Chapter 364: Chapter 81: Leaving the Secret Realm, Entering the Dragon’s Lair Again
In the darkness, a flash of multicolored light passed by.
Long Hu activated the Colored Glaze Lamp, whose candlelight emitted a steady glow that illuminated the surroundings.
At this moment, the two were inside the Fusang Divine Tree, with wooden stairs beneath their feet, spiraling downwards into the unseen darkness.
“Strange,” Long Hu asked in confusion, “there are no lamps inside… Why didn’t they install lighting?”
“Because the Golden Crow itself doesn’t need lighting.” Long Long took out the raven tube, gently tapped the bottom, and several fire ravens flew out, diving down from the center of the spiral staircase and illuminating layer after layer of stairs.
It was all spiral stairs, with no doors leading to other places.
“Long Long, I’m scared,” Long Hu whimpered and couldn’t help but hold onto Long Long’s arm.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m here,” Long Long patted her shoulder and suddenly felt a soft touch on his calf.
Looking down, he discovered that the little fox’s tail had stretched out and was tightly wrapped around his ankle.
You’ve got to be kidding me, when girls get scared they hold onto their beloved’s arm, and you’re not only holding my arm but also wrapping your tail around my ankle?
Might as well hang the whole fox on me, I don’t mind.
Long Hu didn’t know what Long Long was thinking at the moment, but looking down into the bottomless darkness below, she felt as if her legs were turning soft, so she could only press herself against Long Long.
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“Long Long, aren’t you afraid?” she asked timidly.
“What’s there to be afraid of?” Long Long said, wrapping his arm around her as they walked downward.
“It’s just,” Long Hu struggled to find the words, “what if there’s a monster hiding in the darkness… What do we do?”
If there were monsters hidden, how could they possibly evade Ah Jing’s scanning?
Naturally, Long Long couldn’t explain this to her, so he laughed and said:
“If there’s a monster, just hide behind me in time.”
“Mhm,” Long Hu nodded vigorously.
The two continued to move downward, Long Hu holding onto Long Long’s arm and wrapping her tail around his leg, seemingly gradually settling her nerves.
“Long Long,” she whispered, “it’s really nice to have you by my side.”
Long Long: ???
This little fox knows how to flirt with a man at such a young age; what will she be like when she grows up!
He patted Long Hu’s little head, and she seemed slightly startled, then leaned in and nuzzled his palm.
After a short while, Long Hu suddenly screamed:
“Long Long!” she said in a panicked voice, “Is that a skeleton?”
Long Long followed her gaze and saw a skeleton lying on the stairs.
A humanoid skeleton indicated that the deceased had completely transformed before death. The slight protrusions on either side of the forehead were typical characteristics of the Dragon Clan.
It was a member of the Dragon Clan that had died, and it had been killed while transformed.
Too much time had passed to ascertain the cause of death.
Long Long picked up the little fox, stepped over the skeleton, and continued downward, only to see more skeletons.
There were those of the Dragon Clan with the telltale protrusions on their foreheads, and those of the Feathered Clan with elongated arm bones, clearly indicating that a fierce battle and massacre had taken place here.
Seeing the number of remains, Long Long couldn’t help but feel somber.
In the Cultivation Realm, such large-scale wars were rare, with more skirmishes between small teams of several people.
After all, losing hundreds in a war is something even the Demonic Path, which recruits disciples broadly, couldn’t withstand.
Compared to the fewer but more united Human Race, the Demon Race, although more numerous in cultivators, was like a bloated and hollow fat man.
Horn, scale, insect, feather, fur—the five great races glared at each other with animosity, and even within each great race, unity was not absolute. No wonder they were driven by humans to the Eastern Emperor Realm.
Stepping carefully through a large amount of wreckage, Long Long pulled Long Hu along as they continued to advance, finally reaching the bottom of the passage.
It was nearly a graveyard before them: a great number of skeletons scattered and piled up in the corners of the room, and the floor was stained with dried dark red traces.
An archway identical to the one in the depths of Fire Element Cave stood silently in the center of the room.
“Is this the exit to the outside world of the secret realm?” Long Hu murmured.
“Almost there,” Long Long responded and took the Nine Phoenix Scorching Sun Stone and the Golden Crow True Fire Fan, ready to activate the Array.
“Wait, Long Long,” said Long Hu with a worried look on her pretty face, fretting, “What if this Array sends us to a strange place again? What then?”
“There’s no other way,” Long Long answered simply. “This is the so-called one-way street of life. Even if the path ahead is unknown, we who have no retreat must also bite the bullet and move forward.”
Long Hu had no response to that.
Indeed, if they did not activate the Array, they could only continue to be trapped here.
The two of them… had no other choice.
Soon, Long Long, following the previous operations, started up the Array again.
Unlike the almost earthquake-like upheaval inside the Fire Element Cave, this time the Array started up very quietly.
The patterns on the floor lit up faintly, and the scene within the archway began to warp slightly—a signal that the spatial passage was completely connected.
“Let’s go,” Long Long inhaled deeply and said.
No matter what demons or monsters were on the other side, they had to face them sword in hand.
Just as he was about to step forward, the little fox grabbed his hand from the side, her face full of concern and worry.
Thus, Long Long gave her a reassuring smile and led Long Hu into the teleportation gate, allowing their figures to be swallowed by the Teleportation Array.
……
“Long Hu.”
“Hmm?”
“Can we still go back to the secret realm of the Fusang Divine Tree now?” Long Long asked gravely.
“It’s probably… too late,” Long Hu said with a trembling voice.
In front of them, both the sky and the sea were already occupied by numerous giant Azure Dragons.
Countless pairs of enormous golden vertical pupils stared at Long Long and Long Hu, the overwhelming Dragon’s Might pressing down on them.
Then, nothing happened.
The intensity of Dragon’s Might depends on the Bloodline Rank, and the bloodline of Long Long and Long Hu, if traced back to the source, could be found with that Immortal Rank Ying Long.
Thus, the Dragon’s Might released by the many Azure Dragons present, when it fell upon the two of them, was merely like the weight of many eyes upon them. Aside from feeling somewhat uncomfortable, they had no other reaction.
Soon, the Azure Dragons became aware of this too.
The gazes filled with hostility and vigilance turned into a crowd of onlookers full of uncertainty and doubt.
“You…” A Cultivator in Transformation, dressed in blue robes with a slightly protruding forehead, stepped forward from behind the Azure Dragons and asked seriously, “Are you also from the Dragon Clan?”
“We are from the Dragon Clan.” Seizing the opportunity, Long Long quickly responded, “We both have the Dragon Clan’s bloodline!”
As these words came out, the expressions of the many Azure Dragons present changed dramatically!
To withstand the Dragon’s Might of so many from the Dragon Clan, their Bloodline Rank had to be exceedingly high, and it was quite possible that they belonged to the level of their great ancestor!
However, within the descendants left by the great ancestor of the Azure Dragon Clan, there was no mention of such a pair of male and female. Could it be… did the great ancestor have an affair?!!