"Buzz—"
Warm fluid flowed from his ears, his vision blurred, and he felt completely powerless. He was suspended in a daze, feeling as if he had no bones, and his breath was filled with blood.
"Brother... Brother! I want my brother—" Little Chang Le couldn't see, but he could sense something. He cried out and desperately arched his little body forward.
--"elder brother!"
—"Brother~ Brother~"
The calls echoed through all the desolation of the past, and finally, a ray of faint sunlight pierced through the layers of gloom, falling favorably on him. An unexpected encounter, a stroke of good fortune in his life.
Shen Sanmei held his breath and opened his eyes.
The Ninth Tribulation of Lightning!
Thunder poured down, the sky seemed to collapse, and lightning bolts fell like meteorites.
Even with eyes covered, the devastating lightning was breathtaking. Xiao Changle suddenly pulled away from his mother's hand, his pupils contracting sharply in the bright light, leaving only a faint silhouette.
"Boom—"
Blank space filled Xiao Changle's head.
...
"……ah……"
Outside the invisible wall, isolated from the outside world, she felt anxious, and amidst the turmoil of her thoughts, she actually made a sound.
The hoarse voice sounded like someone who had just learned to speak; the small sound stirred a chill in the pale world.
She lay prostrate against the invisible wall, unaware that the black color had faded from her entire face, down to her neck.
The other person beside him, with white hair and golden eyes, also had their golden eyes become clearer.
Both of them, who were not originally human, found themselves again as time went by.
...
"well!"
Qiqi stared in astonishment at her hand being flung away by the sudden vines. The small figure in front of her resembled a bird falling from the clouds, rushing headlong into the still-lingering center of the thunder without hesitation.
Luo Xuan had been keeping a close eye on Xiao Chang Le, and reacted quickly by casting a protective magic array on her.
Jiu Fanggui and Qi Qi then leaped down.
As the moisture and smoke dissipated, the little creature clung tightly to the charred body, its tender green vines shimmering with a green light, almost instinctively surging into the body of the unconscious Shen Sanmei.
Jiu Fanggui and Qi Qi stared at Xiao Changle's suddenly awakened superpower, watching the vigorous life energy surge into Chen Sanmei's body. They were stunned for three seconds before reacting, reaching out to comfort Xiao Changle and separating the two.
"Le Bao, be good. Sanmei is alright. He's still alive and will recover soon. Let's step back and not disturb him, okay?"
Xiao Changle didn't let go until the person in his arms suddenly began to rise and fall more dramatically, and a ray of dazzling golden light surged from the heart. Only then did Xiao Changle wake up as if from a dream, almost collapsing, and was tenderly held in Qiqi's arms.
Jiu Fanggui was both shocked and heartbroken: "She's already overdrawn her abilities after just awakening them, this brat is courting death!"
Xiao Changle felt dizzy and refused to close her eyes, stubbornly insisting on waiting for her brother to wake up.
The group retreated to the lakeside. The figure in the center of the lake was enveloped in brilliant and pure energy. Rings of golden light rippled outwards, and golden dragon scales, dragon horns, long hair, and gilded vertical pupils appeared. The life force also increased steadily.
Its flesh and blood grew wildly, and it underwent a tribulation of lightning, as if it were reborn.
The golden light dissipated, brushing away the dark color, revealing the radiant Samadhi, as dazzling as the sun, before everyone's eyes.
But he was still asleep.
Jiu Fanggui caught the person and said, "It's alright now. The hardest part is over. You'll be lively and energetic again after a few days of sleep."
Upon hearing this, Qiqi lowered her head and said to Xiao Changle, "Did you hear that, sweetie? Brother is alright now, don't be afraid."
Xiao Changle whimpered and, unable to bear it any longer, also fell into a deep sleep.
After Xiao Changle fell asleep, Jiu Fanggui and Qi Qi exchanged a glance, and suddenly Jiu Fanggui flicked his hand and sent out a green shadow that pinned a sneaky red shadow on the lakeside to the water with a "kick".
"Get out here!" Jiu Fanggui shouted in a deep voice.
The lake surface churned, and a blood-red figure burst forth from the water.
It is thirty feet long, coiled around half-submerged in the deep lake, with a long body covered in armor, short and straight diagonal claws on its forehead, and a pair of blood-red short claws on its abdomen.
Its translucent, jade-like tail was pinned to the lakeside by a section of dark green vine, dripping with blood.
“A dragon!” Luo Xuan immediately recognized the enormous creature before him.
This is a dragon that is entirely red, but its horns are ridiculously short, as if they have not fully grown.
Jiu Fanggui recognized you: "You are the Blood Jade Serpent, a companion spirit of the mineral vein in the mountains. You stole and consumed the power of the Dragon Transformation Tribulation and actually succeeded in transforming into a dragon."
The Blood Jade Dragon looked at the unfathomable human before it with eyes full of apprehension.
"You, a spirit creature, risked your life to become a dragon; it seems you intend to cultivate human form someday."
Under Jiu Fanggui's gaze, the Blood Jade Dragon slowly nodded.
This world has been kind to humankind, granting them opportunities many times greater than those of ordinary creatures. As a companion spirit, it already possesses a longer lifespan and more opportunities than ordinary beings, yet it can only guard the mine, and now its lifespan is nearing its end.
If it wants to break free from the shackles of the mine and extend its lifespan, it must first transform into a dragon before it can take human form. It can then use its own bloodline to nourish the human body, avoid the many consequences of defying the heavens to become a dragon, and enjoy its original lifespan.
Originally, there was no hope of transforming into a dragon, but unexpectedly, he encountered someone with the bloodline of a golden dragon who awakened his bloodline and transformed into a dragon. Therefore, he risked stealing the power of the heavenly tribulation and successfully transformed into a dragon.
However, since it was a clever trick, its dragon horns did not fully grow and were defective.
Both Jiu Fanggui and Qi Qi noticed the flaw in the pair of dragon horns.
After a moment's thought, Jiu Fang Gui Lue said:
"You are no ordinary hidden dragon. With the help of the spiritual energy of the mine and this trick, you have cultivated into a dragon body in less than five hundred years, thus extending your lifespan. However, this transformation into a dragon is not complete, and the Heavenly Tribulation has remembered your aura. If no one helps you conceal your aura, the Heavenly Tribulation will come after you at any time, and you will surely die."
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