by Feng Yise
"Even though this little snake succeeded in evolving and his true dragon bloodline thickened a little as well, but even if he really transformed from a flood dragon into a dragon, it's merely just the lowest class among the dragon race. The genuine clan of true dragons is likewise rigidly stratified. Unless he has another heaven-defying lucky chance and can break through to the Deity Realm, otherwise, he can forever only listen to higher-class dragon race's orders," Long Teng said.
The demon race had always been bloodline as the highest. This point was not hard to understand.
But Ye Yuan did not think that similarly of the true dragon clan, the disparity in ranking was actually so great.
Ye Yuan suddenly recalled something and asked, "Blackwind seemed to have called you something previously … Throne?'
Long Teng nodded his head and said, "In the dragon race, the ones possessing the purest bloodlines are hailed as the Royals. But in the same era, dragons who possess a Royal bloodline are extremely, extremely few. It can be said that the Royals are the genuine true dragon progenies! In the Divine Dao Era, as long as the Royals don't perish, they will all be able to achieve the Deity Realm in the end!"
Ye Yuan drew a cold breath. He did not think that the dragon race still had such formidable existences.
Certain chance to enter Deity Realm! How much providence did this require from heaven?!
"So, in other words, Senior, you are a Royal?"
Long Teng said proudly, "This seat was known as the dragon race's number one genius back then. I'm naturally a Royal!"
"Uh … then that drop of blood essence you gave me?"
"That is a Royal's blood essence too! However, the foundation of this physical body of yours is too poor. That drop of blood essence wasn't enough to let you evolve to a Royal. A Royal's true dragon bloodline is much purer than you imagine!" Long Teng said.
Ye Yuan's face revealed a disappointed expression. Regarding this kind of bloodline that could unequivocally enter the Deity Realm, Ye Yuan still quite yearned for it.
Even if now was unable to achieve Deity Realm, the might of this sort of bloodline went without saying.
What Ye Yuan needed now was strength!
Seeing the disappointed look on Ye Yuan's face, Long Teng smiled and said, "You don't have to be disappointed either. That drop of blood essence not doing the trick doesn't mean that this dragon bone won't work."
Ye Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said, "Senior, just what is the background of this dragon bone?"
"If I didn't guess wrong, this should be a true dragon bone from the Primeval Era. Furthermore, it's even the bone remains of a Deity Realm powerhouse!"
Long Teng clearly did not know the origins of this dragon bone either. But this did not hinder his conjectures about this dragon bone.
Ye Yuan turned pale with fright and said, "Primeval Era! Doesn't that mean that it has already been a million years since then?"
The history of the Divine Realm had no verifiable records. But according to the division of eras, one million years ago from today was the Primeval Era. And this time of period where the Divine Dao dwindled to zero within a million years was known as the Ancient Era.
Long Teng said that this dragon bone was a true dragon bone from the primeval era. Then it naturally had over a million years of history.
Truly have no way of imagining that a piece of dragon bone could preserve for a million years and not decay. How formidable was the strength of the owner of this dragon bone when he was alive?
"Heh, you, this brat, know quite a bit. That's right, this dragon bone is indeed an object from a million years ago! But because that era was too far back, the Divine Dao aura on this dragon bone already dissipated to nothing. Therefore, you can also forget about prying into any Divine Dao secrets from it. But with this piece of primeval dragon bone, it can be greatly surmised that your bloodline has the chance to evolve to a Royal bloodline."
Long Teng looked at Ye Yuan with a smile that was not a smile, seemingly seeing through something.
Ye Yuan's heart went cold. This old fellow was shrewd and crafty as if he realized a little something.
Each and every one of his actions was all under his surveillance. He probably guessed some things long ago.
Except that it looks like Long Teng did not seem to have any ill-intent towards him.
However, since the other party did not expose it, Ye Yuan might as well carry on pretending to be muddle-headed.
Ye Yuan pondered and said, "This dragon bone should be a priceless treasure to Senior as well, right? Why is Senior giving it to me?"
Long Teng chortled with laughter and said, "I, this bunch of old bones, have long lost the qualifications to seek out Deity Realm already. Refining another 10 pieces of dragon bones like this is a waste too. Might as well benefit you, this brat."
Ye Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, seemingly guessing Long Teng's intentions of doing so.
Without any doubt, this Long Teng was deliberately grooming him. But what purpose he had for doing so, Ye Yuan had no way of knowing.
Seems like under this sort of situation now, Ye Yuan had no other choice as well. Even if it was to quench his thirst with poison, Ye Yuan had to drink it too!
From the intel obtained from Zhao Qian there, Ji Canglan might have reached Ten Great Divine Kings strength already. This information was akin to a massive mountain crushing on Ye Yuan's heart.
What he needed now was strength!
The allure of a Royal bloodline to Ye Yuan was tremendous!
"Then thank you very much, Senior! Ye Yuan still has a query. The divine inscriptions that Senior talked about before, what on earth is it? What relation does it have with the Deity Realm?"
Now that it came to this, Ye Yuan was already very certain that these divine inscriptions were absolutely things which belonged to a Deity Realm powerhouse.
It was just that how to use this thing, Ye Yuan was still at a loss.
Since Long Teng could shout out divine inscription with certainty, he presumably still had some understanding of it.
"Divine inscriptions are the dragon race's secret. You're not of the dragon race yet. I can't tell you. After you thoroughly refine this piece of dragon bone and achieve a Royal bloodline, I'll tell you the matters about the divine inscriptions another time," Long Teng said nonchalantly.
Chapter 812 - Overwhelming Pain to the Extent of Wishing for Death!
Ye Yuan thought all along that these divine inscriptions his father obtained were unique. But he did not expect that the dragon race actually had knowledge of these divine inscriptions long ago.
Looks like these divine inscriptions were also a highly classified level secret in the dragon clan.
Hearing the meaning in Long Teng's words, it was evident that only a true dragon Royal had the qualifications to know.
Since Long Teng said such words, it was naturally not right for Ye Yuan to ask again.
Matters regarding Deity Realm, regardless of anyone in any race, they would all be extremely cautious.
This sort of secret definitely would not be brought out to share with others.
For Long Teng to be able to promise to tell him was clearly making an exception already. Otherwise, how could he possibly loosen up his lip for him, a human?
"Refining this dragon bone is not the work of a single day. Moreover, the process is extremely painful. You have to be mentally prepared," Long Teng said.
The corners of Ye Yuan's mouth twitched, and he asked, "H-How painful is it?"
Ye Yuan had a foreboding premonition. When tempering the fleshy body in the pool water previously, it was already agonizingly painful.
And this pool water was just a tiny bit of energy leaked out of the dragon bone. Therefore, the agony of refining the dragon bone itself would definitely be more terrifying than before.
"Compared to your tempering in the pool water previously, it's definitely a hundred times more painful! If you can't withstand it, there's even the possibility
of committing suicide because of the torment! Therefore, before refining, you have to think clearly," as Long Teng said, he sized up Ye Yuan's expression.
Ye Yuan's heart palpitated. That sort of agony previously already made people wished for death. If it was a hundred times more painful, then what kind of sensation was that?
Ye Yuan's scalp tingled, and he unwittingly became somewhat fearful towards this primeval dragon bone.
Seeing Ye Yuan's appearance, Long Teng said with a smile, "What? Scared?"
Ye Yuan said with a bitter smile, "Isn't Senior a little imm.a.t.u.r.e to be using this kind of goading technique to deal with me? Refining must definitely be done. But I need to adjust my mindset a little."
Ye Yuan's yearned for power to the extreme. It was not possible to give up such a fine opportunity.
Furthermore, Long Teng said that after he achieved royal bloodline, he would even tell him the information about the divine inscriptions.
"Huhu, I have confidence in you. This primeval dragon bone is extremely hard to come by and is indeed a dragon race supreme treasure. Refining the dragon bone is actually just fusing this dragon bone into your skeleton. After refining, not only can you achieve royal bloodline, it can even make the power of your dragon race martial techniques double! At that time, your physical body will be indestructible! This little snake's bloodline is impure and completely can't withstand the dragon pressure in this dragon bone. Otherwise, how can this thing benefit you?" Long Teng said smilingly.
Ye Yuan's eyes lit up, and he unwittingly started to look forward to it secretly.
...
Obtaining the dragon bone, Ye Yuan returned to the water surface and started meditating.
After half a day, Ye Yuan's state of mind entered a state of a dried-up well without ripples, and he began refining the dragon bone!
Yet, only upon refinement did Ye Yuan realized that the hundred times more painful that Long Teng mentioned was still a little light. Saying that it was a thousand times was, in fact, not overboard.
That feeling of pain penetrating to the deepest area of the heart really made him better off dead!
"ARGH!!"
Ye Yuan rolled on the ground from the pain and even used his fists to slam fiercely on the ground.
In the end, he actually directly used his own head and banged against a rock!
Boom!
With a single knock, debris flew everywhere, scattering all over the ground.
Ye Yuan even thought that Long Teng said it rather exaggeratedly previously. No matter how painful, could it hurt until he committed suicide?
But now, he really wanted to directly end his own life!
The bones all over Ye Yuan's body was rattling and creaking as if it was going to splinter into pieces straight away. This was truly hurting deep to the marrow!
This sort of agony, it was completely unimaginable by ordinary people.
Seeing Ye Yuan like this, the Blackwind by the side was somewhat uneasy. He could not resist asking Long Teng, "Lord Throne, can Master … pull through?"
Long Teng's expression fell slightly too as he said, "If it were others, I wouldn't advise him to refine the dragon bone at all. But Ye Yuan, I'm still very confident in him. As for whether or not he can push through … it'll be up to him. The first refinement of this primeval dragon bone is the most painful; it is simply unable to imagine. Pulling through, the skies will be vast with brilliant prospects. If can't tide over …"
Long Teng clearly did not have absolute confidence when saying this too.
Bang!
Ye Yuan flew towards the sky, but with the essence energy cut off, he fell directly out of the sky, hurtling down with a dull crash.
With this, Ye Yuan was much quieter.
His entire person curled up on the ground, quivering.
Ye Yuan clenched his teeth tightly, emitting grinding sounds.
Many times, he fainted from the pain but woke up from the agony again.
Repeating like this over and over, his consciousness gradually became fuzzy.
How could the current Ye Yuan still have leftover strength to deploy whatever Heart Like Monolith. What was supporting him was just a conviction!
That was the conviction for revenge!
Now that Blackwind acknowledged Ye Yuan as master, he was deeply affected by his anguish as if he was experiencing it himself.
He wanted to go over and support Ye Yuan many times but was stopped by Long Teng.
"Going over to help him now is harming him!" Long Teng's expression was grim, and he only nonchalantly left behind this sentence.
To the current Ye Yuan, every minute, every second, was endless.
In a blink, a day's time passed. But to Ye Yuan, it was like a lifetime had passed.
His body was still continuously twitching on the ground, the joints of his fingers kneading with cracking sounds, making people extremely pained when they saw.
Two days, three days … five days!
When it reached the fifth day, Long Teng suddenly stared with wide eyes, the gaze looking at Ye Yuan revealed a pained look.
Ye Yuan was still huddled up on the ground, but his right hand reached out quiveringly, and actually slowly pressed down towards the top of his head!
"Master, don't!" Blackwind howled and was going to stop Ye Yuan was committing suicide!
Yet, before his figure moved, he was forcefully stopped by Long Teng.
Long Teng's expression was as dark as water as he said, "This is his most difficult hurdle. Toughing it out, he'll receive endless benefits! Now, it will depend on how strong his willpower is!"
Long Teng stared fixedly at Ye Yuan's palm, shouting non-stop in his head: Ye Yuan, you mustn't give up!
...
"Holy Lord, right now … one month's time is almost up!" Chen Qin said with a complicated expression.
A month's time was up. Yet, the Crimson Afterglow Valley still had no activities. Ye Yuan still did not come out.
This signified that Tu You was going to expend the last of his lifespan to open up the grand array.
This grand array had five days of debilitated period every 300 years. Opening up the grand array at this time was the easiest.
The five days of debilitated period had already passed now. For Tu You to forcefully open up the grand array, the price expended would be much greater.
In his present condition, whether he could open up the grand array or not was still another matter altogether.
But regardless whether it could open or not, he was certain to die!
However, Tu You's expression appeared rather calm. He said with a smile, "Looks like heaven wills it so! Ye Yuan's talent is sufficient to support my Crimson Afterglow Holy Land's future! Using this not much lifespan of mine to exchange for his safe return, worth it!"
"Holy Lord!" Chen Qin's tears coursed down his old face.
Tu You patted his shoulder smilingly and said, "All good things must come to an end! After I die, you have to assist Ye Yuan well. Let him grow up as quickly as possible!"
Chen Qin nodded his head with tears in his eyes.
Chapter 813 - White Light Leaves
Rumble!
Tu You was currently waiting to cast a spell to forcefully open the grand array when all of a sudden, the earth shook, and the mountains moved!
Tu You and Chen Qin's expression both changed drastically!
"This … What's going on? The grand array that Forefather set up actually … actually collapsed!" Tu You was battered out of his senses.
This grand array was the barrier to conceal the Crimson Afterglow Valley. It was precisely with the grand array that the Crimson Afterglow Valley could stand tall for so many years.
But now, this grand array actually utterly collapsed before their very eyes!
Lake water, verdant mountains, green grass, everything before their eyes became illusionary. Finally, the Crimson Afterglow Valley recovered its original appearance. The Desolate Ancient Drip Essence Pool was c
ompletely exposed to the world.
"This … What to do about this?" Chen Qin said in a panic.
A man dressed in white clothing slowly walked out from the valley. Behind him actually followed a black-colored flood dragon!
When Tu You saw this scene, his expression could not help changing.
This black flood dragon was actually at the great circle of the Phaseless Realm Realm!
"It's Ye Yuan!" Chen Qin suddenly cried out.
Tu You's expression fell. He naturally knew that it was Ye Yuan. But why would a black flood dragon be following behind Ye Yuan?
The situation was unclear. Tu You did not dare to rashly step forward to greet either.
If he were at his prime, he naturally would not care about the black flood dragon. But in his present state, to really face off against the black flood dragon, who would emerge victoriously was really hard to say.
Ye Yuan slowly walked closer and clasped his hands at the two with a smile and said, "Holy Lord, First Elder! Long time no see. I've made the two of you worry."
Tu You nodded his head and looked at the black flood dragon behind Ye Yuan rather vigilantly.
Ye Yuan understood and said with a smile, "You two don't need to be alarmed. Blackwind is my newly acquired servant. He won't be detrimental to the Holy Land. It's just that the Desolate Ancient Drip Essence Pool … will probably be unable to be used anymore in the future."
"What did you say?!" Chen Qin was shocked once more in his heart.
The Desolate Ancient Drip Essence Pool was where the foundation of the Crimson Afterglow Holy Land lay. Now, Ye Yuan actually said that it could not be used anymore!
This was undoubtedly akin to a bolt out of the blue for the Crimson Afterglow Holy Land.
Tu You heaved a sigh and said, "This grand array uses the energy in the Desolate Ancient Drip Essence Pool as the foundation. Now that the grand array is utterly wrecked, the Desolate Ancient Drip Essence Pool clearly met with an upheaval too. In the future, the Crimson Afterglow Holy Land will probably have to run its own course."
When Chen Qin heard that, his expression became extremely ugly too.