Chapter 261: Zu Long
After another small exchange, Heaven Will disappeared, saying that her presence might alert the mysterious existence. She had barely mentioned those words when Wang Chen’s face paled. He wanted to shout, If that is the case, why are you still here? Maybe she read his thoughts or something else, but soon she left.
Although she had left, Heaven Will’s appearance left Wang Chen with more questions than he had ever expected.
Time continued to flow like water. After Rin Luan arrived, no one at the Morning Glory Sect disturbed him, neither the sect master nor the Refining and Bell Peak masters. Rin Luan seemed to have completely forgotten about the events of the Sword Saint Heaven, spending every day with Wang Chen, making his morning tea and helping with other chores.
To be completely honest, Wang Chen had also started enjoying his pace of life. Before coming to the Upper Realm, his life had been quite hectic, always chasing some goal, always worrying about his lifespan running out. But now everything seemed to have changed. He had none of those concerns.
Meanwhile, back at the Seven Cloud Convening World, the dragon egg was growing steadily under Fang Zhiorou’s relentless care. At first she was tired and angry at Wang Chen for giving her such a task, but as time passed, she willingly came to accept the task further.
Just like every day, she was also reading aloud all the books printed in the library. Today’s topic was something called thermodynamics. Although she did not understand a single thing, she read everything written in the book word by word.
It was then that she heard the loud sound of something cracking.
Rupture!
Long, thin lines of cracks had appeared all over the egg’s surface. At first she was overjoyed, then suddenly worried. Out of nowhere, she felt a terrifying aura envelop the entire dojo. Although Fang Zhiorou was no expert, she could feel that the aura was coming out from the cracks.
First, it was at Body Refining, then it jumped directly to the Golden Core Realm. Moreover, there was something about the Golden Core aura that even terrified her. It felt as if she were directly looking at Dojo Master. However, the aura did not stop there but continued to increase. In the blink of an eye, it reached the Unity Realm, only slowing down when it reached the peak of Moral Realm Great Ascension.
By now, the commotion was so great that everyone in the dojo was alerted, rushing to the library at top speed.
The first to react was none other than the only Grand Ascension Realm expert, Demon Queen Zi Han. She almost teleported right beside the egg. Just as she was about to extend her hand and touch the egg, a terrifying force erupted outward, pushing her back. Demon Queen Zi Han noticed this and felt a chill run down her spine.
Such terrifying force... If it attacked her, there was no way she could resist.
An immortal...!
Such a thought appeared in her mind. As a Demon Queen, she had stood at the peak of power for a long time. There were few things that could make her feel threatened. A genuine immortal was one such entity.
As soon as this thought appeared in her head, Zi Han shook her head. The egg had just hatched. How could it suddenly reach the Immortal Realm? There had to be some other explanation.
Zi Han’s reasoning was extremely reasonable, but she had forgotten one thing. The egg she was dealing with was no ordinary dragon, but the last hope of the entire dragon race. As such, hoping such a being would be ordinary was completely unreliable. Moreover, one should not forget this egg’s mother was none other than the Dragon of Eternal Dream, and since dragons were generally—
Uncaring of what Zi Han was thinking, the egg’s aura soon surpassed the Immortal Realm.
Zi Han also seemed to realize this, as her eyes showed an unnatural look. From the ancient records, she knew going beyond the Immortal Realm was just the next stage with multiple realms. The first realm of immortality was Grand Unity Immortal. However, from what she knew, the egg did not contain the amount of aura of Grand Unity, but something above that.
Could it be... Manifestation Realm Immortal?
This thought had barely popped into her head when Zi Han’s expression fell. They had no ability to stop an expert of such caliber.
Before her thoughts could go out of control, one by one all the students of the dojo arrived.
Ming Yao and Li Mie were at the forefront, followed by Fang Biyu at the last.
While the others looked the same, Li Mie’s aura seemed to have undergone shattering changes, as she had finally succeeded in the task assigned to her by her master.
She had suddenly transformed her Golden Core, reaching a level which she had earlier thought was impossible.
Upon noticing the blinding light flowing out from the egg, her eyes narrowed into slits and an unconscious yelp escaped her lips.
"Manifesting Immortal... what is it doing here...?"
Hearing her words, the expressions of Ming Yao and Fang Biyu fell. Although the two did not know exactly what Manifesting Immortal meant, anything that had immortal attached to its name was bound to be extraordinary.
Just as everyone’s hearts were filled with urgency, the golden light emitted from the cracks faded. When the light disappeared, a figure revealed itself.
It was the figure of a young boy looking five or six years old, staring at the surroundings innocently. His two long curly eyelashes fluttered as his big eyes took in the surroundings, his fatty cheeks bobbing up and down as he scanned the figure of every woman present.
Silence.
Suddenly, a suffocating stillness descended on the surroundings, with no one saying anything.
From the aura that was emitting, Zi Han had been expecting some horrifying old monster and an incoming bloody battle, but not an innocent-looking and cute boy.
Just as everyone was standing in disbelief, the young boy opened his mouth.
"Greetings, seniors and sisters and other martial aunts..."
"This little Zu Long greets everyone."
"Senior sister... could it be... are you a disciple of my master...?"
Li Mie was the first to speak in disbelief.