Chapter 62: Drastic Turn of Events (1/2)

Nie Tian’s eyes flickered when saw the Flame Dragon; he had already guessed to some extent the reason why the Frost Python didn’t kill him.

His guess was that there was a hint of the Flame Dragon’s aura on him.

Perhaps, his animal bone was originally from a Flame Dragon…

Even though he didn’t bring it into the Green Illusion dimension, he had probed the wonders of the dragon bone with his psychic awareness on more than a few occasions. Moreover, his soul had entered the drop of blood inside the bone a few times, traveling into an unknown blazing world.

He had studied it every day in an attempt to further understand its wonders, which perhaps caused him to absorb some of the Flame Dragon’s aura.

Nie Tian was also convinced that the reason he possessed such strong psychic power was because of him constantly probing the dragon bone and sending his soul into that mysterious blazing world.

Several days ago, when he feared that the Ghost sect or the Blood sect might send people over again to kill him, he constantly extended his psychic awareness to detect any movement in the surrounding area.

It was very likely that the Frost Python had detected the aura of Flame Dragon in the psychic power that he had released to examine the vicinity.

Having a rough idea of the Frost Python’s intentions, Nie Tian climbed out of the crescent-moon-shaped well, and walked towards the central area of this immeasurably wide stone palace.

He soon arrived in the front of a stone column that had a Flame Dragon coiled around it. He examined it closely, before turning around and checking the other nearby columns.

One thing that was immediately noticeable was that every single one of the twelve stone columns had a different dragon coiled around it.

Six of them were blazing Flame Dragons.

The other six stone columns featured life-like dragons whose silver scales were identical to the type sported by the Frost Python.

“Frost Dragons?”

Rubbing his chin, Nie Tian’s mind drifted as he pondered what Pan Tao had told him earlier.

According to Pan Tao, the Frost Python was an ancient species, and it was possible that some of them carried the bloodline of ancient Frost Dragons.

As long as a Frost Python possessed the blood of ancient Frost Dragons, no matter how faint, there would be a possibility that the Frost Python could awaken its bloodline and eventually turn into a Frost Dragon.

According to the legends, Frost Dragons were one of the most formidable types of giant dragons in the ancient era, similar to Flame Dragons.

“I have a Flame Dragon’s aura on me, and this Frost Python, on the other hand, probably has a Frost Dragon’s bloodline within. Furthermore, it must have awakened its bloodline when it reached the third grade.

“It must have brought me here to help it with something, presumably by means of the Flame Dragon’s aura.

“Otherwise, it would have killed me long ago, instead of wasting so much energy to bring me here.”

Pondering the situation, Nie Tian continued to study his surroundings in search of an answer.

All of a sudden, he noticed that there was a prismatic altar in the middle of the twelve stone columns.

The altar was made out of dark-brown stones that were piled up together. Numerous grooves could be seen on the altar, each of which was filled with sparkling, translucent dragon bones.

The dragon bones emanated rays of bright light, illuminating the central area of the dim stone palace.

Obviously, those dragon bones were completely different from the ones Nie Tian had seen in the past.

He knew very well that only the bones of high level spirit beasts would be translucent like jade and unceasingly emanate bright light, which was due to the abundant energy they carried.

Dragon bones that could emanate light must contain surging waves of energy within, and were thus extremely useful.

The numerous grooves on the altar were aligned in a particular way, with the dragon bones inside radiating light of various colors.

Light implied energy.

“Twelve stone columns, an altar in the middle, and dragon bones brimming with energy…

“This is an inter-spacial teleportation portal!”

Nie Tian had a sudden epiphany: this prismatic altar was actually an inter-spacial teleportation portal.

The twelve stone columns carved with Frost and Flame Dragons, the altar, and the dragon bones brimming with energy, were all part of the inter-spacial teleportation portal!

In the next moment, he guessed the Frost Python’s intent: to use this inter-spacial teleportation portal to get out of the Green Illusion dimension!

“Yes, that must be it. All the powerful spirit beasts in the Green Illusion dimension were wiped out by the four sects. The spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth here is also gradually drying up. All of these make this place no longer suitable for any living beings to practice cultivation for long periods of time.

“The Frost Python probably also realized that the only reason why it’s still alive is that the four sects deliberately spared its life.

“Lingering on in the Green Illusion dimension, not only will it be impossible for it to continue to evolve, but there is also a possibility that it will be killed by the trial takers of the four sects. This is simply a dead end for it.

“Fully aware that staying in the Green Illusion dimension means death, the Frost Python must wish to leave.

“And this inter-spacial teleportation portal hidden beneath the desert is the key. The reason it had led me here must be that it wants me to activate it.

“Otherwise, it would have escaped from the Green Illusion dimension long ago, and headed off to a new dimension that is more suitable for it to continue evolving.”