Chapter 107 Two and a half years passed.
After much deliberation, Bi Ji decided to call for Di Tian first.
The matter concerns ancient beings like dragon ruins and mountain dragons, which is beyond the scope of what she can handle alone.
She took out the black dragon scale given to her by Di Tian and slowly infused it with her soul power. The dark golden patterns on the surface of the dragon scale lit up one by one, emitting subtle spatial fluctuations.
Not long after, the space ahead tore silently apart, and a figure in black robes stepped out of the crack.
Di Tian’s golden vertical pupils scanned the surroundings, his gaze lingering for a moment on the"small mountain"that the Mountain Dragon King had transformed into , before turning to Bi Ji.
"Bi Ji , where are Li’er and the others? Why did you call me here?"
Bi Ji briefly recounted what had happened: how Jiang Bai and his companion found this place, the appearance of the mountain dragon, the opening of the entrance to Dragon Valley, and the closing of the entrance after they entered...
Di Tian was stunned.
Mountain Dragon? Dragon Valley?
He has been on Douluo Star for hundreds of thousands of years, and his footprints have covered almost the entire world, including the Sun and Moon Continent overseas.
But he had never sensed the presence of the mountain dragon, nor did he know the location of the entrance to Dragon Valley!
The Mountain Dragon King is the head of the nine great dragon kings, and his direct descendants, the Mountain Dragons, hold a revered position among the dragons.
Because of the special mission of transforming his body into mountains and continents to provide a habitat for the dragon race, he was bestowed the title"Mountain Dragon, King Forever"by the Dragon God.
If Di Tian could find a mountain dragon, he would definitely bring it back to the forest and treat it to good food and drink.
How exactly did Jiang Bai and Jiang Li’er find each other?
After a moment’s thought, Di Tian suddenly remembered the remnants of the two Dragon Kings inside the tower, and it dawned on him.
It must have been Uncle Fire Dragon King and Aunt Ice Dragon King who guided them!
This is probably part of their plan to revive the dragon race.
"Things have come to this point, it seems we can only wait for them to come out."After some internal contemplation, Di Tian said in a deep voice, his gaze falling on the silent"hill."
"Since the Mountain Dragon allowed them to enter, it shouldn’t harm them."
found a spot on a nearby rock wall and sat down cross-legged:"Now... let’s just wait. With Li’er’s auspicious beast form and Jiang Bai’s Dragon King inheritance, Dragon Valley is both a test and an opportunity for them."
Bi Ji also sat down not far away, closed her eyes and concentrated, cultivating while guarding.
What they didn’t expect was that this wait would last for two and a half long years.
...
Time quietly slipped by within Dragon Valley.
Two and a half years is but a fleeting moment for this eternal land that has buried countless dragons. But for the two people within it, it has been a full nine hundred days and nights.
For the first few months, Jiang Bai and Jiang Li’er only operated in the peripheral areas.
As Jiang Li’er absorbed Long Yun, her golden dragon bloodline became increasingly pure, and the faint golden dragon wing phantoms that even appeared behind her became more and more solid.
Jiang Bai hunted and absorbed conscious dragon souls, and his physique was strengthened at an astonishing speed.
the Earth Dragon, Wind Dragon, Dark Shadow Dragon, and Radiant Holy Dragon also learned the art of soul-body separation and joined the team.
They can cultivate their soul power inside the tower, and their soul essence can also leave their bodies to absorb the energy of Dragon Valley.
Six months later, the two began to try to advance into the inner area and start burying the dragon bones.
with scattered bone fragments on the periphery , then moving to the partially buried dragon bones, and finally to the complete dragon carcass in the inner area, the two men dug with handfuls of soil, carefully collecting the exposed dragon bones and finding a suitable place to bury them.
For each body buried, the corresponding dragon spirit will manifest or bestow energy.
Besides that, there’s collecting soul bones.
There are just too many soul bones in Dragon Valley.
Initially, the two were pleasantly surprised to see a true dragon soul bone that was tens of thousands of years old, but later, soul bones that were less than 100,000 years old no longer caused much of a stir.
Jiang Bai’s storage bracelets, the lowest quality items were dragon soul bones over 200,000 years old, totaling over a hundred pieces. Jiang Li’er also collected dozens of pieces suitable for the Golden Dragon attribute.
Two and a half years later , the exposed dragon bones that used to be everywhere in the outer and core areas of Dragon Valley have become empty.
Only one remains.
It is also the largest one.
It was the remains of a colossal dragon, over five hundred meters long, its bones a dark gold color. Even after countless years of death, it still exuded a chilling aura. It lay across a hill, half its body buried in the mountainside, the exposed portion resembling a giant mountain range.
"This must be... the Mountain Dragon King, right?"The Ice Dragon Soul gazed at the remains, its voice filled with reverence.
Jiang Bai and Jiang Li’er stood in front of the giant dragon skull, gazing up at the palace-sized skull, and remained silent for a long time.
" Dig. " Jiang Bai finally spoke.
Without using soul power, which was useless in Dragon Valley anyway, the two relied solely on their physical strength, using the hard dragon bones they had found as tools, to begin digging around the giant dragon’s head.
This digging took another two and a half months.
A giant pit, over a kilometer deep and more than a hundred meters in diameter, gradually took shape. The two men took turns digging, resting when they got tired.
"rise!"
Jiang Bai gave a low shout, and he and Jiang Li’er each grabbed one side of the giant dragon’s skull.
The muscles in their arms bulged, veins stood out, and the ground beneath their feet cracked inch by inch.
With the assistance of the four dragon souls, the dragon skeleton, as heavy as a mountain, was slowly lifted, moved horizontally above the pit, and then gently set down.
"boom ..."
A deep echo came from underground , as if the earth was sighing.
The two jumped out of the pit and began to fill it with soil. Handfuls of dark red soil covered the dark gold bones, as if draping the ancient dragon king in his final resting garment.
When the last handful of soil was placed on top, the entire hill suddenly trembled slightly.
A dense, dark yellow light condensed above the pit, transforming into a hundred-meter-long phantom of a dragon soul.
Unlike the dragon souls encountered before, this dragon soul had clear eyes, devoid of violence or resentment, only showing signs of vicissitude and contentment.
It looked at Jiang Bai, then at Jiang Li’er, its dragon head slightly lowered as if to express its gratitude.
Then, the dragon soul emitted a faint soul fluctuation, conveying a clear intention: it wanted to bestow its last dragon essence upon the person who buried it.
Jiang Li’er gently nudged Jiang Bai:"Give it to him. My Golden Dragon bloodline has already reached its current limit; absorbing more wouldn’t make much difference."
She has absorbed too much dragon cloud and dragon soul essence, and her bloodline purity is already very high. The next step is to revert to the ancestral form of a pure-blooded golden dragon, which requires a special opportunity rather than simply accumulating energy.
The dragon soul nodded slightly, its eyes revealing appreciation.
The next moment, its massive soul form began to etherealize, transforming into wisps of purple-yellow light that surged into Jiang Bai’s body like a bursting dam!
"Huh?"Jiang Li’er suddenly let out a soft exclamation.
Because in the gradually dissipating core of the purplish-yellow light, she saw a completely transparent bone, with a heavy, mountain-like luster, slowly emerging and fitting against Jiang Bai’s chest.
"This is... a soul bone?"Jiang Li’er exclaimed in surprise.
"But... why was it installed on you directly?"