Chapter 839: A Bountiful Harvest

When Li Li Qingfeng saw the five streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi that had originally been swimming toward his side suddenly change direction and rush straight toward Li Luo, his expression almost froze on the spot.

He stared blankly for several breaths, then couldn't help losing his composure and standing up from the Silver Dragon Pillar; for an instant, he nearly had the impulse to charge out of the light barrier.

But in the end, he forcibly restrained himself.

Because the storm outside was extremely violent at the moment; if he charged out, he probably wouldn't last long before being seriously injured.

So he could only watch helplessly as the five streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi, like birds returning to their nest, plunged directly into the energy palm between Li Luo's hands.

Li Li Qingfeng's handsome face instantly became somewhat twisted.

"How is that possible?!"

Li Li Qingfeng was furious. How could things have turned out like this? Clearly it was he who had lit the "Dragon Ambergris" here. By all reason, those streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi should have flown toward his side now, so why had they all gone to Li Luo instead?!

Li Li Qingfeng was furious, feeling as if someone had cut in and stolen his prize.

In his view, those five streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi had only appeared because of his "Dragon Ambergris," so they should belong to him!

"Is it because of that thing?"

Li Li Qingfeng stared fixedly at a black token suspended in Li Luo's energy palm, and when he saw a character "Li" on the token, his heart gave a sudden jolt.

"That's... the Li Tianwang Token?!"

Li Li Qingfeng's heart churned with towering waves. As a direct descendant of the Dragon Bloodline, he naturally knew of the existence of the "Li Tianwang Token"—it was something only the Old Ancestor could pass down.

Moreover, only the most extraordinarily brilliant prodigies within the clan had the chance to earn the Old Ancestor's favor.

Looking back over the founding of Li Li Tianwang's lineage to the present, those who had received the "Li Tianwang Token" bestowed by the Old Ancestor could be counted on one hand.

And this "Li Tianwang Token" clearly did not belong to Li Luo, but to Li Luo's father, Li Taixuan.

After all, the matter of Li Taixuan obtaining the "Li Tianwang Token" back then was not exactly a secret among the Five Branches.

And clearly, this time Li Luo had used this item to draw the "Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi" over.

Li Li Qingfeng's expression turned ugly. He truly hadn't expected Li Luo to still have this card up his sleeve. Had he known earlier, he would never have taken out the Dragon Ambergris no matter what, because the Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi drawn out this way, he couldn't snatch any of it, and instead it would simply be making a wedding dress for Li Luo.

His heart was filled with regret. "Dragon Ambergris" was extremely rare and its price extremely high. Originally, this was the method his father had painstakingly prepared for him after winning the Golden Dragon Pillar, all for the sake of obtaining more Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi.

But now that he had lit the "Dragon Ambergris," it did indeed draw out more Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi, yet the result was that Li Luo reaped the benefit.

That was five streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi!

If Li Luo obtained them, added to the one he had before, Li Luo would have gotten his hands on six streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi!

Such a harvest, looking across every previous Dragon Pool opening, would absolutely rank in the top three.

And for Li Luo to achieve such a feat, besides the "Li Tianwang Token," the Dragon Ambergris in Li Li Qingfeng's hands probably also contributed greatly.

In other words, the little scheme Li Li Qingfeng had plotted here had instead benefited Li Luo.

This was truly trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice.

And while Li Li Qingfeng's heart was bleeding on his side, Li Luo smoothly caught the five streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi, then suppressed his pounding, accelerating heartbeat and hurriedly drew them back.

After putting the five streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi into the jade bottle, Li Luo finally felt a great weight lift off, and the brilliant smile on his face could no longer be held back, blooming open like a flower.

Five streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi!

This had almost instantly achieved his goal.

Now with six streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi in hand, even if he gave one stream to the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf, the remaining five would be enough for him to fill the great pits of his three Resonance Palaces.

When that time came, the ambition he had long cherished—using thirty-five thousand Earth Fiend Mysterious Lights to charge into the Fiend Body Realm—could be realized.

Li Luo turned his head with a beaming smile, looking toward the distant position where Li Li Qingfeng was. The latter's gaze was fixed dead on him, and that look had lost its usual composure.

Li Luo also noticed the green incense lit in the latter's hand. He understood that the appearance of five streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi this time was largely due to that thing's contribution.

There are good people in the Dragon Bloodline too.

Li Luo sighed in admiration, then solemnly cupped his fists toward Li Li Qingfeng's position as a gesture of thanks.

Only, regarding Li Luo's thanks, veins pulsed on Li Li Qingfeng's forehead. Then Li Li Qingfeng took a deep breath to calm his emotions, his expression dark as he no longer paid Li Luo any attention.

Li Luo didn't mind this either, leisurely withdrawing his gaze. Now that his goal was achieved, he had no more pressure; all that remained was to wait for the Dragon Pool to end.

In this Dragon Pool contest, he had already achieved perfection.

And during the remaining time afterward, Li Luo did not use the "Li Tianwang Token" again, because the effect was no longer significant. The amount of Dragon Qi deep in the pool was limited; this time he had ruthlessly plucked it clean, and it would take several more years to recover.

The subsequent process was unremarkable, though the other few people also began to reap harvests one after another.

Lu Lu Qingmei's Silver Dragon Pillar was the first to obtain a stream of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi.

Over at the Bronze Dragon Pillar in the back, Li Li Hongli and Deng Deng Fengxian were the most aggressive, each snatching a stream of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi. As for Li Li Jingtao, having not joined the contest, he had no gains for the time being, but judging by his leisurely appearance, he actually looked more relaxed than the onlookers outside.

Another half an hour passed like this.

Li Luo, who had by now become free of desire, unexpectedly obtained another stream of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi. At this point, he had gotten his hands on seven streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi—a truly astonishing harvest.

And when the time was about to end, Li Li Jingtao finally welcomed a stream of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi. He unhurriedly stored it away, his face full of satisfaction.

Lu Lu Qingmei and Li Li Qingfeng, thanks to the convenience of the Silver Dragon Pillar, each luckily collected another stream.

Clang!

At this moment, the chime of a bell rang out melodiously from outside the Dragon Pool.

The Dragon Pool contest was declared over.

And among the six people present, Li Luo ultimately obtained seven streams of Mysterious Yellow Dragon Qi; Li Li Qingfeng and Lu Lu Qingmei each got two; Li Li Hongli, Deng Deng Fengxian, and Li Li Jingtao each got one.

Li Luo alone was comparable to the other five combined.

Such a harvest drew countless envious gazes.

Six pillars of light descended from the sky, falling into the Coiled Dragon Pillar. Protected by the pillars of light, the figures of Li Luo and the other five slowly rose, passing through the raging storm, and landed on the stone platform at the edge of the Dragon Pool.

When Li Luo's figure landed, the Qingming Banner's side immediately erupted in thunderous cheers. All the banner members were visibly excited, because in this Dragon Pool contest, their Qingming Banner had become the most dazzling one.

With such a battle record, from then on their Qingming Banner would surely rise among the Twenty Banners, sweeping away its former decline.

Numerous gazes within the Qingming Banner, filled with reverence, looked toward Li Luo's figure. At this moment, Li Luo's prestige within the Qingming Banner reached an unprecedented level.

And the other banners also wore complicated expressions. In this Dragon Pool contest, the record of this dark horse Li Luo could truly be called dazzling to the extreme.

He not only broke free from Qin Yi's interception first, seizing the Golden Dragon Pillar in the process, but ultimately achieved the unprecedented feat of obtaining seven strands of Xuanhuang Dragon Qi. Such an astonishing result was something even Li Taiwu had not accomplished back then, after all, at that time the latter did not possess the Li Li Tianwang Token.

Everyone understood that after this battle, among the five Dragon Veins and twenty Flags of the Heavenly Dragon, the Qingming Flag, once obscure and unknown, would surely rise.

The rankings of the twenty Flags would likely undergo tremendous changes.

The flag members of each flag gazed at the figure with gray-white hair reflecting light under the sunlight. A few months ago, this third young master of the Dragon Tooth Vein, who had just returned from Outer Shenzhou, still faced numerous doubts, but from now on, those doubts would likely no longer exist.

And in fact, it was not just them; even the high-ranking officials of the five Dragon Veins of the Heavenly Dragon were gazing at Li Luo's figure. At this moment, from the latter, they seemed to see the shadow of Li Taiwu from back then.

(End of this chapter)