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"Talisman of one's life" Hao Ren asked. He thought talismans of one's life were at least Shaking Level before they could be refined.

“Yes, the Talisman of One’s Life is a magical item that can communicate with your mind and soul, usually stored inside your body to nourish its spirituality through your essence blood. Eventually, it reaches the state where person and object become one,” Zhao Guang patiently explained.

"Is talking about talismans of one's life a bit premature" Zhao Hongyu worriedly said.

“You can see that the current situation is pressing. The West Sea is步步緊逼, if Ah Ren doesn't quickly boost his strength, he might become their main target for attack,” Zhao Guang said.

"A talisman of one's life will rise and fall with you. Although it greatly enhances your power to a certain extent, if high-level experts get hold of such a talisman, it can also be a threat. It would be better if Ah Ren reaches the Shaking Level first so his strength is more stable before cultivating a Talisman of One’s Life." Zhao Hongyu continued speaking.

“I think it's best that since the West Sea has just retreated, Ah Ren should seize this time to refine his Talisman of One’s Life early on,” Zhao Guang said, then turned to Hao Ren. "What do you think"

"Let's go and take a look at the Dragon Palace," Hao Ren said straightforwardly. In the past, Xia Chengxiang only briefly explained about magical items but didn't mention anything about Talismans of One’s Life.

Thinking that he was going to pick an item that would accompany him in his cultivation from now on, Hao Ren felt quite excited inside.

"I won’t go; I still have a lot of homework," Zhao Yanxi said softly.

Zhao Guang nodded. After Ah Zi’s dragon pearl was taken by Hao Ren, the current Zhao Yanzi was just like any ordinary child and only had better physical fitness.

Even if she wanted to cultivate again, she would have to wait until Hao Ren reached a certain level before guiding her through that secret technique to give her half of the completely matured dragon pearl back.

However, Zhao Yanzi was never enthusiastic about cultivation in the first place, and Zhao Guang's expectations for her were not high either. Hence, he did not even arrange a Talisman of One’s Life for her so that she would not be burdened if someone tried to control it.

After dinner, Zhao Yanzi went back to her room to catch up on her homework while Zhao Hongyu tutored her since she felt she should occasionally care about Zhao Yanzi's studies after the home visit last time.

The matter was not urgent, so Zhao Guang drove Hao Ren to the seaside. Along the way, there wasn't much conversation between father-in-law and son-in-law; even Zhao Guang didn't ask how they had enjoyed their trip outside for two days.

After arriving at the seaside, they went through the passage from last time and crossed underwater back into the Dragon Palace. Although flying in mid-air was convenient, if it were discovered by inspectors, there would still be some inspections to avoid. Only when things were urgent or during rainy weather with poor visibility could the dragon race fly high up in the sky; this was an unwritten rule.

"Welcoming Dragon King, welcoming son-in-law!" Chancellor Xia Chengxiang sensed Hao Ren and Zhao Chan’s arrival through the array formation and hurriedly came out to greet them.

"Hmm, the list of gifts from last time. Have you organized it" Zhao Guang asked.

Bowing., Correct

"It's already placed in the main hall, just waiting for King Long to take a look," Minister Xia恭敬地 said.

Zhao Guang nodded. "I plan to have Ah Ren select a primary法寶. You can take him to ask around about it. I'll go check on how the altar for passing the heavenly tribulation is coming along. If anything comes up, just come find me."

With that said, Zhao Guang flew off.

"Primary法寶" Minister Xia顯然 also seemed a bit surprised, and then bowed slightly toward Hao Ren, "Young Master Hao, please follow me."

He had met Hao Ren several times before and was no longer as unfamiliar with him. Compared to Zhao Zhanzi, he felt more at ease with Hao Ren, almost favoring him over Zhao Zhanzi.情感上，他似乎更傾向於這個“駙馬”

Hao Ren originally thought Minister Xia would take him to the "Divine Treasure Hall" to pick out a法寶, but instead found himself being led around and eventually brought to the southeast corner of the Dragon Palace's grand palace.

In this corner of the palace was a small garden. Inside the garden was an ordinary brick house.

At the gate of the fenced garden, Minister Xia stopped and called out, "Master Yin, are you there"

Given Minister Xia's status as second only to King Long in the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, he actually halted at this garden gate. Who could possibly be living in such a small house that would warrant such respect Hao Ren couldn't help but feel curious.

Seeing no response inside, Minister Xia straightened up slightly and called out respectfully once more, "Master Qiu, are you there"

No answer still came from within. After thinking for a moment, Minister Xia called out one last time, "Master Qiu, are you there"

If not for King Long's request, he wouldn't dare to disturb this great figure! If after three calls the person didn't respond, he could only take Hao Ren back and report to King Long!

The old wooden door creaked open, revealing a young Taoist boy in green robes who seemed about eight or nine years old. "Stop making noise! I was napping!"

Minister Xia縮縮脖子，尷尬地擠出笑臉。“甄童午，你師必知嗆在？”

"Not here! He's out traveling around!" The child replied impatiently, not very friendly.

"When will he return" Minister Xia gathered his courage and asked again.

"Don't know!" The kid threw out three words and turned to go back into the house, intent on continuing his nap.

However, even in such a situation, Chancellor Xia didn’t dare to lose his temper. He still had to force a smile and dared not hold the boy back. Seeing this little page boy about to close the door, he turned towards Hao Ren with a bitter expression.

"Eh" Suddenly, the child who was about to close the door saw Hao Ren, lightly called out, then came out of the house, walked across the small field where "green vegetables" were planted, and approached Hao Ren and Chancellor Xia.

Hao Ren took this opportunity to examine him. He found that this little boy indeed looked like he was around eight or nine years old, with a red dot on his forehead and an extremely neat appearance.

"Five Elements Physique, hmm, this is quite strange." He circled around Hao Ren once and said in a somewhat experienced tone.

Chancellor Xia accompanied him with a smile but dared not interject.

"Hey, show me your cultivation technique."

He circled back to Hao Ren's side and said.

Hao Ren wasn’t satisfied with his attitude. However, thinking that he shouldn't argue with a kid, he activated the Sword Shadow Technique, shooting five sword beams of different attributes past that small house.

Bang!

The five sword beams were triggered and their power reflected back extremely forcefully. Chancellor Xia hurriedly put up a defensive barrier to block the reflection of the sword beams.

Obviously, there was a very powerful array set around that small house.

"Oh," this green-robed boy, who clearly didn’t have any beard, pretended to be mature by rubbing his chin. "You practice the Sword Shadow Technique"

Hao Ren was surprised; such an obscure technique could be instantly recognized by this little guy. He had quite extensive knowledge. Hao Ren began to take this kid seriously.

"Did you come for your life-bound treasure" This page boy turned around and asked Chancellor Xia.

“Yes, yes,” Chancellor Xia hurriedly nodded.

“My master isn’t here, besides, I don’t want to go through the trouble. However, since you practice the Sword Shadow Technique, it doesn’t really matter whether or not you have a life-bound treasure.” He said arrogantly.

“What do you mean” Chancellor Xia asked hurriedly.

"The Sword Shadow Technique is about casting spiritual swords with spirit energy. Although this technique can also use life-bound treasures, using sword beams is better than using a life-bound treasure. They are intangible and can kill enemies from afar. Furthermore, they can form sword arrays. Why would you need another life-bound treasure in your body" He asked back while looking at Chancellor Xia sideways.

Chancellor Xia nodded slightly. "I understand." In his heart, he thought: If you don’t want to give it, just say no. No need for this long speech. It seems that he and his master share the same weird personality.

However, Hòu Rén had a sense of enlightenment. In fact, the child's explanation was not far from his own conjectures. The Sword Light Division Technique condenses intangible sword energy into a solid form; in future cultivation stages, whether it’s a single sword or an array formation, they can all reach the most robust "Heavenly Firmament" level. Wouldn't that be even more powerful than any other magical treasure

“But since I’ve come here, I might as well not leave empty-handed.” With a child's voice, he said in an old man-like manner and tiptoed to pinch the necklace around Hòu Rén’s neck.

"Alright, I’m going for my nap now. Don’t bother me unless it’s necessary." The little boy waved his hand as he re-entered the garden.

“Thank you, Zhen Child!” Xià Chéngxiàng bowed and shouted.

Seeing Dǒng Zi enter the house, Xià Chéngxiàng quickly turned to Hòu Rén, “What did he give you”

Hòu Rén looked down at his necklace, "It seems there's no change."

"Try infusing spirit energy into it with your cultivation technique," Xià Chéngxiàng said.

Hòu Rén did as instructed and suddenly discovered that this originally discarded necklace now contained a space! A room-sized space, akin to the intermediate dimension of a "Sūmì Ring" magical treasure. However, this space was hundreds of times larger than those in Sūmì Rings.

Seeing Hòu Rén's shocked expression, Xià Chéngxiàng likely guessed what Zhen Child had given him and smiled satisfactorily, "At least it wasn’t a wasted trip.公子跟我去龍王那邊交差吧，微臣已經儘力了，郝公子一定要幫我美言幾句啊！”

Hòu Rén nodded and followed Xià Chéngxiàng out of the southeastern corner towards the direction of the grand hall.

What shocked him wasn’t just the volume of this intermediate space but also how a child could casually create one with a simple pinch. Moreover, as Xià Chéngxiàng had explained previously, spatial magical treasures were the hardest to create, and even more astonishingly, the incantation to activate this space was the Sword Light Division Technique!

When casually creating a magical treasure, this child changed its activation incantation to Hòu Rén’s cultivation technique!

Seeing that Hòu Rén's expression was still in shock, Xià Chéngxiàng smiled, “You truly have deep good fortune. This Zhen Child is as eccentric as his master and never easily bestows benefits; giving you an upgraded magical treasure today is really a stroke of luck.”

“Who’s his master” Hòu Rén asked, remembering Xià Chéngxiàng's respectful demeanor towards the child.

Xià Chéngxiàng slowed down, “Among the nine sons born to the Heavenly Dragon, each is unique. His master is the first son of the World Creation Divine Dragon, Qiuniu!”e dangerous and cruel, he still couldn't bear to eliminate this little girl who was merely arrogant but not wickedly evil.Han Yao felt relieved at first upon hearing those words, but then almost faint...