The Heavenly Saber Novel - Chapter 278

Chapter 278 Ancient Dragon Court (1)
The suction force was so great that even with Li Qing and Chang Wudi’s strength, they were unable to resist. They were instantly sucked in and disappeared into the lake.

It wasn’t just the two of them. Everything in the bottom of the lake, mud, gravel, plants, and even the gigantic black flood dragon that had been knocked unconscious on the ground rushed into a circular passageway along with this attraction.

If someone were on the surface of the lake, they would definitely be able to see that the entire Dragon Lake had formed a huge whirlpool. The middle of the whirlpool had almost become a hollow area, and the lake water had been sucked into it.

Li Qing could only feel the world spinning around him. He could barely see that he was being sucked into a circular passageway and rushed forward with the current. His speed was very fast, and there would inevitably be stumbles in the middle. He could only barely support a True Essence shield to minimize damage.

Since he was unable to resist, then let nature take its course.

The suction force slowly disappeared after an unknown amount of time.

Li Qing was finally able to control himself. He immediately activated his True Essence to stop his body. He stepped on the solid rock ground and heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

Chang Wudi stopped not far away. The two of them carefully sized up the place for a while. The place they were in was a huge circular passageway that was shockingly large, about a hundred feet wide. It was simply like an underground heavenly passage.

In front of the passage was a pitch-black patch of darkness. It was deep and silent, filled with a mysterious feeling, causing people to feel a sense of fear when they saw it.

“It’s so dark here.” Chang Wudi’s voice echoed through the passageway.

“If only there was something illuminated.” Li Qing muttered. Although Xiantian experts’ spiritual perception was also very sharp, it would be even better if they could see things clearly. Unfortunately, this passageway was filled with water and could not be illuminated with open flames.

“I do!” Chang Wudi blurted out and immediately took out a luminous pearl from his interspatial ring, illuminating the darkness.

Li Qing couldn’t help but be speechless, “You idiot, why didn’t you take out the Light Pearl earlier? Why didn’t you use it when you were fighting at the bottom of the lake?”

Chang Wudi blinked his big eyes and patted his head. He seemed to have come to a sudden realization and said, “Oh right, why didn’t I think of this?”

Li Qing was furious. This fellow was simply a jerk. He was a bit too stupid. He was so angry that he almost died from talking to her.

The Black Flood Dragon was also sucked in. It was not far away. It lay motionless on the ground. Li Qing sensed that there was still a strong aura of life on its body. He said, “This big demon hasn’t died completely yet. Let’s solve it first so as to avoid future troubles.”

“Look at me!” Chang Wudi took out a treasured sword from his interspatial ring and walked forward. With a single slash, he chopped off the Black Dragon’s head.

It was neat and neat, causing Li Qing to be dumbfounded. This treasured sword was at least a spirit artifact, wasn’t it? Apart from spirit artifacts, he couldn’t figure out what other weapon could cut such a sturdy flood dragon apart with a single sword strike.

Why did this guy have so many treasures? Li Qing wanted to rob her. If she didn’t have such a strong backer, someone would have wanted to make a move long ago, right?

“The dragon head belongs to me, and the dragon body belongs to you!” After Chang Wudi finished speaking, he put the entire dragon head into his spatial ring, revealing a satisfied smile.

Li Qing shook his head helplessly. This fellow was too shrewd. He put all the benefits into his pocket. Although the body of the flood dragon was relatively large and Li Qing seemed to have obtained more benefits, there was an inner core in the dragon’s head. This was the most important thing on the body of the demonic beast.

However, he was too lazy to argue with this fellow, so he directly put the dragon body into his spatial ring.

“Let’s go. Let’s go ahead and see what kind of place it is.” Chang Wudi was excited as he walked forward with the Light Pearl in his hand.

The Night Pearl illuminated the darkness, and fear filled the air. The two of them slowly walked along the passage, carefully guarding against it.

It was obvious that such a passageway could not be formed naturally. They did not know what would happen in the depths of the passageway. The two of them only felt as if there was a tremendous and invisible pressure.

Not long after, they suddenly discovered a layer of fiery red ore on the wall in front of them. The two of them approached and saw that these ores were all red crystals. They looked translucent and sparkling, shining with a demonic light. They were exceptionally beautiful in the darkness.

“Could it be that these fiery red ores are Scarlet Flame Crystals?” Li Qing recognized this kind of thing and said uncertainly.

“It should be a Scarlet Flame Crystal, an excellent material for forging weapons!” Chang Wudi nodded.

“That’s a pretty good windfall.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Chang Wudi rush in front of the Scarlet Flame Crystal Ore with a “whoosh” sound and use her big treasured sword to pry it up with all her might.

“Isn’t this too anxious?” Li Qing felt both angry and funny. With so many treasures on her body, why would she care so much about the Scarlet Flame Crystal? Damn it, he’s just a rich man, fighting for all the good stuff.

He leisurely approached and took a closer look. Then, his expression changed. He no longer had a leisurely expression. Instead, he became like Chang Wudi. He hurriedly rushed in front of the fiery red ore and tried his best to pry it up.

“You fellow, you’ve already discovered that this thing isn’t a Scarlet Flame Crystal? You actually dare to lie to me like this! What exactly is this thing?” Li Qing shouted at her while prying at the ore.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about! Isn’t this the Scarlet Flame Crystal?” Chang Wudi’s expression did not change as he pretended to be stupid.

“How could the Scarlet Flame Crystal have such a blood red color? Do you really think I’m stupid?” Li Qing snorted coldly, “Hurry up and tell me, you scum, what the hell is this thing? If you don’t say it, be careful, I’ll rob you later!”

“I won’t say anything!” Chang Wudi was extremely stubborn.

“Forget it, I don’t care. I’ll dig first anyway.” Li Qing used his brute force to forcefully pry open piece after piece of fiery red ore.

The reason why he was so anxious to dig for ore was because these ores were truly extraordinary. They looked sparkling, translucent, and extremely beautiful. Just as they approached, he felt a unique aura emanating from them. This was definitely not an ordinary object.

What was certain was that these ores were not Scarlet Flame Crystals, because the Scarlet Flame Crystals were fiery red, while these were blood red. Although the colors were somewhat similar, they could be easily distinguished by closer inspection.

After digging for an unknown amount of time, the two of them finally dug up all the ores. Li Qing had dug up more than sixty pieces, and Chang Wudi was about the same amount.

The two of them were so tired that they panted and fell to the ground. Just now, in order to snatch the ore, they had used all their strength to suck milk. Li Qing’s strength was great, but Chang Wudi’s great sword was very sharp. The results of the two of them were almost the same.

“Quickly tell me, what exactly are these ores?” Li Qing kept asking.

“I don’t know!” Chang Wudi curled his head and said, “How about this, I trade a spirit stone for a piece of ore on your body? How about it?”

Li Qing curled his lips and said, “Do you think I’m stupid? A spirit stone? Do I lack such a small amount of spirit stones? Even the Scarlet Flame Crystal is far more expensive than that!”

“Then how about ten spirit stones for one ore?”

Seeing her like this, Li Qing felt that this item was more and more extraordinary. He shook his head and said, “Don’t waste your time. You won’t exchange any spirit stones! How about this, if you tell me the origin of these ores, how about I give you a piece as a reward?”

Chang Wudi curled his lips and said, “Ten yuan!”

“Three pieces! At most three pieces! If you refuse to tell me, then I’ll study it slowly when I get back, and I’ll be able to find out.” Li Qing said firmly.

When Chang Wudi saw that he could not deceive Li Qing’s ore, he could only say, “Alright then, three is three. This thing is a Dragon Blood Stone!”

“Dragon Blood Stone!” Li Qing suddenly shook. He had truly heard of this thing, but he had never seen it before, so he didn’t recognize it.

“Could this be a pure-blooded Dragon Blood Stone?” Li Qing took out a Dragon Blood Stone and observed it carefully, feeling the strange power inside.

The Dragon Blood Stone was a special material sprinkled with dragon blood on top of a certain stone. It had evolved over a long period of time. There were also many types of dragon blood stones. For example, what kind of dragon blood was condensed from? True dragon blood or flood dragon blood. The difference was extremely huge.

Just like the black flood dragon that Li Qing had just killed, its blood could also form dragon blood stones. However, such dragon blood stones were too low-grade and weren’t precious.

The blood-colored crystal stone in front of him was pure, transparent, and contained a faint trace of terrifying power. Clearly, it was a dragon blood stone formed from pure-blooded dragon blood.

Dragon Blood Stones were widely used. Usually, they could be directly ground into powder and then poured into water to dissolve. A martial artist sat in the water to cultivate and absorb the dragon blood essence in the water.

In addition, there was something more straightforward, simply grinding it into powder and soaking it in water to drink. However, this way, the absorption and utilization efficiency would not be that high.

Apart from that, the Dragon Blood Stone could also be used as a weapon forging material to forge precious weapons.

It could even be used as a medicinal ingredient. Many ancient recipes could only be refined with dragon blood as one of the ingredients, but the world’s true dragons had already been extinct, so these miraculous ancient recipes were completely useless. However, with the Dragon Blood Stone, it could be used as a substitute, and those ancient recipes that were almost lost would have a place to be used again.

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“There’s no need to look. This is a dragon blood stone formed from the blood of a true dragon. I’ve seen this type of treasure before, so I was able to recognize it.” Chang Wudi’s voice came from the side.

“True Dragon!” Li Qing was shocked. If it was a Dragon Blood Stone formed from the blood of a True Dragon, then it would be too precious. No wonder this fellow rushed forward in such a hurry to pry the ore. It was indeed useless not to get up early.

“Such a precious item, you actually wanted to exchange for it with a spirit stone just now? How dare you trick me!” Li Qing came back to his senses.

“Unfortunately, you’re not fooled!” Chang Wudi laughed bitterly.

“Why is there a Dragon Blood Stone here? Furthermore, it’s a True Dragon’s Dragon Blood Stone? Could it be …” Li Qing guessed.

“This should be an ancient True Dragon’s nest!”

“I think so too.” Li Qing nodded in agreement and said excitedly, “There must be a lot of treasures in the True Dragon’s nest. Let’s go, let’s go in and look for them now!”

“Hey, where are the three Dragon Blood Stones you promised me?”

“Don’t worry, I didn’t say I wouldn’t give it to you!” Li Qing was embarrassed. He really hoped that the other party would forget that the Dragon Blood Stone was so precious. If he had to, he would not hand over a single one.

After reluctantly handing Chang Wudi three Dragon Blood Stones, Li Qing’s face was filled with displeasure and he glared at her fiercely. This guy tricked me!

When Chang Wudi obtained these Dragon Blood Stones and saw that Li Qing had eaten shriveled, he couldn’t help but smile. Finally, this fellow suffered a loss, and a huge mouthful of anger came out from his chest.

Since this place was most likely the True Dragon’s nest, there must be many treasures inside. They didn’t expect that they would be able to obtain such benefits after coming out. The two of them walked towards the darkness with excitement.

This passageway was very long. The two of them walked on and on like this for an unknown amount of time.

He stopped and sat down a few more times to rest. Li Qing estimated that it had been several days since he left. He didn’t expect that there would be such a long passage in the True Dragon’s nest.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved.

This was because True Dragons were usually very large. Judging from the diameter of this passage, it was about a hundred zhang wide. Not to mention its length, its main body was probably no less than ten kilometers long.

With such a long body, one could easily drill through hundreds of miles of tunnels. Li Qing and Chang Wudi, two tiny humans, were simply too tiny in front of such a huge beast.

After an unknown amount of time, just as they were accustomed to the unchanging darkness passageway ahead, a sudden change occurred in front of them.

They seemed to have arrived at an intersection, and there was a passage on the left, right, and front, forming a cross-shaped path.

“What’s going on? Could it be that two True Dragons have forged a nest here?” Li Qing was puzzled.

“Perhaps this True Dragon likes to drill into the ground. It has drilled out several tunnels and formed intersecting points.” Chang Wudi guessed.

“No matter what, one or two of them don’t matter. In any case, they are all True Dragon’s nest. As long as you can get the treasure, it’s fine.”

“Then where should we go?”

“Continue forward, one by one. We have plenty of time to explore.”

They continued forward, ignoring the other passageway. Let’s go through one of the passageways first.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, an unexpected situation occurred again. They encountered a second intersection!

“Looks like there is more than one True Dragon in this place. So many passageways are truly unimaginable.” Li Qing sucked in a breath of cold air.

“Eh, what do you think that is?” Chang Wudi pointed at a bush of plants at the intersection.

Li Qing looked carefully and saw that the plant looked like a weed, but it was completely red and looked exceptionally beautiful.

“Oh, this should be a weed, right?” As Li Qing spoke, he walked towards the cluster of red grass. His speed was getting faster and faster, and he was even a little anxious.

Chang Wudi was stunned and felt that something was wrong. Then, he saw Li Qing’s actions and said angrily, “You dare to lie to me!”

Because she saw Li Qing rush to the side of this pile of grass with a “whoosh” sound, and then she hurriedly pulled out these weeds!

No matter how stupid she was, she knew that these red grass were extraordinary. It was most likely related to true dragons. Thinking about what happened to the Dragon Blood Stone just now, she did the same thing and immediately came to her senses. She hurriedly rushed forward and wanted to pull out the grass.

“Don’t pull it out randomly!” Li Qing shouted coldly, “These grass must be taken out from the whole plant, and the roots must not be damaged! Otherwise, the grass juice will slowly overflow from the gap.”

“Oh, that’s right.” Chang Wudi began to slowly dig down the soil around the red grass according to Li Qing’s words and carefully took out the entire plant.

After more than half a day, they finally pulled out the red grass and Li Qing got more than 30 stalks.

“Quickly tell me, what are these plants?” Chang Wudi’s heart itched.

Li Qing snorted coldly, “Do you think I will tell you? What did you do to me with the Dragon Blood Stone just now?”

“Alright, I know I’m wrong. Just tell me.” Chang Wudi began to act spoiled.

Li Qing did not like her tricks. Instead, he treated her with his own way. He coldly spat out two words, “Ten stalks!”

“Ten stalks! How beautiful are you! How many do I have in total?” Chang Wudi jumped up as if he had taken her life. He shouted, “At most three!”

Li Qing’s lips curled into a smile, “Alright then, there are only three of them. This kind of grass is called the Dragon Blood Grass, and its effect is similar to that of the Dragon Blood Stone.”

He had read through the Medicine King’s Ceremony. With such a high level of refining, how could he not recognize such a precious plant?

“It’s that simple?” Chang Wudi was stunned for a moment before he began to act like a rogue, “It’s impossible for such a simple sentence to snatch away my three Dragon Blood Grasses!”

“Wasn’t the situation with the Dragonblood Stone the same just now? Are you going to give it to me?” Li Qing’s expression was not good.

“No!” Chang Wudi shook his head.

“My things are not so easy to default on! Since you don’t give them to me, I can only pick them up myself!” Li Qing grabbed it with one hand.

“I’ll hammer you to death!” Chang Wudi swung the giant hammer and smashed it down.

Dang! Dang! Dang!

A familiar rhythm resounded in the passageway, and the two of them directly opened their mouths again, causing sparks to splatter everywhere, causing the entire passageway to rumble.

After a long battle, Chang Wudi finally retreated without any suspense, paying three Dragon Blood Grasses to make peace.

“If you give it to me earlier, you won’t need to be beaten up. You really don’t know what to do!” Li Qing mocked and put the three stalks of Dragon Blood Grass into his interspatial ring. He was very satisfied.

Chang Wudi glared fiercely at Li Qing and turned his head, feeling extremely unhappy. The advantage that the Dragon Blood Stone had taken earlier had now been returned, and he had even been beaten up fiercely, causing him to suffer a huge loss.