The Dragon Travels Ten Thousand Miles

"Kid Yue, I'll teach you how to deal with this sort of grudge-seeking maiden."

In his sea of consciousness, the Kindling Inheritor grew excited and said, "Push a maiden down and mate with her. That's the fastest and best way to resolve this sort of matter. After that, they won't beat or kill you when they see you again. Instead, they'll be gentle and obedient."

"Kindling..."

"Hmm?"

"Did the previous Kindling inheritors all deal with things like this the same way? I'd really like to know how they died..."

Zhong Yue ignored the little flame's rotten idea. He coughed and said to the two maidens, "Senior Sister Yu, Senior Sister Tao, what happened that day was only a misunderstanding. I apologize to you both..."

"Junior Brother Zhong doesn't need to apologize."

The black-clad maiden Yu Feiyan's pretty face was calm as she shook her head. "That night, I failed to keep Junior Brother Zhong here, so your trespassing into the Women's Court can be considered settled. However, you escaped under cover of darkness that night, and neither of us determined a victor. I came looking for you today precisely because of this matter. Junior Brother Zhong, please!"

Zhong Yue shook his head. "We have no grudge between us, so why fight to the death? Senior Sister, forgive me. I still have to cultivate, so I can't accompany you both."

He rose to his feet, took out six Feather Spirit Pills, and swallowed them, preparing to continue cultivating.

A great fish swam beneath Yu Feiyan's feet. It broke through the lake and raced over, churning up raging waves. Amid the surging water, a fish head as huge as a boat emerged, bearing several hints of a dragon's form. It was actually a Fish Dragon!

Of the Fish-Goose Twin Flight she cultivated, the fish was actually a Fish Dragon—the overlord of the waters!

That night, darkness had been heavy, and Zhong Yue had only caught a fleeting glimpse of the great fish without seeing it clearly. Now that he saw its true form, he found it was indeed exceptionally ferocious!

Yu Feiyan had evidently inherited the true legacy of the Fish Dragon Totem, and her spiritual power was sufficiently formidable as well. The manifested Fish Dragon was incomparably lifelike. It rose seven zhang above the water, possessing blood, flesh, and bones. Its dragon maw was savage, and its movements through the water were incomparably violent!

This was far more profound than the Flood Dragon Totem Zhong Yue visualized, which had only skin, without blood, flesh, or bones!

She must have seen a real Fish Dragon before. That's why she can refine the Fish Dragon Totem to such a degree! Zhong Yue thought.

What he did not know was that the reason Yu Feiyan could cultivate the Fish Dragon Totem to this degree was related to the totem of the Youyu Clan. The Youyu Clan was called that because "Yu" sounded the same as "fish." Their totem was the Fish Dragon, passed down from their ancestors.

The Youyu Clan had an ancient history. Qi refiners had already appeared among them ten thousand years ago, leaving behind the Fish Dragon Totem Spirit. That was why they were called the Youyu Clan. After ten thousand years of worship by countless members of this great clan, the Fish Dragon Totem Spirit had become just like a real Fish Dragon, with divine abilities vast and mighty, protecting the Youyu Clan!

As the granddaughter of the Youyu Clan patriarch, it was not difficult for Yu Feiyan to cultivate the Fish Dragon Totem.

She truly is worthy of being the senior sister of the Women's Court. That collision with her that night—she hadn't fully unleashed her strength. She probably didn't intend to kill me, only to break one of my legs.

Zhong Yue sensed the fierce killing intent rushing toward him. A thought flashed through his mind like lightning and flint. That collision let her see my strength, so this time she fully unleashed the might of the Fish Dragon Totem, without worrying that I couldn't withstand it! However, she has only used the Fish Dragon Totem. Fish-Goose Twin Flight combines two totems, so this still isn't her full strength!

Yu Feiyan was brimming with killing intent. The wind and waves raised by the Fish Dragon actually pushed the surface of the lake into a wave more than a zhang high, crashing fiercely down toward Zhong Yue at the edge of the cliff. "Junior Brother Zhong, I'm not here to seek your opinion. I'm here to have a proper contest with you. You have to fight whether you want to or not!"

This woman acted decisively and ruthlessly, fierce and overbearing, leaving him no way out!

"Senior Sister Yu should have refined the offensive techniques of two different totems into a single technique, obtaining the true legacy of both totems. She truly is worthy of being the senior sister of the Women's Court."

Zhong Yue smiled faintly, hoisted the thousand-jin stone onto his back, and leaped off the cliff. Her learning is broader than mine, and her mastery is deeper, but her attainments in spiritual power and the soul are inferior to mine. If we fight, the victor is still unknown. I'm not afraid of her, but there's no need to contend with her.

Tao Daier cried out in alarm. She hurriedly leaped up and stamped her foot. "Senior Sister, you forced him to his death!"

Yu Feiyan's expression also changed dramatically. With a whoosh, the Fish Dragon beneath her feet leaped out of the lake, directly clearing the cliff and plunging downward!

Tao Daier stamped her foot and leaped off the cliff. "Why did you jump down too? If you two die down there, people will say this young man and young woman died together for love... Oh no, why did I jump down too? If three people die, one man and two women, what will people say... Senior Sister, save me!"

The three fell from the cliff. However, Zhong Yue had the great stone on his back, so he fell faster and faster. Yu Feiyan was behind him, growing farther and farther away, while Tao Daier flailed her arms and legs as if trying to swim through the air, desperately attempting to swim upward from below. It was useless, though, and she continued falling with the other two.

The instant Zhong Yue leaped off the cliff, he looked up and saw that the two maidens had also jumped down. He could not help feeling puzzled. Did Senior Sister Yu jump down to save me or kill me? If she wants to kill me, she could simply let me fall to my death. Why chase after me? This woman isn't bad at heart after all. Although she's the granddaughter of the patriarch of the second-ranked Youyu Clan among the Ten Great Clans, she still won't stand by and watch someone die.

And Senior Sister Tao Daier actually chased after us too. I imagine they both have methods to survive a fall from a cliff, and must have cultivated techniques that allow them to fly. However, they don't know that I'm not seeking death, but cultivating...

He immediately sank into visualization, once again entering the wondrous state between life and death, his reactions pushed to the limit as he visualized Suihuang.

This time, he carried a heavy stone on his back. The slightest carelessness would mean death, so he could not afford the slightest negligence. Even though Yu Feiyan and Tao Daier had leaped off the cliff after him, they could not distract him.

The Suihuang he visualized became even clearer. Suihuang's dragon scales, whiskers, and eyes grew increasingly distinct, and more details appeared!

As the details increased, Zhong Yue immediately felt the drain on his spiritual power grow fiercer as well. After all, he was carrying a thousand-jin stone, falling faster, with a stronger sense of death and an even greater urgency!

A powerful will to survive would awaken every latent potential, forcing his body, spirit, and soul to mobilize every bit of energy to improve themselves!

Between life and death lay great terror and dread. The Inner Demon bred, but the moment Suihuang appeared, he refined all the Inner Demons, making his spiritual power purer and more resilient. His visualization also became smoother.

Above him, Tao Daier flailed and shouted at the top of her lungs, while Yu Feiyan ignored her completely. Suddenly, spiritual power surged from between Yu Feiyan's brows as she visualized a great bird. Spiritual power actually took form beneath her armpits, transforming into a pair of wings each measuring six or seven zhang!

Whoosh—

Yu Feiyan beat her wings, and her speed suddenly increased. She rapidly closed in on Zhong Yue!

The two fell along the cliff like meteors. Yu Feiyan drew closer and closer, but suddenly saw the ground below rapidly expanding. The trees and rocks grew larger and clearer, and she could not help being greatly alarmed!

They were falling too fast. With the ground drawing closer and closer, if they fell at this speed, then even though she had inherited Fish-Goose Twin Flight and could transform spiritual power into wings, she would still be smashed to death!

"This is bad..."

Cold sweat broke out on Yu Feiyan's forehead, and her mind descended into chaos. "I'm moving too fast. There's no time..."

"Burst!"

In Zhong Yue's sea of consciousness, the Kindling Inheritor suddenly shouted, awakening Zhong Yue from his visualization.

Zhong Yue opened his eyes. His terrifying and resilient spiritual power erupted, and his soul drove his spirit, transforming it into a Flood Dragon coiling around his body. Thunder boomed, lightning rolled, and he seemed like a golden dragon soaring across the sky!

The thousand-jin stone on his back was swept by the Flood Dragon's lightning. It gave off a series of crisp cracking sounds and shattered into pieces!

Zhong Yue was just about to Ride the Thunder Across the Sky when he suddenly saw Yu Feiyan spread her wings wide. With two loud cracks, the two wings formed from her spiritual power were actually smashed to pieces by the head-on gale!

Boundless terror appeared in the black-clad maiden's eyes. Headfirst and feet up, she plunged toward the mountain forest below. In the next moment, she would likely be smashed into a pool of mangled flesh!

Logically speaking, the instant her wings were shattered by the head-on gale, she still had time to visualize and condense another pair of wings from spiritual power, continuing to resist her downward momentum. However, Yu Feiyan seemed to have become dazed and foolish, remaining completely motionless.

"She was controlled by the great terror between life and death. Her sea of consciousness is breeding Inner Demons, trapping her in overwhelming terror!"

Zhong Yue had also experienced this great terror and dread between life and death. At a glance, he saw the source of the maiden's problem. Her sea of consciousness was filled with Inner Demons, leaving her unable to react.

Zhong Yue roared. The Flood Dragon coiling around his body shifted, then flew toward Yu Feiyan with a whoosh, startling the Kindling Inheritor into crying out, "Are you insane? Do you want to die?"

Sizzle—

Lightning erupted around Zhong Yue. Thunder and lightning flashed, and another Flood Dragon began to take form!

He split his mind three ways, visualizing Suihuang while simultaneously visualizing two Flood Dragons—one to save Yu Feiyan, and one to save himself!

This was the first time he had used such a method. The Kindling Inheritor had never taught him anything like it. Yet in this crisis, he had naturally employed it. Whether waving his hand to save someone or visualizing to save himself, everything flowed as smoothly as drifting clouds and flowing water!

Zhong Yue drove the thunderous Flood Dragon downward. After all, it had only just been condensed from spiritual power, so it was half a beat too slow. By then, he had already fallen into the forest and was about to hit the ground.

At this speed, even if he desperately unleashed his power, he would still have no hope of surviving!

"Dragon Travels Ten Thousand Miles!"

Zhong Yue was calmer than ever. He drove the thunderous Flood Dragon diagonally outward. The Flood Dragon shifted and changed as it struggled to smash into one towering tree after another, using the collisions with the trees to shed the force of its fall!

Boom! Boom! One towering tree after another shattered at the slightest touch, horrifyingly powerful. Finally, Zhong Yue and the thunderous Flood Dragon hit the ground, sliding dozens of zhang across the mountain land before finally coming to a stop!

Zhong Yue staggered, feeling more hollow than ever before. He hurriedly took out six Feather Spirit Pills and stuffed them into his mouth. When he looked back, he saw that he had left a deep trail through the forest. It was not straight, however, but winding and twisting, like the trail left by a Flood Dragon weaving through the air.

This was the movement technique he had comprehended just now—the trail left behind by Dragon Travels Ten Thousand Miles.

"He actually did it..."

The Kindling Inheritor was still shaken, but seeing this, he could not help letting out a sigh of relief. Perhaps this kid really can measure up to the Kindling inheritors...

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