"Mind guard the heart, you must be able to bear it," Zhang Fan communicated with the Blood Demon Flood Dragon using their spiritual senses.
"Master, just do it," seeing the starlight on Zhang Fan's palm, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's crimson eyes were filled with excitement and anticipation, for it vaguely knew what Zhang Fan was about to do.
"Since that's the case, then come," Zhang Fan stared at the Blood Demon Flood Dragon with a half-smile and suddenly pointed at its forehead.
An immeasurable amount of information flooded into the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's spiritual consciousness. Even though the Blood Demon Flood Dragon had reached the peak of the Heaven and Man Realm and its spiritual senses were considered powerful, it still felt dizzy and overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information received in an instant, as if its head was about to explode.
In less than a breath's time, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon found it unbearable and let out a deafening roar from its throat.
Its body also began to rapidly expand, swelling dozens of times in less than a second, until it finally returned to its original form.
Its massive body lay prone on the beach, trembling slightly, like a stranded flood dragon.
Its body, exceeding ten zhang in length, made Zhang Fan and the others appear minuscule.
At this moment, the formidable aura of a peak Divine Realm expert emanating from it was not contained in the slightest, radiating unreservedly. This caused even Ellebella and Lin Haotian, who were in the Saint Domain, to tremble in fear.
The transmission process lasted only a few seconds, but for the Blood Demon Flood Dragon, it felt like years. When Zhang Fan withdrew his finger, despite its powerful life force, it felt utterly exhausted.
However, even though it had suffered greatly during the transmission, and its soul felt the pain of being torn apart, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's lantern-like crimson eyes were filled with excitement and eagerness.
"It really is the body refinement technique of the Blood Dragon clan!" Feeling the new information in its mind, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's excitement and agitation were mixed with a newfound awe in its gaze towards Zhang Fan.
Previously, in the cave dwelling of the Half-Moon Immortal, Zhang Fan had mentioned the Reincarnation Technique to the Half-Moon Immortal, leading it to believe that Zhang Fan was merely a cultivator at the Golden Core stage in his past life, who had reincarnated onto Earth.
However, after Zhang Fan imparted the Blood Dragon clan's body refinement technique to it just now, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon felt the profound mystery of its master.
Its spiritual senses were now extremely powerful, reaching the peak of the Heaven and Man Realm, just a step away from rivaling ordinary Golden Core stage cultivators.
Yet, during the reception of that immense information, it had experienced such pain, while Zhang Fan, on the other hand, had been incredibly at ease, as if he had naturally mastered the information.
Furthermore, the Blood Dragon clan's body refinement technique was never passed down. Even cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage would find it incredibly difficult to obtain.
Yet Zhang Fan possessed it and had imparted it to him so casually, indicating that this precious body refinement technique was of little consequence to Zhang Fan.
Also, despite his master's cultivation seemingly being only at the peak of the Divine Sea Realm, his combat power was terrifying. It, being a peak Heaven and Man Realm Blood Demon Flood Dragon, was even stronger than a typical human cultivator at the same realm.
Yet, when it fought against Zhang Fan, it was utterly dominated. Even without using his peculiar domain divine abilities, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon was still suppressed. Its powerful physical defense was rendered useless against Zhang Fan.
All these reasons led the Blood Demon Flood Dragon to believe that its master's origins were far from simple.
"Go. This is an extraordinary fortune for you. Digest it properly. Even if it doesn't help you break through, I believe it will greatly enhance your strength," Zhang Fan instructed the Blood Demon Flood Dragon after the transmission was complete.
"I will definitely not disappoint Master," the Blood Demon Flood Dragon said with full confidence. It understood that today was likely a turning point in its destiny.
Originally, it was merely a flood dragon with a trace of Blood Dragon bloodline. Although its bloodline was nobler than ordinary demonic beasts, it was still far inferior to truly top-tier demonic beasts.
However, with the Blood Dragon clan's body refinement technique imparted by Zhang Fan, its potential would be greatly increased. It was even possible that if this technique were cultivated to an extremely high level, it might fully awaken its Blood Dragon bloodline and even transform into a true dragon.
A flood dragon was, after all, just a flood dragon. Only a true dragon was the real king among demonic beasts.
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After the Blood Demon Flood Dragon retreated, Zhang Fan chatted with his parents and Ellebella for a while, also clarifying some of their cultivation doubts. Afterward, he called Yi Fei Cheng and asked him to bring Guangtou Qiang to the lake island.
Less than half an hour after receiving Zhang Fan's call, Yi Fei Cheng and Guangtou Qiang arrived at the lake island, stepping on the water.
"Xiao Fan."
"Brother Fan."
Upon seeing Zhang Fan, Yi Fei Cheng and Guangtou Qiang seemed very excited and called out immediately.
Having not seen Yi Fei Cheng and Guangtou Qiang for a long time, Zhang Fan felt a sense of familiarity upon seeing them again.
One was his brother, and the other was his loyal subordinate.
"I'm returning to Donghai this time and plan to go into secluded cultivation. I can't determine the exact duration of this seclusion; it could be as long as a year, or as short as three to five months."
"I asked you to come over because I want to guide your cultivation. After all, you won't be able to see me for a while," Zhang Fan said.
Since embarking on the path of cultivation, Yi Fei Cheng had always been guided by Zhang Fan, and he never lacked for cultivation resources. Coupled with his own considerable talent, his realm had reached the peak of the Innate stage.
Even with the combat techniques taught by Zhang Fan, Yi Fei Cheng was capable of fighting against invincible Grandmasters and was only one step away from the Saint Domain.
As for Yan Qianghu, although he had been practicing with Lin Dahai since childhood, his aptitude was only average. After decades with Lin Dahai, he had only reached the perfection of Inner Strength.
Now, under Zhang Fan's tutelage, and with abundant cultivation resources and his personal guidance, he had only managed to cultivate to the mid-stage of the Innate Grandmaster realm, far behind Yi Fei Cheng.
However, he was still satisfied with his current strength, despite the slight disappointment compared to Yi Fei Cheng.
After all, his lifelong pursuit in the past was to cultivate true qi and become a true qi master like his master.
The realm of an Innate Grandmaster was a martial arts legend to him, unattainable.
Now that he had reached this realm, he felt a sense of dreaminess every time he walked on water.
"Secluding yourself for so long, are you trying to break through to the Golden Core Earth Immortal realm this time?" Yi Fei Cheng's bright and sharp eyes flashed with surprise.
According to rumors in the Chinese martial arts world, Zhang Fan was currently at the peak of the Divine Realm. If he were to break through during this seclusion, wouldn't that mean he would truly enter the Golden Core Earth Immortal realm?
The legend of the Golden Core Earth Immortal was known to very few even within the Chinese martial arts world. After all, in hundreds of years, only the former Half-Moon Immortal had reached that realm. Currently, the strongest in China was only at the peak of the Divine Realm.
Upon hearing this, Guangtou Qiang's eyes also lit up, and he looked at Zhang Fan with anticipation. If his boss could enter the legendary Golden Core Earth Immortal realm, then he and their Black Tiger Gang could also benefit.
With a Golden Core Earth Immortal as their guardian, even if their Black Tiger Gang's overall strength was not very high, they would likely immediately become one of the most powerful forces on Earth.