Chapter 409 (1/2)

His first plan of acting like a benevolent senior had gone down the drain when the three young masters decided to send one to fight him. He then moved onto plan B where he would try acting offended.

When everything was said and done he wanted to teleport out as it would give him an excuse. Now he was going with plan C as apparently, he was now closely related to the ancestor that created this empire.

He did not think that this ancestor would wield golden flames like the ones that he had created to show off. From how things looked the ancestor should just have a deeper bluish color, how could he know that the ancestors 'Azure Flames' had a tint of gold. Soon he would discover how the golden flames played into all of this.

”There were two ancestors?”

”Yes, most of our clan members are unaware of this fact but the first emperor had a brother.”

”A brother?”

”That's right, both of them were instrumental in establishing this empire, he went by the name of Aurulent Dragon.”

”Aurulent?”

Zhang Dong just kept repeating some of those talking points while he and Long Qing sat around in a new room. After the debacle with his three children, he produced the golden flames. These flames apparently were proof that he possessed some kind of offshoot bloodline that didn't belong to their prime ancestor but his blood-related brother.

They have shifted into some kind of cript looking place with some murals on the walls. Even though he could tell that these walls were thousands of years old, the rocks were imbued with spiritual energy. The writings could be read and they depicted the last war in which the Azure Dragon empire was created.

Zhang Dong could not believe that such a coincidence could be even possible. Did that Aurulent Dragon person manage to sire some offspring before he died? Did they mix with the other Long Clan members or something? Then he was supposed to be someone with an extremely pure bloodline to manifest these golden flames?

This all sounded like a bad plotline in a novel. He had been turned into a chosen one that had no reason to exist. This was truly something that someone else could have come up with. The scenario was forcing this world to even react to the cultivation method that he chose all those years ago. Perhaps if he went with the purple flame variant the ancestor would have been the Dragon Pimp?

”Wait, so this ancestor sacrificed himself in the battle of the empires?”

”Regretfully so, the great Azure Dragon ancestor created this clan so that we would be prepared for the next war between the empires. The old text states that he was immensely worried that we would not be able to turn the tide without anyone to take his brother's mantle, but now you are here, victory is now ȧssured!”

His new 'brother' was very enthusiastic about him being here. It was clear that he wholeheartedly believed in the old prophecies that the ancestors have left behind. Zhang Dong knew that those were probably all something the administrators of this world had put in place.

He wasn't even sure if something like a great war between the empires even took place. This depended if the people that made these worlds could alter the memories of people living in them.

The only thing he could base a theory on was the Demon Lord from the other world that he faced. That one wanted to eradicate the whole population of the planet to start anew. IF that was the case then they probably couldn't alter people's minds that easily.

This was a big relief as he was worried that there could be a time where his own family could turn against him. It seemed that it was better to kill everyone to start anew, these administrators could have a lesser grasp on these worlds than he might have thought.

”Is there more detail on the war? Any battle records of the forces our ancestors faced?”

While walking and looking at the murals Zhang Dong decided to play along. He couldn't totally trust the Azure Emperor just yet but he needed some help for the coming war.

”Most of them have been lost, I don't know what or who will come through those bridges but I don't think it will be a simple enemy…”

The Azure Emperor moved his head down while talking, it was clear that he had been worried about this coming war. Zhang Dong could relate as he knew how stressful the position of a leader was. So many lives depended on him, one wrong order could cause thousands of people to perish.

It was no wonder that he was so energetic when talking to his newfound brother. He was probably a person that from the Azure Emperor's perspective could share the load with him. The second dragon had appeared to help him in the coming battle. By the logic of this world, this was a sign that the heavens were on this empire's side.

Zhang Dong had the urge to give the Azure Emperor a pat on the back but he didn't really know him that well yet. For the time being, he needed to use this chance to gain more strength, and what better way, than to ask for some treasures?

”Is this the crypt where the ancestors are resting?”

”Ah yes.”

Long Qing snapped out of it and pointed to two statues that were standing at the end of this huge area. The two were about ten meters tall and reached all the way up to the ceiling. They depicted two cultivators that had similar facial features and both of them had dragon engravings on their robes.

Below these statues were two large coffins that could probably fit at least three people into them. When he looked at them Zhang Dong noticed that one was a lot dustier. It was clear that the clean one had been used, probably opened up.

”Those are…”