The Azure Dragon Aura is the pinnacle of auras within the Great Qian Dynasty.
No.
To be more precise.
It stands in a league of its own.
The so-called aura is a product of the transformation of a martial artist's vital energy and blood after stepping into the innate realm. Its nature and power are closely tied to the martial artist's own cultivation techniques.
For instance, Xu Xi's previous aura, due to his practice of the Thunder Blade technique, transformed into a thunderous blade aura.
Similarly.
Wu Yingxue's Azure Dragon Aura.
With its horns, tail, and distinct scales, exuding the might of a dragon's roar with every movement, is closely related to the imperial family's cultivation techniques.
The problem lies precisely in this perfection.
"Why..."
"Even though it's a cultivation technique of a human dynasty, why does it deliberately mimic the Azure Dragon?"
"Why not other dragon species, or blade auras or sword auras?"
"In the martial world, there's no shortage of aura techniques that imitate demons and monsters. During the border skirmishes, one of the Great Qian generals wielded a turtle-snake aura."
"But the level of imitation in those auras pales in comparison to the Azure Dragon Aura."
Pingshui County.
The top floor of the official residence.
Xu Xi pondered deeply, his brows furrowed as he gazed at the sharp vertical pupils of the Azure Dragon and the vividly clear dragon scales before him.
Such a meticulous level of imitation.
It didn't seem like a conventional imitation of demons and monsters.
It was more akin to standing directly before a demon, copying the entire essence and form of a true Azure Dragon, and making it one's own.
The Great Qian Dynasty...
The Ten Thousand Mountains...
Humans and demons...
Multiple pieces of information, different clues, collided in Xu Xi's mind.
"From the known intelligence, there must be some hidden connection between the Great Qian Dynasty and the demons. And this Azure Dragon Aura..."
"Could it be that the Great Qian Emperor, who ostensibly protects humanity, is actually a traitor colluding with demons?"
"This conjecture is bold, but it's not without possibility."
Xu Xi pondered for a long time.
He decided to set aside this thought for now.
At the moment, the most pressing matter was to devise a new cultivation technique for the girl.
Otherwise, her martial talent would be wasted, hindering her progress and depriving the Survival Army of a fierce warrior.
"Yingxue, what are your thoughts on the new technique?"
"Fire!"
The girl blurted out without hesitation.
Her name was Yingxue (Reflecting Snow), but her temperament was fiery.
The girl had an innate passion and love for fire, evident even in her attire, which was dominated by large swathes of red.
"Fire, huh..."
"Alright, I understand."
Xu Xi nodded and had people gather all fire-related techniques available in the county.
He planned to use the foundation of a hundred techniques to deduce the principles of an innate aura.
...
[Your deduction has officially begun]
[Creating an innate technique from scratch is no easy task]
[Even with the inner world characteristics of the Myriad Furnace, even with the Martial Deduction trait, even with the Azure Dragon Aura as a reference]
[It remains an immensely difficult endeavor]
[Your daily routine became chaotic]
[You often stayed up all night researching]
[Your prolonged study of fire techniques gave you some insights into technique creation, and your martial theory improved slightly]
[Your prolonged study of the Azure Dragon Aura gave you some understanding of the imperial family's techniques, and you began to grasp the strengths and weaknesses of the imperial techniques]
[Your exhaustion from researching techniques worried Wu Yingxue]
[You smiled and reassured her, telling her not to worry about you]
[Creating a technique isn't the hard part; the challenge lies in creating one that can rival the Azure Dragon Aura]
[Fully aware of the difficulty, you decided to lower your expectations and first meet the girl's cultivation needs]
[After fourteen days]
[You created the prototype of a technique]
[It perfectly met Wu Yingxue's requirements, with fire as its primary element, giving the aura a scorching and fierce nature]
[The girl tried circulating it and instantly fell in love with the technique, twirling her spear, its tip tearing through the air like the cries of a fiery phoenix]
[You incorporated some aspects of the Fool's Technique into the new technique]
[Allowing the girl to grow stronger through battle, continuously amplifying her strength with heightened fighting spirit, and even healing her wounds in the process]
[Wu Yingxue, overjoyed, asked you for the name of the new technique]
"Master, master, what's this technique called?"
"I haven't really thought about it yet. After all, it's just a prototype, not a complete technique."
"Is that so... Master, how about calling it 'The Supreme Divine Technique of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths'!"
"...That's a bit too arrogant."
[After much discussion with the girl]
[You decided to temporarily forgo naming the new technique]
[Planning to give it a proper name in the future, when the technique is truly perfected]
[With that, the girl's cultivation dilemma was resolved, and her progress became faster than ever, like a true flame, constantly burning forward]
[Harvest season arrived, with golden autumn hues]
[You stayed in Pingshui County for some time, witnessing the autumn harvest with the girl]
[The people of the Survival Army, crying and laughing, joyfully reaped the golden rice fields]
[You had a bountiful harvest]
[Seeing the longing in people's eyes, you gritted your teeth and decided to indulge in a rare luxury]
[After the harvest, you organized a communal feast]
[Every member of the Survival Army, every 'criminal' who had fled the border, received a steaming bowl of white rice]
[The bowls held only a thin layer of rice]
[But the snowy white glow and the rising steam mesmerized everyone]
"Gulp—"
"Gulp—"
It started with someone.
Then it continued, unceasingly.
The sound of swallowing echoed throughout Pingshui County.
"Everyone, eat," Xu Xi's voice rang out, and immediately, everyone eagerly picked up their portion of rice, taking a small pinch and savoring it slowly.
The rice was too precious.
They couldn't bear to eat it all at once.
Such a delicacy had to be enjoyed slowly, chewing every grain thoroughly.
Letting the sweetness of the rice linger in their parched mouths.
"White rice, so sweet!"
"I've finally eaten white rice!"
Niu, eating the white rice and licking his fingers, laughed foolishly.
He still remembered his earlier conversation with Xu Xi.
White rice was something only the city's wealthy ate.
Now that Niu had eaten white rice.
It meant Niu was one of the wealthy.
In his not-so-bright mind, Niu happily concluded this, then poured the rest of his rice into his elderly mother's bowl.
"Mother, you eat. I'm not hungry."
The simple-minded man said this, coaxing his mother to eat the rice.
Similar scenes played out across the Survival Army. Their stomachs were still empty, but the fire in their eyes had been rekindled.
"Master, will our lives get better in the future?"
"They will."
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
