“Obediently tell me everything. Who are you, why did you attack me, how did you force past the dimensional walls of this Great World and what is that pearl floating in the sky?” Heifeng Jiansui’s stern voice made the girl obediently speak out. Meanwhile, he analyzed the runes on her body and her bloodlines, in an attempt to figure out a sealing art.
“I … am a beast born during the start of the era, when the world was reborn. My name is Leishen Meilong and I am a Thunderfire Dragon. I noticed the nirvanic rebirth of a phoenix and saw that the dimensional walls were weakened so I smashed in. As for the pearl… I encountered it 4 years before, but despite all my efforts I couldn’t understand any of its secrets. It seems to be an inheritance of some sort, but it tries to escape me because I am not suited for it. So, I kept on chasing it…” Her voice had turned even sweeter and had some sort of hypnotic effect which was utterly useless against him.
As she spoke, Heifeng Jiansui figured out the composition of her bloodlines. 85% was a fusion of various draconic bloodlines, with the Fire and Metal elements as the majority. There were some strange, rare bloodlines like Devouring and Dark Dragon as well. But the 15% of the blood… was that of a phoenix. A White Phoenix at that.
“And where does that 15% Phoenix bloodline come from? How many White Phoenix clansmen have you eaten?” Heifeng Jiansui’s voice had the shadow of killing intent within it.
“I swear I didn’t kill a single White Phoenix clansman! I encountered the true White Phoenix and she luckily bestowed me bit of her blood!” At the girl’s plea, Heifeng Jiansui smiled.
“Of course, the White Phoenix ancestor is one of your friends. Similarly, the Five Supreme Dragons are pursuing your heart as well. Not only that, the Nineyuan Sect’s Leader owes you his life. So if I want to keep my life, I should immediately release you and cut off one of my limbs as payment, right?” The killing intent emitted from Heifeng Jiansui seemed capable of freezing the dragon’s soul!
“A-Actually, there was a battle between the Flame Supreme Dragon and the White Phoenix. A lot of blood was spilt at that time and I managed to snatch the Phoenix ancestor’s blood…” Hearing her words, the killing intent lessened.
“That’s more like it. Now, where did you keep your treasures?” Hearing this, the girl tried to evade his questions, but eventually handed him a spatial ring.
“That’s good. I will search you thoroughly later, so if I find something I will have to punish you for your insolence as well…” Heifeng Jiansui’s words had killing intent dripping out of his mouth. In response, Leishen Meilong gritted her teeth but did not give up anything.
Of course, this woman was hiding some treasures. And these treasures were concealed within a space in her dantian. Heifeng Jiansui could sense its existence, but did not reveal it. He needed a reason to punish her later for her disobedience!
“Well then. Since I am a benevolent person, I am not going to take your life.” Hearing this, the girl flushed red with relief. “Unfortunately, I can’t let you go scot free, can I? If I do that, people will think of me as a man easily provoked. So, I am going to extract some of your bloodlines. What do you think of it?”
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The dragon had expected this. After all, it would be strange if he simply left without taking some compensation. She hurriedly said, “Lord, please take of my bloodline as you please. Just spare my life!”
“Well then, let’s begin now!” The conversation ended quickly and Heifeng Jiansui hurriedly removed his acupuncture instruments. The first part of his plan, subjugating the dragon had completed. Now, he needed to snatch her bloodline and seal her before the chaos energy dissipated! If he couldn’t do that, he would be helpless before her rage!
The power of chaos seeped into the instruments. This was the second time he was earnestly using this force after cutting off her wings with its power. Heifeng Jiansui simply threatened to tear off the dragon’s vitals earlier, so he didn’t actually have to use this power!
First of all, Heifeng Jiansui snatched the entirety of the White Phoenix bloodline. After that, he gathered some portion of the Fire and Thunder Dragon bloodlines in search of ancestral bloodline memories. He took away the minute Darkness and Devouring bloodlines as well, due to his interest in them.
At the end of the extraction procedure, a stray needle struck near her dantian, causing a bottle of medicinal elixir to form from thin air. Seeing this, the dragon girl’s face turned pale at the killing intent that suddenly emitted.
“So despite my benevolence, YOU STILL DARED TO KEEP SECRETS FROM ME!? I should cut your heart out, tear out that reverse dragon scale and pull out that draconic core from within you!” At this moment, Heifeng Jiansui’s loud voice suddenly turned soft. “Give me a reason why I shouldn’t do that.”
“Benevolent lord, forgive this one’s lies!” Unable to move due to the acupuncture procedure, the girl immediately removed all the items she had concealed in the space within her dantian. “I no longer have anything hidden, forgive me, forgive…” The mad dragon was now overflowing with tears! Facing Heifeng Jiansui’s cold manner, ruthless strength and cold killing intent, all dignity had fled from her body!
“Hmph. I promised you that you will live, so I will keep it. So, I won’t tear all of them out, I’ll only take one. So heart, reverse dragon scale or draconic core… choose one of them, tear it out and offer it to me.” Hearing Heifeng Jiansui’s cold tone, a waterfall of tears sprang from Leishen Meilong. All three of them were vital to her!
She cried out for a minute or so when the killing intent solidified due to her hesitation. Almost unwillingly, she prepared to pierce her throat and hand over the reverse dragon scale when Heifeng Jiansui’s cold voice stopped her.
Looking at him, he appeared to have softened due to her tears. “Perhaps asking you to tear out your vital points was a bit extreme… But you still lied to me. For that, I command you to seal off your own cultivation and consciousness, and go into meditation for 1000 years.”
Saying this, Heifeng Jiansui passed her a jade-slip. ‘The Thousand Year Dream’ was a technique that could be practiced by dragons to enter a 1000 year long meditation session. It was a technique of the previous era, but Heifeng Jiansui had analyzed it and found out that it would work in this era as well.
Reading it, a spark of delight entered her eyes. Not only did this man sentence her to something as simple as meditating for a thousand years, he actually gave a technique that would benefit her by doing so! 1000 years was insignificant to someone like her who was born a million years ago! This technique would cultivate the bloodline while forcing the cultivator to dive into bloodline memories and comprehend the Dao from them. It seemed that the tears from a beauty could move even a man like him!
She immediately nodded. Heifeng Jiansui picked up her body immobilized by seals and carried her to the platform under which the core of the 999 Phoenix Nirvana Domain was resting. Reaching into her spatial ring, he took out a Thousand Year Coffin, an instrument that acted as a space where one could meditate in peace.
Placing her helpless body in that coffin, he once again reminded her, “If you dare arise from this coffin before the thousand years have passed, I will cut you down. I am going to set up formations to monitor you, so do not think you can trick me. If I am in a good mood, I might just release you earlier but that depends on luck. Rest, then.”
At his command, the girl followed his instructions and began the technique. Her body, soul and qi turned dormant and began to converge in a vortex. Finally, her consciousness entered the vortex. At this moment, all signs of life on her body ceased. The technique was successful!
Closing the lid of the Thousand Year Coffin, Heifeng Jiansui left it under the platform above the core of the formation. His scheme had succeeded!