Chapter 760 - 759: Why Should I, a Mosquito, Sympathize With You, a Dragon?

Chu Sheng’s front legs froze in mid-air. He stared expressionlessly at the floating Dragon Bone, not saying a word.

The Frost Bone Dragon didn’t dare to delay and quickly began to speak.

"One hundred thousand years ago, I was framed by a villain, which led to my demise..."

It had barely started.

Gu Yuexi frowned and cut it off.

"Weren’t you the Evil Dragon who committed countless evil deeds, slaughtered the common people, and even killed the City Lord of Luoping City?"

"The one who was eventually suppressed and killed here by a passing expert?"

"How is it that when you tell the story, you were framed by a villain?"

Chu Sheng also looked coldly at the Dragon Bone and added,

"We have a Soul Contract between us. I can perceive whatever you’re thinking."

"If you speak even half a lie, this Lord Mosquito won’t mind sending you and your child to the Western Paradise right now."

"I wouldn’t dare! I wouldn’t dare! I would never dare to deceive you, Master!"

The Frost Bone Dragon repeatedly assured them, its Soul Fire trembling in fear.

It stabilized its emotions and began to recount the events of a hundred thousand years ago.

After hearing the whole story, the human and the mosquito came to a profound realization about the truth of an old saying.

"History is written by the Human Race."

From the Frost Bone Dragon’s tale, the two learned the full truth of the matter.

「One hundred thousand years ago.」

The Frost Bone Dragon became pregnant with its child.

Just like many parents of the Human Race.

It didn’t want its child to lose at the starting line. It wanted the child to achieve greater things in the future and go further.

Although the Dragon Race reached at least the Integration Realm in Cultivation upon adulthood,

and as long as they cultivated diligently, reaching the Celestial God Realm wasn’t difficult.

But ascending to the Immortal Realm was as difficult as reaching the heavens.

In the entire history of the Dragon Race, spanning millions of years, only a few exceptionally talented dragons had ever managed it.

The Frost Bone Dragon’s expectations for its child were set directly on the Immortal Realm and beyond.

Human Race parents desperately enrolled their children in all sorts of cram schools and bought houses in good school districts just to improve their children’s grades.

The Dragon Race didn’t need to attend school.

But they could search for all kinds of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures to refine the innate constitution of their unborn children and enhance their natural aptitude.

At that time, there happened to be a legendary ultimate treasure of heaven and earth, the Mixed Element Pearl.

It had shattered into two pieces during a great battle.

One was the Spiritual Pearl, and the other was the Demon Pill.

Legend had it that refining the Spiritual Pearl into an unborn child’s body could greatly enhance the child’s natural aptitude.

This would increase the probability of breaking through to the Immortal Realm in the future.

For the sake of its child, the Frost Bone Dragon inquired everywhere about the Spiritual Pearl’s whereabouts.

Later.

The City Lord of Luoping City at the time took the initiative to find it, saying he had a way to get the Spiritual Pearl.

But the price was extremely high; it would require an immense sacrifice.

For its child, the Frost Bone Dragon agreed without a second thought.

It unhesitatingly took out the entirety of its wealth, accumulated over millions of years, and gave it all to the City Lord of Luoping City.

The City Lord of Luoping City was also very "trustworthy."

It wasn’t long before he brought it the "Spiritual Pearl."

The Frost Bone Dragon was overjoyed when it felt the dense Immortal Spirit Qi emanating from the pearl.

Without a careful inspection, it eagerly refined the "Spiritual Pearl" into its body, fusing it with the child in its womb.

At first, there was nothing unusual, and the child developed well.

「But three years later.」

The Frost Bone Dragon gradually discovered that something was wrong with the child.

The Demonic Qi was growing stronger and stronger; it wasn’t the Immortal Spirit Qi of a Spiritual Pearl at all.

It panicked and quickly sought out an elder of its clan who was in the Immortal Realm to perform a detailed inspection.

When the results of the inspection came out, it felt as if it had been struck by lightning.

’I’ve been tricked!’

What the City Lord of Luoping City had given it wasn’t the Spiritual Pearl at all.

It was the Demon Pill!

The Demon Pill contained an overwhelming amount of Demonic Qi.

Once the child was born, its Demonic Qi would surge to the heavens, its temperament would be utterly corrupted, and it would become a scourge upon the Spirit Realm.

At that point, its child would become a public enemy of the entire Spirit Realm.

The Dragon Race could not bear the collective wrath of the Spirit Realm’s Major Sects.

But they couldn’t bring themselves to kill the pregnant Frost Bone Dragon.

In the end, they decided to remove the Frost Bone Dragon from the records of the Dragon Race and banish it from the Southern Sea.

Filled with hatred and fury, the Frost Bone Dragon went directly to the City Lord of Luoping City to confront him.

The City Lord of Luoping City merely said dismissively,

"Oh? Perhaps one of my subordinates made a mistake. My apologies."

There wasn’t the slightest hint of guilt in his tone.

The Frost Bone Dragon’s emotions were already extremely unstable due to the influence of the Demon Pill.

Provoked by these words, it completely lost its sanity.

It started fighting the City Lord of Luoping City on the spot.

Empowered by the Demon Pill,

its power skyrocketed, and it actually managed to slay the City Lord of Luoping City, who was at the same Realm.

After killing the City Lord,

the Frost Bone Dragon’s consciousness was completely consumed by the Demon Pill.

It nearly attacked Luoping City and committed a city-wide slaughter.

Fortunately, a little boy wearing a red apron appeared just in time and intervened to suppress it.

The reason the little boy could suppress the demonic Frost Bone Dragon was that he had fused with the power of the true Spiritual Pearl.

In the final moment before it was killed, the Frost Bone Dragon briefly regained its senses.

It begged the little boy to save the child in its womb and not let it die along with her.

The little boy agreed to its request.

He placed the Frost Bone Dragon’s remains in the Land of Burial.

Then he took out the unborn Dragon Egg and placed it in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to be nurtured.

He used the Yin-Yang Power of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to slowly cleanse the Demonic Qi from the Dragon Egg.

This cleansing lasted for a hundred thousand years.

After a hundred thousand years of nourishment and purification,

the Demonic Qi on the Dragon Egg had been cleansed to the point of almost completely disappearing.

If the Dragon Egg were taken out now and refined with the help of some Heavenly and Earthly Treasures,

it wouldn’t be long before the baby dragon could be hatched.

After listening to the entire sequence of events, the expression on Chu Sheng’s face remained unchanged.

"Whether you’re an Evil Dragon or you were framed, it has nothing to do with this Lord Mosquito."

he said coldly, his tone not softening in the slightest.

"But if we form a contract with your child, we will be hunted down by the Dragon Race. That is a very real problem."

"We have no reason to bring a mountain of trouble upon ourselves for a Dragon Egg we have no connection to."

"Therefore, our only option is to absorb the Dragon Egg’s essence as our spoils from this trip to the Land of Burial."

The Dragon Bone inhabited by the Frost Bone Dragon remained motionless in mid-air, its Soul Fire growing even dimmer.

It knew that Chu Sheng was telling the truth.

Its story was indeed moving.

And its experience was certainly worthy of sympathy.

’But just as Chu Sheng said, what did any of it have to do with them?’

’They came to the Land of Burial to find opportunities and treasures.’

’To ask them to give up such a huge opportunity like the Dragon Egg for no reason...’

’How is that any different from asking a poor person to give up the chance to become a billionaire for no reason?’

’On what grounds?’

’Just because of your tragic story?’

’That’s too naive.’

The Frost Bone Dragon was silent for a long time.

Just as Chu Sheng was preparing to make a move on the Dragon Egg,

it suddenly spoke, its tone filled with helplessness and resolve.

"I have a way to let this Fairy become my child’s master, legitimately and justifiably."

"Not only will you not be hunted by the Dragon Race, but you might even receive a gift from them."

"However... it requires a trip to the South Sea Dragon Palace."

It was afraid that Chu Sheng and Gu Yuexi would get the wrong idea.

Thinking it was trying to lure them into a trap set by the Dragon Race, it quickly added,

"Rest assured, I will absolutely not betray you!"

"And when we go to the Dragon Palace, I will guarantee your safety. I absolutely will not let anything happen to you!"

"I can swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao."

"If I have the slightest intention of harming you, may my soul be scattered and may I never be reborn for all eternity!"

The Frost Bone Dragon’s tone was urgent and sincere; it was clear that it was truly desperate.

Chu Sheng and Gu Yuexi exchanged a look.

Gu Yuexi raised an eyebrow, and Chu Sheng’s compound eyes curved.

A faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared on both their faces at the same time.