Chapter 272: The Dragon Speaker's Preferences

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye a thousand years had passed.

A flying dragon named Zhang Xingyu had completed his life.

Having experienced the dragon's birth, growth, flight, glory, and death, he finally understood the dragon, the dragon's love, the dragon's glory, the dragon's pride.

"Congratulations on passing the Dragon Speaker Trial and earning the title of Dragon Speaker."

The dragon shadow flickered, and the hoarse, aged voice sounded again.

Zhang Xingyu's brow glimmered, and a brilliant star had already appeared above his sea of consciousness.

"Dragon Speaker, I need your help," said the figure who called himself the Guardian of the Dragon Realm.

"My help?"

"Yes. Five thousand years ago, due to my negligence, I let an evil demon pass through the Dragon Speaker Trial. This demon stole our Dragon Realm's supreme treasure, the Divine Dragon Treasure Mirror, while I was asleep, and dragged the Dragon Clan into war and disaster."

"Is the demon you're talking about named Fuerxisi?"

"Exactly him. Dragon Speaker, please help me retrieve the Divine Dragon Treasure Mirror. As repayment, you will gain a divine dragon as a companion."

"To steal treasure from Fuerxisi's hands, you really think highly of me!"

"Uh......"

"My cultivation is worlds apart from that Fuerxisi's. He is in the heavens, I am on the earth. So please forgive my inability to help."

"Uh......"

Bidding farewell to that cluster of light and shadow, Zhang Xingyu strode out of the stone hall's gate.

Just as he stepped outside, he stopped his steps.

Outside the gate, Fuerxisi was quietly looking at himself.

"New Dragon Speaker, welcome to the Dragon Realm."

"Dragon Speaker Fuerxisi?"

"I didn't expect you to know my name. Not bad, I am the great Lord of the Dragon Realm, master of the Dragon Clan, sovereign of the Dragon Realm, the great Fuerxisi."

"Oh, what a long title."

Fuerxisi saw his mocking words, and anger instantly surged on his face.

"New Dragon Speaker, either submit or die!"

"Is there a third option?"

"Damn it!"

Fuerxisi flew into a rage.

He waved the golden spear in his hand. A beam of light shot out, straight toward Zhang Xingyu's face.

"Damn! Too despicable."

"As a king, he actually attacked without even saying hello."

Zhang Xingyu hurried to dodge.

However, no matter how fast he dodged, he couldn't outrun the speed of the light.

Zhang Xingyu felt a sudden pain in his chest, a huge force struck him, and his body flew tens of meters away.

At the moment he landed, he had already lost consciousness.

When he woke up, he found himself lying inside a huge cave.

The cave was tall and spacious, light seeping in from all sides. In the center of the cave stood a stone platform, above which hung a large iron pot, boiling a large pile of meat slices, steaming hot.

Fuerxisi sat beside the iron pot, happily gnawing on a meat bone.

Is this the palace of the Dragon Realm's ruler, Fuerxisi?

Sensing something, Fuerxisi turned his head to glance at Zhang Xingyu, then continued to focus on gnawing the bone in his hand.

After a while, Fuerxisi finished the ribs in the pot, then patted his belly and stood up.

Walking up to Zhang Xingyu's side, Fuerxisi stopped.

Fuerxisi said nothing, merely looking down at Zhang Xingyu in silence.

Zhang Xingyu felt creeped out by his stare.

"This demon, could he be planning to eat me?"

"The atmosphere was somewhat eerie."

After a moment, Zhang Xingyu decided to take the initiative.

"Fuerxisi, is this your palace?"

"......"

"Your palace is too shabby. No concubines, that's fine, but you don't even have eunuchs or maids. Moreover, you lack tables, chairs, or benches—how do you live normally?"

"......"

"Besides, the thing you just ate was dragon meat, right? Boiled in plain water with no seasoning at all—how can you even stomach it?"

"......"

"Let me tell you, I'm a master chef. If you let me go, I can cook you my specialty roast meat, guaranteeing it's so delicious you'll want to eat your own tongue."

"Boom!"

As Zhang Xingyu's words fell, a giant dragon smashed down right in front of him.

"Roast it. If it tastes good, I won't eat you."

"Ah!"

Zhang Xingyu's barbecue skills are invincible.

Faced with roasted meat, especially roasted dragon meat, even the brutal Fuerxisi would surrender.

After tasting the roasted dragon meat made by Zhang Xingyu, Fuerxisi generously declared that he would spare Zhang Xingyu's life and appointed him as Imperial Cook, responsible for preparing his meals.

Fu'erxisi has picky tastes. He only eats roasted dragon meat, and he has a particular fondness for roasted young dragon.

Every day, this guy tosses a slain young dragon to Zhang Xingyu, making him mutter, "If he keeps eating like this, will he devour all the young dragons in the Dragon Realm?"

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed, and the seasonings in Zhang Xingyu's storage ring were completely used up.

"Fu'erxisi, the seasonings are gone; I need to go outside the Dragon Realm to buy some."

Fu'erxisi glanced at him and said lightly, "Deal with the seasonings yourself. But you cannot leave the Dragon Realm."

"Not leaving the Dragon Realm. Where would I get seasonings? Without seasonings, how can I barbecue?"

"That's your problem. I only take care of eating the barbecue. If I can't get any, I'll throw you out to feed my mount."

"You!"

Zhang Xingyu was speechless.

Encountering such unreasonable beings, especially unreasonable demons, Zhang Xingyu also felt enough anger to kill many liver cells.

Having no choice, he decided to go look in the mountains.

"Fu'erxisi, I've decided to go look for seasonings in the mountains. It's not enough; the Dragon Realm's vast mountains stretch endlessly, and I need a mount."

Fu'erxisi nodded, reached out, and pulled out a book.

As he chanted a spell over the book, a purple gold divine dragon flew out of it.

Zhang Xingyu stared, dumbfounded.

His eyes glowed with golden light.

Divine Dragon Treasure Mirror.

This must be the Dragon Realm's supreme treasure, the Divine Dragon Treasure Mirror.

It seems the function of this Divine Dragon Treasure Mirror is to summon divine dragons.

Ride the divine dragon and roam the four directions.

Just thinking about it feels exciting.

"Cough!"

Fu'erxisi's cough woke Zhang Xingyu, who was daydreaming.

He scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Fu'erxisi, this book of yours is truly amazing!"

Fu'erxisi glanced at him smugly, then tucked the Divine Dragon Treasure Mirror into his bosom.

Dragon Realm.

A purple gold divine dragon spread its wings and flew.

A youth lay prone on the dragon's back, gripping a dragon scale tightly with both hands, his face flushed red like an eggplant.

Dragons aren't easy to ride, especially for a novice.

"Don't dive!"

"Don't flip!"

"Oh my mother!"

After a bout of tossing and turning, the purple gold divine dragon finally began to fly smoothly.

Zhang Xingyu exhaled a mouthful of stale air, his heart in his chest still thumping nonstop.

"You want to kill me!"

Zhang Xingyu complained to the dragon beneath him.

"It won't happen."

"Huh. You can understand my speech."

"What's strange about that? You're a dragon speaker!"

"Since you can understand me, let's discuss this properly. You see, I'm rather timid, so today don't go performing cobra maneuvers and other high-difficulty moves."

"What's a cobra maneuver?"

"It's just flipping around recklessly. Anyway, just don't do dangerous flight maneuvers."

"Sure. But I helped you, so you also need to help me."

"Me? Is there anything else I can help you with?"

That noon, the purple gold divine dragon carried Zhang Xingyu down to a low mountain peak.

There, a purple gold dragon hatchling was tumbling and playing.