Chapter 38 Black Forest Mountain Range (1/2)

The sun rose into the sky as its rays enveloped the entire Great Zhou royal palace.

”Not bad. As expected of our Zhou clan's sacred dragon, you've opened your fourth meridian channel in such a short period of time.” At the dining table, Zhou Qing watched Zhou Yuan drain a bowl of Nine Beast Soup with a face full of gratification.

Zhou Yuan cleaned out the entire bowl with a single gulp and began to feel a rising heat within his body. He licked his lips as he picked up a bowl of Mysterious Crystal Rice and wolfed it down together with the meticulously prepared Genesis Beast meat dish on the table.

As the quality of his body increased, more and more nutritious Genesis Beast meat was added to his diet to make up for the energy used during his daily training.

Only after finis.h.i.+ng his food did Zhou Yuan finally smile at Zhou Qing. A short while later, the former regretfully shook his head and remarked, ”However, the effectiveness of the Jade Spirit Waterfall is growing worse and worse. I need to think of other methods to quickly unblock my fifth meridian channel.”

The difficulty of opening his channels was far higher than an ordinary person and normal methods would be far too time consuming, something that he obviously could not afford.

A thoughtful look appeared on Zhou Qing's face when he heard this. By this point in time, he already knew that it was way harder for Zhou Yuan because it was the second time he was opening his channels.

From the side, the quietly eating Yaoyao suddenly said, ”I have an idea to more quickly open your channels.”

”Eh?” Zhou Yuan and Zhou Qing looked towards her in shock.

In response to their gazes, Yaoyao's face remained expressionless as she elaborated, ”I know of a Genesis Rune called the Thirty Six Beasts Channel Opening Rune. Using the blood of thirty six kinds of grade 1 Genesis Beasts as an anchor, it can be inscribed on a person's body, allowing the person to borrow the savage energy within the Genesis Beasts' blood to unblock his channels.”

”However, this method is somewhat dangerous. If one's will is not strong, the savage energy contained within the blood of the Genesis Beasts will sunder one's mind.”

In simple terms, one would become nothing more than a simple fool.

The moment these words were said, Zhou Qing's and Qin Yu's expressions changed slightly.

In contrast, joy flitted across Zhou Yuan's eyes. He was extremely confident in his willpower. After all, he had survived even the torture of the Dragon's Resentment Poison and there was thus no reason to be afraid of the savagery of a few grade 1 Genesis Beasts.

Zhou Yuan said without hesitation, ”Big sis Yaoyao, we'll use this Thirty Six Beast Channel Opening Rune!”

Qin Yu wanted to say something but Zhou Yuan smiled at her. ”Don't worry mother, I will be fine.”

There was nothing else Qin Yu could say upon hearing this and she could only slowly nod her head.

Zhou Qing also nodded as he slowly said, ”I will not stop you since you are so determined. I will get someone to gather the fresh blood of thirty six grade 1 Genesis Beasts.”

He was very happy with the determination that Zhou Yuan had shown.

After all, the road of cultivation was a hard one. If one did not have great courage and drive, it would be difficult to travel very far on this road.

Yaoyao shook her head as she softly said, ”It will be better to let him gather the blood himself. He currently lacks actual combat experience and his battle awareness is not strong. If he continues to train in this manner, he will become a barbarian that relies solely on brute force.”

Zhou Yuan was stunned, but soon after, a look consideration surfaced in his eyes. Yaoyao was right, he had far too little combat experience and his battle awareness was weak. This was the reason why he had failed to make much progress with regards to the Dragon Tablet Hand for some time and was ultimately still unable to master the second level of the technique.

If this situation persisted, even if he managed to raise his strength, it was very probable that he would end up encountering an unexpected failure in a true life and death struggle.

As his thoughts reached this point, Zhou Yuan looked towards Zhou Qing and said, ”Father, I will be spending some time in the Black Forest Mountain Range.”

The Black Forest Mountain Range was a grand mountain range in the vicinity of Great Zhou City. Countless Genesis Beasts lived within it and it was a rather dangerous zone. The ability to fight was essential to survive there.

Zhou Qing fell silent for some time before he slowly nodded his head. ”It is good that you have such thoughts. One will ultimately appear rather immature without experiencing some life and death struggles.”

”You may go, but I will get Lu Tieshan to follow you with some men. Don't worry though, they will not interfere and will be there purely for your safety.”

Lu Tieshan was a captain in the imperial guard, a Heavenly Gate stage expert and was deeply trusted by Zhou Qing.

Zhou Yuan knew from Zhou Qing's expression that he would not give in, hence, the former could only nod his head.

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The next day.

Early in the morning, when Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao arrived at the palace gates, a tanned and muscular metal-tower-like figure greeted them.

”Your highness!”