Chapter 289 Dragon in ZhongyuanNot only the people in Zhongyuan Province heard the burst of thunder.
The thunder rolled in clouds, and sound waves traveled outward. Eventually, it became a light sound and immediately disappeared.
The w.a.n.g family of Beihai.
Above Mount Dibing.
Xuan Xuanzi, a metaphysics grandmaster of Zhongzhou State, was visiting Mount Dibing. He abruptly looked up at the sky.
The night pa.s.sed, and the dawn was approaching.
Mount Dibing gave out misty light. Overlooking from Mount Dibing, Xuan Xuanzi saw that the sky in the distance was still shrouded in grey night. The smile at the corners of his mouth vanished, his pupils constricted, and his body stiffened.
“Taoist?”
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao, who sat opposite to Xuan Xuanzi, was a little startled.
Xuan Xuanzi had been in Mount Dibing for seven days.
w.a.n.g Tianzong saw Xuan Xuanzi personally on the first day. In the rest days, w.a.n.g Xiaoyao accompanied him.
In Mount Dibing, many things were like this.
Xuan Xuanzi did not feel that he was neglected.
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao was highly respectable.
Moreover, if he did not want to be hated, it would definitely be hard for people to hate him.
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao was popular with others of the w.a.n.g family of Beihai, from the mountain foot to top.
When there were differences within the w.a.n.g family of Beihai, w.a.n.g Xiaoyao was always the peacemaker.
When there were conflicts among factions, he also acted as mediator.
He even could sit and talk cheerfully and humorously with Gu Xingyun, the First Elder of Kunlun City.
There seemed to be enemy no in his mind.
So, everyone could feel his sincerity.
w.a.n.g Tianzong liked to keep quiet.
Whenever there were essential guests on Mount Dibing, w.a.n.g Xiaoyao always accompanied them.
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao had a good relationship with Xuan Xuanzi. They became friends despite their age difference. For Xuan Xuanzi, he felt more comfortable than when he faced w.a.n.g Tianzong.
“Listen.” Xuan Xuanzi said in a low voice.
He still wore a clean Taoist Robe and held the Horsetail Whisk. He had white hair and a ruddy complexion, with outstanding behavior like that of immortals.
“What?”
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao looked helpless. Having been with Xuan Xuanzi for a long time, he had got used to the metaphysics grandmaster’s occasional mumble.
The place where they were was one of the vantage points in Mount Dibing. w.a.n.g Xiaoyao and Xuan Xuanzi were waiting for the sunrise. But as soon as there were two beacons of light on the horizon, Xuan Xuanzi was so excited. w.a.n.g Xiaoyao could not figure it out.
“Roar of dragon!” Xuan Xuanzi said in a deep and solemn tone.
He did not really hear the burst of thunder.
Just at that very moment, he vaguely heard the roar of the dragon.
He looked at Zhongyuan Province and slowly said before thinking for a long time, “Dragon in Zhongyuan.”
He quickly turned to look at w.a.n.g Xiaoyao and said thoughtfully, “I’ll see Sword Emperor now. It’s about the success or failure of my trip. Be quick!”
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao glanced at him and directly took out his phone.
The dawn was breaking.
The morning breeze started to blow on Mount Dibing.
The Horsetail Whisk in Xuan Xuanzi’s hand suddenly moved with the wind.
The white silk on the front end of the Horsetail Whisk stood up and vibrated with the wind, like a pale flower without a trace of color.
The invisible wind between heaven and earth came through the Horsetail Whisk.
Xuan Xuanzi’s face changed dramatically.
“Crack!”
A crisp and clear voice rang on Mount Dibing.
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao fixed his eyes on the Horsetail Whisk in Xuan Xuanzi’s hand, and it suddenly exploded.
Xuan Xuanzi spurted out a mouthful of blood.
The broken Horsetail Whisk was stained with blood.
White fog rose in the pavilion of Mount Dibing.
The heavy fog suddenly rose and covered a vast expanse of mountains.
As Xuan Xuanzi angrily gasped, the white fog rose high in the sky.
The fog was spreading and condensing.
After being cleaned by the white fog, the mountains were more and more green.
The white fog was rising.
The sunlight was shining all over the earth.
The bright rising sun leaped out of the endless sea in the east, sparkled with golden light, and floated to the sky and turned into a piece of cloud.
The cloud and mist drifted farther and farther and eventually disappeared completely.
Xuan Xuanzi looked pale, with blood at corners of the mouth. He stared at the direction in which the cloud and mist disappeared.
In front of him, the debris of the Horsetail Whisk had utterly disappeared.
“Old Bald a.s.s!”
Xuan Xuanzi clenched his teeth, with hatred in his eyes. “You’re haunting me!”
“Taoist!”
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao finally realized and took a step forward. He helped Xuan Xuanzi sit down, “What the h.e.l.l is going on?”
Xuan Xuanzi took a deep breath.
After a short while, his shiny white hair completely faded and turned into greyish white.
He wiped the blood from his mouth with his trembled hand and suddenly grabbed w.a.n.g Xiaoyao.
“I want to see the Sword Emperor!”
He looked at w.a.n.g Xiaoyao’s eyes seriously.
They were close to each other.
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao could see the ferociousness in his eyes.
It was thoroughly bright.
The night turned into a day.
The sun was shining brightly.
In the early summer morning, birds sang, and flowers gave forth their fragrance.
A violent bolt of thunder suddenly broke the silence in Mount Dibing.
On top of Mount Dibing, there was deep and dazzling blue.
The boundless sword intent exploded on the top of the mountain.
The sword intent was surging in Mount Dibing.
The turbulent sea at the foot of the mountain began to surge, and the waves crashed against the cliff wildly. With the spreading sword intent, the tides boiled thoroughly.
The touch of blue on the top of the mountain kept spreading.
It blocked out the sun and twisted the s.p.a.ce. The sound of the wind spread in the wind.
In the silent world, there were only the dazzling rays of lightning.
Lightning spread freely in midair.
In the blink of an eye, the lightning that blocked off the sun blended together and changed into a giant sword that was hundreds of meters long.
The giant sword rotated in the air, and the sword intent kept falling like rain.
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao looked at the top of the mountain in surprise.
“Shengxiao made a breakthrough!” He spoke with joy from the heart.
w.a.n.g Shengxiao had been active in the outside world in recent years. After Li Tianlan, he could indeed be called as a leader of the young generation. Even in the Dark World, he was well-known and known as the Heavenly Son of Beihai.
It was not until three months ago that w.a.n.g Shengxiao returned to the w.a.n.g family of Beihai. He, who was ready to go further, kept silent for three months. Finally, he achieved success today.
This year, w.a.n.g Shengxiao was 26 years old.
At this age, he was at the peak of the Thunder-shocking Realm with Wind and Thunder Veins.
The battle of becoming a Heavenly Son.
He was already in the lead of the Invincible Realm.
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao was high-spirited and vigorous.
Xuan Xuanzi looked paler and paler.
He smiled wanly and looked at the direction in which the lightning floated and separated. He murmured, “It’s late.”
“What?” A voice suddenly rang out with a sense of calm.
It was not w.a.n.g Xiaoyao who asked.
It was w.a.n.g Tianzong who appeared in the pavilion silently.
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao had not asked him to come over.
However, when he saw that w.a.n.g Shengxiao broke through, w.a.n.g Tianzong immediately appeared in front of Xuan Xuanzi.
“The dragon vein has come into being.”
Xuan Xuanzi looked at w.a.n.g Tianzong and bitterly said, “Your Majesty, we have no more chance.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong frowned.
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao tightened his body.
The dragon vein!
Since Li Kuangtu committed treason, Zhongzhou State had lost the dragon vein for more than 20 years.
All the big shots in Zhongzhou State knew it.
Just because of this, Zhongzhou State, which was known as the world’s leading power, experienced such highs and lows in recent years.
Now, the dragon vein had come into being?
w.a.n.g Xiaoyao looked at w.a.n.g Tianzong, and then Xuan Xuanzi. He moved his mouth, but eventually, he said nothing.
w.a.n.g Tianzong’s eyes focused completely.
“Just now?” He asked.
“I’m not sure.”
Xuan Xuanzi shook his head, staring blankly. “Maybe just now or before. Wuwei plotted against me once before he died. Now, I can’t know the state of the dragon vein. The luck over the years was plundered…”
He was at a loss whether to cry or to laugh, with unwillingness and pent-up anger. “I lost. Your Majesty, I can do nothing about Shengxiao.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong was silent.
Xuan Xuanzi was prestigious in Zhongzhou State. However, in recent years, some people privately discussed that the metaphysics grandmaster was not as transcendent as Great Master Wuwei. Instead, he looked more like a metaphysics master employed by the w.a.n.g family of Beihai.
It seemed to make sense.
Over the years, Xuan Xuanzi really did a lot for the w.a.n.g family of Beihai.
Superficially, he came to visit the w.a.n.g family of Beihai this time. Actually, it was the most crucial visit in these years.
For many years, both he and Great Master Wuwei had been trying to reshape the dragon vein.
Both of them made their own progress.
However, their final choices were completely different.
Great Master Wuwei chose Li Tianlan.
Xuan Xuanzi chose w.a.n.g Shengxiao.
For them, the inheritance of the dragon vein was due to Karma.
Xuan Xuanzi came to Mount Dibing this time, in order to transfer the luck that he acc.u.mulated over the years to w.a.n.g Shengxiao and make him have the rudiment of the dragon vein.
But now, the dragon vein had come into being.
The infinite luck was directly plundered at the moment when the dragon vein was initially shaped.
w.a.n.g Shengxiao had lost the opportunity.
Whether it was intentional or not, this move utterly destroyed the overall plan of the w.a.n.g family of Beihai.
If there was no such accident…
Once w.a.n.g Shengxiao inherited the dragon vein, he was able to break into the Invincible Realm in the shortest time, as long as he took a set of Immortality Potion.
Three years? Four years? Maybe less time.
But now, this opportunity was gone.
“Li Tianlan inherited the dragon vein.” w.a.n.g Tianzong said.
Instead of raising a question, he said it firmly.
Xuan Xuanzi looked at w.a.n.g Tianzong.
w.a.n.g Tianzong’s eyes were deep and calm without any emotion.
Xuan Xuanzi nodded.
“What will happen to him?” w.a.n.g Tianzong asked.
Xuan Xuanzi shook his head and whispered, “No one can judge his mandate of heaven nor speculate the trend of the dragon vein. In the future… with the dragon vein, the stronger the Zhongzhou State is, the stronger Li Tianlan is.”
There was another way in which these words could be understood, that was, the stronger Li Tianlan was, the stronger Zhongzhou State was.
“He is so invincible that anyone sees him will take off their armors.”
Xuan Xuanzi said in a low voice, “Li Tianlan has come back, and he is in Zhongyuan now.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong seemed to shake gently.
He asked after thinking for a long time, “Is there really no chance?”
“I’m not sure.”
Xuan Xuanzi said, “I’m not sure how long he has inherited the dragon vein. If it’s not too long, I might be able to take it out of him… However, Shengxiao has no chance anymore. If I can successfully take it out, Xiaoyao and Dijiang are the most suitable people.”
“If Li Tianlan is combined with the luck of Zhongzhou State…”
w.a.n.g Tianzong looked at Xuan Xuanzi deeply, “What will happen to the w.a.n.g family of Beihai?”
Xuan Xuanzi glanced at w.a.n.g Tianzong and thought that the w.a.n.g family of Beihai was about to face danger. w.a.n.g Shengxiao could not reach the Invincible Realm, so the plan was disrupted. There was no need to talk about the future.
After keeping silent for a long time, he said lightly, “I don’t know.”
That was, he was uncertain.
But for an ambitious person, it was not good if he did not know.
The future of the w.a.n.g family of Beihai was not good.
w.a.n.g Tianzong flashed his eyes and calmly said, “What should I do now? To kill Li Tianlan?”
Xuan Xuanzi paused for a while and said indifferently, “The dragon vein has its foundation. If you want to extract it, you must do it in the place where the dragon vein initially formed.”
He paused, and his eyelids drooped, whispering, “Your Majesty, if you want to retake the dragon vein, you need to first seize Lonely Mountain of Lin’an.”
“Kill Li Honghe.”