Hiss... A light flickered in Jiang Yuechu's eyes, and her heart stirred slightly.
Since this fellow appeared here and repeatedly mentioned the Dragon Ascending Platform...
Could it be that this legendary land of dragon transformation is right here near Gaoluo?!
At this thought.
Jiang Yuechu's originally cold gaze actually softened a few degrees.
She even leaned forward slightly, and her hand gripping the hilt of the blade no longer exerted force.
Her tone was gentle, like a girl next door asking for directions: "Tell me more?"
"..."
The Black Flood Dragon widened its emerald vertical pupils.
Its face was full of disbelief.
It wasn't because the other party didn't know about this grand event of the flood dragon clan.
But... you've pinned me to the wall with a blade, and now you want me to talk to you nicely?!
"You damn... You're bullying this dragon too much!!!"
Jiang Yuechu's brow furrowed slightly, showing some impatience.
Her wrist vibrated slightly.
Hum—
On the body of the crimson crescent blade, the tightly closed blood-colored eye suddenly snapped open.
Boom!
Countless red glints followed the wound, brutally pouring into the gash.
The Black Flood Dragon's expression changed abruptly. It discovered with horror that under the erosion of this strange red light, it couldn't even perform its final Lamp Lighting life-saving technique.
If its Lamp Lighting methods were obstructed, it would truly be dead for good!
"I'll talk!!!"
The Black Flood Dragon's body convulsed violently, its two claws tightly clutching the back of the blade: "I'll talk... I'll tell you everything! Quickly, stop!!!"
Feeling the other party's movements stop.
He gasped for breath, the fear in his emerald vertical pupils impossible to hide.
What kind of malevolent weapon was this?!
It made its Lamp Lighting techniques completely impossible to use.
"Whew..."
Suppressing the fear in its heart, it didn't dare to hide anything further.
"The Dragon Ascending Platform... is at the Dragon Washing Pool, three thousand li to the north."
"This is the site of an ancient True Dragon's remains. Every five thousand years, the earth veins shift, and Dragon Qi erupts, forming the Dragon Ascending Platform."
"At that time, the flood dragons of the five lineages will all arrive. Only the one who survives until the end will be qualified to bathe in the True Dragon's essence blood, wash away their motley scales, achieve a True Dragon Dharma Body, and henceforth roam the Nine Heavens, no longer bound by a mortal coil."
Seeing that the girl remained unmoved, the Black Flood Dragon felt increasingly uncertain.
It struggled to lift its head, looking at the face before its eyes: "You... since you have such strength and carry the dragon scale phenomenon, how could you not know?"
"I have... no past grievances or recent enmity with you."
"If you have come for the Dragon Ascending Platform, I am willing to swear an oath that I will not set foot in the Dragon Washing Pool this time, and I will not compete with you for that dragon transformation Opportunity."
"Furthermore..."
The Black Flood Dragon's eyes shifted, its face full of sycophancy: "As for the blood food of this Gaoluo nation, I have only eaten half. There are still millions of people..."
"To show my sincerity, I will give all of this blood food to you."
"If you devour and refine them all, your strength will surely reach the next level. When the time comes on the Dragon Ascending Platform, you will certainly be..."
Before it could finish speaking.
The air suddenly grew several degrees colder.
"Since you cannot speak like a human, then there is no need to speak at any more."
"Eh?"
The Black Flood Dragon was stunned.
Before it could react to the meaning of those words.
In its field of vision.
Slender fingers clamped onto its face.
The fingers were like hooks, tightening slightly.
The immense force pressed the back of its head even harder against the wall bricks.
"Mmph—!!!"
The Black Flood Dragon tried to struggle in terror, but no matter what, it could not break free.
Jiang Yuechu remained expressionless.
Her right hand gripped the hilt of the blade.
Exerting force from her core, she thrust it forward heavily.
Surging red light followed the wound, brutally pouring into the flood dragon's body.
The scales lost their luster, and the flesh turned into dry firewood.
In just two breaths, its arms hung down powerlessly.
The emerald light in its eyes dissipated, leaving only a gray desolation.
Jiang Yuechu released her left hand.
She let the withered dragon head slump down.
With a casual pull, the long blade left the body.
[Killed Lamp Lighting Realm creature, gained 159,800 years of Dao Cultivation]
...Five Immortals Mountain.
The Central Palace Hall.
A sea of clouds ebbed and flowed outside the hall; cranes circled the beams, and the cries of beasts echoed nearby.
Inside the hall.
On the central main seat sat an old man draped in a bright yellow robe. Below him, on both sides, were other seats.
On the left was a woman in green clothes, her figure enchanting, her fingernails long and green, and her eyes were actually vertical pupils.
As for the two on the right, one was a white-haired old woman, her body hunched and her aura weak, looking as if she might stop breathing at any moment.
The other was a short, stout, black-skinned man with slanted eyebrows and narrow eyes, who occasionally licked his lips.
These four were the Immortal Masters of the Yellow, Green, White, and Black lineages of Five Immortals Mountain.
In the hall, green smoke curled from the incense burner. The four Immortal Masters sat in silence, none of them speaking.
Suddenly.
A red mist filled the air outside the hall, rolling and surging inward, instantly transforming into a gloomy-faced old man dressed in a red robe.
It was Venerable Red Toad.
He looked around at everyone, his lips curling slightly: "Red Toad... greets the four Fellow Daoists."
Although his attitude was contemptuous, the four did not seem angry upon hearing his words.
From the main seat.
Venerable Yellow Centipede slowly opened his eyes: "Junior Brother Red Toad, you have come."
Venerable Red Toad walked to his seat and sat down, his expression composed: "The four Senior Brothers and Senior Sister are gathered in the Central Palace and have called me here. I wonder for what matter?"
Venerable Green Snake covered her mouth and chuckled, while Venerable Black Spider snorted coldly: "Asking what you already know."
"..."
The atmosphere instantly turned cold.
Seeing this, Venerable Yellow Centipede said indifferently: "You moved your Dharma Body without permission and descended to the secular world, breaking the rules of seclusion of Five Immortals Mountain... You must give an account of this matter, shouldn't you?"
"I thought it was some major matter..."
Venerable Red Toad sneered: "Setting those so-called rules of seclusion sounds nice—calling it pure cultivation and staying untainted by the Mortal World. But to put it bluntly, wasn't it because the people from the Cave-Heavens fought their way to our gates back then and forced us to sign that humiliating treaty?"
"To think you've cherished such a disgrace like a treasure for hundreds of years. If you ask me... it should have ended long ago!"
At this point, Venerable Red Toad suddenly stood up: "Now my Red Immortal Lineage is fortunately blessed by heaven. We have found a piece of uncut jade in the secular world that is once in ten thousand years. This is a sign of the great prosperity of my lineage. If Heaven gives and we do not take, we will suffer the consequences! What wrong have I committed?!"
Hearing this, Venerable Yellow Centipede slammed the armrest, the light in his eyes exploding as he scolded sharply: "You are truly muddled! A mere gifted Prodigy without the backing of an Dao Lineage is ultimately just a Wild Cultivator. Where could they possibly lead your Red Immortal Lineage?!"
The atmosphere in the hall instantly fell silent.
Venerable Green Snake and Venerable Black Spider both looked on coldly without saying a word.
After a long time.
Venerable Yellow Centipede slowly restrained his anger: "Do you all truly believe that the disturbances of these days are really because the Great Tang's Luck has run out?!"
Venerable Red Toad's brow furrowed slightly, unsure of the meaning of these words.
Venerable Yellow Centipede scanned the group: "Today, I shall make it clear to you all... Currently, within the borders of the Great Tang, rumors are rising everywhere. To the east, the Glass Sea of the Drinking Horse River is watching like a tiger; to the west, the Demon Emperor of the Spirit Mountain's Seventy-two Caves is eyeing like a hawk; to the north, there are unusual movements at the Immortal Burial Pass..."
Everyone was stunned by these words.
As Immortal Masters of Five Immortals Mountain, having cultivated to such a Realm, they naturally knew a thing or two about foreign races entering the Great Tang's territory.
One could even say they had been paying attention for a long time.
First, the Demons of the Spirit Mountain's Great Roc lineage inexplicably went to the Demon Court, and the Black Flood Dragon clan of the Drinking Horse River infiltrated Qiantang.
Even the Immortal Burial Disciples suddenly returned to Longyou, and added to that, the Huiyue Great Sage inexplicably wanting to break his seal at this time... each and every one of these incidents.
At first glance, it seemed as if the Great Tang's fate had run out, leading to a chaotic dance of Demons, all by coincidence.
But thinking carefully.
Behind every one of these disasters... there were clearly the shadows of several other orthodoxies.
Previously, they hadn't thought deeply about it.
Now, with Venerable Yellow Centipede's reminder, everyone's hearts were shaken as if waking from a dream.
Venerable Black Spider leaned forward slightly, the fat on his face trembling, and said uncertainly: "Could it be..."