FS-novel #172 - They are all fake dragons impersonating others!
#172 - They are all fake dragons impersonating others!
"Whether the Dragon King has daughters of suitable age is not something you need to worry about."
Ling Xiao closed his eyes slightly, mentally calculating the layout within this tomb, deducing the location of the main burial chamber.
He also answered Xu Chengxian's question.
"After cultivating the techniques, the Dragon King has undergone several bloodline reversions."
The Dragon King awakened the Sea Dragon bloodline of the ancient great demon.
Legend has it that the ancient demon Sea Dragon and the Ancestral Dragon have very close kinship.
"And the Dragon race bloodline can almost produce offspring with all races and myriad spirits."
This Dragon King, who was known for his romantic nature in his youth, now has a large harem of wives and concubines.
Many female demons have given birth to dragon eggs containing his bloodline for him.
These dragon eggs are now all in his underground palace.
Because the hatching of dragon eggs requires an extremely long time within a huge spirit array, they can only break out of their shells after countless years.
Therefore, even now, it is said that more than half of the children born a hundred years ago have not yet been born.
"...Oh ho!"
Xu Chengxian exclaimed.
"Then, may I ask, how old is the Dragon King's eldest child this year?"
"Three or four thousand years old, perhaps?" Ling Xiao said, "However, she shouldn't be in the terrestrial realm."
The Dragon King's eldest offspring is a princess.
"The eldest princess, Shuang Xuan, is in the Celestial Realm, serving at the side of the Demon Saint."
"The Demon Saint isn't in the Demon Race?"
"The Demon Saint resides in Lianxiao Heaven, one of the Nine Heavens in the Celestial Realm."
"If that's the case, the Dragon King doesn't need to worry about not having enough daughters to use for recruiting a son-in-law."
"He doesn't need to worry at all." Ling Xiao chuckled, "It's not like he can successfully recruit a son-in-law every time."
Just like this time, they started to suffer casualties before they even entered the gate.
Then there are various tomb beasts coveting the flesh and blood of the demon race, such as dragon lice, earth dragons, and so on. There are also ubiquitous, hard-to-defend-against poisonous mists and mirages.
And the battles that may occur between great demons in order to compete for spiritual objects...
Xu Chengxian also understood that half of the credit for their smooth and stable journey should be attributed to Ling Xiao and Ling Yunzi, who had made arrangements in advance.
The knowledge and experience of a female emperor and a Dao Lord, coupled with cooperation and collaboration, are needed to deal with it so calmly.
The other small half must be attributed to the demons like Jin Hong and others outside, who attracted the dragon lice.
The dragon lice population is huge, and under hunting and reproduction, they should occupy this space.
Therefore, with their existence in this True Dragon Burial Chamber, the other dangers are relatively low.
No wonder Black Flood Dragon and Red Blaze were unwilling to come and compete.
And the secret realm under the Emperor's Tomb is said to be even more dangerous.
Each time great demons enter, it's good if 50% of them can get out.
What's more, they have to find the token that the Dragon King needs.
However, even taking chestnuts from the fire has its followers.
Therefore, no matter how dangerous it is, every time the Emperor's Tomb opens, there are still demon races who come one after another, rushing to the secret realm.
"Then the Dragon King's daughter, isn't it possible that she has to wait more than a decade?" Xu Chengxian pondered, also wandering around the tomb chamber, looking for the entrance to the main burial chamber.
"Who waits for whom is not certain," Ling Xiao replied, "I've heard that in the past, they would recruit a son-in-law first, and then let him wait for the princess, who is still in her egg, to be born."
Dragon lifespan is longer than that of ordinary demon races.
Or rather, those with strong bloodline power grow slowly, and their lifespan is correspondingly longer.
"However, those who can win the championship are basically demon generals, so they are not afraid of such waiting."
"They are all demon generals?"
"That's right."
Although most of the demon races entering the Emperor's Tomb are in the Great Demon realm, most of them are not coming for the identity of the Northern Demon King's consort.
More of them want to take the opportunity to find the spiritual materials and treasures they need.
Most of them may not even have the intention of entering the secret realm to find the token.
Instead, they will look for opportunities in the Emperor's Tomb and then stay there until the gate opens again.
"Most of them can leave alive and gain a lot."
The Dragon Race Emperor's Tomb is not like the tombs of the Human Race, with many burial objects, but the demon bodies that can be buried in it all have True Dragon bloodlines to some extent, and from top to bottom they can be considered cultivation resources.
Even if the years are long, the flesh and blood, and even some scales and bones, have been annihilated in the dust.
But on top of these corpses, many spiritual materials that are rare outside have been spawned.
Even the poisonous mist, if there is a way to collect it and refine it into a magic weapon, it can be of great use.
"If you are lucky, you may even have a great opportunity."
"In the True Dragon Burial Chamber, finding a section of True Dragon bone and then finding a refiner to create a top-grade spiritual weapon is possible."
"Jin Hong and his cousin have this idea."
So they have to be killed as soon as possible. These guys are not preparing to enter the secret realm, so if they find what they are looking for, they will probably find a place to hide.
The goals of the demon generals and great demons are different, so the possibility of conflict will be very small.
Otherwise, how dare the Great Demon realm enter?
The Northern Flood Dragon King's recruitment of talents will probably be deserted.
"No wonder those guys are acting so uninhibited," Xu Chengxian suddenly realized, "It turns out they know they won't be taken seriously by the demon generals."
"But can the True Dragon bones only be used to refine top-grade spiritual weapons?"
It doesn't sound that powerful.
Actually, he is not very clear about the power of top-grade spiritual weapons. The most powerful magic weapon he knows so far is Jin Hong's double mace.
It is said to be made from the horns of the Sea Dragon in the Chaos Sea.
It seems to be a top-grade magic weapon?
But if True Dragon bones are used for refining weapons, they can only produce top-grade spiritual weapons, which makes it feel like the dragon bones are not that precious.
"That's because the True Dragons in this Emperor's Tomb have at most half of the True Dragon bloodline," Ling Yunzi transmitted his voice.
The so-called True Dragon Burial Chamber is relative to other dragons with even half of the True Dragon bloodline.
In this Emperor's Tomb, for thousands of years, it has been explored by the demon races who came to seek treasure.
"About 80% of the tombs here bury dragons with even 30-40% of the True Dragon bloodline."
Dragons are lustful by nature.
Moreover, the True Dragon bloodline and aura are very strong and domineering.
Some creatures, if they are contaminated with some, can be tainted with Dragon Race characteristics.
"Legend has it that the Ancestral Dragon has nine sons, who were born from other ancient demons entangled by His aura."
Therefore, the Ancestral Dragon's reputation in ancient times can be imagined.
The later Dragon Race did not have the power of the Ancestral Dragon.
Therefore, the increasingly large number of Dragon Race bloodlines became more and more uneven.
Some of them were buried later in the Emperor's Tomb, and their aura has long since dissipated.
And the tomb where Xu Chengxian and the others are located is likely to be the only True Dragon Burial Chamber in this direction that has not been completely emptied.
The existence of the dragon lice and the incomplete formation outside concealed the aura, and only some demon generals have entered, and they took away some dragon eggs.
They didn't like the other things and went to the Azure Dragon Secret Realm to find things that were more worth taking away, so they didn't move.
"It's a bargain for us."
"From what you're saying, is there no True Dragon Burial Chamber at all here?" Xu Chengxian's interest in finding the main burial chamber suddenly decreased.
It turns out that these are all fake dragons masquerading!
Then what good things could there be in the main burial chamber?
"There isn't one here, the Azure Dragon Secret Realm below is where the Dragon Race's real tombs are located," Ling Xiao said, "If you want to see the true demeanor of a True Dragon, you must first find a dragon egg that still has the True Dragon aura."
The most likely place to preserve such a dragon egg is the main burial chamber of this True Dragon Tomb.
"That's right!" Xu Chengxian suddenly reacted, "Why is the transmission talisman a dragon egg?"