northernbook #348 - I won the bet again.
#348 - I won the bet again.
Liang Jin couldn't help but suppress the feeling of panic and fear, his eyes fixed on the giant snake called the Divine Dragon.
At this moment, his heart was filled with shock and doubt, and he wondered to himself:
"Could it be that dragons, these legendary creatures, really exist in this world?"
Compared to the last time he saw it, this giant snake had undergone significant changes.
Its body had grown several meters longer, and its originally thick body had become even thicker, making it appear even larger.
The faint light emanating from the pair of antlers on its head was mysterious and alluring, as if it contained endless secrets.
What was particularly striking was that the four protrusions on its abdomen were becoming more and more obvious, and their shape was increasingly like animal legs.
And the tail, like a fish's tail, not only had fin-like structures, but also made its so-called transformation into a dragon seem even more certain.
"This is clearly a martial arts world, how could such a magical beast appear?"
Liang Jin was extremely surprised.
At the same time, he was also deeply shocked by the aura emanating from this giant snake.
Elder Huanlong had asserted that it already possessed the strength of a first-grade martial artist.
Liang Jin had never seen a first-grade martial artist, so he naturally didn't know what standards Elder Huanlong used to make such a judgment.
However, he couldn't help but choose to believe it, because the aura emanating from this giant snake was far stronger than that of the Evil Slaughtering King he had seen before, or even the Sect Master Yu Linglong!
That aura seemed to have transcended the scope of his understanding and reached a completely different level.
It extended its forked tongue and gently licked Yu Linglong's palm, then slowly pressed its head against Yu Linglong, its movements revealing a hint of affection.
Seeing the Divine Dragon being so docile towards Yu Linglong, the elders who had been on high alert finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Elder Huanlong couldn't hide his joy and shouted loudly:
"The Divine Dragon still remembers the Sect Master!"
"It still recognizes the Sect Master as its partner!"
"This shows that our Sect Master is the destined Son of Heaven! The restoration of the Great Yu is a destiny-ordained great cause!"
The elders also cheered and jumped for joy, their emotions extremely excited.
Among this jubilation, the only ones who could remain relatively calm were Liang Jin and Yu Linglong.
Yu Linglong's expression was complicated, and she raised her hand to gently pat the giant snake in front of her, her expression containing both relief and a hint of unspeakable worry.
And Liang Jin's thoughts involuntarily drifted to the matter of battle pets.
He couldn't help but think of his clone in Changzhou, who already had a Divine Eagle as a battle pet.
Now, after seeing this magical giant snake, Liang Jin couldn't help but think of the Divine Eagle's growth potential.
"This world is so absurd and bizarre, even snakes can transform into dragons, so is it possible for my Divine Eagle to transform into a phoenix?"
"If I could really have a battle pet with the strength of a first-grade martial artist, wouldn't it be easier to act in the future, and even be able to walk sideways?"
Just as Liang Jin was daydreaming.
The giant snake suddenly moved and swam rapidly towards the outside of Ten Thousand Dragon Valley.
Its speed was so fast that everyone only felt a gust of wind whistling past. In the blink of an eye, the giant snake had disappeared without a trace.
"Rumble rumble!"
In the distant valley, there was a loud noise. Large trees were broken in half, and some boulders were shattered by the giant snake's impact.
Obviously, these obstacles blocked the giant snake's path.
Seeing this, everyone was shocked. Several elders flashed and immediately flew up into the air.
Looking down from above, they saw the giant snake's huge body rampaging through Ten Thousand Dragon Valley. Nothing could stop its progress.
"Follow it and see!"
Elder Huanlong shouted anxiously and took the lead in flying towards the direction the giant snake was heading.
The others also used their lightness skills and followed closely behind.
The giant snake rushed out of Ten Thousand Dragon Valley, but did not stop, and continued to swim forward non-stop.
Soon, it came to the seaside.
The disciples patrolling here were suddenly frightened out of their wits when they saw this behemoth.
However, the giant snake ignored these panicked disciples and continued to swim without stopping, plunging into the sea and swimming towards the depths of the sea.
When its huge body swam in the sea, it easily pushed aside huge waves, but its movements were still agile and free, as if it were in its element in the water.
Seeing this, Elder Huanlong exclaimed:
"The dragon enters the sea!"
"The Divine Dragon is about to start hunting!"
"It has been resting for too long, and the food in its body must have been exhausted, so it naturally needs to replenish its food."
Indeed.
Everyone saw the giant snake constantly tossing and turning in the sea, sometimes submerging below the surface of the sea, and sometimes leaping high from the bottom of the sea.
This giant snake had indeed been resting for too long, and the feeling of hunger must have been lingering.
With its huge size, the amount of food it needed was naturally extremely astonishing.
It exuded an innate aura of a king, and it probably disdained the slow feeding methods of the Dragon Transformation Sect, so it chose to enter the sea to hunt on its own.
But then.
Everyone was surprised to find that the giant snake was swimming further and further away, and was about to disappear into the vast depths of the sea.
Seeing this, Elder Huanlong hurriedly shouted:
"Not good! The Divine Dragon is going to go far!"
"We must hurry up and stop it!"
"Otherwise, if it leaves and never returns, then our Dragon Transformation Sect will suffer a heavy loss!"
Although everyone possessed superb lightness skills, they could not fly in the sky without landing.
If the giant snake really swam into the depths of the ocean, everyone could only sigh helplessly.
After all, in everyone's hearts, the Divine Dragon had long been regarded as a symbol of the Dragon Transformation Sect's favor from heaven and destiny.
If the Divine Dragon really left the Dragon Transformation Sect, it would undoubtedly be like the dragon's aura dissipating and the dragon vein being drawn away.
Such serious consequences were naturally unacceptable to everyone.
Liang Jin was also quite surprised by this situation, and shook his head helplessly:
"It seems that the battle pets in the world are all similar, none of them are easy to deal with, and they don't like to listen to orders."
In this way, he finally became more open-minded about the Divine Eagle's occasional disobedience.
Just as everyone was trying to fly up to stop the Divine Dragon.
Yu Linglong suddenly sighed faintly and said:
"If it wants to leave, let it go."
"It has already entered the first-grade realm, and it is also qualified to obtain freedom."
"Yes... After reaching the first-grade, if it wants to leave this island, no one can stop it."
Everyone was silent upon hearing this.
After all, facing a divine beast with the strength of a first-grade martial artist, they, a group of elders who were only in the third-grade realm, were indeed powerless and could not stop it.
But how could everyone be willing to just watch the Divine Dragon leave like this?
Li Xueqing said anxiously:
"Elder Huanlong, you know the Divine Dragon best, quickly think of a way!"
The elders all turned their expectant eyes to Elder Huanlong.
After all, Elder Huanlong had always been responsible for raising and taking care of the Divine Dragon. He was the most professional person in the entire Dragon Transformation Sect when it came to the Divine Dragon's living habits and preferences.
The Dragon Keeper Elder was now deep in thought, racking his brains, trying to come up with a way to keep the Divine Dragon.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't come up with a solution.
Just as he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, his eyes suddenly swept over Liang Jin in the crowd.
The Dragon Keeper Elder's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped the last straw, and he hurriedly shouted loudly to Liang Jin:
"Xiongba, the last time the Divine Dragon was sick, you came up with a solution. You must know a lot about the Divine Dragon, right?"
"Quickly think of something for us, what should we do now?"
For a time, the expectant gazes of the elders all turned to Liang Jin.
When Liang Jin heard this, he felt very helpless in his heart.
How could he know anything about the Divine Dragon?
Last time, he was only lucky enough to solve the problem with the information provided by the system.
And these days, he hadn't received any information about the Divine Dragon at all, so what could he do?
But facing the eager gazes of the crowd, he could only bite the bullet and make up stories:
"I think… this Divine Dragon is not a sea snake, the sea is not its true home after all, it can't keep drifting outside, right?"
"Its home is still on our Dragon Transformation Island after all. There are its snake sons and grandsons in the Ten Thousand Snake Valley, these are all its relatives."
"When it has played enough outside and eaten its fill, it will eventually come back."
Yu Linglong turned her head and took a deep look at Liang Jin after hearing this.
But the Dragon Keeper Elder's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly:
"That makes sense!"
"The Divine Dragon has not completely transformed into a dragon, its living habits must not have undergone fundamental changes."
"Its nest is in the Ten Thousand Dragon Valley, and the environment there is most suitable for its survival."
"I also think that after the Divine Dragon finishes hunting, it will definitely come back."
After hearing this, the crowd was dubious, but if they didn't listen to the opinion of the Dragon Keeper Elder, a professional, they really didn't know what to do.
At this time, Yu Linglong said:
"Don't keep watching here."
"Let's go back to the main hall to discuss."
After saying that, she flew straight towards the main hall.
When the elders saw this, they knew that this matter really needed to be discussed in the long term and a detailed and comprehensive response plan needed to be formulated.
Especially how to minimize the negative impact of this matter and stabilize the hearts of the disciples of Dragon Transformation Island, these were all crucial issues.
Immediately, the crowd also used their lightness skills and flew back to the main hall.
After the crowd entered the main hall, the hall masters of each hall also rushed over after hearing the news.
After everyone arrived, they immediately started a heated discussion about the departure of the Divine Dragon.
In this lively discussion, only two people seemed particularly leisurely.
Yu Linglong sat on the throne with her jade feet crossed, watching the crowd with boredom, revealing a trace of fatigue and helplessness in her expression.
Liang Jin stood in the crowd, also feeling extremely bored, secretly pondering his own affairs in his heart.
After a long while, a group of people finally finalized a preliminary plan to deal with the Divine Dragon's departure.
Yu Linglong said impatiently:
"If there is something to report, then report it; if there is nothing, then dismiss the meeting."
Liang Jin immediately stood up first and said loudly:
"Reporting to the Sect Master! Elder Qingnang has now emerged from seclusion, presumably he already has the results of the Dragon Scale Pill matter."
"I also ask the Sect Master to witness the bet between this disciple and Elder Li and Elder Qingnang."
Liang Jin had always been thinking about his treasure in his heart.
The crowd had only been concerned about the Divine Dragon's matter before, and had not noticed that Elder Qingnang, who had disappeared for ten days, had already appeared in the main hall at this moment.
Liang Jin's words immediately cheered everyone up.
After all, the Dragon Scale Pill matter was of utmost importance, as it related to the interests of many disciples of the Dragon Transformation Sect.
Li Xueqing immediately asked impatiently upon hearing this:
"Elder Qingnang, did the pill refinement fail?"
"With that worthless mushroom, is it impossible to refine a qualified Dragon Scale Pill at all?"
"If that's really the case…"
Speaking of this, Li Xueqing turned around, stared at Liang Jin fiercely, and said with gritted teeth:
"Xiongba, don't forget your bet when the time comes."
"You have to cripple your martial arts, leave the sect, and never appear in front of me in this life!"
Liang Jin smiled slightly, he knew that the first person to jump out and cause trouble would definitely be Li Xueqing.
Immediately, Liang Jin calmly replied:
"This bet was made by me in front of the Sect Master and the elders, if I lose, I will naturally strictly fulfill it."
"It's just that I don't know what your whip, Elder Li, is called… oh! Thousand Dragon Divine Whip."
"I don't know if you have brought the Thousand Dragon Divine Whip with you, don't fail to produce the bet when you lose."
Li Xueqing snorted coldly, reached to her lower back, and took out a whip made of snake skin, emitting a seven-colored luster.
She always carried her natal divine weapon with her, never leaving her side for a moment.
"Xiongba, there are so many people watching."
"Don't be unable to afford to lose."
Li Xueqing reminded coldly.
She was secretly worried in her heart, fearing that Xiongba would violate the bet.
After all, this Xiongba was the Sect Master's favorite, if he lost the bet and then cried and begged, causing the Sect Master to come forward to protect him, then she would really not be able to force him.
She didn't believe that Liang Jin could win at all.
In her opinion, the Dragon Scale Pill's pill formula was already perfect, and no one in this world could change it.
Liang Jin replied:
"I am willing to admit defeat."
"But I believe that Elder Li is also someone who can afford to lose."
Speaking of this, Liang Jin turned his head and said to Elder Qingnang:
"Please announce the results, Elder Qingnang!"
Li Xueqing also urged:
"That's right, Elder Qingnang, don't waste everyone's time, tell us the results quickly."
Of course she believed that Elder Qingnang would not engage in favoritism.
After all, Elder Qingnang was also a participant in this bet, and had also placed a heavy bet.
In the main hall, everyone was concentrating and holding their breath, waiting for Elder Qingnang to announce the results.
They were also extremely concerned about this big bet.
However, everyone knew in their hearts that the probability of Liang Jin winning the bet was really too small.
After all, Liang Jin knew nothing about the art of Qihuang and the art of pill refining, so how could he possibly win against Elder Qingnang, who had been studying this path for a lifetime?
On the other side.
Elder Qingnang helplessly glanced at Liang Jin.
This kid clearly already knew the results in his heart, but he was deliberately pretending to be ignorant.
But he still replied with a solemn expression:
"Xiongba once said that the flowered umbrella can be used to replace the Purple Ganoderma lucidum to refine the Dragon Scale Pill."
"I spent seven days using this method to refine a new Dragon Scale Pill. I also spent three days looking for several disciples to test the pill's efficacy."
"Today, I can finally completely determine the results."
"That is…"
Speaking of this, Elder Qingnang paused slightly, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.
This made everyone scratch their ears and cheeks, cursing incessantly in their hearts.
Li Xueqing even clenched the Thousand Dragon Divine Whip in her hand, almost opening her mouth to question him.
Finally, Elder Qingnang said:
"The Dragon Scale Pill refined according to Xiongba's suggestion is not only completely without problems, but also has more than 20% stronger efficacy than before!"
"Congratulations, Sect Master! Congratulations, Sect Master!"
"With this improved Dragon Scale Pill, not only can the cost of pill refining be greatly reduced, but also the cultivation speed of our sect's disciples can be greatly improved!"