Chapter 357: Azure Dragon Bloodline

As spiritual energy revived, the old order was collapsing, and before a new order could be established, the entire society would remain in turmoil and instability.

Under such survival realities, the best way for ordinary people, or even cultivators, to stay alive and make progress was to join a major power platform, seek protection and support, so that they might preserve themselves amid the chaos and increase their chances of survival.

What the Hua family now faced was the dilemma of lacking sufficient strength to protect themselves amidst the turmoil.

Above the Xuanfu, Hua Changxi sat cross-legged on a spiritual cloud, silently watching the bustling construction and renovation taking place on the ground below.

She disliked being constrained, and did not want to have to worry about the safety of the Hua family while doing something or making a certain decision; nor did she want the Hua family to be innocently implicated because of her.

To some extent, the Hua family had become her weak spot.

Yet she was unwilling to step forward and become the Hua family's guardian, not wanting to spend her time and energy protecting them.

Thus, to ensure the Hua family's safety and peace, the only option was to seek external help.

In the Central Continent, considering the current situation, the top ten major powers should be the Xuanfu, the Five Sacred Lands, and the Four Elephant Cities.

Having the Hua family join one of them to gain protection was the best method she could think of at the moment.

Of the Four Elephant Cities, aside from the South Elephant City showing some activity, the other three had not even a whisper of movement.

Hua Changxi had also considered whether to place the Hua family into Lingguang Hall or the Cave Heaven Blessed Land of South Elephant City under her control, but she quickly dismissed that thought.

At the current stage, South Elephant City was a convergence of cultivators and demonic beasts, too dangerous.

As for the four sacred lands of Alchemy, Artifacts, Talismans, and Arrays, they all had specific requirements for cultivators' talent and spiritual roots, and the Hua family members had varying talents and spiritual roots, making it difficult to take in all of them.

Therefore, the best places for the Hua family were the Central Sacred Land and the Xuanfu.

Hua Changxi had wanted to make a deal with Wei Zhenjie to arrange the Hua family into the Central Sacred Land, but unfortunately, Wei Zhenjie was not there.

Now, only the Xuanfu remained.

Hua Changxi had been sitting cross-legged above the Xuanfu for nearly an hour, hesitating.

To arrange the Hua family into the Xuanfu, she would have to offer something of equivalent value.

As it happened, she did have something.

When she was resisting the Xuanfu Sword, she was pulled into an ancient battlefield where external cultivators invaded, and during that time, she saw a golden Qilin seal being knocked flying.

If her guess was correct, that should be the City Lord's Seal of Xuanfu City.

Using the location of the City Lord's Seal in exchange for the Hua family's qualification to enter the Xuanfu—she believed that the Five Generals of Xuanfu would definitely not refuse.

However, Xuanfu City bore the fate of the human race, and the selection of the city lord was a matter of great importance; she was afraid that her action might trigger something disastrous.

"Hm?"

Just as Hua Changxi was hesitating, ripples spread across the Xuanfu barrier, and the next moment, two familiar people emerged from it.

Dongfang Hao and Dongfang Xu!

What were they doing here?

No, more importantly, how did the Five Generals of Xuanfu let them into the Xuanfu?

As soon as Dongfang Hao came out of the Xuanfu, he sensed a gaze fixed on him. Lifting his head, he looked directly into the high sky, and his spiritual sense penetrated the spiritual clouds, "seeing" Hua Changxi sitting cross-legged above.

Seeing that Dongfang Hao had noticed her, Hua Changxi raised an eyebrow. Deciding to stop hiding, she flickered and landed directly in front of Dongfang Hao and Dongfang Xu.

"Peak Master Hua!"

Hua Changxi's descent from the sky not only startled Dongfang Xu, but also nearly made the demon-suppressing troops guarding the Xuanfu barrier draw their blades.

"Why are you here?"

Hua Changxi smiled at the Dongfang brothers before her. Although the two had appeared with the Xia family at the Medical Bureau, unlike Meng Qingyao and Xia Ziyang, these brothers did not have a particularly strong presence.

At this moment, the aura around them was somewhat chaotic, as if they had just been in battle.

A five-colored spiritual light flickered in Hua Changxi's eyes as she activated her Truth-Seeing Gaze, and the next moment, her pupils contracted sharply.

A verdant dragon phantom, brimming with life force and flowing with emerald scales, coiled around Dongfang Hao.

She remembered that when she first met Dongfang Hao, she had not yet mastered the Truth-Seeing Gaze and could not discern his constitution. Now, at last, she could see it clearly.

Dongfang Hao actually possessed the bloodline of the Azure Dragon, and the degree of bloodline return to ancestry was extremely high!

This discovery made Hua Changxi’s heart skip a beat.

Just moments ago, she thought the other Elephant Cities showed no activity, and now she saw a person bearing the Qinglong bloodline.

Based on her own experience controlling Lingguang Hall and the Zhuque Army, she couldn’t help but suspect that Mengzhang Hall and the Qinglong Army had also appeared, just unknown to outsiders.

Dongfang Hao disliked the way Hua Changxi looked at him; it always gave him a feeling of unease and crisis, as if she could see through him completely from the inside out.

Dongfang Xu noticed his elder brother’s frown and immediately smiled heartily at Hua Changxi: “Then, Peak Master Hua, why are you here?”

Hearing the question, Hua Changxi withdrew her gaze.

Now she was certain that the spiritual energy in the dantians of the two brothers was nearly depleted; they must have fought inside the Xuanyuan Mansion.

Seeing Hua Changxi didn’t respond, Dongfang Xu smiled again: “Everyone thought Peak Master Hua was severely injured by the Duke of Liang, but now it seems the rumor was terribly wrong.”

Hua Changxi looked at the two brothers: “I was injured, but I’ve recovered.”

Dongfang Hao looked at her: “Peak Master Hua came to seek an audience with the Five Generals of Xuanyuan?”

Hua Changxi: “Yes. The Duke of Liang’s domain oppresses the Hua family. I came to ask the Five Generals of Xuanyuan to seek justice for me.”

Dongfang Hao: “......”

Dongfang Xu scratched his head: “......That kind of thing doesn’t seem to fall under the Xuanyuan Army’s jurisdiction, does it?”

Hua Changxi looked at him: “Why was I pursued and attacked by the Duke of Liang? Because I found the Xuanyuan Mansion. In other words, I and my family were persecuted because of the Xuanyuan Mansion. Tell me, shouldn’t the Xuanyuan Mansion take care of my family’s affairs?”

Dongfang Xu actually thought this reasoning was quite sound: “This……”

Dongfang Hao, seeing that his foolish little brother was really about to get involved in the matter between Hua Changxi and the Xuanyuan Army, quickly pulled him back and said to Hua Changxi, “Then we won’t disturb Peak Master Hua as she goes to seek justice from the Five Generals of Xuanyuan. We’ll take our leave now.”

Watching the two brothers walk away, Hua Changxi’s eyes flickered.

Someone with the Qinglong bloodline had appeared—had those with the White Tiger and Black Tortoise bloodlines also appeared?

Hua Changxi withdrew her gaze and walked toward the Demon Subduing Army guarding the Xuanyuan Mansion barrier: “Please trouble yourself to announce me. Hua Changxi requests an audience with the Five Generals.”

The Demon Subduing Army commander refused outright: “We are not responsible for delivering messages.”

Hua Changxi frowned, thinking he was deliberately making things difficult for her: “Then how did those two just now get in?”

Demon Subduing Army commander: “Those two contacted General Huo before entering the mansion. General Huo came out and personally escorted them in.”

After hearing this, Hua Changxi was silent for a moment: “I have no way to contact the Five Generals directly. Please, General, trouble yourself to announce me.” Seeing that he was about to refuse again, she said directly, “I was the one who found this place. If I can get in once, I can get in a second time.”

Upon hearing this, the Demon Subduing Army commander’s brows furrowed. He looked at Hua Changxi, was silent for a while, then took out a palm-sized rectangular white jade that looked somewhat like a “mobile phone,” fiddled with it for a moment, and said to Hua Changxi, “I have contacted the Five Generals. Wait here.”

Seeing that he helped announce her, Hua Changxi was relieved. She then fixed her gaze on the white jade in his hand and asked curiously, “General, is this the Xuanyuan Army’s communication stone?”

The Demon Subduing Army commander was somewhat surprised that she didn’t recognize the object in his hand: “This is a new spiritual artifact refined by the Artifact Saint Palace two years ago, called the YinianTong. It can be used both to transmit messages and to transmit images.”

“Nowadays, any cultivator with a little more means uses this to communicate. It’s much faster and more convenient than the old transmission talismans and communication stones.”

Hearing this, Hua Changxi’s eyes lit up. So Tong Yao had really managed to create the cultivation version of a ‘mobile phone’.

“Buzz~”

The Demon Subduing Army commander’s ‘mobile phone’ vibrated.

The Demon Subduing Army commander looked at the information displayed on the YinianTong and said to Hua Changxi, “The Five Generals have agreed to see you. Go on in.”