Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon

"Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon!"

Xiao Tian shouted.

This time, he used the Deceit Beast Treasure Art. When falsehood masqueraded as truth, truth became falsehood; when nothing passed for something, something returned to nothing. A lifelike, five-clawed golden dragon appeared, fully a thousand feet long. It bared its fangs and brandished its claws, its scales cold and gleaming, its golden body dazzling. Its roar shook the heavens, pierced metal, and shattered stone. Wherever it passed, the Primeval Forest turned to ash and the primordial continent crumbled to dust.

The disciples watching the spectacle bled from all seven orifices. Their faces twisted in terror, their eyes bulging amid the powerful waves of energy. Finally, they were obliterated bit by bit, dissolving away.

"Waaah-boohoo! Elder, save me! Mommy, I don't want to die!"

The next instant, the white-robed Yu Feng, who had just suffered a devastating blow and terrifying internal injuries, screamed in fright. His face turned deathly pale as he clutched his head and sobbed, crying for his father and mother. Beneath the hem of his robe, liquid dripped and streamed, leaving a trail of wet stains on the ground.

The elders of the Heaven Mending Pavilion had said that anyone who discovered Bear Child's whereabouts or learned anything about him could report it to the sect and be promoted to core disciple.

"Another one's gone mad."

One disciple spoke without thinking.

They had seen nothing at all. For some inexplicable reason, Yu Feng had simply gone mad, just like-just like Zhou Yuhao at the beginning.

Everyone couldn't help looking at Xiao Tian as though they had seen a ghost.

"What happened?"

An old man in gray robes appeared. He pointed a finger, immobilizing the white-robed Yu Feng, and asked.

"Elder, he's trying to kill people! He wanted to kill me! He's not in the Cave Heaven Realm. He's an Array Formation Realm expert in disguise!"

Yu Feng came to his senses. Seeing that he was still alive, then spotting the mountain-guarding elder, he immediately cried out in agitation.

"Slander! You're spitting blood to smear my name! I've been wronged!

"This scoundrel tried to bully a newcomer like me just because he's my senior disciple. I fought back and challenged him to a fair duel, but he was utterly shameless! He actually tried to frame me. Before I even had time to swing my sword, he started crying and screaming, pretending to be crazy.

"Oh, and Elder, there's this idiot too. I had only shouted and raised my sword when he wet himself in fright, suffered a backlash from his own treasure art, and passed out."

Xiao Tian looked at the mountain-guarding elder and loudly proclaimed his innocence, gazing at him with the big, dark eyes he considered his most innocent expression.

The mountain-guarding elder glanced at Zhou Yuhao on the ground and pointed a finger. A green vine grew out of the earth, gathering specks of green light that showered down over him.

With a grunt, Zhou Yuhao woke up. He shook his head and said in delighted surprise, "I'm still alive!"

All the disciples: "..."

Had he gone mad?

"Which of you can tell me what just happened?"

The mountain-guarding elder had originally intended to question Zhou Yuhao, but seeing his foolish expression, he turned to the surrounding spectators instead.

"Elder, here's what happened. This happened, then that..."

A youth from the Wood Clan who had just entered the Genius Camp immediately recounted everything he had seen.

The mountain-guarding elder then questioned a disciple from the previous intake, but still learned nothing useful.

All these people had heard during Xiao Tian's first fight was him raising his sword and shouting, "Startling Sword Art!"

Then Zhou Yuhao had fallen apart without even being attacked. He had lost control of the treasure art he had launched, wet his trousers in fright, and fainted.

As for the white-robed Yu Feng, he had first been struck by the Sword-Drawing Slash-yes, that was what Xiao Tian had called it-which destroyed the fish-dragon of Yu Feng's treasure art. Next, Xiao Tian had merely reached out and shouted, "Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon!"

The elder had actually witnessed what happened after that himself.

"Elder, you heard them, didn't you? I'm innocent."

Xiao Tian immediately sidled up with a cheeky grin.

"Elder, that's not what happened. He must be a cultivator above the Inscription Realm in disguise. He's infiltrated our Heaven Mending Pavilion with some grand scheme in mind."

The white-robed Yu Feng insisted.

Zhou Yuhao had felt utterly humiliated, his lower half soaking wet. Luckily, Yu Feng was there to share his misery-a true brother! Hearing Yu Feng's words, he immediately understood everything too. "That's right, Elder! I also think he might be an expert who infiltrated us. He could very well be a Venerable, which is why even you can't see through him. He's plotting something big. He wants the inherited treasure arts of our Heaven Mending Pavilion!"

The pants-wetting brothers united against their common enemy, as though they had finally found the reason for their inexplicable defeats.

"You two go wash up."

The mountain-guarding elder stared at Xiao Tian for three seconds. Then, as though something had suddenly occurred to him, he spoke to Yu Feng and Zhou Yuhao.

Then he turned back to Xiao Tian. "Come with me."

"Mu Sen, Liu Qing, Cheng Peng, listen up, you three. We new disciples need to stand together. I have high hopes for you. You placed in the top three in the second testing zone. You must shoulder the battle banner and become the leaders of the Heaven Mending Pavilion's new generation.

"Repair my battle sword, forge my spear, and storm the Primordial Beast Mountain! When yin and yang fall into upheaval, I shall stain the Western Ridge with my battle blood."

Xiao Tian looked at the three youths, addressing each by name.

Mu Sen, Liu Qing, Cheng Peng: "..."

They trembled. The beast mountains of the Western Ridge were the territory of primordial Pure-Blooded Fierce Beasts!

"You, you, you... All thirty-odd of you, don't waste the second chance I gave you."

Xiao Tian then looked at the thirty-odd fools who had been too reckless and insufficiently cautious. They had all died in the Original Plot; he had saved their lives in passing.

Every one of those youths jolted. They had found their mysterious savior.

"Elder, where are we going? You're not going to believe those malicious lies from those two idiots, are you? I, Li Xiaoyao, only turned twelve this year. Look at my arms, so fair and tender. Oh, and I'm still a virgin."

Xiao Tian looked at the mountain-guarding elder ahead of him and called out.

The mountain-guarding elder, Tao Ye, stumbled at the last word. He felt that he had very likely found Bear Child.

As for the girls in the Genius Camp, their pretty faces flushed crimson. Still, that senior disciple named Li Xiaoyao really was handsome.

Tao Ye swept his sleeve, lifting a fallen leaf into the air. Patterns of the Dao intertwined across it, and it enlarged in an instant, carrying him and Xiao Tian toward the grand hall on the Heaven Mending Pavilion's highest peak.

The magnificent hall stood atop the mountain, surrounded by billowing clouds, radiant mists, and shimmering auspicious energy. It overlooked a hazy landscape in every direction, as though they had entered a palace above the clouds.

"Little virgin, you had a reason for protecting that child named Shi Qingfeng, didn't you?"

Elder Tao Ye was in a good mood and asked casually.

"What I hate most in life is the strong bullying the weak and the older bullying the younger. You're overthinking it, Elder.

"Elder, why did you bring me here?"

Xiao Tian surveyed his surroundings curiously as he spoke.

"Bear Child, stop pretending. You wouldn't want me to hand you over to little Xiong Fei and little Zhuo Yun, would you?"

As an Array Formation Realm expert several hundred years old, Tao Ye was senior to both Elder Xiong Fei and Elder Zhuo Yun.

"Elder, don't tell me you think I, Li Xiaoyao, am that Bear Child from the Void God Realm, the one who enraged heaven and men alike and was expelled by the Void God Realm's deity?"

Xiao Tian rolled his eyes, rather speechless.

What a blunder! How had I ended up taking the blame for that brat Shi Hao?

No way. I'm not carrying this pot of blame.

"It doesn't matter if you won't admit it. We have plenty of time ahead of us. From now on, you'll cultivate in this hall, and I'll teach you personally."

Elder Tao Ye spoke calmly, as though he already had every detail planned out.

Xiao Tian: "..."

Had he decided I was Bear Child?

I've been wronged! It really isn't what you think!

"Elder, I'm really not that Bear Child. You'll regret wasting your time and energy on me. Who knows? The real Bear Child might cause some huge trouble in a couple of days."

Xiao Tian spoke helplessly.

After saying that, Xiao Tian thought to himself that something would certainly happen within five days. He knew better than anyone how much trouble Shi Hao could stir up.

After Xiao Tian was brought into the hall, he found three more old men there: Ancestor Mu Yan, Elder Liu, and Elder Han.

These were the Heaven Mending Pavilion's four most senior veterans, each at the greater mastery stage of the Array Formation Realm.

The strongest fighter was the old man Tao Ye. He had a magic treasure, the Golden Gourd, which the Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine had produced in its early years. It contained divine essence. In the Lower Realm, such a treasure could only be encountered by chance, never sought at will.

Next was Thunder Ancestor Mu Yan, whose lightning arts possessed unparalleled combat power.

Then came Elder Liu, guardian of the scripture repository, who wielded the immensely powerful Golden-Winged Great Peng Art.

Compared with the other three, Elder Han specialized in fire arts. His expertise hadn't aligned with Shi Hao's in the Original Plot, so the two had interacted little.

The Pavilion Master of the Heaven Mending Pavilion had reached the perfected Array Formation Realm and was not far from becoming a Venerable. That single thin barrier kept him frequently in seclusion, yearning to break through.

When Xiao Tian entered the hall, all three old men looked over with unfriendly eyes.

"Stop staring. I'm really not that Bear Child. That brat is seven or eight at most. Look at me. How do I look anything like a little squirt like him?

"Don't go falsely accusing people."

Xiao Tian entered the hall without the slightest fear of the old men's hostile gazes.

Hearing his words, the old men exchanged thoughtful looks. Had they really been mistaken?

"In that case, stay here and cultivate with us old men!"

Elder Tao Ye said with a beaming smile.

He had a strong intuition that even if this boy wasn't Bear Child from the Void God Realm, he was certainly no ordinary child.

The other three old men also scrutinized Xiao Tian intently, barely restraining themselves from putting their hands on him.

"Don't touch me. If you humiliate me, I'll find a chance to defect and go hang around the Deer-Chasing Academy."

Xiao Tian plopped down on the floor, furious. Taking the blame for Shi Hao, even temporarily, felt awful.

Seven days soon passed!

Xiao Tian cultivated the Suanni Precious Technique and the Pulao Treasure Art, hoping to fuse them into the True Dragon Treasure Technique.

The dragon had nine sons. Suanni and Pulao, two kinds of primordial remnants, were both dragon offspring!

It was just like how Shi Hao had fused the Golden-Winged Great Peng Treasure Art with the Azure Sky Peng Treasure Art in the Original Plot, creating an embryonic form of the Kun Peng Precious Technique.

So his direction was right. Xiao Tian felt good about it and had gained quite a lot.

He nurtured the Suanni Precious Technique and the Pulao Treasure Art within the same Heavenly Grotto, located at his Yinqiao Acupoint.

The Yinqiao Acupoint lay in the hollow between the genitals and the anus, also called the Huiyin Acupoint. It formed a straight line with the Baihui Acupoint at the crown of the head and served as a channel for the body's essence, energy, and spirit.

Since it was a Heavenly Grotto inside his body, when he cultivated...

Of course, frog croaks and lion roars also accompanied it from time to time.

The mountain-guarding elder Tao Ye needed to guard the Heaven Mending Pavilion against invading enemies. He was here.

Elder Liu, guardian of the scripture repository, had also left. Now only Ancestor Mu Yan and Elder Han watched Xiao Tian. Hearing the dragon's roars, they exchanged glances, each seeing the other's suppressed amusement, their faces taking on peculiar expressions.

This boy was an absolute oddball. Just what was he cultivating to make noises like that?

But Xiao Tian couldn't care less what those two unscrupulous old men thought. Inside his first Heavenly Grotto, chaotic energy churned. A golden, five-clawed dragon-shaped creature coiled and wheeled, battling a Three-Legged Silver Toad and a Golden Lion King.

P.S. I originally didn't want to put this in the main text, but I still need to mention it. Qidian's recommendation system now runs on continued readership. This book is currently in the first round of recommendations, with fifty books competing for the second round. Failing to advance basically means GG.

So if you like a book, it's best not to let chapters pile up. Open the latest chapter and read it every day, or there's a very high chance you'll stockpile it to death. This is also why so many books on Qidian now get abandoned between fifty and a hundred thousand characters.

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