So Time String?
Lin Hui's interest was piqued. Without a doubt, this resembled the spread of an idea that led to an increase in the number of people changing the times. If he wasn't mistaken, these young dragons with their own Time String must all share a common trait.
He slowly blended into the crowd, casually glancing at each stall.
There were quite a few customers looking at the goods here, most of whom were dragon people, and a small number of mysterious people like him, hidden under their robes. Lin Hui could vaguely feel the gazes of those monitoring him, obviously spies sent by the Dragon King Shen Yang who didn't trust him. He didn't care at all.
After wandering around for a while, they finally stopped in front of a small stall where the golden light of the Existence Force was the most intense.
He crouched down and reached out to pick up a black dragon horn shaped like a deer antler.
How much is this?
The Existence Force emanating from the dragon horn was extremely dense; holding it in his hand felt like holding a small sun, with a continuous Existence Force surging into Lin Hui's hand.
He could even clearly see the Unfinished Final Scene Sword Technique evolving on the Blood Seal, its age rapidly decreasing.
This dragon horn, which is over a meter long, is almost as effective as half of the Divine Food Statue!
"Coming here was definitely the right decision!" Lin Hui thought to himself with delight.
At this moment, the stall owner, Long Ren, adjusted his glasses and sized up Lin Hui.
"One thousand dragon stones."
Dragonstones are a unique internal currency of the Dragon Court. They are made from a special energy stone mineral that all dragons use for cultivation. After purification, they are divided into different grades and denominations according to their different energy contents.
Before Lin Hui arrived, he also exchanged goods for a batch of dragon stones, worth about 100,000.
This is considered a fairly large number even in Dragon Court.
Many dragon people who join the army only earn a few hundred dragon stones a month.
"Will you sell it for five hundred?" Lin Hui immediately offered to cut the price in half.
"Here you go!" The stall owner surprisingly agreed to the price without saying a word.
Before Lin Hui could react, he picked up the other dragon horn, put the two together, and shoved them into Lin Hui's hand.
"Still selling them in pairs?" Lin Hui smiled, noticing Time String appearing behind the stall owner, and considered how to observe and find out what was going on with this group of dragons.
If he spoke frankly and openly, the other party would definitely think he was a fool.
Having been given the dragon stone and picked up the dragon horn, Lin Hui pondered as he searched everywhere for dragon horns rich in Existence Force.
To be precise, according to the stall owners' descriptions, these "dragon horns" are not actually dragon horns, but rather Dragon Horn Shedding.
It's the outer layer of dragon horns that they inevitably shed after reaching a certain age. It's generally useless to them, so they simply sell it. This stuff has a strong aphrodisiac effect on other races.
Lin Hui quickly walked around and bought most of the Dragon Horn Shedding on the stall, but in the end he didn't have enough money.
We had no choice but to give up.
However, what he had was enough to offset the evolutionary years of about ten Divine Food Statue.
After absorbing all the Existence Force, he scanned the area with his senses and quickly locked onto a dragon-human whose Divine Power was the weakest.
Stepping closer to the past.
The mind and consciousness covered the past.
It instantly read a large amount of information that flashed through the superficial layers of the dragon-man's brain.
Because the information flashed through his mind was incomplete, Lin Hui switched between more than ten dragon-people before finally figuring out who this group was. "Sure enough, just as I expected, they're Pioneers. These dragon-people are the youngest elites from various races within the Dragon Court, all quite strong, with immense potential. However, because dragons have one major problem—extremely long lifespans...,"
Lin Hui understood.
Having read this far, he already knew why this group of young dragons were burdened with the Time String.
Because the high-ranking members of the Dragon Clan in the Dragon Court are extremely old, which is actually very similar to the Endless Divine Clan, they have long lifespans and extremely low mortality rates. Therefore, the class stratification within the Dragon Court is very serious. Young dragon geniuses, no matter how strong or outstanding their performance, can only rise to a certain level before encountering the glass ceiling effect and being firmly blocked in one position.
Furthermore, as more and more young dragons reached this position, some of the higher-ups in the prison began to feel a sense of crisis and started to devise schemes to transfer young dragons to various battlefields.
The fact that the Dragon Court frequently goes to war with the Endless Divine Clan has its own internal reasons.
The old dragon kings sat calmly fishing, not moving an inch, while the young dragons were the ones going to the battlefield.
Even someone like Dragon King Shen Yang is actually a young dragon king.
From the minds of these young and talented dragon-humans, Lin Hui gleaned that, aside from the indifferent Endless Divine Clan, Swallow Fort was in a similar situation. The lifespan of the Stone Swallow Clan was close to infinite, and internal conflicts had long been rife.
"Interesting... It seems that internal Decay and corruption are inevitable no matter where you go..." He pondered for a moment. If these young dragons were allowed to hatch on their own, it would be far too early for them to gain the power to change the times and accumulate the power to overthrow everything. However, with his help and guidance...
Lin Hui pondered for a moment, his gaze sweeping across the area, and he quickly locked onto a purple dragon clan member with a simple, honest face and a tall, robust build. Not for any other reason, but simply because the dragon's Time String on its back was larger than that of the other dragons.
He immediately approached and tried to read its consciousness, only to find that the guy was quite powerful and he couldn't read it.
Not only could it not be read, but the dragon-man even seemed to sense it.
" Hanguang, what's wrong?" another red dragon woman beside the dragon man asked softly.
"No... I just suddenly felt a little cold." The purple dragon man frowned slightly.
The couple were both junior officers in the Dragon Court, fresh from the battlefield against the Endless Divine Clan. Their strength had reached the peak of the fifth ring and they were ready to break through at any time, only lacking the meteorite stone needed for advancement.
I originally planned to exchange them with the Dragon Court upon my return, but unfortunately... As a key resource for advancement, the Meteorite Stones have always been tightly controlled by the higher-ups of the Dragon Court. Only the most obedient dogs have a chance to obtain even a tiny bit of leaked Meteorite Stones to exchange for a breakthrough.
They tried many approaches, but ultimately all failed.
Dragon Court was merely trying to appease them with empty promises, while constantly finding excuses to avoid redeeming the Meteorite.
At this time, the couple was planning to sell all their resources and leave the Dragon Court to try their luck in the outside world.
As members of the Fifth Ring, they were already qualified to leave the Dragon Court, especially as they vaguely sensed that the higher-ups intended to deliberately start a war to deplete the young and vigorous forces within their clans.
They simply couldn't stay any longer.
It seems you've encountered some difficulties.
Just as Zilong's temples were calming down, he heard a gentle voice coming from behind him.
He and his wife turned around and saw a man in black robes floating on the flat ground behind them. Behind him was a large basket filled with various Dragon Horn Shedding they had just bought.
"What do you mean? Who are you?" Zi Long asked, frowning.
"Just a traveler," Lin Hui replied. "I only came to Dragon Court for a visit, but I never expected to see such Decay situation... The higher-ups suppress the lower and middle classes, allowing promising geniuses to be buried like this."
"You...!" Both the purple dragon and the red dragon woman were startled and quickly spoke up.
"Be careful what you say," the red-dragon woman advised.
Seeing Lin Hui frowning indignant at the situation, the two felt as if they had met a kindred spirit.
"My friend seems to be a man of discernment. I am Hanguang, and this is my wife Canyue. Why don't we find another place to talk?" Zi Long's heart stirred. Knowing that the other party was a traveler from the outside world, he knew very well that anyone from the outside world who could freely come to the Dragon Court was definitely not to be underestimated in terms of status and strength. Currently, the Pioneers was temporarily in trouble. They had been trying to win over White Owl, but they did not believe that White Owl, as a noble dragon, would truly fight for their interests.
Zhuo Xinghai, the leader of the Pioneers, has also been struggling with how to break the deadlock.
The traveler before us is able to discern the deep-seated situation within the Dragon Court in such a short time; he must be a person of great insight. Perhaps we can exchange ideas with him and gain some inspiration and advice.
In fact, having fought abroad for many years, Hanguang was well aware that the Dragon Court's internal thinking was rigid and Decay, and in terms of intellectual depth and openness, it was far inferior to the Endless Divine Clan and Swallow Fort.