Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 268: Clues about the “True Dragon”

Shuiyuexian's confident attitude immediately made Emperor Tianwu look at her in confusion.

"Because I have found out that the Wudao Tea is sold by the Zhao Company. They do not sell a certain amount at one time, but a fixed amount every year. So the Zhao family did not get the Wudao Tea by chance, but the entire tea tree is under the control of the Zhao family."

Over the years, in order to help Emperor Tianwu achieve a breakthrough, the Imperial Master and several national pillars have searched all over the nine provinces of Daqian, looking for all kinds of natural treasures.

Wudao tea is one of the most useful natural treasures.

Shuiyuexian didn't know who was selling the Wudao tea in Jiuzhou at first. It was not until Ruan Yu came to Beijing not long ago and brought the sapling of the Wudao tea tree that she learned that the Wudao tea tree fell into the hands of the Zhao family of Donghai.

"The Enlightenment Tea Tree is the masterpiece of the first generation of the Imperial Master. It is said that when his energy and blood were exhausted in his later years, he resigned from the position of Imperial Master, took away various treasures such as the Enlightenment Tea Tree, and lived in seclusion on the East China Sea."

"Now that the Enlightenment Tea Tree has fallen into the hands of the Zhao family of the East China Sea, I think the cave where the first generation of the Imperial Master lived in seclusion in his later years has been controlled by the Zhao family. It is not surprising that they were able to produce the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus."

She explained why she was so sure that the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus was obtained by Ji Haoyu from Zhao Qi'an.

However, Emperor Tianwu was not very concerned about how the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus came from. He was more concerned about the efficacy of the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus.

"Can this thing really extend a person's lifespan?"

Emperor Tianwu came closer to look at the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus, his eyes revealing a look of desire, his mouth constantly secreting saliva, and he murmured, "For some reason, I always have the urge to swallow this lotus in one gulp... Do you smell the fragrance of this lotus, it's very similar to a special meaty aroma?"

Meaty aroma?

Everyone present looked at each other and shook their heads.

They did not smell any meaty aroma, only a very fresh and elegant fragrance was emitted by the nine-colored lotus.

Shui Yuexian calmly moved the golden cup carrying the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus away from Emperor Tianwu and moved it in front of herself: "Ah Man, eating everything will only harm you."

"There is no record of the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus in the Book of Heavenly Works left by the first generation of the Imperial Master. However, even if it has the effect of prolonging life, it is hard to say whether it will work on you. I will go back and study it and then make plans."

Emperor Tianwu could only look at the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus in the hands of the State Master with longing, nodded and sighed, "Okay, everything is up to you."

However, his appetite was completely aroused by the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus, and he began to continuously clear out the food on the long table in front of him.

In the golden cup in front of Shui Yuexian, the nine-colored lotus gradually bloomed a little more, and the fragrance became increasingly strong...

……

When Ji Haoyu presented the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus, the lotus fragrance filled the entire Qilin Palace and lingered.

When the Jiufan Pure Lotus is taken out of the water, it will gradually mature. As time goes by, the petals will gradually open, and the lotus fragrance will become more and more intense.

Gradually, Lianxiang walked through the side corridor and entered the side hall through a small door.

The side hall is not big, but there are dozens of guards guarding it because today the side hall contains the "birthday gift" that will be presented to Emperor Tianwu at the longevity banquet tonight.

Although birthday gifts were sent from all over the nine provinces on the emperor's birthday, not everyone was qualified to present gifts in front of the palace.

The vast majority of them were just delivered into the imperial treasury today, and the eunuchs recorded which family had sent which gifts, and then showed them to Emperor Tianwu for review.

Only royal relatives and some special guests can present gifts in front of the palace.

Zhao Qi'an's boxes were placed in this side hall, and Gou Xiangxi and two other followers were guarding them.

"Mr. Gou, this birthday banquet is really lively, but it's a pity that we can only wait here."

An attendant looked towards the small door of the side hall with envy. He could faintly hear the sound of stringed instruments and wind instruments coming from the front hall. It was quite lively.

Gou Xiangxi didn't pay much attention to the birthday banquet. His attention was all on a huge iron cage in the corner of the side hall.

Outside the iron cage, more than twenty elite soldiers of the Western Desert Army were guarding it, and among them, a general with a terrifying aura was leaning against a pillar of the palace, resting his eyes.

The black cloth that was originally covering the cage had been removed, revealing the golden dragon imprisoned inside.

However, the golden dragon did not seem to be in good condition at the moment. It was crawling in the cage, breathing weakly, and blood was flowing from its scales, almost dyeing the scales red.

"Is this the real dragon?"

Gou Xiangxi looked at it curiously for a few seconds, but felt that... it didn't seem as sacred and majestic as he had imagined.

This so-called real dragon looked like a giant python, only about ten feet long, with golden scales as fine as fish scales. Although it was far away, it seemed that a fishy smell could be smelled...

Is this thing really a real dragon?

Gou Xiangxi couldn't help but feel suspicious, but after looking at it carefully, he felt that the appearance of the golden dragon in the cage was exactly the same as the description in the book, which was consistent with people's imagination of a real dragon.

Just at this moment, a fragrance wafted over.

He took a deep sniff and felt all the sleepiness in his body swept away, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"What kind of flower is this that smells so good?"

The eunuchs and guards around all smelled the fragrance and couldn't help but look around, as if they were trying to find the source of the scent.

In the end, they discovered that the fragrance of the flowers came from the front hall, and they were extremely curious about what had happened in the front hall.

Just at this moment, an eunuch came hurriedly from the front hall: "Your Highness, present the treasure in front of the hall!"

In the corner of the side hall, the general who was originally leaning against the palace pillar opened his eyes with a rather fierce look in his eyes.

He looked at his men behind him, frowned and shouted, "Everyone cheer up and follow me to the palace to present the treasure!"

"Yes, General!"

Led by the eunuch, the Western Desert general walked in the front, and behind him, a dozen elite Western Desert soldiers immediately followed, pulling a large sedan chair carrying an iron cage.

……

In the front hall of Qilin Palace, the third prince Ji Yunrui came to the throne on the high platform and bowed down:

"Today is Father's birthday, and it is an auspicious day. I wish Father great blessings, like the towering mountains, forever protecting the country; may he live as long as the evergreen pines on the southern mountains, and be healthy and well every year."

After a few auspicious words, he paused for a moment and said, "The birthday gift that I want to present to my father today is not what I prepared..."

Behind the gauze curtain of the high throne, the faint chewing sound stopped, followed by a swallowing sound, and then the voice of Emperor Tianwu was heard:
"Oh? It wasn't prepared by Huang'er? Could it be that the old fox from the Zhou family prepared it for you?"

Emperor Tianwu was obviously somewhat blaming the Blue-Eyed Fox Zhou Tiansheng for not being able to come to Beijing, otherwise he would not have directly used such rude words as "the old fox of the Zhou family" in front of so many people.

Ji Yunrui's expression remained unchanged, he bowed and said, "No, I came here because of my father."

"how you said that?"

"My father's birthday is approaching, and the country is experiencing auspicious signs. Isn't this birthday gift a sign from the heavens to show their gratitude for my father's achievements and his virtue?"

Ji Yunrui bowed his head and said in a sonorous and powerful voice: "This gift is a blessing from heaven, but I am just offering it to you, father, through your son's hand!"

As he finished speaking, the door to the side hall opened, and a dozen sturdy men pulled a sedan chair into the hall.

For a moment, everyone looked sideways. Everyone knew what gift Ji Yunrui was going to present, but at this moment, everyone held their breath and waited eagerly.

As the sedan chair came behind Ji Yunrui, the leading general reached out and pulled down the black cloth covering the iron cage.

The black cloth was torn off, and the golden dragon in the cage suddenly appeared before everyone in front of the hall.

"Two horns on its head and five claws on its belly... It's truly a true dragon!"

"Isn't this just a rumor?!"

"Auspicious signs are coming to the country, and it is a blessing for Daqian!"

Although the news that the third prince wanted to present a dragon in front of the palace had already spread, when such a living dragon appeared in front of everyone, it still caused an uproar.

The shock in the hearts of everyone present was far greater than that from when the Second Prince presented the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus.

Ji Yunrui even lifted his robe and knelt down, bowing to the ground, and shouted loudly: "The appearance of the real dragon must be that the heavens are moved by your benevolent rule and love for the people, and your virtues are known to all quarters, so they sent this miraculous auspicious sign to show your great achievements for generations to come."

shameless!
The second prince standing by couldn't help but curse in his heart.

He really couldn't believe that the usually sickly third brother was so vigorous today, and was flattering his father in a very proper way.

He thought about how he was so nervous that he made many mistakes just now. The comparison was obvious.

He felt sour in his heart, then he looked towards the emperor, thinking of the Nine Brahma Pure Lotus, and he couldn't help but become nervous.

I don’t know... whether what Haiqing said will work.

……

Zhao Qian'an's gaze was always on the golden dragon in the cage.

He frowned slightly. For some reason, he always felt that this dragon was a little strange.

But if you look closely, you can't see any clues.

He thought for a moment, leaned sideways on the table, closed his eyes, and gently rubbed his eyebrows.

[Do you want to borrow the life of disciple Chu Wuxin? ]

"Yes."

[Borrowing life successfully, you have drawn the purple fate - innate magical power, spiritual awareness eye]

After Chu Xuan worshipped Zhao Qi'an as his master, Chu Wuxin also joined the charity hall and studied under the master of cultural relics in the hall, and naturally became Zhao Qi'an's disciple.

It seems that Zhao Qi'an draws other people's fate randomly, but in fact, the greater the difference in strength between the two people, the greater the probability of drawing the desired fate.

Chu Wuxin started practicing martial arts relatively late, and now she has just started to learn martial arts. Compared with Zhao Qi'an, her strength is far from that of heaven and earth. Therefore, it is quite easy for Zhao Qi'an to extract the fate he wants from her.

However, Zhao Qi'an had never borrowed Chu Wuxin's innate magical powers before, so he was not sure about the effect of her spiritual eye.

But judging from the fact that she was able to tell the depth of her cultivation at a glance, and was also able to see the true appearance of the ugly slave, this spiritual eye should be quite useful.

When Zhao Qi'an opened his eyes again, the whole world had changed slightly in his eyes.

He was stunned for a moment, then looked at Princess De Ling beside him seemingly casually.

As long as he concentrated, he seemed to be able to see inside Princess De Ling and see the internal conditions of her body clearly.

The meridians throughout the body, the acupoints, the Niwan Palace, Huangting, and Qihai three Dantians...

Even the purple lines on the primordial fetus nurtured within the Huangting could be seen clearly.

Princess De Ling has already reached the fourth-line Yuantai realm. If she does not pursue the ultimate in martial arts, she can already try to step into the third-grade magical powers.

"This spiritual eye is more useful than I thought."

Zhao Qi'an was a little surprised. Although this spiritual eye was only a purple fate, it was also a very practical fate among the purple fates. Even for him now, it was a great help.

He quickly turned his gaze to the iron cage in the hall and looked at the golden dragon.

As he gazed, the situation inside the golden dragon's body began to emerge before his eyes.

In this world, there are no "monsters" as mentioned in the myths and legends of the previous life. Beasts are beasts. Even the wild beasts and strange species that can rival the celestial warriors are just beasts with huge bodies and amazing strength.

But inside the golden dragon’s body, he was surprised to “see” the flow of spiritual energy.

But the next moment, he suddenly reacted.

"No, that's not the dragon's spiritual energy. That's the means someone else left on the dragon!"

Zhao Qi'an's expression suddenly became serious, and he looked at the golden dragon in the hall again.

When he used his spiritual eye to the fullest, the appearance of the golden dragon changed again in his eyes.

The golden scales on its body, the two horns on its head, the five claws on its abdomen... many of its physical signs gradually turned into a ball of pitch-black ink under the eyes of the spiritual consciousness.

These dragon-like features look as if they were "painted" on by someone.

But if you remove these, it will be a white python!
Almost instantly, four words emerged in Zhao Qian'an's mind - turn the virtual into the real!
This is a skill that can only be mastered by those at the second level of the Creation Realm.

Just like Wei Qi, who was newly recruited by Zhao Qian'an, she was transformed from a living person into a monster that looked like both a human and an ape by Dingbo Hou Ruan Shenxiu.

It doesn't seem to be a difficult task for a powerful person to create a "dragon".

But Zhao Qi'an didn't think so at first, and no one in the hall, including everyone, thought about it that way.

Why?

Because it makes no sense!

If a forged dragon could be hidden from Emperor Tianwu, how could it be hidden from the national teacher Shui Yuexian who possessed divine eyes?
Ji Yunrui shouldn’t be so stupid. If he were so stupid, he should have died long ago in the open and secret struggles with the Second Prince over the years!

What does he want to do?
Zhao Qi'an couldn't figure this out for a moment, so he could only observe the "dragon" carefully again.

Finally, he discovered something amiss: "The remaining spiritual energy on this dragon... is it a magical power?"

The magical powers of the Daqian Nine Provinces are as vast as the sea of ​​smoke.

Every warrior in the supernatural power realm has different supernatural powers that he or she digs out from the secrets of his or her own body. Some of these mysterious methods are so bizarre that they are hard to guard against.

Zhao Qi'an couldn't tell what kind of magic was cast on this "dragon", but he thought that this was the confidence of the third prince in offering the "fake auspicious sign".

In addition, he also found a strange thing inside the abdomen of this real dragon.

It was a round bead that looked like some kind of gem. It was not clear what it was exactly, but Zhao Qi'an vaguely felt a mysterious power contained in the bead.

(End of this chapter)