The mortal's candle dragon opens the sky

Chapter 4 Two Hundred Years Later
Xuyang flew towards his adoptive father in a crooked manner, handed the fish monster's flesh and blood to it, arched it to the mouth of the huge dragon's head, and stared at the big dragon with his silly and cute eyes.

There is no other way. Life as a dragon is hard. In order to establish a good relationship and see how the father treats the cub, Xuyang thinks it is necessary to be flattering and proactive.

The intelligence of the seventh-level Red Fire Dragon is already similar to that of humans. It was slightly stunned when it saw Xuyang's behavior. After staring at Xuyang for a while, the Red Fire Dragon let out a low roar and flew into the crater.

When Xuyang heard the roar that expressed the word "wait", he didn't understand what was going on and didn't dare to act rashly. A moment later, the Red Fire Dragon rushed out from the crater, spitting out a strange spiritual ginseng surrounded by red mist from between its snow-white fangs, and pushed it towards Xuyang along with the fish meat from before, then stared at Xuyang quietly for a while, turned his head and ignored Xuyang, and continued to absorb and exhale the spiritual energy from the crater.

This spiritual ginseng was fiery red all over and several inches in size, with a smooth and crystal surface, surrounded by clouds and mist, and looked like a fairy object.

"Fire Cloud Ginseng!"

Xuyang recognized at a glance that this was the Fire Cloud Ginseng recorded in the tradition, which was more than three hundred years old, and he was delighted.

After chirping a few times to express its gratitude, it found a comfortable place a little distance away from the crater, swallowed the fish and the Fire Cloud Ginseng, turned out the inherited scales bestowed by the Dragon Father when it broke out of the shell, found the contents of the Dragon Transformation Art, and began to comprehend it quietly.

In this way, Xuyang began a regular life. When he was hungry, he ate the monster meat and low-level monster pills brought back by his father and mother. When he was sleepy, he slept. When he woke up, he lay on the crater of the volcano and inhaled and exhaled spiritual energy, comprehending the art of transforming into a dragon and studying it.

(PS: The original novel is very vague about the level at which the monster produces the demon pill. I can't find a clear statement. Here is a second assumption: level 5 will definitely produce it, and there is a chance of producing it at level 3 or 4.)
You can’t feel the change of day and night under the abyss of the sea. Time passes by like a shuttle!

Two hundred years later.

There is a mountain pass on the seabed that is constantly erupting magma. The fiery red magma is constantly surging, spewing out hot high-temperature gas, flashing amazing flames from time to time, and large bubbles mixed with the smell of sulfur are constantly rising upwards, and the surrounding sea water is rolling endlessly.

Suddenly, there was a "boom" sound from the magma at the mountain pass, and a huge black shadow emerged, covered in red evil mist and carrying magma. As the black shadow twisted its body and rushed out of the magma, the lava liquid it brought out quickly condensed, turned black and collapsed, and fell back into the mountain pass, causing a rumbling sound.

The black shadow was actually a huge red dragon, more than five meters long, with short purple-black horns on its head, and its body covered with dark red shiny scales. It had four claws under its belly, and each claw had three dagger-like sharp toes, flashing a chilling cold light.

It is Xuyang, who has reached the peak of level four!
"This time I went deep into the underground magma to search for the Fire Demon Spirit. I didn't expect that after refining it, it would still be useless for purifying the bloodline. This time I returned empty-handed again."

At this time, Xuyang used his front paws to gently stroke the palm-sized white scales under his neck and let out a sigh.

The white scales are crescent-shaped, and there are seven of them. Their color and shape are completely different from the other crimson scales. They are the dragon's natal scales, also called reverse scales.

The natal scales are attached to the dragon when it is born, and the number varies. As the dragon grows older, these natal scales are infused with a large amount of essence and magic power.

Xuyang, who has reached the peak of level four, had already condensed a demon pill fifty years ago. This natal scale is the most important thing for a dragon besides the essence of the demon pill.

The Fire Demon Spirit is a fire-attributed demon spirit born from deep within the earth's fire. It is similar to a demon but not a real entity.

This time, I went deep into the magma to search for the Fire Demon Spirit. My mana was almost exhausted because of the extremely high temperature in the center and the attacks of the Fire Demon Spirit. Fortunately, I had the mana stored in my scales at the critical moment of the return journey, otherwise I would have suffered a lot. As a red fire dragon, if I got injured while exploring the magma, I would be ashamed to see people.

Oh no, I’m too embarrassed to see Jiao!

Fortunately, the underground fire here is only a branch, and the fire evil spirit encountered is not long old, and its fire is still shallow, so its magical powers are not against the sky. You must know that once this kind of evil spirit is ten thousand years old, even a Nascent Soul cultivator will find it very difficult to deal with it!
"It's time to go back. Although this place is only a hundred miles away from the cave, and the jade pendant has also checked that there are no high-level monsters around. But after all, we sneaked out this time, and we have been delayed for quite a while."

Xuyang used his remaining magic power to urge a ball of red mist to wrap himself, transforming it into a red cloud. He circled slightly to find the right direction, then broke through the layers of sea water and shot towards the cave.

Soon, Xuyang quickly passed through the winding underwater passage, and in front of him was the sea cave with flashing fiery red clouds, the Chiyan Cave.

Xuyang was also relieved. In the sea environment, although the Red Flame Dragon was one of the most prominent fire dragons, it actually did not have an advantage in a fight. Its daily mana consumption doubled, after all, water and fire were mutually exclusive.

But in order to start the journey of blood purification, one has to risk danger and explore as much as possible.

If one advances using conventional methods, the progress is too slow. It would take two hundred years to reach the equivalent of the human's false elixir realm. And this is the result of Xuyang frequently swallowing spiritual herbs and demon elixirs.

Of course, Xuyang has devoted a large part of his energy to body training over the years. After all, those who have read the original novel know that the best way is to advance the three aspects of essence, energy and spirit simultaneously.

After crossing the boundary between the endless sea water and the water-proof barrier, and feeling the dryness and abundant spiritual energy in the cave, Xuyang breathed a sigh of relief. Facing the reproaches of the dragon couple, he nodded obediently to admit his mistakes and promised not to go out too far before reaching level five.

Lying cross-legged on the bed that he had surrounded with spirit stones and some exotic minerals, Xuyang took a deep breath of spiritual energy, practiced the Dragon Transformation Technique, and felt the magic power in his body slowly recovering. Xuyang slowly closed his eyes and sank into the spirit space.

Spirit Master: Xuyang Mixed Blood Dragon
Realm: Level 4 Peak

Bloodline: 75.1 drops of life essence blood, 14.97% of Red Fire Dragon, 9.9% of Li Fire Dragon, 0.03% of Golden Dragon, % of Atavistic Fire Dragon Bloodline (Bloodline can be refined and purified, but the conditions are insufficient.)
Physical body: Level 4

Spells: Fireball (great mastery), Fire Dragon (mastery), Molten Fire (minor mastery), Giant Strength (minor mastery), Fire Escape (minor mastery), Spirit Eyes (minor mastery), Invisibility (mastery)
Skills: Dragon Transformation Skill 4th level, Bone Tempering Skill 4th level
Magic weapon: None yet

Searching: Level 1 Red Fire Dragon (1) and Level Green Phosphorus Fish Monster () within a -mile radius. No true spiritual origin.

The level five red fire dragon was Xu Yi, the first of the two big dragons in the Red Flame Cave. It had come to the cave several times over the years, and Xu Yang had become familiar with it.

With Xuyang's unremitting efforts over the years, he comprehended the Dragon Transformation Art and initially condensed a dozen drops of essence and blood. His true dragon blood also increased a little in the process, but it was still too little. It can be seen that normal advancement has little effect on improving true dragon blood, only a pitiful 0.03%.

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