Free Web NovelChapter 669: Chapter 264: Dragon Lord (Part 2)
Fan Wubing said,
"I owe her something."
Luo Tianyuan shook his head, "No, you don’t owe her anything. In the emotions between two people, there’s no such thing as someone owing someone else. There’s no perfect love; good things often face difficulties. You have your path to follow, and she has hers. If you can meet at the end, that’s a great destiny."
Fan Wubing smiled and said, "I’ve learned something."
Luo Tianyuan said, "I’m just a retired old man." He looked at the busy Luo Ling Immortal in the distance, with a slightly guilty expression, "People like to say ’Follow your dreams,’ but that in itself is a precious dream."
"Do you plan to make Sister Ling Xian your successor?"
Luo Tianyuan said, "Ling Xian loves her sister very much. The moment Qingyao left home to travel the world, it was destined that Ling Xian would become the Luo Family Patriarch. However, Ling Xian’s vision is very simple, just to make sure Qingyao has a home to return to."
This topic seemed somewhat heavy, so he changed his attitude and cheerfully patted Fan Wubing on the shoulder,
"So, you don’t need to mind that Ling Xian didn’t welcome you before, she was just too afraid that her only sister would go astray."
Fan Wubing let out a small laugh, "I’m happy for Qingyao, having a family that cares so much about her."
Luo Tianyuan teased, "What surprised me the most was that Ling Xian actually accepted that you love not only Qingyao."
Fan Wubing gave an awkward smile.
Luo Tianyuan said, "Of course, this has something to do with Manman being a truly likeable child."
Fan Wubing couldn’t say more, so he just smiled and agreed.
After the long family chat ended, Luo Tianyuan became serious,
"What you’ve been through will soon spread across the world. You must understand, surviving the Heaven-Slaying Tribulation is a great challenge to their firm belief in ’Heavenly Dao above all.’ You will become the target of all, including everything related to you: your family, your friends, anyone close to you. This isn’t exaggerating, but a great upheaval that overturns order! The Luo Family is large and well-known, so it might withstand the pressure, but your Fan Family, the Eternal Immortal Sect, may not."
Fan Wubing squinted his eyes, "Heavenly Dao above all..." Soon, he seriously said, "During the more than a year at the Celestial Land, I understood one thing. This world is not where everyone is dedicated to the Heavenly Dao. Some are thankful that I died in that Heaven-Slaying Tribulation, while others, because I have returned, see hope today."
Luo Tianyuan was suddenly shocked, saying in awe,
"You’re right! The so-called shocking change is, in itself, a challenge to the world’s order. Until the dust settles, no one dares call themselves a winner!"
Fan Wubing gazed into the vast sky.
This is a transformation.
A young man once driven forward by fate has now turned around, seeking to become the master of his fate.
Luo Tianyuan looked at Fan Wubing’s figure, unsure if he would be the winner after the dust settled, but what was certain was that he would leave a significant mark in history.
Without staying long in the Everlasting Realm, once he returned to the Celestial Land, Fan Wubing met the Profound Order Bird.
Filled with great willpower, Fan Wubing made the Profound Order Bird feel an ancient call from its bloodline.
Almost instinctively, it believed that even if Fan Wubing wasn’t a true dragon, he surely had the will of one.
After all, who else but someone with the will of a true dragon could create rootless energy and remain unharmed under the Heaven-Slaying Tribulation?
In fact, the so-called rootless energy was actually the product of Fan Wubing exhaling and inhaling the breath of life.
This change appeared after "Master of All Beings, Bones of Time" had a fullness level of 20%.
His life energy underwent a qualitative change or, rather, an elevation.
It became even closer to the Great Wilderness Cyan Dragon.
Just as the Profound Order Bird said, it was the last breath of a true dragon that carried this world from the Great Wilderness Era into the Enlightenment Era, or you could say it was the last piece of life energy from the Great Wilderness Cyan Dragon.
The Profound Order Bird spoke to Fan Wubing with great respect,
"Dragon Lord, where should we go from here?"
Dragon Lord was the title given to Fan Wubing by the ancient spirit beasts like the Profound Order Bird in the Celestial Land.
Fan Wubing said, "Let the will of the true dragon once again cover the world."
The Profound Order Bird’s eyes shone with endless brilliance. This answer completely convinced it and made it willing to let go of its pride as an ancient spirit beast to follow this young man.
Fan Wubing asked,
"How many others like you are there in the world?"
The Profound Order Bird said, "Since the Hundred Schools of Thought of the Human Race, spirit beasts like me gradually lost competitiveness. We cannot spread across the world and sing the great song of civilization like humans, so most of us live in seclusion, neither disturbed by people nor disturbing others. For hundreds of thousands of years, even as the world changed countless times, it never changed. Especially since the Immortal Path collapsed, the heavens were renewed, and the true dragons were lost, we became even more unwilling to come out."
Fan Wubing asked, "Like Bixi?"
The Profound Order Bird was surprised, "The Dragon Lord has met Bixi?"
Fan Wubing smiled and said, "It’s just as you described, digging a muddy hole under the deep sea, rolling inside all day, unwilling to surface."
The Profound Order Bird said, "Bixi is an even more ancient existence than our clan, an epic spiritual beast from the early Great Wilderness Era. I didn’t expect the Dragon Lord to know this elder." Its eyes shone even more brightly; if even Bixi recognized the Dragon Lord, it further confirmed that its belief was correct.
Fan Wubing said, "We need more partners."
"Other spirit beasts?"
"Yes. Only the will of the true dragon can call to them, and similarly, only they can call to the will of the true dragon," Fan Wubing said, "This Celestial Land is entrusted to you. Take it and traverse every corner of the world, spreading the will of the true dragon."
The Profound Order Bird was filled with enthusiasm,
"I will not fail this mission!"
Fan Wubing thought, and I have even more important things to do.
He gazed towards the direction of the Immortal Continent, murmuring in his heart, "Jiang Sha, I know your plans. This time, don’t think of treating me as a child again."
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Changning City,
In a certain manor deep in the night.
Jiang Sha awoke from a nightmare. Liu Qingqing, living next door, felt something unusual and came to her bedside immediately,
"Hall Master, what happened?"
Jiang Sha, very rarely somewhat flustered, had beads of sweat on her forehead, and she held Liu Qingqing’s arm, saying softly,
"Fan Wubing..."
"Fan Wubing? What about him?"
Jiang Sha said, "He... tore apart the shroud of fate I cast on him, revealing his true self to the world."
Liu Qingqing was amazed, "How is that possible! How did he do it!"
Jiang Sha closed her eyes, pressing her fingers against her brow, looking a bit pained, freeweɓnovel.cѳm
"I don’t... know either."
Liu Qingqing was incredibly shocked. She had almost never seen the Hall Master show such an expression, not even when she failed to restore the Path to Immortality and was cursed by the Heavenly Dao. This complex look of pain also left her unable to understand what exactly the Hall Master was suffering from.
"What should we do now?"
Jiang Sha sounded a bit sorrowful, "Why did he have to do this... Is it because he’s dissatisfied with my attitude towards him? Or does he want to sever ties with me?" She curled up slightly, "Qingqing, did I do something wrong?"
Liu Qingqing didn’t know how to answer this, "Hall Master, you shouldn’t view Fan Wubing as a child. He may develop a dependence on you because of his closeness to you, but at heart, he’s someone who dares to challenge order. If you want to hear the truth, in my opinion, your previous cold treatment of him was quite immature."
Jiang Sha was a bit discouraged, "I... don’t know why I did that."
Liu Qingqing felt a pang of sympathy.
She hated to admit that the once-strategic and all-knowing Hall Master also had to face an inescapable destiny.
Just like even the wisest ruler, after aging and becoming weakened, unavoidably commits all sorts of mistakes.
The Hall Master’s frail body and the destiny it signaled left her unable to make more choices, only able to proceed down a path to its end.
Liu Qingqing took a deep breath, "No matter what, I will support the Hall Master."
In the silence, Jiang Sha gradually returned to normal, once again becoming the presence that seemed to hold all control,
"Let the Greedy Demon Lord take action."
"Isn’t it too hasty?"
"We have no time. It must be completed before Wubing completely cuts ties with me."
"But can your body handle it?"
Jiang Sha stared at the ceiling, a faint glimmer flickered deep in her pupils,
"Bet everything on it."
These four words were like a mountain weighing on Liu Qingqing’s heart.
The weight was so heavy it was hard for her to breathe.
