Chapter 144 - Jiao Dragon Quintessence (1/2)

"Now, we do not have to worry about anyone overhearing our conversation! Forgive me for being so careful, but you must understand that this is the saint city of the monsters with countless strong individuals after all."

Ao Fenglou sat down and invited Zhong Yue to do the same. He then measured Zhong Yue as he laughed and said, "Interesting, very interesting! A human actually managed to step foot in the core land of the monsters and even became the final disciple of the Saint City Lord. Such bravery and such luck! You are fortunate that I was the one Lang Qingyun invited or your identity would have been exposed by now!"

"Thank you for your assistance, Brother Fenglou."

Zhong Yue said straight to the point, "You must have something that you want from me for helping me. I'll do what I can to fulfill your request so long as it is within my capabilities!"

Ao Fenglou laughed and said, "It's nice talking to a smart person, is it not? Right, I do have one request."

"Speak then."

Ao Fenglou paused for a moment before he continued, "Not only just that, I will register you into the genealogy book of the Xiang Dragons so that the monsters wouldn't be able to find anything if they were to delve deeper into this matter!"

Zhong Yue then asked, "So Brother Fenglou, your request is?"

Ao Fenglou laughed and said, "All I want you to do is that your territory in the monsters is also the territory of the dragon race! And you will have to report any big movements of the monsters to me whenever there's one and that's all!"

Zhong Yue's mind shifted and he shook his head as he said, "I could fulfill your second desire with ease but the first one would be a little bit too much. I risked my life to cement my power among the monsters and I have already offended too many factions by killing so many monsters. God knows how many of these factions want me dead by now and the dragons now want to gobble up my territory in the monsters? I could only give you thirty percents at most!"

Ao Fenglou frowned as what Zhong Yue said was completely right as he had killed too many monsters and their blood could have formed a river. With that, he would draw all sorts of harmful intentions of the other monster factions even if he occupied such an exalted position as the final disciple of the Saint City Lord.

Besides, the monster's Saint City Lord would not trust Zhong Yue completely as although not being a pure dragon, Zhong Yue would still be considered a dragon. The city lord would still have to worry about whether or not Zhong Yue was a spy from the dragon race.

Therefore, becoming the final disciple of the Saint city Lord may not be a good thing for Zhong Yue as the Saint City Lord might even order the monsters to secretly assassinate Zhong Yue to prevent any possible threats in the future!

"I am aware of the dangers around you but only thirty percent is too little. I want half of your territory."

Zhong Yue shook his head and said, "I could give you forty percent at most, Brother Fenglou. Any more than that and all the efforts I poured in and the enmities I've formed will go to waste and I will be left with no other option but to return to the Great Wilderness."

Ao Fenglou looked at him for a while and said as he laughed, "Fine, forty percent it is!"

He then took out a long totem pillar with dragon carvings all over it and as he passed the totem pillar to Zhong Yue, he said, "After returning to your territory, trigger this totem pillar and I will know your location so I can send my people to your territory."

Zhong Yue took over the draconic totem pillar and said, "Brother Fenglou, I know little about the skills of the dragons, all I know is only the Xiang Dragon Totem Carvings and the Jiao Dragon Totem Carving, both severely incomplete. Now, as a dragon race, how could I not have a complete draconic art? Could you be kind enough to teach me some of it so that I can further alleviate the suspicion towards me?"

Ao Fenglou nodded and replied, "A reasonable request. Since you already practiced the Jiao Dragon totem carvings and are much more competent in the visualization of Jiao Dragons, I will teach you the complete Jiao Dragon Totem Carving"

Zhong Yue was a little bit disappointed and he said, "Only the Jiao Dragon Totem Carving?"

Ao Fenglou laughed coldly and he said, "Only the Jiao Dragons totem carvings you say? A complete Jiao dragon totem carving contains the complete form of the Jiao Dragon; its blood, flesh, veins, bones, soul … every conceivable nuance of the Jiao Dragon is encapsulated in the complete carving. Your Jiao Dragon Totem Carving is only capable of visualizing the skin of a Jiao Dragon and lacks everything that I mentioned above! Your Xiang Dragon Totem Carving could only visualize blood, meat, veins, bones, and skin. It is unable to even unleash a fraction of its full power! The Jiao Dragon Totem Carving I am going to teach you is guaranteed to be a powerful skill as strong as the [Monster God Ming King's Art].

"A complete Jiao Dragon Totem Carving is actually that complicated?"

This caused Zhong Yue to double back in simultaneous surprise and happiness as his respect for the dragon race grew,  The dragons are indeed the dragon race, such a rich heritage that is beyond imagination! But what he is going to teach me is just a skill, not the techniques behind the skill. Seems like Ao Fenglou is still holding back, without the technique behind the skill, what I receive will be inferior to the [ Monster God Ming King's Art]. But my main skill is the [Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art] not the [Monster God Ming King's Art]. All I need from the [Monster God Ming King's Art] is just its skill, not the techniques behind it.

Ao Fenglou's psyche moved and presented the treasured the Jiao Dragon Totem Carving in front of Zhong Yue. A carousel of images flashed in front of Zhong Yue. Those pictures were the totem carvings of the Jiao Dragons, which seemed much more complicated and amazing than Zhong Yue's own totem carvings of the Jiao Dragons!