Daily life of a cultivation judge

"Mythical beast incantation?" asked Bai Zhen with a puzzled expression.

Yang Qing's dazed eyes focused back as he answered,

"Mythical beast incantation is known as the language of the mythical beings. The mythical beings, in this case, are the likes of dragons, phoenixes, kunpengs, black tortoise, white tiger, Qilin, the vermilion bird, and the like.

Even beings like the ancient tree folk and golems feature here.

It is said they are able to call on a special power within the force of the world with their voices. A language that beckons the world, the Origin Dao itself.." said Yang Qing with a mystified gaze as he clenched his fists together with fascination.

"That voice I don't know by whom was transcribed into a language dubbed the 'mythical language'. 

The language is notoriously difficult to learn and one can easily lose their mind in the attempts to learn, and even when they do learn it, it's difficult to execute it as it needs the body of those mythical beings to execute it fully.

Without it, you're liable to have your body explode if you attempt to execute it. That being said, the toll and difficulty can be reduced if you break the language into tiny parts, and just execute one single part of those small parts.." said Yang Qing with an inscrutable gaze.

"The degree of difficulty isn't to be underestimated though, because only one in a hundred thousand are able to learn it or execute it without suffering irreparable damage.

When executed, if a spirit beast is nearby or even spiritual plants, or people with bloodlines related to either of the mentioned groups, it triggers a reaction within them. The lineage call of their ancestors.

It's the feeling you have just described.." said Yang Qing as his gaze fell on Bai Su.

"From your reactions, it seems Adler never told you what the incantation was," Yang Qing added as he saw their baffled looks.

"He didn't, he only said it was an important key for smoothening the process and reducing the risks.

That explains why he was barely able to stand at the end. He lied and said he was dizzy from controlling some array. I didn't believe him because the weakness wasn't just spiritual exhaustion.

Every part of him felt worn, but I didn't press it because I was too eager and nervous for anything else other than my daughter to complete the evolution..." Bai Zhen said with a guilt-ridden sigh.

"Did he say where he got the incantation? Though from the arrangements, it's safe to assume he may have gotten it from Jiang Xiang.." said Yang Qing.

"I don't know, I never bothered to ask. I was too anxious at the time.." Bai Zhen said with a slight embarrassment in his tone.

Yang Qing nodded in understanding as he said,

"What happened next?"

"Gold vines filled with runes appeared from the scroll which then lodged themselves into Qin'er's body.

The treasure bone looked like it had dissolved into the gold vines which then transmitted them to my daughter.

As prepared as I thought we were, we weren't.." Bai Zhen said with a faint shiver in his eyes as he recalled the events.

"Her body burst apart, her screams never stopped for three years straight. It was a horrendous atmosphere that quickly drove me so mad that I almost interrupted the process multiple times, and i would have, had Adler not forcibly restrained me all those times.

I kept asking myself is this really worth it? Is it really worth it to subject my daughter to such torment all for so she could evolve into a flood dragon? is it really bad for her to remain as she is?

We may not have a noble ancestry like the flood dragon but being an obsidian serpent isn't bad.

Up until a few weeks ago, i thought and believed it was worth it, especially after seeing the leaps in improvement she made, but now..

Was it really worth it?" he softly said as his countenance turned bleak and sorrowful.

Bai Su tried to muffle her cry but that didn't stop the tears from rapidly falling down her cheeks.

"She went through unimaginable torment in those three years, till finally, her voice could no longer keep up with the pain.

At year five, I honestly thought she was dead because of how faint her presence was, and her body could no longer be seen beneath the blood and the vine.

It was during the eighth year that finally we saw some turn. Her vitality slowly grew from the faint candlelight it was to a small kindling fire.

Her life force slowly increased from that point which was a welcomed relief for us and a growing tether for our sanity.

Just like that fifteen years slowly passed us by with her still wrapped in the golden vines like a cocoon. Though her body still seemed to be a mangled mess, we felt her blood slowly transforming and then her cultivation base started increasing. 

At the time of the evolution, she was at the first stage of the core formation realm. Adler had said she couldn't do it when she was in the foundation establishment realm as she would not be able to endure the toll demanded by an evolution and she could not do it later than the first stage of the core formation realm if we wanted to avoid complications.

It was because of our conflicting nature with flood dragon elements that she had to go through many hurdles before she could start the evolution. And once started, it couldn't be stopped.

Her cultivation base rose to the second stage and it increased every year after that until she reached the peak of the core formation realm.

The increase would have been faster, had Adler not deliberately slowed it down for her sake. The next twenty years were spent firming her foundations over and over as the evolution repetitively refined her body.

It took seventy years for the vines to finally show movements as they receded into her body. We finally caught a glimpse of her body. Pristine white, with a sense of majesty to it.." Bai Zhen with a smile of pride on his face which Bai Su seemed to share.

"The vines dissolved at a snail's pace and it took almost eight years before we could finally see her complete body. She only had a bit of vine left where her heart was. We thought we were through the worst of it, but her body could no longer take any more power from the remaining vine, and it threatened to destroy her body which is where Adler had me quickly step in and take over the remaining load.

Luckily, the energy contained within the final vines was something I could assimilate without prior preparation. Even then I still felt like my body was shredded apart, which made me realize how strong Qin'er was to have endured all that and survived it..

With the final vine out of the way, me, my wife and Adler stayed with her for almost two hundred years to help her acclimate to her newfound powers whilst also preparing her for her breakthrough to the palace realm.

She managed to weather through the tribulation, which was the biggest I've ever seen. Adler left soon after she had stabilized her realm in the palace realm, while we decided to leave her to herself fifty years after that, for her to now pave her own way and reach heights we could only ever dream of.

She occasionally visited us, after that, but mostly she kept to herself, living her own life. We never imagined we would lose her so easily, after what we went through.." Bai Zhen weakly said as he used his hands to cover his face.