Sin Clan

Zhu Jin had not actually lied. That Dragon Jade Slip was indeed used to record events. It contained the reason and process behind the Ancient Void Dragon expert's creation of this Dragon Cave, along with other information—for instance, how to control the spatial power within this space, why a magical beast had been sealed beneath that fissure, and why the Wild Mountain Macaque Dragon had established an empire here in the first place.

Zhu Jin could control the spatial power here simply because the Dragon Jade Slip recorded a method. It was like how, in the original story, Nihility Devouring Flame used the Pill Transformation Formula in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion to subdue the Emperor Pill, or how Zi Yan used the Dragon Seal to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Top experts could leave behind a method in advance, allowing the caster to directly control the target of the technique even if their cultivation was comparatively low.

And now, Zhu Jin was relying on the method left behind by that ancient Ancient Void Dragon expert to control the spatial power of the entire Dragon Cave. In a sense, it was a kind of spatial formation.

With a rumble, Zhu Jin willed it, and a spatial passage opened. Seeing the passage, Xie Dong knew there were some things he should not ask about. He only needed to carry out orders. He immediately dove into the passage and vanished.

The most valuable things in this relic space had already been taken. All that remained was to wrap things up.

Using Dragon Roaming the Void, Zhu Jin teleported back to the original Ancient Dragon Medicine Garden in the blink of an eye. Looking at the fissure below, he fell silent for a moment before waving his hand. The spatial power suppressing the crack was withdrawn, like Tang Sanzang removing the seal from Five Finger Mountain. The nearly invisible spatial pressure instantly vanished.

After quite a while, there was finally movement. A rolling thunderous roar rang out as the ground shook, as though some demon was about to emerge.

With another rumble, the valley collapsed. Amid a deafening crash, an enormous creature burst out from the fissure that ran through the entire medicine garden. After charging out, it landed heavily on the ground, smashing a massive crater into the earth.

"The damned suppression has finally disappeared!" An aged roar rang out, seemingly venting its pent-up emotions.

If Xie Dong had still been here, he would certainly have been dumbfounded upon seeing the enormous creature that had burst from the fissure and crashed onto the ground. It was not an Ancient Void Dragon or some ferocious monster, but an incomparably huge turtle.

Except it was not merely a talking turtle. It was a dragon turtle.

Zhu Jin remained calm as he watched the massive dragon turtle emerge. Through the Dragon Jade Slip, he had long known that an Ancient Dragon Turtle was sealed here, and why that Ancient Void Dragon expert had imprisoned it in the first place.

At this moment, Zhu Jin looked at the dragon turtle that had been sealed away for thousands of years. His Dragon Sense swept over it from top to bottom before he said, "You were sealed by the spatial power of an Ancient Void Dragon for thousands of years and still did not die of old age. Your cultivation only fell considerably. Even for an Ancient Dragon Turtle with a long lifespan, that is no easy feat."

Zhu Jin finally understood why this fellow's soul power had only reached the level of a Dou Emperor, while its body was far larger than that of a Tier Six magical beast. It had been sealed for too long, leaving it with only Dou Emperor-level strength. If a few hundred more years had passed, it probably would have died of old age.

Zhu Jin's words made the enormous Ancient Dragon Turtle shudder. Its two dragon-like vertical pupils examined Zhu Jin as its aged voice rang out once more. "Hehehe, so it was that little dragon from earlier. You really could lift the suppression. Where are your elders? I would like to thank them in person for freeing me."

The old dragon turtle was shrewd. It believed that a Tier Four little dragon like Zhu Jin could not possibly undo the suppression of an Ancient Void Dragon. There had to be powerful elders behind him, and it wanted to sound Zhu Jin out.

"Enough. You do not need to fish for information. I was the one who removed your seal, not anyone else. The Ancient Void Dragon clan withdrew from the Beast Domain thousands of years ago. There are no Ancient Void Dragons left in the Beast Domain now." Zhu Jin had already considered this before coming. It was impossible to deceive this old turtle using the name of the Ancient Void Dragon clan, because the clan no longer existed in the Beast Domain. That was not something he could fake.

"However, although my cultivation is only Tier Four, I can still remove the Dragon Seal Shackles on you, spare you from your punishment, and strip you of your Sin Clan status." Zhu Jin slowly descended. Looking at the mountain-like dragon turtle before him, he smiled faintly. "As long as you serve me for a hundred years, I will remove it."

Hearing Zhu Jin's words, the Ancient Dragon Turtle fell silent. Just as Zhu Jin had said, it was a member of the Sin Clan—a vassal clan that had committed crimes. It had committed an offense and had thus been sealed away by an Ancient Void Dragon expert. That fissure was its prison.

"You little dragon, although I do not know how you learned of the Dragon Seal Lock, do not think you can deceive me. The Dragon Seal Lock was placed by a Dou Saint. Someone like you cannot remove it."

As it spoke, the enormous Ancient Dragon Turtle stared at Zhu Jin with a hesitant look, as though it wanted to say something but stopped itself. Then it shook its head fiercely, deciding that Zhu Jin was deceiving it. "Impossible, impossible. You must be lying to me. Even if you are an Ancient Void Dragon, you are not pure-blooded. Your bloodline is too low; you cannot possess the power to absolve sins. If you were a Tier Eight Ancient Void Dragon, I might believe you somewhat."

Zhu Jin could not help but look down on the old dragon turtle. If he had Tier Eight strength, would he still need an old turtle with only Dou Emperor-level cultivation to serve him?

The reason Zhu Jin had freed this old turtle was because he valued its strength. After all, his current power relied on this Dragon Cave. Once he left this place, that power would disappear.

Although the old dragon turtle only possessed Dou Emperor-level combat power, that was enough for the early stages, especially since Zhu Jin had acquired quite a few valuable items to sell. Once he gathered enough money, he could head to Jia Nan Academy and go straight for Zi Yan. A Dou Emperor magical beast could run rampant through the Black-Corner Region.

At that moment, Zhu Jin sliced open his palm with a claw. A drop of Ancient Void Dragon essence blood emerged, dark purple and extremely dim. Once his dragon claw was stained with dragon blood, his hand seal abruptly changed. The dark-purple blood flowed outward, forming a strange rune that floated in the air.

The moment it saw the Dragon Seal Zhu Jin had drawn, the enormous Ancient Dragon Turtle's body trembled violently. Its pupils contracted as shock filled its face. Its huge eyes stared at Zhu Jin in utter disbelief. In an instant, it soared into the air on clouds and mist, extending a rough dragon claw from beneath its massive shell as it tried to seize the Dragon Seal.

But the moment the old dragon turtle touched the Dragon Seal, the mark drawn with essence blood scattered instantly. It could not be grasped at all.

"Y-you, you, you, you, you!! How do you possess this Dragon Seal?!" The enormous Ancient Dragon Turtle stared at Zhu Jin with disbelief written all over its face. At that moment, it had no choice but to believe him. This little dragon truly had the ability to undo the Dragon Seal Lock on its body!