Going out for training

After leaving the sacred area, Zhu Shen saw Ancestor Sun waiting for him. As soon as Ancestor Sun saw Zhu Shen, he went towards him and held his wrist while saying,

"You are the last one to leave the area… If not for you coming out today, I was going to check on you."

Ancestor Sun was obviously worried for Zhu Shen. The blood energy inside the sacred place was extremely potent even for someone like him.

While checking the blood flow of Zhu Shen, the inner elder did not find any abnormalities inside Zhu Shen except one.

Zhu Shen's heartbeat was exceptionally low. His heartbeat was 2 beats per minute. Although it was normal for dragons to have a slow heartbeat, Zhu Shen was a human…

A thought struck ancestor Sun as he asked Zhu Shen,

"Are you able to dragonify…?"

If Zhu Shen was able to transform into a half-dragon state, it would be a huge win for the dragon race. But his expectations disappointed him as Zhu Shen shook his head.

"I can only transform this much…!"

Zhu Shen showed the golden scale on his chest to Ancestor Sun.

After looking at the golden scale for a while, Ancestor Sun said,

"Maybe the blood energy inside your body only transformed your blood. It did not manage to transform your bones as well as organs."

He looked at Zhu Shen and said,

"If you are able to reach the dragon sanctuary… you might be able to transform into a dragon… only there you can get the necessary resources."

Zhu Shen immediately asked,

"How can I go there…? What needs to go there…?"

"Hahahahaha"

After hearing Zhu Shen's reply, ancestor Sun laughed out loud. He did not want to demoralize Zhu Shen but entering the dragon Sanctuary was next to impossible feat. He explained to Zhu Shen,

"For you to enter Dragon Sanctuary, you need to at least reach the golden core realm before the age of 25… every 20 years, envoys from the dragon sanctuary will come and recruit the most talented youngsters across all the races. and the next dragon sanctuary recruitment is 5 years away."

"You have only 5 years to reach the golden core realm from your current body tempering 4th stage…"

Although Ancestor Sun did not discourage Zhu Shen, he did not believe that Zhu Shen could reach the golden core realm in 5 years.

"I am giving it a shot… Five year later I will become a golden core cultivator…"

Zhu Shen said with a strong heart. He believed that he could reach the golden core realm with the help of his master and the golden heart.

Seeing the unshakable will in Zhu Shen's eyes, Ancestor Sun sighed. He could only hope that Zhu Shen could achieve it.

After talking to Ancestor Sun for a while, Zhu Shen left the dragonblood pool area and headed towards his home.

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After walking for a while Zhu Shen reached his home. He saw his master lying on a rocking chair with eyes closed.

Zhu Shen thought that his master was resting, so to not disturb his master's sleep, Zhu Shen quietly took a detour. But his attempt failed miserably, as he just entered the courtyard he saw his master looking at him playfully.

Before he could understand what was happening, he saw a bamboo stick coming his way with an unbelievable speed. Zhu Shen tried to dodge but he could not.

'SLAP…'

With a loud slap, the bamboo stick landed on Zhu Shen's thies.

"Stinky brat, do you think you can escape your master's perception… let me show you the consequences…"

'SLAP…. SLAP…. SLAP…'

And the beating continued.

After a while, looking at pig headed Zhu Shen with satisfied smile, his master asked,

"How was your experience inside the dragonblood pool…?"

Zhu Shen recounted the entire incident except the golden heart part.

After listening to Zhu Shen's story, old man Ao took Zhu Shen's pulse and said,

"Hmm… all the 108 meridiens seem to be open and working flawlessly…."

He then looked at Zhu Shen approvingly.

"Good… now that you have unlocked all your meridians… you will increase your dragon breath practice… "

While old man Ao was making plans for Zhu Shen, he looked at old man Ao with a complicated gaze. After thinking for a while, Zhu Shen decided to speak up his concern.

"Master, I have just discovered new strength inside my body, I need to go out for a while and experience the world while getting used to my newfound strength…"

While old man Ao was making perfect plans for Zhu Shen, he knew that to become truly strong he needed to make his own path rather than let someone else carve a path for them.

Looking at the stern expression on his disciple's face old man Ao could not help but sigh.

"Sigh~"

He let all the plans he created for his disciple dissolve into nothingness and said,

"A passage to new corrupt lands has been opened recently. You can go there and get as much experience as you can…"

Zhu Shen looked at his master's difficult expression and bowed deeply,

"Thank you master…"

One could see hot tears flowing out of Zhu shen's eyes. He felt very gratified towards everything his master did for him.

'I promise that once I come back from my adventure I will surpass all my master's expectations…!!'

Zhu Shen woved in his heart as he looked at his master in front of him.

"Then I will go towards the new corrupt lands…"

Zhu Shen bowed towards his master and started leaving the courtyard. But before he could take two steps a bamboo stick struck him on his ankles…

"Where are you going… I haven't even beaten you enough yet… you are now started to talk back to your master huh… let me show you that I am still the boss…"

"SLAP….. SLAP…"

And the beating continued throughout the day….