Chapter 1795: He Is My Young Master

As he flew, he felt his body slip out of his control, growing stiffer and stiffer, on the verge of falling from the sky at any moment.

Just as he could barely hold on any longer, the figures of Chenyong Emperor and that young man appeared in his sight, as if they had known he would catch up and were waiting there.

"Please, sir, save me..."

Feeling his internal organs turning to stone, Haoxun Ancient Sage, no longer caring about his dignity, came before the young man, filled with terror.

A blood-rebirth powerhouse essentially possessed countless lives, but with his entire body turned to stone, no matter how great his abilities, he could not use them, and only one path remained: fall.

Though he had ignored worldly affairs and did not wish to involve himself in Chenyong Emperor's matters, he still did not want to die.

"My cultivation only allows me to act on a whim. If I want to save you, I must rely on His Majesty Chenyong. But he... bears a blood feud and likely has no time!"

Frowning, Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

Since he had refused earlier, now they could do nothing.

"I..."

Not expecting to have shot himself in the foot so quickly, Haoxun Ancient Sage's face flushed and paled: "If His Majesty Chenyong can save me, I am willing to follow your orders!"

Refuse and die now; agree and have a chance to live, even gain wealth and honor. The choice was no longer a dilemma.

"Since you agree, then it's easy..."

Smiling lightly, Zhang Xuan transmitted his voice.

"Like this?"

After hearing the transmission, Chenyong Emperor frowned, somewhat incredulous.

Zhang Xuan nodded.

"Very well..."

Taking a deep breath, Chenyong Emperor flipped his wrist, a long blade appearing in his palm. He flicked his hand.

Swish!

Blade light tore through space, slashing down at Haoxun Ancient Sage. The latter, stiff and unable to react, was struck on the chest, leaving a huge wound.

Blood flowed from the gash.

"What are you doing?"

Haoxun Ancient Sage, never expecting the man to strike directly, glared with rage.

"What else? Saving you, of course!" Zhang Xuan said expressionlessly, impatience in his tone. "If you don't want to be saved, we'll leave now!"

Haoxun Ancient Sage swayed, nearly falling from the air.

Who had he offended to deserve this? Taking a blade for nothing?

"Please, sir, save me..." Full of resentment but daring not to say more, he cupped his hands.

"That's more like it!"

Nodding, Zhang Xuan said no more, approached, and pointed his finger.

As the blood touched his fingertip, it once again emitted five-colored light, as if something was being drawn out from the other's body.

The light grew stronger, spinning and gathering at Zhang Xuan's fingertip, soon forming the shape of a stone.

It was the very lodestone that Haoxun Ancient Sage had refined.

As the five-colored light within him diminished, the latter felt his previously stiff body regain sensation.

The stone in the other's hand, as if sensing its good deed was being thwarted, kept jumping, emitting a ferocious and terrifying will, trying to break free of the young man's true qi encasement but failing.

"This stone... has its own will?"

Haoxun Ancient Sage's eyelids twitched.

He had been with this stone for no less than three thousand years and never noticed this.

Possessing intelligence, it was akin to some powerful weapons, making refinement more complex, not like his method of assimilation with true qi.

"Originally it didn't, but as you refined it with your true qi, it also used its power to assimilate you. Over time, it nurtured its own will!"

Zhang Xuan explained: "The reason you didn't notice is that this will only awakened during your refinement. Once it turned you completely into lodestone, it would have a body and soul, and you would be thoroughly dead..."

The man before him was refining the stone, but the stone was also refining him.

A treasure born of heaven and earth like the lodestone was not so easily claimed, even by an ancient sage.

Otherwise, the abyss of Yuandang Mountain would not have existed for tens of thousands of years.

However, under normal circumstances, even if this stone could birth a will, it would take an unknown time, and turning an ancient sage to stone was not so easy... It was Zhang Xuan who secretly controlled the lodestone force to awaken its intelligence.

This method borrowed the tree root's awakening technique. Though Haoxun Ancient Sage was powerful, he fell for it without noticing.

Though this was somewhat coercive, even if he hadn't acted, as time passed, the same situation would have occurred. Thus, his intervention still helped resolve the hidden danger.

Never expecting to nearly die at the hands of a stone, Haoxun Ancient Sage's face turned pale.

"Lodestone force, as a special power, is not so easily refined..."

Nodding, Zhang Xuan raised his palm, and five-colored light gathered more and more in his hand.

The ferocious stone kept jumping, trying to escape the encasement of his Heavenly Dao true qi, but failing.

"Try refining it..."

Seeing that the lodestone force fused within the other's body had been mostly drawn out, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing the man was no longer in danger. A thought suddenly struck him.

This lodestone was hard for Haoxun Ancient Sage to refine, but he possessed the Heavenly Dao technique and true qi, which could change attributes and become this power. Perhaps he could succeed.

With the idea, he focused his mind, entered the Spring and Autumn Canon in the library, and rotated his true qi.

Zzzz!

The five-colored light in the stone before him visibly diminished, turning into a stream that surged into his body.

His mind cultivated within the Spring and Autumn Canon, ten times faster. Outside, Chenyong Emperor and Haoxun Ancient Sage only saw a vast radiance enveloping him, the five-colored light blazing, unable to see what was happening.

"Could it be... the lodestone is devouring him?"

Haoxun Ancient Sage's brow jumped.

This thing had nearly killed him by assimilation, and now that it was drawn out by this young man, might it turn on him in fury?

If so, they would have no way to save him.

"This... I don't know either. But since he could resolve the lodestone force in you, he should be able to handle the current situation..."

Chenyong Emperor was also puzzled but finally nodded.

This young man, who could impress even the Spirit God, naturally possessed extraordinary skills.

"He... is your newly accepted disciple?"

Hearing Chenyong Emperor's words, Haoxun Ancient Sage relaxed a little, then looked at him with curiosity.

He had known Chenyong Emperor for a long time but had never seen this young man before. Could he be a new student taken on because time was short?

But... if he were a student, how could he make decisions on his behalf? Moreover, from their conversation, this young man seemed to hold a higher status.

"Disciple? Brother Hao flatters me... This is my young master!"

Chenyong Emperor said.

"Young master?"

Haoxun Ancient Sage grew even more puzzled.