Chapter 281

Chapter 281: White Scales, Dragon Body, Dragon Claws
At first, Quan Ye did not understand what they were talking about, but when he heard the words “dragon claw,” his brain, stuffed with muscle, finally started to work for once.

Demonic beast egg, scales, dragon claw.

Putting these words together, wasn’t that the hatching of a dragon egg?

They had found a dragon egg?

No, impossible!

He was the only Descendant of the Azure Dragon!

Everyone else was fake, all lies!

Quan Ye looked at the joy on Bai Ling and Nine-Tails’s faces and suddenly had a bold idea. He shouted: “Did you invite someone to put on a show on purpose, just to give me a sense of danger and make me obey you? I’m telling you right now, I’m not falling for that!”

Bai Ling and Nine-Tails both gave Quan Ye a look like he was an idiot, then turned their heads away, not wanting to respond.

They were afraid his stupidity might be contagious.

Quan Ye, however, felt that he had seen through their scheme, and he grew pleased with himself: “You don’t have to pretend. I’ve already seen through your little plan!”

Yu Zhao clicked her tongue.

She was almost unable to listen any longer.

Quan Ye said proudly: “Yu Zhao, you know my identity now, right? If you apologize to me, I won’t hold the past against you. From now on we can still be senior brother and junior sister.”

Quan Ye’s shameless tone made Yu Zhao want to laugh.

She took a low-grade spirit stone out of her storage space and handed it to Quan Ye.

Quan Ye did not understand, but he still honestly took the spirit stone from Yu Zhao’s hand.

Yu Zhao smiled slightly and said: “Use it to treat your brain. No need to thank me.”

Quan Ye stared for a moment before he realized Yu Zhao was mocking him.

Hot blood rushed to his head. He raised the spirit stone and smashed it back toward Yu Zhao’s face.

Yu Zhao flicked her finger and shot out a streak of spiritual light.

The spirit stone was struck by the light. Under the huge rebound force, it bounced back and smashed onto Quan Ye’s nose.

Quan Ye let out a muffled groan and instinctively covered his nose with his hand as blood slowly seeped through his fingers.

He tried to shout: “Ah! Yu Zhao, I’m going to kill…”

Bai Ling snapped: “Shut up!”

After learning that the egg was very likely a real dragon egg, Quan Ye’s position in Bai Ling’s heart fell straight to the bottom.

Compared to Azure Dragon bloodline that had been diluted who knew how many times and a real White Dragon, even a fool knew which one to choose.

And this was a youngling, a newly hatched youngling!

As long as the White Peacock Clan raised it with care, why would they worry that the White Dragon would not be of one heart with them?

At such an important time, Quan Ye still could not see what was going on and kept making a noisy scene on the side. Bai Ling simply cast a silencing technique on him, then turned his head back and stared at the Jade Communication Stone with burning, unblinking eyes.

Nine-Tails also found Quan Ye noisy. She was about to throw him off Qingqiu Mountain, but then she changed her mind and felt it would be better to keep him here and let him see with his own eyes whether they were acting or not.

She led Bai Ling, Yu Zhao, and Quan Ye back to the place where they had just been discussing matters. She set the Jade Communication Stone in the center of the table, then they all held their breath and focused all their attention on the sounds coming from it.

Bai Mei also stayed completely quiet now. Only the faint cracking sounds from inside the Jade Communication Stone could be heard.

They were very light, yet they made Nine-Tails and Bai Ling shiver.

Their serious, solemn state made Quan Ye, standing in the corner, feel panic rise in his heart.

He kept telling himself in his mind: [It is fake. All of it is fake.]

However, in the next moment, his fantasy collapsed.

Bai Mei cried out: “Chieftain, I saw it clearly this time! A dragon claw! It really is a dragon claw! And a dragon body and white scales!”

Bai Ling’s lips trembled, and his eyes went blank.

Under the huge shock, he lost the ability to think. His mind was completely empty.

Compared to him, Nine-Tails seemed calmer and more composed.

But the smile she could not hold back at the corner of her mouth exposed her true feelings.

She could fully understand why Bai Ling was so excited.

The White Peacock Clan was born to love peace and quiet, with gentle temperaments. They were one of the few friendly factions within the Demon Race. Because of their great strength and unique nature, they had a very high status among the Demon Race.

Bai Ling was also famous within the White Peacock Clan for being serious and responsible. Since he had taken up the role of chieftain, he had taken the future of the entire Demon Race onto his own shoulders. Every day he exhausted his mind, searching for a way out for them.

He had gone through too many failures and carried the burden of many years. The chances left to him were very few.

Now, when he suddenly saw hope, it was only natural that he lost control of his emotions.

Bai Ling sat there for a while before he finally came back to his senses. Then he jumped up in delight, waving his arms as he laughed: “Hahahahaha! White Dragon! White Dragon! It really is a White Dragon!”

Right in front of Yu Zhao, he smacked a loud kiss onto Nine-Tails’s face. While Nine-Tails was still shy and flustered, he strode forward, grabbed Yu Zhao’s hands, and shook them hard up and down.

Bai Ling cried: “Yu Zhao! Thank you! Thank you for bringing the dragon egg to the Demon Race! You are my benefactor! You are the benefactor of the entire Demon Race!”

Yu Zhao felt like both of her arms were about to be torn off by Bai Ling.

She said with a forced smile: “No need to thank me.”

She tried to pull her arms free.

But Bai Ling could no longer tell what Yu Zhao was feeling. He held onto her tightly and poured out his bitterness, telling her how hard things had been all these years.

Yu Zhao gave up on saving her arms and sent a silent cry for help toward Nine-Tails with her eyes.

Nine-Tails blinked at Yu Zhao, showing a helpless expression.

Bai Ling was in such high spirits that she did not dare draw any trouble onto herself.

Just then, Bai Mei’s voice sounded from inside the Jade Communication Stone again.

This time, however, she did not bring good news.

Bai Mei said: “Chieftain! Something is wrong. It… it doesn’t seem to be a White Dragon…”

Bai Ling’s smile froze on his face.

Not, not a White Dragon?

Not a White Dragon!

Quan Ye’s back straightened, and his chin lifted on its own.

He shouted: “White scales! Dragon body! Dragon claws! How can it not be a White Dragon! Bai Mei, did you even look carefully!”

Bai Ling let go of Yu Zhao, turned toward the Jade Communication Stone, and roared loudly. The corners of his eyes were so red that it looked like tears would fall in the next second.

Nine-Tails’s eyes showed a hint of worry.

Bai Mei said quickly: “Chieftain! It really does have white scales, a dragon’s claws, and a dragon’s body, but its eyes and horns are bright red!”

As Bai Ling thought it over, his emotions slowly calmed down.

A body with dragon scales, a dragon’s body, dragon horns, but with red eyes and red horns…

Nine-Tails and Yu Zhao said at the same time: “A Bixi Dragon-Tortoise!”

A Bixi Dragon-Tortoise was the child of the Gold Dragon and the Azure Dragon. It looked like a dragon, with white scales and red pupils, a blue body and fiery horns.

Although it was not truly of the Dragon Clan, it was the finest heir among the descendants of the Dragon Clan, and even its appearance was very close to theirs.

After the Dragon Clan disappeared, it too slowly became a legendary demonic beast. Who would have thought that there was still a Fuxi egg in the cultivation world?

Bai Ling cried out: “Right! A Bixi Dragon-Tortoise! It is a Bixi Dragon-Tortoise!”

Bai Ling grew excited again.

It was not a White Dragon, but a Bixi Dragon-Tortoise was also fine!

This was already far better than what he had expected at the start.

One could not be too greedy.

That was true for humans, and it was the same for demons.

Bai Ling spoke a few more instructions into the Jade Communication Stone, then turned to tell Nine-Tails that he was going back to Spirit Mountain.

Nine-Tails decided to go back with him.

She also wanted to see the Bixi Dragon-Tortoise with her own eyes.

What had started as one person going down the mountain became three people going down the mountain.

To be more accurate, it should be four.

Because when Nine-Tails went down the mountain, she casually tossed Quan Ye down as well.

This one move caused Master Qing Yan, Su Ming, and Quan Ye, the master and disciple trio, to meet each other in the wild earlier than they were supposed to.