Chapter 1: The Starting Point of the Golden Gate's Destiny (Edited)
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Author: Pine Bird
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, there were very few passengers on Mingzhu Road.
A thin young woman walked under the newly lush green shade.
Several owners of tobacco, alcohol, and grocery stores, barber shops, and welfare lottery shops all stuck their heads out, their gazes fixed on the plainly dressed woman.
The woman's face had a bit of baby fat, making her look round and cute. Even without a smile, she still looked pleasing.
"Shen Jiang, is your grandma okay?" The owner of the grocery store spoke first, her tone full of worry.
Shen Jiang turned around, remembering that she had helped call the ambulance that day, and managed to muster up some energy and mumbled, "It's okay."
Seeing her stop, the others started asking, "Has that guy been caught last week? He made such a big fuss, it was really scary."
"You don't even understand this. That guy is causing trouble in the hospital. He must be jealous of Mingxintang's good business and is causing trouble. Don't you agree, Shen Jiang?"
"Not necessarily. I didn't see that on the Internet..." The person who spoke had a loud voice, but when he saw the men looking at him with menacing eyes, he immediately fell silent.
The coldness on Shen Jiang's face was so faint it was almost invisible. She didn't listen any further, but walked forward until she took out her key and opened the door to her own clinic. Golden dust in the air danced as the door opened and closed. Shadows fell, blocking out the inquiring and pointing gazes outside.
Unlike the thriving greenery outside, the clinic was deserted. Shen Jiang was greeted by a chaotic mess. Herbs, mixed with broken glass, lay scattered across the floor, and not far away, a pool of dark blood.
That was not someone else's, it was Grandma Shen Jiang's blood.
Shen Jiang agreed with what the neighbor had just said. She also felt that this medical troublemaker was a proxy for her colleagues who were jealous of their good business.
Now is the era where Western medicine is dominant, and traditional Chinese medicine has long been out of favor.
Mingxintang's daily customer capacity of 50 is clearly something its peers would envy.
As the successor of traditional Chinese medicine trained by her grandmother, Shen Jiang knows her grandmother's medical skills best. How could she possibly cure a bad person?
The overall environment is not good now, and the quality of Chinese medicinal materials is getting worse and worse, and is increasingly inferior to before. The efficacy of 10g of medicinal materials in the past may now require 30g of medicinal materials.
Of all the clinics in Nanze City, Mingxintang's herbs were the best quality. They were all authentic herbs that Grandma meticulously sourced from all over the place. Besides them, no one else knew the effort Grandma put into her herbs.
But that day, no one expected that things would end up so badly. My grandmother hit her head when she was pushed by the man.
For elderly people, even a fall can be serious, let alone a life-threatening injury like brain trauma.
Shen Jiang spent all their savings on the hospital and finally managed to rescue her grandmother from the clutches of the King of Hell.
Shen Jiang bent down, took out a broom and dustpan from the utility room, and started cleaning carefully.
Starting tomorrow, this place will no longer be open for business.
She is planning to sell this place.
Ten days had passed, and the police still hadn't found the man who had caused the trouble. Naturally, there was no compensation, and Shen Jiang didn't expect to raise money online. Firstly, they still had their clinic, so they didn't have to cry poor to anyone. Secondly, the online public opinion was completely biased towards the man who had caused the trouble. Unlike their familiar neighbors who still cared about them, Mingxintang had been criticized online.
These days, her and her grandmother's phones have been flooded with harassing calls and abusive messages.
At first, Shen Jiang didn't care. She stayed outside the hospital's ICU day and night, never even checking her phone. Then... someone found out about the hospital, and the online harassment turned into offline harassment.
Shen Jiang only realized belatedly that as a victim, her grandmother had become a quack doctor who was hated by everyone due to the influence of online violence.
As dusk falls, the aroma of fireworks rises from the surroundings.
Shen Jiang took a broom and went to the corner to turn on the light. After cleaning, she was covered in dust.
Click.
Along with the sound, the light came as expected, but it was not the incandescent lamp she was familiar with.
A golden door with flowing light suddenly appeared in front of him.
Hanging in the air, it was so abrupt that it seemed extremely unreal.
Shen Jiang was frozen by the scene before him that was beyond his cognition. He raised the broom and threw it towards the door.
The golden door seemed to have triggered some kind of restriction, and the broom was bounced away by an invisible force. Then the flowing light wrapped around Shen Jiang's legs like water, and then spread upwards to her head, sucking her into the door without resistance.
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It's so hot.
Feeling the huge heat wave coming towards him, with almost no moisture in the air, Shen Jiang subconsciously licked his lips.
Her feet finally touched solid ground. Shen Jiang couldn't believe it but had no choice but to accept the bizarre event that happened to her - she had traveled through time.
But when she saw clearly the environment in front of her and the creatures not far away, all her anxiety turned into speechlessness.
At that moment, all the blood in the body flowed upstream and rushed straight to the brain.
The light was dim in the vast rocky space, but the huge body like a small hill was still very conspicuous. With the rise and fall of the breathing rhythm, the hard black scales reflected the fragmented and mysterious light. The serrated protrusions on the back were extremely sharp, and the huge wings were tucked behind the back, with only a slight corner exposed.
Each one of them reminded Shen Jiang that the giant creature in front of him was an absolutely lethal beast.
The only thing that comforted Shen Jiang was that it had its eyes closed at the moment and should be in a deep sleep.
But even though the other party was still sleeping, Shen Jiang was still in place because of the oppressive feeling brought by its huge size.
Shen Jiang: ...
She wants to go home.
The oppressive feeling given to her by the huge black hill-like monster was so strong that it was as easy for the other party to crush her to death as to crush an ant.
I can't imagine what it would be like if the other person opened their eyes and saw someone suddenly appear in their bedroom...
Shen Jiang didn't hesitate, and moved quietly on tiptoe.
She tiptoed towards the cliff wall closest to her, trying her best to minimize her presence, and then moved towards the source of the light at the cave entrance.
She moved very slowly like a sloth, cautiously moving bit by bit towards the light coming from the other end.
Shen Jiang couldn't help but feel fortunate that she was wearing cloth shoes today. The soft soles of her shoes gently stepped on the rocks, making an imperceptible sound, which made Shen Jiang feel that the situation was not yet too bad.
As she moved, she got closer and closer to the cave entrance, and inevitably the distance between her and the huge black beast also shortened.
As the light changed, sunlight poured in from the cracks above the cave, making the cave brighter. The giant beast was revealed to be full of densely packed things under its body. The dazzling light flashed Shen Jiang's eyes. She squinted her eyes to see, and all she saw was golden and sparkling gems that almost blinded her.
In this highly tense environment, Shen Jiang's brain was unusually active. It was said that the evil dragon was extremely powerful and loved shiny treasures the most.
Could this big guy be a dragon?
Without looking at the magnificent yet terrifying magical combination for long, Shen Jiang lowered his head.
She remembered a magazine she had read in the past, which said that the gaze carries an energy field, and if you stare at someone for a long time, the other person will be able to sense the corresponding heat when being stared at.
The oppressive feeling brought by the shadow of the mountain-like body alone was too strong. Shen Jiang could even clearly hear his own heartbeat in his throat.
thump.
thump.
When one is in a state of high mental and physical tension, one's physical energy consumption is astonishing, and Shen Jiang found it more and more difficult as he walked forward.
For some reason, she felt that the temperature in the cave seemed to be getting higher and higher, drying up the moisture in the air and burning up the already scarce oxygen.
Sweat had already soaked Shen Jiang's clothes on his back.
The tension in Shen Jiang's mind grew tighter and tighter, but fortunately she had managed to walk most of the way without any danger. In just a few steps, she would be able to go outside and breathe fresh air.
The beam of Tyndall's light not far away carries all of Shen Jiang's hopes.
Soon, this hope was dashed.
After turning around a protruding rock wall, the cave entrance suddenly appeared before our eyes.
Shen Jiang was shocked to find that the exit here was not on the ground, but in a wide cave several meters above his head. The mountain wall was smooth and there was no possibility of climbing out.
Bright sunlight poured in from the cave entrance, illuminating the white bones on the ground.
Suddenly, the bloody smell that was originally vague became everywhere.
Shen Jiang had clearly encountered the anatomy teacher countless times in class, and she had never frowned or retreated. But now, seeing this pile of bones that resembled human tibias, the hairs on her back instantly stood up.
Don't panic, there must be other ways to get out.
Shen Jiang looked up and estimated the distance from the cave entrance to the ground. It was at least four or five meters high.
This should be the door that the giant beast prepared for itself, so that it can fly directly into the sky.
Shen Jiang looked for everything around him that could be used, but even including the pile of bones, it was obviously too late to build a staircase.
If the pile of jewels under the giant beast were moved to the bottom of the cave entrance, it would be possible to climb out by using the height.
Shen Jiang's eyes lit up.
Maybe she could try this method when the beast went out to hunt. Now, she had to find a suitable place to hide herself.
Shen Jiang was tiptoeing back, not noticing that the giant black dragon had already opened its eyes. The black dragon's golden vertical pupils were like transparent gems shining with radiant light, looking down at the uninvited human from above, with a cold gaze as if it was looking at a dead person.
The ignorant ant dared to step into his home as if no one was around.
Godwin Caesar's golden dragon eyes moved slowly with the human, but the look in his eyes became more and more strange.
This was a very young human female, with skin as delicate and tender as light pink rose petals. Her thin figure lacked any of the strength and beauty that dragons admired, and she did not meet the standards of a mature human knight at all.
There was no magical energy emanating from her, so Godwin Caesar didn't notice her presence immediately. After all, he never bothered to pay attention to the insects that strayed into the cave.
Look at the clothes she is wearing, a very soft and thin layer. You have to know that humans are extremely fragile, and the dragon's extremely hard claws can easily rip their bodies open.
This was the first time Godwin Caesar had seen a human being without armor.
Godwin Caesar was slightly stunned. Everything about this ordinary human being conveyed one message: he was fearless.
As long as the other party has normal thinking ability and is not a fool, then she must have extraordinary self-confidence to dare to enter his dragon acupoint in such a manner.
How did she enter her dragon acupoint so quietly?
Before Godwin could figure this out, the human glanced at the treasure beneath him with the greedy eyes that he was very familiar with.
Godwin's fist hardened.
A gust of wind suddenly blew up in the cave.
Shen Jiang was caught off guard and knocked to the ground by an extraordinary and absolute force. She couldn't help but gasp. She didn't even see how she was knocked to the ground.
The dragon's overly large triangular claws pressed firmly on her slender body, leaving no room for breathing. The intimate contact between her back and the ground came swiftly, and pain spread from her limbs and bones. A muffled groan escaped Shen Jiang's throat.
In a dizzy state, Shen Jiang looked up at the giant beast that was pressing him firmly to the ground. When he saw it, his heart skipped a beat.
The visual impact of looking at each other at such a close distance was even stronger, not to mention that the opponent's claws were harder than the rock under her. The absolute feeling of power crushed her body. Shen Jiang did not faint from fright on the spot, which was her last act of stubbornness.
She recalled the scene in the news where a tourist accidentally walked into the tiger's den in the zoo and was torn into pieces by the tiger... Her heart was filled with bitterness and despair that gradually rose.
She was just one step away from getting out.
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A dragon and a man, staring at each other.
No one moved.
Shen Jiang couldn't move at all. His body was firmly fixed, the rough ground pressed against his back, and the huge black claws in front of his chest were extremely sharp, emitting a cold light.
The giant beast in front of her leaned down, and its lantern-sized eyes stared straight at her from the side, cold, ferocious, indifferent, cruel, and with a condescending look.
Although his whole body was in so much pain that it felt like it was falling apart, Shen Jiang forgot about the pain all of a sudden due to the rush of adrenaline.
The black giant beast stared at her with unfriendly eyes, but did not attack her, which made Shen Jiang feel confused.
Is this brother's machine stuck?
Shen Jiang didn't care what went wrong. Since the other party didn't kill her, there was room for negotiation.
Shen Jiang tried her best to put on the most harmless and friendly smile, trying to send a friendly signal to a wild beast. Her eyes were fixed on the other party, not daring to relax at all.
It was rare for Godwin Caesar to see a human give him such a flattering smile. Although he didn't want to admit it, he still had to say that this human's smile was uglier than crying.
The originally cute and pleasing human face was twisted into an extremely awkward expression, his eyes were full of anxiety, the corners of his mouth were raised emotionlessly, and the muscle lines on his entire face were extremely ugly.
This picture is simply challenging the bottom line of the dragon with the best aesthetic taste in the world.
Godwin couldn't bear to see this terrible scene, but he could do nothing about the humans under his command who were so confident.
Yes, he had no choice.
This was the first time that Godwin Caesar had encountered such a situation. He couldn't help but reveal a bit of surprise in his eyes, and his inquiring eyes kept scanning back and forth at the weak human under his claws.
This human is really weird.
Just now, he had clearly confirmed with his own eyes that the other person had died and had no signs of life.
But after a few breaths, the human in front of him, who had lost all signs of life like a rag, had his flattened chest gradually filled up and began to rise and fall. The blood stains that had splashed on it disappeared out of thin air, and his rosy pink face became as delicate and white as before.
And those deer-like black pupils looked at him in fear as always, just like their first encounter, with absolutely no difference.
Except for the first attempt, by the end Godwin had already decided to kill, and every move was lethal.
Once, twice... In the end, he couldn't even remember the number of times, only numb mechanical movements.
He is the greatest and most outstanding fire dragon in the world, Godwin Caesar.
Can’t even kill an ordinary human?
As the strongest among the dragon clan, Godwin Caesar has never been defeated, but this time, his crystal clear golden eyes finally revealed a moment of confusion.
There's something wrong with this human.
Although he had no fighting power, he was the toughest opponent he had ever encountered in his life.
No matter what kind of magic he used, he could easily kill her, but this human would always return to its original state after death, looking at him with horror and helplessness with those wet black pupils.
He couldn't kill her at all, so why should she pretend to be scared?
What kind of evil black magic is this?
The human in front of him was too weak. With his strength, he could kill the other person on the spot with one blow. There was no way he could only cause minor injuries to the other person.
I really don't know what the point of practicing this kind of magic is, waiting to be killed and then resurrected?
Only offense is the best defense. Godwin Caesar despises this weird black magic from the bottom of his heart.
Only pure and powerful power like his is the goal that every magical creature should pursue in their life.
This human had no fighting power at all. Although he couldn't kill her, she couldn't escape from his hands either. A mocking look flashed in the Black Dragon's eyes.
"You tiny and despicable human being, do you think that you can slay dragons and steal treasures just because you have mastered such weird and unpresentable methods?" A cold snort suddenly escaped from Godwin Caesar's throat.
A powerful voice exploded overhead, resembling thunder, its tone filled with obvious contempt. Even in the scorching heat, Shen Jiang could still sense the chill in his tone.
Shen Jiang had long felt that this black giant beast looked like a dragon, but he didn't expect it to be a real dragon.
It's a talking dragon!
Not caring about the fact that her worldview collapsed again, Shen Jiang had no time to explore the principle of her ability to understand dragon language. The surprise from the depths of her soul trembled, and Shen Jiang knew that her glimmer of hope had appeared!
Shen Jiang's brain started to work frantically, and in almost an instant, a blessing came to him.
Despite his awkward appearance, Shen Jiang spoke with exceptional sincerity, "Respected Lord Dragon, I am by no means a dragon slayer. In fact, I am your admirer! I have come all the way here just to witness your unparalleled bravery!"
Black Dragon Godwin Caesar looked at the pair of extremely beautiful innocent black pupils and suddenly forgot the words: "..."
After all, he is an unparalleled powerful being on this continent. How could he have such despicable and shameless admirers?
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