Chapter 408: Primordial Dragon Talisman
“What?!” Long Chen was shocked when the stone talisman stuck to his chest. He lost control of his body and couldn’t move when it happened. The talisman embedded itself into his chest and fused with his muscles, becoming one with his body.
The Dragon Jade Pendant inside his sea of consciousness stopped moving. Long Chen looked down at his chest and saw that there weren’t any big changes except that now there was a dragon illusion at the center of his chest that flickered from time to time, just like how the translucent dragon illusion appeared in the Counter Essence Realm.
The stone talisman fused with me? Long Chen was about to ask Ling Xi what was happening when a stream of information entered his mind. He soon knew what it was.
The stone talisman … It’s called the Primordial Dragon Talisman …
This was what Long Chen had learned from the information in his mind. He also learned that the Primordial Dragon Talisman was a rare object. While he did not know where it had come from, he knew that it had accepted him as its owner. Due to his low cultivation level, he could only wield part of its power, but it was already almost as strong as some of the techniques of the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon!
“Brother Chen, how is it?” Ling Xi asked hurriedly when he was back to normal.
“I think it recognized me as its owner after fusing with my body. It’s called the Primordial Dragon Talisman!” He told her everything.
“Is that so? Primordial Dragon Talisman … Is it related to the Dragon Ancestor that could control time?” Ling Xi was excited to learn about it.
“I don’t know, but I know that I can use an incredible skill with it!” Long Chen smiled mysteriously.
“What is it? Please tell me!”
“It’s nothing short of overpowered. It’s called ‘Rewind!’”
“Rewind?” She didn’t know what it meant.
Long Chen slowly explained, “Rewind allows me to rewind my own time! That’s the most I can do right now, but if I get stronger, I might be able to use it on others!”
“What use is that? If you used it and returned yourself to three months ago, you would only be at the Fourth River Stage!”
“You dolt!” Long Chen chuckled at her. “I can’t go back that far. If I used all my strength, I could only rewind time for up to ten breaths.”
“Then isn’t it extremely useless?” Ling Xi was still confused. She didn’t see why Long Chen was so excited.
“Ling Xi, I just realized you can be slow at times.” Long Chen poked her head.
“Just tell me. I really don’t know.” She pouted.
“Think about it. If I were fighting someone and was on death’s door, I could use it and return my body to how it was ten breaths ago! That effectively means I have one chance to escape death! If I was fine ten breaths ago, I could rewind time and restore myself! This is immortality! As long as they don’t kill me outright in one blow, I can come back for a second wind! It’s an overpowered Life Combat Technique!”
Ling Xi finally understood his excitement.
“Wait, it’s that strong?” Ling Xi was surprised. She only knew that Long Chen had the Inherited Blood Essence of the Ancient Bloodsoul Dragon. She knew that each technique he obtained from it was stronger than the last, but to think he would obtain something even stronger from just the stone talisman!
Rewinding time!
Ling Xi was certain that no one where she was from knew how to control time. Only some of the ancient cultivators could control time to a certain degree, or the Dragon Ancestor itself. She was excited that Long Chen could do it …
“Brother Chen, you must hide the Primordial Dragon Talisman and never let anyone know about it. It’s your biggest treasure! You were given such a powerful technique from just obtaining it. The Primordial Dragon Talisman is something everyone would kill for even where I’m from!”
Rewinding time was a task that went beyond the rules. As long as Long Chen was not killed in one blow, he could use it to rewind time and gain another chance of living! It was even stronger than Blood Warp.
“I probably won’t die since I have Blood Warp and Rewind, but their prices are steep. Blood Warp uses up all of my Qi in one go, and Rewind has a long cooldown. I can only use it once a day. If my opponent is too strong, it’s entirely possible for them to kill me twice …”
Ling Xi chuckled. “Brother Chen, don’t be too greedy. There’s no such thing as a technique without a weakness. Every technique exists within the rules of the Heavenly Dao. If you could rewind time infinitely, you would never die. Even though it has a restriction, your techniques are already considered as the highest tier. No one in my family has them. You should be satisfied.”
Long Chen was indeed very satisfied.
“With Rewind, I essentially have two lives. This is already excellent news. Also, I think the Primordial Dragon Talisman is indeed related to the dragon that could control time. I think it’s called … Primordial something? I forgot its name, but I think I can use it to guide me towards the Inherited Blood Essence of the Dragon Ancestor!”
Ling Xi rolled her eyes. “Don’t think about it too much. The Inherited Blood Essence of a Dragon Ancestor is basically impossible to find. No one has ever recorded one, much less found one. You don’t even have full control of your Inherited Blood Essence, so how could you be so sure that it’s complete, much less the real Inherited Blood Essence of a Dragon Ancestor?”
Long Chen smiled sheepishly.
The Inherited Blood Essence could very well be an imitation or product made by Long Qinglan.
But he was very satisfied with it. He looked down at the Primordial Dragon Talisman on his chest and felt it pulsating with the beat of his heart.
Blood Transmutation, Dragon Soul Transformation, Blood Sacrifice, Blood Warp, Blood Devouring Domain, and even Rewind. I now have six major techniques of the highest tier. I’m almost guaranteed to reach the peak of cultivation with these techniques. Long Chen was confident!
He was certain that Lin Zichen and the Sword Emperor of the Cangyang Kingdom were only small pebbles in his journey. Long Chen would kick them away.
“Xiao Xi, now that I have Rewind, I’m even more confident that I can get the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit for you. Just wait, I will make sure your physical body will be returned to you soon. You will be able to live like a normal human and do everything a normal human can. You will even be able to restore your strength!” Long Chen’s eyes were excited when he talked to her.
Ling Xi lowered her head and said, “Brother Chen, I think I had a good enough taste of being a normal human with the Profound Jade Lotus …”
“Idiot. That’s fake. This time, I will give you the real deal!”
She bit her lip and said what had been plaguing her mind for a long time. “But … What if … What if we have to go our separate ways once I get it?”
“Why would we separate? Who in the Cangyang Kingdom could separate us? No matter who they are, I will smack them the moment they try to tear us apart. Isn’t that good enough?” Long Chen patted his chest with pride.
But no matter how vivid his imagination was, he could never have imagined that Ling Xi’s family would sense her presence from far away. Ling Xi could only leave it to fate.
Long Chen started cultivating silently and tried familiarizing himself with the Primordial Dragon Talisman. It was a mysterious and profound object. He inspected it for half a day, but all he managed to learn from it was its name and the method to use Rewind.
“Never mind, I should cultivate properly and reach the Ninth River Stage. Only then can I obtain the Nine Heavens Immortal Fruit.” He started cultivating after deciding that that was a better way to spend his time.
Time slowly passed, and Xiaolang was still refining the fruit. Five days later, Xiaolang returned as a Category Nine Earth-tier beast.
There were no Heaven-tier beasts around the Cangyang Kingdom, so he was the strongest one.
Doge & Chacha's Thoughts
Oh Deus-Ex Machina powers. It somehow makes its way in every novel I read.