Dragon souls?
As they listened to Ye Qingcang's explanation, everyone wore bewildered expressions.
Only Violet was an exception.
However, Ye Qingcang had no interest in explaining further to the others. He took two Jade Boxes from his pocket. Milky-white Gang Qi split off from his arm, branching in midair and forming two palms made of Gang Qi. They plucked the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass together, placing them separately into the two Jade Boxes.
Then, he tossed out the bracelet, suspending it above the spring.
"As you command!"
Ye Qingcang held two fingers together like a sword before his chest.
Among the bracelet hanging high above the spring, the miniature beads of Chi Wen and Ya Zi suddenly lit up, emitting faint halos. They sought a shared frequency with the springs below, drawing upon the springwater within them.
Roar!!!
From the two springs of ice and fire, a shattered dragon soul rose from each!
Yet even as mere dragon souls—and shattered ones at that—the two remnants still radiated an inviolable, sacred presence. This familiar power made Yue Guan, Guimei, Dugu Bo, and Liu Erlong instinctively fall to their knees. Dugu Bo and Liu Erlong were affected by their bloodlines, while Yue Guan and Guimei knelt purely in worship of the divinity carried by the two dragon souls!
"Submit to me and follow me toward eternity..." Ye Qingcang lowered his sword fingers and extended his hand. A crimson-jade sword fell into his palm. It sounded less like persuasion and more like conquest. "Or die here!"
"Boy, do you know who you are speaking to?" the Water Dragon King demanded. Its entire body was blue-green and gold. It was also the Ice Dragon King, holding dominion over both water and ice—the ancestor of every water dragon and ice