Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 462 - 434 Dragon Clan’s Treasured Item

Chapter 462: 434 Dragon Clan’s Treasured Item

The Thunder Pool is flawed, which indirectly shows that Jiang Chen’s path of refinement isn’t perfect, carrying its own defects.

Though the Thunder Pool has performed well, even better than Jiang Chen anticipated, it still isn’t perfect and could use improvements.

With a gentle flick of his wrist, Jiang Chen summoned the Thunder Marsh to his side, scrutinizing it closely.

Countless thunders burst out from within the pool, swirling around and forming a sea composed entirely of thunder. Within this sea, miniature divine dragons could be observed joyously darting around.

"The performance of the Thunder Marsh is better than I imagined, and the reason lies right here. The existence of these dragon qi has given the Thunder Pool an additional ability, that of aiding all things in becoming dragons."

Indeed, this thunder pool could appropriately be termed the Dragon Transformation Pool. When being crafted, Jiang Chen not only integrated the blood of the dragon supreme but also opened a pathway to the Dragon Dimension.

At that time, seeing the Dragon Dimension opening and threads of dragon qi descending, Jiang Chen, for some reason, impulsively inscribed the inheritance of the ancestral dragon, All Things Dragon Transformation Scripture, onto the surface of the pool.

Subsequently, an unexpected transformation took place. The All Things Dragon Transformation Scripture somehow resonated with the dragon qi, thereby causing the Thunder Pool to undergo a metamorphosis and acquire the ability to transform all things into dragons.

Just like this, Jiang Chen transformed the Thunder Pool, a significant Dao artifact of thunder, into a top-notch treasure of the Dragon Clan.

If Jiang Chen wishes so, he could rear a group of living beings inside the Thunder Pool. As long as they could withstand the primordial thunder test above the pool and leap out of it, they would transform into true dragons.

The Primordial Thunder Dragon!

True dragons that jump from the Thunder Pool, named Primordial Thunder Dragons, are born with the power to manipulate thunder. They hold the same honor as the Five-clawed Golden Dragon in the Dragon Clan, both being sovereigns among dragons.

"Tsk tsk tsk...."

"If I were to bring this Thunder Pool to the East Sea, I wonder if the old Dragon King would be willing to exchange it for a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure?"

A treasure that could transform into a dragon is a treasured artifact of the Dragon Clan, far more precious than an Innate Spiritual Treasure. If Jiang Chen were to take it to the Eastern Sea to exchange it for an Innate Spiritual Treasure, the East Sea Dragon King might grit his teeth and make the trade.

If it weren’t for the Thunder Pool’s ability to refine the Origin Elixir, Jiang Chen might have already traded it to the Dragon Clan. But unfortunately for him, the Thunder Pool does have this ability. The Origin Elixir is of utmost importance to the Human Race, so how could Jiang Chen hand it over to outsiders?

"Sigh!"

With a sigh, Jiang Chen set to work again. He fetched various kinds of Star Divine Gold and started inscribing the Star Array on the Thunder Pool, trying to force the birth of the embryo god inside it by leveraging the cyclic power.

In addition to this, Jiang Chen drew on the power from the original source of Nine Heavens, fortifying the Thunder Pool.

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Time went by, and by the time Jiang Chen finished inscribing the Star Array on the Thunder Pool and performed some additional refining, six months had passed.

Upon inspecting the renewed Thunder Pool, Jiang Chen’s brow furrowed, "What’s going on? Did I choose the wrong materials? Why does this Thunder Pool look more and more like a Dragon Clan relic the more I refine it?"

"I might as well call it Dragon Transformation Pool!"

Jiang Chen was speechless at that moment. He initially thought that after some additional refinement, the Thunder Pool would transform, forming a deity and aligning with his visualization.

However, the outcome was contrary to his expectations. The Thunder Pool became stronger, there was no denial, but there was no change regarding the deity. It was still in gestation, with the transformation into a dragon becoming even more pronounced.

The All Things Dragon Transformation Scripture that Jiang Chen inscribed on the Thunder Pool had resonated with the source of the Nine Heavens, with changes spontaneously occurring, giving birth to another Innate Dao Scripture - the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Scripture.

Leap over the Nine Heavens, and you shall turn into a dragon.

Here, Nine Heavens referred to the nine-level Thunder Domain within the Thunder Pool. After being refined by Jiang Chen, the Thunder Pool underwent a drastic transformation. It fused with a portion of the original source of Nine Heavens, producing nine levels of Thunder Domains within.

The power of thunder converging from all around sorted itself out in these nine levels according to its strength. This way, the internal structure of the Thunder Pool became much clearer and more perfect.

As soon as the nine-level Thunder Domain was established, the Thunder Pool resonated with the Thunder Marsh, receiving an enhancement from the power of the Thunder Marsh. In a blink of an eye, the Thunder Pool’s absorption and exhalation rate of universe energy doubled.

In addition to this, because of the emergence of the Star Array, a vast starry sky got rendered in the Thunder Pool. Above the Nine-Level Thunder Domain, myriad stars circulated, emitting an immense splendor. This was the cyclic star power drawn from the boundless starry sky.

With the addition of the powers of Thunder Marsh and the starry sky, it was expected that the deity in the Thunder Pool would be born. However, the actual situation was precisely the opposite.

These two powers did not merge with the deity of the Thunder Pool but with the dragon qi, thereby fully transforming the Thunder Pool into a high-grade treasure of the Dragon Clan.

At this point, if any creature practiced the Nine Heavens Dragon Transformation Scripture and managed to jump over the Nine-Level Thunder Domain within the Thunder Pool in one go, they would not only transform into a Primordial Thunder Dragon but also metamorphose into a starry sky divine dragon wielding the power of stars, a Star River divine dragon controlling the power of the Star River, and so on.

In short, there are now more options for dragon transformation, or to be precise, several new types of true dragons that had never appeared before, thus, broadening the scope of the Dragon Clan. Just on this point alone, the Thunder Pool is not only a valuable asset of the Dragon Clan but a top-notch treasure.

This discovery greatly worsened Jiang Chen’s mood. He intended to craft a Thunder Pool, an unparalleled Dao artifact, not a dragon transformation relic.

Doesn’t the performance of the Thunder Pool imply that Jiang Chen made errors in his derivation and his plan of inaugurating a new scheme failed? How could Jiang Chen possibly be glad about this?

Nevertheless, the refinement of the Thunder Marsh wasn’t entirely devoid of benefits. At the very least, the Thunder Pool is able to produce even more Origin Elixirs - it can yield a billion elixirs a day.

More than that, the newly-minted Origin Elixirs have blended with a hint of star power, becoming more profound and outperforming the previous ones by one-third in terms of efficacy.

Even so, this didn’t cheer Jiang Chen up. Compared to his grand plan of launching a new path, the increased output of the Origin Elixirs was mere child’s play.

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Meanwhile, while Jiang Chen’s mood was gloomy and uncertain, the East Sea Dragon King, who was far away in the underwater Dragon Palace in the Eastern Sea, suddenly opened his eyes and began making calculations with a look of shock and doubt.

Just now, he’d sensed the emergence of a treasure related to the fate of the Dragon Clan.

"Strange, why can’t I calculate it?"

After a moment, the East Sea Dragon King stopped his calculation with some confusion.

Actually, it wasn’t just the East Sea Dragon King. The moment the Thunder Pool came into existence, nearly all the Dragon Clan masters were alarmed and began to divine at the same time.

However, unfortunately, all divinations related to Jiang Chen were blocked, and even the Dragon Clan’s Daos were unable to find any information about the Thunder Pool.

In the end, it was an old turtle who lived in seclusion in the easternmost part of the world who made the calculation and determined that the treasure concerning, the Dragon Clan was in the Eastern Sea.

However, that was as far as it could calculate. Even this Quasi-Saint level old turtle could not calculate anything more.

The information, however, was sufficient.

The following events could be imagined. It was probable that the attention of many Dragon Clan masters would be focused on the Eastern Sea, in search of the Thunder Pool, a treasure of the Dragon Clan.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Jiang Chen at the moment. He had already given up on the Thunder Pool and was planning to remake another treasure.

At this point, Jiang Chen had probably figured out where the problem was.

It was likely that he chose the wrong materials. The Coiling Dragon Pillar was good indeed, but it carried too heavy a Dragon Qi. If Jiang Chen used it to craft the main body of the Thunder Pool, won’t the Thunder Pool be inclined to become a treasure of the Dragon Clan?

Therefore, Jiang Chen had learned his lesson and planned to pick the materials again and create another treasure.

This time, he planned to remake the Devil’s Palace. He’d originally planned to refine two treasures, one of which was the Coiling Dragon Pillar, and the second was this Devil’s Palace.

Or rather, the remaking of the Devil’s Palace was the main focus of Jiang Chen, and the refining of the Coiling Dragon Pillar was incidental. His initial goal for attending the auction was to purchase materials needed for the remaking of the Devil’s Palace.

Earlier, Jiang Chen first made the Coiling Dragon Pillar rather than remaking the Devil’s Palace, suggesting that he’d already prepared himself for a failure.

It was a mighty feat to start afresh, and Jiang Chen didn’t intend to succeed in one try. Therefore, he prepared two sets of materials from the start.

However, if the remaking of the Devil’s Palace failed again, Jiang Chen would be spitting blood.

Whether it was the Coiling Dragon Pillar or the Devil’s Palace, they were both rare treasures in the world. Jiang Chen wouldn’t be able to come up with a third one in a short time.

"Come!"

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Chen beckoned and summoned the Devil’s palace from deep within the Nine Heavens.

Before setting off for Xiadu, Jiang Chen had already placed the Devil’s Palace deep within the Nine Heavens, exploiting the power of the thunder there to cleanse the demonic Qi on the palace.

Now, several years later, the effect was pretty good. The demonic Qi on the Devil’s Palace had completely dissipated, and it had become as dazzling as gold again, no longer as dark as before.

"Refine!"

Glancing at the Devil’s Palace, Jiang Chen directly took action to shatter all the formations and prohibitions inside.

Having learned a lesson from the last time, Jiang Chen was thorough this time. He activated the Tao Mirror and repeatedly tempered the Devil’s Palace many times until he was sure there were no more issues, and only then did he stop.

"Seaite!"

"Whether it will succeed or not, it depends on the next step." Having prepared, Jiang Chen took out the materials he had already prepared and began to carve formations on the Devil’s Palace to remake it.

This time, having learned from the previous experience, Jiang Chen was much faster. However, the making of the Devil’s Palace was different from the making of the Thunder Pool. The Thunder Pool’s range was fixed from the start, and it could only be refined according to the Thunder Marsh.

But the making of the Devil’s Palace was entirely up to Jiang Chen. So, he couldn’t help but let go of himself a little, bringing his boundless imagination into full play.

For instance, the Human Race had a clan-protecting Great Formation called the Innate Heaven and Earth Great Formation, which was created by the Ancestors’ understanding of the Innate Treasure Heaven and Earth Cauldron. It possessed the power to reverse Heaven and Earth and was said to be able to refine all things in the world into the most primal state, that of Innate Qi.

Back then, the Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty used this formation to refine a Tiandi alive. And now, what Jiang Chen was going to do was to carve the Innate Heaven and Earth Great Formation on the Devil’s Palace.

However, Jiang Chen’s Innate Heaven and Earth Great Formation was different from the one passed down by the Human race, as he made some changes.

The Innate Heaven and Earth Great Formation consisted of two formations. One was Qian formation symbolizing the dome of the sky, and the other was Kun formation symbolizing the Earth.

The combination of the two formations would become the Innate Heaven and Earth Great Formation. Once activated, it could use the power of Heaven and Earth to destroy everything in the formation and return it to the most primal and original state, the Innate Qi.

The changes Jiang Chen made were to replace both, the original Qian and Kun formations that formed the Innate Heaven and Earth Great Formation, with two other Innate Great Formations.

He believed that the words Qian and Kun convey the meaning of Heaven and Earth, and the Qian and Kun formations passed down by the Human Race were not enough to represent Heaven and Earth, so they had to be replaced.