Master Longbrow, hearing Master Chongxu curse him, immediately said, “Bullnose, my ancestors are all lying in coffins. If you truly have that fetish, I can take you to dig graves.”
Master Chongxu, “…”
At that moment, another anomaly appeared atop Snow Mountain.
“Swish, swish, swish—”
Beams of white light shot skyward.
Densely packed.
Apart from the golden staircase, the entire Snow Mountain, from top to bottom, radiated a terrifying killing intent.
“This is… an unparalleled killing formation!”
Master Longbrow was initially shocked, then angrily said, “After all the effort to get here, I can’t even climb the mountain. It’s infuriating.”
Fairy Hundred Flowers’ beautiful face also showed unwillingness. If she could obtain the dragon vein, her cultivation would recover, and she could return to the cultivation world. Yet, she was unable to ascend the mountain.
“Is this, perhaps, fate?”
Fairy Hundred Flowers looked up and saw Ye Qiu walking along the golden staircase, already a thousand steps up, progressing smoothly without encountering any danger.
“Could it be that this staircase was prepared solely for Ye Qiu?”
“Or rather, are the ten dragon veins waiting for Ye Qiu?”
Fairy Hundred Flowers’ heart skipped a beat at the thought. “Impossible! Even if Ye Qiu is extraordinary, dragon veins are spiritual treasures of heaven and earth. How could they wait for him?”
“But why can’t we climb the mountain, while he can ascend so easily?”
Fairy Hundred Flowers frowned, unable to make sense of it.
Master Longbrow, watching Ye Qiu’s back, was so envious his eyes turned red. He then sat down heavily on the ground, saying in anguish, “What a blunder. I shouldn’t have called that little brat to seize the dragon veins.”
“I should have known. As long as he’s around, treasures will never be mine.”
“Damn it!”
Master Chongxu glanced at Master Longbrow and asked, “You dog, do you know something?”
Master Chongxu sighed deeply and said, “That little brat is destined…”
At this point, Master Longbrow abruptly stopped.
“What is he?” Master Chongxu pressed.
Master Longbrow said, “The little brat has immense luck, favoured by the heavens.”
Master Chongxu wanted to retort, but after thinking it over, he felt Master Longbrow’s words made sense.
Otherwise, why couldn’t they climb the mountain?
…
Ye Qiu stepped onto the golden staircase, ascending step by step.
Although he encountered no danger along the way, he remained cautious, always on guard.
The Snow Mountain was towering, the staircase long.
Ye Qiu climbed five thousand steps, looked up, and found himself still only halfway up.
“It seems I need to pick up the pace.”
With this thought, Ye Qiu threw caution to the wind and dashed forward like lightning.
Moments later, Ye Qiu reached the summit of Snow Mountain.
At that moment, ten dragon veins coiled ahead, their massive dragon eyes fixed on Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu felt an overwhelming pressure.
The aura emanating from each dragon vein was terrifying. Even a peak king-level expert could likely be torn apart by them with ease.
Ye Qiu dared not be careless and summoned four Qiankun Cauldrons.
“Boom!”
The four Qiankun Cauldrons hovered above Ye Qiu’s head, casting down beams of golden light, making him appear like a celestial deity.
Then, Ye Qiu stepped forward, approaching the ten dragon veins.
He moved slowly. After all, these were ten dragon veins. If he accidentally provoked them, it could lead to serious trouble.
Ye Qiu cautiously closed the distance to the dragon veins. When he was fifty metres away, a sudden change occurred.
“Roar—”
One dragon vein let out a tremendous dragon cry.
Immediately after, the second dragon vein roared, then the third, the fourth…
All ten dragon veins let out successive roars.
The sound shook the mountains and rivers.
Then, the ten dragon veins soared into the sky, circling above.
“What’s happening?”
Ye Qiu looked up at the sky.
At that moment, the ten dragon veins suddenly collided, instantly merging into a colossal dragon a thousand zhang long.
Master Longbrow, witnessing this, shouted, “Disaster! The ten dragon veins have merged into one. We’ve lost all hope.”
Ye Qiu, seeing this, was shocked.
“How did the ten dragon veins become one?”
This thousand-zhang dragon was enormous, its head alone comparable to a mountain peak.
The colossal dragon circled in the sky, stirring the winds and clouds, its roars echoing through heaven and earth.
After a while, the dragon suddenly dove from the sky, charging straight at Ye Qiu.
“Not good!”
Ye Qiu’s expression changed, his only thought to flee.
Just as he prepared to escape, he suddenly found his body unable to move, trapped in a binding force.
“How can this be?”
Ye Qiu, in a panic, frantically activated the Nine Transformations Divine Dragon Technique, seventy-two streams of dragon qi bursting from his back.
Yet, it was futile. He couldn’t break free from the restraint.
In desperation, Ye Qiu willed the Qiankun Cauldron to grow larger, hurling it fiercely at the colossal dragon.
“Not good! The little brat is in danger. The dragon vein is going to kill him,” Master Longbrow exclaimed from the mountain’s base.
The colossal dragon dodged the Qiankun Cauldron and, like a bolt of lightning, appeared before Ye Qiu.
“It’s over!”
Ye Qiu felt despair, even closing his eyes, preparing for death.
But after a long moment, no attack came.
Ye Qiu opened his eyes and saw the massive dragon’s head just three metres away.
“Huh, it didn’t attack me?”
Ye Qiu, somewhat surprised, steadied himself and looked directly at the dragon vein.
This dragon vein was almost identical to a true dragon, with twin horns on its head, whiskers flowing under its jaw, and enormous eyes gleaming with golden light, brighter than gold itself.
Ye Qiu observed the dragon vein, and the dragon vein observed him.
“Why do I feel like it’s looking at me with… joy?”
Whoosh—
Suddenly, the dragon vein opened its massive mouth, revealing sharp, long teeth.
“Damn, it doesn’t want to eat me, does it?”
Ye Qiu’s heart filled with fear. If he were truly swallowed alive by a dragon vein, his death would be too unjust.
Unexpectedly, the dragon vein didn’t swallow him. Instead, it slowly extended its tongue, licking Ye Qiu from head to toe, gentle as could be, more professional than a spa attendant.
“This is too damn disgusting. To think, I, Ye Qiu, a man of honour, would be defiled by a dragon vein.”
The worst part was that Ye Qiu couldn’t move, forced to endure it.
After thirty seconds, the dragon vein retracted its tongue.
Those thirty seconds felt like thirty years to Ye Qiu, an unbearable torment.
“What the hell do you want?” Ye Qiu glared at the dragon vein, his face full of displeasure.
“Roar—”
The dragon vein let out a low growl, then lunged forward, coiling around Ye Qiu.
“It’s over. My life is done!”
The next moment, Ye Qiu felt something was off. Despite being wrapped by the massive dragon vein, he didn’t feel suffocated.
“What’s going on?”
As Ye Qiu marvelled, the thousand-zhang dragon vein suddenly shattered.
