A Big Chapter: Great Might Heavenly Dragon

For Xiao Ran, who possesses a second-level max-level Resonance Divine Sense, recognizing illusions is not too difficult; the difficulty lies in breaking them.

Moreover, in his view, his Master's dashing, sword-like temperament, graceful and swaying figure, and radiant, picturesque face... were the ultimate existence that no illusion could replicate.

If she weren't ridiculously beautiful, who would like a woman with such a terrible personality? He felt that his Master's beauty was at the pinnacle of what all living beings could comprehend, so no matter how much Photoshop enhancement was used, she would only become uglier; no matter how much copying and pasting was done, she would only have the form but lose her soul.

Especially after being kicked by his Master, the next moment he encountered a fake Master. The sense of disparity was palpable and could not be compensated for by any illusion technique the other party used.

Xiao Ran didn't even need to activate his full-level divine sense or do any identity verification tests to know that the woman in front of him was not his Master.

He recognized her at a glance; she was not human, Great Mighty Heaven...

Etc.

Xiao Ran needed to ensure his Master's safety first.

By Resonance with his Master through the Bone of the Blood Moon, he quickly located his Master's position.

The Master is still on the Sword Ship that fell into the sea earlier. After kicking him away, he hasn't moved an inch.

Her Spiritual Pressure was calm.

However, his bloodline was not at peace.

This means that her mental state is not very stable, and she may have already fallen into a hallucination...

Unless they encounter Mahayana- level enemy, they would not dare to launch a sneak attack while their Master is trapped in an illusion. And why would Mahayana- level enemy need to use illusions to deal with their Master?

The enemy's target was clearly him; they probably wanted to meet him alone, which is why they temporarily trapped their Master.

And he and his Master were only a dozen miles apart, so theoretically his Master was safe.

Xiao Ran then took a closer look at the woman in front of him.

The other party cast a small illusion spell to make themselves look exactly like their Master.

The illusion wasn't very high-level; it seemed to be just a joke, with no intention of using the Master's identity to bewitch him or create any real story.

If you look closely, the key to the illusion is at the neckline, like a spatial zipper.

Xiao Ran could pretend to be under an illusion and show filial piety to a fake Master, but he had no Filial Piety Points to gain. Who could tolerate their beloved Master being impersonated?

So he reached out and placed his hand on the woman's supple and graceful shoulder, pinched the seam of her collar with two fingers, and pulled it diagonally downwards with force...

Whoosh!

Like unzipping a zipper, she pulled off a Red Clothes, revealing the figure of another woman.

Interesting.

This isn't as simple as pulling open clothes; it's like peeling off a layer of skin.

A layer of illusion! It feels strange.

But what Xiao Ran couldn't tolerate was that after peeling back the Red Clothes outer layer, the woman was actually wearing a Black Clothes layer, playing a game of nesting dolls with him.

Upon closer inspection, it was a young woman dressed in a black robe and wearing a black veil.

Through the veil, one could see the woman's charming and lovely face.

Through the black robe, one could see her fair, jade-like skin, exuding the fragrance of ambergris, and seemingly so smooth it could be squeezed to release moisture.

Especially her slender waist, which resembles a snake, is so delicate that it could be grasped in one hand, possessing a strange and alluring charm that makes her seem like she could be pushed over at any moment and that she is so smooth and slippery.

Beneath the calm surface of her captivating eyes lay a burning excitement, eagerly awaiting her arrival.

The woman appeared young and frivolous, yet she possessed an extremely strong aura, exuding an air of aloofness born from years of immersion in the art of the zither, a refined art form that was often misunderstood. Her frivolous behavior was likely part of her master's mission.

Although it was their first meeting, Xiao Ran could roughly guess the woman's identity.

"No matter how realistically you imitate someone else, it's not as beautiful as showing off your own body."

The woman in Black Clothes thought that something interesting would happen if she transformed into Lingzhou Yue.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ran was completely unromantic and immediately stripped off her Red Clothes, revealing her true form.

How do you know this is my body?

The woman's eyes sparkled, and her tone was slightly teasing.

Primate, Black Zither, one of the Four Great Priests of the Apostle, the big sister of the Black Ring Group, young palace maid palace maid in Flamefree City, and a suspected clone of a certain Azure Python that ruined Li Wuxie's reputation...

Because Xiao Ran had been observing the Black Ring Group closely, he knew that the Primate's plan was to recruit him, and he had been prepared for this for a long time, so he wasn't too nervous.

The so-called "recruiting" means investigating his identity, testing his abilities, and then negotiating terms.

As long as he is quick-witted and cooperates well, it is unlikely that a conflict will occur.

"Who are you?"

Xiao Ran asked the question knowing the answer already.

Black Zither smiled gently:

"You know my identity perfectly well. We had a one-night stand in Flamefree City."

Xiao Ran suddenly widened his eyes, as if he had heard some incredible words.

Upon closer reflection, she realized that the young palace maid from Flamefree City was actually the first woman she had ever slept with.

Tears welled up in my eyes...

"It's not a one-night stand. My Master is right here. Don't slander an innocent person out of thin air."

"A good person?"

Black Zither turned to look in Lingzhou Yue's direction and saw the stationary ship, which at the end of the calm sea, turned into a black dot that looked like an island.

"Whether you see me as Lingzhou Yue or as some other woman, the way you undress a woman is so powerful that it doesn't seem like you're just a Spirit Severing cultivator."

Xiao Ran wasn't bragging; throughout history and across the world, no one could match his Clothes Shaking Finger Technique when it came to the skill of understanding people's feelings.

"So who are you really?"

Xiao Ran continued to ask questions he already knew the answer to.

Black Zither stood with his hands behind his back.

"You have a lot of influence, even in the enemy camp you can receive special treatment. I am one of the Four Great Priests of the Apostle, Black Zither. If I remember correctly, I should have told you and your master back in Flamefree City."

Xiao Ran tentatively asked:

I mean your true identity.

Black Zither faced the sea, her beautiful eyes as calm and boundless as the ocean itself.

"That depends on whether you're the person I'm looking for."

Why is everyone waiting for someone?

Xiao Ran said without any hesitation, "A few days ago, I also met a guy in the Divine Martial Kingdom who said he was waiting for someone. Unfortunately, you have all mistaken him for someone else."

Xiao Ran was referring to Great Emperor Liancheng, but Black Zither understood it to mean...

Rumor.

She was the one who arrived first! But Yao's Cultivation Level was negligible, and the Yan Armor Spirit Runes couldn't penetrate Xiao Ran's power.

We still need her to handle this kind of thing.

With her eighteen kinds of Heavenly Python clones, how could she not be able to figure out a man's true nature?

Black Zither turned around and stared directly at Xiao Ran. There was no seductive look in her eyes, but her whole body exuded a seductive charm.

Aren't you going to ask me who I'm waiting for?

Although he wasn't particularly interested in them, Xiao Ran still casually asked:

Who are you waiting for?

Black Zither didn't say it directly, but smiled and walked away, strolling along the beach, saying:

"I have a project here and would like to invite you to participate."

"No projects are of any use anymore. The Apostle have no future. As the high priest, do you think you can escape unscathed?"

Even so, Xiao Ran still followed Black Zither's footsteps.

This woman was not tall, but she possessed a powerful aura that made her seem aloof and unapproachable, and she did not appear short at all.

Her hips, clad in a black robe, were quite attractive, exuding an indescribable, fatal charm, giving off the aura of a widow who had personally murdered her husband.

No wonder Li Wuxie got tricked!

Xiao Ran just didn't expect that, without even going through the probing phase, this woman would go straight to negotiating terms.

"I don't need to escape unscathed; it's enough that my clone can leave."

Black Zither began to talk about the Black Ring Group's plans.

"This is something that I and a few other young people wanted to do as a team."

"Aren't young people unreliable?"

Xiao Ran deliberately picked a fight.

Black Zither said, "Last time in the Dark Forest, you encountered a guy dressed in strips of cloth. He was strong, wasn't he?" "Not bad."

"Actually, he has been Cultivation Level and working hard to study various Cultivation Method. You should understand that if it weren't for your Master's intervention, all of you geniuses combined wouldn't be enough to defeat him, and he is the weakest member of our team."

Unexpectedly, Gentleman, dressed in the most fashionable clothes and acting the coolest, received the most brutal beating and was completely reduced to a combat unit of the Black Ring Group.

What do you want to do?

Xiao Ran asked directly.

When it came to core issues, Black Zither would dodge the question. Suddenly, she said meaningfully, "Don't you think the Dao Alliance is strange?"

"What's strange about it?"

"For so many years, the Dao Alliance has been trying to protect civilians while covering up the truth of the fall of the Immortal Realm. The Hunt for the Underworld has always been all bark and no bite, with all Nine Radiances hiding out. Meanwhile, a truly powerful expert like your Master, who is skilled in the Underworld Slaying, has been left to retire to Zongzhi Mountain."

Retire in Zongzhi Mountain...

Xiao Ran was furious that his Master had been insulted and wanted to retaliate.

After thinking it over, I couldn't find any arguments to refute it.

Never mind.

"The Dao Alliance is concealing the truth about the fall of the Immortal Realm? I could say you want to destroy the world. Conspiracy theories need evidence."

Xiao Ran argued his case forcefully.

A sea breeze blew by, and seagulls flew backwards on the wind, creating waves on the sea.

Black Zither calmly said, "Our mission is to find evidence, excavate the ruins of the Immortal Realm, and find the cause of the Dharma Ending Era. Although the methods are somewhat drastic, we must bring the mastermind behind it to justice and restore the True Spirit Continent to a bright and clear world. However, we don't have enough manpower. Regardless of whether you are the person I am waiting for, our team needs a genius like you to join us."

I don't believe you for a second! The Black Ring Group's plans are clearly more than just investigating the truth of the Dharma End.

Xiao Ran was afraid that their methods were too radical.

For example: I want to create a world without Spiritual Power, because without Spiritual Power there would be no Wraith...

"Are you saying that killing three million citizens of Flamefree City was also a means for you to investigate the truth?"

Black Zither said, "We never intended to kill anyone. If you hadn't gone to Flamefree City Flamefree City, most of the people there would have only lost their memories temporarily and lived on an island in this sea, never to be bothered by the Wraith again. Nearly a billion people live on this sea, and most of them were actually rescued from the mouth of the Great Netherworld."

This...

If that's the case, would the Dao Alliance come to wipe out the Apostle?

Xiao Ran couldn't believe it no matter how hard he tried.

Black Zither added:

"The labyrinth beneath Flamefree City is a relic left by the immortals, and the contents of the stone tablet are likely the immortals' last words of warning to future generations, or the reason for the formation of the Dharma Ending Era, but we just can't decipher them."

Xiao Ran:

That's possible.

Black Zither:

"But the Dao Alliance has been trying its best to cover up the existence of the inscription. I bet you took the medicine from the Wraith Punishment Bureau before you knew about the inscription. After you got the stone tablet, the Dao Alliance definitely took it, right? If you don't believe me, try not giving it to the Dao Alliance next time you get a stone tablet."

This woman is truly eloquent; with just a few words, she speaks with reason and evidence, bringing immense pleasure.

Xiao Ran's worldview was almost turned upside down, but upon closer reflection, he felt that something was not quite right.

Instead of answering directly, Xiao Ran asked in return:

"Can I still get the stone tablet?"

"Of the nine stone tablets, five belong to the Dao Alliance, one to the Divine Martial Kingdom, one to the Apostle, one to a private collection, and one to the East Sea. We are currently searching for the last two. Join us, and perhaps you will be able to obtain them soon."

Black Zither's words have a pyramid scheme feel to them.

Xiao Ran thought to himself, "If I join you, I might be able to get the stone tablet, but in the end, won't it still go to your boss? Is there any difference between that and me giving it to the Dao Alliance boss now?"

Regardless of their ideologies, just comparing the size of their thighs, the Black Ring Group is far inferior to the Dao Alliance!

This is why Xiao Ran, despite having the option to spend 100 Filial Piety Points to bind the Black Ring and join the Black Ring Group, has hesitated to do so.

In this Dharma Ending Era, it is very important to cling to powerful figures.

If one day, the Black Ring Group gains power and the Dao Alliance collapses, wouldn't it be better to spend another hundred Filial Piety Points to let the Black Ring group choose him and join in style? Having made his calculations, Xiao Ran said seriously:

"Thank you for thinking so highly of me, but joining you is out of the question. My Master and I just want to quietly watch the afterglow of the end of the world from Sword-Wielding Mountain and spend our old age in peace. No matter what you do, as long as you don't hurt the people I care about, my Master and I will not stop you."

Black Zither revealed a strange, alluring quality, as if a wife were sharpening a knife and chopping vegetables before killing her husband.

"You won't stop us? You and your master have already joined the Dao Alliance in killing the Apostle. Isn't it hypocritical to say this now?"

Xiao Ran shook his head.

"You're wrong. We're here on our honeymoon. This place is far from the Central Plains. Even if something happens between us, master and disciple, that goes beyond what's expected of a master-disciple relationship, no one will point fingers."

Sure enough, this is a lecherous dog who even wants to sleep with his own Master! But as Black Zither listened carefully, he felt that he was implying that he should pay more.

Xiao Ran wasn't short of money. What could be more important to Xiao Ran than money? He'd found it!

Black Zither suddenly turned around and charmingly raised her right index finger.

"With Lingzhou Yue's physique, unless you are a true dragon, you cannot do anything."

Xiao Ran was surprised that she knew about her Master's constitution.

"You seem to know a lot, but I am not a true dragon."

Black Zither smiled mysteriously:

"Have you ever considered that her physical condition might be a filter, designed to select the only one?"

Xiao Ran thought that his Master's physique might be a filter set up by his mother-in-law to prevent his Master from marrying a weak person. What the heck is the only one?

He managed to select a transmigrator with a system by his side? But even he couldn't withstand his Master's sword energy.

Did the mother-in-law originally intend to select a suitable son-in-law, but he ended up taking her place through the system?

This is an exciting premise! "The only one, who?"

Xiao Ran asked curiously.

Black Zither began to recount her story in detail.

"I know you came looking for the Demonic Dragon, but unfortunately what you saw was not a dragon, but my Ancient Azure Python avatar."

"I know that."

"Not only do I not have a dragon body clone, but neither do the Apostle. In fact, the Apostle are also searching for a true dragon body."

"This..."

This was the first time Xiao Ran had ever heard of this claim.

Black Zither continued, "The little-known sequel to the legend of the Demonic Dragon is that the Black Dragon that defeated the first Great Netherworld Dragon of the Dharma Ending Era could not live in the Dharma Ending Era in its original form. So it possessed a human, or rather, it resided in a human's body. This is the legendary True Dragon Body!"

Xiao Ran thought for a moment and concluded that even if the black dragon was small, its Spiritual Power density was still high enough that the dragon race could not survive in the Dharma Ending Era. Therefore, the most likely scenario was that it would possess a human.

This person is clearly not him!

"My dragon can do nothing but raise its head; you've got the wrong person."

Black Zither smiled and coaxed, "Your power needs someone to develop it. Once you find the power of the true dragon, perhaps you will be able to withstand Lingzhou Yue's sword energy, and then you two can enjoy your honeymoon... Come with me to the Apostle Headquarters, and I will help you with this to show my sincerity in inviting you to join us."

Can a true dragon's body withstand the Master's sword energy?

Good heavens! Xiao Ran suddenly saw a glimmer of hope.

Even if I am not a true dragon, I must obtain the body of a true dragon by killing the son of a true dragon!

The problem now is—

Imagine that you truly possess the body of a dragon.

If I go with this woman now, what if she extracts his true dragon power, takes it from his body, and takes it away? "What if I don't agree to go with you?"

Xiao Ran suddenly stopped.

"Then come with me in a different way."

Black Zither's body trembled slightly, and her aura rippled, transforming into a White Kiln Jade Dragon that coiled above Xiao Ran's head! The dragon's body was as thick as a human's, resembling both a dragon and a python, with scales as warm as white jade, and its entire body was covered with a faint golden light.

The golden white dragon was only a few feet long, but the Spiritual Pressure it emitted far exceeded that of the black azure dragon that devoured Flamefree City! A dragon roar stirred up a monstrous wave.

Trying to fight me head-on? Trying to break my promise? Do you think I'm a weakling like Li Wuxie?

Don't look down on me, auntie!

Xiao Ran flashed forward, drew his sword, and charged.

Chapter 220 The King of Lewd Talk:

Swords hanging from the waist, unparalleled

The wise man hopes the driver will beg for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month!