I Can Gain One Skill Point Per Second - Chapter 428: Earth-Shaking Conspiracy—Dragon Refining Gu!
Chapter 428: Chapter 428: Earth-Shaking Conspiracy—Dragon Refining Gu!
The leisurely manner piqued Ai Linlin’s curiosity.
“Brother Lin Yi, why don’t you want to compete for the Dragon Crystal? Do you think there aren’t enough of them?”
“Also, why did you and Senior Ao Xuan decide to act separately?”
Ai Linlin seemed somewhat fixated on these questions.
After asking, she even held her breath, eagerly awaiting Lin Yi’s response.
“No, it’s not that I don’t want to compete. The previous distributions were pitifully scarce, and you’re aware of that.”
“Moreover, we’re currently engaged in a battle with the Dragon King experts from the Beautiful Country. Going after resources so prominently now might not be the wisest choice, don’t you think?”
“As for why Senior Ao Xuan isn’t acting with me, it’s because…”
Lin Yi roughly explained the situation regarding Ao Xuan to Ai Linlin.
There was no need to hide it; if Ai Linlin wanted, she could spend some time on the map to find Ao Xuan’s location and check his status herself.
If the young girl intended harm to Ao Xuan, Lin Yi couldn’t stop her.
The Blinding Skill of the Seventy-Two Transformations could fool second-rate experts, but had no effect on Ai Linlin.
Therefore, Lin Yi made no effort to conceal Ao Xuan’s current condition.
What Lin Yi didn’t expect was the genuine look of regret in Ai Linlin’s eyes when she heard that Ao Xuan was the only remaining Cyan Dragon in Xia.
“How about we go check on him?”
“With Xiao Hei and me accompanying you, even if we can’t help much, we can surely protect Senior Ao Xuan. What do you think, Brother Lin Yi?”
There was no reason to refuse the suggestion.
Lin Yi had no choice but to agree.
After resting for about half an hour and completely adjusting their states, Lin Yi and Ai Linlin set off to find Ao Xuan.
During this time, Lin You returned to the Undead Space without a word and brought back the intelligence Lin Yi was eagerly awaiting.
“Lin Yi, how about we wrap up this dungeon early?”
“Once we acquire enough Dragon Crystals, we should leave immediately. After all, the amount needed for Senior Ao Xuan’s offspring isn’t particularly large and shouldn’t draw especially troublesome opponents.”
“Given our strength, leaving with the goods shouldn’t be hard.”
Lin You’s words made Lin Yi very curious about what kind of information she found on the corpses of the Beautiful Country’s dragon people to make such a suggestion.
“Tell me in detail~”
Using the dungeon’s special mechanics, Lin Yi managed to remotely assassinate the dragon people from the Beautiful Country in an extraordinary feat.
Lin You, leveraging the summon’s trait of not appearing on the dungeon map, used the Touch of Reincarnation granted by Lin Yi to successfully obtain the memories of the slain dragon people.
Not every memory was useful, but by combining and piecing them together, Lin You gathered the gist of the intelligence.
The Nibelungen Dungeon had not undergone any major changes for millennia.
Each time the dungeon opened, the Dragon Race’s strong would try every means to vie for the resources it offered.
Such an opportunity-laden trial dungeon had existed for thousands of years.
Through this mechanism of natural selection and survival of the fittest, the Dragon Race’s strength had not diminished much over the years and showed signs of growing stronger.
The phrase ’hard to please everyone,’ suggests such a gradual development pace naturally drew some dissatisfaction among the mighty.
For the prosperity of the Dragon Race, those at the pinnacle occasionally had to parcel out some resources to subsidize the weaker ones.
Much like a capitalist paying wages to workers.
Exploiting the lower classes indefinitely would ultimately destroy the entire pyramid.
At the moment the whole structure collapses, even the supreme beings at the top would inevitably be affected.
Therefore, many in the mid to upper ranks within the Dragon Race would more or less manage to leave the dungeon with some resources after it ends.
Yet, the rules still didn’t satisfy some of the Dragon Race’s powerhouses.
That person was known as the White Emperor.
No, it should be said they!
According to the intelligence Lin You gathered, the White Emperor was a title held by a pair of brothers.
One of the brothers was a dragon, a bona fide dragon.
The other was a dragonman!
They were twins.
Yes, twins!
Lin Yi racked his brains trying to understand.
How far had the people of the Beautiful Country gone in their abnormality?
How could twins be born as different species?
Of course, that wasn’t the main point.
The key issue was that this dungeon was part of a conspiracy.
The White Emperor, within the Beautiful Country’s Dragon Race, held a position of power below only one and above many.
After being suppressed by the true Dragon Emperor for thousands of years, he had long harbored rebellious thoughts.
Bloodline differences couldn’t be bridged by grueling training alone.
To reverse the situation and become the ruler of the Dragon Race, the White Emperor exploited the fame of this dungeon, conspiring with his loyal confidants to devise a sinister plan.
That plan was to use Dragon Refining Gu!
What is Dragon Refining Gu?
Thousands of years ago, there was a mysterious profession known as the Gu Master.
They could command various creatures to fight for them.
The stronger their Gu was, the more powerful the Gu Master.
How does one acquire the strongest Gu?
This leads to the topic of refining Gu, specifically refining Devouring Gu.
Across the world, many things could become Gu.
Like snakes, rats, ants, and insects.
They could easily be found in thousands and hundreds.
How to cultivate these into a Gu King?
By gathering them together, letting them cannibalize and slay each other!
When a Gu creature kills all its companions and survives, it deservedly becomes the Gu King!
Using dragons for Dragon Refining Gu, as the name suggests, involves mutual slaughter and devouring!
In Xia’s system, Dragon Race levels are distinguished as Candle Dragon, Cyan Dragon, Yinglong, and Ancestral Dragon, from low to high.
Let the King of Cyan Dragons devour the King of Candle Dragons, and then have the King of Yinglong devour them in turn.
The King of Candle Dragons would then have the ability to challenge the Ancestral Dragon’s position!
Then, have an Ancestral Dragon-level powerhouse devour it, imagine how terrifyingly powerful the benefiting Ancestral Dragon would become?
This is the so-called Dragon God plan!
Using Dragon Refining Gu to let one Ancestral Dragon devour all other Ancestral Dragons, acquiring sufficient power to ultimately achieve the status of a Dragon God above Ancestral Dragons!
After Lin You’s description, Lin Yi couldn’t help but feel chilled to the bone.
What kind of horrifying conspiracy had he and Ao Xuan become entangled in?
Could the power players at the top of the pyramid truly intend to risk the entire World Dragon Race for their own ascension?
Yet upon reflection, the Dragon Race of the Beautiful Country might indeed undertake such a thing.
“So, Lin Yi, what do you think?”
“This matter is entirely beyond our capabilities.”
“It’s likely best to return quickly with the information for Xia.”
Lin You’s argument made a lot of sense.
However, once the Nibelungen Dungeon is exited, it can’t be re-entered.
If the Beautiful Country’s White Emperor succeeded in realizing his ambition, what kind of catastrophe would it mean for Xia?
