Chapter 365: Chapter 82 From today on, you are our dragon.
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East Sea, amid the black waters, within the vast wilderness of Duguang.
The old dragon’s angry roar suddenly echoed up and down the Jianmu, startling the juvenile dragons in the creek as they all poked their heads out:
“What? I had an affair!”
“Ancestor, please keep your voice down!” hurriedly spoke a certain Azure Dragon elder, “Family scandals should not be publicized.”
“Get lost, you fool!” the elder dragon’s spittle almost drowned him, “Use that walnut-sized brain of yours to think— I’ve been atop the Jianmu all these years. When would I have had the time or the chance to stray and father children!”
The Azure Dragon elders looked at each other with no one speaking out.
Although theoretically impossible, who could fathom the vast powers of the Immortal Rank?
Perhaps the old ancestor perfected some divine skill of creating avatars and went around sowing his seeds outside the clan. Maybe he inadvertently reaped the results—look at those two children, the boy is of pureblood dragon stock, and the girl seems to have the Celestial Fox bloodline. The ancestor’s tastes truly are eclectic.
Of course, since the ancestor doesn’t wish to admit it, then nobody would assert that these two are his offspring.
But the bloodline of an Immortal Rank can’t be faked, can it? Seeing as it’s about the bloodline, taking extra care of these two within the clan isn’t a mistake, is it?
“Ahem.” Another elder Azure Dragon spoke, “Since they’re unrelated to the ancestor, let’s first allow the two of them to register as clan members.”
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“Nonsense!” the old dragon furiously retorted, “Register what? You still believe they’re my offspring, don’t you?”
The Azure Dragon elders shook their heads in denial. Since the ancestor wished to save face, they certainly wouldn’t be so inconsiderate as to deny him that.
As for the two illegitimate children, they would just be raised in secret.
“Don’t think I haven’t noticed you’re still snickering!” the old dragon continued to roar, “Not only the Azure Dragons exist in this world, what about the Jiaolong! It must be the Jiaolong’s offspring!”
“The Jiaolong Clan is trapped in the Beiming Fanyang and can’t get out.” an Azure Dragon elder stated.
“Moreover, the Jiaolong Clan has long lost their Immortal Rank.” another elder added, “Of course, the clan doesn’t care who their parents are, as long as they possess the dragon clan bloodline of the Immortal Rank.”
“Get out!” the old dragon finally exploded in embarrassment and rage, his thunderous voice booming, “Everyone, get out!!!”
The Azure Dragon elders quickly left the top of the Jianmu and returned to the clan’s Council Hall to engage in intense discussion.
Soon, they reached a consensus:
Whether or not they are descendants of the ancestor doesn’t really matter, as long as they have the dragon bloodline.
The Azure Dragon Clan once had conflicts with the Jiaolong Clan, but that was in the distant past when both clans stood side by side in the Eastern Emperor Realm.
Now, the Jiaolong Clan has declined, even trapped by Xuanwu in Beiming Fanyang, while the Azure Dragon Clan dominates the Eastern State, being the natural leader of the Scaled Clan, the legitimate royal family of all dragon clans—naturally, it will not dwell on past grievances with distant relatives.
Even if the ancestry of these two comes from the Jiaolong, it’s not a major issue.
Since the rise of the Azure Dragon Clan in the Eastern State, they had sent many envoys to invite dragon clans from the Eastern Emperor Realm to relocate to the Eastern State.
The saying goes, “All rivers flow into the sea,” and “All dragons under heaven are one family,” with the vast majority of the dragon species now united under the banner of the Azure Dragon Clan.
Regrettably, only the North Sea’s Jiaolong Clan has never replied.
Regarding the sudden appearance of the two in the East Sea, as long as it can be confirmed that they have dragon clan blood, regardless of whether it is of the Immortal Rank realm, the Azure Dragon Clan will accept them—this is the magnanimity befitting the royal dragon clan!
Soon, the bloodline verification results for the two individuals were delivered into the hands of the Azure Dragon elders.
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Long Long, male, Blood Ignition Rank, pureblood of the Ying Long Bloodline.
Long Hu, female, Blood Ignition Rank, has half of the Ying Long Bloodline, a quarter of the Celestial Fox Bloodline, and a quarter of the Human Race Bloodline.
Such results truly shocked the eyes of the various Ancestral Azure Dragons.
Firstly, both individuals possessed the Ying Long Bloodline, meaning they started at the Immortal Rank Realm.
This implied that among the parents of the two, there must have been a Jiaolong of the Immortal Rank, the legendary Ying Long, an entity on the same level as the Ancestral Azure Dragon.
Secondly, Long Long’s family background was relatively normal, a pureblood of the Ying Long Bloodline, indicating that one of his parents was a Ying Long, while the bloodline rank of the other parent was lower, resulting in their bloodline being completely engulfed by the Ying Long Bloodline.
However, Long Hu’s case was much more peculiar. The Celestial Fox Bloodline was also a high-rank bloodline among the Mao Clan, but it was far inferior to the Ying Long Bloodline.
When the Dragon Clan and individuals of other Demon Races gave birth to offspring, in most cases, the other races’ bloodlines were engulfed by the Dragon Bloodline, thus achieving purification; in very few cases, there was a fusion, turning into a subspecies of the Dragon Clan—for instance, the “research” of the Azure Dragon Clan believed that the Jiaolong actually was the progeny resulting from the fusion of Azure Dragon and Serpent Clan bloodlines.
But a case like Long Hu, with multiple bloodlines coexisting, was an extremely rare oddity that was hard to come by in ten thousand years.
Not to mention she actually had the Human Race Bloodline… where did that Human Race come from?
The Council Hall argued from daylight to dark before the high-ranking elders could come to a conclusion:
Long Long’s bloodline rank was exceptionally outstanding, hence he was to be considered a combat asset for the clan, strategically nurtured.
Long Hu’s bloodline was more mixed; half of the Ying Long Bloodline ensured that her lower strength limit could not possibly be low, but the messy mix of Celestial Fox and Human Race diluted her upper limit, and such a hybrid bloodline was quite unstable, which seemed to impact her lifespan as well.
However, because her Celestial Fox Bloodline had not been devoured, this resulted in her being “both Dragon Clan” and “also Fox Clan.”
As a unique individual in the Eastern Emperor Realm, where bloodline and race were generally prized, she could simultaneously obtain the identities of both clans, thus becoming an excellent conduit for interaction between the Azure Dragon and Celestial Fox clans.
In short, although Long Hu’s strength ceiling may not match Long Long’s, she possessed special political value.
So, it was only natural that how to quickly bring these two under control swiftly rose to the forefront of the discussions.
While the Council Hall was in discussion, Long Long and Long Hu had already been brought to the island.
The settlement of the Azure Dragon Clan was located in the dark waters of the East Sea, on the largest of the islands there.
The island was encircled by mountains, with large plains in the center, known as “Du Guang Fields.”
At the heart of Du Guang Fields stood a giant tree, nearly as tall as the Fusang Divine Tree, which the Azure Dragon Clan called “Jianmu.”
Azure Dragon Cultivators who had undergone Transformation lived in the cave dwellings upon Jianmu;
Untransformed young dragons, on the other hand, lived on the plains near Jianmu, where many streams and rivers were available for nest building.
Although Long Long and Long Hu had not undergone Transformation, being “key seeds,” they were exceptionally allocated a cave dwelling on Jianmu.
“Long Long,” the little fox said fearfully, “what are they trying to do? They couldn’t possibly be planning to imprison us…”
“It’s possible,” seeing her worried, pitiful look, Long Long feigned frustration and anger, saying, “Perhaps they fancy our bloodlines, wanting to keep us here and forcibly breed us.”
“Ah?!” Long Hu immediately blushed and stammered, unable to speak, leaving Long Long somewhat puzzled.
At this moment, shouldn’t you be calling me a pervert or something… wait, you don’t actually believe it, do you?