The words were not polite.
And Nangongmian was not an impolite person.
Yesterday, he had even said that he had caused trouble for the High Priest, forcing him to stay at the academy to guard him.
Yesterday, everything was fine…
Recalling the words Nangongmian had just said, the High Priest’s frown deepened.
The words didn’t sound like something the usual Nangongmian would say. They were more like the words of the person who had briefly appeared in Xiao Yun City.
The High Priest walked over and stood in front of him: “You’ve been injured. You should rest properly.”
“It’s just a small injury, it’s nothing.” Nangongmian gazed out at the dark night and said, “I just had a very interesting dream.”
An interesting dream?
If it was such an interesting dream, why was he awakened?
Despite thinking this, the High Priest still asked, “What dream?”
“I dreamt of a giant beast.” Nangongmian raised his hand, looked at his fingers, and suddenly curled them into claws. “That giant beast wanted to kill me, but in the end, I killed it.”
“Perhaps because you were injured, you had such a dream.” The High Priest said, “Don’t pay too much attention to it.”
“It was a very real dream.” Nangongmian tilted his head and looked at him. “So real that I was startled awake.”
Nangongmian’s condition was indeed off.
It was similar to his state in Xiao Yun City, but not exactly the same.
He didn’t want to sleep, so the High Priest could only stay with him.
Nangongmian looked at his hand, clenched and released it several times, before murmuring, “Something has opened.”
What could it be?
…
Bang
Jing Chen fell to the ground.
Then, it was Bao Bei.
Finally…
Finally, Huang Quan landed steadily beside them without falling.
Jing Chen and Bao Bei stood up, both glancing at Huang Quan.
Clearly, they couldn’t understand why, even though they all came in the same way, they had fallen while Huang Quan hadn’t.
“Actually, I think it’s a height issue,” Huang Quan, having figured out what they were thinking, smiled and said. “The height from which we fell wasn’t very high, and I’m taller than both of you, so it’s less likely for me to fall.”
“You two are still children, not tall enough. The height from which we fell wasn’t too high, and since you couldn’t use your strength in time, it’s normal for you to fall.”
Jing Chen and Bao Bei: “…”
They were a bit discouraged by that explanation.
The two didn’t continue the topic and instead turned their attention forward.
As they looked ahead, they immediately saw many bubbles.
These bubbles were sparkling, particularly beautiful.
“They’re memory bubbles.” Bao Bei looked at the sparkling bubbles and said, “It seems that what’s stored here are memories.”
“Really?”
Jing Chen was a bit surprised. “If they’re memory bubbles, then we can find out what happened before!”
Jing Chen didn’t know much about the dragon, but now, there was a chance to learn more.
Bao Bei nodded. “If you want to know, just push the bubbles over here, and I’ll show you the memories.”
“I’ll go now.” Jing Chen immediately went over to push the bubbles.
Seeing this, Huang Quan also went over to help.
Soon, Jing Chen and Huang Quan had pushed several bubbles over.
Bao Bei chose one and gently tapped it with his spiritual energy.
After Bao Bei tapped the bubble, an image appeared inside the bubble.
In the image, a man dressed in a white robe was leaning against the cave wall, surrounded by a mist of cold fog.
The man was holding a transparent bubble and muttering to himself, “My injuries are getting worse. I probably won’t make it back alive…”
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The man then laughed bitterly.
And then the image froze.
Jing Chen was a bit stunned. “Is that it?”
“Yes,” Bao Bei replied. “Next one.”
Jing Chen pushed another bubble forward.
Bao Bei tapped it again, and this time, the bubble revealed the back of a woman. The man lowered his voice and said, “Her name is Xiao Ran. She accidentally fell through a crack, and I saved her.”
“We’ve been together for a long time. I can hold on for a while longer. I plan to leave the Abyss with her.” At this point, the man paused for a while before continuing, “I want to leave behind my bloodline.”
The image inside the bubble stopped again.
This time, without Bao Bei having to say anything, Jing Chen pushed another bubble over.
Bao Bei tapped it, and this time, the man’s face was especially pale, looking even worse than the previous two times.
The man said, “I fell into a nameless place and was severely injured. My wounds have been festering and won’t heal. I probably won’t make it back.”
“Even if I do, it will be a dead end.”
“The one he cared for died at the hands of the dragon race. He won’t let the dragon race go…”
“He won’t spare the Divine Kingdom either.”
“I envy the one he protected…” The man seemed to have thought of something and laughed bitterly. “He has no emotions, yet because of someone’s last wish, he gave up everything, even…”
Cough, cough, cough…
“He fell into madness. The dragon race was responsible for his duty to slay the demons. The dragon race wasn’t wrong, but he asked me, ‘If one day, my family dies at the hands of the gods, will I take revenge on the Divine Kingdom?'”
“I couldn’t answer him.”
“Because the answer would have been ‘Yes.’”
“In the end, he went to war with the dragon race.”
“I don’t know whether the dragon race won or lost in the end, because I wasn’t there for the final battle, but I know, I can never go back.”
One bubble after another was tapped open. As more and more bubbles were revealed, they gradually became clearer about the man’s origins.
The man’s name was Jing Xu, a dragon who, after being severely injured in a battle, fell onto the Snowfield of the Northern Territory.
When he fell, he was in his dragon form, which caused the crack.
For a period of time afterward, he stayed below to recover, and the crack remained open because of his presence.
He knew he couldn’t return. During his recovery, he crafted the dragon egg and stored those memories in the bubbles.
Later, he saved a woman who had fallen through the crack—her name was Xiao Ran. He wanted to leave behind his bloodline, so he told her his identity, and eventually left with her.
After leaving with Xiao Ran, he came back once.
He said that the woman had given birth to a child.
The child did not inherit the dragon bloodline, only human blood.
His time was running out.
He wanted to leave something for the child, something that could protect them.
“I want to craft a weapon for that child using dragon bones.” The man in the bubble transformed his lower body into a dragon’s tail. “Dragon bones, dragon blood, dragon tendons…”
“I’ll use these to leave something that can protect the child.” The man continued, “Although it will accelerate my death, I will die either way.”
Upon hearing this, Jing Chen’s body trembled.
The Dragon’s Song Qin…
So that’s how the Dragon’s Song Qin came to be…
The man did not document the process of creating the Dragon’s Song Qin. When he appeared in the memory bubble again, he was already extremely weak—so weak that anyone could tell his end was near.
The man spoke, “I infused my blood into the Dragon’s Song Qin. Although the child didn’t inherit the dragon bloodline, after all, they are my child. The Dragon’s Song Qin will protect them.”
“If the child were to return to their ancestral bloodline…”
