Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation-Chapter 186 - 151: Luo Qi: This Child Has an Affinity With Me
「Inside the Secret Hall.」
The patriarch, Luo Du, shared everything he knew about Ling Changqing. The assembled elders listened with furrowed brows, lost in thought.
"...It seems that girl Qingxuan’s Destiny is truly extraordinary," the slender Dragon Race Elder said. "A figure of such unique significance, and yet no major power in the Human Race discovered him. Instead, we of the Deep Sea Dragon Race... managed to scoop him up?"
He had heard the term years ago while traveling through the Human Race’s Cultivation Realm, and it seemed perfectly fitting for the situation.
Normally, someone like Ling Changqing would have been discovered by the great powers of the Human Race’s Cultivation Realm and guarded like an invaluable treasure. The Exotic Races wouldn’t have had the slightest chance of getting their hands on him.
Luo Du smiled. "I heard he was just an unremarkable Loose Cultivator before, and hadn’t yet been noticed by the major figures among the Human Race’s powers. That’s what gave our Qingxuan her chance.
Regardless, now that he’s in Dragon Race territory, he is a stroke of fortune that belongs to us. No one else should even think of trying to take him!"
"Precisely!" the Elders said in unison.
The Child of Destiny becoming the Prince Consort of the Deep Sea Dragon Race—this is fate, the will of the Celestial Dao itself.
Luo Du’s smile vanished. He lowered his voice and said, "For now, besides ensuring Ling Changqing’s safety, we must not halt our other plans.
We must intensify our efforts to scour the Human Race’s territories for suitable Immortal Seeds, bring them back to our domain to be nurtured with care, and use them to bolster the foundation and strength of our Dragon Race!"
"As it should be."
The Elders naturally had no objections. This was a matter of great importance concerning the future destiny of the Deep Sea Dragon Race, and no one dared to take it lightly.
"...Elder Luo Qi, has there been any news from the Golden Dragon Race in the Outer Heaven recently?"
With that topic concluded, the patriarch, Luo Du, changed the subject.
The one he addressed was a graceful and radiant beauty, tall and striking. She wore a pale gold Feathered Robe, and her flawless skin was as white as snow. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
She had been listening in silence until now. As the patriarch’s gaze fell upon her, the Elder pursed her cherry-red lips and spoke in a soft voice:
"Nothing has changed. The secret passages all remain quiet, with no signs of activation."
Luo Du nodded. "That’s for the best. But we still can’t let down our guard. Those old fossils of theirs aren’t dead yet, and they’ll definitely stir up trouble the moment they get a chance."
The Golden Dragon Race, like the Deep Sea Dragon Race, was a powerful clan descended from the ancient Ancestral Dragon Race. Nearly a hundred other such branch clans existed.
After a great cataclysm long ago, the surviving members of the Dragon Race scattered. Some went to the Outer Heaven, some fled into the Deep Sea, and others retreated to worlds beneath the earth, to remote mountains and great marshes, or into various pocket dimensions and Grotto Heavens.
The Golden Dragon Race clan was currently hidden away in a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land somewhere in the Outer Heaven. They proclaimed themselves the orthodox successors of the Ancestral Dragon Race, believing all other scattered Dragon Race clans should submit to their rule.
The other Dragon Race clans naturally refused to accept this, leading to endless infighting, both open and covert. From time to time, small-scale wars would even erupt between them.
If not for their fear that the ever-strengthening Human Race’s Cultivation Realm would take advantage of their conflict, these Dragon Race branches would have dropped all pretense and launched into an all-out war long ago.
One of the Elders snorted coldly. "They had best learn to behave and be content with their own little patch of land. If they dare come to the Deep Sea to cause trouble again, we’ll be sure to teach them a lesson!"
Luo Du smiled faintly. "Of the Heavy Artifacts passed down from the Ancestral Dragon Race, three are in our possession. The Golden Dragon Race only managed to get two.
They hold no significant advantage in terms of clan size or the number of powerful members. They want to swallow our inheritance? They couldn’t do it even if they had another hundred thousand years!"
Faced with so many constraints, the upper echelons of the Golden Dragon Race truly lacked the courage to start an open conflict. Otherwise, not only would they fail to gain anything, they would squander what little was left of the Dragon Race’s foundation.
Of course, the situation was much the same from the Deep Sea Dragon Race’s perspective. At present, none of the branch clans possessed the absolute power needed to unify the entire Dragon Race.
After some more discussion, the elders finally dispersed, each returning to their own Cave Mansion Hall.
Luo Qi, with her cold aura and unsmiling demeanor, returned to her palace. Several of her trusted retainers came forward to greet her, bowing with respectful expressions.
"There is nothing for you here. You are all dismissed!"
Luo Qi waved a hand, dismissing them, and entered the Inner Study alone.
As layers of Shielding Array Restrictions activated, sealing the room off from the outside world, Luo Qi’s tense mind finally relaxed a little.
The graceful beauty, her hair piled high in an elegant coiffure, took her seat behind the desk. She slowly took out a book-sized Jade Pendant and a small, exquisite Jade Carving Knife.
A faint golden light swirled across the surfaces of the two treasures as they emitted a subtle, oppressive aura.
She laid the Jade Pendant flat, then used the carving knife to prick her fingertip. She smeared a dozen or so drops of blood onto the Jade Pendant’s surface, which were immediately devoured by the Exotic Treasure of unknown quality.
Then, guiding the carving knife with her Divine Thought, Luo Qi began to carve Ling Changqing’s name onto the surface of the Jade Pendant, stroke by meticulous stroke.
Her movements were slow and stiff, as if the effort was immense.
Once the carving was complete, the peerless beauty’s aura visibly weakened, as if the task had taken a significant toll on her.
Next, Luo Qi lowered her head slightly to gaze at the Jade Pendant. Her golden eyes slowly began to glow, growing brighter and brighter until they were as dazzling as blazing suns.
A vast, boundless, and bone-chilling aura quietly enveloped the study. The profound power of Celestial Secrets, hidden from the mortal world, was stirred by some unknown means, beginning to fluctuate in an abstruse and inexplicable way.
