Chapter 94 Dragon Clan 2: Revitalizing the Glory of the Dragon Clan?
"Sister, what is soul division?"
Tianxin's brief moment of distraction was well concealed; at least Xu Xing didn't notice anything amiss in her expression.
But she has more faith in her own skills.
She had interacted with Tianxin many times before and had not noticed anything unusual. However, just now, during the teleportation, the moment Tianxin used her spiritual power, Xu Xing clearly saw a state appear on her: Soul Splitting.
Shen Du realized something was wrong. He placed his right hand on the Xuan Yue Sword, his gaze serious. This little girl was not the real person. What was her purpose in approaching Xu Xing while concealing her identity?
Tien-hsin held the puppet doll, her eyes blank.
Impossible. Once the Soul Splitting Technique is successfully performed, the user and the original body are essentially two different people. No matter how sophisticated the detection technique is, it would be impossible to detect anything unusual. How could Xu Xing know?
Xu Xing was waiting for Tian Xin's explanation. If the reason was reasonable, she could forgive her for concealing the truth.
Such a sophisticated method of splitting the soul must be a secret technique that only a highly powerful being can perform. Tianxin is definitely not a little girl. Thinking about how I have taken good care of her because of her young age, it was nothing but a laughable act in her eyes.
Tianxin's real age is probably much older than you. Doesn't it seem funny to see you coaxing her like a child?
"Who exactly are you?"
Xu Xing looked at Tianxin's pure white dress and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with her. He thought of his argument with a certain deer clan junior priest before entering the Abyss of Eclipse...
She had a bold guess in her mind, but then she thought it was too absurd. After all, Tianxin was a girl!
Tianxin lowered her head and whispered, "Sister, you've misunderstood. I am who I am..."
The warmth in Xu Xing's eyes faded, and he was about to speak when he suddenly heard several familiar children's voices from not far away.
"Sister, is that you, sister?"
"It really is my sister who's back!"
Qu and a child ran out, their eyes filled with joy. When they saw the unfamiliar Chen Du, he first gave him a wary look, then asked in a low voice, "Sister, is he the person you're looking for?"
"Yes, I found him."
Xu Xing stopped looking at Tian Xin, squatted down and patted Qu's little head.
"Senior brother, let's go, I'll take you to see where the children live."
Xu Xing pulled Chen Du along and walked with Qu and the others toward the cellar, without even glancing at Tian Xin.
Tianxin stood alone, watching Xu Xing leave without looking back. She reached out a hand hesitantly as if to stop him, but only a cool breeze brushed past her fingertips.
"Sister, where did Tianxin go?"
Back in the cellar, Qu realized that Tianxin hadn't followed. Xu Xing frowned slightly. Although she was angry, Tianxin's current split soul was indeed not very powerful. There were Rakshasa ghosts everywhere, and if she was left unattended, she might be in danger.
Shen Du saw through Xu Xing's thoughts at a glance and said in a deep voice, "I'll go find her."
Xu Xing nodded. For a moment, she didn't know how to face Tianxin. Since she had promised to take Tianxin out, she would definitely do it, but it was impossible to treat her like a little sister as before.
The cellar seemed to have expanded somewhat, and the fluorite left by Xu Xing on the table was emitting a warm glow. A child came running over, beaming at Xu Xing like he was showing off a treasure, "Sister, look what I found!"
Xu Xing smiled at him, then looked down and saw that he was holding a stone with a familiar pattern carved on it.
"Where was this found?"
Xu Xing was somewhat surprised; his senior brother shouldn't have been to this floor before.
"After my sister left, the seawater in the valley disappeared, and that's when it appeared!"
seawater……
Xu Xing pondered, "If seawater can bring things from other layers here, does that mean that the different layers of the abyss, which seem independent, are actually interconnected?"
When Shen Du found Tian Xin, she was sitting on a skeleton, her white dress spread out, and the scene looked particularly eerie under the blood moon.
"You've come here to laugh at me?" Unlike her docile demeanor in front of Xu Xing, Tianxin's voice was cold and her gaze was indifferent.
Shen Du was once again certain that from the very first meeting, Tian Xin had harbored an inexplicable hostility towards him, and this was indeed not his imagination.
"Are you not keeping up because you want her to worry about you?"
Tianxin twitched the corner of her mouth. "Does she know how?"
Shen Du answered without hesitation, "Yes."
Even though he knew Tianxin was not a simple little girl, Xu Xing was still worried about her safety.
"But I don't want an unknown entity like you to continue staying by her side."
Shen Du looked at her, slowly drew his Xuan Yue sword, and a hint of danger flashed in his eyes.
The jet-black sword, devoid of light, exuded a chilling aura. With a single, sweeping motion, it severed Tianxin's long, windswept hair and the white ribbon that suddenly appeared in her hand. Without pausing, the sword's momentum pierced directly through a Rakshasa demon poised to strike behind her.
"If you attempt to harm her, I will kill you."
"What if I am the one most qualified to stand by her side?" Tianxin put away the white silk, raised her chin slightly, and her gaze was somewhat provocative.
"The choice has always been hers." Shen Du deftly sheathed his sword, showing no intention of attacking him. "Instead of arguing with me here, the High Priest might as well think about how to explain his disguise as a little girl to get close to her."
"..."
After playing with the children for a while, looking at the little faces that still wore bright smiles despite being in a dark place, a certain thought gradually surfaced in Xu Xing's mind.
She will take these children away, but not back to Yuxiao. They can live like ordinary mortals and choose their own path afterward.
Having not seen his senior brother return with Tianxin for a long time, Xu Xing's gaze kept drifting towards the cellar lid.
Could something have happened?
Just as Xu Xing was about to go out and take a look, he saw the lid open and Shen Du leap in. Soon after, Tian Xin followed and climbed down the ladder.
Seeing that the two were safe and sound, Xu Xing felt relieved. She was no longer as angry as she had been when she first discovered that Tianxin's identity was not right, after all, the other party had not done anything and had even helped her a lot.
But the thought of treating an adult who might not be a woman as a little girl, and even spending more than a year with her, made her feel uneasy, as if she had been played.
The three of them ate with the children, and after the children had all fallen asleep, Xu Xing's gaze swept over Tian Xin. "Senior brother, I think this floor is very likely the key to leaving. Come with me to take a look."
"Take me with you, I know a lot of things you don't."
Tianxin immediately stood up and looked directly at Xu Xing, "Let me go with you."
She glanced at Chen Du standing next to Xu Xing, her eyes conveying a clear message: she only wanted to tell Xu Xing about these things.
"Say it if you want to, or don't if you don't." Xu Xing had no interest in arguing. "Senior brother is not an outsider to me."
Her attitude plummeted, never regaining its former gentleness.
Tianxin hugged the puppet doll tightly. Shen Du was not an outsider, but in reality, she couldn't even be considered a friend...
In the Rakshasa Sea, waterspouts on the surface of the sea continue to spew out Rakshasa demons.
Standing on the rocks by the sea with my senior brother, we slowly walked and gazed at the sea, recalling what Tianxin had just said.
"The Dragon Clan was once the ruler of the Spirit Martial Continent, including the Eclipse Abyss. Ten thousand years ago, the Eclipse Abyss was completely wiped out by a powerful Dragon Clan member. If the Dragon Clan had not been exterminated, the Eclipse Abyss would not have developed to its current state."
"Legend has it that the dragon ancestor left something for the dragon descendants at the bottom of the Eclipse Abyss. If you find it, you can get out."
"The sea with the dragon treasure is very likely the Rakshasa Sea of the forty-seventh level."
Descendants of the Dragon Clan...
Xu Xing's suspicions were confirmed, and her thoughts were in turmoil. Did her master know that she would definitely be able to get out?
Xu Xing took out a water-repelling pearl, which she had caught while fishing. She hadn't expected it to come in handy now. Fortunately, it wasn't a magical artifact crafted later, but a rare and precious natural treasure, and it hadn't lost its effectiveness in the Abyss of Eclipse.
"Senior brother, I want to..."
Before she could finish speaking, Chen Du whispered, "I'll go with you."
Xu Xing took his hand and said with a smile, "Okay, let's do it together!"
The two leaped into the sea. After two splashes of water, the sea returned to calm, the waterspout vanished instantly, and the Rakshasa demons on the shore rushed in from different directions and all disappeared into the sea.
Shen Du wielded his sword to slay the Rakshasa demons that kept surging up, protecting Xu Xing as they gradually descended into the sea.
Compared to the dark surface of the sea, the underwater scenery was much clearer. The two passed through countless skeletons and dived for an unknown amount of time, but they still did not see anything that looked like treasure.
Time passed slowly, and the corpses of the Rakshasa demons who had caught up piled up layer upon layer, but they still found nothing.
Looking inward at his still dantian, Xu Xing circulated his spiritual energy again and again, countless streams of spiritual energy passing through the dragon pearl and cleansing his meridians.
Why can't she use it? Regardless of whether she's a dragon or not, what's given to her is hers.
Xu Xing suddenly placed the water-repelling pearl in Chen Du's hand, released his hand, held her breath, closed her eyes, and let herself sink into the sea.
She thought, what good are the Dragon Balls if they can't be used by her? She'd rather not have them!
Just as Shen Du was anxiously trying to grab Xu Xing's hand, a sudden change occurred. Brilliant golden light spread from Xu Xing's body and instantly pierced through the seawater.
In an instant, the blood moon hung in the sky, the sea was upside down, and the surging waves stopped abruptly above Xu Xing's head.
An indescribably majestic golden dragon phantom leaped out of the sea, letting out a deafening roar at the blood moon. With a sweep of golden light, the hideous Rakshasa demon was instantly cleaved in two at the waist.
Time seemed to stand still at that moment. Xu Xing saw her senior brother, who had reached out to her, stop in mid-air. She looked around in a daze and found that the only things that hadn't stopped were her and the golden dragon phantom.
"roar--"
The next moment, the golden dragon phantom roared as it swooped down, heading straight for Xu Xing's face.
"I never imagined that after tens of thousands of years of the dragon bloodline, only a hybrid junior like you would remain."
The golden dragon circled around Xu Xing slowly, its voice sighing.
"Little girl, since you possess the Dragon Pearl and have the destiny to be here, are you ready to restore the glory of the Dragon Clan?"
Xu Xing's gaze was exceptionally firm, and he said in a deep voice, "No."
"Very well, then this venerable one will... What?!"
Just as the golden dragon was about to spit out something from its mouth, it realized what Xu Xing was talking about, and its huge mouth suddenly stopped at an awkward angle, as if it was about to spit it out but couldn't.
It seemed to think it had misheard, and its eyes, bigger than lanterns, zoomed in on Xu Xing. "What did you say?"
"I said no! It's too hasty to entrust me with the responsibility of revitalizing the dragon race, isn't it?" Xu Xing was speechless. It wasn't even certain whether she was a dragon or not with this strange body! Making such a decision so casually, it seems that this golden dragon's judgment is not very good.
Xu Xing touched his dantian, his tone devoid of any reluctance, "Just because of this Dragon Ball? Then I'll give it back to you."
She has always relied on her life skills since she started cultivating, not on anything about dragons. This time, she came to the seabed to find something, just to leave this hellish place, the Abyss of Eclipse, as soon as possible.
Jinlong glanced suspiciously at her abdomen. There was indeed a cluster of dragon bone energy gathered in her dantian, but it had nothing to do with the Dragon Pearl! The Dragon Pearl was clearly…
It seems this audacious youngster doesn't even know what Dragon Balls are. Considering that this is the only "human" left in the dragon race, it won't be angry with this little girl!
"Hmph! Little girl, talking nonsense! Do you even know what you're refusing?"
The golden dragon's voice was authoritative: "Think about it carefully again. If I don't help you, you won't even be able to get out of the Abyss!"
That's what they say, but Jinlong even changed how he refers to himself, and he seemed much more nervous than she was.
Xu Xing leisurely pulled out a small stool, sat down comfortably, and said, "If I can't get out, so be it. Since I'm related to the Dragon Clan, I'll stay here and keep you company, senior. That's my way of showing filial piety!"
"Nonsense! I've been dead for tens of thousands of years! What filial piety do you need to show me?"
If it had a physical form, the golden dragon would be furious with this girl. With a flick of its tail, a pale golden canopy appeared in front of Xu Xing, filled with rare and precious materials, magical artifacts, and elixirs, almost dazzling the eyes.
The little girl, who had never seen the world, had a bright look in her eyes. The golden dragon coaxed, "See? As long as you agree to revitalize the dragon clan, all of this is yours!"
"Firstly, I'm not a descendant of the dragon race at all, and secondly, I can earn spirit stones myself; yours are useless to me." Xu Xing shrugged. "How about this, I'll give you the dragon ball, and you send me out, okay?"
"More than just spirit stones?!" So, out of all these treasures, all she saw were spirit stones? What a waste of her big eyes!
Jinlong grew anxious. "With these things, your cultivation will rise by at least several major realms! Given time, ascension won't be difficult!"
Even the pills from a ninth-level alchemist had no effect on her, so Xu Xing had no expectation of these so-called things that could improve cultivation.
No matter how much Jinlong tried to entice her, she always shook her head.
"..."
Even though it was just a phantom, the golden dragon's eyes widened. Had it been trapped here for too long that the younger generation outside had become so unambitious?!
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