The Hehuan Sect Was Squeezed Dry for Ten Thousand Years, but It Became a Sacred Ground? - Chapter 33

Chapter 33: The Princess of Daxia! The Ancient Great Ascendant!

After completing the morning lessons according to the sect rules, a young girl in a warm white dress adorned with golden floral patterns quickly stood up and rushed out the door, under the accustomed gazes of those around her. Walking on the stone steps, her delicate yet somewhat haughty face remained expressionless, giving off an air of someone not to be trifled with.

Since joining the sect, Duanmu Yao had been feeling quite frustrated. She believed that the Qinglian Sect did not live up to the reputation of being one of the Twelve Great Sects of Daxia. When she was young, she had accompanied a team to send her elder brother, Crown Prince Duanmu Yan, to the top-ranked Yuantan Academy. The grandeur and solemnity of that place were something the Qinglian Sect could never match. This left her resentful.

As a princess of the Daxia Dynasty, her talent was no less than that of her brothers. Yet, simply because she was a woman, she could only choose a lower-ranked sect. It was utterly unfair. Although the Qinglian Sect treated its ordinary disciples well, they had no plans to focus on cultivating her. Even though she was the most advanced in cultivation among the new disciples!

Before coming, Duanmu Yao had thought she would directly become a personal disciple. Instead, she had to temporarily remain an ordinary disciple, receiving the same benefits as any normal Foundation Establishment cultivator, with no special treatment. Her brothers, on the other hand, were highly valued in their respective sects. If this continued, wouldn’t she be left far behind? That was absolutely unacceptable!

The Daxia Dynasty had endured for ten thousand years, and the direct bloodline of the royal family had always possessed the Golden Dragon Body. Only those who awakened the Golden Dragon Body were eligible to compete for the throne. Moreover, the first to awaken with a higher number of Golden Dragon Claws would inherently suppress their royal peers, preventing them from awakening and thus becoming the sole heir to the throne. In this generation, it was the Crown Prince who awakened first. However, his Golden Dragon Body only had three and a half claws. While this number of claws exerted some bloodline suppression, it was not enough to completely prevent others from awakening. As a result, the eldest prince also later awakened the Golden Dragon Body, with three claws. In recent years, the covert and overt rivalry between the two has never ceased.

Duanmu Yao had no ambition to vie for the throne as a woman, but she wanted to cultivate diligently and strive to awaken her Golden Dragon Body as soon as possible! Throughout history, those ancestors who awakened the Golden Dragon Body, as long as they did not die prematurely, all reached the Nascent Soul stage to some extent. They served for a thousand years and were enshrined in the ancestral temple after abdicating.

Duanmu Yao could feel that her cultivation was becoming increasingly slow. This was the bloodline suppression from her peers who had awakened the Golden Dragon Body. In the long run, royal family members who failed to awaken the Golden Dragon Body, regardless of their initial talent, would be unable to break through the chasm of the Nascent Soul stage. Sometimes, she felt that this constitution was more like a curse. Having one’s path cut off by others was more cruel than never having seen the path in the first place.

But born into the royal family, she had no choice. The only thing she could hope for was to awaken the Golden Dragon Body before her bloodline was completely suppressed, even if it had no claws. She could reach higher realms and have a longer lifespan, so why should she become a victim of the struggle for the throne?

Thinking of the recent news about the competition, Duanmu Yao clenched her fists, her beautiful eyes flashing with determination. Fortunately, the competition separated new and old disciples, and she was the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in her batch. She would take first place! She would shine brightly! She would gain the sect’s attention! She wanted more resources for cultivation! She wanted to awaken the Golden Dragon Body and not have her path cut off by others!

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Outside a small village a hundred miles from the Qinglian Sect, simply dressed villagers gathered together, bowing repeatedly to a young girl in a moon-white martial outfit standing on a wolf’s head. Each face was filled with excitement and gratitude. This immortal had helped them eliminate a wolf demon that had plagued their village for years! From now on, they could finally enter the mountains without fear.

Compared to her initial disheveled state when she first joined the sect, the girl now wore the proper attire of a Qinglian Sect disciple. Her once dry shoulder-length hair had been restored, her cheeks had filled out, and with a sword strapped to her back, she truly exuded the noble air of an immortal.

Yu Hua’s expression was calm as she accepted the villagers’ worship. However, when the old village chief offered cured meat and fruits as thanks, she coldly refused. “Exorcising demons is the duty of us cultivators. No need for thanks.” With that, she ignored their pleas to stay and dragged the half-dead wolf demon away.

Finding a secluded spot in the mountains, the girl lightly tapped her forehead and summoned a golden fragment. Drawing her sword, she expressionlessly pierced the wolf demon’s throat. As her hand seals changed, a wolf spirit slowly emerged from the corpse. As if drawn by some force, the soul was sucked into the fragment. The fragment flashed with golden light, and another ancient character gradually appeared beside the inscribed line.

“The soul of a Qi Refining realm can only produce one character. Too few. But this is enough for me to cultivate to Foundation Establishment,” the girl murmured to herself, her demeanor and age completely mismatched in their stillness and maturity.

Indeed, she referred to herself as “This Venerable One.” She was not an orphan girl, or rather, her soul was not that of an orphan girl. She was originally a Great Ascendant cultivator from the ancient era a hundred thousand years ago, known as Immortal Venerable Yu Hua, one of the top powerhouses of her time. Back then, the Heavenly Dao was incomplete, and few in the world could ascend.

She had once discovered the remains of a fallen immortal in the lower realm but found nothing. However, news of this had leaked, leading to nearly the entire cultivation world’s Great Ascendants hunting her down, seeking the secret of ascension. Outnumbered, she was no match and could only take down ten Great Ascendants of the same level before perishing in hatred.

When she opened her eyes again, she had reincarnated into the body of a recently starved orphan girl, her soul bound to this golden fragment.

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