Chapter 242 – Journeying Together (1/2)

Chapter 242 - Journeying Together

When the real dragon appeared up in front of Xuanyuan Po’s face, he was truthfully rather frightened, yet that had not been enough to make him faint. The real reason for why he fainted was that the Black Dragon had, in its fury, released some of its dragon aura. For a Demi-human like Xuanyuan Po, he was absolutely incapable of resisting that ancient and terrifying Qi.

With a gust of wind, Jin Yulu appeared, his shirt lightly flapping in the breeze. He warily looked around. As soon as he had sensed that frightening Qi, he immediately rushed over from the gatehouse. The Li Palace had appointed Chen Changsheng as principal of the Orthodox Academy. Could it be that it had already attracted some peerless expert?

Yet when he finally arrived in the kitchen, he could sense nothing. Seeing Xuanyuan Po knocked out on the floor, he asked in a deep voice, “What happened?”

“It’s nothing.” Chen Changsheng explained, “I was unblocking one of his meridians, but then some of his true essence began to flow backwards. With a little rest he’ll get better soon.”

Jin Yulu creased his brow. He found that Chen Changsheng’s expression was somewhat unnatural, yet he could not sense any of that terrifying Qi anymore. After examining the scene again, he took his leave.

Chen Changsheng rubbed his forehead, sighed a breath of relief, he knelt down to wake Xuanyuan Po up.

Xuanyuan Po’s face was painted with fear. He looked all around, his face deathly pale.

At the Ivy Festival, this demi-human youth had shown extraordinary bravery and courage when confronting the vicious Tianhai Ya’er. Yet the previous scene had already exceeded his imagination.

As a demi-human, he had felt an innate crushing terror towards the dragon’s aura.

“Did you see…a…black dragon?”

Xuanyuan Po did not see any sign of that terrifying existence, yet this only made him more worried. His voice shuddered with fear.

Chen Changsheng was originally going to tell him that he was seeing things, but he knew that it would not convince Xuanyuan Po. After a moment of silence, he said, “It came to find me. Don’t say anything about it.”

Xuanyuan Po pointed at Chen Changsheng, his lips trembling, unable to speak. Only after a long while did he finally stammer out a few words. “Just who hell are you?”

Many people wanted to know who Chen Changsheng was, but he was incapable of answering that question.

Because to him, this had never been a question. He was Daoist youth from Xining Village’s old temple. Even though his master Daoist Ji had so many secrets, that did not mean that he did as well.

Of course, right now, he had a secret: that Black Dragon.

Back at the small building, he placed his dagger on the display rack and then walked over to the table and looked at that tiny Black Dragon. After a very long time, he still was not convinced that he was not hallucinating. Only when he finally summoned up the courage to run his fingers along the Black Dragon’s body and feel its icy scales did it finally prove that all that had happened was real.

The tiny Black Dragon clearly did not like him touching it, so it slapped his hand away.

“This…just what is going on here?” Chen Changsheng nervously asked.

The tiny Black Dragon said nothing but flew to the table, rubbed itself in ink, and used its body as a brush to put a few words on paper.

It was very cute, but Chen Changsheng had no time to pay attention to such things.

He took up the paper and only then understood that this was the result of a secret technique for the spiritual soul.

This secret technique allowed the soul of a dragon to split from its massive body, allowing it to assume some other appearance. It originated from when the dragon tribe first transformed into humans, only that it was even more mysterious and challenging. The downsides of this method were that the dragon’s spiritual soul could not be too far from its body. There was also a time limit. If the spiritual soul did not return to its original body, it would gradually dissipate.

In addition, a dragon in this state was extraordinarily weak, no longer possessing any of its original supreme strength. It would even require the protection of humans.

Seeing this tiny Black Dragon before his eyes, Chen Changsheng found it impossible to reconcile with the mountainous body of the Black Frost Dragon in the underground space.

“You figured out this secret technique yesterday, and today you want to accompany me around the capital?”

Incomparably shocked, he said to the tiny dragon, “And you need me to keep you safe?”