You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 272: Half-Dragon Heritage

"Hmm~"

As Lu Xuan and the others waited, a faint dragon's roar, tinged with hidden power, echoed in their ears.

As the sound faded, a burly young man appeared beside them.

Dressed in a crimson robe that seemed to be made of dragon skin, the young man walked with the faint semblance of a dragon shadow trailing behind him.

With golden vertical pupils, he exuded an aura of authority without anger. Fine red scales extended from his neck all the way to his chest.

"Senior Brother Longli, I didn't expect you to come in person. This is Lu Xuan, a junior brother who recently advanced to the inner disciple level and excels in the study of spirit plants and beasts."

"That's why I discovered the Dragon Bone Grass inside my Snowline Chi Dragon's body."

Tao Zhiqing quickly introduced Lu Xuan to the half-human, half-dragon cultivator.

"Lu Junior Brother, this is Senior Brother Longli, one of the true heirs and also one of the actual controllers of the Thousand Dragon Lake."

Lu Xuan promptly paid his respects. As a True disciple, Senior Brother Longli could be considered one of the strongest below the Foundation Establishment stage in the entire Sect, his cultivation far surpassing Lu Xuan's.

"Lu Junior Brother."

The burly youth nodded slightly, looking towards the Snowline Chi Dragon by the lake, its eyes vacant.

"It was discovered inside this Snowline Chi Dragon."

Tao Zhiqing took out the partially undigested Dragon Bone Grass and presented it to Longli.

"It should have been found at the bottom of the Thousand Dragon Lake."

The burly youth judged.

"I'm going down to take a look. If you two are willing, you can follow me, but there is a condition."

"There is a certain level of dragon aura remaining at the bottom of the Thousand Dragon Lake. The deeper we go, the stronger the dragon aura. If you go down with me and don't stray too far, I can protect you."

"Also, it's inconvenient to move underwater, so it's best if you have water-type talismans or artifacts on you to move freely."

"In that case, I won't go down with Senior Brother to avoid crowding." Tao Zhiqing said awkwardly.

"Senior Brother Long, I happen to have a third-grade Waterwalking Pearl in my hand, which allows me to move as easily as on land in waters thousands of feet deep. Entering the bottom of the Thousand Dragon Lake shouldn't be a problem."

Lu Xuan stepped forward, holding a pigeon egg-sized, misty white pearl in his hand.

It was the third-grade treasure, the Waterwalking Pearl, which he had obtained from a mature Firefly Grass earlier, perfectly suited for the special environment of the Thousand Dragon Lake.

"I'd like to follow Senior Brother to see and learn. Please take me to the bottom of the lake, Senior Brother."

"Alright."

Longli nodded. As long as Lu Xuan didn't interfere with his actions, bringing him along was just a casual matter. He wasn't worried that Lu Xuan could do anything under his watchful eye.

"Follow me."

He turned his head to Lu Xuan and instructed. Opening his mouth, he lightly exhaled, and a small illusory dragon flew out, hovering in the air and transforming into a dragon-shaped jade seal.

With a gentle tap on the surface of the Thousand Dragon Lake, all the dragons in the vicinity instantly became solemn. A chorus of dragon roars echoed from beneath the lake's surface, and the water surged incessantly, revealing one formation after another.

Longli, the burly youth, was the first to dive into the water, followed closely by Lu Xuan with the Waterwalking Pearl clenched in his mouth.

The moment they entered the Thousand Dragon Lake, mist emanated from the Waterwalking Pearl, surrounding Lu Xuan's body and forming a nearly invisible membrane, closely adhering to his body.

Lu Xuan felt a strange sensation of being at home in the water. The pressure of the lake water squeezing in from all sides was no longer an obstacle but instead became a driving force for his movements.

"This Waterwalking Pearl's effect is quite remarkable."

Lu Xuan sighed, looking ahead at Longli not far away.

A faint illusory dragon shadow drifted out from his robe, lingering around him. From behind his waist emerged a long, dark red-scaled dragon tail. Swinging left and right, it moved swiftly towards the bottom of the lake.

Lu Xuan couldn't help but shake his head heavily, shaking off the absurd thoughts in his mind, and focused his gaze on Longli's head, following closely behind.

After descending a hundred feet, Lu Xuan's spiritual awareness keenly detected a faint pressure around him. The deeper they went, the stronger the pressure became.

The illusory dragon shadow beside Longli let out a long roar, instantly expanding several times to envelop Lu Xuan within it.

The surrounding pressure dissipated instantly, and Lu Xuan felt a wave of relief.

After diving more than a thousand feet, the two finally reached the bottom of the lake.

It was pitch dark around them, and occasional faint breathing sounds from unknown entities could be heard nearby, keeping Lu Xuan on high alert.

"Junior Brother Lu, the bottom of the lake itself has infinite pressure. Coupled with the dragon aura, accidents are likely to occur if you stray too far from me."

Longli held up a dazzling Night Illuminating Pearl with one hand, illuminating the surrounding ten feet of water as bright as day.

"Senior Brother, rest assured, I won't wander around randomly."

Lu Xuan hurriedly reassured him.

Under the white light, Lu Xuan's eyes could see strange rocks everywhere on the lakebed, occasionally spotting peculiarly shaped aquatic plants.

The two walked slowly on the lakebed, carefully identifying those strange aquatic plants.

"Senior Brother, are these strange rocks at the bottom of the lake left behind by that true dragon?"

Lu Xuan asked Longli via voice transmission.

"How could the bones of a true dragon be easily seen by us? They have long since merged with the Thousand Dragon Lake."

"These should be strange rocks formed by the demise of the Flood Dragons in the past."

Longli casually replied. Suddenly, his gaze condensed, and he noticed a long black dragon swimming freely in a boulder not far ahead.

At first glance, with its dragon head, dragon body, and dragon tail, it looked like a scaled-down version of a small flood dragon.

Longli's spiritual awareness scanned the surroundings. Seeing no anomalies, fine scales quietly appeared on the back of his hand. Like lightning, they shot out and firmly grabbed the long black dragon in his palm.

The long black dragon was naturally the Dragon Bone Grass transformed into its true form. At this moment, it had lost its previous agility and obediently stayed in Longli's half-dragon hand.

"Junior Brother Lu, this Dragon Bone Grass is deeply hidden. Please help me search as well."

Longli transmitted his voice, extremely confident in his own spiritual awareness.

"Alright."

Lu Xuan chose a direction and kept flipping through the strange rocks transformed from the flood dragon bones.

He looked down at the strange rocks beneath his feet, his expression unchanged, but secretly, he used the Earth Attraction Technique to seemingly inadvertently embed the strange rocks into the cracks he created.

"Senior Brother Long, I found one."

After a while, he held a slender, small black grass-like Dragon Bone Grass in front of Longli. Combined with the four Dragon Bone Grasses found by Longli, the two of them had found a total of five strands of fifth-grade Dragon Bone Grass.

"By the way, Senior Brother Long, I quite like these Flood Dragon stone formations at the bottom of the lake. Can I take some of them up and store them in a small lake in my cave?"

After searching for a long time without finding any new Dragon Bone Grass, Lu Xuan asked softly.

"Sure."

Longli didn't mind. With his spiritual awareness approaching the Nascent Soul stage, he had long known that there were no anomalies inside the strange rocks while searching for Dragon Bone Grass. Their value might not even be comparable to the fresh bones of ordinary beasts.

Lu Xuan was overjoyed, calmly sweeping more than a dozen strange rocks into his storage bag.