Chapter 301: Things Are Changing (2/2)

But now, it looked like the first several steps were true, but after the Dragon bloodline entered Dragon City, they seemed to be still alive and kicking, not lacking any arms and legs, nor was there any ma.s.s blood sacrifice.

When the locals of Golden Flash Town exchanged greetings, w.a.n.g Lu and Aya just quietly observed. They understood that things indeed were very different from what they expected.

The first Dragon bloodline possessor who lived in the villa area was from more than twenty years ago. During which, they practiced according to the method, partic.i.p.ated in combat, and even had a wife and children, until today. But no one had ever heard of any blood purification...

As for the Dragon bloodline possessor that joined earlier? Legend has it that they had entered the high-level circle of Dragon City. Some had chosen to retire, to leisurely travel around the continent. But in short, n.o.body had ever heard even a tiny bit of adverse action against these people from Holy Light Religion. On the contrary, these people generally had positive views of Holy Light Religion.

Now, were these people too unenlightened about this information? Or had they been in cahoots with Holy Light Religion, and thus concealed the information? Or was that Administrator in the King’s Treasure House just spouted nonsense? For the time being, this was still unknown.

”In short, personal access to Dragon City is still valuable.” Aya pondered. ”In any case, we have the time. Let’s just lie low for the moment and quietly observe. The truth will always emerge.”

w.a.n.g Lu said with a smile, ”Not a problem. I’m not in a hurry anyway.”

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The following three months, w.a.n.g Lu and other people lived a methodically arranged life in Dragon City.

According to the plan, as the newest recruit of Dragon City Guard, in the first few years, they had to undergo rigorous training in Dragon City. Regardless whether prior to that the new recruits had a certain foundation, after joining Dragon City Guard, they would have to start all over again. Because from the point of view of Dragon City, the so-called new recruit’s foundation was basically filled with flaws that wouldn’t lead them anywhere. Thus, it was better to cut it down and start anew.

Of course, if they really had amazing feats, like when joining they already had reached high order professions, naturally the treatment would be different. However, w.a.n.g Lu and his teammates purposely hid their strength, and only showed similar performances to that of common low order profession—Not completely a newcomer, but also not worth the extra attention.

The basic training standard of Dragon City Guard was very high, which was second to none in the entire Western Continent. In addition to the regular physical training and other basic training, Dragon City soon distributed different cla.s.sic textbooks of methods according to each person’s situation. w.a.n.g Lu and his teammates naturally did not need these ancient texts to train, but they could reference it theoretically.

Before reaching Jindan Stage, w.a.n.g Lu intended to enrich himself with information, and extensively absorbed all kinds of knowledge essence. Western Continent power level system was different from the Nine Regions’, which was quite marvelous and not to be underestimated.

In three months, w.a.n.g Lu did nothing other than move around the barrack area and exchange information about other people’s methods. These ancient texts had no confidentiality requirement from Dragon City, and thus could be freely borrowed. Therefore, w.a.n.g Lu soon collected a large number of ancient methods and carefully studied them. In three months’ time, although it was not enough to make him noticeably stronger, it undoubtedly and tremendously enriched his knowledge and insight, which would lay a good foundation for his future Jindan unification accomplishment.

In addition, after these three months, the new recruits had successfully stimulated the power of their bloodline, became professions, and continued to quickly strengthen their strength. In these three months, the new recruits, from a st.u.r.dy blacksmith, dexterous tailor, and smart young proprietress, rapidly grew into ‘able to win one against ten or more’ formidable warrior. The best of them, of course, successfully manifested the Dragon Clan characteristics, such as dragon scales and other abilities, which made them able to win against more than a hundred opponents.

In this regard, w.a.n.g Lu could not help but emotionally moved. Both practiced from methods, both started from average person state, but how could the training speed in Western Continent is so much faster than in Nine Regions? To achieve the ‘able to defeat one hundred opponents single-handedly’ state from the initial body refining period in Spirit Sword Mountain, w.a.n.g Lu at least had to spend around than two years, during which a huge amount of resources were spent for his medicinal bath, to change his bone and wash his marrow. Of course, in terms of cultivation speed, Spirit Sword Sect was the slowest among the Five Uniques, but even Royal Soldier Sect, as the fastest one, was unable to make a person reborn in just three months.

”This is very normal. The concept of time in Western Continent is very different than in Nine Regions.” In regard to this, Aya who had a wealth of knowledge explained, ”The Western Continent profession’s enhancement speed is obviously faster than the cultivators of Nine Regions. However, our life expectancy is also far lower than you guys. For example, your Jindan Stage cultivator can have a life expectancy of around seven hundred to eight hundred years, but on our side, the corresponding high order profession generally only have one hundred and fifty to two hundred years of life. If we follow your Nine Regions people’s cultivation speed, I’m afraid no one would live to reach high order profession.”

w.a.n.g Lu was quite curious. ”But isn’t Bedivere living a very long life? More than a hundred years ago he is your loyal lackey already, but now he’s still alive and kicking, not old at all.”

”Dragon Clan bloodline is blessed with longevity, which is also the most envied and hated point about my clan. In terms of power and fighting ability, there are a lot of bloodlines in this continent that are not inferior to that of Dragon Clan bloodline. But in terms of longevity, few can compare with Dragon Clan. But even Bedivere, whose power level translated to Deity Stage in Nine Regions, which supposedly could live as long as two thousand years, would actually not be able to live past one thousand years. Unless you transform your own life form into a lich and other undead creatures, or like myself now…But it’s not the right way.”

w.a.n.g Lu gently nodded. ”Fast to get strong, but also quick to die? That’s actually interesting.”

Aya casually said, ”Perhaps it’s related to our ecological environment. Since the fall of the Golden Dynasty, the Western Continent has always been embroiled in fighting. Our war is much more frequent than that of your Nine Regions. Therefore…in this fast-paced environment, we have to get stronger faster, because there’s not enough time for us to slowly grow.

”However, there’s actually no reason for you to be moved by the rapid progress of the new recruits,” Aya said and then slightly furrowed her brows. ”The rate of progress of the newcomers is actually not fast. During my time, the progress of Bretton Dragon Clan bloodline was very fast, far faster than now. The methods that the newcomers have practiced in these last few months are actually… very inferior methods. I originally thought that they simply changed the focus to be more gradually developed, therefore, the start is a bit simpler. But now, it seems like Bedivere deliberately gave us inferior method as a perfunctory gesture.”

After a pause, Aya continued, ”Moreover, I have contacted a few veterans. Although I can’t say that their strength is weak, they are completely not up to their proper level. One of the longest to join has been here for more than twenty years. But unexpectedly, that person has just broken through middle order profession. In my time, it’s not strange for a remarkable talent like those with Dragon blood to even reach high order profession in the same time frame!”

w.a.n.g Lu said, ”You suspect that Dragon City is deliberately suppressing the strength of those with Dragon blood?”

”Yes. Bedivere is an excellent commander, how could he not know how to train subordinates? In this kind of situation, the only logical explanation is that he is doing this on purpose!”

Aya said, ”I can’t think of a reason for why he would do this, but I can try to make a difference and see how he reacts.”

w.a.n.g Lu was stunned for a moment. ”You want to run around naked?”