Ao Jiao flew out of the Immortal Spirit Ring, frowning as she tried to persuade Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen turned around and looked at Ao Jiao. Then, he raised his eyebrows and asked doubtfully, "Little Ao Jiao, why do you look different?"
This was the first time Xiao Chen saw Ao Jiao after consuming and refining the Azure Underworld Fruit. There were no changes to Ao Jiao's appearance, demeanor, or figure. However, Xiao Chen felt that there was something that he had not noticed.
Was he imagining things?
Ao Jiao smiled faintly and stretched out her hand, indicating for Xiao Chen to take it.
Xiao Chen reached out and grabbed it. Her skin was smooth and soft, even giving off a faint warmth. Xiao Chen's heart skipped a beat. Warmth? What's going on? It is indeed warmth.
Ao Jiao is an Item Spirit. How can she have warmth? That is inexplicable.
"Hehe! I didn't tell you to hold it so hard," Ao Jiao said coquettishly.
Xiao Chen quickly let go. After apologizing, he asked, "What's going on? The Azure Underworld Fruit has such an effect?"
Ao Jiao said, "Do you still remember that old man in the Blue Dragon Palace? That's right, the Item Spirit of the Blue Dragon Palace? He used a finger to send me away. After I woke up, my body has been slowly changing. "
Xiao Chen recalled that there was indeed such a scene. Back then, that old Item Spirit seemed to have said that when Ao Jiao woke up, she would properly thank him.
"What exactly are the changes?"
Ao Jiao's eyes flickered with confusion. She shook her head and said, "I don't know what the changes are, either. However, I can clearly feel that I can cultivate on my own. This is even more obvious after I revived.
"The mutated fruit that nourishes the soul can allow my strength to increase significantly. As for what happens after that, you can see for yourself. As for what will happen in the future, I don't know, either."
Xiao Chen thought for a while and said, "Since that old man from the Blue Dragon Palace did this, it should not be a bad thing. After I become a Martial Emperor in the future, I will ask him personally and understand."
"Alright, I'll go with you. I'm strong enough to face the Advanced Blue Robed Emperor now." Ao Jiao nodded.
Hua!
Golden light flickered, and Little Yellow Feather flaunted its prowess as it appeared. It squeaked, indicating that it also wanted to go down.
Xiao Chen smiled and said, "The two of you are not allowed to come out. I will go down alone. If there is any danger, I can use the Freedom Wings to flee quickly."
"But …"
"No buts. Just listen to me, okay?"
The danger below was unpredictable and Xiao Chen did not want Ao Jiao to take the risk, especially now.
Ao Jiao felt helpless. She hugged Little Yellow Feather and said, "Alright, I'll listen to you. If there is any danger, remember to leave immediately."
"Don't worry. It should be fine. The ferocious beasts already followed the evil dragons far away or went to search for new Spirit Veins. Furthermore, I still have the life-saving plume feather that Little Yellow Feather gave me."
Xiao Chen smiled faintly. After Ao Jiao and Little Yellow Feather entered the Immortal Spirit Ring, he took a deep breath and entered this vast scarlet sea.
Xiao Chen quickly descended to where the dragon cave was. Then, he looked into the distance, carefully observing and searching the messy and dilapidated landscape.
As long as the direction of the ancestral vein's origin followed, he would be able to find the Holy Spirit Vein that existed in the ancestral vein.
After subduing this Holy Spirit Vein and searching for the fleeing evil dragons, as long as the plan went smoothly, Xiao Chen would gain a lot. At the very least, he would be able to break through to the Small Perfection Blue Robed Emperor immediately.
The tall mountains and the ground were all destroyed. After searching for a long time, Xiao Chen could not find the ancestral vein's origin. However, he did find several traces of the evil dragons leaving.
Half a day later, Xiao Chen opened his Heavenly Eye again.
The landscape was the most intact on a slope fifty kilometers to the east. It should be easier to find some things there.
Xiao Chen pushed off with his feet and flew in the water. His strong speed nearly split the seawater in half, creating a vacuum.
When Xiao Chen landed on the slope, he looked ahead. To others, the terrain appeared chaotic and confusing. However, when he compared it to the Paradise Secret Canon, many scenes flashed in his mind.
As Xiao Chen looked around, the scenes slowly became clearer and more complete.
"That should be the place!"
Xiao Chen said softly as he used his Heavenly Eye to look at the terrain tens of thousands of kilometers away.
A dragon returning to its head, a thousand mountains surrounding it, and evidence from all directions.
Finding the ancestral vein's origin in a situation where the terrain was nearly completely destroyed was not easy.
Xiao Chen closed his Heavenly Eye, intending to go over and verify it one last time. Then, he could follow the vein and find the Holy Spirit Vein that grew from this ancestral vein.
As for Spirit Veins of other grades, they did not interest Xiao Chen for now, so there was no need to waste any effort.
"Rumble …!"
Just at this moment, a strange phenomenon occurred. Countless blood-colored bubbles surged upwards. Xiao Chen's heart tightened as an extremely bad feeling welled up in his heart.
A strange roar came from the distance.
Xiao Chen's body trembled uncontrollably as if he had met his natural enemy. A bone-deep fear prevented him from doing anything.
"How can it be like this? What's going on? What in the world is coming?" Xiao Chen panicked. It was extremely difficult for him to do anything.
He could not even lift his eyelids, much less activate the Freedom Wings.
Xiao Chen knelt at the bottom of the sea as that mysterious monster approached. He felt that if he still did not do anything, he would really die here.
Ao Jiao quickly flew out and pulled Xiao Chen away, preparing to break out of the water with Xiao Chen.
If you don't want him to die, it's best not to move.
Just as Ao Jiao was about to circulate her energy to bring Xiao Chen away, an old man suddenly appeared. He formed hand seals and many flags flew out from his body.
The flags covered the heavenly mysteries and protected this world.
"Rumble …!
Rumble …! "The scarlet bubbles surged up even more violently. The entire scarlet sea was surging, looking extremely horrifying. When that mysterious thing arrived …
Xiao Chen felt like the little Blue Dragon in his dantian was carrying a mountain. The pressure was extremely painful. Xiao Chen felt even more miserable.
This was his first time encountering such a thing. He was shocked. After the panic, he tried his best to calm himself down.
What exactly is it that makes my body tremble in fear, making the Yuanying Blue Dragon Martial Spirit tremble in fear?
I have to get to the bottom of this. Otherwise, it will be a huge problem for me.
Xiao Chen felt like that mysterious thing circled the scarlet sea for a long time, like it was searching for something. After a long time, it quickly went far away.
When everything calmed down, Xiao Chen blinked and recovered to normal. Then, he turned around and looked warily at the person who saved him.
When Xiao Chen saw this person's appearance, he felt somewhat surprised. It was actually the Geomaster that the Sole Hegemon Mountain Manor invited, Jiang Tian, the person that Yuan Qinghuan called the strongest Geomaster.
Ao Jiao stood beside Xiao Chen, looking warily at the other party as well. This person had suddenly appeared. She could not figure out his intentions.
Jiang Tian ignored the wariness of the two. He carefully put away the Worldly Wind Water Flags and gestured for Xiao Chen to break out of the sea, indicating for him to go out and speak.
Waves splashed up as Xiao Chen and Ao Jiao broke out of the sea together. Ao Jiao asked anxiously, "Xiao Chen, are you alright?"
Xiao Chen had not suffered any substantial damage earlier, so he shook his head to indicate that he was fine.
Ao Jiao checked for herself. After she verified that he was fine, she relaxed.
"Splash!" Jiang Tian broke out of the water and looked coldly at Xiao Chen. He said indifferently, "You managed to cultivate the Heavenly Eye. It looks like you obtained the Yuwen Clan's Dragon Seeking Art. Were you the one who used a spell to disrupt me from looking at the stars yesterday?"
This person had a dignified aura. His cultivation was clearly much lower than Xiao Chen's, only grandmaster-level Martial Sage.
However, when he spoke, he was aloof, looking down on Xiao Chen. He did not care about Xiao Chen, a mere Blue Robed Emperor.
However, this person was very natural, giving Xiao Chen a lot of pressure. This was the natural aura of a major character. No matter how the weak tried to imitate it, they would not be able to imitate it.
Xiao Chen nodded calmly. There was nothing to deny.
Jiang Tian snorted coldly and said, "You are really daring, daring to do anything. Perhaps I really should not have saved you earlier. It would have been better to let that Hou ghost eat you up."
Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows and asked, "You know what that thing is?"
"There are very few things in this world that I do not know about. That is a Hou, an ancient ferocious beast that feeds on dragons. It eats dragon brains and swallows dragon marrow. Killing dragons is like squashing earthworms. It is the natural enemy of all dragons.
"Ten thousand years ago, if not for the Qing Emperor killing it, leaving behind only a scattered soul, you would have died here even if you had eight lives."
Jiang Tian said unhurriedly with a cold smile on his face.
Unexpectedly, dragons had a natural enemy. Furthermore, it was such a tyrannical natural enemy. This was the first time Xiao Chen heard of this.
Xiao Chen finally understood why his body trembled in fear, feeling so powerless.
He was the Blue Dragon King. He possessed the Blue Dragon Martial Spirit and cultivated the Blue Dragon Body Nourishing Art. Whether he was willing or not, the mark of a dragon was deeply ingrained in his bones. He could not wash it off no matter what.
Fortunately, the Qing Emperor killed it, leaving only its soul.
"What did it come here for?" Xiao Chen asked as he met Jiang Tian's gaze. He felt that this person before him gave off a mysterious feeling. Indeed, as Jiang Tian said, he was omniscient.
"Naturally, it smelled a dragon and wanted to eat that Nine-Star Evil Dragon to recover its strength," Jiang Tian replied indifferently.
Jiang Tian replied indifferently and said in a cold voice, "Since we are done with the small talk, take out the Divine Grade Black Patterned Gold that you obtained from the auction in Cloud Treasure City."
"What for?"
"This old man saved your life. Do you think it was for nothing?!"
Xiao Chen was speechless. This was the first time he met such a tyrannical person. He did not seem to have asked for help.
However, even if Xiao Chen wanted to, he could not hand over the Divine Grade Black Patterned Gold. He had already merged it into the Dragon Revealing Mirror.
Ao Jiao, who was at the side, could no longer watch this. She scolded angrily, "You old fellow, you are too shameless. How can you do this, forcefully saving someone and then demanding something?"
Xiao Chen waved his hand to stop Ao Jiao. Then, he took out the Dragon Revealing Mirror, which gave off a divine aura, and handed it to Jiang Tian. "I already used the Divine Grade Black Patterned Gold. If you want it, you can refine this Dragon Revealing Mirror."
Ao Jiao was so anxious that her eyes turned red. The Dragon Revealing Mirror was crucial to whether Xiao Chen could subdue the Holy Spirit Vein. How could he just give it away like that?
Jiang Tian received the Dragon Revealing Mirror with a slightly dissatisfied expression. He commented, "The craftsmanship is pretty good. This Dragon Revealing Mirror ranks among the top ten dragon-seeking Secret Treasures. Unfortunately, I do not know the Paradise Secret Canon, so I cannot activate it. I can only treat it as trash and melt it down. Even so, I can only take out half of the Divine Grade Black Patterned Gold. "
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