Chapter 70: Accepting the mission: [Searching for the Dragon Fruit]
In addition to the sects maintained by inheritance and gangs maintained by interests, there are also aristocratic families maintained by blood ties.
Among the many families, the ones with the longest history and the most powerful are the seven families in Tiannan Island that have continued from ancient times to the present day, known as the Seven Families of Tiannan.
Although the Seven Families of Tiannan lived in a remote corner, their shadows were present behind almost every change of dynasties in history.
Dynasties rise and fall, but noble families endure.
After nearly ten thousand years, these ancient families have accumulated terrifying foundation.
The Han family is one of the seven families in Tiannan.
When recounting his own experiences, the island owner's eyes showed some vicissitudes and sighs.
"I didn't know who my parents were when I was born. I grew up with my master. He found me in the wilderness, taught me principles, supernatural powers, and how to be a human being. So I never thought of myself as a dragon. I always thought of myself as a human being."
"But my master was not a powerful person. He only cultivated to the third level in his entire life. Not long after, he died of old age."
"I left the mountain gate and started to venture into the world on my own. It was then that I realized that I had such a strong talent and that my dragon bloodline was so magical."
"During those years, I traveled all over the country, full of vigor and vitality, and I made a name for myself. Not long after that, I met her, my...former wife."
"She was born into the Han family's direct lineage and holds a high position in the clan. It has also been widely rumored that she is the most beautiful woman of her generation in the Han family. This title... is well-deserved."
"I was young and inexperienced at the time, and when I met a woman who was as beautiful as a fairy and gentle and lovely, it was impossible not to fall in love with her."
"What's even more beautiful is that she and I love each other."
"I was alone at the time, with no worries, and after getting married, I happily moved into the Han family. According to the rules of your race, it should be considered as marrying into the Han family, but I have no father or mother, so I don't care about these things."
"The first few years after I got married were the happiest days of my life. The Han family respected me very much, and of course, I did a lot for them. We loved each other very much and had no grudges against each other."
"But...about four years after we got married, that night, she stabbed a dragon-suppressing spike into my back."
"Ha." At this point, he sneered, "The bone-piercing nail that was used to deal with the human-faced crocodile just now was made by me based on the dragon-suppressing spike. This thing is specially made to kill dragons, and the pain is countless times greater than that of the bone-piercing nail."
"It was then that I realized that all of this... from her marrying me to the Han family accepting me, was planned long ago."
"All this is just because I am a dragon, a nearly pure-blooded dragon. They extracted my divine dragon marrow and injected it into the body of a Qilin child of the Han family."
"The Han family's Qilin, Han Zhu!" Wang Longqi exclaimed.
Although he was not a cultivator, Han Zhu was too famous, so he immediately made the connection.
Han Family Qilin is a title that refers to the Chosen One of this generation of the Han Family. He was already a powerful figure in the south when he was fifteen, and became famous before he was eighteen.
He is a genius who can be compared with the chief disciples of the twelve immortal sects and has great talent.
Even in the nearby Jiangnan Island, he has always had his supporters.
In comparison, a genius of Jiang Shouyin's level is two levels lower.
Han Zhu was known for his mighty and domineering behavior. He used force to defeat the enemy's cleverness and dominated everything. The most famous thing about him was that he had dragon blood, which could explode and kill the enemy across the border, which was extremely terrifying.
Unexpectedly...
Is this how he got his dragon blood?
“Haha, that child is doing well, right? That’s right, he is naturally gifted, and he got my dragon marrow, which is equivalent to taking away my dragon bloodline. Naturally, he is invincible.” The island owner laughed at himself again.
"My divine dragon marrow was forcibly taken away, and my cultivation level plummeted, almost to the point of being a cripple. At this time... my wife stood up again and begged the Han family's Patriarch not to kill me. She had just performed a great deed, and the Han family's Patriarch was unwilling to go against her wishes."
"So they imprisoned me on this small island overseas and sent four garrisons to guard me. It was quite troublesome."
"Thanks to the aquatic creatures in the nearby sea, even though I have no dragon blood, my dragon power is still there. They are willing to serve me as their master and let me be the Dragon King of this area."
"With their help, I found many natural treasures to heal my injuries and regain some of my cultivation, which is why I am where I am today. It has been more than ten years since I was imprisoned."
Li Chu listened quietly.
Only then did he realize that the butler beside him, as well as the maids and guards here, were all transformed from aquatic creatures.
The island owner continued, "I'm not saying this to ask Taoist Xiao Li to help me get revenge. There are some things I will definitely do myself."
"But I can't escape from this island at this moment. Without dragon blood, my cultivation level can no longer be improved, let alone revenge."
"Faced with the current bottleneck, there is only one thing that can help me evolve a drop of divine dragon marrow again. I was born with a dragon body, and with this drop of divine dragon marrow, it is possible to restore the bloodline of the divine dragon."
"This thing is the Dragon Fruit."
"Dragon Fruit?" Li Chu obviously had never heard of this name.
"Yes." The island master nodded, "This item is quite precious. It is a precious medicine that you human cultivators use to assist in breaking through to the Dragon Transformation Realm."
"But it can only be truly effective on the dragon race."
"So... where can I find it?" Li Chu asked.
"Everyone in the martial arts world knows that there are two dragon trees in the world. One is in Baiyujing, Kunlun in the west, and the other is in Shenxiaomen, the land of thunder in the East China Sea. Both places have been taken by the immortal sects and cannot be obtained by outsiders."
"But I happen to know that there is a third Dragon Tree in this world."
The island owner smiled and said, "I met a good friend in Tiannan back then. He could barely be considered a master, and his Taoist name was Master Fuyuan."
"He has a secret realm that he opened up himself, called the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm. In his Hidden Dragon Secret Realm, there happens to be a Dragon Transformation Tree!"
"But I didn't think much of it back then and never thought of asking him for it."
"He came to congratulate me on my wedding day and gave me something after the wedding banquet."
"I don't know if it's fate, but this thing is actually the key to his Hidden Dragon Secret Realm! It's a pity that it's not complete, but a quarter of it."
Huh?
Li Chu's eyes lit up and he remembered it instantly.
One quarter of the secret realm key...
Worth five hundred taels of gold...
The island owner flipped his hand, and sure enough, a broken seal appeared in his palm, carved from white jade, with a traditional Chinese character for "dragon" engraved at the bottom.
"That day, Master Fu Yuan told me that he felt that his time was running out and he wanted to go to Jiangnan Island to seek a great opportunity. He was worried about his life and death, so he divided the key to the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm, which contained all his belongings, into four parts and gave them to four people."
"This way, before he comes back, these four people will not be able to steal the treasures in the secret realm. If he never comes back, it can be considered as entrusting the key to the secret realm to others. There will always be a day when he will appear in the world, so that the treasure will not be buried with him."
"I would like to ask Taoist Xiao Li to take this broken treasure key and help me find the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm... and take out a Dragon Fruit from it."
"But I haven't heard from him for many years. I don't know if he is still alive, nor do I know to whom he gave the other three keys. It may be difficult to find them. Fortunately, I am not in a hurry. After all, my life span is not as short as that of humans. I can wait slowly."
The island owner came over and personally handed the broken seal to Li Chu.
Li Chu took a careful look and found that it was indeed the same incomplete treasure key he had obtained from Nightmare's flesh that day.
I don't know what the origin of this is...
He said, "I have seen another piece of this incomplete treasure key, which was found outside Yuhang Town."
"Oh?" The island owner's eyes lit up: "Master Xiao Li, do you know the whereabouts of the other piece?"
"Yeah." Li Chu nodded: "We just need to find two more pieces."
"That's great, very good." The island owner laughed and clapped his hands. He added, "Master Xiao Li, as long as you bring the Dragon Fruit here, I will give you a great gift!"
Li Chu looked at the magnificent decorations around him and nodded happily.
The island owner thought that a cultivator like him would not care about money, so he said, "Don't worry, what I give to Taoist Xiao Li will never be these vulgar yellow and white things."
Li Chu looked at him and said seriously, "Actually, you can."
"ah?"
The island owner was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
(End of this chapter)
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