Inside the tower, the air had frozen solid.
One man and one dragon locked eyes once more.
"Y-you... have dragons?" Lan'er's pupils abruptly narrowed into vertical draconic slits again. "Where?!"
Without another word, Lu Chen began taking off his clothes.
"Hey, what are you doing~?" Lan'er hurriedly covered her eyes in fright.
"Tch, you were still burrowing into my arms just now, and now you're acting shy."
Lu Chen swiftly removed his shirt, exposing eight pale, lean abdominal muscles.
"Watch closely!" He tensed his entire body and gave a low shout:
The dragon qi of the Four Rivers Dragon Seeds within him began circulating at full force. Brilliant spiritual light flared from his five viscera, both hands, spinal column, and eyes. Dragon shadows coiled as if about to burst forth, flickering in and out of sight.
"This is..." Lan'er was so shocked that she directly transformed into her flood dragon form. Her dragon body circled Lu Chen three times, her voice full of disbelief. "You actually have unborn Four Rivers Dragon Seeds hidden inside you!"
"That's right." Lu Chen reined in his aura.
"Where did you get these Four Rivers Dragon Seeds?" Lan'er pressed.
Lu Chen did not hide it from her. He immediately gave her a brief, concise account of what had happened in Dragon-Tiger County, as well as the general circumstances of the Well Dragon King entrusting his children to him.
"You actually encountered such a fateful opportunity?" Lan'er changed back into the form of a little girl. After landing, she murmured to herself, "Could it truly be... destiny?"
"What destiny?" Lu Chen asked in surprise.
Lan'er merely shook her head lightly and changed the subject. "But these Four Rivers Dragon Seeds have not yet shed their wombs and taken form. They are not dragons yet."
"This..."
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