Chapter 1 - A Weak Display of Daoist Martial Arts

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The bays along the emerald Jiao River were unusually lively.

Dark clouds loomed above the river with occasional flashes of thunder and lightning as turbulent winds raged in the skies. The waves of the giant river crashed onto the rocks as they reached for the sky, threatening to savagely slam onto the bay at any moment.

The trembling villagers nervously stood at the water’s edge, trying their best to get a glimpse of what was happening amidst the Jiao River.

The immortal master insisted on subduing the river god for them, which was completely against their original intention!

‘What if they ended up losing?

‘What if the river gods wanted to slaughter the entire village?

‘What if…’

Splash!

At that moment, a faint green halo glowed on the surface of the water. Upon closer inspection, few pieces of illusive talismans appeared above the waters. They were as clear as a full moon, reflecting on the surface of the water as they suppressed a portion of the white crested waves.

“A Laoshan Talisman? Are you a Daoist priest from Laoshan? It doesn’t matter where you’re from. How do you expect to subdue monsters and demons with this weak display of Daoist martial arts?”

A laugh erupted from within the white crested waves as a fish demon appeared from the waters.

This fish demon had been biding its time in the waters for a long time. When it saw that the waterway was unoccupied, it attempted to steal the water system’s spiritual power to improve its own Dao.

The fish demon had a burly appearance with black scales all over its body. It had a trident in its hand and a star-shaped crown above its head. It glared ferociously at the villagers who had clamoured around to look at it.

From the midst of the white waves, the fish demon raised its trident in its hand, and the shadow of a long river flashed on the halberd. In a moment, the sky was like a vast expanse of white waves.

The shadow of the long river was surging and filling the waterway, but it suddenly stagnated in a flash.

“Since the Laoshan Talisman can’t hold you down, let’s see if this can hold you down …”

A Daoist Master appeared from under the huge wave. He looked like an adolescent that was around thirteen or fourteen years old and had a blue leather gourd tied around his waist. His long hair flowed behind him as his body emitted an incomparably wild and fierce aura.

Rumble!

The water of the Jiao River begin to boil!

The young Daoist’s pupils instantly turned into the color of gold as scaled horns grew from his forehead while his body grew longer and thicker. Ten thousand lightning rays bathed his entire body as his golden scales glittered in the clouds.

He bared his steel teeth!

“Roar!”

Hearing that earth-shattering dragon’s roar, a group of villagers by the river turned pale. Their legs weakened from fear, and they knelt on the ground.

‘It’s a flood dragon! A golden flood dragon!’

The golden flood dragon’s head peeked out from among the dark clouds thunder. It was ferocious and horrifying. The villagers turned their heads away for fear of making direct eye contact with it.

It was a truly divine beast.

“Flood dragon! Are you a dragon spirit?”

The fish demon turned pale at the sight of the divine beast. The water beneath its feet was boiling and many of its water tribe followers were trapped in the waves by an invisible demonic Qi.

All its internal organs were invaded by the blazing demonic Qi, just like a deep knife cut, rendering it immobile.

No matter how strong the fish demon was, how could it ever stand a chance against the flood dragon?

“A dragon spirit? Your entire family is made up of dragon spirits!”

The golden flood dragon was furious when he heard that, and a cold light flashed across his eyes. Although the fish demon wished that its entire family was made up of dragon spirits, it was already scared to death. It changed into its original form—a huge fat black fish—and attempted to stir the Jiao River’s waters and take advantage of the situation to slip away.

However, the monstrously huge flood dragon blocked the waterway, swimming after it while exerting tremendous pressure on the fat black fish.

“Wind and rain, heed my order!” the dragon bellowed to the nine heavens!

The winds and rain heeded his command. Since ancient times, flood dragons have always had the ability to command rain and water.

The fish demon’s demonic Qi was completely suppressed and as the dragon’s claw came tearing down on him, its demon body exploded, completely crushed by the golden flood dragon.

An eerie demonic qi emitted from the remains of the fish demon and covered the skies. The remaining water tribe of the Jiao River along with the demons in the Lingshan mountains and rivers far away trembled as they witnessed the events unfolding.

Ten thousand beasts turned to worship the revered flood dragon.

Although the golden dragon wasn’t a real dragon, he was superior by birthright!

“The Flood Dragon King has revealed himself!”

At the edge of the Jiao River, a group of villagers have already cried out in excitement. In their opinion, the immortal master whom they had invited to resolve the situation had incarnated as the Flood Dragon King. It was probably because the river god in the river did not abide by the rules of heaven. That was why the reincarnation of the Flood Dragon King personally came to subdue the demons.

After killing the fish demon, the golden flood dragon was surrounded by clouds of water and turned into a human figure.

He turned around and disappeared into the water.

…

Langya’s Wang family.

In Langya, the Wang family was a big family name. The Wang family clan had settled down in Langya for a long time, and there were many talents in the family. They were made up of many officials and personnel, and their reputation was extraordinary.

They produced high-ranking officials, poets and literary authors for many generations, and their family had extraordinary wealth. They were dedicated to their daily offerings and were given equal power and status as a prince.

Wang was the Local Magistrate of Langya County, as well as the head of five households!

In the Magistrate Court, an invisible and dense light bloomed, and there was a hidden flash of purple light.

A young man in a golden eight trigrams Daoist rob appeared in the study. He had fine features, but his expression was transcendent and pure. After taking a look at his own clothes, he quickly changed into a suitable white robe of a scholar that was full of scholarly spirit and elegance.

He opened his palm, and a golden flood dragon with incomparably fast speed appeared in the palm of his hand. Auspicious clouds bloomed, and the golden flood dragon’s scales and tentacles appeared in the slightest as wisps of golden light flashed on the dragon’s body. The golden flood dragon raised its head and leaped into the air, it’s eyes looking intensely angry while its mouth was wide and long. Its scales and claws were sharp, and its elbow hair was as sharp as a sword. Its long and strong body stirred the clouds and it emitted an irresistibly strong aura.

Suddenly, the golden flood dragon gradually faded away, turning into a stream of light and entering his body from the palm of his hand.

“Completed usage of the Golden Flood Dragon Template. You’ll obtain a permanent ability: Golden Flood Dragon Qi. Do you want to give up? ”

Wang Yuan touched his chin and looked at the panel strangely.

This panel was his secret tool—the Godly Tablet.

Godly Tablet: Accumulate the power of virtue to activate Godly Tablet. The usage time is five minutes. Upon completion of use, one can permanently obtain an ability from the Godly Tablet. It can be a martial art, a bloodline ability, or a divine ability.

He had managed to gather one hundred small virtues to activate the Golden Flood Dragon Template. It was the white template on the penultimate rank on that Dao scroll.

Below the white template was the last template, which was a black template.

There was a red template above the white template, and a golden template on top of the red template. On top of the golden template there was probably an even more powerful template that existed.

The golden flood dragon template wasn’t the most powerful creature on the Dao scroll as there were other divine templates on it, including the legendary Twelve Ancestral Sorcerers True Body, and even the Golden Crow Demon Emperor.

Of course, to awaken such terrifyingly strong templates, the amount of merit required had to be extremely high.

There was a look of yearning in the corner of Wang Yuan’s eyes. He did not know how much it would take to activate the almighty templates that could move the stars and change the moon with a single swipe of the hand.

As he restrained the slight ripples in his heart, Wang Yuan brought his gaze down to the present.

The Qi of the golden flood dragon was a very troublesome thing. Should he claim it?

Suddenly, another row of golden light appeared on the template.

Number of Merits: Three hundred small merits!