Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 697 - 696: Little White Dragon Turns into Little Gold Dragon
"You came to eat empty-handed and didn’t even bother to ask me how much a meal costs," Chen Nuo replied.
Little White Dragon was at a loss for words.
"Don’t worry, even if that bit of cultivation disappeared, what you’re about to gain will be much more than what you’ve lost," Sha Wujing consoled.
"What does that mean? How can I gain anything after it’s all gone?"
Although the loss of his spiritual power was distressing, having eaten the meal made it worth it. But to say he would gain more, Little White Dragon genuinely couldn’t feel anything like that. An equivalent exchange would be okay, but to say more, there really wasn’t more.
Sha Wujing did not speak, simply gazing at him meaningfully.
Little White Dragon didn’t quite understand the meaning of Sha Wujing’s words. He glanced at Sun Wukong and noticed that the latter was looking at him with the same meaningful look.
What was there to see, really? It was just a meal. Could it have been made of gold? But even if it were made of gold, it wouldn’t be worth burning up so much cultivation, right?
As he was pondering this, Little White Dragon suddenly felt a heat in his belly, his eyes widened in shock. Surely not, it was just a meal; could the "more" Sha Wujing spoke of be this?
How could this be considered a gain? Just eating a meal, and then suffering the feeling of being scorched from the inside?
The heat in his belly grew stronger, and Little White Dragon could no longer think of anything else.
All his attention was focused inside his belly, not knowing how long this sensation would last. Surely it couldn’t mean he was to be burned alive from the inside out.
"Master, what’s happening to him?" Sun Wukong instantly understood the cause of Little White Dragon’s pain. Usually, those who dine for the first time awaken divine skills, and Little White Dragon was obviously no exception. Seeing his condition, it seemed he was about the awaken his divine skills.
Little White Dragon felt as if there was a fire in his belly, burning up from within. The pain was unbearable, so intense that he couldn’t even maintain his human form any longer.
He gave up on maintaining his human form and transformed into a white dragon, which fled from the kitchen of Chaos Residence to the outside.
Watching Little White Dragon rolling in the sky, Sun Wukong was somewhat worried, "Master, won’t he be seen by the Heavenly Realm like this?"
"No," Chen Nuo answered confidently, "Chaos Residence has a barrier. As long as I wish it, nobody can see."
If someone else said this, Sun Wukong would just think they were bragging, but if Chen Nuo said it, Sun Wukong would fully believe it. He nodded, suddenly understanding, "So that’s how it is."
Meanwhile, Little White Dragon was still rolling in the sky, trying to shake off the burning sensation.
But since the heat originated from his belly, no matter what he did, he couldn’t escape the feeling and continued to roll incessantly.
After a while, the burning sensation gradually subsided, and Little White Dragon grew tired. He gave up struggling, just waiting for the feeling to disappear.
Just as he was about to land on the ground, he suddenly noticed that the scales on his belly had started changing color, gradually turning golden. There had never been golden scales within the whole Dragon Clan, so why were his scales turning gold?
Before Little White Dragon could understand what was happening, the golden scales slowly spread from his belly to other parts of his body. This time there was no burning feeling; instead, it felt like the cool water of a river in summer, spreading refreshingly over each scale.
"What on earth is happening?" Little White Dragon stared at the scales all over his body. He had been a white dragon just a moment ago, and now, in the blink of an eye, he had turned golden. Could it be that from now on, everyone would have to call him Little Gold Dragon?
No, Little White Dragon shook his head, it seems like the important issue right now isn’t about what to be called, but why he turned into a Golden Dragon.
The words of Sha Wujing echoed in his ears, "What you gain will be more than what you have lost." Could it be that his meaning wasn’t that the meal was so delicious that it warranted giving up everything, but rather signified the current situation? 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
After his scales, claws, and Dragon Horns all turned gold, Little White Dragon transformed back into his human form. He checked himself and saw no changes to his human form; it seemed that only his original form was affected.
"This, what in the world is going on?" Little White Dragon went back to the kitchen, and asked the people there, "Why did my dragon form turn into gold?"
"Has only your dragon form turned gold?" Chen Nuo asked.
Little White Dragon didn’t understand what Chen Nuo meant by that. He had just been immersed in the sensation of being scorched by fire, and now, it had alleviated slightly, but the situation from before had not eased much.
The first thing Little White Dragon noticed was that his true form had become a Golden Dragon; he hadn’t felt anything else yet.
Chen Nuo was silent, but he had actually received an answer from the system, "Congratulations, Host, for aiding Little White Dragon to transform into the Golden Dragon, unlocking Ao Lie’s final form ahead of time, and rewarding ten thousand Merit Points."
So, the achievement that Little White Dragon originally got from traveling thousands of miles with Xuanzang on the Journey to the West, now it has already been unlocked by a single meal?
"I now feel full of strength throughout my body." Little White Dragon paused for a while, then sensed his own Spiritual Power, and indeed the bit of Spiritual Energy that had disappeared was back.
And not only had it returned, but it had done so exponentially. Little White Dragon truly understood the words that Sha Wujing had said to him before.
"Aside from these, do you feel anything else?" Sun Wukong had watched as Little White Dragon’s true form changed from a White Dragon into a layer of gold. If it was just a change in color of the true form, it indeed seemed a bit underwhelming.
"I haven’t noticed anything else just yet. Asking me all of a sudden now, I really don’t feel anything else, except for my cultivation doubling and my true form becoming gilded. I haven’t discovered any other changes yet," Little White Dragon said.
Chen Nuo opened his Heart Voice. What Little White Dragon thought in his heart was the same as what he verbally expressed, which meant that he was indeed speaking the truth.
If what he said was true, then the change was indeed too minimal. Compared to Sha Wujing shedding his demon’s book and others awakening their Divine Skills, Little White Dragon only had this minor change, which wasn’t much to speak of.
"System, what’s going on?" Chen Nuo asked.
"Ao Lie has not just undergone a layer of gold; he is no longer a mere descendant of the Dragon King," the system said.
"What do you mean?" Chen Nuo paused, then understood, "Are you saying that he is now a Golden Dragon?"
"Yes, his true form is now that of a Five-clawed Golden Dragon. This means he can now cultivate in the identity of a Golden Dragon, and whatever he did as a White Dragon can no longer be attributed to him," the system said.
Chen Nuo’s eyes narrowed. So, Little White Dragon’s transformation into a Golden Dragon meant all his past deeds had been annulled, and even if he chose not to stay in Chaos Residence but decided to venture out on his own, no trouble would befall him.
Even the Jade Emperor would no longer be able to arrest him for his past actions; for Ao Lie, this was indeed good news.
"I have some good news for you," Chen Nuo said to Ao Lie.
Ao Lie turned to Chen Nuo, "What good news?"
"You’re no longer a White Dragon, you’re a Five-clawed Golden Dragon," Chen Nuo said.
