of the Inner Guards."

An hour later, Yun Tian and the other newly appointed Yinglong Guards, who had received their Yinglong Guard tokens, were led by Daoist Yulan to a magnificent, exquisitely painted palace adorned with carved balustrades. The palace was about a hundred zhang high and occupied a land area of nearly a thousand zhang.

"This is the Dao Repository Hall, which houses countless techniques, secret methods, and miscellaneous arts. You may all enter and browse carefully, but spirit beasts are not allowed inside," Daoist Yulan said with a smile.