TFHS: Chapter 145

“Really?” Feng Ming asked in surprise. “So that’s why Xiao Jing brought the little snake back? I thought Xiao Jing was just holding it for fun.”

The little snake poked out his head from behind Bai Qiaomo and glared at the black crystal turtle and Feng Ming. Having fun? He wanted them to have a taste of being held in the mouth of a snake.

A majestic flood dragon was held in the mouth of a turtle and thrown around. This was the greatest shame in a dragon’s life.

Bai Qiaomo explained, “If he was an uninjured flood dragon still in his prime, he wouldn’t be afraid of Xiao Jin. But his current state has returned to his larval stage after being seriously injured. This is a unique way of healing and recuperating for their race. Thus, this little snake can only exert the strength of a second-grade wild beast at most. It is easy for Xiao Jing to deal with him.”

So that’s how it was. Feng Ming looked at the little snake with sympathy. A flood dragon, who was infinitely close to sixth-grade in strength, was beaten down to second-grade and had the appearance of a little snake.

Feng Ming pointed at the little snake and said, “if this little snake was placed in front of Kong Zhao and the others, could they recognize him?”

Bai Qiaomo answered, “They should recognize him. After all, he still has the breath of a flood dragon. So when the three groups of people came, I sent the little snake into the space of the Green Gathering Bead to prevent the breath of the dragon from leaking out and being detected by the three parties.”

So that was what happened. Feng Ming was glad that Bai Qiaomo had such a space.

“Then Brother Bai, have you communicated with the little snake about the ruins of a real dragon in the sea? Did it eat a heavenly treasure inside to become a flood dragon?”

Bai Qiaomo nodded. “Yes, this thing is true. The little snake broke in by mistake and ate the dragon transformation grass. The dragon transformation grass absorbed enough dragon breath to grow, but the little snake was clueless at the time.”

“I think there should be a dragon bone in the ruins, or there wouldn’t be any dragon transformation grass. After the little snake turned into a flood dragon, he became more intelligent and wanted to find it again. Then after going to the location, he found that he couldn’t get in. He struggled there for a while, and his traces were found by the pirates.”

Feng Ming was surprised. “He couldn’t get in? How did he get in before that?”

Bai Qiaomo shook his head. “So he was very ignorant before. He probably touched a mechanism somewhere and broke in by mistake. Then once he found it again, maybe the mechanism had disappeared because it was one-time.”

“Meng Yao’s speculation isn’t wrong. Unless there is a better detection method, the ruins can currently only be found by the flood dragon leading the way. After all, the flood dragon already has a thin amount of dragon blood in his body, which can cause the induction of the ruins. It is through this induction that the flood dragon can find his way back.”

Feng Ming pointed at the little snake. “Then shall we take him with us now?”

Bai Qiaomo held out the little snake from behind him. “Take him. He can’t do anything with his current strength. He has to wait for his injuries to heal and for his strength to recover before he can plot anything else. Now that you and I are still weak, it isn’t a good time to enter that place.”

Feng Ming nodded again in agreement with Bai Qiaomo’s words. Their strength was indeed weaker. What if they made some noise when entering the ruins, alarming the three parties? Then how could they get anything with the strength of the two of them?

This matter had to be postponed. In any case, the three parties wouldn’t be able to find the place without the flood dragon leading the way.

Even if they could find the ruins using new means, that would be their opportunity. It didn’t matter if Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo lost it. Feng Ming wouldn’t force it.

However, the little snake’s second-grade strength was still a bit lacking. Feng Ming immediately took out the alchemy furnace, so that the little snake could recover his strength as soon as possible and give him and Bai Qiaomo some help.

Most of the pills on his body were left to his father. In any case, he could refine them himself. He just needed to refine them again.

So in front of the little snake, Feng Ming produced furnace after furnace of best-grade pills. This made the little snake dizzy and intoxicated by the fragrance of the best-grade pills.

The little snake tried to crawl toward Feng Ming to ask for some best-grade pills to taste, but the black crystal turtle stopped him. The turtle stared at the little snake with its two big eyes, as if wanting to find the best place to bite it.

Feng Ming found it amusing and divided the freshly made best-grade pills into two piles. He gave one half to the black crystal turtle and the other half to the little snake to tempt and seduce him. “If you sign a contract with Brother Bai, these pills will be given to you. There will also be a steady supply of pills in the future.”

Listening to this seductive tone, the little snake wanted to shake his head firmly and refuse. However, he really couldn’t refuse such a big temptation.

Could it be that he really wanted to hand over his dragon life just for a few pills?

The little snake shook his head and hesitated.

Feng Ming continued to coax him. “Sign an equal contract. We won’t engage in hegemony and won’t learn from the Shengyuan Sect. In the future, once Brother Bai becomes stronger, it is okay if you want to leave. Little snake, we won’t force you to stay, really.”

The little snake became even more shaken. The original weak will completely collapse. He grabbed the pill jade bottle in Feng Ming’s hand in one gulp and crawled slowly toward Bai Qiaomo.

The black crystal turtle stretched out his head and hissed a few times proudly. The master was his, and the little snake could never snatch his master.

As for following another master, the black crystal turtle didn’t mind, really.

Bai Qiaomo had a smile in his eyes the whole time. Once the little snake crawled up to him, he didn’t hesitate and signed an equal contract with the little snake.

After all, the little snake had a strength close to sixth-grade once he was fully recovered. It wouldn’t be bad to have such a thug by his side. He also wanted the little snake to take him and Junior Brother Ming to the ruins in the sea.

As soon as the contract was signed, the little snake couldn’t wait to chew on the pills. The test of the best-grade pills made the small bits of unwillingness in his heart dissipate.

Don’t think that he didn’t understand the pills of human cultivators. He had captured many cultivators at sea and searched for pills from them, but none of them tasted as good as this one.

It could be seen that in the world of human cultivators, this best-grade pill was very rare. It wasn’t a bad thing for him to temporarily follow this master while recuperating from his injuries.

Otherwise, he would have to recuperate from his injuries while hiding on his own. It wasn’t known when he would be able to regain his strength.

Tonight, Feng Ming diligently worked hard to make pills for the two pets, half and half.

After dawn, in addition to hurrying on their journey, he and Bai Qiaomo also took time to hunt wild beasts, leaving the beast cores for their two pets as food.

There couldn’t be any better host.

In this way, the little snake also started to live a life of eating and drinking like the little dawn.

By the time Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo finally arrived outside Imperial City, the little snake’s strength had recovered to third-grade due to good food and drink. He very obediently restrained his breath, wrapped around Bai Qiaomo’s wrist and acted as a bracelet for his master.

There was no need to hide the black crystal turtle. He clung to Feng Ming’s shoulder and looked forward curiously with Feng Ming.

This was Imperial City. Feng Ming had been in this world for over ten years but he had never been to Imperial City.

Feng Ming had been shocked when he first arrived in Gaoyang County.

Now as the only super-grade city in the entire Dongmu Dynasty, this Imperial City was naturally even more extraordinary.

The closer they got to Imperial City, the more cultivator teams they encountered on the way. Feng Ming interacted with many teams, many of them coming for the league.

Finally, Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo joined a group of cultivators from a small sect and traveled with them.

This small sect was called the Jingyue Sect. According to Jiang Ran, a disciple from the sect, there were only a few thousand disciples in their Jingyue Sect. It was a very inconspicuous, small sect.

Coming to participate in the league was actually just a formality. They didn’t dare to compete with those big sects. They came to broaden their horizons and meet all types of talents.

Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo didn’t hide their identities and came here in their real form. After all, they couldn’t use any other aliases to participate in the league.

So when they learned that they were disciples of Sihong Academy, Jiang Ran and the others were extremely envious.

Compared with their Jingyue Sect, Sihong Academy was much more famous.

“Once Brother Feng and Brother Bai go on stage to compete, we will go and cheer you on.”

Feng Ming laughed. “No no, there are so many geniuses in Imperial City now. Small characters like us won’t make much waves if we enter.”

Jiang Ran said, “Brother Feng is too modest. Our Jingyue Sect might be located far from Sihong Academy, but we can still get some news. I heard that Master Yu Xiao, a fifth-grade alchemist, has accepted a new apprentice with extraordinary talent in alchemy. He must’ve come to Imperial City to participate in the league this time. This apprentice will definitely shock everyone.”

Ha, he didn’t even know the name of the new apprentice but was praising him in front of the actual person.

Feng Ming felt embarrassed after hearing this, but he couldn’t directly admit that he was the disciple with extraordinary talent in alchemy that Jiang Ran mentioned.

The other disciples who came with him also agreed and expressed their envy and yearning for the new disciple who became Yu Xiao’s disciple.

“Wow, Imperial City is ahead. The Imperial City is indeed extraordinary.”

“Brother Jiang, have you never been to Imperial City before?”

“Yes yes, I’m taking this opportunity to come to Imperial City to broaden my horizons. Otherwise, I don’t know if I will have the chance to come again in the future. Brother Feng and Brother Bai, have you ever been here?”

“We also came from a small place. We were fortunate to be admitted to Sihong Academy, which broadened our horizons. How could we have the opportunity to come to a big place like Imperial City? We are the same as you, Brother Jiang.”

This made Jiang Ran and the others feel closer to Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo. They felt that these two were middle-level cultivators like them, not like the children of those powerful families.

Jiang Ran pointed to the queue in front. “You will have to queue up in a long line to enter the city. The entrance fee for Imperial City is very high, requiring 50 yuan crystals. You should prepare it in advance. By the way, where are you going to live after entering the city? Have the people from Sihong Academy arrived? If not, you can stay with us first.”

Feng Ming waved his hand. “Someone should be here to pick us up. We will come to find you after we settle down.”

“Okay okay, we’ll wait.”

The walls of Imperial City were tall and magnificent, carrying a sense of momentum that was daunting.

There were more than a dozen passages in and out of the city at the gate. The order was maintained by the armored guards. There were also flashes of silver armor, indicating that there were silver armored guards nearby.

Therefore, the order here was well maintained. No one dared to cause trouble at the foot of Imperial City.

At the same time, the classes here were more distinct. Cultivators riding high-grade mounts could enter the city directly through special passages. Those luxurious carriages could also drive into the city.

The cultivator on the mount didn’t even glance around. The attendants following him were also full of vigor.

Feng Ming, Jiang Ran, and the others were watching in amazement. Look, another beast was passing by. It was a fourth-grade, golden-eyed lion beast. Its roar could make the legs of cultivators on both sides go weak. Such a fourth-grade wild beast was only used as a means of transportation.

Not long after the golden-eyed lion beast passed by, another carriage came. It was pulled by four, third-grade first-scale horses of excellent quality. When passing by, one could feel the rolling heat coming.

The coachmen sitting in front of the carriage and driving the horses were all essence liquid realm cultivators. This showed that the owner of the carriage was of extraordinary status. Many people waiting to enter the city were looking at the carriage.

Suddenly, a delicate voice came from the carriage. “What are you looking at? If you look again, I will dig your dog eyes out.”

Along with the voice, a whip flew out from the carriage. Passersby on both sides screamed and exclaimed. The whip was actually aimed at Feng Ming’s face.

Feng Ming was shocked by the sudden disaster. He had never thought the voice he heard before was directed at him.

He just arrived in Imperial City. Who did he offend?