nucmednet Chapter 30 A Gentle Contract Beneath the Dragon Abyss
Chapter 30 A Gentle Contract Beneath the Dragon Abyss
Turbid source.
This thing appeared five years ago. I don't know who first came up with the name, but everyone just started calling it that.
Cheng Xiao prefers to call it pollution, which is simple and easy to understand.
Five years ago, a magical spiritual energy appeared in Wuwang Cliff, which could rapidly improve one's cultivation level after being absorbed.
However, the cultivators who absorb this substance will soon become mentally unstable, and their bodies will undergo tremendous mutations, gradually becoming less like humans.
Some are so bizarre that no similar species can be found in this world.
Knowing its danger, the major sects in the cultivation world, led by the Qingyun Sect, quickly surrounded Wuwang Cliff, forbidding anyone from entering.
The cultivators who had previously absorbed the turbid source were also killed by them on the grounds of "going into demonic possession".
They quickly suppressed the matter and did not publicize it.
Although the problem has been temporarily resolved, everyone is still at a loss and doesn't know what to do, and the area affected by the turbid source continues to expand.
Some demonic beasts tainted by the turbid source no longer even follow the laws of the cultivation world, making them extremely difficult to kill.
As the strongest cultivator in the world of immortals, Cheng Xiao had also gone to see it, but he was completely helpless and had no clue what to do.
He could only have people continue to surround them.
"Have any powerful monsters appeared?" Cheng Xiao asked.
Chen Tianbao thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "No, it's just that the area of the turbid source has expanded."
Cheng Xiao waved his hand: "Then keep pushing the defense line back. If you can't stop it, then don't. Come to me if you have any problems you can't solve, otherwise don't come to me."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and "invited" the person out.
Although no one said it, everyone understood that the world was probably doomed.
They were not only helpless, but they didn't even know why the world was going to end.
Cheng Xiao had no choice.
He's just a fool who only knows how to cultivate, how could he possibly solve something so profound?
All we can do now is wait it out, taking it one day at a time.
Anyway, he's only one step away from ascension. Once he ascends and leaves, the life and death of this world will have nothing to do with him anymore.
Thinking of this, Cheng Xiao asked, "Is the second instance ready?"
Hakimi: Ready at any time.
An electronic screen appeared in front of Cheng Xiao once again, and he clicked on "Start Game".
[The Tale of Love Across Worlds has begun! Go experience the feeling of love and excitement!]
[Currently loading scenario: Volume 2 - A Gentle Contract Beneath the Dragon Abyss]
[Story background: On the Cangling Continent, where beast taming is revered, bloodline represents absolute power.]
The stunningly beautiful princess of the Four Seas Dragon Clan encountered a shocking rebellion, had her dragon tendons forcibly extracted, and was cast down to the mortal realm, becoming a mudfish to be trampled upon by all.
Meanwhile, in a remote corner of the continent, a once-renowned genius from a powerful beast-taming family had his supreme spiritual bone cruelly removed by his closest relatives, turning him into a useless cripple with no cultivation.
Two broken souls, cruelly abandoned by fate, meet by destiny.
When the proud dragon's head is forced to bow, when a former genius falls into the mire, in this abyss filled with malice, a beautiful love song about taming, redemption, and reversal awaits your composition...
[Task issued: You are a down-on-his-luck young master who has been stripped of everything by your family. In order to humiliate you, your family forces you to sign a master-servant blood pact with a "useless snake".]
Please carefully tame your personal dragon maiden, heal her wounds, lead her to escape perilous situations, reclaim the throne, and experience the ultimate heart-fluttering moment of mutual support on the brink of life and death! Quest rewards are affected by the final level of affection.
[System Reminder: Dragons are inherently proud and sensitive, and are highly susceptible to suicidal thoughts after suffering severe trauma. Host, please show her the gentleness of spring and melt her frozen heart with love and care!]
pain.
Excruciating pain.
The moment the electronic screen disappeared, that was Cheng Xiao's only feeling.
He hadn't felt such intense pain in many years.
The last time was when I broke through to the Mahayana stage, and the Heavenly Dao sent down a tribulation of lightning.
A tearing pain shot through my back.
Cheng Xiao's consciousness gradually awakened.
He could clearly feel that the supreme spiritual bone that originally belonged to this body had been forcibly ripped out of his flesh and blood.
The pain was enough to drive any mortal mad on the spot, but Cheng Xiao's pale face remained expressionless.
Cheng Xiao activated his cultivation technique, but discovered that this body only possessed pitiful spiritual power, indicating that this dungeon was actually limiting his strength.
Fortunately, his soul strength was still intact; it remained at the Great Ascension stage, a soul on the verge of ascension.
Just as Hakimi said, his completion rate in the last instance was too high, and the difficulty of this instance has increased.
With a loud "thud," a mass of rotten flesh, reeking of blood, was slammed heavily into the muddy water at Cheng Xiao's feet.
It's like throwing away trash.
Cheng Xiao discovered that he was completely unable to move or mobilize his soul.
Did they force him to watch a cutscene before the game even started?
He looked around, searching for the original owner's memories. This was the family's spirit beast garden, a place specifically for keeping spirit beasts.
After the original owner's supreme spiritual bone was removed, he was forced to come here to do odd jobs.
Several young men dressed as inner disciples of the Cheng family stood a few steps away, looking down at him with undisguised mockery and glee in their eyes.
The young man in the lead sneered and kicked the lump of rotten flesh on the ground.
"Cheng Xiao, don't say the family is heartless. Your spirit bones have been dug out and your meridians are all severed. You can't even contract the lowest-ranking guard dog. But the patriarch has shown mercy and specially found this 'rare' spirit beast for you from the Beast Black Market. Aren't you going to thank him?"
Cheng Xiao's gaze finally fell on the lump of rotten flesh at his feet.
This creature was extremely ugly, resembling a giant loach.
Its scales had been forcibly plucked off, leaving it a bloody mess; the most horrifying sight was its back.
There was a horrific wound that ran through his entire body, and it was completely empty.
Its dragon tendons were pulled out while it was still alive.
The fact that it could survive such a severe injury demonstrates its extraordinary vitality, making it no ordinary creature.
Cheng Xiao noticed that the "loach's" only remaining eye was still full of arrogance.
She stared intently at the group of humans before her; if her teeth hadn't been smashed, she would have pounced on them and bitten their throats.
"This utterly worthless piece of trash, paired with a family outcast like you who's lost your spiritual bones, is a complete joke! Hahahaha!"
Several young men walked forward laughing wildly, giving Cheng Xiao no chance to resist.
One of them forcibly held down Cheng Xiao's arm, while the other pointed his fingers like a knife and slashed Cheng Xiao's fingertips.
As the blood dripped down, it transformed into a rune and entered the forehead of the abandoned dragon under the forceful urging of the man's spiritual power.
The abandoned dragon let out an extremely mournful cry.
The blood pact between master and servant has been established.
For a proud dragon, being reduced to a prisoner and having its dragon tendons pulled out is already the ultimate punishment.
Now, he is even forced to sign a master-servant blood pact with a human waste with weak spiritual power!
The blood pact between master and servant is etched deep in the soul, an indelible shame that can never be washed away for all eternity!
The abandoned dragon stared intently at Cheng Xiao with its single eye, its eyes filled with a deep will to die.
She would rather self-destruct than be a slave to such ants.
"The contract is complete, young master—no, good-for-nothing young master. May you and your rotten mudskipper live a long and healthy life in this Spirit Beast Garden!"
The youths, having completed their mission, could no longer bear the stench. Laughing, they turned and left, abandoning Cheng Xiao and the dying, useless dragon in the cold, rainy night.
The heavy rain continued to fall.