Chapter 1184: Eternal Life: My Steady Farming-Style Cultivation Chapter 1184 — We Have to Split Up!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Zhao Ziyue froze for a moment, then his expression changed: "Going by your meaning... it came for the Innate Dragon Embryo?"

"Either it came for the Innate Dragon Embryo, or the changes in the mine vein startled it awake."

Xu Zhangqing withdrew his gaze and said with certainty: "There's still another possibility — it was originally suppressed here, its duty being to guard that Innate Dragon Embryo.

We moved the thing it was supposed to protect, therefore it woke up."

Zhao Ziyue followed his train of thought and suddenly felt a chill of dread: "If that's really the case, then the Master of Gui Xu certainly knows of this True Dragon's existence."

Xu Zhangqing nodded: "With such a huge commotion, it's impossible for the Master of Gui Xu not to have sensed it."

As soon as his words fell, a gaze projected over from the distance.

That gaze pierced through who knows how many li of waters, pierced through layer upon layer of dragon bones and dragon souls, with not the slightest obstruction, landing in the canyon.

It had no color, yet it was heavy like a mountain.

It held no emotion, yet it inspired awe.

And this was the gaze from the Master of Gui Xu.

This time, He did not look at Xu Zhangqing; it landed on Zhao Ziyue.

Instantly, Zhao Ziyue's whole body stiffened, his hand unconsciously tightening on the fishing rod.

Abruptly, the Master of Gui Xu's voice rang out, carrying a hint of warning: "If this continues, the whole of Gui Xu will be turned upside down by you lot.

Enough, stop making trouble!"

As these words came out, Zhao Ziyue's face went pale then red, red then pale.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something to explain, but the words reached his lips and he swallowed them back.

What could he say?

Just now when that True Dragon broke through the riverbed, at least three-tenths of the dragon bones in the entire Long Jiao Xia collapsed, the dragon souls went mad scattering everywhere, and the waters for several hundred li around were churned into a muddy soup.

With such a huge commotion, if the Master of Gui Xu hadn't noticed, that would be the real miracle.

Xu Zhangqing withdrew the Creation Return to Ruins Seal, then cupped his hands toward the direction of the gaze: "My consideration was lacking, Senior, please forgive me."

The Master of Gui Xu did not reply.

That gaze lingered on him for an instant, then withdrew.

At this, the entire Long Jiao Xia returned to silence.

The broken dragon horn lay quietly, the collapsed dragon bone fragments slowly sinking in the water.

Those dragon souls that had been scared into scattering wildly also slowly returned to their original patrol routes.

Everything was slowly returning to its original state, or rather, order.

Only after that gaze had completely disappeared did Zhao Ziyue dare to exhale a full breath; his tone carried both grievance and heartache: "This isn't my fault, who knew digging a mine could dig out a True Dragon?

Besides, that dragon wasn't released by us, it emerged on its own!"

"Alright."

Xu Zhangqing cut off his incessant muttering: "The Master of Gui Xu's meaning is very clear — we're not allowed to continue exploring deeper.

The remaining places, even if we went, we could only take a look and leave."

Zhao Ziyue's expression changed at these words, then he started counting on his fingers, one by one, each count making his heart ache more: "The Long Gu Qun, I was still hoping to go there and harvest some Long Ji.

The Long Xue Yu, that place has several complete ancient dragon corpses sunk at the bottom, dragon blood coral growing all around the corpses, a single fist-sized stalk can be exchanged for a Spirit Stone Mine.

And there's the Long Gu Mu, that's the real good place, tens of thousands of the Dragon Race buried there, pick up any fragment of scale and it's top-grade.

And also..."

"Stop counting."

Xu Zhangqing patted his shoulder and said helplessly: "The more you count, the worse you'll feel."

"You think I want to count?"

Zhao Ziyue stabbed the fishing rod into the water, saying with a face full of unwillingness: "That dragon blood coral, I've had my eye on it for how many years."

Xu Zhangqing shook his head.

In his heart, he was also calculating gains and losses at this moment.

The ancient dragon's dragon pearl and dragon vein crystal marrow from the Fallen Dragon Abyss.

The Innate Dragon Embryo and Dragon Soul Marrow from Long Jiao Xia.

These gains have already far surpassed the expectations before coming to Gui Xu.

Any single one taken out would be enough to exchange for all resources needed to break through to Lian Xu.

But Xu Zhangqing also knew clearly in his heart, if not for the Master of Gui Xu calling a halt, he and Zhao Ziyue would definitely have gone deeper one after another, until they'd taken everything that could be taken clean.

By then, who knows how many of Gui Xu's secrets would have been dug out, but Zhao Ziyue's future days in Gui Xu would definitely not be easy.

"Let's go."

"Back to the Dragon Palace."

"Sigh~"

Zhao Ziyue leaned on the fishing rod, gloomy and unhappy all the way back.

He came in high spirits, but went back without a word.

Xu Zhangqing sat at the ship stern, not bothering with his friend's mood, instead taking out that black ancient dragon pearl and examining it in his palm.

The dragon pearl still flickered rhythmically, maintaining a completely synchronized frequency with the cyan pulsing of the Creation Return to Ruins Seal.

He looked for a while, then took out that slice of Reverse Scale and, borrowing the faint light on the water's surface, carefully observed it. The natural patterns on the Reverse Scale's surface, magnified by Divine Sense, revealed an extremely complex structure—not like simple Spiritual Runes, but more like something unique to the Dragon Race...

When the two returned to the Dragon Palace, Linglong held the Nine Dragons Supreme Pearl in both hands, sensing something. Hearing the sound of the small boat, she opened her eyes: "Father, you're back!"

Xu Zhangqing nodded and sat down beside her.

Then, one after another, he took out Dragon Horn Bamboo Shoots, Dragon Blood Moss, and part of the Dragon Soul Crystals from his Storage Item, stacking them neatly before Linglong.

The pile grew larger and larger, finally forming a small mountain.

Linglong widened her eyes: "Father, what are these?"

Xu Zhangqing rubbed her head: "Treasures all for you."

Linglong, surprised, said: "All for me?"

Xu Zhangqing nodded, saying seriously: "Dragon Horn Bamboo Shoots ground into powder, combined with Dragon Whiskers Grass and Dragon Blood Moss, can refine Dragon Breath Pills.

This stuff will be of great use to you in consolidating your bloodline."

Linglong held up a top-grade Dragon Soul Crystal before her eyes, watching the fine threads of light flowing within, her eyes lighting up.

In the time that followed, Xu Zhangqing did not rush to leave.

Outside the Dragon Palace, he found a relatively quiet stretch of water and began refining Dragon Breath Pills.

There was no Earth Fire, no Dan Fang.

But the Heaven and Earth Furnace had long merged with his Qi Sea, giving birth to Primal Fire.

With just a thought, the temperature could be adjusted at will.

After grinding the Dragon Horn Bamboo Shoots into powder, he blended it with Dragon Vein Crystal Marrow, added Dragon Whiskers Grass to remove its dry nature, then used Dragon Blood Moss as a guide. The three ingredients gradually fused under the tempering of Primal Fire.

Every time a Dragon Breath Pill came out of the furnace, the surrounding waters would ripple with an extremely faint golden circle.

He refined three furnaces in a row, producing over forty Dragon Breath Pills in total.

Xu Zhangqing sealed thirty of them into a Jade Bottle and gave it to Linglong, telling her to take one per month and not to be greedy.

The remaining ten or so, he gave some to Lao Zhao and kept some for himself.

Zhao Ziyue, meanwhile, shared a small half of the Dragon Soul Marrow he had gathered from Long Jiao Xia with Linglong, saying it was an uncle's meeting gift.

After everything was arranged, Xu Zhangqing knew it was time to leave.

This was Linglong's Opportunity, not his.

A father could only accompany her this far; the rest of the road she had to walk herself!