Chapter 24: Digging Deep to Find the Dragon Egg

Even if it is a seriously injured and dying dragon, the rage before death is not something that humans can bear.

The extraordinary people who came to steal the eggs were no match for the green dragon and could only avoid its edge and flee in embarrassment under its devastating attack.

It was not until we reached the border of the Changbai Mountains and saw the logo of the Supernatural Administration Bureau ahead that we finally felt like we had found our savior.

The leading extraordinary being made a gesture, and they suddenly scattered in all directions, hiding in the dense forests, and were no longer seen.

Only the man carrying the dragon egg did not stop and rushed straight into the camp set up by the Extraordinary Management Bureau.

He screamed for help while running for his life: "Help! Help! The dragon seems to have gone mad after surviving the catastrophe. It attacks everyone it sees! It's killing people, it's killing people! Ahhhhh, it's flying towards us!"

Along with his words was a roaring dragon's roar.

The green dragon came following the scent of the dragon egg. Its huge body blocked out the sky and the sun. Trees were flattened wherever it went. Just opening its mouth could stir up a strong wind, and just flicking its tail could generate a force of a thousand pounds to cause rocks to fall from the cliff.

Human beings are so insignificant in front of him.

The extraordinary person holding the egg was blown away by the dragon's breath. He flew into the air and then fell heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing the dragon egg right in front of it, the dragon stopped and opened its mouth impatiently, wanting to put the dragon egg into its mouth.

The extraordinary being holding the egg looked at the dragon head getting closer and closer in fear, and uttered a tragic cry for help: "Help!"

The people from the Extraordinary Management Bureau were watching with fear and terror. They didn't expect that the dragon would actually kill people in front of them. Although the order for this mission was only to observe the dragon's tribulation, they couldn't just watch civilians die in the dragon's mouth.

Finally, someone couldn't help but take action and launched a supernatural attack on the dragon.

It was a light blow, like scratching an itch, and it didn't even leave a mark on the dragon's scales, but it allowed the dragon to raise its head and pay attention to this side.

I don't know when so many humans appeared around it.

"Despicable humans!" It roared towards the sky and pounced directly towards the crowd in front of it.

No one had expected the situation to develop to this point, and everyone was at a loss as to what to do.

They didn't provoke the Green Dragon, so why did it come to their door?

"Quick, quick, stop it!"

"We can't let it into the camp!"

"Ahhhh, it's coming this way!"

There are still many people who have not been evacuated in time and precious equipment and instruments in the camp. If the dragon rushes in recklessly, it will cause huge losses.

Everyone launched the attack with gritted teeth. All of a sudden, all kinds of supernatural powers were unleashed, like gorgeous fireworks blooming in the sky, it was a beautiful sight.

Unfortunately, these attacks could not stop the dragon at all. It was like a piece of cake and killed its way to the edge of the camp.

Looking at the huge monster getting closer and closer, despair appeared in everyone's eyes.

At the critical moment, a firm voice rang out from the crowd: "Jiang Qian, the fourth team of the Law Enforcement Department, requests to draw the sword."

Jiang Qian'an, captain of the fourth team of the law enforcement department, stepped forward and stood in front of everyone.

Behind him, all the members of the Fourth Squad stood in a row, holding the hilts of their swords at their waists, forming a human wall.

"Jian Yuan from the fourth team of the Law Enforcement Department, requesting to draw the sword."

"Chen Xiaoxi from the fourth team of the Law Enforcement Department, requesting to draw the sword."

"Jiang Qichen from the fourth team of the Law Enforcement Department, requesting to draw the sword."

“…”

Although the power of one person is limited, when people are united, they become a force that cannot be underestimated.

Jiang Qian'an led all his team members, facing the roaring green dragon with their weak human bodies. He placed his right hand on the long sword at his waist and slowly said: "All members of the fourth team of the law enforcement department, draw your swords."

As if receiving some kind of instruction, the locks on the hilts of the swords of all the members of the Fourth Squad popped open.

The restraints of several extraordinary people were fully released, and the suppressed power values ​​returned to the peak level.

"Jian Yuan, draw your sword!"

"Chen Xiaoxi, draw your sword!"

"Jiang Qichen, draw your sword!"

“…”

Everyone's swords pointed forward, pointing at Jiang Qian'an who was standing in front of them. Countless extraordinary powers flowed out through the swords in the hands of the team members and gathered on Jiang Qian'an alone.

He raised his head and looked directly at the dragon that was getting closer and closer. He pressed the hilt of the sword with his right hand and his eyes suddenly became extremely serious.

"Jiang Qian, the fourth team of the Law Enforcement Department, draw your sword."

The sword that condensed all the extraordinary energy was slowly pulled out of the scabbard, shining a dazzling light in the air.

The sword was unsheathed and swung down, creating an energy barrier in front of the camp to block the dragon's advance.

The next moment, the dragon was in front of him, and with a "bang", it crashed head-on into the energy barrier, making a loud noise.

Huge ripples instantly appeared on the energy barrier, one circle after another, shaking violently, and then returning to calm.

Everyone held their breath until they saw the dragon unable to move an inch beyond the barrier, and then they burst into tears of joy.

"Blocked! Blocked!"

The dragon was blocked outside the energy barrier. It attacked several times but to no avail. It could only roar angrily.

"Shameless human, give my eggs back to me!"

The sound was so close that it was deafening. Everyone covered their ears with painful expressions.

Only Jiang Qian'an keenly noticed the key words in the dragon's words.

Egg?

What egg?

He swung the sword in his hand, and a gentle breeze lifted him into the air until his line of sight was level with the dragon.

He said loudly: "Qing Jiao, you just mentioned the existence of eggs. Perhaps there is some misunderstanding?"

The green dragon couldn't hear anything the human in front of it said. It only felt that the breath of the dragon egg was getting farther and farther away from it, until it could no longer smell it.

It was the human in front of him who prevented him from finding the egg, "Despicable human!" The green dragon roared towards the sky and pounced on Jiang Qian'an in front of him.

The impact was repeated again and again, causing the green dragon's body to bleed profusely, but it also successfully created cracks in the energy barrier. The cracks grew larger and larger, and finally with a "crack", the dragon smashed the entire barrier to pieces.

"Captain Jiang!" The people below exclaimed, unable to bear to watch any longer.

Jiang Qian'an nimbly dodged the attack of the green dragon with the wind, watched it pounce towards the camp in front, raised the sword in his hand, and slowly activated his own supernatural power.

He is one of the few S-level extraordinary people in China, and possesses a special ability: the breath of elements, which can mobilize all the elemental power within a radius of ten miles for his own use.

Facing the green dragon at this time, he no longer hid his strength and attacked with all his strength.

Water vapor gathered in the sky, heavy rain poured down, dark clouds gathered above the sky, and thunder and lightning could be heard faintly.

Jiang Qian'an raised the sword high, and used the tip of the sword to draw lightning from the sky to fall, using the power of nature to intimidate the dragon.

The thunder fell in front of the dragon and successfully blocked its steps. It stopped and raised its eyes for the first time, looking directly at the human in the air in front of it.

This human is very strong.

It is now seriously injured, having just experienced a thunder tribulation. It is at this moment that it is most afraid of the power of thunder and lightning. Although the camp in front of it is very close and it can destroy it with a single claw, it has to be cautious under Jiang Qian'an's thunder and lightning warning.

It paced in place in annoyance, flicking away countless boulders with its tail, and finally said to Jiang Qian'an in front of it: "Human, return my eggs to me, and I will no longer pursue your despicable behavior."

Jiang Qian'an asked in confusion: "What eggs? We didn't take your eggs."

"Roar! I came here to follow the dragon egg, and you stopped me from finding it!" Hearing Jiang Qian'an's denial, the Qing Jiao let out an angry roar and was about to pounce on him.

Jiang Qian raised the lightning sword in his hand and said soothingly, "Please be patient. I need to understand the whole story before I can help you find the egg."

Under the power of thunder and lightning, Qing Jiao finally described the entire incident from beginning to end.

"You mean the egg thief ran to our side, and you chased him all the way here, but were stopped by our people, so you attacked us." Jiang Qian'an instantly realized that they were being used as a gun.

"Where is the person who asked for help?" he asked downwards.

Someone immediately pointed it out to him, "He was lying over there after being injured by the dragon... Hey, where's he? Why is he gone?"

The truth is revealed.

Jiang Qian promised the dragon: "Since it was humans who stole your eggs, we will definitely help you get them back."

The dragon stared at him with its yellow eyes for a few seconds, then said, "Three days, human. I'll give you three days. If you don't return my egg, I will rush out of the Changbai Mountains and destroy everything."

After saying this, without waiting for Jiang Qian'an's reply, it let out a mournful cry and flew towards Tianchi with its seriously injured body.

It can't hold on for much longer. It hopes that humans will not break their promise to it again this time. Otherwise, it will destroy everything even at the cost of self-destructing its inner elixir.

Looking at the figure of Qing Jiao in the distance, Jiang Qian slowly landed on the ground.

The team members rushed forward and supported him.

"Captain, are you okay?"

"Captain, what should we do next?"

Jiang Qian'an glanced at a group of young faces and directly issued an emergency order, "Block Changbai Mountain."

"Within three days, no matter how hard it is, we must dig deep into the ground to find the dragon egg."

If a dragon emerges from the mountain, there will be chaos in the world and all living things will suffer.

They don't have much time left.

Hopefully, everything goes well this time.

***

The next day, C City Railway Station.

Outside the station, Qi Xiang and Li Chengfeng said goodbye to each other reluctantly.

He first touched Li Ping'an's head and said, "Ping'an, study hard and listen to your teacher. Brother Xiao Qi believes that you can improve your grades."

Then he turned to Li Chengfeng and said, "Uncle, remember to let me know you're safe when you get here... Oh, and if you really don't know how to tie Ping'an's hair, just roll it up and clip it with this small clip."

He handed the clip to Li Chengfeng, pulled up his collar and fanned himself, "Don't you think the weather is weird? It was raining heavily yesterday and it was chilly. But today it suddenly cleared up and the sun was shining brightly. I don't even know what to wear."

Li Chengfeng glanced at the sky. The rain had stopped and the sky cleared up. It seemed that the Green Dragon had successfully survived the thunder tribulation.

It protects all living beings and has great merits. Now that it has transformed from a Jiao into a dragon, it can be said that its merits are complete.

By the time they arrive at Changbai Mountain, Qing Jiao should have completed his transformation into a dragon, which would be a great joyous event.

It seems that he has to prepare a gift for Qing Jiao.

Li Chengfeng looked at Qi Xiang and Li Ping'an and asked, "What kind of gift do you think we should bring when we meet the teacher for the first time?"

Li Pingan's eyes lit up and he answered quickly: "Cheesecake!"

In her opinion, there is nothing more delicious than cheesecake. Unfortunately, Li Chengfeng is afraid that she will get cavities, so he strictly controls the frequency of her eating sweets.

She had already smelled the aroma wafting from the cake shop next to the station, and her mouth was watering. If she prepared a cheesecake as a gift for her teacher, she might be able to have a piece as well.

Li Chengfeng saw through her thoughts and ruthlessly rejected her suggestion: "Ping An, when you give someone a gift, you should give them something they like, not something you like yourself."

Li Pingan: “Meh~”

Qi Xiang suggested, "You can bring some specialties from City C. They're sold at the train station. I think hand-shredded duck with sauce is pretty good."

Hand-shredded duck with sauce?

Li Chengfeng imagined the scene when Qing Jiao received this gift, and shook his head, "Forget it."

He didn't think Long would like to eat food like pickled duck.

After thinking for a long time and still couldn't think of what to give, Li Chengfeng simply put the question aside and decided to wait until he arrived at Changbai Mountain.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Chengfeng took Li Pingan and Qi Xiang to say goodbye, and began to queue up for security check.

After entering the waiting hall, I heard a familiar voice behind me, "Uncle, I'm safe."

Li Chengfeng turned around and saw Qi Xiang running in from outside, his face covered in sweat, waving desperately at them across the fence.

He walked forward with Li Pingan, "Why did you come in again?"

Qi Xiang panted as he handed over the gift box of preserved duck in sauce and stuffed it into Li Chengfeng's arms. "Take it, think of it as something I bought for Ping An and give it to her teacher. Don't be polite to me... Don't think preserved duck is expensive. Every time I go back to my hometown during the Spring Festival, I bring hand-torn preserved duck in sauce for my relatives. It tastes great and the packaging is classy and elegant. It makes me look great when I take it out."

It turned out that he had just gone to buy pickled duck.

Li Chengfeng looked at the gutted duck on the box and suddenly laughed.

Qi Xiang scratched his head. Was he really that happy? It was just a box of preserved duck in soy sauce. "If you like it, I'll send you a few more boxes after we get to Changbai Mountain."

Li Chengfeng took the salted duck and shook his head, saying, "No thanks, thank you for your kindness." After thinking for a moment, he said solemnly, "I will definitely watch the teacher eat your salted duck."

Qi Xiang: ...Why does it feel weird when you say that?

The two wasted some time in the waiting hall, and the broadcast had already begun to urge passengers to check their tickets: "...Train HG8765 from City C to Changbai Mountain will soon stop checking tickets. Passengers please go to Gate 6 to check your tickets and board the train. From City C to Changbai Mountain..."

The train information on the electronic display screen showed that the train to Changbai Mountain would depart in five minutes.

After every reunion, there will be separation, and this time it is a real farewell.

Li Chengfeng held Li Ping'an's hand and walked towards the entrance step by step with the crowd.

After walking a long way, they turned back and could still see Qi Xiang waving at them.

"Goodbye uncle, see you safely."

"Ping An, study hard, I'll wait for you to come back."

Li Chengfeng waved to him, picked up a box of pickled duck, and boarded the train to Changbai Mountain.