“Little Benefactor, how can I share this power with my clansmen?”
“Must I first take the Dragon Vein Source’s power out, then extract it with a formation?”
Long Xiaoxiao asked.
“It cannot be extracted. You must find a way to fully fuse with the Dragon Vein power, or you will die.”
Chu Feng said.
“But… if so, would that not mean I alone monopolise the Dragon Vein Source’s power?”
Long Xiaoxiao felt some worry.
Perhaps she did not want to be selfish, or perhaps she feared blame from the clan.
In any case, though she had gained a tremendous opportunity, she felt uneasy.
“Princess Xiaoxiao, are you unclear about your previous situation in the Long clan?”
“If your father is truly swayed by Long Mumu and her mother, and really intends to kill you and your mother, who in the entire Long clan could help you both?”
Chu Feng asked.
“…”
Long Xiaoxiao fell silent.
Chu Feng continued.
“But if you fully fuse with the Dragon Vein Source, you become the Long clan’s future. Soon, you will rule the Long clan, and all will obey you.”
“In the past, your fate was in others’ hands. From now on, it will be in yours. Remember, if one does not act for oneself, heaven and earth will punish.”
“The most reliable person is always yourself. At least in the Long clan’s environment, you can only rely on yourself.”
Chu Feng said.
“Little Benefactor, was… this intentional?”
“Were you deliberately helping me?”
As Long Xiaoxiao asked, her eyes brimmed with longing. She desperately wanted the truth; it mattered greatly to her.
“It was my master’s decision, but I agree with him.”
“Even if your father honours his promise and spares you and your mother for now, who knows the future?”
“But now it is different. Though dangerous, if you fuse with the Dragon Vein Source’s power, everything changes, not just your mother and daughter’s status in the Long clan, but your prospects.”
“Also, I can tell you, this Dragon Vein Source’s power comes from a true dragon.”
“If you fuse with it, you gain the true dragon’s power.”
Chu Feng said gravely.
“Really? It is a true dragon’s power?”
“The legendary divine beast?”
Long Xiaoxiao’s small face filled with complex emotions. Even she was shocked.
As a descendant of the dragon clan, with dragon blood in her veins, she yearned for true dragon power more than anyone. To them, it was legendary, the ultimate power.
“Yes, my master would not lie to me.”
Chu Feng said.
“Heavens, I actually gained such an opportunity. Am I dreaming?”
“Little Benefactor, how should I thank you?”
Long Xiaoxiao’s grateful eyes reddened.
She and Chu Feng had met only a few times, yet he had saved her twice.
This time, he helped her gain a life-changing opportunity. Such grace could not be repaid even by serving as an ox or horse.
“Do not thank me yet. Thank me after you fuse the power.”
Chu Feng said this because failure meant death for Long Xiaoxiao.
“I will fuse it.”
Long Xiaoxiao said.
Rumble.
At that moment, booms echoed from all directions in this world.
The ground shook violently, countless cracks appeared, rocks shattered, even the void trembled.
This world was collapsing.
“Time to leave.”
As Chu Feng spoke, he took Long Xiaoxiao and departed.
Upon emerging, they were immediately surrounded by the Long clan.
“Xiaoxiao, how is it? Has the Dragon Vein Source activated?”
The Long clan leader approached Long Xiaoxiao, asking with great concern.
But his concern was not for his frail daughter, but the Dragon Vein Source.
“I…”
Long Xiaoxiao did not know how to answer. She still feared revealing the truth.
After years under her father’s shadow.
Crash.
At that moment, the Dragon Vein Source behind Long Xiaoxiao began to disintegrate.
The foundation of the Long clan’s establishment collapsed completely.
“Grandmaster, what is happening?”
The Long clan’s supreme elders turned their gazes to the old cow-nosed Taoist.
They showed extreme panic, for what collapsed was the heart of their Long clan.
“Xiaoxiao, Father is asking you. Has the Dragon Vein Source activated? What did you experience inside?”
The Long clan leader gripped Long Xiaoxiao’s shoulders tightly, pressing again, his tone now stern.
“Father, no need to ask. Clearly, the Dragon Vein Source failed to activate.”
“Not only failure, but they destroyed our Dragon Vein Source.”
“The master and disciple deserve death.”
“Long Xiaoxiao is equally unforgivable.”
Long Mumu said loudly.
“Grandmaster Niu, you must explain.”
Elder Long Duan changed his prior attitude, glaring menacingly at the old cow-nosed Taoist.
“Grandmaster, you said it succeeded. Why this state now?”
The Long clan leader also turned to the old cow-nosed Taoist.
Though not truly angry yet, his eyes seemed ready to devour, far more terrifying than a beast.
In this atmosphere, Long Xiaoxiao trembled, barely standing. Without Chu Feng’s support, she would collapse.
But the old cow-nosed Taoist remained unflustered, his smile undiminished.
“I said it succeeded. What collapses is merely the shell. The true power has detached and will soon bring earth-shaking changes to your Long clan.”
the old cow-nosed Taoist said.
“Where, Grandmaster? Where is the power?”
Hearing this, the Long clan leader’s attitude shifted, asking politely.
“Is it not right here?”
The old cow-nosed Taoist pointed at Long Xiaoxiao.
“Xiaoxiao, is the power with you?”
the Long clan leader asked.
“It is in her body.”
“Now, all the Dragon Vein Source’s power is in your daughter’s body.”
the old cow-nosed Taoist said.
“What? All in Xiaoxiao’s body?”
“Grandmaster, how do we extract it?”
the Long clan leader asked.
“Extract it?”
“Why extract it?”
the old cow-nosed Taoist asked.
“You ask nonsense.”
“This power belongs to the entire Long clan. Of course it must be extracted.”
Long Mumu’s mother said loudly, unable to sit still.
She could not tolerate such immense power belonging to one person, especially Long Xiaoxiao.
“It cannot be extracted. The Dragon Vein Source’s power coexists with Princess Xiaoxiao.”
“If she lives, the power remains. If she dies, it scatters.”
the old cow-nosed Taoist said.
“Grandmaster, what do you mean?”
a supreme elder asked.
“Still unclear? Let this old man be clearer.”
“Now, Princess Xiaoxiao is the Dragon Vein Source, controlling all its power.”
“From today, whether your Long clan prospers or declines depends on her.”
“Only she can alter your Long clan’s fate.”
the old cow-nosed Taoist said again.
His words left all present Long clan members with complex expressions, as if shocked, struggling to accept the fact.
Especially Long Mumu and her mother, whose faces looked worse than if they had eaten faeces.
