Chapter 221 - Ancestral Blood (1/2)

Only one treasure, and it can't be a divine weapon?

Zhong Yue held a blurred expression on his face that seemed like a smile but it actually wasn't, "Clan master, elders and seniors, all of you know very well of my identities, and so you all should know the prestige I hold in Swords Gate and the monster race. If I want treasures, not to be presumptuous, but the Swords Gate itself would allow me to pick among all of the Ten Malefic Weapons if I so please! And I'm also the only closed door disciple of Shi Buyi, it would be a simple matter for me to simply ask for any treasures in the monster race!"

He started boasting and talking through his hat making exaggerated and false statements. After all, there weren't any experts from the Swords Gate nor the monster race present; whether it was the Ao Clan's clan master or the elders, none of them knew of his true situation. This gave him the opportunity to say anything that could possibly grant him some benefits without fear of anyone exposing his lies. Zhong Yue smiled and said, "But I didn't take any of the Ten Malefic Weapons, nor did I took a single treasure from Shi Buyi; do you know why? It's because I'm pretending to be noble and virtuous, but I simply disdain them all. Dear seniors, please take a look!"

With a thought, five light wheels emerged behind him, and a bone saber was pulled out as he reached his hand and clenched over; extending his arm, he presented the Fang Blade to the elders and pierced it into the floor of the golden palace!

Chi——

The Fang Blade pierced into the floor paved with pure gold, buzzing with sounds.

"If the treasures in the Million Treasure Palace are more inferior than this, then don't even speak of one item, even if there are ten of them, they are still nothing more than a pile of dung to me."

Zhong Yue smiled and said, "Dear seniors, I'm sure there will be treasures better than my Fang Blade in the Million Treasure Palace, right?"

The clan master and elders look at the Fang Blade and their smiles froze on their faces. Zhong Yue's Fang Blade was forged by two godly bones, although it was only an Awakening level soul weapon, it was still made of god-level materials nonetheless!

They were planning to just simply throw a trivial treasure over to Zhong Yue as a sign of goodwill to earn his loyalty. But it seems like, this human brat before them was not easy to bargain with.

In the dragon race's Million Treasure Palace, there were treasures like the Ten Malefic Weapons, but those treasures were not necessarily in abundance. After all, only magnate level cultivators could forge the soul weapons like the Ten Malefic Weapons.

And not all of the magnate cultivators were necessarily able to forge them either; it was just a minimum requirement of being able to do so.

The Ten Malefic Weapons of the Swords Gate were the embodiments of wickedness. Their powers were even stronger than their creators; even more so, they could manipulate and wrest control of their masters if they were not strong enough, and eventually, devour them!

Those who could forge weapons like the Ten Malefic Weapons were all magnate cultivators, while even the magnate cultivators could be devoured by their own weapons. One could infer how potent the power of the malefic weapons were.

And yet, Zhong Yue claimed that he even regarded the Ten Malefic Weapons as nothing much; clearly, this human brat was not content, he was asking for more from the dragon race.

However, giving him ten treasures of the same value as the Ten Malefic Weapons was still a huge blow even to the strong and powerful dragon race!

"This … the divine weapons are absolutely impossible, even if you were to get it, you can't control it well either, we are just being considerate for you."

The elderly Ao Clan's clan master pondered and said, "As for ten treasures as you like, that's too high a condition. The treasures in the dragon race are limited, we still have to save some for the next generations … How about this, I'll allow you to chose one treasure from the Million Treasure Pavilion, and I'll give you a special permit to partake in the Ancestral Dragon Ritual of the dragon race!"

"Ancestral Dragon Ritual?"

The Ao Clan elders' faces changed drastically, one of them quickly refuted, "Clan master, this is an absolute no! The Ancestral Dragon Ritual is the grandest ritual of the whole of Eastern Sea dragon race, a ritual to worship the common ancestor of the dragon race. How could a human be given the right to participate?"

Another elder concurred, "That's right, the humans are humans, and the dragons are dragons. How could a human be allowed to take part in the Ancestral Dragon Ritual of the dragon race?"

All of the elders also stepped in and refuted, while Zhong Yue was puzzled, What is this Ancestral Dragon Ritual? Can it be even better than the treasures like the Ten Malefic Weapons?

The elderly Ao Clan's clan master smiled and conducted his voice directly to the elders, "Ten treasures, which one of you is willing to give them to him? This little brat is asking for too much, saying that even ten treasures wouldn't satisfy him, which means that we need to give him at least ten treasures at the same grade as the Ten Malefic Weapons! But now, I've only granted him a treasure and allowed him to participate in the Ancestral Dragon Ritual. Also, keep in mind that he is not a true dragon, he wouldn't be able to gain any benefits from it anyway; but on the other hand, we would've just saved ourselves nine treasures."

As he explained his rationale, the Ao Clan elders' eyes brightened with the light of understanding and they stroked their whisks while smiling merrily.

While Zhong Yue asked, "Participate in the Ancestral Dragon Ritual, what are the benefits?"

"Little child from the human race, you must have not known anything about this before. The Ancestral Dragon is not the dragon race ancestor's spirit, the ancestor's spirit is the ancestor of the Ao Clan dragon race, while the Ancestral Dragon is the common ancestor of the whole dragon race of Eastern Sea!"

Another elder smiled and said, "The dragon race of Eastern Sea comes from the Leizhe Clan, the descendants of the Leizhe innate dragon god. While the common ancestor of the Eastern Sea dragon race is a dragon god of the Leizhe Clan! The Ancestral Dragon Ritual is to worship this great ancestor of ours!"

Zhong Yue was astounded, The Leizhe Celestial Race! One that stood on par with the Fuxi Celestial Race, Huaxu Celestial Race and Yanzi Celestial Race. Together, they were venerated as the nine sovereign races! The race of the innate dragon god! I never would have expected the Eastern Sea dragon race being the descendants of such a majestic race!

"Ancestral Dragon Ritual is the grandest ritual of the Eastern Sea dragon race to worship our common ancestor, and to ask for the blessings of the Ancestral Dragon."