Chapter 268 - 162: A Difficult Choice [Subscribe Requested]
Dragon Abyss Marsh!
The end of the underground river in Lanzhou turned out to be Dragon Abyss Marsh!
This discovery immediately filled Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun with shock.
But upon further thought, it seemed quite normal.
As the largest marsh around the neighboring countries, Dragon Abyss Marsh was naturally the gathering point for the water systems of various nations.
The vast amount of water carried by the underground river meant that its end had to be a large marsh like Dragon Abyss; if not, it would have been discovered long ago due to its immense volume. Read exclusive chapters at empire
However, with this in mind, whether to still let the Green Flood Dragon build its nest there caused Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun to hesitate.
After all, Dragon Abyss Marsh was the main stronghold of the Flood Dragon Clan! n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
In the vast Dragon Abyss Marsh, there were even fifth-order Flood Dragons!
If the Green Flood Dragon were to build its nest there, although it would still be thousands of miles from Dragon Abyss Marsh, it was not certain that it wouldn’t be discovered by the Flood Dragon Clan in the future.
At that time, the Green Flood Dragon could very well be lured away by the Flood Dragon Clan!
It was known that contracts like the "Soul Controlling Blood Array" were not unbreakable.
Indeed, with the Green Flood Dragon’s current strength surpassing Zhou Daoyi’s, it could break free from the constraints of the contract, although at a significant cost.
But as a Spirit Pet that Zhou Daoyi had raised from a serpent egg, after so many years of companionship, it had long regarded Zhou Daoyi as its closest person.
Moreover, its success in Transforming into Flood Dragon was also largely thanks to Zhou Daoyi’s help.
Therefore, even though it now had the capability, it never considered breaking the contract to leave Zhou Daoyi.
However, should other Flood Dragons appear to fan the flames or forcefully take it to the main stronghold of the Flood Dragon Clan deep within Dragon Abyss,
then all bets were off!
While the two of them were shocked and troubled by this discovery, scouts from the Scale Frog Alien Clan on the Ze Bank finally noticed the nocturnal approach of the two Human Cultivators.
GUAA GUAA GUAA!!
Instantly, a cacophony of croaking sounds erupted, much like that of a pond on a summer night.
One by one, members of the Scale Frog Alien Clan emerged from their dwellings, stepping out in a swaggering, splayed gait, each holding weapons crafted from beasts’ bones and sharpened stone or wood.
Through croaking, they communicated with one another and looked up to the two Human Cultivators in the sky.
They clearly possessed night vision capabilities, allowing them to maintain visual contact and clearly see the appearance of the two Human Cultivators even in the darkness.
Their reaction to this form of existence was a mixture of intense hatred and fear. While they brandished their weapons and croaked loudly to show their hostility toward the two, they dared not to actually attack, not even symbolically throwing a stone.
Zhou Chun found this quite amusing upon seeing their reaction.
In his mind resurfaced the passages from the Classics about these Alien Races.
The so-called Alien Races referred to intelligent species other than the Human Clan.
True, the Cultivation World was populated not only by the Human Clan but by many other intelligent Alien Races.
Yet, the Human Clan remained unmatched in intellect and possessed the greatest strength.
While the various Alien Races also possessed intelligence far superior to common wild beasts, their strength varied greatly.
Some of the stronger types of Alien Races, though not as powerful as the Human Clan, were not to be underestimated. They dominated vast territories in the Wasteland Territory where the Human Clan had not settled, ruling as sovereigns.
The weaker types, like the Scale Frog Alien Clan that Zhou Chun now observed, could only struggle to survive in places like Dragon Abyss Marsh, which the Human Clan had not yet touched, thanks to their affinity for water.
Their living conditions and circumstances bore a striking resemblance to the tribal life of primitive and semi-primitive tribes from Zhou Chun’s previous life!
These weaker races, many of them, were subject to the whims and slavery of Cultivators.
For instance, because of their aptitude for underwater exploration and collection of rare treasures, some Cultivators domesticated and enslaved the Scale Frog Alien Clan for treasure hunting.
More often, however, Cultivators would invade the territories of these Alien Races, looting the treasures the Alien Clan had accumulated over many years.
"The Scale Frog Alien Clan also has magicians who possess the power of spells. I wonder where the magicians of this tribe are now?" Zhou Chun muttered to himself, and immediately released his Divine Sense to scan the area.
Even ordinary beasts in this world had the opportunity to turn into demons and seek the Dao, let alone other intelligent Alien Races.
Sometimes the Scale Frog Alien Clan could give birth to individuals with the qualification to cultivate. They, too, could become Magicians through cultivation, mastering the spells unique to their race.
Without these Magicians, even with reproduction capabilities stronger than the Human Clan, the Scale Frog Alien Clan could have been extinguished by now.
At this moment, Zhou Chun’s Divine Sense quickly discovered three members of the Scale Frog Alien Clan inside a stone fort, each with a hint of Mana in their bodies.
According to their aura, one of these Scale Frog members was equivalent to a seventh-layer Qi Refinement Realm Human Cultivator, one to a fifth-layer, and the last to a fourth-layer.
These three Scale Frog individuals clearly understood the strength of the two Human Cultivators in the sky; they stayed hidden inside the stone fort, trembling and not daring to come out.
To Zhou Chun’s disappointment, although the stone fort contained some ores and Spiritual Medicine imbued with Spiritual Power, they were not particularly precious and not worth him looting.
"Forget it, by the looks of these Scale Frog Aliens, it’s clear that they have already been plundered by other Cultivators. Maybe it was the work of the Dragon Transformation Sect," Zhou Chun said.