After a moment of silence.
Finally, someone couldn't hold back any longer, leaping towards the Dragon Gate.
"Bone age forty-eight, qualified!"
The Artifact Spirit announced this person's bone age, just as it had judged before, unchanged.
This time, no one doubted that there was an issue with the Artifact Spirit.
Rather, Mu Jinyu's age was truly only eighteen, and at that age had cultivated to the Sixth Layer of the Fanxu Realm!
What a terrifying achievement!
While the crowd was still reeling from the shock of Mu Jinyu's age and cultivation level,
"Roar!"
the massive Golden Dragon coiled around Hidden Dragon Square suddenly let out a roar, and then its golden body, as if cast from molten gold, shattered explosively.
It transformed into an endless stream of golden energy, surging throughout Hidden Dragon Square.
"Pass the Dragon Gate, forge a Dragon Soul!"
Ji Changxin, as the Crown Prince of the Dayan Dynasty, quickly snapped out of his shock. He forcefully suppressed his astonishment, then sat cross-legged without further hesitation, activated his Profound Skill, and began to absorb the surging Dragon Qi!
As Ji Changxin began to absorb the Dragon Qi and forge his Dragon Soul, the rest of the crowd snapped out of their daze, disregarded the amazement at Mu Jinyu's age, and quickly sat down cross-legged to vie for the Dragon Qi.
Mu Jinyu understood that passing the Dragon Gate was merely to check whether one was qualified in terms of bone age, and was not particularly important in the Hidden Dragon Conference.
In contrast, the current competition for Dragon Qi was the most crucial part of the Hidden Dragon Conference, the more Dragon Qi one could seize at this stage, the greater the chance for subsequent contests to acquire Dragon Qi and forge a True Dragon body!
Hence, Mu Jinyu didn't waste much time, immediately sat cross-legged and began to operate the "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art," frantically seizing the surrounding Dragon Qi!
As soon as he started to operate the Profound Skill to compete for Dragon Qi, Mu Jinyu felt a sense of stagnation.
The surrounding Dragon Qi was completely different from nature's spiritual energy or Heaven and Earth Vital Energy.
If Spiritual Energy and Elemental Qi were like water, then the operation of Cultivation Technique, the strong absorbent refining ability, would be like a straw drawing water, how much you absorb depends on the effectiveness of your Cultivation Technique!
But Dragon Qi was entirely different from water, it was like molten copper, molten iron, how could an ordinary straw possibly draw up molten copper or iron?
Even if you somehow managed to draw a bit, would anyone dare to swallow it? Could they withstand it?
At this moment, Mu Jinyu felt that when using the "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art", he found it hard to affect the vast Dragon Qi around him, hardly attracting much into his body.
Even if threads of Dragon Qi occasionally entered his body, he couldn't refine it at all, his body seemed like a damaged wooden barrel, the water he fetched simply flowed away.
And even a few strands of Dragon Qi he managed to refine felt extremely hot and scalding, making his body feel uncomfortable.
"What's going on? How can I compete for Dragon Qi this way?"
Mu Jinyu only operated his Profound Skill for a few minutes, finally couldn't endure it, opened his eyes, wanting to see if others were experiencing the same thing.
Then, he heard a group of people discussing this inexplicably, with indignant voices.
"What's going on? Why can't I attract any of the surrounding Dragon Qi?"
"Same here, only a bit of Dragon Qi is attracted. I heard it's a secret, the Dragon Vein Qi Luck is different from nature's spiritual energy and Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, it requires a special method to absorb, also those with special bloodline are stronger than ordinary people like us."
"Shit, I'm cultivating a top-quality grade Earth-rank Cultivation Technique, my True Yuan is almost depleted, normally I can recover True Yuan after cultivating for an hour, yet I can't absorb much Dragon Qi at all, how am I supposed to forge a Dragon body this way?"
"Heh, don't fool yourself, the main players of the Hidden Dragon Conference were never us, but those monsters, we're just here to get some scraps, aren't you satisfied?"
"I'm not reconciled, my fate is mine to control!"
One person shouted wildly, face full of unwillingness, then forcefully activated his Profound Skill to crazily devour the surrounding Dragon Qi.
But not a moment later.
"Pfft!"
As if suffering a backlash, he suddenly turned pale as gold paper, spat out a mouthful of blood, his complexion instantly waning.
"Boom!!"
Then, the surrounding Dragon Qi coagulated, turning into a whip, whipped towards him!
With a "snap" sound, this person, already incredibly weak, couldn't dodge at all, was whipped out of Hidden Dragon Square by the Dragon Qi whip.
As this person was whipped away, those originally tempted to try some dubious techniques didn't dare to act anymore.
'What did this guy do to be driven away? Or was it simply that forcibly absorbing Dragon Qi triggered a backlash, crippling his Cultivation Body, thus being expelled?'
Mu Jinyu couldn't comprehend these things, then turned to look at Ji Changxin, Xuanyuan Qianqiu, Gu Rulong, and others.
Seeing them enveloped in a layer of golden Dragon Qi, absorbing and refining it in an orderly manner.
"Hmm? How can this be?"
Mu Jinyu saw this scene, was astonished, then understood that as successors of Hidden Sects and Super Clans, naturally their backing forces had already grasped the rules of the Hidden Dragon Conference, knew how to absorb and refine Dragon Qi, and forge a Dragon Soul!
It was only himself who was completely ignorant of the rules of the Hidden Dragon Conference, rashly ventured in.
Then, Mu Jinyu thought of those who also struggled to absorb Dragon Qi, his opponents.
They seemed to say that a special method was required to absorb and refine Dragon Qi? And having a special bloodline, would be better?
Mu Jinyu's heart stirred, he suddenly remembered he had the Azure Dragon Bloodline, as well as the "True Dragon Art" that could awaken his bloodline and enhance his cultivation!
'I wonder if the "True Dragon Art" would be more effective than the "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art" in this situation?'
Mu Jinyu wasn't sure, but he had to try.
Thus, he closed his eyes, began to tentatively activate the "True Dragon Art" to awaken his Azure Dragon Bloodline, to see if he could absorb and refine Dragon Qi smoothly like Ji Changxin and them!
While Mu Jinyu was trying.
Those cultivators at the first and second layers of the Fanxu Realm were completely unable to affect the surrounding Dragon Qi, bored, they turned to look around, then noticed Mu Jinyu who was in a completely different situation from Ji Changxin and the others!
"Hey, that guy, seems like us, can't absorb and refine Dragon Qi either?"
"Haha, I get it, Ji Changxin, Gu Rulong, Xuanyuan Qianqiu, all have a huge backing, this guy seems to have no backing, though I don't know how he reached the Sixth Layer of the Fanxu Realm at eighteen, without a special method, he's likely stuck with us, unable to forge a Dragon Soul!"
"Wow, so if even a monster like him is like us, doesn't that mean I'm a monster too? Hehehe..."
But just then.
Mu Jinyu suddenly erupted in a brilliant azure light, instantly, a clear and melodious dragon chant emerged around Mu Jinyu.
"Roar!"
Then, in everyone's incredulous gazes, the surging, hard-to-shake vast Dragon Qi suddenly formed into a Little Golden Dragon, then rushed towards Mu Jinyu!
As if Mu Jinyu became a massive vortex at that moment.