Chapter 691: Obtaining the Heaven and Earth Divine Stone
"We may have developed the so-called thirty-six extraordinary meridians, but Black Dragon's mother was used for experiments. We took many detours, and in the end, her body was already a complete wreck," the Blue-robed Elder sighed.
"The current Black Dragon King was raised by us. Everything it has done was also at our instruction."
"Why did you let Black Dragon rule this world? I don't really understand," Xu Zimo shook his head.
"You know that you humans have always looked down upon our Lizardmen Tribe. Lizard hearts often fetch a good price in the outside world.
"Even worse, you humans bribed us, and some lizards actually betrayed us, providing intelligence to humanity," the Blue-robed Elder said bitterly.
"The Heaven and Earth Divine Stone has always been our clan's greatest secret, tied to our future. Thus, aside from the four clan elders and Black Dragon, none of the other clansmen knew about it.
"Several thousand years ago, a traitorous lizard secretly came here and stole the cultivation technique we created—the Meridian Scripture—before ultimately escaping.
"That was how you humans obtained it. Otherwise, the technique would never have leaked out.
"That incident enraged us beyond measure, so we decided to seal off the entire Small World. Only once we deciphered the Heaven and Earth Divine Stone could freedom be restored."
"That's right," the red-robed elder beside him continued. "However, the order to seal the Small World met with opposition from many clansmen. They were unwilling to become frogs in a well, cut off from everything outside.
"We feared those lizards would reveal news of the Heaven and Earth Divine Stone to humans. Then the trouble would be immense.
"But as clan elders, we could not directly kill those clansmen who opposed us. Otherwise,