Dual Cultivation: I Summon Villainesses of Mythic Era-Chapter 34: Demonic Clan of Pride

Many centuries ago, when she was only a young human of twenty-five years old, Sijin had undertaken a perilous journey through one of the most cursed places of the Ancient Realms: the Draconic Tomb.

This ancient domain, strewn with ruins dating from the Origins Era, was an open-air cemetery where the bones of colossal creatures served as pillars to the dark sky. Sijin was not alone at the time... She was accompanied by a dozen elite disciples of the Pride clan, all driven by the thirst for relics and power.

However, the Draconic Tomb was not only a resting place for the dead... It was also a hunting ground for the Rakshasas.

These monsters, born from the hatred of the Origins and bearers of corrosive khao energy, surged out of nowhere and massacred without pity...

The disciples were torn apart one by one. Sijin, driven by a pride that refused to bend even before death, was the only one to delve deeper into the depths of the tomb, instead of using a talisman to escape the area.

It was in the heart of a cavern lined with dark crystals that she made the encounter that would change her destiny... In the center of the cavity, a massive and terrifying silhouette was held prisoner by gigantic chains, engraved with sealing runes dating from the end of the Rakshasa Era.

It was a black Dragoness, an existence from the Origins that had survived the purges of the Mythical Era. Long Huang, for that was her name, emanated an aura of desolation so pure that the khao itself seemed to stagnate around her without daring to approach.

Despite the overwhelming spiritual pressure that threatened to crush her meridians, the young Sijin did not lower her eyes... She advanced with an audacity bordering on madness.

" Who are you ? " she asked.

At that time, her pride was already a burning flame that consumed every trace of fear in her heart.

The chained silhouette moved slowly, making the heavy metal clang against the stone floor. The dragoness then opened her eyes, two pits of absolute black that seemed to absorb the light of the cavern.

" A human who carries so much pride in her heart... Interesting... " replied Long Huang, her voice vibrating with an authority that made the crystal walls tremble.

It was in this darkness, among the remains of a forgotten era, that Long Huang decided to take this human under her wing, making her the receptacle of her knowledge and the future sovereign of the Pride clan.

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In the present, the Domain of the Pride clan was plunged into an atmosphere of invisible tension... Suddenly, a major disturbance shook the defensive formations of the main palace. It was not an attack, but the arrival of a foreign presence that imposed an instinctive submission on everything that lived within a radius of several kilometers.

Inside her personal chamber, Xuan Sijin was cultivating.

She was seated in lotus position, her long black hair spreading on the floor like threads of dark silk. Her face, of an inexpressive coldness, showed no sign of effort, but the air around her rippled under the effect of her Heavenly Emperor Qi. At the exact second she felt this familiar vibration of demonic Qi, her senses awakened completely.

" Master ? " she murmured.

She opened her eyes, and her pupils instantly took on a reptilian red tint, fixing far away in the precise direction from which the source of the energy emanated.

She did not hesitate for a second... Instantly, she manipulated the shadows around her, using her absolute control over the element of darkness to melt into the floor of her room. In the beat of a heart, she crossed the spatial distances to appear in front of the silhouette that had just entered the inner perimeter of the domain.

Long Huang observed Sijin with a gaze that mixed distant pride and eternal coldness.

" You have progressed well, Sijin... The title of Matriarch suits you wonderfully... " declared Long Huang, her arms crossed over her provocative silhouette.

Sijin slightly inclined her head, a gesture of respect she granted only to this unique being... However, the agitation in her master’s aura did not escape her. Long Huang seemed to carry within her a trace of irritation, a spark of anger that was not directed toward the domain.

" Your return is a blessing for the clan, Master... You have finally managed to emerge from your sealing. " began Sijin, her voice remaining calm. " But I feel that something has disturbed your rest ?"

Long Huang remained silent for a moment, observing the mountain peaks that surrounded the palace...

’ It looks like in that era humans worship, the Origins.’

" I have already met your son, Sijin... " she let out. " Xuan BaiShe... Is that not right ? "

Sijin frowned at the mention of her only son. She knew BaiShe better than anyone, and yet, she knew that a part of him remained elusive, even for a mother at the summit of cultivation.

" You met BaiShe ? " asked Sijin, her red eyes shining with intense curiosity. " Tell me... what do you think of him ? "

She remained silent for long seconds.

" Do you really know who he is ? "

Sijin slowly nodded, her gaze getting lost in the shadows that danced at the foot of the obsidian columns.

" I do not really know... " she admitted.

" I know that it is not really to what extent he will be dangerous, but... At his birth, the signs of the dao... I have rarely seen so many calamities... ".

She paused, thinking back to the day when BaiShe came into the world, a day when the sky had split.

" The stars went out for three consecutive nights and the khao Qi seemed to be attracted toward his cradle as if it had found its true master... " continued Sijin, her voice betraying a slight worry that she never showed in public.

" He is made to become the fatality of this era... " concluded Sijin in a low voice. " And if he must face the entire world, the Pride clan will stand behind him, not out of love, but because a Dragon never bends its spine before the heavens... "

Long Huang smiled, a carnivorous smile that revealed her perfect teeth.

" That is exactly the answer I was expecting from you... " she replied. " I need some resources to repair part of my power. "

" Good, I will prepare an adequate seclusion room for you."

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