Because there was no external interference within the Cold Abyss, although Wei Jiao felt that a very long time had passed, it was actually less than fifty years since she arrived here. She had only taken twenty years to transform from a Jiao into a dragon.
There is no light here, nor is there any concept of time. She relies solely on her physical senses, and because of her robust physique, she doesn't need much rest. Therefore, her cultivation is hundreds of times more effective than her previous sporadic efforts.
But that's far from enough. No matter how hard she tries, she can't become an ancient dragon in two hundred years. Two hundred years is the highest limit she can set for herself. She also can't rely on the Black Dragon King. That old dragon has waited for 100,000 years. Who knows when that opportunity will come? So she has to rely on herself for everything.
Wei Jiao felt that this was the only place he could try to explore. The old black dragon had considered all the possibilities over the past 100,000 years, but this was the only place he was unwilling to come to.
So she spent all her time here, practicing dragon techniques, meditating, and reciting scriptures.
After a period of time, I clearly felt that my spiritual practice was going more smoothly, and my state of mind was more stable and peaceful, which gradually began to influence those around me.
She noticed that the gray fog was thinning!
The strange forces that swirled in the gray mist—the souls of the dead unable to escape—became less restless. Wei Jiao was quite surprised; she had often heard of Buddhism's salvation of all beings, but she never expected it to have such an effect here. She was overjoyed, truly unwilling to see the spirits of her predecessors trapped here, unable to escape, so she became even more diligent each day.
Sixty years passed just like that.
After being enraged that day, the Black Dragon Spirit didn't want to see Wei Jiao. Seeing that she didn't come again, he thought the child was quite perceptive and didn't hold it against her. He went back to the depths of the cave and took a short nap.
It's normal for dragons to sleep or go into seclusion for decades or even centuries. The old dragon didn't have a clear concept of time; he just felt that he had been asleep for quite some time and wondered why the little guy hadn't come yet, so he went out to look for him.
There were only the two of them alive here, so they were easy to find. However, he felt that her aura had changed drastically.
When he finally saw Wei Jiao in person, even someone as powerful as him was greatly surprised.
The girl sitting at the foot of the cliff has delicate features and fair skin. She is completely human and has no dragon characteristics. She is chanting something, her expression neither sad nor happy. Faint lotus patterns appear, protecting her in the heart of the flower.
When the Black Dragon Spirit roamed the Three Realms, it was during the primordial era, before Buddhism had flourished, so he had never seen such cultivation before. He could see that Wei Jiao's cultivation had increased rapidly and his realm had become stable, making him completely different from before.
Sensing something amiss, she opened her eyes, and in an instant, golden light flowed across her entire body, then rippled outwards like waves, forming golden ripples in the water.
After recognizing the old dragon, she smiled slightly and said, "Senior."
It was hard for the Black Dragon Spirit to describe his feelings at that moment. She seemed to have come to him from the distant horizon. Her face, which had been solemn and majestic, suddenly showed a faint smile, and the warmth of human life returned to him in an instant.
She gazed intently at him, her eyes seeming to hold a thousand worlds within them.
Wei Jiao was cultivating when she opened her eyes and her eyes shone brightly. She hadn't expected that her smile would cause such a great shock to the Black Dragon Spirit. She remained seated and looked at the Dragon Tomb. The gray mist had thinned out a lot, revealing piles of white bones. The surging gray currents had also calmed down a lot.
He was quietly observing everything before him, as if he had not yet awakened from his seclusion.
The Black Dragon Spirit was now in human form, wearing a hood. His expression and features could not be clearly seen by the faint glow in the darkness. He stood next to Wei Jiao and began to examine everything on the ground.
This was a place of sorrow for him, where too many of his kin had died, their souls unable to find peace. So he rarely set foot here. But the changes here were indeed enormous. He observed carefully and remained silent for a moment.
After a period of silence, Wei Jiao removed a red rope from his neck, opened a bag hanging from the bottom, and revealed a round, golden lotus seed inside.
“I heard that women in the mortal world use lotus seeds to express their feelings to men, so I prayed to the Bodhisattva for this golden lotus seed and have kept it close to my body ever since.” She held the lotus seed in her palm and showed it to the black dragon spirit.
Black Dragon Spirit had never seen this thing before, and after taking a look, he didn't find it particularly special.
"Silly"
"Yes, looking back now, I realize how foolish and ridiculous I was. I followed him around like a tail for three years, not knowing he already had someone else in his heart. I inexplicably committed the crime of killing, and I don't know if I implicated the bandits or the bandits implicated me. But the most innocent ones are my parents." Having stayed in the Cold Abyss for over a hundred years, and with the environment here only making time stretch infinitely, it felt like my lifespan was even longer than Wei Jiao's previous twelve hundred years.
Her expression was calm, and the Black Dragon Spirit couldn't reconcile the person who had cried hysterically when they first met with the person in front of him.
"I was really angry at first, thinking every day about how to get out and how to get revenge on those people in the East Sea Dragon Palace, but now I can actually face these things calmly." She sighed as she stood up and threw the lotus seed in her hand towards the Dragon Tomb. "It's only been a little over a hundred years, but it feels like thousands of years have passed."
Even in the darkness, the golden seed shone with a golden light and fell into the gray mist in an arc.
She turned her head and looked at the Black Dragon Spirit, saying, "Master, we..." Before she could finish speaking, the ground shook violently.
Wei Jiao lost her balance for a moment, and the Black Dragon Spirit reached out to support her.
A court assembly was being held in the Crystal Dragon Palace of the East Sea, just like a court in the human world, where various matters were being reported. Suddenly, a huge tremor shook the room, leaving those standing dazed and confused.
The old Dragon King remained seated quite steadily, looking around, unsure of what was happening.
The shaking lasted for a long time, and almost the entire Dragon Palace was turned upside down. When they came out, they found it in a mess. The roots of the four divine trees were exposed, and the famous underwater garden was in ruins. The accumulated lightning of the East Sea Dragon Palace over the years was almost destroyed.
The Dragon King of the East Sea was so angry he almost fainted. He transformed into a dragon and coiled his enormous body above the Dragon Palace. Only then could he see the whole picture. It turned out that due to the earthquake, the canyon of the Cold Abyss had expanded. The Dragon Palace was originally built on it, so it had collapsed. However, the Crystal Palace was very large, and after descending a certain distance, it got stuck, which is why he saw the scene he was looking at.
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