Xianxia Mythology: I Have an Exchange System

Li Daoyi, who comes from a Taoist background, goes into the mountains to look for the green ox he has raised since childhood and accidentally transmigrates to the world of The Smiling, Proud Wander...

Chapter 233 The Abyss of the Four Seas, Dragon Tomb and Candle Dragon

The East Sea, South Sea, North Sea, and West Sea are the four seas of the primordial world. In fact, the four seas belong to the same place, but they have different names because of their different locations.

Where the four seas converge, there is a forbidden zone. In ancient times, this place was a vast landmass known as Dragon Island.

At the end of the Dragon-Han Calamity, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races fought a final battle, and Dragon Island was sunk. Countless dragons died on the spot. As Dragon Island sank into the sea, it formed a deep abyss. Since then, this place has become one of the forbidden areas of the primordial world. Anyone below the level of Quasi-Saint who approaches this place will be disturbed by its evil energy. At best, they will suffer from demonic possession; at worst, they will fall directly into the abyss and never be reincarnated.

However, this place holds great significance for the dragon race. After the Dragon-Han Calamity, whenever the dragon race faced its end, they would come here and then sink into the abyss. Therefore, this place is also known as the Dragon Tomb by the dragon race, meaning the burial ground of dragons.

At this moment, after a spatial fluctuation above the Dragon Tomb Abyss, many figures appeared. These figures possessed extremely powerful auras and were clearly unaffected by the evil energy of the forbidden area below.

This group was none other than Li Daoyi and his entourage from Zhutianlou.

"Greetings, Ancestor." Ao Guang knelt down and bowed towards the abyss below.

"We pay our respects to our ancestors." Behind him were the other three Dragon Kings of the Seas who arrived in Chaoge later.

"Is this the Dragon Tomb?" Li Daoyi asked, looking down at the sea below, which was stained as black as ink by malevolent energy.

“That’s right, this used to be Dragon Island. Speaking of which, I deserve some credit for how it turned out this way,” Yuan Feng said self-deprecatingly.

Looking down into the abyss and feeling the malevolent aura emanating from it, Donghuang Taiyi and the others couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions. The once invincible dragon race was now nothing more than wronged souls sinking into the sea.

At this point, Ao Guang and the other three finished their kowtows and stood up.

“Senior, this is the Dragon Tomb. My father perished here.” Ao Guang bowed and said, glancing awkwardly at Yuan Feng after speaking. Although the other party was his father’s killer, Ao Guang did not actually harbor any resentment. In that era, everyone served their own master, and you couldn’t hold a grudge against the other party. Moreover, his father now had the chance to be reborn.

"Fellow Daoist, is it really possible? So many years have passed, there's probably only the Azure Dragon's skeleton left down there," Yuan Feng said with some worry.

Quasi-saint corpses are generally comparable to top-grade magic treasures and will not decay over time. However, the Azure Dragon Corpse's physical body was burned by its own Phoenix True Fire, leaving only its remaining bones to fall into the abyss.

Before Li Daoyi could speak, the little girl Mengmeng gently tugged at him.

"What's wrong?" Li Daoyi asked, bending down to pick up Mengmeng.

“Brother Daoyi, there are living things down there!” Mengmeng said obediently.

"What?" Everyone was immediately surprised upon hearing this.

“A living creature? Impossible.” Ao Guang quickly shook his head.

Yuan Feng frowned slightly, then closed her eyes and sent a wisp of her primordial spirit to investigate downwards.

A moment later, Yuan Feng opened her eyes, a look of disbelief in them.

"That guy is still alive," Yuan Feng exclaimed in shock.

"Senior Yuan Feng, who is she?" Ao Guang and the other three asked hurriedly.

“Zhulong,” Li Daoyi said with a smile.

"Hiss..." Everyone gasped upon hearing this.

"That's right, it's this guy. As expected of Zhulong, he actually survived." Yuan Feng nodded solemnly.

“However, his condition is not very good at the moment,” Li Daoyi continued.

Zhulong, the deputy patriarch of the Dragon Clan, is also a half-step Hunyuan Realm cultivator. During the final battle, he was defeated by Yuanfeng and Shiqilin. He thought they were dead, but unexpectedly, they were still alive and had been hiding in the Dragon Tomb ever since.

"It's unbelievable. That's Zhulong! So much time has passed, and he actually..." Zhen Yuanzi murmured.

Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi looked at each other in bewilderment. Upon hearing this legendary name, they felt as if they had returned to the great era of the three races vying for supremacy.

"Mengmeng." Li Daoyi patted the little guy's head.

"Eeya?" Mengmeng looked at Li Daoyi.

"Clear the way," Li Daoyi said.

"Oh." The little guy nodded.

Then it peeked its little head out from Li Daoyi's arms and gently blew towards the sea below.

"call..."

The crowd witnessed an incredible scene: the sea area spanning hundreds of miles was enveloped by an energy. The malevolent energy gradually gathered and soon condensed into a huge black sphere. Then, the seawater gradually receded in all directions, forming a funnel shape and revealing a deep, dry abyss.

Mengmeng's face lit up with joy as she opened her little mouth and inhaled into the huge black sphere of malevolent energy.

"call out..."

The malevolent energy instantly flew into the air and was inhaled by Mengmeng to everyone's astonishment.

It was absorbed completely in no time.

"Hehe, that's a bit little," Mengmeng said, patting her round little belly.

Yuan Feng and the others couldn't help but swallow hard. That was malevolent energy, which even quasi-saints couldn't easily provoke, because it contained countless fragments of the souls of dead beings, and even karma within it. Once provoked, it could easily cause one to go into a demonic state. They never expected that Mengmeng would swallow it like a snack.

Ignoring the astonishment of those around him, Li Daoyi carried Mengmeng and flew directly down into the abyss below, with the others quickly following behind.

The abyss was very deep, and the surrounding seawater was still isolated by the energy that Mengmeng had just used. The deeper they went, the more they sensed the powerful dragon's might. Ao Guang and his brothers felt it even more deeply, and the blood in their bodies began to boil. This was the bloodline connection between kin.

Before long, the group arrived at the bottom of the abyss. Because it was so deep from the sea surface, the sunlight could not reach it, and it was pitch black all around.

"Light." Li Daoyi held up a finger and called out softly.

A huge, dazzling ball of light appeared instantly on his fingertip, then slowly rose up, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daytime.

Everyone looked around and saw that the ground was covered with white bones, densely packed together—these were dragon bones.

Not far away, there was a ruin. All the dragon bones had their heads facing the ruins. Outside the ruins, there was a dragon skeleton that was even larger than the others. It was the Azure Dragon.

Ao Guang sensed his father's presence, staggered towards him, knelt down, and burst into tears.

"Father."

The other three dragons also quickly stepped forward and knelt down.

"Azure Dragon King".

Although it had become a skeleton, the quasi-saint aura still lingered on the dragon bones, and faint dragon roars emanated from the dragon bones, as if responding to something.

Just as everyone was marveling at the scene, the ruins in front of the Azure Dragon skeleton suddenly began to shake violently, and then the entire abyss followed suit.

"Be careful," Zhen Yuanzi said hurriedly.

Li Dao waved to everyone, indicating that everything was alright.

At this moment, Ao Guang and the others also looked excitedly at the ruins.

"Boom..."

As the ruins gradually rose, an enormous head slowly emerged from them.

It was a strangely shaped head. At first glance, it looked like a human face, but upon closer inspection, it resembled a dragon's head, with two thick dragon horns on its head, the right one of which was broken in half.

Then the giant beast's body slowly emerged, its long, serpentine form covered in countless scars. Even after the passage of time, the scars were still astonishing. What kind of battle had it endured to leave so many wounds?

"Splash..."

The giant beast stretched out half of its body. Its slender body had no dragon claws. This was the Zhulong, also known as the legless dragon.

"Ancestor Zhulong!" Ao Guang and the other three exclaimed excitedly.

"Huff..."

A thick breath spewed out from the nostrils of the Candle Dragon.

Then Zhulong slowly opened his eyes, and everyone saw what appeared to be the sun and the moon – it was an illusion.

Gradually, the illusion disappeared, and a pair of enormous dragon eyes stared at everyone.

Zhulong began to look around. He first looked down at Ao Guang and the others in front of him, a look of confusion flashing in his eyes. Then his eyes gradually became excited, the excitement of seeing his own kind.

“Clan members…” a deep voice came from Zhulong.

Immediately afterward, the Candle Dragon seemed to sense something, its entire body trembled violently, and then it raised its head to look at Li Daoyi and the others.

"Yuan Feng..." Zhu Long roared angrily.

"Roar..." Then it raised its head and roared angrily, as if it had seen an enemy.

Yuan Feng frowned, curled her lip, and a hint of disdain flashed in her eyes.

"Boom..."

Immediately afterwards, Zhulong rushed towards them, opening its blood-red maw as if it wanted to swallow everyone, including Yuanfeng, whole.

"Ancestor, you mustn't!" Ao Guang said urgently, trying to get up to stop him, but it was too late.

"Hey!"

Just then, Mengmeng threw something at the oncoming Zhulong.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

In an instant, a thin rope bound the Candle Dragon into a rice dumpling.

"boom..."

The bound dragon crashed heavily to the ground.

"Ancestor." Ao Guang and the others rushed over and came to the side of Zhulong's head.

At this moment, Zhulong was already dizzy and disoriented from the fall.

"Ancestor, are you alright?"

"Ancestor, don't get agitated, they are not enemies."

Ao Guang and the others offered their reassurances in a flurry of voices.

"Huff...huff..."

"Yuan Feng, you are Yuan Feng!" Zhu Long glared at Yuan Feng and said.

"Tsk tsk, still so impulsive. I'm telling you, you're only a tenth of your former strength, and you still can't see the situation clearly?" Yuan Feng tsk tsk.

Zhulong's injuries from back then have not fully recovered to this day, and his strength has dropped to the mid-stage of Quasi-Saint, which is worlds apart from that of a half-step Primordial.

"Ancestor, don't be impulsive, they are the ones who saved you," Ao Guang said quickly.

Zhulong tilted his head and looked at Ao Guang.

"You have Ao Qi's aura on you. Who are you to him?" Zhu Long asked.

“Reporting to Ancestor, Azure Dragon is my father,” Ao Guang hurriedly replied.

Upon hearing this, Zhulong's expression gradually calmed down. He clearly trusted his good brother's offspring.

"You said they came to rescue me? Why? And how many years have passed now?" Zhulong asked.

"Ancestor, don't be in a hurry, I'll explain it to you slowly," Ao Guang said quickly.

"Mengmeng." Li Daoyi patted the little guy.

Mengmeng understood, and with a wave of her little hand towards Zhulong, the Dragon-Binding Rope wrapped around Zhulong instantly disappeared.