Ancient Void Dragon? Never Heard of It

Zhu Jin showed no fear at his words. Instead, a harmonious smile appeared on his face as he said with a grin, "Give it to you? But I obtained this opportunity. Why should I give it to you?"

"Opportunities belong to the capable, and you are incapable of possessing one." Mu Qinghuang carried himself with majesty, truly like an emperor, as he said, "An opportunity like this will only bring calamity to a weakling like you. It may even draw unforeseen disaster. Hand it over to me, and you can avoid misfortune."

"Hand over the opportunity. Since you were the one who found it, my Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan can spare you a portion as well." Yaoyun Snake Emperor's blood surged as he locked onto Zhu Jin. Standing beside Mu Qinghuang, he said coldly, "Otherwise, even if I agree to let you leave, I fear none of the magical beasts who entered this place in search of an opportunity will allow you to keep it all to yourself."

Who would not covet an opportunity? At that moment, everyone wanted nothing more than to find any excuse to strike and seize it.

Yaoyun Snake Emperor had even placed a grand label on Zhu Jin, intending to invoke "everyone" and claim the moral high ground. If he forcibly seized the opportunity, it would be for everyone's sake; if Zhu Jin kept it for himself, he would be selfish and divisive.

"Exactly! Ancient opportunities should be shared by all who see them. Trying to keep one all to yourself is selfish behavior, and every beast has the right to punish it!" For a time, countless voices echoed in agreement. Many magical beasts present chimed in. Though they all knew that an opportunity belonged to whoever obtained it and there was no such thing as sharing, someone had set the tone. Naturally, they did not care about right or wrong. Following the side that benefited them was enough.

"Kid, if you know what's good for you, we'll give you a share!" a fifth-tier Beast King said with a sinister laugh.

"That's right. The opportunities of heaven and earth belong to the capable. What right does a fourth-tier magical beast like you have to keep it all? You're some little dragon from who knows where. Hand over the opportunity at once and appease the public outrage!" Some magical beasts began to jeer.

Zhu Jin could endure those utterly shameless words, but Xie Dong could not. His eyes reddened with rage as he stepped forward and shouted, "You hypocrites! You want to steal someone else's opportunity, yet you make yourselves sound so righteous. Bah! Do you have no shame at all?"

With Xie Dong exposing everyone's true thoughts and tearing away their veil of shame, some of the thinner-skinned ones had already turned pale, then flushed red. Yet they remained shameless. Their expressions grew colder, and they looked as though they wanted to devour Xie Dong, this discordant thing who had exposed the truth.

"Xie Dong, as a vassal family of our clan, you actually side with an outsider beast?" A Snake King beside Yaoyun Snake Emperor recognized Xie Dong and rebuked him angrily.

"A vassal family?" Xie Dong clenched his teeth. Somehow finding courage, he cursed furiously, "Our Purple Cloud Scorpion Snake Tribe will not follow you! We have abandoned darkness for the light. We have decided to no longer serve the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan and instead serve Lord Dragon King."

"Dragon King?"

"That gloomy little fourth-tier dragon?"

"Calling it a dragon beast is already giving it too much credit. I say it's just a giant worm. Hahaha."

Hearing the surrounding magical beasts speak so brazenly, Xie Dong, who regarded Zhu Jin as his idol, shouted, "Fools! This lord is an Ancient Void Dragon!"

The moment the words "Ancient Void Dragon" fell, the entire space fell silent. All the magical beasts went quiet.

They were not shocked. They were utterly confused.

"Ancient Void Dragon? Never heard of it."

"What kind of magical beast clan is that? I've never heard of such a clan in the Beast Domain."

"Is it a vassal clan of some dragon clan? A vassal of the Ancient Dragon Bear? Or perhaps the Starshatter Horned Dragon or Frost Ember Ancient Dragon?"

Yet when Yaoyun Snake Emperor of the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan and Mu Qinghuang heard this, their expressions changed slightly. Those wandering magical beasts and small magical beast clans might never have heard of Ancient Void Dragons, but they had.

However, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had vanished thousands of years ago. No Ancient Void Dragon had appeared in the Beast Domain for far too long. Now, a fourth-tier little dragon suddenly claiming to be an Ancient Void Dragon naturally could not frighten them away. They did not believe him at all.

Mu Qinghuang looked Zhu Jin up and down, then shot him a disdainful glance. "You are an Ancient Void Dragon? Hmph. The Ancient Void Dragon Clan vanished long ago. There are no Ancient Void Dragons in the Beast Domain."

Yaoyun Snake Emperor nodded in agreement and stated, "Legend says the Ancient Void Dragon is even stronger than the Heaven Demon Phoenix. When a Heaven Demon Phoenix is born, as long as its elders awaken its intelligence, it can immediately reach the fifth tier. It is also born with intelligence comparable to that of a human. Most adult Heaven Demon Phoenixes are at the seventh tier, and the outstanding ones can even reach the terrifying eighth tier. Yet you... are merely a fourth-tier little dragon."

Hearing Yaoyun Snake Emperor's words, even Xie Dong began to waver inwardly. There truly was no reason for the legendary Ancient Void Dragon to be this weak. At the very least, it should not have started out weaker than a Heaven Demon Phoenix.

Faced with their doubts, Zhu Jin's expression remained calm, but his heart was filled with sorrow. Yes, why was that?

For that, they would have to ask Zi Yan's wonderful father, the wonderful Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan—Zhu Kun.

Not only could the Ancient Void Dragon Clan no longer maintain pure bloodlines like the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, but because of its civil war and need for a great deal of fighting power, it had already sacrificed its bloodline. Now, it did not even hold birth ceremonies for young dragons. Only young dragons with bloodlines at the sixth grade could receive the clan's ceremony and leap straight to the fifth tier. Pure-blooded Ancient Void Dragons started at the eighth tier upon adulthood, while outstanding ones could reach the ninth tier. But now there were very few pure-blooded Ancient Void Dragons left in the clan, and its overall strength was no longer even comparable to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

Zhu Jin took two steps forward and slowly raised three fingers. In a deep voice, he said, "I need to correct three mistakes you have made. First, the Ancient Dragon Bear is the vassal clan. Second, I am a genuine member of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. My father is a pure-blooded Ancient Void Dragon."

With a thought from Zhu Jin, a small spatial opening appeared beside him. He took out a purple jade slip from the Ancient Void Space. The moment the jade slip appeared, Yaoyun Snake Emperor, Mu Qinghuang, and the other magical beasts all breathed more heavily.

"A legendary ancient combat skill?!"

Zhu Jin continued, "Third, this is not an ancient tomb of an alchemist, nor are there any treasures here like ancient combat skills or medicinal pills. The opportunity you speak of is merely a jade slip used to record information. This jade slip is a Dragon Jade Slip of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. Only Ancient Void Dragon blood essence can be used to read its contents. It contains no combat skills or cultivation methods, only certain secrets."

After hearing Zhu Jin's words, everyone stared at the jade slip in his hand. At that point, the eyes of these magical beasts had been blinded by opportunity and greed. They could not take in a single word. Since things had already reached this stage, there was no way they would simply leave.

"Hand over the jade slip. Once we have read its contents, if it truly contains no combat skills, we will naturally return it to you." Mu Qinghuang's bearing was aggressive, and he was already becoming impatient.