Dragon Drinking

More than a hundred years ago, the situation of the Jing Family was completely different!

At that time, the ancestor Jing Chuan, relying on a White Fang level Tide Destiny Constitution, miraculously condensed a Dharma Idol, cultivated to the peak of the Dragon Elephant realm, and then won first place in the Dragon Boat Race, instantly becoming the chief steward of the Hun Ling Number!

This was a comprehensive and complete class leap! The entire Jing Family also took off with him.

Since then, the Jing Family had been on a rapid rise, cultivating disciples, seizing benefits, and seeking power, all without difficulty.

But all of this came to a complete halt with the loss of the Hun Ling Number.

Its rise was sudden, and its fall was also sudden!

All subsequent outcomes were already predetermined.

For Jing Qian at this time, possessing the Tide Destiny Constitution was enough to help him perfectly integrate into Jing Qian's identity.

He also clearly knew how important such a background as a legitimate scion of an established family was for his future development.

Whether it was to hide and avoid calamity, seize resources, or even pursue higher cultivation, he needed a platform like the Jing Family!

And resolving the Jing Family's misfortune and cutting off the hands of their enemies was his first challenge upon arriving at HunZhou Island!

At this moment, he was sprinting at high speed precisely to solve the problem fundamentally.

These people dared to be so brazen, completely disregarding the identity of the Jing Family's meritorious descendants and martyrs' offspring, to seize their inheritance.

It was all because the Jing Family's cultivator lineage had been completely broken!

Among all the male members of the family, only one young sapling remained.

One must know that in this cultivation world, great power belongs to the individual.

Mortals like Jing Qian, who could not advance, did not even possess the most basic human rights!

Others didn't even need to act; a mere whisper from the side could lead to countless possibilities for him to die prematurely.

The entire Jing Family's last breath was hanging on a female cultivator in the Determining Destiny realm.

It was no wonder others, driven by greed, made a move against the Jing Family.

But Jing Qian was determined to completely change this situation!

He would, in the most legitimate way, face all obstacles and doubts, complete the crucial breakthrough in cultivation, and appear before everyone in a brand new posture.

He left the Hun Zhou Sea Market and sped along the wide, dry riverbed for thirty miles, finally arriving before a massive stone platform.

This stone platform was built right by the riverbed, with a small bronze gong standing upright on it. Next to the gong hung a small green jade hammer.

Jing Qian paid no mind to anything else, walked forward, held the small hammer, and struck the bronze gong with one blow.

"!"

A clear ringing sound echoed far away, as if resonating leisurely between heaven and earth.

Afterward, he stood before the bronze gong and waited.

At the same time, a Ninth Grade Determining Destiny realm cultivator, riding a large sheep that was also Ninth Grade, led a team of armored cavalry, following closely behind Jing Qian.

In everyone's eyes, Jing Qian was merely a child who had not yet undergone Determining Destiny. Sending a cultivator at the Determining Destiny stage to lead the pursuit was absolutely foolproof.

However, unexpectedly, when this group had only covered half the distance, they heard that resonant sound echoing across the sky.

This sound, seemingly soft and gentle, leisurely spread throughout the entire HunZhou Island, spanning thousands of miles!

The Ninth Grade Determining Destiny stage cultivator, upon hearing this sound, his face drastically changed, and he couldn't help but cry out:

"Who gave him the guts to strike the Dragon Drinking Plate?"

"He's seeking death himself, which saves me the trouble!"

"We retreat!"

With that, he turned his sheep's head around and led his men back to the Hun Zhou Sea Market at top speed.

As he ran, he said to a knight beside him:

"That Jing Family kid striking the Dragon Drinking Plate was unexpected by everyone. Not being able to witness his death can't be blamed on me. I won't be returning the Qian Family's prime gold."

The mortal knight who heard this pursed his lips and said nothing more.

On the cave dock, ships moved like weaving shuttles, day and night without pause, a scene of bustling activity, just like every ordinary day in the past.

But when the sound of the Dragon Drinking Plate came, everyone seemed to be frozen, completely stopping their movements.

But the next second, everyone seemed to be electrocuted, jumping up in surprise and scattering like birds and beasts!

As they ran, various people cried out:

"It's over, it's over, it's over! We're going to die, we're going to die, we're going to die!"

"Did someone really strike the Dragon Drinking Plate? Did I hear wrong!"

Looking at the various ships on the lake again, they sped towards both sides of the large lake.

Many large ships that were unloading goods at the dock didn't even bother with the cargo, leaving it on the shore, raising their anchors and leaving.

Not long after, the entire underground cave began to shake violently, and an earthquake no less than magnitude eight suddenly erupted!

It wasn't just these two places!

When this sound echoed, reactions occurred everywhere on the entire HunZhou Island, and the vast majority were negative and fearful.

And the instigator of this sound still silently guarded the stone platform, as if expecting something.

Jing Qian was clearly visiting HunZhou Island for the first time, yet he immediately caused a huge commotion upon arrival!

The reason he was so reckless was entirely due to a memory fragment from Jing Ran.

It was a very clear conversation that also took place on this stone platform:

"Little sister, don't worry about me. Although delivering goods in the Yin year will increase the danger by five parts, the Qian Family is paying too much. As long as I complete this trip, I can save enough for you, me, and even Xiao Qian for the Dragon Elephant advancement!"

"You stay in the Sea Market and watch the house. If someone truly dares to make trouble for you, at worst, we'll strike this Dragon Drinking Plate!"

"My Jing Family is blessed by our ancestors. We can strike the [Dragon Drinking Plate] with only a 20% loss."

"Furthermore, the cost of striking the plate has already been paid by our ancestors in advance, so future generations don't need to worry."

"When the time comes, you just strike it!"

"The person who strikes the plate, after paying the loss, can make a request to the Prefectural Office. As long as it's not too excessive, the Prefectural Office naturally won't refuse!"

"This is the Jing Family's final trump card. On the entire [HunZhou Island], besides the Zhi Zhou and the officials of the Three Houses and Two Directorates, no one else knows!"

"Today I'm telling you this, but you must never spread it!"

This ultimate secret of the Jing Family, which Jing Qian accidentally learned, led to the events before the [Dragon Drinking Plate] today.

After striking the [Dragon Drinking Plate], he only needed to wait for someone from the Prefectural Office to arrive, and then he would propose to take over the ancestral pension under the identity of Jing Qian.

He waited silently until a violent earthquake came from afar.

And Jing Qian, who had experienced a long period of drifting at sea and considered himself well-traveled, never expected that he would be shocked once again by what he saw and heard!