Chapter 494: Chapter 448: Candle Dragon Bloodline

The two of them explored the surroundings of the abyss for more than a day without any discovery, and Jixiang gave an early warning that someone was approaching this place.

Jiang Yuebai had no choice but to take Lu Nanzhi back into a rock crevice that was not easy to notice, and used the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven to hide inside.

Only a section of White Vine was left hidden in the rock crevice, disguised as an underground Spirit Plant, to observe the external situation.

The Lotus Platform Cave Heaven had a base refined by Xie Tianbao, and Lii Jiuchuan also said that if one did not probe carefully, they would not discover the existence of the Lotus Platform.

Before long, a tall female cultivator in purple clothes squeezed out from another rock crevice, her body exuding Demonic Qi, and wore a red dragon-patterned mask on her face, cautiously scanning the surroundings.

At a glance at her movement technique, Jiang Yuebai knew it was Xingchou; she had indeed returned.

"Late-Stage Golden Core, huh?"

At this moment, Xingchou did not conceal her Cultivation and cautiously probed the surroundings in the dark.

Only now did Jiang Yuebai realize Xingchou must have deliberately taken her to the Bone Dragon earlier, for the restriction beneath the Bone Dragon was not the only way inside.

Otherwise, with Xingchou at Late-Stage Golden Core Cultivation, how could she withstand the Bone Dragon, and how could she break through the Dragon Clan restriction beneath it?

The Dragon Bones in the Dragon Bone Pit had not been touched by anyone, indicating that the path Xingchou came from did not pass through the Dragon Bone Pit.

Xingchou was startled when she surveyed the conditions in the abyss, shocked by the nine grand Dragon Heads, but after freezing on the spot for a moment, she suddenly turned to look in a certain direction.

Seemingly sensing something, Xingchou’s expression froze, and after retreating two steps, she sprinted directly towards the rock crevice where Jiang Yuebai’s Lotus Platform was hidden.

Jiang Yuebai hurriedly pulled the invisible Lotus Platform, retreating further and deeper, attempting to tuck it further into the crevice.

After squeezing into the crevice, Xingchou successively deployed three Array Plates, her Demonic Qi surging and transforming, eventually disappearing directly from Jiang Yuebai’s Divine Sense detection.

If it weren’t for her being able to see through the White Vine, she wouldn’t have noticed Xingchou’s existence at all; her concealment techniques were truly advanced.

Xingchou held her breath, suddenly turning her head to shoot several Flying Needles, all embedding into the White Vine that Jiang Yuebai used to probe.

With a flash, Xingchou appeared beside the White Vine, gathering Demonic Qi and slicing her fingers across it, causing the exposed White Vine to break off, which she then held in her hand.

She wore purple silk gloves on her hands, seemingly able to prevent poison, showing extreme caution.

Xingchou carefully examined the section of White Vine in her hand but couldn’t discern what kind of Spirit Plant it was, so she dug around the rock to check the White Vine Root System, eventually leaving the roots untouched and retrieving a Sealing Spirit Jade Box to store the White Vine before continuing to monitor the outside.

Only one broken root section of Jiang Yuebai remained in the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, she sighed helplessly. She too has been treated like Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures; the broken White Vine would turn to poisonous water after the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, so if it was removed, it was removed; with the root, she could still watch.

Not long after, two demon cultivators in black robes came to the outside, immediately splitting up to inspect each Dragon Head.

One of them was the Early-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi saw at the Dragon Bone Gorge entrance, who waved his hand to slay two Yazi.

Inside the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, Jiang Yuebai told Lu Nanzhi about this incident, who pressed her lips into a line and made a sealing motion indicating not to speak.

After the two had finished inspecting, one of them pulled down their hood, revealing that it was a female cultivator at Early-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivation.

"Senior Brother, it’s the same as before."

The man called Hek Shan pulled down his hood too, revealing a rugged face with a centipede-like black scar sprawling across his right cheek, giving him a sinister and terrifying appearance.

"With all the commotion earlier, I thought this place was breached by that Bone Dragon, but it was just a false alarm after all."

The female cultivator, Daoist Name Hongchen, glanced at the nine gigantic Dragon Heads around her and exchanged a look with Hek Shan, nodding to each other before immediately separating in two directions.

Hongchen headed towards the Qiu Dragon Head, while Hek Shan went towards the Black Dragon Head.

Each took out a porcelain bottle, directing its mouth towards the Barrier.

Two drops of Essence Blood flew out from the bottles, and two dragon roars echoed underground, shaking the earth.

A massive light from the Barrier flashed overhead, like an inverted bowl suppressing the entire abyss and the nine Dragon Heads above, preventing any sound or disturbance from escaping.

On the Essence Blood in Hongchen’s hand flickered a phantom of a Qiu Dragon, while Hek Shan’s drop showed a Black Dragon phantom; they used the power of Essence Blood to strike the Barrier, casting complicated Hand Techniques successively to break the restriction.

The whole process of breaking the restriction lasted an entire hour before the Barrier in front of them gradually dispersed and eventually disappeared. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Both of them breathed heavily as they sat down to adjust their breaths, and after they had mostly recovered, they looked at each other again, their presence rapidly climbing to a peak before giving the center of the nine Dragon Heads a full-force blow.

Boom!

Two torrents of Demonic Qi collided at the center of the nine Dragon Heads, where an invisible vortex emerged, and a massive shockwave exploded.

The two struggled against the residual pressure and continued to increase the output of Demonic Qi.

At this time, a brilliant light burst out from both the Winged Dragon and Candle Dragon Heads, injecting into the central vortex.

The power of the vortex surged, instantly blasting the two of them into the mountain wall, causing them to vomit blood and collapse.

The central vortex returned to tranquility and disappeared.

Holding his chest, Hek Shan crawled up, the centipede scar twitching on his face, "Damn it! To think it’s still not possible!"

Hongchen swallowed an Elixir and stood up, filled with regret, "If Master were here, he would surely be able to forcibly break the last two restrictions."

Hek Shan took a deep breath to suppress his anger, reflecting that back when Huntian discovered this place during the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul, he established a grotto here.

It’s just a pity that from Mid-Stage Nascent Soul to Divinity Transformation, Huntian found that the key to breaking the restriction was collecting Nine Dragon Essence Blood.

And this place is shrouded by an exceedingly strange Barrier, unable to be discovered or entered by Cultivation too low or too high—only those between the Golden Core and Nascent Soul are not repelled.

Huntian had many disciples watching over this place, aiding in breaking the restriction; he was just one of them.

The Essence Blood of other dragons was easy to find; only the Green Dragon Essence Blood cost Huntian nearly a thousand years of effort to obtain, attracting attention from the Great Power of the Green Dragon Realm.

He was ultimately annihilated in the Integration Great Tribulation, slain by combined forces from the Green Dragon Realm and other Righteous Dao Cultivators.

Hek Shan and Hongchen were relatively fortunate to become Huntian’s last disciples, making this their territory after his death.

To date, the pair had broken seven dragon restrictions, with only Candle Dragon and Winged Dragon remaining.

In those days, Huntian believed these two dragons had long since become extinct, originally intending to accumulate strength to forcibly break through.

But unfortunately, Hek Shan and Hongchen’s strength was far from enough as they couldn’t forcefully remove the restrictions of the last two dragons.

Either they would have to find several more Nascent Souls to try again, or find a way to the West Sea to obtain a drop of Essence Blood from a Winged Dragon, leaving only the Candle Dragon restriction, which might be easier to deal with then.

But both options were arduous!

With more people knowing, the things below could not be monopolized, but trying to collect Essence Blood from a Divinity Transformation Stage Winged Dragon was next to impossible for Hek Shan.

What’s more, as the second among the Ten Great Divine Dragons, even with only the Candle Dragon restriction remaining, it was uncertain whether he and Hongchen could remove it.

"Senior Brother, what should we do now?" Hongchen asked Hek Shan.

Hek Shan’s gaze was sinister. After pondering for a moment, he said, "The restriction here can’t be broken in a short while, so there’s no need to worry. You keep an eye on the periphery; I’ll go find a few old friends."

Hongchen nodded. No matter how unwilling they were, they could only leave temporarily.

Once the two had gone far, Xingchou continued to meditate in the rock crevice calmly, patiently waiting for a full two hours before emerging.

Only after carefully checking each crevice that could reach this place did she proceed directly toward the Candle Dragon Head.

The Candle Dragon restriction was activated; Xingchou stood before the restriction, raising her right hand and using Qi as a blade to slice open her palm, causing warm blood to spray onto the restriction.

Ripples spread over the restriction, and a few drops of blood fell to the ground, transforming into scarlet flames that burned fiercely, faintly emitting a dragon roar.

Observing from behind, Jiang Yuebai was startled seeing this scene—could it be that Xingchou possessed the Candle Dragon Bloodline?

The earlier scene already led Jiang Yuebai to deduce the key to breaking the restrictions here; now, with only the Winged Dragon and Candle Dragon restrictions left, if Xingchou had the Candle Dragon Bloodline, and combined with her Winged Dragon Bloodline...

The Candle Dragon restriction before Xingchou wasn’t broken by her; she looked towards the Winged Dragon Head, her gaze complex.

The time wasn’t right; Xingchou knew she couldn’t descend the abyss solely by herself yet.

Eventually, Xingchou lowered her hand, prepared to leave.

A White Vine suddenly extended from the rock crevice in front of Xingchou, quickly transforming into an ordinary-looking female cultivator.

"Fellow Daoist Xingchou, how about collaborating once more?"

Jiang Yuebai smiled at Xingchou, who was shocked, retreating with full vigilance.