Chapter 117: Looking Up at the Starry Sky

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"Consider this information a gift for our first meeting," Asharuiya said.

"If you have any need for information in the future, you can come to me. I can give you a bit of a discount."

"A gift for our first meeting?" Lv Cheng nodded and took out the Dark Magic Dragon's egg.

"Then I shall give you a gift for our first meeting as well."

"What is this?" Asharuiya asked, puzzled.

An incomparably dense Darkness Qi!

"A Dark Magic Dragon, the egg of a dark-attribute sub-dragon," Lv Cheng said.

"Dark... sub-dragon?" Asharuiya was stunned.

"Where did you get this?"

A dark-attribute sub-dragon is as rare as a human Space Element Forbidden Curse Mage!

"You don't need to ask about that," Lv Cheng said, handing the dragon egg to Asharuiya.

"Are you willing to accept this gift?"

"Are you sure you want to give such a precious gift?" Asharuiya laughed.

"I must remind you, if this thing were taken to Europe, it would be worth at least two billion in international resources!"

Scarcity makes things valuable!

A dark-attribute sub-dragon is not only powerful, mysterious, and rare, but for those European nobles, it is even a symbol of status!

Sub-dragons have volatile tempers; those capable of forming a Contract with a sub-dragon are at least High-level, or even Super-level Mages. As for this unhatched dragon egg, it could be raised from a young age. She could hardly imagine how many people would fight to the death for this dragon egg!

"I am already raising one child; I cannot afford to raise another for the time being," Lv Cheng said.

"So, you can understand it as me wanting you to help me raise a child."

"Raise a child?" Asharuiya's expression turned strange.

"I don't think the short time we've known each other is enough for you to say such direct things, is it?"

"I'm serious." Lv Cheng waved his hand, and a Dimension Gate opened. Sensing the summons, Yan Ji flew out excitedly, burying herself in Lv Cheng's chest and rubbing against him affectionately.

"Raising one child is already more than I can bear."

Asharuiya's expression shifted slightly. "Yan Ji?"

"As you can see, Yan Ji's appetite is terrifying." Lv Cheng handed the dragon egg to Asharuiya.

"I currently have no spare capacity to raise this little fellow, and I don't want it to stay in the egg forever, so, are you willing to help me raise this child?"

"Are you serious?" Asharuiya asked.

"Are you willing?" Lv Cheng asked.

"……"

Asharuiya hesitated for a moment, but still took the dragon egg. "I'll carry it for you for now, until you..."

Before she could finish, the deep black eggshell cracked, and a small black claw reached out, breaking the shell into pieces, followed by the sound of chewing.

Under Asharuiya's bewildered gaze, the eggshell vanished rapidly, ending up in the baby dragon's stomach.

Having finished its first meal of dragon life, the little dragon cub flapped its wings symbolically and fell fast asleep in Asharuiya's arms.

"Very good, now you are its mother," Lv Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

"Take good care of it, don't let it go hungry, and definitely don't let anyone with ill intentions snatch it away. Otherwise, as its father, I will lose my temper."

"I..." Asharuiya was unable to react for a moment.

No, is this dragon cub of yours trying to scam me?

"Screech~~~!!!"

Just as everyone was chatting, the dense clouds in the distant sky lowered further. Suddenly, a pale bolt of lightning tore through the heavens and earth, the air became stifling, and with a thunderous boom, bean-sized raindrops fell, hitting the ground heavily and splashing mud.

Fortunately, the air wall created by Lv Cheng blocked the rain, preventing everyone from becoming drowned rats. However, the rain was so heavy that even the light emitted by the Sun Magic Tool to repel corpses was covered up.

The rain was intense, washing away the loose gray soil, and a bloody stench drifted over.

Looking ahead, a blood-red expanse washed over by the rain came into view. At the same time, amidst the vast curtain of rain, a massive corpse-shadow as sturdy as an ox became increasingly clear.

"Corpse General! It's a Great Corpse General!" The short man felt afraid subconsciously, looking as if he were about to flee for his life.

"Councilor, we should quickly..."

Boom!!!

Lv Cheng raised his hand and fired a Dragon Blast, turning the Great Corpse General to ash on the spot. With a light stomp, his Fire Domain unfolded, expanding to several hundred meters in an instant, burning the surrounding gathered corpse horde to nothing.

Most importantly, the previously muddy road became dry.

"The muddy ground is hard to walk on; it's better to make it a bit drier." Lv Cheng waved his hand, signaling the stunned short man to continue leading the way.

"Ah... ah." The short man walked in front, leading the way with a dazed expression.

Is this what a Councilor is?

No wonder he dares to run into the land of the Undead during such a period.

"Your fire..." Asharuiya's expression was unreadable.

No Star Map, and certainly no Star Constellation!

She was so close, yet she hadn't sensed any star-seed anomalies!

How was such a powerful fire released?

"You can understand it as an innate talent," Lv Cheng said.

"My Domain has never been closed; it was just compressed within my body, so I can release fire at any time without any preparation."

"Simply put, when I release fire, there is no wind-up."

"No wind-up?" Asharuiya was stunned.

What kind of bugged talent is this?!

The strength of a Mage is determined by who casts spells faster; even in battles between High-level or even Super-level Mages, the outcome can be swayed by a single Primary Magic spell.

A flame comparable to the power of High-level Magic, and it can be released without any casting time?

Doesn't this mean he is inherently at an absolute advantage?

"Did you sign a special Dark Contract?" Asharuiya asked.

Summoning Element, Fire Element, Mind Element, Space Element—these are Lv Cheng's current records, but she felt an extremely intense Darkness Qi from him!

"Something like that." Lv Cheng nodded.

He does not belong to the Dark Plane; he merely signed a Summoning Contract with the Shadow Kingdom located in the Dark Plane. However, as Shendu is a power of the Dark King, it also flows to him through the Yin-Yang Balance Contract.

Therefore, in a sense, he is half a Dark King.

……

With Lv Cheng's Fire Element Domain clearing the way, the path to Hua Village became stable. In fact, because it was too quiet along the way, if not for the occasional Corpse General that broke into the domain and was burned to ashes, everyone would have almost forgotten they were walking in the land of the Undead.

Soon, the shadow of Hua Village appeared before everyone's eyes.

"That is... Undead?" The short man stared in bewilderment at the large number of Undead running rampant inside Hua Village.

Isn't it daytime right now!?

Can Undead even move during the day?

"Hmm? My Little Sun is actually useless." Lv Cheng was somewhat surprised.

It seems the Kun Well Water didn't just grant the Undead the ability to move during the day; it also gave them a portion of the vitality of the living, making them living dead. This also resulted in his "Demons and Ghosts Begone" being ineffective.

"Can Undead also have variants?" Liu Ru asked in confusion.

If Undead could move during the day, could the Ancient Capital still exist?

No, more than that—if Undead could move under the sunlight, the Undead Army on this land would definitely not stop here!

Once the Undead could spread to the surrounding areas, it is hard to imagine how many Undead would pour out of this place, which is filled with ancient tombs everywhere!

If those ancient Emperors sleeping in the mausoleums were to awaken...

"Why is your imagination so wild?" Lv Cheng tapped Liu Ru on the head, finding it somewhat amusing.

"Besides, even if such a thing were true, it wouldn't be your turn to worry about it."

"At worst, I'll take you all to live somewhere else."

As he spoke, Lv Cheng pointed to the moon in the sky that had not yet completely disappeared.

"If you're really worried, it would be safe up there, right?"

Creatures of the Magic Plane, even Monarch-level demons, cannot survive outside the Earth's atmosphere; Ximu has already experimented with this. As for Emperor-level, it is currently unknown, but when Zhou Lan went to the Moon before, it was empty, with no traces of any creatures ever existing there.

Moreover, Zhou Lan said that the moon here contains a massive amount of energy, much stronger than the moon from his original world, but even so, it was still empty.

There is a treasure sitting in the sky, yet no one has ever tried it. He doesn't believe that in ten thousand years of history, those Emperor-level demons never felt curious about the moon in the sky while looking up at the stars.

The only explanation is that they cannot go to the Moon.

And even if they could go, Emperor-level creatures wouldn't; after all, the greatest advantage of an Emperor is the Demon Empire under their command. Only someone with a hole in their head would make themselves a lonely soul.

"The moon?" Liu Ru's expression turned strange.

"You don't mean to say we should go live on the moon, do you?"

"If you want to, I can build a palace for you there," Lv Cheng said.

Although it was agreed that the Moon is Zhou Lan's territory, as an older brother, it shouldn't be a problem to set up a guest area for his brother, right?

"You aren't going to say that even if they wanted the stars in the sky, you would pluck them down for them, are you?" Asharuiya teased.

"The stars?" Lv Cheng paused.

"The difficulty of the stars is a bit high, after all, that thing is just a ball of fire. However, if you want to see a meteor shower, I can still satisfy that."

There are still plenty of asteroid belts in space. If he wants to see a meteor shower, he can ask Zhou Lan and spend a few days preparing, and it would be watchable.

After all, as an older brother, he shouldn't mind helping his brother coax his wives, right?

"……"

Seeing that Lv Cheng seemed to be genuinely considering this matter, the expressions of Asharuiya and the Liu sisters became somewhat unnatural.

Why did they feel that Lv Cheng could actually pull off a meteor shower?

(End of chapter)