Chapter 72 Negotiations
"I disagree! You dragon are being unreasonable, daring to make my clan your servants!"
Not far away, Wu Yue, who was talking with Wu Yue, immediately shouted when he heard that Jiao Jue wanted their ancient Wu tribe to be servants.
With a "snap," Jiao Jue slashed out with its claws, leaving a deep bloody mark on Wu Yue's body through the seaweed.
Wu Yue's gaze turned cold, and he was about to rush forward.
Wu Yue quickly grabbed him and shouted, "Don't hit him, don't hit him!"
Jiao Jue stared intently at Wu Yue's exposed webbed hands, his eyes narrowing slightly as he raised his claws at him.
"Old man, who is he?" Jiao Jue asked.
Wu Yue wiped his forehead and said with difficulty, "He is a member of my clan."
Upon hearing these words, Wu Yue felt as if a child who had traveled far had returned to the embrace of his family, and his posture instantly straightened.
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jue pointed at Wu Yue's webbed hand and laughed loudly, which made Wu Yue's face turn ashen with anger.
But after laughing for a short while, he immediately stopped laughing and flew away alone, looking dejected.
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Dragons are known for their love of procreation, and they have the strongest hierarchy of contempt regarding bloodlines.
The five-clawed dragon looks down on the four-clawed dragon, the dragon looks down on the jiaolong, the two-horned jiaolong looks down on the one-horned jiaolong, and the jiaolong looks down on the dragon-carp mountain beast.
But the dragon race's attitude towards preserving their offspring is quite different.
For example, his father, who was clearly a five-clawed golden dragon, insisted on trying out every race, even his mother, a one-horned dragon who was ostracized in her tribe.
Thinking of this, Jiao Jue felt a pang of envy for Wu Yue and knew he couldn't stay any longer.
He returned to his tree and wrapped himself around the trunk.
When he was little, he loved to sleep in the water, but his clan looked down on him and beat him. So his mother took him to live in a tree.
Jiao Pingbo and her mother originally lived on another mountain. Seeing that he was also a dragon and a half-sibling, and that they both lived on the mountain, she often came over to play with him.
When you're sad, the memories just keep coming back.
The increasingly fierce wind was howling above Jiao Jue's head, making it impossible for him to sleep, and he felt extremely lonely.
Upon hearing Wu Yue's words, Ji Rong looked at the horned jade disappearing into the horizon, craned her neck, and asked with her beady eyes, "Old man, you said he's your clansman, what's going on? What does that mean?"
Once you start talking, it's not so difficult to say it a second time.
Wu Yue stepped forward, sat down on the ground in front of Ji Rong, and said, "He came from outside looking for us. There were originally two of them, but his elder brother used himself as bait to break the seal."
Ji Rong naturally didn't want to hear this, but now was not the time to gossip about the Wu clan's bloodline. She pointed to the wind above her head and said, "So this was caused by the brother of the guy next to you."
Wu Yue felt that Ji Rong's words were rather crude, but they were not wrong, so he nodded heavily.
"So what do you plan to do?" Ji Rong pointed to the Wu tribe members sleeping on the ground and said, "Quickly come up with a plan."
Wu Yue said, "Let's pack up and leave, and go back with him."
Gu Qingqing stayed with Yanwu, holding the sleeping Amu beside her, and said anxiously, "Go back? How are you going to go back? Most of your clansmen have no cultivation, you'll only die if you go out!"
After saying that, Gu Qingqing turned to Wu Yue and bared her teeth without any politeness, pointing at the tens of thousands of people on the ground and said, "Do you have any excellent magical artifacts that can hold them all?"
Wu Yue was speechless. When he came with Wu Ying, he only thought about whether there were people, not how many people there were, and he never thought that the people here had degenerated to such a state.
Therefore, no ritual implements for holding people were prepared.
Furthermore, such high-level magical artifacts cannot be bought with spirit crystals; Tianxu Palace would never sell them to them.
"Do you have any?" Ji Rong asked.
Wu Yue realized his oversight and immediately lowered his posture, saying, "No."
"Old man," Ji Rong patted Feng Qing on the shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Go and invite the dragon quickly. The sooner we leave, the better."
After saying that, Ji Rong gave Gu Qingqing a wink, and she went into the cave and planted the roots into the ground again.
Wu Yue and Xuanwu hurriedly went to invite Jiao Jue.
They didn't know where Jiaojue had gone, so they had to search for her place by place.
Fortunately, Jiaojue did not go anywhere else. As soon as they arrived under the big tree, they saw Jiaojue tightly wrapped around it.
Upon hearing the sound, Jiaojue did not look up; instead, she buried her head further into the branches and leaves.
"My lord, I have a favor to ask of you." Wu Yue bowed to the horned jade in the tree.
But tonight, Jiao Jue was clearly in low spirits. He asked Wu Yue, "That guy is clearly a mixed-race person, how come you accepted it so quickly?"
"Could it be because he has some cultivation? You old codger, you have no backbone!"
“That’s not the case,” Wu Yue replied with difficulty. “The old man cast a divination the moment he saw him, and he also presented a token. He is indeed a member of our clan.”
"As for his bloodline, that's not something he can decide."
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jue suddenly raised his head. Apart from Jiao Pingbo, no one else had ever said these words to him, but they really made sense!
What did Jiao Pingbo say at the time?!
She said, "We are both dragons, so why should we become estranged over such a trivial matter as having more or less horns?"
If you think like that, if everyone in this world is a one-horned dragon, then wouldn't I, with my two horns, have to lower my head and walk away when I see you?
But how could that be?
"If our cultivation reaches the highest level, what harm will it do to us even without horns?"
Bloodline only determines initial talent, but it cannot fully determine a cultivator's future and prospects.
There are always some lives that break free from their original constraints and step into a wider world.
Although such lives are extremely rare.
Jiaojue shouldn't have had such high hopes, but who told him to encounter the Mirror of Cause and Effect, which was like a living thing?
Given such good fortune, why can't there be another Jiao Jue among these extraordinary lives?
Jiao Jue's mood improved somewhat. He leaned down and asked, "What do you want with me?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Yue bowed deeply to Jiao Jue once more and said, "Please, Your Excellency, lead my clan out and give them a way to survive."
Upon hearing this, Jiaojue climbed back onto the tree and said, "But your fellow clansmen who came from outside are unwilling."
Wu Yue lowered his head and said, "He cannot be our master. If Lord Jiao Jue is also willing to help, our clan will be at your disposal from now on."
“You said it yourself,” Jiao Jue said, leaning her head close to Wu Yue. “Let’s go.”
Having said that, Jiao Jue flew off towards Ji Rong's direction.
After the sleeping spell was lifted, Jiao Jue poked his head into Ji Rong and the others' cave and called out, "The old man said he'd be at our beck and call from now on; if that's the case, let's hurry and leave before I change my mind."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang immediately led Gu Qingqing and Feng Qing out.
Jiaojue stretched out its golden body, allowing Wuyue to direct the Wu tribe members to sit on it.
As for Wu Yue and Xuan Wu, they were led away by Wu Yue.
As Jiaojue approached the seal, he looked up and saw that the hole in the seal was growing larger and larger at a speed visible to the naked eye; as soon as the gale passed through the hole, it formed countless vortexes that swirled in the air.
Ji Rong led Feng Qing, and Ji Zhuang led Gu Qingqing. They flew to the front of Jiao Jue, and Ji Rong called out, "I'll go first, Jiao Long, you follow."
Jiaojue nodded.
As Ji Rong flew, she swallowed the wind. These gale-force winds had become large and sharp, posing a deadly threat to weaker races.
Jiao Jue followed closely behind and immediately began to enjoy the benefits brought by Ji Rong.
The wind cluster was absorbed and dispersed by Ji Rong, releasing gentle spiritual energy. Although Jiao Jue carried so many people through it, it did not find it particularly difficult to walk.
After passing through the sealed area, Ji Rong led them towards the reef island.
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