Chapter 8 (2/2)
Although Li Yunzi had never taken her anger out on Zhu Minglang, she probably never wanted to see him again.
In fact, having Zhu Minglang come back with her to Ancestral Dragon City State could be considered saving his life. Back then, Luo Xiao had intended to destroy Little Mulberry Town as well!
In any case, Zhu Minglang would take things as they came. He’d find a place to support himself and find some work first. It’d be best if he could plant mulberry trees; his gluttonous king, little Baiqi, would probably cause a fuss if it didn’t get any food after waking up.
Baiqi was the little ice worm’s name.
Speaking of little Baiqi, it had been many days since it came out on its own to take a breather, and instead chose to remain in his spirit domain. Was it preparing for hibernation?
Zhu Minglang closed his eyes lightly, checking on his spirit domain.
“Strange. Why is there an extra ice cocoon here…”
Taking a closer look into his own spirit domain, Zhu Minglang realized, to his surprise, that the little ice worm had wrapped itself in its own silk without him knowing, and had turned into a large ice cocoon.
-Is it undergoing metamorphosis?
-But it used to be a Dragon General-ranked Azure Dragon! I’ve never heard of a creature with the azure dragon’s bloodline having such an ability?-
The ice cocoon had yet to fully close. There was still a hole at the very top. Zhu Minglang saw the situation inside through that hole.
Peering into the world inside the ice cocoon shocked him!
The world inside the cocoon was actually such a work of art!
The ice silk that was wrapped around the outer layer was intertwined in an extremely exquisite manner on the inside. There was not the slightest bit of messiness. Instead, it was a perfect piece of art.
Grains and grains of icy glitter decorated the nest of frosty silk, as brilliant as rare white diamonds. They were like the stars in the night sky, scattered in an orderly manner in this little sky, painting a dreamy picture.
On every tiny frosted strand of silk, a long, ancient pattern could be seen. Every tiny icy glitter was like it contained an unimaginable world within!
All of those were gathered around a tiny holy spirit, which was the little Baiqi, whose wings had gradually formed, and whose body had become incomparably beautiful!
Little Baiqi was in a drowsy state at the core of the cocoon. It gently spread its wings, which had yet to form completely, and its beautiful, spirited eyes were trying hard to focus on Zhu Minglang, who had come in to observe his spirit domain.
However, the little fellow was truly too sleepy. In the end, its eyelids closed.
All of a sudden, the frosted silk started flying about, and the icy glitter started shining. As little Baiqi slipped into a slumber, the world inside the ice cocoon started operating crazily. Some miniscule buds were breaking through the ice, some snowflakes were blooming, some snow trees were spreading their crowns, and countless miniature creatures were being created…
It seemed to have experienced the vicissitudes of life!
At the same time, that tiny hole was filled by the frosty silk that gushed from inside out. The ice cocoon was now completely enclosed, and Zhu Minglang could no longer see the situation inside.
The ice cocoon seemed unremarkable on the outside, but the scene of the extremely shocking little world remained fresh in his mind!
What exactly was the little Baiqi slumbering like a queen in that frosty world?
This was approximately the fifth year of Zhu Minglang’s wandering. Baiqi was once an Azure Dragon.
In his teens, Zhu Minglang was a formidable expert, someone who was looked up to and chased after by others.
However, just as Zhu Minglang was thinking he would enjoy his most glorious years, Baiqi had regressed from an Azure Dragon that looked down upon everything into the most insignificant and weakest little creature, a little ice worm.
In just the passing of a night…
Even now, Zhu Minglang had yet to forget the white frosty silk that had covered half a city!
A gigantic ice cocoon wrapped around the Azure Dragon Baiqi, along with half a city. The huge swath of pure and holy whiteness was like a divine snow spirit descending.
The shocking scene lasted through the night.
In the end, all the white silk melted under the morning light. The Azure Dragon left behind a hollow body with no signs of life. Only a little ice worm remained after the frosty silk melted to water from the sunlight. A little ice worm with almost no intelligence, slowly crawling out…
Zhu Minglang stood on that icy city, looking at the little ice worm crawling out from it. How could he, who was still only a teenager back then, believe what he saw!?
The Azure Dragon had actually regressed!
The young boy who had shone as brightly as the sun had become like an insignificant grain of sand from then on, and began his long, wandering journey.
After so many years, the teenager had grown into a youth. His ambitious heart had also mellowed out, becoming an aimless man.
He could no longer remember how many places he had been through.
The little ice worm, however, had always been well taken care of by him. Before he realized it, it had become a kind of bond. It wasn’t too much to describe it as family.
Over the years, little Baiqi remained a little ice worm, showing no signs of change.
This time, however, it was actually undergoing metamorphosis!
From his quick peek earlier, Zhu Minglang had seen little Baiqi’s half-transformed appearance. It had grown a thin pair of wings, a graceful body, and a slender tail…
It seemed to possess the gentleness and agility of some kind of butterfly dragon, yet retaining the figure of the original Azure Dragon!
What was certain was that these were all signs of it dragonizing! The ice cocoon was its dragon gate!
After breaking out from the cocoon, it would return to being a dragon!
At this moment, Zhu Minglang’s unambitious heart suddenly boiled!
The Azure Dragon was about to return!
After experiencing these recent events, even someone whose heart had turned ice cold would show desire again. The reason he didn’t dare to do anything before was none other than his unpredictable future…
With Baiqi’s return, everything became a completely different story!