Tales of the Mortal World
Chapter 695

Though It Was the Twelfth Month, Winter Had Only Just Begun

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Though the objects in the brocade box seemed small compared to a True Dragon's enormous body, they were undoubtedly genuine dragon horns.

In Dragonkind's cultivation, two things within their bodies were most precious, forming the very foundation of their cultivation.

The first was the signature Origin Treasure cultivated upon reaching a certain realm: the Dragon Pearl, usually held within the throat, corresponding to the position of the Reverse Scale on a dragon's body.

The second was the true Dragon Horn grown when a Flood Dragon transformed into a True Dragon.

Compared to these two, even becoming a Flood Dragon or cultivating a human form had to take a back seat. This was also what distinguished Dragonkind from the rest of the Demon Race.

Autumn when I came, winter's end today; these trials fell not on me alone.

For Ya You, his tribulation lay in his son's imminent resurrection, while Ya Ci's was the reverse.

Chan Qin's tribulation lay in becoming involved in Dragonkind's affairs. Whether she succeeded or failed, great peril awaited her, and the Great Toad King, devoted to his daughter, had ventured into the tribulation himself.

The tribulations of Guan Xinrui and Zhang Shi, Daoist Xue and Zhong Xingwen, Chai Wang, and the others were linked to the destiny of the dragon scale, making their own ordeals extraordinary as well.

Everyone's tribulations seemed traceable, except Yi Shuyuan's, which was rather special. His lay in the boundless North Sea, in the resentment between heaven and earth in the north.

What happened this time involved fortunate coincidences and the workings of fate, as well as a measure of inevitability. But handled poorly, it could truly have stirred up the North Sea's resentment and roused bitter hatred throughout the world.

Back then, merely sensing the blood on Ya Ci's Scale through

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