binnovel Chapter 444: Dragon Vein Soul, Princess, what a coincidence that you are also taking a bath
Chapter 444: Dragon Vein Soul, Princess, what a coincidence that you are also taking a bath
Chapter 444: Dragon Vein Soul, Princess Di, what a coincidence...you are taking a bath too?
The tunnel had been sealed for who knows how many years and was dark and gloomy.
Lu Zhan hid underground for a long time without encountering a single living creature. This passage seemed to be completely isolated from the outside world. After entering, he gradually could not sense any movement from the outside world, as if he was not in the same space.
Jiang Ningshuang also noticed this problem. Her fingertips flickered, and her true energy condensed into a purple butterfly, which fluttered forward and said as she explored the way:
"Guanqi, this place seems to be a little strange. When we first came in from Jiuli Mountain, we could still sense the outside world, but now the further we go inside, the more isolated the aura becomes, as if we have entered a secret realm..."
Lu Zhan observed his surroundings and said:
"It is indeed a secret place, otherwise this problem would not have occurred. No wonder the royal family of Southern Xinjiang couldn't find the dragon vein, it turned out that it was "hidden" by someone."
In the world of cultivating immortals, secret realms are very common, and the biggest feature of secret realms is that they are not in the same "latitude" as the real world.
The secret realm is a special small space.
So whether it is the Zhenyuan Immortal Secret Realm or the Mirage Demon Secret Realm, the scenery inside is very different from the outside world because they are independent spaces.
But who would hide the dragon vein of Southern Xinjiang in a secret place? And avoid the sight of the royal family?
To put it another way, since the dragon vein is hidden in the secret realm, why put the dragon vein location inside the holy stone? This is completely unnecessary.
Unless the other party has other plans.
Lu Zhan fell into deep thought, with countless thoughts gathering in his mind.
"If you hid it, why did you leave the treasure map behind?" Jiang Ningshuang's conscience weighed heavily on Lu Zhan's chest. She whispered, "Guanqi, is there a conspiracy?"
Lu Zhan was unsure, but since he was already here, he had to go in and try it out. Seeing Jiang Ningshuang's nervous expression, he smiled and asked, "Are you scared?"
"How could that be? I've been to countless secret places, how could I be afraid? I just find it strange."
"..."
Lu Zhan also found it strange, but then he thought, if someone hadn’t hidden the dragon vein in a secret realm, how could it be his turn to explore it?
Regardless of whether it was a conspiracy or an open conspiracy, strength could break everything. All five of Lu Zhan's souls were adults. He didn't dare to say that he could dominate the world of immortal cultivation, but he had the ability to protect himself. Now that he was here, how could he retreat without exploring?
“Don’t be afraid.” Lu Zhan patted Jiang Ningshuang’s butt and teased, “Your legs are shaking.”
Jiang Ningshuang naturally refused to admit that she was timid, and argued:
"My weak legs have nothing to do with fear. If you want to blame someone, blame it on you for being too indulgent before you came. I haven't recovered yet."
"..."
Lu Zhan laughed in silence. The atmosphere was obviously much more relaxed. He bickered with Jiang Ningshuang while moving forward quickly.
This tunnel was too long and boring, and Lu Zhan didn't want to stay there for too long.
The two of them ran at full speed and hid for about half a minute. Finally, a ray of light appeared in front of them. The terrain gradually opened up, and the tunnel gradually became wider from the initial narrow tunnel. The light became brighter and brighter.
"arrive!"
Jiang Ningshuang's eyes lit up. The fact that they had arrived here safely gave her great confidence. She stretched out her palm and carefully felt the increasingly strong dragon energy.
For cultivators, this pure dragon energy is of great benefit to their cultivation.
Lu Zhan's face was calm, but his heartbeat accelerated involuntarily. The dragon energy in this place was so strong that it felt like he had entered a dragon's lair.
If the golden dragon breath in his body was like a stream, then the dragon energy in front of him was like a vast ocean.
As the two ran, the terrain ahead became increasingly open, and a cliff appeared at the end of their sight. Below the cliff was an unfathomable abyss. The abyss was endless, and even Lu Zhan could not sense the end.
A giant dragon lies across the sky above the abyss, its golden scales shining brightly, emitting a sacred aura that illuminates the dark abyss, appearing quite holy and peaceful.
When Lu Zhan got closer, he found that this giant dragon was not a physical entity, but more like a "dragon soul" that was condensed from the surrounding dragon energy.
Below the dragon soul is an abyss with no bottom to be seen. A giant dragon corpse as big as a mountain lies quietly in the abyss.
From the angle that Lu Zhan and Jiang Ningshuang were standing, they could just see the dragon's skull clearly.
"..."
Jiang Ningshuang opened her mouth slightly, her eyes widened, and she said excitedly: "This... is this the skeleton of a real dragon?!"
There are countless legends about the dragon clan in the world of immortal cultivation, especially in certain classics and historical books, which record the reputation of the ancient dragon clan. However, with the passage of time, the dragon clan has long disappeared.
Even though it is rumored that someone with great luck can catch a real dragon in the North Sea, no one has succeeded in all these years.
Younger generations like Jiang Ningshuang had only heard of real dragons in rumors and had never seen one with their own eyes.
Even if Lu Zhan possessed the breath of a golden dragon, he was only able to take advantage of the ghost fire shaking the mountain. He had never seen a real dragon with his own eyes.
Seeing this mountain-like dragon corpse, Lu Zhan was shocked and instinctively felt awe. The golden dragon aura in his body began to stir, just like a child who had been away from home for many years and couldn't wait to "return to his roots".
Lu Zhan was filled with awe and bowed to the huge dragon bone before suppressing the golden dragon's breath and saying:
"Looking at this scene, it should be a real dragon... No wonder the royal family of Southern Xinjiang never moved their capital despite the poor geographical location of Tianguan City. It turns out that the reason is this dragon vein..."
Although there is only a dragon skeleton in front of him, the dragon aura is so strong that there must be more than one dragon living here.
Jiang Ningshuang also bowed and said with a stern face:
"But how powerful is it to kill a dragon? Who can make it fall into the abyss?"
Lu Zhan shook his head: "Maybe he was not killed, but just died normally. The dragon's flesh and blood have long been decayed. I'm afraid it has fallen for thousands of years. Now only the dragon bones are left."
Compared to who killed the dragon, Lu Zhan was more concerned about another issue.
Who sealed the dragon vein?
If the secret of the holy stone had not been cracked, this dragon vein would probably not have been discovered until now.
According to the information he received, during the period when the Gu God was causing chaos, the dragon veins in southern Xinjiang disappeared for no apparent reason and have been difficult to find since then, so King Yong placed his hopes on the holy stone.
It turns out that the holy stone is indeed closely related to the dragon vein.
But who went to such great lengths to hide the dragon vein and draw its route in the sacred stone?
Countless questions came together and Lu Zhan frowned. This feeling of not being able to understand the situation was very bad.
Jiang Ningshuang was still immersed in shock. She whispered, "Could it be related to the Gu God? All the major events that happened in Southern Xinjiang seem to be related to the Gu God..."
Lu Zhan said: "I'm not sure, maybe it's related."
As he spoke, Lu Zhan stretched out his hand and reached forward. The golden dragon breath in his body wanted to get close to the dragon bone, so he followed the throbbing trajectory of the golden dragon breath and gently touched the giant dragon skull.
However, at the moment of touching, the solemn and majestic dragon bone suddenly trembled, and the huge pupil that had been dead for a long time suddenly lit up with a faint light, as if it had life, staring at Lu Zhan's head.
Lu Zhan was caught off guard. He only felt the golden dragon's breath calm down, but the stone bones hidden in his sea of consciousness became agitated, rushing out from between Lu Zhan's eyebrows and spinning rapidly in the air.
"!"
Lu Zhan looked solemn. He guessed the reason in his heart, but before he had time to think about it, he saw golden light shining from the belly of the huge dragon bone.
A ball of light gushed out from the belly of the dragon bone and instantly merged with the stone bones in the sky.
"Click——"
A slight crackling sound was heard, and the originally restless stone bones gradually calmed down.
Lu Zhan hurriedly took the stone bones in his hand, and saw that the stone bones that were originally missing arms and legs suddenly had a pair of legs and arms, and only lacked a head to form a complete body.
Lu Zhan narrowed his eyes. He originally obtained a stone arm in the Mirage Demon Secret Realm, and later obtained a stone body in the Peach Blossom Fairy's underground palace. Now he obtained stone legs and a left arm in the dragon vein.
This is all too coincidental...too coincidental to be weird.
Jiang Ningshuang's eyes were serious: "What on earth is this thing? There is this thing in the Peach Blossom Underground Palace, and there is also one in the Dragon Vein... Fairy Taoyun said that this is the key to the world's great calamity. Could it be that these powerful people disappeared and fell in order to protect these keys?"
"..."
Lu Zhan held the stone bone in silence and soon calmed down. When he first obtained the stone arm in the Mirage Demon Secret Realm, he didn't know what it was. He only learned through the Mirage Demon's memory that this thing was very mysterious and might be able to revive the Gu God, so he kept it.
Later in the Peach Blossom Palace, Lu Zhan realized that this thing was not as simple as he had imagined, and that the responsibility he shouldered was heavy, so he hid it in his own sea of consciousness.
But at this moment, Lu Zhan had different feelings.
He had always thought that he obtained these things by coincidence, but now he suddenly felt that there seemed to be a thread in the dark that led him to find these things.
Is this what the Grand Master calls "God's will" and "luck"?
Lu Zhan was not sure, so he said:
"I don't know what this thing is exactly, but based on the clues we have so far, it may be related to the sacred stone."
Jiang Ningshuang took it and looked at it, but didn't find anything different, so she said:
"It seems that we can only know the secrets inside the stone if we find the head."
"Wow~~"
Lu Zhan put away the stone bone and was about to speak when there was a sudden vibration from the abyss ahead. The two of them looked up hurriedly and saw that the dragon bone that was as big as a mountain was slowly disintegrating. The seemingly indestructible dragon bone turned into golden powder in the blink of an eye.
Immediately afterwards, the golden dragon shadow composed of dragon energy above the abyss roared as if it had life.
"hold head high!!"
The golden dragon shadow roared towards the sky, and the pressure was overwhelming. It soared into the air, as if it was going to break through the dark earth, but the moment it collided with the ground above, the dragon shadow seemed to lose all its strength and fell down heavily again.
Jiang Ningshuang's face turned pale. The golden dragon's aura was too shocking, like a god descending to the earth. The pressure made her heart palpitate.
Lu Zhan hurriedly pulled her behind him, only to see the golden dragon shadow falling into the abyss. Its huge body was crawling below the abyss, with only its huge head exposed. It looked listless, like a candle in the wind.
“He…He is alive?”
Jiang Ningshuang grabbed Lu Zhan's arm, her heart beating like a drum. The scene she witnessed today was enough to make her unforgettable for the rest of her life.
Lu Zhan did not say anything. After a brief hesitation, he flew up and landed near the giant dragon's head. Looking at the dying golden dragon, he bowed respectfully and said politely:
"Junior Lu Zhan, nice to meet you, senior."
The golden dragon shadow struggled to open his eyelids, and his powerful breath turned into spiritual energy, dyeing the surroundings golden. He looked at the young man in front of him with a tired expression:
"Thousands of years have passed, and this key is finally going to see the light of day. It seems that you are the chosen one..."
"?!"
Lu Zhan was shocked and hurriedly took out the stone skull. He asked, "Why do you say that, Senior? What is the Chosen One? What are these stone bones?"
When they were in the Peach Blossom Fairy's underground palace, Tao Yun didn't say much, only that this thing was the key.
"..."
The golden dragon shadow was silent for a while before saying:
"I am just a divine thought. I have long lost many memories of my life. I only remember that this is the key, the key that can stop the disasters in the world... The key was divided into four parts. My mission is to protect this part of the key until the chosen one arrives..."
"..."
Seeing that his tone was blank and he really couldn't remember anything, Lu Zhan didn't ask the stone skull any more questions. Instead, he changed his approach: