Dragon Clan Secret Land, Someone's Still Here!

Lin Changqing's words hadn't even finished before Ao Ying's eyes widened instantly.

"A Saint's direct disciple!"

"Brother Changqing, I never expected you to be a Saint's disciple!!"

"My heavens!"

Ao Ying stared at Lin Changqing in shock, the astonishment in her eyes lingering for a long time.

What is a Saint? The supreme existences in the Primordial World, high above all. Below a Saint, all are ants!

Let alone Ao Ying, even the Dragon King of the East Sea, Ao Guang, along with the entire Dragon Clan of the East Sea, were merely the size of a fingertip before a Saint.

Ants that could be crushed with a single finger!

The direct disciple of a Saint, this identity, was far more renowned in the Primordial World than any Golden Immortal or Grand Unity Golden Immortal!

However...

Ao Ying looked at Lin Changqing, whose cultivation was only at the Mystic Immortal realm. Was the cultivation of a Saint's direct disciple this low?

But then again, if he weren't a Saint's disciple, who could kill a mid-stage Golden Immortal with only Mystic Immortal cultivation?

Thinking of the Golden Condor, which had injured her severely without even revealing its full strength, perishing in Lin Changqing's hands, its soul annihilated without anyone knowing how.

Ao Ying felt that everything made sense.

Besides a Saint's disciple, who else could have done it?

"Brother Changqing! Are you also venturing down the mountain for training?"

At this moment, Ao Ying looked at Lin Changqing with a hint of reverence and caution.

Thinking about it, even if her father was the Dragon King of the East Sea, ruling the Dragon Clan of the East Sea, his status probably wasn't as high as a Saint's direct disciple.

Naturally, Ao Ying became somewhat humble.

"Mm."

"Venturing down the mountain for training, seeking an opportunity for breakthrough."

Lin Changqing smiled, a hint of depth flashing in his eyes. At this moment, he turned directly to Ao Ying.

"Fellow Daoist Ao Ying, I have traveled the Primordial World for thousands of years. I know of a secret land related to the Dragon Clan, which I have not yet entered."

"I had intended to seek out the Dragon King of the East Sea to discuss exploring it together, but by chance, I encountered you."

"How about we explore this secret land together?"

In the Golden Condor's memories, he hadn't mentioned the matter of the Dragon Clan's secret land to anyone.

Lin Changqing's words were half-true and half-false. It was Ao Ying who had brought up the matter of training first.

Stating it directly did not arouse Ao Ying's suspicion.

"Really?!"

"Brother, could it be a secret land of the Ancient Dragon Clan?"

Ao Ying asked excitedly.

The Ancient Dragon Clan was more than ten thousand times more powerful than the current Dragon Clan.

During the era of the three clans, the Dragon Clan had countless powerful figures, innumerable Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and even Primordial Golden Immortals comparable to Quasi-Saints were numerous.

The Dragon Clan was the foremost among the three clans, occupying half of the Primordial World's resources and treasures.

Even the remnants and scraps left behind established the Four Seas Dragon Palaces, which were famous treasure troves in the Primordial World.

Even the Monkey in the Journey to the West Great Tribulation went to the East Sea Dragon Palace to find treasures.

One could imagine how many treasures the Ancient Dragon Clan possessed.

A secret land of the Dragon Clan meant infinite wealth!

If Lin Changqing was telling the truth, then this was the greatest opportunity of Ao Ying's journey!

"Of course. It's just that I don't have Dragon Clan blood, and I don't want to damage the secret land, which is why I planned to find someone from the East Sea Dragon Clan to explore it together."

Lin Changqing spoke half-truthfully, causing Ao Ying to nod in sheer delight.

"That's wonderful! Brother, I'll go explore it with you!"

"I am a Nine-Patterned True Dragon, of the Azure Dragon lineage. I can definitely open the secret land!"

"This is the greatest opportunity of our journey through the Primordial World!"

Ao Ying said to Lin Changqing with surprise and joy. Lin Changqing also gave a barely perceptible smile.

This little dragon girl, truly only seventy thousand years old. So young and so naive, it almost made him feel bad to deceive her.

But in the face of the treasures in the secret land, these were nothing.

Besides, he wasn't planning to do anything like discarding the donkey after it had served its purpose, like the Golden Condor.

"Coincidentally, it's not far to the Dragon Palace. Let's not delay, lest the secret land appears and attracts others' covetous eyes."

Lin Changqing smiled at Ao Ying, dispersed the surrounding barrier, turned the remains of the Golden Condor into ashes, and two streams of light shot up into the sky, heading straight for a corner of the East Sea.

With their objective clear, the two advanced in a straight line, but it was only after three hundred years that they arrived at a swamp.

The swamp spanned tens of thousands of miles, filled with countless miasmas and poisonous fogs, teeming with innumerable ferocious demonic beasts, and within it, even more vicious ones.

A hundred-zhang giant crocodile, moving with the speed of thunder, could tear apart a mountaintop with a single startled movement.

A crimson bird-like beast, its feet treading on golden clouds, could incinerate tens of thousands of miles with crimson flames, leaving behind only desolation!

A spirit beast from a cold pond, lurking beneath a hundred-mile-deep abyss, could generate monstrous waves with a mere ripple of its body!

But at this moment, these countless ferocious beasts and the endless, malevolent swamp were eerily quiet.

The giant crocodile had been torn to shreds, its mangled remains scattered across the ground.

The bird-like beast had its wings ripped off, only to be burned by even more powerful flames, emitting a tantalizing aroma.

The spirit beast, a frog, had its skin stripped and its tendons removed, then fried and cooked.

"The Dragon Clan's secret realm is supposed to be here, but I can't find it."

Casually picking up a thigh bone from some unknown bird-like beast and taking a bite, Lin Changqing frowned as he looked around.

He didn't know whose unlucky leg this was, only remembering it belonged to a True Immortal of the Demon Clan.

Ever since that meal of Golden Condor, Lin Changqing had frequently hunted and killed members of the Demon Clan along the way to fill his stomach and refine their flesh and blood.

The Divine Demon Power within him had grown about ten percent more potent. Unfortunately, there were no more high-quality Golden Immortal ingredients like the Golden Condor.

However, quantity could make up for a lack of quality; his gains over three hundred years were still decent.

Lin Changqing glanced at Ao Ying beside him, who was happily gnawing on a chicken wing, and said, "Xiao Ying, do you sense anything?"

"No, but it should be within this great swamp."

Ao Ying shook her head and continued to gnaw on her chicken wing.

They had been wandering this great swamp for over a decade, eating everything edible, including three Mystic Immortal members of the Demon Clan, yet they still hadn't found it.

If not for Ao Ying having a slight sense of direction, Lin Changqing would have started to doubt if he was in the wrong place or if the Golden Condor's memory was flawed.

Even so, Lin Changqing was beginning to have doubts now.

Some treasure locations had time limits for their opening; perhaps he had arrived at the wrong time?

Just as the two were walking forward, a vortex rapidly materialized in the center of the swamp.

Sky-shattering waves surged out, sweeping up the waters of the surrounding tens of thousands of miles of swamp and violently sucking them towards the center.

"Brother Changqing, I sense it!!"

Putting down her wing, Ao Ying joyfully shouted to Lin Changqing.

Lin Changqing's mouth twitched. It was practically right in front of them, did she really need to say it?

Looking at the vast vortex before him, Lin Changqing's expression became extremely solemn.

Is this the Dragon Clan's secret realm, the place of opportunity?

If it could help him break through to Golden Immortal, that would be excellent!

"Are we going in?"

Looking at the vortex, Ao Ying frowned.

Her True Dragon bloodline had already begun to surge; something within the vortex was clearly attracting her.

But Lin Changqing slowly shook his head and looked around.

"I didn't expect there to be other Dao companions here. Come out!"

Lin Changqing snorted coldly and shouted into the surroundings.

Ao Ying was slightly startled. Someone else?

How come she hadn't sensed them?

"Chichi chi! Hahahaha!"

"Human Mystic Immortals, Dragon Clan Golden Immortals, all are excellent sustenance!"