Chapter 273: Chapter 271: Semi-Dragon Authentic Teachings -1
Translator: 549690339
“Aaargh-”
While Lu Xuan and his friend were waiting, a faint roar, laced with an understated dragon’s aura, sounded by their ears.
As the roaring sound subsided, a burly young man appeared by their side.
Clad in a red robe, which appeared to be made of Flood Dragon’s Skin based on its material, the young man seemed to be shadowed by a faint mirage of a Flood Dragon as he walked.
His eyes were a strike pair of vertical golden-den, radiating authority. Fine red scales were visible on his neck, extending down towards his chest.
“Brother Long Li, I didn’t expect you’d personally come here today. This is Junior Brother Lu Xuan, who hasn’t been an Inner Sect Disciple for long. He specializes in the Path of Spiritual Plants and Animals.”
“It’s because of his specialty that we discovered the Dragon Bone Herb inside my Snow Line Jiao.”
Tao Zhi Qing quickly introduced Lu Xuan to the half-human half-dragon cultivator.
“Junior Brother Lu, this is Brother Long Li, one of the True Disciples, and also one of the actual controllers of the Thousand Dragon Lake.”
“Nice to meet you, Brother Long Li.”
Lu Xuan quickly greeted him. True Disciples were among the strongest in the Sky Sword Sect, below the Nascent Soul stage. His cultivation level was unknown magnitudes greater than Lu Xuan’s.
“Junior Brother Lu,”
The burly young man gave a slight nod, turning his gaze towards the Snow Line Jiao by the lake, which still appeared dazed under his control.
“The Dragon Bone Herb was found inside this Jiao.”
Tao Zhi Qing took out the Dragon Bone Herb, which hadn’t been completely digested, and offered it to Long Li.
“It must’ve been found at the bottom of the Thousand Dragon Lake.”
The burly young man inferred.
“I want to go down to look. If you two are willing, you can follow me, but there’s one condition.”
“The bottom of the Thousand Dragon Lake retains a certain degree of dragon aura. The deeper you go, the stronger the aura will be. As long as you don’t stray too far away from me, I can protect you.”
“Additionally, movement underwater is limited. Hence, it’s best if you have water element body protection talismans ora magic artifact that can allow you to move freely.”
“Not wanting to unnecessarily trouble Brother Long, I will refrain from following you,” Tao Zhi Qing awkwardly responded.
“Brother Long, I happen to possess a third-rank water movement bead. Even in the depths of the abyss, this bead allows me to stroll as if I were on flat land. I believe that I wouldn’t have any problems going to the bottom of the Thousand Dragon Lake.”
Lu Xuan stepped forward a bit, speaking as he held a pigeon egg-sized pale bead, that was enveloped in a damp mist in his hand.
Earlier, he had harvested the third-rank treasure, the Water Movement Bead, from a mature Water Glow Grass. It was the perfect tool for the special environment of the Thousand Dragon Lake.
“Brother, I would like to accompany you and see things for myself. I request that you allow me to enter the lake’s bottom with you.”
“Very well.”
The burly young man nodded. As long as Lu Xuan didn’t hinder his activities, there would be no issues in accompanying him. He wasn’t worried about Lu Xuan causing any mischief under his watchful eye.
“Follow me.”
Turning his head towards Lu Xuan, he instructed lightly. Opening his mouth, he exhaled a thin, phantom-like dragon shadow which flew into the air and was transformed into a dragon-shaped jade seal.
Upon tapping the jade seal on the water surface of the Thousand Dragon Lake lightly, the Jiaos around instantly became very solemn. Dragon roars could be heard from the waterbody. The water surface seethed incessantly, and numerous formation restrictions were revealed.
The burly youth, Long Li, was the first one to plunge into the water. Lu Xuan, with the Water Movement Bead clasped in his mouth, closely followed.
The moment he entered the Thousand Dragon Lake, the mist from the Water Movement Bead spilled out, encompassing Lu Xuan. It formed a nearly invisible translucent membrane that adhered closely to his body.
Lu Xuan found himself to be feeling a delightful sensation – it was as if he was a fish who had found water. The lake water exerting pressure from every direction wasn’t obstructing him any more, but rather aiding his movement.
“This Water Movement Bead seems to be pretty effective.”
Lu Xuan exclaimed, looking towards Long Li, who was not too far ahead of him.
A phantom dragon silhouette fluttered out from his robe, circling around him, and an unknown time later a dark red scaly dragon tail had grown out from behind his waist. Swinging from side to side, it moved extremely quickly, diving towards the bottom of the lake.
“Where did this dragon tail grow from…
Lu Xuan couldn’t help but wonder, he shook his head heavily, throwing out the absurd thoughts in his head, he focused his gaze on Long Li’s head and followed closely behind.
A hundred feet down, Lu Xuan’s sharp spiritual sense detected a faint oppressive aura from all around. The deeper it went, the stronger the pressure became.
The phantom dragon around Long Li roared, and enlarged several times in an instant, encapsulating Lu Xuan within.
The surrounding pressure was instantly dissipated, and Lu Xuan felt a sense of relief.
After diving more than a thousand feet, the two finally reached the bottom of the lake.
The surroundings were pitch black, and occasionally, faint breaths of unknown beings echoed in the near distance, keeping Lu Xuan on high alert.
“Junior Brother Lu, the lake floor itself carries endless pressure, added to the existence of dragon authority, you are liable to encounter trouble if you stray away from me,”
Long Li held high a glowing Luminous Pearl in one hand, illuminating the surrounding ten-foot water area as if it were daylight.
“Senior Brother, don’t worry, I won’t wander off.”
Lu Xuan replied quickly.
Under the white light, wherever they looked, the bottom of the lake was filled with weird stones, and occasionally they could see strangely shaped aquatic plants.
The two walked slowly on the lake floor, carefully identifying the bizarre waterweeds.
“Senior Brother, are these strange stones at the bottom of the lake left by the True Dragon?”
Lu Xuan transmitted his thought to Long Li.
“How could the skeleton of a True Dragon be seen so easily by us? It has long merged into one existence with Thousand Dragon Lake.”
“These are probably the strange rocks formed by the petrification of flood dragons in the past.”
Long Li casually replied. Suddenly, his gaze condensed on a strange stone not far away, where a slender black dragon was swimming freely.
Dragon head, dragon body, dragon tail, at first glance, it seemed like a miniature version of a real flood dragon.
Long Li swept his spiritual sense around and saw nothing unusual. Quietly, fine scales appeared on the back of his hand. He darted out as quick as lightning and firmly caught the slender black dragon in his palm.
The slender black dragon naturally transformed from the Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass. At this moment, it quietly complied within Long Li’s half- dragonized palm, having lost all its previous stride.
“Junior Brother Lu, this Dragon Bone Grass is very well concealed, please help me search for it.”
Long Li transmitted the instruction, he was highly confident in his spiritual sense, coupled with Lu Xuan’s mere foundation establishment first-term cultivation level, thus, he was not worried about him doing anything under his watchful eyes.
“Okay.”
Lu Xuan picked a direction and began to rummage through the odd rocks transformed from Flood Dragon Bones.
Gazing down at the strange stones beneath his feet, his expression remained unchanged. He secretly used the Earth Pulling Technique, and seemed to accidentally embed the strange stones into the crevices he had made.
“Brother Long, I’ve found one.”
After a moment, he came to Long Li with a strand of black grass that resembled a petite slender dragon. With the four that Long Li had found, they had collected a total of five strands of Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass.
“By the way, Brother Long, I quite fancy these petrified flood dragons at the bottom of the lake, could I take some up and keep them in a small lake in my cave dwelling?”
After they had continued to search for a long time without finding any new Dragon Bone Grass, Lu Xuan asked in a soft voice.
“Sure.”
Long Li didn’t think much of it. With his spiritual sense nearing the Nascent Soul Stage, he had already realized during the search for Dragon Bone Grass that there was nothing unusual in the strange stones. Their value may not even match up to the fresh corpse bones of ordinary demon beasts.
Elated, Lu Xuan calmly swept more than ten odd rocks into his storage bag.