After Xuan Xiao completed his transformation, it was only natural to celebrate.
He and Yun Xiao, filled with excitement after their life-altering union, explored the surroundings hand-in-hand.
One day, Xuan Xiao and Yun Xiao received a message and went to the palace deep within the tribe. Many tribe members guarded the place, and their eyes, filled with reverence, bowed to Xuan Xiao.
Throughout the entire tribe, there wasn't a single soul who didn't look up to Xuan Xiao. It was Xuan Xiao, their leader, who brought them a stable life. It was Xuan Xiao, their leader, who brought them the power of the Xingyi Form. It was Xuan Xiao, their leader, who rescued countless humans from disaster. It was Xuan Xiao, their leader, who solved their famine.
It was only natural for them to revere Xuan Xiao. With a smile on his lips, Xuan Xiao nodded slightly and entered the palace.
Inside the palace, there were many female tribe members. When they saw Xuan Xiao enter, they immediately prostrated themselves, "Greetings, Leader!"
"No need for formalities." Xuan Xiao flicked his sleeve, helping them up. His gaze swept past the tribe members and landed on the colorful dragon coiled on the couch, "Six-Clawed Dragon of the Dragon Clan, how is your recovery?"
Years ago, after the disaster ended, the Tian Xing Tribe, while collecting resources from the East Sea, encountered this Six-Clawed Dragon. It was severely injured and unconscious. After considering many factors, Xuan Xiao took it back to the tribe and treated it carefully.
With the Life Nurturing Pond water and the Life Ancient Tree in his possession, Xuan Xiao could have quickly healed the dragon. However, seeking a steady approach, he didn't want to reveal his Life Grotto and refrained from using those life-saving resources. He merely used a small amount of Life Pond water and Ancient Tree leaves, gradually merging them into the dragon's body, allowing her to slowly recover.
After all these years, the dragon had finally recovered, relying on her own healing powers and Xuan Xiao's assistance.
The dragon, barely able to coil itself, looked at Xuan Xiao and Yun Xiao with big, crystal-clear eyes, filled with curiosity. After a moment, with a mixture of excitement and gratitude, it spoke, "Thank you for saving me. I will repay you well. But I was severely injured by the Great Sun True Fire, losing all my cultivation and nearly perishing. Right now, I've only barely recovered, regaining consciousness. Ugh... I'm so miserable, I'm so hurt, I miss my father and mother. Wahhhh..."
Its voice was weak and childish, even bursting into tears as it spoke. Xuan Xiao and Yun Xiao exchanged bewildered glances. Good heavens, were you a dragon? Was it really necessary to weep so sorrowfully over a little hardship?
Especially when the dragon cried, her tears transformed into rainbow-hued crystals, forming a circle of rainbows.
Xuan Xiao felt a headache brewing and couldn't help but ask, "Um... Dragon, could you stop crying first? Can you tell us what your name is? Where do you come from? Who are your father and mother?"
"I, I'm called Long Cai'er! I'm six hundred years old this year." The childish and clear voice, laced with a touch of sobbing, sounded pitiful. Xuan Xiao was caught in a wave of awkwardness. Turns out, the dragon before him was a little girl.
The birth of a dragon wasn't as simple as a human. A human takes about a year from conception to birth. In contrast, it takes at least three thousand years for a dragon to be born from conception. Moreover, dragons grow slowly. It takes at least ten thousand years for a dragon to reach adulthood.
The dragon, Long Cai'er, who was only six hundred years old, was like a six-year-old child in human terms. And Long Cai'er was clearly a six-year-old female dragon. This combination couldn't help but make Xuan Xiao laugh.
Long Cai'er had no idea what Xuan Xiao was thinking and continued her pitiful tale, "I'm from the Great Thousand Society Hall in the East Sea. My father and mother are elders there. I snuck out to play, and who would have known that I'd encounter the smelly Golden Crow. They were so nasty, they set me on fire. If it weren't for the treasure my father gave me to protect me, I would have been burned to death."
"But the subsequent battle knocked me unconscious, and I didn't know anything after that. I woke up here. Wahhh... I miss my father and mother."
Xuan Xiao fell into contemplation. The Great Thousand Society Hall and Dragon Clan elders mentioned by Long Cai'er were unfamiliar to him.
Based on Xuan Xiao's understanding of the Dragon Clan, weren't there only the Four Seas Dragon Kings and the Four Seas Dragon Palaces? How could there be a Great Thousand Society Hall and Dragon Clan elders?
Xuan Xiao couldn't help but look towards Yun Xiao, wondering if she knew.
Yun Xiao also furrowed her brows, unsure of what Long Cai'er was talking about. But in an instant, a gleam of wisdom flashed in her eyes, and her expression turned cold.
Yet, this change in Yun Xiao only lasted a moment. She returned to her gentle demeanor, "Husband, it is said that during the peak of the Scaled Clan, the Ancestor Dragon used his supreme methods to condense the mysteries of the Scaled Clan, along with countless divine materials and spiritual treasures, to forge six supreme treasures."
"These six supreme treasures were the Ancestor Dragon Pearl, the Ancestor Dragon Palace, the Transforming Dragon Pond, the Dragon Gate, the Ten Thousand Dragon Palace, and the Great Thousand Society Hall. Among them, the Ancestor Dragon Pearl and the Ancestor Dragon Palace were the Ancestor Dragon's personal treasures, used for fighting and killing."
"The Transforming Dragon Pond and the Dragon Gate were created by the Ancestor Dragon for the Dragon Clan and Scaled Clan, designed for their transformation. The Transforming Dragon Pond could cause bloodline transformation and self-mutation for the dragons who entered it. The Dragon Gate, on the other hand, offered the chance for Scaled Clan beings and those with Dragon blood to become dragons by passing through it."
"The Ten Thousand Dragon Palace and the Great Thousand Society Hall were also crafted by the Ancestor Dragon for the Dragon Clan and Scaled Clan. The Ten Thousand Dragon Palace holds the imprints of all dragons and carries the will of all dragons, allowing it to suppress the Dragon Clan. It can be considered the exclusive spiritual treasure of the Dragon Clan leader. The Great Thousand Society Hall holds the imprints and contracts of the Scaled Clan. The Ancestor Dragon used this divine hall to command the Scaled Clan."
"Sadly, after the Dragon Phoenix Great Calamity, the Ancestor Dragon Pearl and the Ancestor Dragon Palace disappeared. The Dragon Gate and the Transforming Dragon Pond were melted together by the Ancestor Dragon and placed in the ocean, becoming the place of transformation for the Dragon Clan and Scaled Clan. Every time the Dragon Gate appears, countless cultivators with Dragon blood and Scaled blood pursue the chance to become dragons."
"The Ten Thousand Dragon Palace was split into four, forming today's Four Seas Dragon Palaces. The Great Thousand Society Hall was taken away by the Dragon Clan's last reserves and submerged deep in the ocean, entrusted to the Dragon Clan's elders. It also became a place to cultivate the remaining talented young dragons and Scaled Clan members."
"In other words, the Four Seas Dragon Palaces and the Four Seas Dragon Kings are merely a choice made by the Dragon Clan to display weakness and maintain a low profile. The true strength and reserves of the Dragon Clan lie within the Great Thousand Society Hall."
"I see! So Long Cai'er has a rather special background, huh!"
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