Chapter 1178

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

With a push of the bamboo pole, the flat boat slid silently out of the Dragon Bone Palace.

Linglong's figure grew smaller and smaller, finally becoming a tiny silhouette inside the Dragon Palace.

The Dragon Bone Palace returned to silence once more.

Ten million dragon souls resumed their swimming.

Golden light and deathly qi intertwined, shrouding the entire palace in a strange atmosphere that was both magnificent and gloomy.

The Lord of Gui Xu cast his gaze upon Xu Linglong and asked, "Are you not afraid?"

Linglong tilted her head to look at this human-shaped darkness before her, shaking her head as she said, "Not afraid."

The Lord of Gui Xu was surprised, curiously asking, "Why are you not afraid?"

Linglong grinned: "Because Father is here, so I'm not afraid!"

The Lord of Gui Xu fell silent.

After a moment, It trembled slightly, emitting an extremely soft breathy sound.

That was laughter.

It was very rusty, as if It hadn't laughed for a very, very long time, and had suddenly been amused by someone.

The laughter was very short, so short that Linglong hadn't even had time to confirm it before it ended.

Immediately after, the Lord of Gui Xu said: "What you're looking for is inside the Dragon Tomb!"

The next moment, faint dragon roars could be heard.

This dragon roar was different from the howling of dragon souls in Gui Xu; it was deeper and more ancient.

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Left Side.

Zhao Ziyue's flat boat glided across the water for about half an hour, distancing itself from the Dragon Bone Palace, distancing itself from those towers and domes, arriving at waters Xu Zhangqing had never reached.

The water here was no longer that deathly stillness.

Extremely slow ripples began to appear, as if something beneath the water was breathing.

Dragon bones around became fewer; a few scattered huge vertebrae were slanted into the water, their surfaces covered in thick moss and algae, no one knew how many tens of thousands of years they had stood here.

Xu Zhangqing stood at the bow and suddenly raised an eyebrow: "Lao Zhao, if you have something to say, just say it."

You didn't dare speak over there just now; now that we're far enough away, you can say it, right?"

Actually, he had long since seen that the other party's words had hidden meanings.

This was also one of the reasons he was willing to follow and leave together.

Zhao Ziyue did not answer immediately, but looked left and right, and after confirming there was no problem, he transmitted his voice: "Lao Xu, let me tell you the truth."

In that situation just now, your refusal would have been useless.

The Lord of Gui Xu's power cannot be measured by cultivation level.

If you bring out a Dao Venerable, It might give you face, but only because It is willing to.

If It is not willing, even bringing out ten Dao Venerables would be useless."

"I know."

Xu Zhangqing fell silent for a moment, then transmitted his voice: "I accepted the Creation Return to Ruins Seal for that same reason."

Rather than turning hostile on the spot, it's better to first stabilize the Lord of Gui Xu.

Matters for later can be discussed later.

After all, it's still that my cultivation is insufficient.

If I had enough strength, who would dare do such a thing?"

Sigh~

Zhao Ziyue sighed; he knew Xu Zhangqing wasn't complaining.

From Spirit Farmer to Spirit Transformation Peak had taken only a few hundred years; this speed was a shocking existence even in the entire Floating World Four Domains.

But facing a transcendent ruler like the Lord of Gui Xu, Spirit Transformation Peak was indeed not enough.

After thinking it over, Zhao Ziyue stopped transmitting his voice and spoke directly: "Alright, Lao Xu, let's not talk about this anymore."

We've come all this way; we can't possibly return empty-handed.

These years, I've wandered around inside Gui Xu and really found quite a few good places.

Some dragons, after dying, had their flesh bodies turn into spirit veins, their bones into ore deposits, with all their essence scattered in the water, nurturing who knows how many Spiritual Treasures.

Even, there are some very ancient things.

The secrets buried in this place are more than the fish I've caught.

Before you leave, come explore a few places with me; I guarantee you won't lose out."

Xu Zhangqing, hearing this, curled his lip: "Have you ever caught a fish?"

Zhao Ziyue immediately grew angry: "You... you... you..."

Xu Zhangqing waved his hand and said seriously: "When there are good things to take, when have I ever refused?"

Tell me, where is the first place?"

Zhao Ziyue, hearing this, rolled his eyes, then thrust the fishing rod in his hand into the water, turned the boat's direction, and glided toward an area where the water's color was clearly different.

The color of that stretch of water was much deeper than elsewhere.

Black and heavy, as if a bottomless giant cave lay hidden beneath the water surface.

On the surrounding water surface floated a thin layer of mist.

Mixed in the mist were specks of golden light particles, clearly a strange scene formed by Dragon Qi seeping up from the water bottom.

Zhao Ziyue pointed ahead: "The first place, I call it 'Fallen Dragon Abyss'."

There, an ancient dragon with cultivation too high to fathom is buried.

That dragon's flesh body has long since dissolved, but its entire essence turned the water domain within a hundred li radius into Dragon Vein land.

At the water bottom there is a very deep rift, inside the rift grow Dragon Blood Moss and Dragon Bone Bamboo Shoots.

However, these are merely appetizers.

The real good thing is at the deepest part of the rift.

I've gone down to explore several times, every time forced back by a pressure.

But it can be certain, down below either presses a Supreme Treasure.

Or, it is the innate item left behind by that ancient dragon.

In short, if you can get it up, this trip will not have been in vain!"

After a while, the small boat stopped at the edge of the black heavy water domain.

Zhao Ziyue held the fishing rod horizontally: "Arrived, right here."

Xu Zhangqing stood at the boat bow, looked down for a glance.

Water color deep black.

Divine Sense probed down, like stretching into a ball of thick ink.

Could only faintly perceive, underwater there is an extremely deep rift.

The two looked at each other, then leapt into the water.

Plop—

The instant of entering water, Xu Zhangqing felt a pressure indescribable.

Every drop of water here is saturated with Dragon Qi, dense to the point of almost becoming substantial fluid.

Countless fine golden light particles suspended all around, like gold powder melted in the water.

He opened his eyes for a look, couldn't help but frown slightly.

Dragon bones underwater, far more than on the water surface.

None are intact, all are shattered remains.

Huge dragon bones scattered in the water, surface covered with a layer of dark red moss.

The patterns of that moss greatly resembled dragon scales, one layer overlapping another, pulsing along the water flow.

Several semi-transparent dragon souls swam past the two's sides just like that.

Different from those glowing dragon souls above Gui Xu, the dragon souls here have darker color.

They swim very slowly, posture stiff, as if repeating behaviors from when alive.

Not a bit of attack power, extremely rigid, completely without sentience.

"Go!"

"The thing is still deeper!"

"Here is very safe, no need to worry!"

Zhao Ziyue led the way in front, descending speed not fast but very steady.

He has stayed in Gui Xu these many years, knows this place thoroughly by heart.

After descending roughly a hundred zhang, Dragon Blood Moss and Dragon Bone Bamboo Shoots became more and more.

Dragon Blood Moss lightly touched, would seep a kind of extremely deep colored juice, after spreading in the water looked just like bleeding.

Dragon Bone Bamboo Shoot color lustrous white, shape like bamboo shoots, texture quite hard, faintly can see inside golden runes flowing!