Chapter 105: The Birth of Yan Ji

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"If you have come for the Fire Calamity Fruit, I suggest you give up; even if there are extras, there won't be any for you."

Out of consideration for them also being Military Mages, Zhang Xiaohou kindly offered a warning.

Lv Cheng was indeed easy to talk to, but only with friends; as for strangers, if this group's attitude were any worse, he felt they would all have to stay here!

Nan Jue frowned, "Aren't you being a bit too confident?"

If there were only one, she certainly wouldn't make a move, but if there were extras, having gone through so much effort to cross the Sha Wang River, she absolutely could not return empty-handed!

"You misunderstand; it's not us being confident, it's the one up there." Zhang Xiaohou pointed to the pillar of fire at the mountain peak.

"We might not be your match, but the one up there can make you stay here permanently!"

Nan Jue was stunned, "Up there... what do you mean?"

"That pillar of fire, is it man-made?"

Zhang Xiaohou nodded, "This commotion, they should be fighting."

But that wasn't right; Lv Cheng had already headed toward Fire Pillar Mountain days ago, so how could the fighting only be starting now?

"Forget it, don't worry about this bunch of people who value money over their lives," Zhao Manyan said.

"If they dare to go up and fish in troubled waters at a time like this, I can be certain that they will all be reduced to ash!"

Lv Cheng did not have a good temper; with the commotion up there being so great now, the fight must be fierce. If this group sneaked in at a time like this, there would absolutely be no way out.

"Not necessarily." Mo Fan shook his head and pointed at Nan Jue.

"She should be able to survive."

Lv Cheng was very realistic; his patience for men was extremely poor, but for girls—whether it was a cute little girl or a beautiful young woman—his patience was much better. As long as they weren't the type who couldn't understand human speech, they basically wouldn't die.

"Indeed." Zhao Manyan sized up Nan Jue and nodded in agreement.

"The men will all die, the women... should be able to live."

"……"

Listening to the increasingly explicit discussion between Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan, the expressions of Nan Jue and her group were very ugly.

Kill the men, keep the women?

What the hell could that possibly mean?

"Brother Mo Fan, stop joking around," Xinxia interrupted.

"Brother Cheng isn't that shallow."

Mo Fan's face looked strange, "Xinxia, Brother Cheng really is that shallow!"

"Yeah!" Zhang Xiaohou and Zhao Manyan both nodded in agreement.

Lv Cheng did things very casually; most of the time, he really was just that shallow.

"He wouldn't be," Xinxia countered.

"These people are all from the Military; if Brother Cheng takes action, he definitely won't leave a single one behind, otherwise it would be very troublesome."

"I also think he would destroy the bodies and wipe away the traces," Mu Nujiao said.

"However, since we are here too, he should disguise it as a demon attack so we won't see anything."

"I think so too!" Ai Tutu agreed.

"Not necessarily, Cheng might also create an opportunity for legitimate self-defense. After all, he is a Chief Judge; his word is definitely more effective than theirs," Ding Yumian said.

"Perhaps he will even deliberately leave a few people alive, waiting for them to go back and file a complaint, then let them experience the despair of crying out to heaven with no response, and finally, have them taken down by the Judgment Court on charges of falsely accusing a Councilor, spending the rest of their dark lives in prison."

"……"

"Very likely!"

Ye Xinxia and the others all expressed their agreement.

Lv Cheng was truly capable of doing such a thing!

One had to know that he was not only an Honorary Judge of the Imperial Capital Judgment Court, but also an Honorary Councilor of the Magic Palace!

In the absence of absolute evidence, any accusation could be regarded as a false accusation!

Falsely accusing a Councilor—that was a serious crime!

Besides, who would inexplicably accuse a Councilor?

Friend, you wouldn't happen to be from the Black Vatican, would you?

"……"

Listening to the intimidation from Ye Xinxia and the others as they echoed each other, the expressions of Nan Jue and her group completely collapsed.

What kind of people are these!

Are they gangsters?!

……

Fire Pillar Mountain peak.

After half an hour of continuous irrigation with Fire Energy, the Fire Calamity Fruit located at the top of the Xingyu Tianshu finally showed changes, and a faint crack could be seen appearing on its surface.

At this point, Lv Cheng finally stopped outputting his own Fire Energy, and the towering pillar of fire slowly weakened.

With a 'Crack!', the Fire Calamity Fruit split open a gap, and a cute little Yan Ji hopped out.

Seeing the newborn Yan Ji, the Fire Witch flew forward excitedly, but the little Yan Ji ignored her and instead dove into Lv Cheng's arms, rubbing against him affectionately.

"How could this be?" The Fire Witch was somewhat heartbroken.

She had once consumed a Fire Calamity Fruit and become half-Yan Ji; shouldn't this newborn Yan Ji be closer to her?

"It must be because I'm too handsome," Lv Cheng said with a straight face.

"……"

"Alright, it absorbed too much of my fire, and it also obtained my blood and soul energy, creating a connection similar to bloodline with me, which is why it's closer to me," Lv Cheng explained.

"Blood?" The Flame Witch looked puzzled.

"When did you..."

"Those flames are my blood," Lv Cheng said.

A Fire Dragon is merely a concrete form of material phenomenon; his essence is fire, and the kind of Fire Energy rich in vitality just now is, in fact, his blood.

"I'll explain the specifics to you later; for now, my real business is about to begin." Lv Cheng patted Yan Ji's head, picked her up, and placed her into the Flame Witch's hands.

"Brother Dao, are you ready?" Lv Cheng opened a Dimension Gate to contact Dao Long.

"The Dragon Egg Embryos are ready. Now, follow the steps Shendu told you to inject your blood and soul, and you can make these unborn Young Dragons regard you as their only master." Dao Long brought over more than ten Dragon Egg Embryos.

"Only this many?" Lv Cheng asked, puzzled.

He wanted an Evil Dragon Legion!

Just this few, are you playing around?

Dao Long looked speechless. "First, the materials to create Dragon Eggs are very expensive; my current savings are gone."

"Second, these embryos are just empty shells right now; they have no life. You need to inject your blood and soul into these embryos for these Dragon Eggs to count as new life. This process consumes a lot; these fifteen embryos are already enough to keep you busy for a while."

Shendu is a mature Demon, so consuming soul energy only requires him to rest for a while, but Lv Cheng is different; he hasn't fully matured yet, and if he consumes too much soul energy, he will fall into a deep sleep.

It was the same when he resurrected Shendu back then; that ancient Magic Spell merely summoned Shendu's soul from Hell to re-incubate, not to create a dragon from scratch.

After all, if he had the ability to create dragons, why would he take such a huge risk to resurrect Shendu?

"Consumes a lot?" Lv Cheng took a Dragon Egg and tried to inject energy into it.

"How much consumption could one egg..."

"Damn!"

Feeling the sense of emptiness coming from the egg, Lv Cheng's face stiffened.

"Don't tell me I need to fill all of these up?"

"Of course, otherwise why do you think only Shendu could create an Evil Dragon Legion?" Dao Long said.

Only a stronger dragon can bestow bloodlines to give birth to lower-tier dragon clans; the consumption for this process is terrifying.

Moreover, these sub-dragons are not naturally born dragons; they are magical creatures created by Magic, considered newborn Demons, so their demand for soul energy is very high.

"By the way, these eggs are just embryos. If you inject Fire Energy into them, they will grow into Fire Dragons; inject wind attributes, and they will become Wind Dragons. Of course, you had best not inject multiple attributes at once; mixed innate attributes will lead to the failure of the Dragon Egg's incubation. And since they are magical creatures, I'm not entirely sure if there will be other special attributes," Dao Long said.

"After all, these Magic Spells are very ancient; I don't know much, and Shendu has forgotten as well. You'll have to explore it yourself slowly."

"Explore it myself?" The corner of Lv Cheng's eye twitched.

Why are these two old things so unreliable?

"Right, there is one more thing," Dao Long said, turning back.

"These magical dragons have no gender, so they cannot breed offspring; after all, they almost never die."

Demons do not have the situation of dying of old age; after all, as long as they are alive, these Demons' souls will continuously absorb and grow stronger. Only when an extremely powerful existence forcibly shatters their soul will a Demon die.

But the cost of shattering a Demon's soul is high, and it is of little significance; after all, as long as this thing meets certain conditions and absorbs enough soul energy, it can be resurrected again, which is very similar to the so-called Totem Beasts of this world.

Furthermore, Demons have a characteristic: once a shattered soul condenses again by absorbing the evil thoughts of the human world, it will be even more powerful than before, which is very troublesome. Therefore, Demons can only be sealed.

As for the reproduction of Demons, this is a very troublesome problem. The more powerful a creature is, the harder it is to produce offspring, especially immortal Demons, which are almost unable to produce offspring. When Shendu created Xiao Long, the consumption was terrifying.

(End of this chapter)