Chapter 40 (1/2)

Two days pa.s.sed by slowly…

Li Changshou unlocked another skill during the boring music-and-dance showcase.

As he cast the Wind Speech Incantation to survey the surroundings, he slowly flipped through the pages of the book he had borrowed from the Dao Sutra Outer Hall.

He was slightly bored.

The most exciting parts of this Demon-Sweeping Meet were most likely the Dragon Palace treasure-giving segment and the segment where disciples from various sects came together to exchange pointers. Both would be happening later in the day.

Li Changshou was completely disinterested in the Dragon Palace’s treasures.

No one would mind possessing more Dharma treasures. However, there were too many people coveting for too little treasures this time. His Second Stage Void Return Realm cultivation was not enough for him to compete for the treasures.

Additionally, he predicted that a great calamity would befall upon the Dragon Palace from today onwards. It was best that he was not involved with any related karma.

If he did become involved, then it would be Jiu Wu’s fault.

Based on the position of the sun in the sky, it seemed the Demon-Sweeping Meet was about to officially start.

Li Changshou looked at the platform floating in the air. After a two-day conference, the Heaven Immortals from the various sects should have finished discussing the matters of the East Ocean’s border and more.

Yet, all these had nothing to do with him.

Nearby, Jiu Jiu was still trying to figure out how to solve the six-colored Rubik’s cube, thus proving that one’s cultivation realm and intelligence were not correlated. At least, she successfully spent two mundane days without alcohol.

Youqin Xuanya seemed to have come to some form of realization the last time Li Changshou accidentally rejected her. She would look back at him every one hour but make no move to approach him.

Thus, two days pa.s.sed by quite peacefully.

Li Changshou was lazily reading the sutra when he suddenly felt piercing, a hostile gaze landing on him.

Calmly, Li Changshou lifted the bamboo slip he was holding and focused on a.n.a.lyzing the information the Wind Speech Incantation provided. He discovered the blurry figure of a young man in the direction of the gaze.

‘Oh? An enemy of mine? How can that be?’

Li Changshou lifted his head and saw that that person was standing at the edge of the venue, 1,000 feet away from where the various Immortal Sects were seated.

More accurately, it was not a human for short anther-like dragon horns were growing from the forehead.

A young dragon of the dragon race?

It should be a young dragon about to partic.i.p.ate in the fight between the various sects happening soon.

Li Changshou was very confused as he realized that that dragon had been staring intensely at him without looking away.

He silently leaned back, and the dragon’s gaze followed his movement. It was staring at him without a doubt.

Upon closer examination, there was a streak of pale-blue light in the dragon’s eyes.

Did that dragon see through his concealed cultivation?

It should not be possible. The technique Li Changshou was using to conceal his cultivation level was one of a kind, for it was derived through the detailed a.n.a.lysis of the Dharma spells people around him used.

‘Could it be because I have the lowest cultivation among the people from the Immortal Du Sect here? That’s why he targeted me?’

Li Changshou started hypothesizing. Just then, through the Wind Speech Incantation, he captured that the edges of the young man’s lips twitched and formed a small, confident smile.

‘Perhaps, this young dragon is not confident but was asked to win against someone later on. Therefore, it seeks out the weakest individual of a major sect? This method is so uncultivated…’

Li Changshou glanced at the dragon and stared into its sapphire eyes calmly. The blue streak of light in its eyes gradually receded as it silently locked eyes with Li Changshou, who was several thousand feet away.

According to the 10-second eye contact rule[1], the two of them should be…

Their eye contact was interrupted by a red body. A Turtle Immortal stood before the young man.

“Why are you here, Your Highness? It is your turn soon!”

Prince? The Dragon King’s son?

There was nothing good about being targeted by someone like that.

Li Changshou could not comprehend how and why the Dragon King’s son could find him, a disciple of the Immortal Du Sect, among the crowd present.

Was his appearance attractive to male dragons?

Li Changshou contemplated, a.n.a.lyzing the whole incident in detail and thinking if he should immediately find an excuse to leave the venue.

Presently, the dragon race was actually in a very awkward position.

They possessed many experts from the ancient times and countless treasures. Yet, they were rejected by Heaven and Earth after destroying the Primordial World in the Ancient War.

There might be many experts in the dragon race, and hence, it seemed strong. In fact, however, its strength could not keep up with the improvement and development of the human race.

In addition, the dragon race mainly relied on bloodlines to gain strength. Following the death of the strongest Ancestral Dragon during the Ancient War, no dragon stronger than the Ancestral Dragon had been born from then on.

After the six Saints ascended the throne during the Primordial Times, the dragon race had to become cautious in fear of invoking the wrath of the Saints and resulting in the eradication of the dragon race. However, the dragon race was still living in a dream where dragons were overlords.

A few years ago, the East Ocean Dragon Palace had purposely sent out a batch of newly-trained soldiers to create trouble at the Coast of the East Ocean. The Immortal Du Sect had sent out disciples to kill demons in the East Ocean and protect the human race. This had served as a warning and humiliation for the Dragon Palace.

However, the Dragon Palace had not dared to retaliate, for the Immortal Du Sect possessed the Dao heritage of the Three Schools, which was also why the Demon-Sweeping Meet was held. The dragon race wished to seize this opportunity to showcase its prowess and negotiate with the cultivators of the human race to equally split the East Ocean borders.

After that, the Dragon Palace had sent a wretched dragon to deliver the invitation card to the Immortal Du Sect. However, that wretched dragon had been sent flying by Exalted w.a.n.g Qing with one move. This was another slap to the face, and it was even worse this time round.

Yet, the Dragon Palace still had not dared to do anything to the Immortal Du Sect. As a result, dragons in power of the Dragon Palace had set up this little trap with the intention to use this opportunity to take a bit of revenge.

While it was childish, it also showed how helpless the dragon race was and how awkward of a situation they were in.

In Li Changshou’s opinion, the dragon race was strong in appearance but weak in reality. Old habits would die hard. The whole dragon race had become twisted in its own way.

‘Is this dragon eyeing me because of these reasons?’

Li Changshou fell silent for a few beats, before making a swift decision to sit on the fence and observe the situation.

It was safer for him to stay by his own sect than take off on his own in such a place where the strong converged. If there was an expert from the Dragon Palace, who wanted to release their anger on a weakling like him, it would truly be deleterious for him.

Li Changshou decided to admit defeat immediately using his weak cultivation as an excuse, should that dragon choose him to exchange pointers with later.

The performers left the stage, and a Turtle Immortal with white eyebrows stepped onto the stage with a golden sh.e.l.l beneath his feet. Then, he started to slowly narrate the past glory of the dragon race, which Li Changshou could not be bothered to listen to.

He sensed that gaze again. Hence, he chose to stop the Wind Speech Incantation, looked over, and saw that the person about to step onto the stage was the young man from the dragon race.

…

‘I, the Second Prince of the East Ocean Dragon Palace, must do something big today.’

Ao Yi stood behind a few flood dragon troops calmly. He only stepped forward when the Turtle Minister introduced him.

The immortal armor vest he wore shone faintly, making his young face gentle-looking.