Chapter 298: Ransacking the Dragon Palace!

Just how wealthy is the True Dragon clan?

Many people know the True Dragons are rich; after all, they are noble scions of heaven and earth with a long history, not to mention having a True Person guarding them, so they could hardly be poor.

But exactly how rich are they?

In this regard, the True Dragon clan has always kept things tightly hidden, never leaking any information, yet today, Lu Yang finally witnessed it with his own eyes.

He stepped into the treasure vault.

Contrary to Lu Yang's expectations, the vault itself was not actually large; it was merely a small room containing a single desk and two bookshelves, one on each side.

Then Lu Yang was stunned speechless.

He saw it clearly: the desk and the bookshelves were all made of wood, upon which flowed an immortal spiritual aura that Lu Yang knew all too well!

'Are these dead fetal forms of Immortal Spirits? Failed to be cultivated, failed to be successfully born, and ultimately died violently like this? This desk, these bookshelves, are they all 【Jia Wood】? That's right! They were all crafted using the dead fetal forms of a 【Jia Wood】 Immortal Spirit as their foundation!'

Extravagant to an absurd degree!

Spiritual materials of this caliber were sufficient to craft a top-grade item among superior magic treasures, or even directly used as Heavenly Gang and Earth Sha for refinement with plenty to spare!

Yet despite this, their only function here was to hold things.

Lu Yang shifted his gaze to the items on the desk and shelves; on the desk lay a Daoist scripture, along with the four treasures of the study: brush, inkstick, paper, and inkstone.

On the two bookshelves, three items were placed on each.

On the left shelf rested a teapot, a seal, and a piece of jade stone bearing seven orifices. On the right shelf sat a small box, a crystal sphere, and a burst of golden light confined within a glazed bottle, radiating brilliance so majestic it was difficult to look at directly.

"Holy crap!"

Lu Yang might not recognize the other items, but the golden light trapped in the glazed bottle was all too familiar to him—it was actually a Golden Nature!

Lu Yang immediately activated his 【Exquisite Heart】 to look.

He saw that Golden Nature enter his vision, manifesting distinctly as the image of a white chi dragon baring its claws and fangs, its huge dragon eyes ferociously staring forward.

Lu Yang calculated with his fingers and instantly understood the underlying truth.

'This is... that 【White Chi】!'

The Dragon Lord's eldest son, the former Dragon Palace Crown Prince before Tian Qiu, the True Dragon clan's former seed for seeking the Golden Nature, who was ultimately lured out and killed by the four major powers.

"After my elder brother died, a Daoist Karma emerged; after Father suppressed it, he refined out this Golden Nature and has kept it here ever since," Tian Qiu said in a flat tone. "The reason Father cooperated with the Dao Court was not only to find a path for our clan but also harbored a slight hope of resurrecting my elder brother."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Lu Yang raised an eyebrow: "Since a Daoist Karma has already emerged, his soul should have long since reincarnated and died completely; what can be used to resurrect him with just a single Golden Nature?"

"I am not clear on that."

Tian Qiu shook his head: "I only know that Father has spent years exhausting his heart and blood to create this Third Grade True Art, all in preparation for my elder brother's revival."

Lu Yang followed Tian Qiu's finger to look at the Daoist scripture placed on the desk.

《Heavenly Speech Kun Ye Dragon Chapter》!

Lu Yang swept it with his spiritual sense, then immediately furrowed his brows.

This was a Third Grade True Art, yet surprisingly, it was not prepared for True Dragons or demonic cultivators, but for human-bodied cultivators.

And not just any ordinary human-bodied cultivator.

"According to Father, joining the Dao Court has both benefits and drawbacks; the benefit is naturally returning to the inland, and with the Dao Court as a backer, the True Dragon clan can grow stronger."

"The drawback is that by joining the Dao Court's rule, in terms of conceptual standing, it equates to lowering our status; therefore, once accomplished, all future True Dragons will no longer be noble scions of heaven and earth who establish their Foundation upon reaching adulthood, but will instead become mere demonic creatures with slightly better talent, causing the clan's potential to drop sharply."

"But there is a method to circumvent this drawback."

Speaking to this point, Tian Qiu subconsciously lowered his voice: "That is rebellion! Find a way to overthrow the Tian Wu imperial family, and replace them with the True Dragon clan!"

At these words, Lu Yang instantly froze.

"... uh?"

Launch a rebellion under the Dao Court's rule?

Are you crazy!

"Master, you do not know," Tian Qiu shook his head and explained. "The Jiangdong Dao Court differs from the other three major powers in that it permits rebellions to exist. 'When the world has been divided for long, it will unite; when united for long, it will divide.'"

"This is precisely the 【Heavenly Principle】."

"Before the Tian Wu imperial family, there was the Zou Yu imperial lineage, wielding 【City Head Earth】, how domineering were they? Yet in the end, weren't they wiped out just like that?"

"Therefore, Father's idea is that after joining the Dao Court, we wait for the right moment; when the imperial throne changes hands, we let my elder brother's Golden Nature reincarnate, bestow upon him this《Heavenly Speech Kun Ye Dragon Chapter》, let him join the contest for the imperial throne, and have the entire True Dragon clan fully support him in seizing the supreme position."

"Wouldn't the Dao Lord intervene in such matters?"

"Of course not!"

Tian Qiu smiled: "With the Dao Lord's vision, how could he care about such things? Moreover, once our clan enters the Dao Court, we become part of the Dao Lord's system."

"Furthermore, Father specifically created this《Heavenly Speech Kun Ye Dragon Chapter》to gain the Dao Lord's acceptance of us."

"As a Third Grade True Art, the fruit of attainment it points to is 【Heaven Above Fire】, the尊 of the Fire element, which until now has never been successfully proven by anyone."

"If our True Dragon clan can prove it and then become the Dao Court's imperial family, it would be equivalent to incorporating this fruit of attainment into the Dao Court's official ranking system; with such a great benefit, how could the Dao Lord refuse? Especially after 【City Head Earth】 was lost to the Pure Land, the Dao Court would only be delighted to see this happen!"

"So that's how it is..."

Only now did Lu Yang understand the True Dragon clan's grand scheme; undeniably, from the perspective of washing away their past and going legitimate, this plan was quite thorough.

What made him value it even more was:

'This《Heavenly Speech Kun Ye Dragon Chapter》... 怕 is extremely suitable for me!'

Because when the Dragon Lord created this technique, he left a backup plan within it; according to the technique's imagery, to cultivate it successfully, one must be a human-bodied dragon descendant.

This was not like a demon transforming into human form, a simple matter of donning a layer of human skin; rather, one must truly possess a human body while simultaneously holding the bloodline status of a True Dragon, a complex and tedious project that, even with the Dragon Lord's capabilities, would likely not be easy to construct.

In other words, even though this is a Third Grade True Art.

In truth, there is currently no one in the world capable of cultivating this technique; let alone using it to establish a Foundation, one cannot even enter the Qi Condensation stage.

Yet for Lu Yang, this was not a problem at all.

Because of his Golden Talent, 【True Dragon Bloodline】!

At this moment, Lu Yang perfectly met the cultivation conditions of "human-bodied dragon descendant" inside and out; this technique was simply tailor-made for him!

To be honest, if not for the fact that 【True Dragon Bloodline】 was a talent brought by the 【Book of Hundred Lives】, and the《Heavenly Speech Kun Ye Dragon Chapter》was clearly a scheme the Dragon Lord had planned many years ago, he would probably already be suspecting someone was plotting against him, as this coincidence was simply too perfect.

'Surely there isn't another trap, is there?'

Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn't help but rub his temples, feeling uncertain, so he temporarily set it aside and looked at the other objects stored in the vault.

For instance, besides the《Heavenly Speech Kun Ye Dragon Chapter》, there were the brush, inkstick, paper, and inkstone on the desk.

The four treasures of the study seemed ordinary at first glance, yet as Lu Yang activated his 【Exquisite Heart】 to pierce through the illusions, his eyes nearly popped out of his head.

Brush: 【Wu Earth】.

Inkstick: 【Wu Fire】.

Paper: 【Ji Earth】.

Inkstone: 【Wei Earth】.

'【Heaven Above Fire】... Damn it, these are the Heavenly Gang and Earth Sha corresponding to 【Heaven Above Fire】! The Dragon Lord has actually prepared all of this for his son!'

For a moment, Lu Yang was so angry his hands trembled.

So this is what being a second-generation immortal is like?

Recalling how much hardship he had endured to gather Heavenly Gang and Earth Sha in the past?

Damn rich households! It is precisely because there are too many individuals in this world who can climb up easily relying on their background that the world becomes increasingly corrupt...

Oh wait, no, I am a True Dragon now too.

In that case, all of this is actually my property?

Then never mind!

(End of Chapter)