Spirit Vessel

The river ran strong tonight with a dark figure swimming underneath. By the shore was a blazing bonfire illuminating the water red.

Feiyun burned the tree spirit and Ximen Chuixiao started roasting some pork shoulder. He then sprinkled seasoning and the smell spread to the distance.

The turtle had a leg six or seven times larger than him. He tried to steal Ximen Chuixiao’s spices but was caught.

“Hehe, Brother Xiao, I just want to borrow your spices.” He said with a smile.

“No way!” Chuixiao refuse right away and put a lid on the pot: “I got this from Void Grotto, there is only one of it in the entire world.”

He then took a bite of the pork shoulder and relished the taste: “It’s amazing.”

The turtle’s expression changed darker. He sat down and complained: “How stingy.”

The blood dragon stared at the pork shoulder and started salivating as well.

As for Feiyun, he wondered who Chuixiao was - the guy certainly had many secrets. He seemed to be searching for something as well.

“Dragon, you got beaten today?” Feiyun asked.

The dragon snorted and said: “If it wasn’t for this place suppressing my cultivation, that country-bumpkin monster wouldn’t have been able to beat me. Brother Yun, you should know that I’m really strong and prestigious. Your territory lords or whatever always ran away from me, it’s just that the turtle put a terrible curse on me so here I am now, sigh. How disappointing, I am shaming my family’s reputation.”

Feiyun gently patted its head and asked: “Miss home?.

“Brother Yun! I miss my mother so much, she’s all alone and must be very lonely with no one to take care of her. Why don’t you go ask that turtle to lift my curse and let me go free?” The dragon looked at the ground with a treacherous gaze. When it looked up again, it lunged into Feiyun’s chest and acted pitifully.

“Why don’t you ask yourself?” Feiyun said.

It glanced at the turtle and whispered: “Whenever I bring up this matter, it would hit me and read the incantation, it’s merciless and inhumane.”

Feiyun frowned and said: “It is in the wrong for doing this, I’ll help you out soon.”

“How soon is soon? Brother Yun?” The dragon was ecstatic and started massaging Feiyun’s shoulders.

“500 years.” Feiyun responded.

“500 years?! Why so long?” The dragon became speechless.

“Firstly, you must have committed serious mistakes to be pursued by the bamboo. If I release you, you will only wreak more havoc.”

“Secondly, I appreciate your talent and potential. If you follow me, you will have a brighter future.”

“Thirdly, you are an immemorial demon monarch, this is indeed prestigious. If I ride you across the human dynasties, women will fall in love with me instantly, haha!”

The dragon’s jaw nearly dropped to the ground.

“Try your best to recover tonight, we’ll go deal with that guy tomorrow.” Feiyun gently patted the dragon’s head twice again before sitting down on a boulder to train.”

“Motherfuckers, all of you, I am a demon monarch, not a pet. Goddamn it, just wait until I break free, that is when all of you trash will tremble, haha!” The dragon shouted.

However, everyone was busy with their own thing and didn’t give a damn about its declaration.

***

Bronze Cauldron was as rowdy as always with beast roars and demon wails.

However, the dragon’s snore was louder than anything else. The turtle had to kick it down the river to mitigate the noise.

On the second day, the group headed for the location where the dragon was defeated.

They entered a desert with large reflective boulders everywhere, resulting in chaotic rays.

“This is it? Doesn’t look special.” The turtle left behind cute footprints on the sand.

Feiyun, on the other hand, didn’t enter just yet. He scanned the area and said: “It’s a death zone.”

“Death zone?” The turtle immediately turned around after hearing this.

“I’ve been here before, there is a mysterious entity sealed here.” Feiyun said.

“That’s right, the guy was really strong and ferocious but I was only one step behind. I could have suppressed it easily if it wasn’t for my sealed cultivation.” The dragon said.

“Please, its cultivation is sealed too, not to mention it being imprisoned.” The turtle said.

“I was just too careless, that’s all, could have easily won.” The dragon said.

“Go bait it out.” Feiyun said.

“Who… me?” The dragon pointed at itself.

Feiyun nodded.

“Ah! What the hell, I have a stomachache! Must have been cold last night, oww!” It immediately screamed.

“Someone is scared.” Feiyun responded.

“Ow! I’m not scared at all, but my stomach It grabbed its stomach.

“Don’t be so mean to Uncle Dragon. Uncle is still afraid due to the beating yesterday, I’ll do it.” The fruit said.

“What? I’m not afraid at all. Brat, you better watch your mouth. All of you, observe how I’ll teach it a lesson today.” The dragon was pissed off and turned back to its original form.

It flew into the desert and said: “Come out here, we fight again today!”

“Raa!” A roar louder than the dragon’s challenge came with a chilling aura as if a devil was awakening.

The turtle got chills all over and said: “This is absolutely a force to be reckoned with. Just how strong is it without the seal?”

Feiyun and Chuixiao felt immense pressure and understood why the dragon lost.

The ground shook violently and the atmosphere became chilling.

“You were defeated yesterday yet you dare to come again?” A hoarse voice came from beneath.

“Yesterday? Yesterday… was my older brother!” The dragon didn’t want to admit defeat.

“Whoosh!” A claw pushed out from the sand, creating yellow tornados.

The sounds of iron chains clanking could be heard from beneath. This claw alone spanned dozens of miles.

“Bam!” It smashed the dragon down to the ground with only physical force, nothing else.

It tried to finish the bloodied dragon off but chains pulled it back down, allowing the dragon to escape.

“Let me see what it is.” Feiyun turned his weapon essence into a spear and joined the battlefield.

However, the dragon stopped him and said: “Let me borrow your weapon, I only lost because I don’t have a good one.”

Feiyun saw its determination and lent it his weapon essence.

The dragon flew back to the desert to challenge again.

“Why you again?” The voice seemed to be impatient.

“You must be talking about my second brother. Both my first and second brothers lost to you, but I will not! Come out and meet the reason for your demise!” The dragon roared.