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Chapter 272: The Dragon's True Legacy
Chapter 272: The Dragon's True Legacy
"Roar~"
As Lu Chen and another cultivator waited, a dragon's roar, faintly carrying a hint of dragon might, rang out beside them.
When the sound faded, a burly young man appeared beside them.
The young man wore a red robe, seemingly made from flood dragon skin, and as he moved, a faint shadow of a flood dragon could be seen.
He had a pair of golden vertical pupils that exuded an innate dignity, and his neck was covered in fine red scales that extended down to his chest.
"Senior Brother Long Li, I didn't expect you to come here personally. The one beside me is Lu Chen, a junior disciple who recently advanced to the inner sect. He specializes in spiritual plants and beasts."
"And that is why I discovered the Dragon Corpse Grass within my Snowline Flood Dragon."
Tao Zhiqing quickly introduced Lu Chen to the half-human, half-dragon cultivator.
"Junior Brother Lu, this is Senior Brother Long Li, one of the True Legacy disciples and also one of the actual controllers of the Thousand Dragon Lake."
"Greetings, Senior Brother Long."
Lu Chen quickly bowed in greeting. A True Legacy disciple could be considered among the strongest below the pill formation stage in the entire Celestial Sword Sect, and their cultivation was far beyond his own.
"Junior Brother Lu."
The burly young man nodded slightly and turned his gaze to the Snowline Flood Dragon by the lake, which was still under his control and had a dazed look in its eyes.
"It was discovered inside this Flood Dragon."
Tao Zhiqing took out the Dragon Corpse Grass, which had not yet been completely digested, and presented it to Long Li.
"It should have been discovered at the bottom of the Thousand Dragon Lake."
The burly young man judged.
"I'm going down to take a look. If you two wish to follow me, there's one condition."
"The bottom of the Thousand Dragon Lake still has traces of dragon might, and the deeper you go, the stronger it becomes. If you go down, as long as you don't stray too far from me, I can protect you."
"Also, it's inconvenient to move underwater, so it's best if you have a water-type talisman or artifact to move freely."
"In that case, I won't follow you down to cause trouble, Senior Brother Long." Tao Zhiqing said awkwardly.
"Senior Brother Long, I happen to have a third-grade Water-Walking Pearl that allows me to move freely even at a depth of 10,000 meters. I should have no problem entering the bottom of the Thousand Dragon Lake."
Lu Chen stepped forward and said, holding a dove-egg-sized, mist-covered pale white pearl.
It was a third-grade treasure he had obtained from a mature Water Glow Grass, and it was perfectly suited for the special environment of the Thousand Dragon Lake.
"Senior Brother Long, I want to follow you and witness this. Please take me to the lake bottom."
"Very well."
The burly young man nodded. As long as Lu Chen didn't affect his actions, taking him along would be effortless, and he wasn't worried about Lu Chen causing any trouble under his watch.
"Follow me."
He turned to Lu Chen and instructed him, then opened his mouth and exhaled a tiny, illusory dragon shadow. It whistled out and stopped in the air, transforming into a dragon-shaped jade seal.
The jade seal gently tapped the surface of the Thousand Dragon Lake, and all the flood dragons in the vicinity immediately became solemn. Dragon roars resounded from beneath the lake, causing the waters to churn, and formation after formation was revealed.
The burly young man, Long Li, jumped into the water first, and Lu Chen, with the Water-Walking Pearl in his mouth, quickly followed.
As he entered the Thousand Dragon Lake, the mist from the Water-Walking Pearl immediately drifted out and surrounded Lu Chen's body, forming an almost invisible transparent thin film that clung tightly to him.
Lu Chen felt a strange sense of being at ease, as if he had become one with the water. The pressing lake water was no longer an obstacle but instead became a boost to his movements.
"This Water-Walking Pearl is quite useful."
Lu Chen couldn't help but exclaim, looking at Long Li in the distance.
A faint dragon shadow emerged from Long Li's robe and coiled around him. A tail covered in dark red scales appeared from his waist, swaying left and right as he swiftly made his way to the lake bottom.
A hundred zhang later, Lu Chen's spiritual sense keenly detected a faint oppressive aura in the surroundings, which grew stronger as they ventured deeper.
The illusory dragon shadow beside Long Li let out a long whistle and instantly enlarged several times, enveloping Lu Chen within it.
The oppressive aura in the surroundings immediately dissipated, and Lu Chen felt relieved.
After diving more than a thousand zhang, the two finally reached the bottom of the lake.
Darkness enveloped them, and occasionally, faint breaths of unknown creatures could be heard nearby, keeping Lu Chen on high alert.
"Lu Shidi, the lake bottom itself exerts immense pressure, coupled with the presence of dragon might. Once you stray too far from me, accidents may occur."
Long Li held a radiant night pearl in one hand, illuminating the surrounding waters with a dazzling light.
"Rest assured, Shixiong. I won't wander off."
Lu Chen quickly assured him.
In the bright light, they could see bizarre stones all over the lake bed, with occasional glimpses of peculiar aquatic plants growing among them.
The two walked slowly on the lake bed, carefully identifying the strange plants.
"Shixiong, are these bizarre stones at the lake bottom remnants of that true dragon?"
Lu Chen transmitted his voice to Long Li.
"The true dragon's skeleton wouldn't be so easily revealed. It has long since fused with the Thousand Dragon Lake."
"These should be strange rocks formed by the transformation of ancient flood dragons."
Long Li replied casually. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed as he spotted a slender black dragon wriggling amidst a strange rock not far ahead.
It had a dragon head, a dragon body, and a dragon tail. At first glance, it looked like a minuscule flood dragon that had been shrunk countless times.
Long Li swept his spiritual sense through the surroundings and, finding nothing amiss, quietly summoned fine dragon scales on the back of his hand. They flashed like lightning as he shot forward and firmly grasped the slender black dragon in his palm.
The slender black dragon was, of course, a manifestation of the fifth-grade Dragon Corpse Grass, and at that moment, it had lost its previous agility, obediently resting in Long Li's half-dragonified palm.
"Lu Shidi, this Dragon Corpse Grass is well-hidden. Help me look for more."
Long Li instructed through a transmission, confident in his spiritual sense and unconcerned that Lu Chen, with his mere early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, could pull off any tricks under his watch.
"Yes."
Lu Chen chose a direction and began searching through the strange rocks formed from the remains of ancient flood dragons.
His gaze remained calm as he looked at the rocks under his feet, but secretly, he cast an earth-drawing technique, casually nudging the rocks into the cracks he had created.
"Long Shixiong, I found one!"
After a moment, he held a slender, small dragon-like black grass and approached Long Li. With the four that Long Li had found, they now had a total of five fifth-grade Dragon Corpse Grass plants.
"Right, Long Shixiong, I quite like these flood dragon fossils at the lake bottom. May I take some of them up and display them in a small lake within my cave abode?"
After searching for a long time without finding any new Dragon Corpse Grass, Lu Chen asked softly.
"Sure."
Long Li didn't mind. With his spiritual sense nearing the Golden Core realm, he had already determined during their search that there was nothing unusual within the strange rocks, and their value might not even surpass that of fresh beast bones from ordinary demons.
Lu Chen's heart filled with joy, and he calmly swept over a dozen strange rocks into his storage bag.
(End of Chapter)
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