Chapter 229 - Rampant Brat (1/2)

Now, there were only two dragons left beneath the platform. Jiao Qingtu stood tall on the stage and looked down at them, his heart was racing with excitement. Only two more rounds, two more obstacles that hindered him from opening that door and acquiring the heritage and mark of the Ancestral Dragon!

"Which of the two senior martial brothers will come up next?" Jiao Qingtu asked politely.

Right at that time, he saw an exhausted figure tiredly treading over on the river waters.

"Long Yue!"

Light flashed in his eyes, Jiao Qingtu shifted his sights away from the two dragon Qi Practitioners and looked at Zhong Yue, laughing loudly, "Long Yue, you are finally here! I almost thought you'd been eliminated! I said, we would have a battle in the Ancestral Dragon Ritual, and today shall be it! Brother Long Yue, please!"

Zhong Yue made his way below the stage with his weary gait, and asked curiously, "What is this test?"

"The Five Levels Mergence."

The female dragon Po Luke who had not gone on stage kindly explained to him from the side, "The one that has defeated all the other opponents in this test can win the approval of the Ancestral Dragon, and will be bestowed with the Leizhe totem patterns and acquire the mark of the Ancestral Dragon. Senior Martial Brother Long Yue, my clan elders told us to tell you that they are very interested in discussing the matters of the East Barren."

"Only the Leizhe totem patterns and the mark of the Ancestral Dragon?" Zhong Yue did not answer her and only mumbled to himself in disappointment, "No ancestral blood?"

Po Luke explained patiently, "There will be no ancestral blood. Furthermore, how can the ancestral blood be comparable to the Leze totem patterns and the mark of the Ancestral Dragon? The Leizhe totem patterns are the totem patterns of the innate dragon gods, how potently strong are their powers? While the mark of the Ancestral Dragon comes into play when you've ascended to a dragon god, it is the pass to enter the Lei Zhe Galaxy, it's value is incalculable…"

Hearing her explanation, Zhong Yue was even more disappointed, he mumbled, "What's the use if the rewards aren't the ancestral blood?"

Po Luke was piqued, she winked her eyes and waved her hands in front of his face as if she was carrying out a sanity check on him. In an unfriendly tone, she said, "You stupid dragon, do you even understand what it means at all? What grades are the Leizhe totem patterns and the mark of the Ancestral Dragon, and what grade is the ancestral blood? Has your sanity been pummeled away by the five tests? The Lei Zhe Galaxy, that is the origin place of the dragon race!"

"Going to the Lei Zhe Galaxy is only an issue after we become gods, it is useless to us now." Zhong Yue shook his head and said apologetically, "If so, I'll have to disappoint Brother Qingtu as I will not compete in this test, I'll turn back and get some more ancestral blood."

Most importantly, Zhong Yue was not of the dragon race. Even if he had become a god, he would still not be summoned to the Lei Zhe Galaxy. Furthermore, it was still a long and arduous journey to ascend to the level of the gods.

There were many misfortunes and adversities in the journey of cultivation, countless uncontrollable and unpredictable events; who could say that he would definitely be able to ascend to the level of gods? A cultivator might acquire an appallingly strong cultivation technique and die the next day; an incredibly talented young man might have never cultivated before, or if not, be stuck at the same cultivation level for the rest of his life, unable to break through.

Hence, even a single drop of ancestral blood was more important to him than the Leizhe totem patterns, or the mark of the ancestral dragon.

Jiao Qingtu was shocked and watched as Zhong Yue turned back and left, treading away on the same path as he came, as he turned back for the test of the Rebirth Qi Practitioners!

"This brat, what is he trying to do?"

The other three dragons were stunned, Po Luke more than the others. "Is he trying to go back to the Rebirth level test? Has he lost his mind?"

While another dragon Qi Practitioner mumbled, "Going backwards again to the tests, he is crazy, really crazy … I bet he didn't know that if he turns back to the tests again, the difficulty will totally be at a whole new level. He will be faced with the strongest 100th golden statue right away, he wouldn't have the time to warm up!"

They could only pass the test by following the conventional order, mainly because the first golden statue was weaker, and it would cast all of its skills to let the Qi Practitioner warm up, get themselves familiar with the different stages, and allow them to train themselves up.

Then, they would fight one golden statue after another, tempering the Qi Practitioner's control ability and gradually increasing their prowess. Finally, they would face the strongest, which was also the 100th golden statue.

Nurturing the disciples was the sole reason why the Ancestral Dragon had placed so many tests.

If the disciple decided to turn back and unconventionally go through the stages again; his prowess would still be suppressed, while the test would start with the strongest draconic golden statue!

After battling with the strongest draconic golden statue, one would surely suffer serious injuries even if he could win; but the the test would show no mercy, the second strongest draconic golden statue would come out right away, leaving no time for the disciple to recover from his wounds!

Henceforth, no one had ever succeeded in unconventionally completing the tests in the history of the dragons!

Reaching the 100th draconic golden statue was already hard in the conventional way, only one in a thousand could have done it. Finishing the test in the unconventional way was even less possible!

That was why Po Luke and the others said that Zhong Yue was crazy.

Suddenly, Jiao Qingtu's face turned solemn, he murmured, "Did he just say ancestral blood? Could it be that he has fought all of the hundred draconic golden statues, and has acquired the ancestral blood? No, impossible, he must have only heard about the ancestral blood from those elders … But why didn't he compete in the Five Levels Mergence, and instead, turned back for the tests of the other cultivation levels?"

He was bewildered, but Po Luke has leapt onto the stage, Jiao Qingtu could only clear off his thoughts and focus on the battle; this was one of the most important fights his life, he could not afford to lose it!

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"If I pass the tests of the Rebirth level, I will also be rewarded with the ancestral blood, right?" Zhong Yue was agitated, standing in front of the test palace of the Rebirth level, he was enthralled thinking of the rewards he could easily get.

He entered the golden palace and a few moments later, a voice bellowed in the golden palace, "Come and fight me, dragon … you, how are you so strong … save me … Ha! Don't you dare to fight back, eat my fist…."

"Xin Huo, can you shut up please!"

In the golden palace, Zhong Yue was slammed away by the draconic golden statue, crashing onto the golden palace wall, he then morphed into a Xiang Dragon and ran on the walls like a lizard, evading the attacks from the golden statue, he shouted in ire, "Is it you that is getting hit, or me? Don't make annoying noises, you are hurting my head!"