Towards Eternity
Ch 602's
Among the rocks near the volcano.
The flying boat that Weng Lou's group was riding suddenly stopped in mid-air when a large creature came out from within the lava lake and blocked their path.
The only part of the creature that is visible is the head, but its size is almost as big as the steamer owned by Weng Lou.
Du Zhe and the rest of Weng Lou's crew opened their mouths wide when they saw the creature's head, while Weng Lou and Weng Ying Luan frowned at him.
"Hey. I've never heard of a creature like this before, is he really a living being? The size is truly monstrous" Weng Ying Luan said with a wry smile.
On the other hand, Weng Lou seemed to be seriously paying attention to the heads of the creatures that were blocking their path. With his Soul Cleaning Technique, he examined the creature, not only its exterior, but also its insides.
His breathing came to a standstill, as he examined the inside of the lake and found that the creature's body seemed to be sitting quietly at the bottom of the lake, and only his neck seemed to move to chase after them.
"Hmmm......??? Whoareyou? Intruders? Or thieves?" A very deep and terrifying voice came out from the head of the creature.
The book I sat Du Zhe and the others immediately stood up just by hearing his voice.
"Luan.I hope you don't think of anything stupid like fighting this thing. If you fight him here, we will be instantly caught by the people from the Lin Family." Weng Lou reminded Weng Ying Luan.
He saw Ying Luan's predictable smile. If he fought against the creature, then their plan would end up falling apart, and moreover, he did not know if they would be able to win against the enormous creature.
With such a large body, Weng Lou was not sure they could defeat him so easily. Moreover, there was Du Zhe and the others with them at the moment, Weng Lou could not simply harm them.
As Weng Lou quickly twisted their brains, they had to be able to get out of this situation without any fight between them.
"No answering? It means you are intruders. Intruders must be destroyed."
The head spoke again and made Weng Lou who was thinking of the right answer to answer the creature have to rush to stop it.
"We-We are special Guests invited by the Head of the Lin Family! Since we missed the ship, we decided to go directly to the Lin Family residence.!" Weng Lou hurriedly answered what was on his mind.
His hands were clenched, he was quite nervous. That was the worst lie he ever made. Only a fool would believe his lies. But rather than him not answering anything, he had at least tried.
"Yes, even if he doesn't believe it, I will take out the Phoenix blood essence I got from Lin Dan as proof. So he should have believed it. If he still doesn't believe it, then the fight is the only path we can take. Then I should"
"So you are my Lord's guests! Then please continue your journey! I'm sorry for blocking your way. I beg you to leave!"
Unexpectedly, the creature believed! He even immediately put his head back into the lake, and moved away back to the middle of the lake.
Weng Lou and Weng Ying Luan were both in disbelief at what had just happened. They remained in their place for approximately one minute in disbelief at what the creature said. It was possible that this was a trap, and the creature would suddenly swallow them when they were caught off guard from behind.
Another minute in effect, there was no sign of the creature anymore. Finally they decided to rush away from it, and no longer held back their flying speed. In just a few tens of seconds, they finally reached the foot of the volcano and landed in a sizable crack.
Their flying boat landed smoothly on the small rocks that seemed to come from the dried up lava.
Weng Lou immediately opened the shield around the boat and allowed the others to get off the boat. After everything went down, Weng Ying Luan stopped putting Qi into the boat and went down.
"So it was almost. Fortunately living things with large bodies on average have low intelligence. I was thinking about how we should defeat the creature if we had to fight against it," Weng Lou said with a deep sigh.
"You're right, I don't know how I should fight against him" Weng Ying Luan replied.
Weng Lou looked at Weng Ying Luan's face which looked not worried at all. He obviously hoped they would fight against the creature earlier, but still held back due to the warning from him.
"Haaaahh. Let's hurry up to the city. His guard should not be too tight compared to the inside and the main. We can blend in safely there."
Finished reinserting the flying boat into the Spatial Necklace, Weng Lou invited the others to leave the place.
Led by him, they all went around the foot of the mountain constantly emitting hot smoke and sulfur.
***
Fenghuang City, better known as the Capital of Phoenix. The city which was the center of all the activities and businesses of the Lin Family.
It was in this city that the Lin Family sold the only mineral materials that could only be obtained at the volcano where the Lin Family residence was located, namely the Fire Dragon Scales.
The Dragon Scales were one of the ten highest level materials present in the Mainland, and were used to create Level 3 Spiritual Weapons and above. The Fire Dragon scales, as the name suggests those dragon scales came from the Fire Dragon who was famous for always competing with the Phoenix as the strongest fire control holder.
If the Phoenix Flame released by the Phoenix was more famous for its healing and spreading speed. The Fire Dragon is famous for the damage it causes.
There is a story that parents in Mainland always tell their children who are naughty and do not listen to their parents. 'Fire Dragons will come flattening mountains and terrifying seas to catch the mischievous children. Who does not listen to his parents, he will be devoured by the fire of the Dragon, and end up in ashes.'
It was a pretty horrible story to tell to kids, but it's been pretty effective up until now. This is because the story about the power of the Dragon in it is true and accurate. Once the Fire Dragon breathes out its fire, then all those affected by it will turn into ashes.
From the explanation of his strength, that power was almost exactly the same as the Phoenix Flame of Weng Hai, Weng Lou's mother. There is a slight difference in control. If the Fire Phoenix Weng Hai could be controlled at will, then the Fire Dragon could not be controlled at all by the Dragon.
Once the fire is released, destruction will follow. That was why the Fire Dragon was so feared by the people in the Mainland even until now.
But the Fire Dragon had long been considered extinct in the Mainland, as were the Phoenix and other non-beast beings, such as Kirin and the Earth Dragon, as well as other Dragons. Then how could the Lin Family sell those Fire Dragon Scales that were said to be extinct? Moreover, the Fire Dragon Scales were sold every month by the Lin Family in a grand auction. It had been roughly ten years for the Lin Family to auction off one or two scales once a month.
The only answer that people from outside the Lin Family could make of this was that the Lin Family had found the corpse of a Fire Dragon inside the mountain where their residence was built.
The body of the Fire Dragon was extremely large. His entire body could tightly seal the volcanic crater of the Lin Family Residence. Even after fifty years, they would not be able to lack the Fire Dragon Scales with a Fire Dragon corpse.
But unfortunately, they did not know that the Lin Family did not have the corpse of the Fire Dragon at all. Rather, they had the Fire Dragon itself.