"Immortal, I am the Dragon King of Linjiang. I was imprisoned here by the Supreme God, enduring the pain of a million ages of piercing hearts."
A thunderous voice echoed in his mind, and Jiang Wen felt his head about to split. It was much better than before, but he still felt nauseous and sick.
He endured the discomfort and asked his questions one by one. The dragon was very respectful and told him everything.
"Why are you here?"
"I was misled by a demon and broke a commandment. Therefore, I was suppressed here by the Supreme God."
"Was the last incident your doing?"
"It was not my doing, but someone else's. I only felt the aura of an immortal and wanted to ask for help. But the immortal's aura suddenly disappeared, and I could no longer find him."
"How long have you been locked here?"
"I don't know the years. I only know that the heart-piercing sword came nine hundred and eighty-three times, each time separated by one hundred and eight thousand years. Then I fell into a deep sleep, and when I woke up, the world had changed."
"… …" Hearing the giant dragon's words, Jiang Wen calculated the time in his mind. The years known to the dragon alone amounted to more than one hundred million years. Not to mention how long it slept later.
"We can't delay here any longer. We have to go back and support Su Mu and the others." Li Yunshang looked at the glazed bottle, which seemed to devour everything like a glutton.
Jiang Wen looked at the countless snake eggs behind him and asked Zhuming about it. Zhuming only said that it was done by a small snake, and it was too lazy to care. The snake had secretly used the dragon blood in the dragon blood pool while it was sleeping, mixing some strange remnants of souls together. Zhuming thought these were trivial matters and didn't pay attention to them.
"It doesn't matter, they are all external things. If Master truly wants to thank me, then please remember to come to the Imperial Capital," Li Yunshang said with a smile, then fell silent.
"It seems that Chi Yao is going to fight to the death," Jiang Wen said, looking at the top of the cave.
"Your children?" Jiang Wen looked at the snake eggs in the cave and slashed hundreds of them with a sword. He only saw blood spurting out, and countless young snakes died. "Are these all monsters?"
The two stood side by side, but fell into silence. Jiang Wen was about to find a topic when a scream came from outside the passage. Then the entire cave shook, and dust fell. Only the cave remained safe and sound, as calm as ever.
After Zhuming finished speaking, it sighed deeply in Jiang Wen's mind.
After saying this, Zhuming stopped speaking. And Jiang Wen looked at the dragon blood pool under the cave, which was like a lake, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"No, the true gods are not like this," Zhuming denied. But when asked who these four statues were, Zhuming didn't know. It only remembered that a long time ago, these four statues seemed to not exist.
The two then believed Zhuming's words, not to mention letting the old dragon out, they couldn't even make it more comfortable.
"So mysterious, and not saying it clearly," Jiang Wen muttered in his heart, thinking that since Li Yunshang was so eager for him to go to the Imperial Capital, then he would go to the Imperial Capital to take a look when he fulfilled the last wish of True Man Tai Xuan.
Jiang Wen threw the Qiankun Bottle towards the dragon blood pool, and saw the glazed bottle suspended in mid-air, absorbing all the dragon blood in the pool.
"Don't worry, if I have the ability to save you, I will definitely save you," Jiang Wen replied.
Hearing this, Zhuming's voice contained a bit of joy: "Thank you, Immortal. I will give the dragon blood pool under me to the Immortal. It would be good if it can help the Immortal."
Asking Ziyun if there was a way to take the dragon blood away, Ziyun shook her head and said she didn't know. Asking Li Yunshang again, this girl really had a way.
The Supreme God punished it in this way to make it remember its mistakes and never commit them again in the future.
Seeing this, Jiang Wen felt quite touched. He expressed his gratitude to Li Yunshang, after all, this treasure looked very valuable.
"I have a treasure called the Glazed Qiankun Bottle. It can hold the water of mountains and rivers. It was given to me by my master when I entered the realm of lighting the lamp. Since Master needs it, I will give this to you as a token of gratitude for the past few days," Li Yunshang said with a smile, taking out a white and colorful jade bottle from her storage bag. She told Jiang Wen how to use it, and then removed her mark.
More than one hundred million years is not a small number, even for a star. This giant dragon is even more of a living fossil than a living fossil.
Asking about the past again, Zhuming only vaguely remembered that it lived in a water area called Linjiang. That Linjiang was boundless, reaching the sky above and the Yellow Springs below. It stretched for hundreds of rivers, and finally flowed into the Eternal Sea.
Jiang Wen raised his head and saw the black and white two-headed snake drilling into the passage, its eyes, even bigger than a Ferris wheel, staring at them intently.
"Immortal, don't be discouraged. Your Excellency has already obtained the position of a true god of innate nature. Sooner or later, you will ascend to immortality and be free and limitless. I have waited for hundreds of millions of years, and I don't lack this little time. One day, the Immortal will attain the Great Dao and illuminate all realms. Just don't forget me," Zhuming comforted.
Jiang Wen was a little unbelieving, so he tried the iron chain. Whether using magic or flying swords, hitting the iron chain only caused sparks to fly. The iron chain remained motionless, without leaving even a trace.
"You dare to destroy my children! I will definitely make you die here!" Chi Yao roared.
Jiang Wen asked about the four statues again: "Are these four gods the ones who punished you?"
The vast dragon blood pool was sucked dry. Jiang Wen held the glazed bottle in his hand and felt a tremor of the earth.
Seeing her mention the Imperial Capital again and again, Jiang Wen felt that she should have something she wanted him to help with. But she didn't want to say it directly, so she could only mention it a few more times.
As for the ancient events, Zhuming didn't remember them very clearly. It said that its memories had been cut off by the heart-piercing sword. All it could remember was the mistake it had committed.
"Immortal, I have suffered the pain of the heart-piercing sword, and my Taoism has been weakened. My conversation with the Immortal just now was only temporary. I will fall asleep to recover, and I hope the Immortal will not forget me then."
"I will kill you!" The screams were getting closer and closer. The earth churned, cracking into hundred-foot ravines.
Li Yunshang was also unwilling to be outdone, and used her long sword to unleash sword energy. But it was like snow melting in fire, without any ripples.
"Ah! ! ! You dare! I want you to die!" Chi Yao opened her mouth wide, and two black and white rainbows spurted out.
The rocks above their heads kept falling, and finally the entire cave showed signs of collapse.
As Jiang Wen activated the Four Symbols Formation, Li Yunshang grabbed his arm and sacrificed the Tai Xuan Mirror.
Facing the endless light, Jiang Wen felt as if he were staring at the sun.
"This is really exciting," he laughed.
