Edited by Ea
“Earlier, when you were still in the Tomb of Youshan, there was a sudden change in the Dragon Tomb. The door of the Dragon Tomb, which required singing to open, inexplicably opened on its own initiative. However, nobody except the Dragon Emperor could enter,” Zhan Fengting recalled the situation of that day.
When the Dragon Emperor heard about this matter, he immediately rushed over. Even in the war to seal the demon thousands of years ago, the Dragon Tomb never gave any warnings, but now it opened on its own. He intuitively knew that there must be something big happening. The Dragon Emperor is also a courageous man. He entered the Dragon Tomb despite seeing the gate close behind him.
The Dragon Tomb Holy Land was a magical place. Some people wouldn’t be able to find the Dragon God’s true burial ground all their lives. However, if someone got the approval of the Dragon God, they would land right on the Dragon God’s burial site.
Obviously, at this time, the Dragon God was not interested in playing hide-and-seek with the younger generation. As soon as the Dragon Emperor entered, he landed in the location where the Dragon God’s bones slumbered.
“This Venerable…” The heavy dragon roar rang out, and the earth seemed to shake. He prolonged his tone for a moment before continuing, “After you leave, tell everyone that this Venerable has a hunch that the Tomb of Youshan will see the light of day again, and Heaven’s Wail is imminent. The old battle between gods, demons, and evil spirits will return after many years. With my own strength, this Venerable has already carried out the promise made with an old friend and guarded the location of this Heaven’s Wail for tens of thousands of years. Now, my soul will be scattered, and I’m afraid I can no longer guard Heaven’s Wail. But before I depart, this Venerable still wants to see my old friend again, so that he can feel at ease.”
The voice said leisurely, “This Dragon Tomb Holy Land is the last refuge of the Longyao family. This Venerable can maintain my residual soul for up to three years. This Dragon Tomb sealed tens of thousands of evil spirits. When this Venerable’s soul dies, the entire Dragon Tomb will cease to exist, and the grand seal in the Dragon Tomb will be broken. Millions of evil spirits will poison the world.”
“Whether the Longyao clan can survive and make a comeback in the war depends what you guys choose.”
The Dragon Emperor possessed the Dragon God’s inheritance and had also received many of the Dragon God’s memories. Instead of asking naive questions, the Dragon Emperor asked calmly, “Ancestor, can you show this junior a clear path? How can I help my people survive the difficulties?”
Zhan Fengting paused in his recounting.
Yan Tianhen urged, “What did that dragon say at the end?”
Zhan Fengting’s expression was somewhat unpredictable, saying, “He said, ‘Believe in the Divination Emperor, and you will have eternal life.’”
Yan Tianhen, “…”
Lin Xuanzhi, “…”
Zhan Fengting coughed lightly. Intuitively, this sentence sounded like something a cult would say. Then he continued, “After listening to that sentence, the Dragon Emperor was directly sent out of the Dragon Tomb. He immediately announced he was going into closed-door cultivation, but in reality, he rushed to Fuyao Sect to look for Master and ask him for a divination.”
Yan Tianhen asked, “What did Master say?”
Zhan Fengting replied, “Master seems to have known about this matter a long time ago. When the Dragon Emperor arrived, he hadn’t even gone up the mountain yet, but Master had already sent me to the foot of the mountain to greet the Dragon Emperor.”
On that day, when Zhan Fengting arrived at the foot of the mountain, he saw an old friend he had not seen for years. His voice was still gentle and soft, “Your Majesty the Dragon Emperor, Master has already foreseen your visit. He wants me to tell you that evil Qi cultivators will arrive in the North Land soon, and Heaven’s Wail will appear. He can’t save you, nor can he save the North Land.”
The Dragon Emperor’s expression grew unsightly.
Zhan Fengting changed the subject and then said, “But if you can gather the powerhouses from all over the world into the North Land, you may still leave a path of survival for the North Land.”
As soon as the Dragon Emperor opened his mouth, Zhan Fengting said again, “Master doesn’t want his disciples to throw away their lives. Naturally, it’s impossible to send someone from Fuyao Sect to the North Land to help you. However, I have received the Dragon God’s inheritance. Since the dragon clan is in a life and death situation, I must go to the Dragon Tomb in person. After all, I still have some important matters to finish.”
“One last question.” The Dragon Emperor asked, “When will Heaven’s Wail appear?”
Zhan Fengting responded, “The next time the Dragon Tomb Holy Land opens.”
After saying everything Esteemed Lan Yue instructed, Zhan Fengting walked back up the mountain.
Besides Esteemed Lan Yue, no third party witnessed his meeting with the Dragon Emperor this time.
After listening to the story, Yan Tianhen scolded, “By borrowing the name of the Crown Prince selection, he naturally gains a legitimate way to bring together all of the Nine Land’s powerhouses. The Dragon Emperor is really black-hearted. He really screwed over many people this time.”
Since those powerhouses already came, and since many had already entered the Dragon Tomb due to their relations with the Longyao clan’s disciples, they wouldn’t be able to flee in time if Heaven’s Wail appeared outside the Dragon Tomb. Thus, they naturally had to help the Longyao family defeat the enemy.
Once Heaven’s Wail appears, no one can escape.
Lin Xuanzhi turned to Zhan Fengting. “What does Esteemed Lan Yue mean by this? Since he didn’t let the disciples of Fuyao Sect get involved in this matter and even detained Bei Shitian and Wan Yitong, then why did he let me and Ah Hen come here?”
Zhan Fengting shook his head. “I also can’t guess Master’s intention in this matter. I once asked him directly about his reasons. He only said that some things are meant to be, and there is no escaping it. In that case, it’s better to meet those matters head-on and make preparations in advance.”
Yan Tianhen turned his eyes to Lin Xuanzhi, looking surprised.
Lin Xuanzhi could also understand. “Master already knew my identity long ago, but he didn’t know yours. However, since his cultivation was already high enough to divine the date that Heaven’s Wail will appear, it’s not surprising that he was able to divine your true identity.”
Yan Tianhen was suddenly enlightened.
Now, it became Zhan Fengting who didn’t understand the meaning in those words.
“What other special identities do you two have that I never knew about?” Zhan Fengting looked at the two of them and asked.
Yan Tianhen responded with profound meaning, “It’s a long story.”
Zhan Fengting paused, then smiled at once. “You are a child who bears grudges.”
Yan Tianhen said, “Senior Martial Brother, the reason that you and the Dragon Emperor arranged Hai Shixiong’s identity as the illegitimate child of Princess Jing — is it really just so he can be a shield for you?”
“Not entirely.” Zhan Fengting sighed. “In those days, the maid who served Princess Jing was also a disciple of my Longyao clan, and was thrown into the Dragon Tomb to serve my mother only because of her fornication with a human. But they didn’t expect that she was already pregnant at that time. My mother actually gave birth to me as early as hundreds of years ago, but at that time, except for the Dragon Emperor, the whole dragon family knew nothing about my birth, and my existence was naturally tightly hidden. I think you know what happened after that.”
He continued, “The position of the Longyao clan in the North Land was being threatened. Some people in the clan proposed to give Princess Jing to the Fu family as bride. However, on the eve of Princess Jing’s marriage, Little Lang’s mother suddenly gave birth to him and died. Firstly, my mother wanted to protect Little Lang, and secondly, she also had other intentions, so she announced that Little Lang was her child.”
It was a foregone conclusion. Little Lang was taken away by the Dragon Emperor. Since then, he lived on as the only child of Princess Jing. The twists and turns were truly complex.
It was easy to straighten out what happened next.
Hai Kuanglang became the son of Princess Jing. Although he was bullied, it was also due to the identity of Princess Jing that no one dared to actually make an attempt on his life. In addition, Princess Jing genuinely loved Hai Kuanglang, so although he grew up with some worries, he didn’t suffer too much.
Someone took the place of Zhan Fengting, so if Zhan Fengting wanted to appear openly, it was only natural that he would have to take another identity. That opportunity soon came.
The Dragon Emperor went to the border and passed through a destroyed town. After picking up a child, his mind bore an idea as he sealed the dragon aura in Zhan Fengting with spells, so that he could take that child’s identity. The picked-up baby was sent to a large family in the city; they were a couple who had no children and would treasure him.
“But there is another question, which I still can’t figure out.” Yan Tianhen said, “No matter how you look at it, you are still the child of Princess Jing, and the Dragon Emperor has his own children, and there is even more than one. How could he be willing to let you receive the Dragon God’s inheritance and become the next Dragon Emperor?”
After all, people were selfish.
Zhan Fengting, however, smiled faintly and said in a very light voice, “All my clansmen thought that Princess Jing was sentenced to death, but in fact, she had the Dragon Emperor protecting her, so who could truly touch her? In reality, Princess Jing committed suicide, and the reason why she did this was to protect my father. After all, it would be an enormous scandal if people found out that the man who committed adultery with her and had an illegitimate child with her was her older brother, Longyao Xuan, the ruler of the North Land.”
Yan Tianhen couldn’t resist his surprise. He let out a cry of “Wah!” and was so surprised that his chin almost fell off. “Your father is actually the Dragon Emperor?”
“Unbelievable, huh? Me too.” Zhan Fengting smiled with self-mockery. “When I first found out who my father was, I almost went crazy, but Princess Jing said that she knew in her early years that the Longyao clan would face a great disaster 500 years later, and only the descendant of the dragon clan who had obtained the Dragon God’s full inheritance could save the family. And if you want to create a descendant whose bloodline is closer to that of the Dragon God’s, you can only combine two people with the closest blood relations to make this happen.”
What’s more, Princess Jing was still a Holy Maiden, while Longyao Xuan was the next Dragon Emperor who received the inheritance. The birth of Zhan Fengting was actually premeditated.
He couldn’t choose, nor could he refuse.
However, Hai Kuanglang was an innocent person from beginning to end. He thought he was the real son of a Holy Maiden by blood. He had hated the Longyao family who didn’t treat him as a person for many years. He even mourned deeply because of the death of Princess Jing and couldn’t recover for a long time. Since then, he broke up with the Longyao family and left his hometown.
He nursed a grudge in his heart that, even until now, probably still wasn’t sated. He vowed to move his mother’s grave to the Dragon Tomb, which represented the glory and dignity of the Longyao family. He wanted to become the next Dragon Emperor, he wanted to get the right to speak, and he wanted to avenge his mother. However–
However, the truth was truly laughable.
Yan Tianhen couldn’t help clicking his tongue. “Princess Jing’s mother was truly a terrifying woman. She was willing to have her child suffer such hardships. It can’t be because she predicted that after so many years, evil spirits will return to the world?”
Zhan Fengting replied, “Of course not. Hundreds of years ago, the status of the Longyao clan was gradually declining. Princess Jing’s mother, who was the previous Holy Maiden, simply wanted the Dragon God to return and wanted to consolidate the status of the Longyao clan. If you let people know about this, it would really be a big scandal.”
Yan Tianhen suddenly realized something and said, “No wait, how could the Dragon Emperor’s mother know that the second child she gives birth to will be the next Holy Maiden of the dragon clan?”
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Sarah: And the secret has been revealed…Kinda sad for those two who had no choice but to do it for the good of their clan because fate has decided they be siblings ;__;
