A few days later…
'A fortnight before the sect's examination… I have thirty Magic Crystals I picked up from the Gray Wolves and some other beasts… That will give me an interesting amount of gold.' Le Chang thought.
The Magic Crystals were amazing to cultivate, but right now his Clan needed money, so he would save them.
They were valuable, in a small town like Huang Di City, a Tier One Magic Crystal was worth ten gold coins, there was the even rarer Tier Two Magic Crystal and was worth at least thirty gold coins.
It must be said that Clan Le's annual revenue was two thousand gold coins.
Magic Crystals were expensive for their rarity, there weren't many Magic Beasts around Huang Di City, so it took long and dangerous expeditions to get the Crystals.
The risk was worth it because of the great help in cultivating, but also in forging magical artifacts and pills.
The cave was pitch black, but because of the Dragon's Essence of Life on its body, Le Chang could see it as if it were the day.
He was in a fissure in the cave walls, sitting in the Lotus position and meditating.
A few hours later he woke up.
"Hmm, it looks like most of the wounds were healed… well, let's keep hunting."
After fighting the Gray Wolf he had to heal for two days before returning to battle.
Just as it was about to emerge from the fissure a crash occurred, followed by a menacing roar.
"Boy is a Level Two Magic Beast is a good test for you," said a voice in his head.
"Hadn't your conscience died?"
"I also thought it would disappear, but it looks like your body is special, I don't know how I managed to keep my consciousness alive inside your body."
"Do you have a name?"
"Hm… call me Seiryuu."
"All well."
Le Chang calmly went out and scanned the area around him for the source of the roar.
A Level Two Magic Beast was comparable to someone at the peak of the 7th Grade Dao Integration, few people in Huang Di City would be comparable to a Magic Beast of this level.
Huang Di City was a small town in Zao State, the two strongest people being Le Chang's father, Le Shen, who was in the 10th Grade of the Dao of Integration, and the Patriarch of Clan Du, who was also in the 10th Grade of Integration.
Le Chang ran up a tree and spotted a huge ice snake.
"Coldfire Serpent". Said Seiryuu.
"Cold Fire?" - Le Chang
"It unleashes a kind of fire, but instead of burning it freezes everything it touches. Be careful. "- Seiryuu.
Le Chang was at the peak of the 4th Degree of the Dao of Integration, but as his body was rebuilt he could expel Qi from his body even though he had not reached the 5th Degree.
This advantage came from tremendous suffering, the pain he suffered when his body was rebuilt, by the Essence of Life of a dragon was insane.
Le Chang accumulated Qi until his hand was covered with a layer of Red Qi in the form of a dragon's claw.
The Coldfire Serpent had already sensed Le Chang's presence and quickly rushed to him.
It was at least ten meters tall and the air around its emanated a powerful cold aura.
The Magic Beast upon reaching a few feet from Le Chang quickly brought its tail, like a giant whip toward the tree he was on.
Jumping in time to see the tree crushed, Le Chang took a breath and said with cold sweat on his forehead, "Quick."
The Serpent was too fast Le Chang could barely get close to its, it was too powerful, its tail trembled on the floor and cracked the size of an average adult.
"You have the Essence of Life of a Dragon, it is the most powerful of the flames, why do you fear such an inferior being when you have the Inheritance of a Dragon God?" Seiryuu's voice rang in Le Chang's head.
"But I don't know how to use it…" - Le Chang.
"It's part of you, imagine it as an extension of your body, as a reserve of a powerful Qi and try to draw its power, if you can do that you can fight this Magic Beast." - Seiryuu.
It would be suicidal for Le Chang to fight it now, being in the 4th Grade of the Dao of Integration the difference was three degrees. So he quickly retreated a few hundred meters, yet it was not time to face something of this level.
Although Beasts, Demons, and other beings have differences in cultivation, they all have certain equality.
Low-Level Magic Beasts are instinctive and unconsciously absorb Qi from the atmosphere, but there are High-Level Magic Beasts that have cultivation techniques and intelligence equal to or even superior to humans.
"Go back to the fissure and use it to cultivate ... Your goal is to understand at least part of my Heritage in the remaining fourteen days ... I'll only let you out of here if you can defeat that Coldfire Serpent." Seiryuu said laughing and then shut up.
"He's right ... I need to be superior to those around me ... I need to always be two steps ahead of everyone." Le Chang said with a determined look.
He returned to the fissure and sat in the lotus position.
Using the Draconian Cultivation Technique: [The Way of the Dragon God], Le Chang began to try to feel the nuances of Inheritance power.
He had so far only meditated on Breathing Techniques, as his Clan lacked Cultivation Techniques.
Seiryuu told him to start farming at the right time.
He knew that in the face of a challenge Le Chang's potential would be maximized.
Although superficially Le Chang seems calm, inside a fire was blazing more powerful than the Essence of Life of a Dragon God, this flame was called Willpower.
He had squeezed the humiliations, the efforts of his parents and their failures and turned them into fuel to overcome the hardships ahead.
"Wood feeds fire; fire by ashes forms the earth; the earth generates metal; the metal melts and becomes water, and water feeds the wood… fire melts the metal and it cuts the wood; wood invades the earth, which dams water; the water finally puts out the fire. "Le Chang repeated calmly.
His state was of extreme concentration.
He had only fourteen days to learn something that would give him insane power and he needed it to restore his honor, that of his parents and his clan.
Ten days later…
'I doubt if he could, I'll keep him here training in the cave for a few years… He can't learn the first part of the Ultimate Dragon Cultivation Technique.' - Seiryuu.
At the end of his thought, he turned his attention to Le Chang, simply to be amazed at what was happening around the young man.