The memories of all humanity are awakening, except for mine.

"Shadow Clone Technique: Fireball!"

Kakadong immediately formed a hand seal, and more than a dozen Kakadongs appeared around him, each one indistinguishable from the real one.

The other Kakadong took a deep breath, seemingly preparing something. In the five or six seconds it took to prepare, the dragon seemed to sense the danger and used its tail to urge the other to move. Unexpectedly, the dragon caused Kakadong to disappear.

"Disappeared! Was this a fake person?"

Ling Juan nodded and said it aloud, her voice trembling with unease.

"It seems that his shadow clone technique has reached a level of perfection, so realistic that even a dragon cannot tell the difference."

More than a dozen Kakadon suddenly spewed out fireballs, launching them at the dragon, turning its scales black.

Kaka Dong took a single, silent step and ran away, his escape speed was truly enviable; he was practically an escape artist.

The dragon was extremely annoyed and clearly furious. It roared at Kaka Dong, but when it turned its head, it found that Ling Juan Jiangchuan and the others had already packed the dragon egg and were about to escape.

This gave the dragon, which had lost its target, a chance to show its power. With a graceful turn, the dragon pounced directly on Jiang Chuan, who was the most suspected of having a dragon egg.

Jiang Chuan wouldn't tolerate the dragon. He drew his Dragon Roar Sword, his eyes instantly becoming fierce and powerful, and the sword in his hand constantly shifted in his movements.

"We must make the most of this trip. The dragon egg hasn't fully absorbed the dragon energy yet. If this dragon remains so stubborn, I won't hesitate to kill it and use its remains as a sacrifice for the dragon egg!"

Ling Juan's eyes suddenly sharpened. Since the dragon was being so unreasonable, he was truly enraged.

Although a dragon may have the genes of a real dragon, it does not mean that it has the strength of a real dragon. It is far from it. In fact, this dragon has already reproduced for several generations, which means that it is basically made up of sea serpent genes, with only a small amount of real dragon genes.

"Laser Cloud Shattering Slash!"

Ling Juan brandished her Malay sword, charging straight at her opponent, channeling the most vital part of her body—her heart—into the sword, causing it to gleam with a blinding light.

"This move seems to be Ling Juan's signature move!"

Jiang Chuan, watching from the side, also sighed in admiration. This scene was truly a delight to behold.

Seeing that things were going badly, the dragon instantly decided to flee. A wave of energy, like a dragon's tail, rushed towards the group, but it was forcefully neutralized by the spirit scroll.

"You beast, you still want to run away? I didn't want to have any feelings for you, but you've bothered us once or twice!"

Ling Juan's Malay sword is merciless; if the opponent still has any intentions, it's just one word.

"cut!"

The dragon was truly panicked this time. Its body trembled uncontrollably from an instinctive physiological state, and it was even physically terrified of the man in front of it.

Despite the fact that the dragon's strength surpassed that of one or two people on the field, it ended up in such a state. It's not entirely its fault, since the dragon encountered a fully-formed spirit scroll.

The Malay sword pierced deep into the dragon's heart. Ling Juan had deliberately aimed for it; only in this way could the dragon be completely killed. Otherwise, the dragon's resistance was too strong, and it might bite back in the blink of an eye.

"Alright! It's you again, Ling Juan. Your Malay swordsmanship is truly impressive."

Jiang Chuan praised Ling Juan with winks and smirks, but what he really wanted to do was go back and test his swordsmanship against her. Swordsmanship was his specialty, and if he were defeated by Ling Juan, it would only mean that he was not as talented as her.

"Hahaha~ You brat, my swordsmanship is innate, unlike yours which you acquire through hard work."

Kakadon was also very surprised. He did not expect that the Spirit Scroll had not revealed its true strength to them at the beginning, but had been hiding its true strength all along, including when it was competing with him.

His Malay sword had no luster at all; it looked like an ordinary sword. It seemed to have been heavily skimped on, or rather, it was overflowing with water.

"Damn! Bro, you're so strong. You were just playing around with me back then!"

"No, I just wanted to see how strong you guys are."

Ling Juan lifted the enormous body of the dragon and threw it to the ground. Everyone carefully observed the dragon.

It appears that this dragon has just entered adulthood. Based on the characteristics of a true dragon, it should be at least three generations old, as its tail is already a snake's tail instead of a dragon's tail.

The teeth in its mouth were all thin and sharp rather than coarse and sharp, suggesting that this dragon's strength was not particularly outstanding.

"Next, we will let the dragon egg absorb the dragon's true energy."

Ling Juan took out the dragon egg from her bracelet. The dragon egg, as if it had seen a delicious meal, moved closer to the dragon and began to absorb energy from it. In turn, energy flowed continuously from the dragon.

Seeing the energy homogenized and appearing on the dragon egg, everyone was extremely excited. This was the aura of a living dragon. Although it wasn't a real dragon, it was, after all, a descendant of a real dragon and had some dragon blood.

"How much more energy does this dragon egg need to absorb before it hatches?"

Qing Yinyan asked Jiang Chuan with a puzzled look. After all, the dragon egg had already absorbed so much, but considering that the dragon egg was a real dragon, it must have needed a lot of dragon energy.

"I'm not sure exactly how much more is needed, but the more the better."

"After we've absorbed all the dragon's energy, why don't we go somewhere else? I have a feeling there'll be even more dragon energy there!"

"Oh? Really? Where is it!"

After thinking for a moment, Qing Yinyan spoke to Jiang Chuan.

“When I was training before, it was winter. I was training on a lake. The lake was very big. There were rumors that there was a water monster there. I didn’t believe it. But when I was training on the lake, I found that there really was a water monster in the water. However, it did not attack me. The dragon’s roar it emitted seemed to be telling me to leave this place quickly, or I would not get any good juice.”

Jiang Chuan listened carefully to what Qing Yinyan said, his heart stirred. Could this water monster be another illegitimate child of a true dragon? It seems this water monster has some tricks up its sleeve; its roaring dragon cries can communicate with people, so it must have a lot of true dragon blood.

Since a true dragon can be fluent in the language of any species, it means that this water monster's bloodline is definitely no less than 25%.

"Alright! We'll set off after the dragon egg has absorbed the dragon."

At this moment, Scarlet Witch is in the library, laughing and chatting with a woman, completely shedding her usual cold demeanor.

“Sister! The dragon egg is with my apprentice now; he truly has a destiny with the dragon egg.”

“But, Sister Red, that dragon egg is also very important to you. It can revive your brother, even if there’s only a tiny chance. But why give it away when there’s a chance? He’s only been your apprentice for a month, and there’s no real bond between you two.” The Scarlet Witch didn’t refute what the woman said, but there was a glint in her eyes, and she was definitely not just talking nonsense.

"Actually, I miss my younger brother, but I think Jiang Chuan is more like my younger brother. Their personalities are so similar that I can't help but think of him as my younger brother."

Seeing that the Scarlet Witch was so stubborn, the woman started nagging again.

“But he is not your biological brother after all. You have changed, Sister Hong. You are no longer the person who would sacrifice everything for your brother.”

Scarlet Witch shook her head slightly and explained slowly.

“You’re wrong. I’m still the same sister who would risk her life for her brother. But now I’ve come to realize that life isn’t about living for someone or something, but about living for yourself. Now that I’ve met someone who’s like my brother, why can’t I treat him like my own brother?”

The woman in white also sighed softly, her eyes filled with pity and sincerity for the Scarlet Witch. This woman in white was the Scarlet Witch's adopted sister.

The two women were several decades apart in age. Scarlet Witch had seen her begging on the street and kindly took her in. Later, the two women went through life and death together in this world.

To put it bluntly, the two are sisters who have risked their lives for each other, so how could they possibly cherish each other? In fact, the woman in white also had her own selfish motives in wanting to resurrect the Scarlet Witch's brother.

Because this woman in white is in love with Scarlet Witch's brother, who is also the woman in white's brother. In fact, Scarlet Witch's brother has never known that the woman in white loves him.

He always treated the woman in white like his own sister, just like the Scarlet Witch. Both of them were very kind to her, so the woman in white never dared to tell the Scarlet Witch's brother that she liked him.

After the unexpected happened, the woman in white was just as heartbroken as the Scarlet Witch, and their thoughts were completely different. Originally, the woman in white wanted to confess to the Scarlet Witch that she liked her brother.

Later, seeing how sad the Scarlet Witch was, and knowing that the dead cannot be brought back to life, he kept this secret to himself.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Chuan and his group had completed the absorption of the dragon egg. The dragon egg was now full of luster, and the patterns were clearer. However, the color of the dragon egg was getting darker and darker, with a hint of purple.

"This dragon egg looks much shinier. It seems we need to head to the place you mentioned."

Qing Yinyan had already decided where to go, so everyone boarded Jiang Chuan's flying sword again.

Jiang Chuan's sword flight technique has become increasingly proficient, and he can easily carry ten people on his sword.

"How far is that lake? And it's getting colder and colder."

"This place is very far north, and it's covered in ice and snow for two-thirds of the year. I specifically chose this place to practice my ice magic."

Ling Juan nodded and said.

"This place is indeed suitable for practicing ice magic. I can feel the chill coming from all around!"

Everyone thought he was going to say something, but it turned out he was just feeling a bit cold.

"Why didn't you tell us how cold this place was before we came? We don't even have any warm clothes."

Qing Yinyan scratched his head and looked at everyone with a smile.

"I'm sorry everyone, I'm used to being in the cold, so I forgot about this. Why don't we go and check out the town ahead? I haven't seen that old lady in a long time. She often invites me to her house."

Jiang Chuan and Ling Juan gave an awkward laugh, and then the group headed to the town that Qing Yinyan had mentioned, which wasn't far away.

"Yes! This is the room. I miss it so much. I was a newbie back then."

Qing Yinyan pointed to the small wooden house, which was brightly lit, indicating that someone was inside.

So Qing Yinyan went forward and knocked on the door, knocking gently, otherwise he would frighten the old woman in this desolate wilderness.

"Bang bang bang!"

"It's me, Grandma. I'm Xiaoqing."

The cold wind was howling outside, and everyone was almost frozen stiff. Fortunately, Jiang Chuan used Dragon's Roar to protect himself, which temporarily relieved everyone's body temperature.

The door of the cabin opened gently, revealing a short old woman. Qing Yinyan rushed forward and hugged her tightly, saying...

"Grandma! I miss you so much, do you still remember me?"

"Of course I remember, kid! I look forward to your visit every day!"

"These are my friends. I'm sorry to bother you so late."

The old lady warmly welcomed the four of them into her house, looking extremely happy; she was clearly a kind and amiable old woman.

"Come on, let's go inside. It's warm inside, and there's even a heater. Aren't you cold wearing so little?"

"No, grandma, we've all practiced martial arts, we're not afraid of the cold."

The old woman smiled. She didn't know anything about martial arts; she was just treated like a child by these people.

"Kids! Have some seal soup to warm yourselves up."

Everyone took the hot soup from the old woman and warmed themselves up, feeling very relaxed.

Jiang Chuan and Ling Juan took a sip of the seal soup and kept praising it, saying they hadn't had such delicious hot soup in a long time.

After exchanging pleasantries all night, the group put on the thick clothes the old woman had given them and set off the next day.

Lingjuan walked along, savoring the old woman's soup. It was truly unforgettable. Before leaving, the old woman even stuffed the dried meat into everyone's pockets, afraid that they would go hungry.

"When we go back, remember to kill a few seals for the old lady. She's old and lives alone. She traded these dried seal meats with the villagers by weaving cotton-padded jackets."

Ling Juan and Jiang Chuan nodded. Kaka Dong was so moved that he wanted to cry. He never expected to encounter one touching event after another in this land.

"This old woman has had such a hard life. I must catch more seals later and send them to her."

Seeing Kakadon's teary eyes, everyone felt that he was still a very good person, and that not all people from Japan were heartless. (End of Chapter)