The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu-Chapter 385: The Mad Dragon Emperor

Long Xuan suddenly understood—the rules were quite reasonable. Every contestant who had made it this far was among the most talented alchemists in the entire Western Region. If too many of them were eliminated, it would be a great loss to the entire alchemy world.

If the alchemy competition became too dangerous, no one would dare participate in the next tournament.

However, with all contestants having their abilities sealed, Long Xuan wondered if he could cheat using the rabbit.

The rabbit itself was a spirit herb and had an extremely keen sense for detecting the location of other spiritual herbs. Finding rare herbs would be a breeze for it.

The rabbit’s sensitivity to spiritual herbs didn’t seem to count as an ability, meaning it might be a loophole in the competition rules.

If he used the rabbit to exploit this bug, he might have a guaranteed win in this round.

Long Xuan’s eyes lit up, his confidence soaring for the upcoming challenge.

Even though the third round only lasted three days, finding the Enlightenment Tea Tree in the vast Medicine Realm was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

But if he released the rabbit, locating the Enlightenment Tea Tree might not be so difficult.

Thinking about the Enlightenment Tea Tree, Long Xuan decided to test the waters and asked, “The competition rules state that contestants can freely harvest any spiritual herb within the Medicine Realm. Does this include the Enlightenment Tea Tree?”

Long Xuan gazed intently at Long Xiaoyao. Although he knew the answer was most likely no, he couldn’t resist asking.

“What kind of dream are you having?” Long Xiaoyao sighed. “Forget whether you can even find the Enlightenment Tea Tree in such a short time. Even if you do find it, there’s no way you can break the formation protecting it.”

Long Xiaoyao gave him a helpless glance and patiently explained, “Did you forget what I just told you? Everyone who enters the Medicine Realm has all their abilities sealed. Aside from having slightly greater physical strength, you’ll be no different from an ordinary person.”

“The formation guarding the Enlightenment Tea Tree can withstand the attacks of a Gu King. How could a group of contestants who have lost all their powers possibly break through it?”

“The Feng Clan knows there’s a national treasure inside the Medicine Realm, yet they still dared to let a group of people in. Why? Because the formation inside isn’t something you can break through at all.”

“Besides, the fourth round of the competition involves all contestants drinking Enlightenment Tea and each creating their own original pill recipe. The more extraordinary the recipe, the higher the score.”

“So the Enlightenment Tea Tree inside the Medicine Realm has already been completely harvested. Even if you go, it’s useless. Don’t waste your time.”

Hearing this, Long Xuan was overjoyed. He hadn’t expected the fourth round’s rule to be about who could create the best original pill recipe. That meant another guaranteed win for him.

The rules of the last two rounds were way too favorable for him—it was as if they had been custom-made for him. Losing was nearly impossible.

If he achieved the highest score in every round, even if Burning Heaven Ancestor had no choice but to refine a fourth-grade spirit pill in the finals, he still might not be able to surpass Long Xuan in points.

“Alright, this is as much support as the Long Clan can provide you. Now, focus on memorizing the pill recipe. I won’t disturb you any further.”

After finishing his words, Long Xiaoyao sighed again before turning around, jumping out of the window, and disappearing from sight.

Long Xuan walked over, closed the window, and returned to his bed. He quickly channeled his soul power into the storage ring that Long Xiaoyao had given him.

After checking the pill recipe inside, his smile grew wider and wider.

The ring contained an overwhelming number of pill recipe—not only all the universal pill recipe used in the Gu world but also the Long Clan’s exclusive, secret recipe.

Whether Long Xiaoyao had done it intentionally or not, he had even included precious fourth-grade pill recipe, despite the fact that Long Xuan was only a third-grade alchemist.

These were invaluable treasures. In the future, when he created his own pill recipe, these rare fourth-grade recipe would provide him with an immense wealth of experience.

After scanning through all the pill recipe inside, Long Xuan tossed the storage ring into the stomach of the Heaven-Devouring World Toad.

He was inherently lazy, so how could he possibly have the patience to memorize so many alchemical recipe? It was better to leave this task to his five clones in the Heaven-Devouring Toad’s space.

As his soul grew stronger, both he and his clones had developed an eidetic memory. They didn’t even need to glance at low-grade pill recipe. If they focused solely on the ones with heaven-defying effects, the five clones working together could memorize all the highly valuable recipe within three days.

Long Xuan’s eyes flickered with thought. Since there was a rabbit cheating in the third round of the competition, his confidence was already soaring. Now, he was contemplating how to seize the Enlightenment Tea Tree.

Taking the Enlightenment Tea Tree was one of his main objectives in participating in the Alchemy Tournament.

Upon entering the Medicine Realm, all participants would lose their powers. Even a Fourth-Grade Formation Master wouldn’t be able to break the protective formation around the Enlightenment Tea Tree without their cultivation.

Of course, Long Xuan was not so arrogant as to think he could accomplish what even a Fourth-Grade Formation Master could not.

If his golden finger ability truly originated from a Gu insect, then inside the Medicine Realm, it might be rendered useless. In that case, breaking the protective formation would be impossible.

At this moment, he was pondering—since the rabbit could become a "bug" within the Medicine Realm, could the Heaven-Devouring World Toad also serve as a loophole?

Storage bags and insect-rearing bags were clearly allowed within the Medicine Realm; otherwise, how would one carry spiritual herbs? 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Then what if he retrieved a massive mountain from his spatial equipment? That would be reasonable, right? Wouldn’t it also be logical to use a mountain to crush the protective formation?

That Spirit Mountain, capable of releasing terrifying cold energy, was still inside the Heaven-Devouring World Toad’s stomach.

Long Xuan’s eyes brightened. Although he wasn’t entirely confident, it was definitely worth a try.

If the Medicine Realm classified the Heaven-Devouring World Toad as a storage item, then things would get interesting.

…

Meanwhile, on the other side, Long Xiaoyao returned to his residence, shut the door, and once again took out the mirror. Before long, the imposing figure of the Dragon Emperor appeared in the reflection.

At this moment, the Dragon Emperor's expression was filled with urgency. As soon as he appeared, he impatiently asked, “How did it go? Was the target eliminated?”

Long Xiaoyao sighed, his expression filled with pain. “It was my miscalculation. I failed them. I never expected Feng Jiu to actually be the Burning Heaven Ancestor. The ten Dragon Clan Gu Kings all perished at his hands. I am ashamed before them.”

The Dragon Emperor fell silent. After a long pause, he let out a deep sigh and said, “This isn’t your fault. If anyone is to blame, it’s me. I should never have agreed to this gamble.”

“I should have realized it—since the Feng Clan dared to propose such a high-stakes bet, they must have been certain of their victory. I was too impulsive.”

“I only accepted the wager because the National Master Divination predicted that we would win. But no divination is ever 100% accurate.”

The Dragon Emperor let out a bitter laugh, his face appearing significantly older in an instant.

“So now… do we prepare for war?”

A sudden sharp glint flashed in the Dragon Emperor’s eyes, and his expression turned frenzied. “If the Long Clan loses half of its national fortune, the decline in the number of prodigies born will put us on the path to destruction.”

“Rather than allowing the Feng Clan to boil us like a frog in warm water, we should take advantage of our peak strength and make a decisive move—wipe out all Feng Clan members in the Western Region in one fell swoop!”

Hearing the Dragon Emperor’s terrifying plan, Long Xiaoyao was immediately startled and hurriedly tried to dissuade him. “Your Majesty, you must not! Things haven’t reached that point yet—please don’t act rashly.”

“Losing half of our clan’s destiny will affect everything, including war. Luck can determine the outcome of a battle. Even if our army is ten times stronger than the enemy’s, the loss of luck could still lead to our defeat.”

“If we do nothing, we might still preserve a future. But if we launch a war of genocide, then in the Western Region, there may no longer be anyone left with the surname Long…”