Chapter 330: Capturing the Dragon Carp, Off to the Prefecture City!

Chapter 330: Capturing the Dragon Carp, Off to the Prefecture City!



November 28, 2024

Inside the palace.

Standing before the ice-sealed wall, Jiang Ning felt the chilling cold seeping through.

He raised his head and clenched his fist.

Boom!

As his fist struck, the ice shattered instantly, and he retrieved a piece of dark green scale from within.

"Old Turtle, take a look and tell me how many years of cultivation this scale's owner has."

"Yes, Lord!" The Ancient Turtle promptly responded.

It took the dark green scale from Jiang Ning's hand and sniffed it carefully.

"Lord, it's around three hundred years of cultivation!"

Hearing this, Jiang Ning nodded slightly.

"It seems the cultivation of the demons here isn't very high." He thought to himself.

Both the Ancient Turtle and the Electric Eel had over two hundred years of cultivation, yet they couldn't resist him at all.

With three hundred years of cultivation, only a few decades or a hundred years more than the Ancient Turtle and the Electric Eel, their strength might be comparable to the Fifth Stage Inner Fortitude Realm, but most likely still inferior to his.

After that.

He kept his Celestial Eye open and scanned his surroundings, and his gaze suddenly focused.

The subtle change in his eyes didn't escape the Ancient Turtle's secret observation.

"Lord, what new discovery have you made?"

The Ancient Turtle secretly tucked the dark green scale into its shell and then paddled over with its limbs.

"I've made a new discovery!" Jiang Ning's lips curled into a smile.

Using the Celestial Eye, he saw beneath the ruins, buried in the soil, a fish, no bigger than a palm.

In a flash, he arrived above where the fish was hiding.

"Old Turtle, dig down one zhang!" Jiang Ning instructed.

"Okay!" The Ancient Turtle, seeing that Jiang Ning didn't seem to mind it hiding the scale, eagerly paddled over.

It reached the spot where Jiang Ning stood and immediately began to grow larger.

In the blink of an eye.

The Ancient Turtle stretched to three feet in length.

It began to dig with its forelimbs, and the compact soil became as soft as tofu in its grasp.

"Don't kill me!!!"

"Don't kill me!!!"

After digging down seven or eight feet, tremors emanated from beneath the soil layer.

But the sound was pleasant and crisp.

Clearly, it was a female fish.

"Come out!" Jiang Ning commanded.

Nothing stirred in the soil layer.

Beneath the soil.

A dragon carp, covered in golden-red scales and with a tail like a crimson cloud, trembled incessantly.

She was terrified.

She didn't know if the demon dragon had returned to kill again.

"If you don't come out, I'll have to come down there myself!" A threatening voice echoed from above, causing the dragon carp to tremble again, its tail flickering like a shaken husk.

The next moment.

Closing its eyes, it shook its tail, breaking free of the soil's constraints.

Above the soil layer.

Jiang Ning saw the pit where the Ancient Turtle had dug, and the soil was trembling slightly.

Then, a fish head with golden and red hues emerged.

On the fish's head, two eyes bulged, and beneath them, a crimson shadow seemed to serve as eye makeup.

After that.

The palm-sized fish broke free of the soil's constraints and appeared before Jiang Ning's eyes.

The small fish was covered in golden-red scales, its tail fin resembling a crimson cloud, and in the dim pit, it shone like a dazzling gem, emitting a faint glow.

A flash of astonishment crossed Jiang Ning's eyes.

Such a beautiful carp, he had never seen before.

It's a Dragon Carp!!

He recalled the description from the books.

Small in size, with a tail like a crimson cloud, and its entire body covered in golden-red scales.

Based on the information in his mind, Jiang Ning recognized the fish as remarkably similar to the Dragon Carp described in the books.

A hint of surprise flashed through his mind.

According to the books, the Dragon Carp's bloodline was extraordinary, rumored to possess the bloodline of a true dragon.

This meant the Dragon Carp had the potential to transform into a true dragon.

"H-hello!" The Dragon Carp, having emerged from the soil, saw Jiang Ning and the Ancient Turtle above the pit and became a bit nervous.

"How many years of cultivation do you have, little demon?" Jiang Ning asked.

"T-twenty-three years..." The Dragon Carp, facing Jiang Ning, who seemed like a towering mountain compared to its small size, stammered.

"So weak!" The Ancient Turtle, standing nearby, couldn't help but tease.

"Y-yes, very weak!" The Dragon Carp's crimson tail fin, which had been swaying, suddenly stopped.

"Come here, I won't harm you!" Jiang Ning reassured the tiny Dragon Carp in front of him.

He knew that something significant had happened here, and this surviving Dragon Carp must have witnessed a lot.

After taking in the Ancient Turtle, Jiang Ning also became interested in this Dragon Carp.

The Dragon Carp's bloodline was naturally extraordinary, and its growth potential far exceeded that of the ordinary soft-shelled turtle.

Such a promising and aesthetically pleasing Dragon Carp piqued his interest.

At this moment.

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, the Dragon Carp trembled and swam cautiously towards him.

She could sense that the turtle and the man before her were not to be provoked.

Her small frame was no match for them.

"Here, have something good to eat!" Jiang Ning extended his finger, and a blood pearl formed at its tip. The lake water moved under his control.

Seeing this scene, the Dragon Carp was confused as she looked at Jiang Ning, then at the blood pearl on her fingertip, her eyes filled with bewilder.

She didn't understand why this human male in front of her was trying to feed her with his blood.

eat.

In the next moment, the Dragon Carp seemed of a saying she had heard before.

Shaking her head continuously, " cried out, " "No!"

"I am a good demon, I don't eat meat, I only eat vegetables!" "Don't you dare to test me! I am a good demon, not a bad one, I have never harmed anyone!!"

As she spoke, Jiang Ning clearly heard the crying tone in the Dragon Carp's voice.

At this moment, the Dragon Carp was extremely terrified.

She also remembered the Turtle Grandfather's fishing law.

This made her think of Jiang Ning's actions at this moment.

Jiang Ning: "."

Looking at the Dragon Carp shaking her head repeatedly and seeing her about to cry in fright, he couldn't help but be speechless.

"Master, don't mess with this little carp, I'm coming!" The Elder Turtle jumped in front of the Dragon Carp.

Extending its front limb to grab, the Dragon Carp was steadily locked in its grip.

"Don't! Don't!!" The Dragon Carp became even more frightened, struggling desperately in the Elder Turtle's grip, thrashing its vermilion dew tail.

The Elder Turtle, understanding Jiang Ning's intention, grabbed the Dragon Carp and struck it with her blood-soaked fingertip.

"Ouch—" The Dragon Carp, holding Jiang Ning's finger, widened its eyes.

At that moment, the blood entered its mouth, quickly permeating its body.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning continued to circulate her inner breath, fusing a drop of blood into the Dragon Carp's body.

Feeding the Dragon Carp a dozen drops of blood.

It should be enough!

He then stopped this action.

At this moment.

As he withdrew his hand from the Dragon Carp's mouth, the Dragon Carp rolled around in the water.

"Hot!"

"Hot!!"

"Hot to death!!"

"The fish is being cooked!!"

The Dragon Carp rolled crazily, then with a "whoosh" it plunged into the soil, and with another "whoosh" it dashed to the top of Jiang Ning's head.

Like a mass of brilliant clouds surging in the water.

"Master, this Dragon Carp has pure bloodline!" The Elder Turtle landed on Jiang Ning's shoulder, its tone filled with astonishment.

"Old Turtle, you're so generous." Jiang Ning said.

In the moment, a few drops of blood flew to the Elder Turtle's face.

With a few "whoosh" sounds, the Elder Turtle stretched its neck.

As it extended its neck, the drops of blood were instantly sucked into its mouth.

"Master's thoughts, are the Old Turtle's thoughts!" It nodded its head, filled with enjoyment.

Swallowing Jiang Ning's blood, under its alchemy,,, it could feel its Dao Virtue increasing.

After a long while.

The Dragon Carp swayed unsteadily in front of Jiang Ning.

At this moment, the colors on her body were even more vivid,, the golden red scales gleaming in the dark lake bottom, looking rather beautiful.

The vermilion dew tail also shimmered faintly.

"Thank you, you're a good person!!" The Dragon Carp timidly opened its mouth.

Approaching Jiang Ning, it felt a wave of friendliness, feeling at ease near her without any fear.

Hearing the Dragon Carp's words, Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile.

Extending her finger, the Dragon Carp instantly understood and approached.

Then using its head to rub Jiang Ning's finger belly.

Under the touch of Jiang Ning's fingers, she narrowed her eyes, feeling at ease.

Jiang Ning, at this moment, was also quietly sensing the Dragon Carp's emotions.

With the imprint of the Divine Companion, he could feel the Dragon Carp's trust in him, a faint sense.

Just as most living beings, their first meeting,, are born to feel other, they meet the first living being they see.

"Have you got a name?" Jiang Ning asked.

"I have!" The Dragon Carp raised its head, a proud look: "Turtle Grandfather gave me a nice name, I'm called Linglong."

"Linglong?" Jiang Ning said, "It really is a nice name!"

Hearing the praise,, the Dragon Carp instantly shook its vermilion dew tail with joy.

Feeling the Dragon Carp's happiness, Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile.

"Linglong, who's the Turtle Grandfather in your mouth?"

"Turtle Grandfather" Linglong muttered, voice, filled with sorrow.

moment, her eyes was bright in her eyes'sd.

and her blood drops her name "."

" name."

the Turtle Carp in her's blood.

joy Carp, the Dragon Carp of the Dragon Carp, the eyes Carp's mouth, looking the first time she moment, she felt the turtle shell.

, the Dragon carp's face, filled with sadness.

moment was filled, her eyes instantly filled with melancholy.

tone filled with sorrow.

She moment, she seemed to be lost in deep thought.

Jiang Ning saw this, pausing for moment, Linglong lifted her head, her eyes like red clouds.

"Father, the Turtle Grandfather is"

"Stop! Stop! Stop!!!" Jiang Ning quickly stopped Linglong from speaking.

Looking at Linglong's confused gaze, Jiang Ning said, "Linglong, change the name!"

"Change the name." Linglong raised her head to look at Jiang Ning, "Master, the Turtle Grandfather is"

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"I will!" Jiang Ning nodded, feeling a sense of relief.

He hadn't even married yet, let alone found a wife!

And now, out of the blue, he had become a father, and to a fish no less. This was something he couldn't accept.

At this moment, Long Li, seeing Jiang Ning's consent, continued without much concern.

"Master, Turtle Grandfather is a turtle that has lived for over five hundred years. He's been very kind to me, especially kind!"

"A few days ago, he asked me to hide in the soil, but he himself went to face that Great Demon Bai Chi."

"Was it the Great Demon Bai Chi?" Jiang Ning asked.

"Master, I don't know!" Ling Long shook her head.

Then she said, "I only saw that it was a huge white dragon."

"Does that white dragon have dragon horns?" Jiang Ning asked.

Ling Long pondered for a moment before shaking her head, "It doesn't seem to have dragon horns."

"Lord, a white dragon without dragon horns should be the Great Demon Bai Chi I saw before." Elder Turtle spoke up from the side.

"Mhm!" Jiang Ning nodded in agreement.

Then, he thought for a moment and took out the turtle shell he had just put into the Infinite Ring.

"Ling Long, do you recognize this turtle shell?"

"Yes, it's Turtle Grandfather!" Long Li flicked her tail fin, which was like a red sunset, and lay on the turtle shell, her voice filled with deep sorrow.

Two teardrops, like pearls, slipped from her eyes.

Jiang Ning understood.

This place was originally a gathering spot for lesser demons, but recently, the Great Demon Bai Chi had intruded and slaughtered them, devouring and refining them.

The thousand-year-old Great Demon was far beyond what these lesser demons of a few hundred years could resist, so this gathering place for lesser demons was destroyed in an instant.

The dragon carp in front of him had survived.

Perhaps it was because she had hidden herself, and her cultivation was too low, so she hadn't attracted the attention of the Great Demon Bai Chi.

"Ling Long, what do you plan to do from now on?" Jiang Ning asked.

"Master, I want to avenge Turtle Grandfather!" Long Li lay on the turtle shell and looked up at Jiang Ning.

"Perhaps there will be such a day!" Jiang Ning thought of Long Li's noble bloodline and spoke.

The next evening, the bright moonlight shone down on Chaos Beach.

The lake's surface rippled slightly, as if shimmering with silver scales.

Jiang Ning emerged from the water and climbed onto the shore.

【Essence Energy】: 2433.12

"I wonder if the Essence Energy points can break through 3,000 points tomorrow."

He muttered to himself and then closed the panel.

In the past few days, he had gained a lot.

Not only had he tamed a dragon carp, but he had also found several hundred-year-old Heaven-Bestowed Treasures that day.

At the same time, he had also acquired gold, silver, and jewels worth over 200,000.

These treasures were found in a gathering place of the Demonic Race at the bottom of the lake.

Besides the gathering place where Long Li was, he had also found another gathering place under Long Li's guidance.

Compared to the gathering place where Long Li was, the other gathering place of the Demonic Race at the bottom of the lake was even more tragic.

It had already turned into a pile of ruins.

From the traces left behind, it was clear that it was the work of the Great Demon Bai Chi.

That Great Demon was obviously trying to improve its cultivation by going on a killing spree, refining all the creatures at the bottom of the lake.

"This Great Demon Bai Chi is wreaking havoc at the bottom of the lake, acting so crazily. I wonder if it will come ashore in the future and stir up a bloody storm along the shores of Luoshui Lake?"

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning felt it was possible.

According to the records in the book, in ancient times, the Demonic Race had always fed on humans.

Not only did humans taste delicious to them, but it was also a way for the Demonic Race to increase their cultivation.

By devouring and refining living beings, they could enhance their cultivation.

This method was one of the fastest ways to increase cultivation in ancient times.

In the gathering place where Long Li was, those water creatures that had awakened their spiritual awareness and become demons many years ago had been afraid of the strong humans of the present era. For hundreds of years, they hadn't dared to devour and refine human beings, and they didn't have the same opportunities as Elder Turtle and the electric eel.

So, like the Turtle Grandfather Long Li spoke of, even after living for five or six hundred years, he only had three hundred years of cultivation.

This was with the help of various Heaven-Bestowed Treasures at the bottom of the lake.

If it weren't for the environment at the bottom of the lake, which was naturally rich in resources and rarely visited by humans, their cultivation growth would have been even slower.

Just a few days ago, my brother and sister-in-law discussed with me that when the weather warms up and the snow on the roads melts, they want to take Little Beanbag and Yiming to visit relatives in the prefecture city.

After several days of clear weather, Luoshui Lake has completely thawed.

The official roads should be clear as well.

I'll take a trip to the prefecture city with my brother and sister-in-law.

Calculating the time, there's about a month left before the Imperial Exam.

Before that, I still need to go to the Martial College for further training.

Jiang Ning quickly walked towards his home.

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