Chapter 3180: Real Dragon, Fake Dragon, Making Money Quietly

The result of this palace test was as Xiao Yuanyan expected. Su Youwei broke through in the battle, opened up the seven meridians, defeated Liu Xi, and then lost to Qi Yue. Zhou Yuan and Qi Yue fought, and both showed their magical powers and exerted all their skills. Qi Yue even used forbidden techniques to forcefully open the eight meridians, wanting to defeat Zhou Yuan in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, he was defeated by the protagonist's halo. Zhou Yuan showed his true strength. He had opened six meridians and cut off Qi Yue's arm with his own hands, ending the winning streak of the B courtyard and successfully winning the championship, making the plan of the Qi Wang Mansion fall through.

However, Zhou Yuan's actions also aroused the anger of Qi Wang Qi Yuan. He took action in public and wanted to kill Zhou Yuan, but was stopped by Zhou Wang Zhou Qing. The two forces almost fought each other, causing the division of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Fortunately, Qi Wang Qi Yuan was not blinded by anger. In the end, he bowed his head and apologized. The two sides gave up and left.

There is a region at the northwest border of the Great Zhou, named Canglan County, and outside Canglan County is a black land, like a continuous abyss, named Heiyuan. This place is a well-known dangerous place in the Great Zhou, with countless source beasts, and they are extremely brutal, so no dynasty can occupy this area at all, which has led to the gathering of countless scattered cultivators, forming many large and small forces in it. These forces invade the border of the Great Zhou from time to time, plundering and killing, and doing all kinds of evil.

Some time ago, someone found a relic in this black abyss, in which there is a strange plant, red like fire, absorbing sunlight to grow, and its seeds are like fire crystals. It is a fourth-grade source food fire spirit spike, which has a huge effect on the cultivation of source masters.

You know, now the royal family of the Great Zhou only has the second-grade source food black crystal rice, which is extremely beneficial to opening the meridians, and the Zhou family has attracted many talents by this.

Only when the Great Zhou Dynasty was at its peak did it have the fourth-grade source food, Blood Dragon Barley. The fourth-grade source food is a real strategic material that can make a dynasty more prosperous and powerful, enhance the dynasty's strength and influence, and attract countless geniuses.

In addition, in this relic, in addition to the fourth-grade source food Fire Spirit Spike, there is also a jade-like tree with jade fruits, like babies. This is the Jade Infant Fruit, which can increase lifespan and is extremely precious.

Of course, this relic is also guarded by a powerful source beast and is very dangerous. The two kinds of natural treasures are not so easy to obtain. This news spread to the Great Zhou City, attracting the attention of the royal family and the Qi Wang Mansion, and they began to send people to prepare to go to the Black Abyss to obtain these two natural treasures.

Imperial City, Zhenzhou City. In the past, the Wu family rebelled against the Great Zhou and seized the territory of the Great Zhou. Now this name is used as the capital of the Great Wu. It can be seen that the Great Wu wants to completely suppress the Great Zhou and prevent it from turning over.

The Dawu Palace, with its magnificent halls rising one after another, spreads to the end of the sight. Towers stand one after another, and on each tower, there is a strong source of energy fluctuation, which spreads and covers every corner of the palace. Compared with the palace of Dazhou, the Dawu Palace is undoubtedly more solemn and majestic, which shows the powerful strength of Dawu.

In an inner hall of the palace, behind the desk, sat a young man in a yellow robe. His skin was as white as jade, his face was extremely handsome, and his eyebrows were like swords. He just sat there, and there was a noble aura emanating from him, high above, like a favored child of heaven. There was a faint breath rising behind him, as if a dragon shadow was entrenched and roaring. There was a blood-red dot dotted on the young man's forehead, flickering with a faint light, mysterious and strange. This person is the current prince of the Dawu Dynasty, Wu Huang.

Wu Huang flipped through the memorial with a calm expression. He had seized Zhou Yuan's holy dragon luck that year, and had a special status in Dawu. He had participated in Dawu's state affairs early on.

At this time, a man walked in with a respectful look, like a black shadow, knelt on the ground, his head close to the ground, not daring to raise it, and reported in a low voice.

"Your Highness, there is news from the secret supervisor."

Wu Huang raised his eyelids, reached out to take the bamboo tube, took out the paper roll inside, and slowly unfolded it. He frowned slightly, flashed a trace of displeasure, and said coldly.

"Interesting, it turned out to be the Zhou family's holy dragon. He is really lucky. My father sealed the resentful dragon poison in his body, but he can still survive?"

"Your Highness, do you want to get rid of him?"

The kneeling black shadow raised his head slightly, showing a cautious expression, and said tentatively.

Wu Huang heard the words lightly, and a look of disdain appeared on his handsome face. His eyes were filled with heavy pressure, and he said coldly.

"Now that the Great Wu is competing with the Ten Thousand Beasts Dynasty and the Sword Dynasty, how can it care about the Great Zhou that is lingering on."

"But Zhou Yuan, after all, once had the aura of the Holy Dragon, and was known as the Holy Dragon of the Zhou Family."

The black shadow hesitated a little. If he didn't kill the snake, he would suffer from it. In order to be on the safe side, it would be better to cut the grass and root it out.

When Wu Huang heard this, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and the black shadow dared not say much. He knelt on the ground and trembled. It was obvious that he was very afraid of Wu Huang.

Wu Huang's face was indifferent, and the dragon energy rose behind him, which made him look extremely noble. He said in a very calm tone.

"Zhou Yuan is not a real Holy Dragon. If he is really a Holy Dragon, how can our Wu family succeed? The Holy Dragon's luck originally belonged to me. It was just a small mistake that occurred in the middle. Now this mistake has been corrected."

"Zhou Yuan is just a fake dragon. He carries the luck that does not belong to him, so in the end he and the Great Zhou paid the price for it. Only this prince is a real dragon, so the luck of the holy dragon will fall on me!"

The black shadow heard this, his body trembled violently, and he kowtowed repeatedly, making a bang bang sound. After a while, the ground was stained with bright blood.

Wu Huang dropped the bamboo tube in his hand, then retracted his majestic gaze and said coldly.

"Okay, although Zhou Yuan, this useless dragon, has opened up the six meridians, he is not even qualified to stand in front of me. There is no need to report his affairs in the future. It's a waste of my time. Now the competition for the Holy Son of the Cangmang Continent is the highlight. I need to concentrate on practicing and win this great fortune and opportunity."

"Yes! The prince is a real dragon. Compared with you, Zhou Yuan is just an ant, not worth mentioning!"

The black shadow stopped kowtowing, slightly raised his blood-red head, and complimented with great awe.

Wu Huang stared at the memorial in his hand, frowned again, thought for a moment, and said again.

"But since I already know about this, I can't just pretend nothing happened. Give orders to give more support to the Qi family and let them overthrow the Zhou family. If it weren't for my father's original oath, it would be difficult to directly annex and destroy the Great Zhou. Where would the Zhou family have room to jump!"

Wu Huang was like a real dragon. His words determined life and death, and the destruction of the country. It seemed that the Great Zhou and Zhou Yuan were ants in his eyes, and he could let him slaughter them.

Black Abyss, a land full of dangers, but also full of opportunities.

In the distant past, there were many powerful forces in Black Abyss, which were stronger than some of the surrounding dynasties today. However, I don't know what happened later, and these extremely powerful forces all disappeared. The entire Black Abyss became a paradise for source beasts, and it was rarely visited by people.

Although those ancient forces disappeared, they left many relics in the Black Abyss, with treasures that attracted countless source masters. People often got opportunities from the Black Abyss and ascended to heaven in one step. Therefore, more and more source masters came to the Black Abyss, wanting to find opportunities, change their fate, and become the trendsetters of the times.

Of course, such lucky people are always very few. Most of the source masters were buried in this chaotic and bloody Black Abyss and became one of the piles of bones.

The ruins originally belonged to the War Puppet Sect, which is an ancient and powerful sect. It is rumored that they are good at making combat puppets with strong power. Therefore, there are all kinds of war puppets in the ruins, which are very dangerous. And the most difficult thing is that there seems to be an extremely powerful war puppet in the ruins. It is a giant python war puppet with the soul of a fourth-grade python source beast as its core. Even if a strong man in the Taichu realm encounters it, it will be very troublesome.

Since Xiao Yuanyan won the championship in the Jiayuan, he rarely showed up. He practiced hard and steadily improved his cultivation. He also heard the news that the ruins appeared in the Black Abyss. He came to this lawless and bloody place alone, which attracted many prying eyes along the way, and regarded him as a big fat sheep.

Unfortunately, Xiao Yuanyan was a master of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. He was ruthless and showed his strong strength. He killed many people with bad intentions, which scared away all the bad eyes that were secretly peeping.

There are many forces of all sizes in the Black Abyss. They each occupy their own land and are kings. In this area, there are two people who cannot be provoked. One is the notorious Black Poison King, and the other is Wei Canglan, the general of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Both of them are Taichu Realm strongmen who are not inferior to Zhou Wang Zhou Qing, and they have a blood feud with each other and are a pair of mortal enemies.

Xiao Yuanyan naturally would not seek death by himself and offend two Taichu Realm strongmen. He walked alone in the Black Abyss and avoided the range of the two major forces.

Xiao Yuanyan walked in the Black Abyss for several days and finally came to a city. This place is the Prison Demon City, which is the closest city to the discovered ruins. The city lord is a master in the late Tianguan Realm. He is also somewhat famous in the Black Abyss, so he can also occupy a city.

In the past, the Prison Demon City was not very lively, but because of the spread of the news of the ruins, this place is bustling and bustling. They are all source masters who came here after hearing the news, wanting to seize the Fire Spirit Spike and the Jade Infant Fruit, so that they can ascend to heaven in one step and become the pride of heaven.

Recently, countless people have gone to the ruins every day. Although they dare not go too deep, because it is full of various strange war puppets, it is very troublesome once they are entangled, but there are still some lucky people who accidentally break into some places and fish out some strange things, which attracts many followers and sells a lot of source crystals, making a small profit.

Xiao Yuanyan simply rested in the Prison Demon City and then went directly into the ruins, not afraid of the dangers there. He was also very interested in the Fire Spirit Spike and the Jade Infant Fruit. If he had the chance to get them, he would naturally try them.

The War Puppet Sect ruins were about two hundred miles away from the Prison Demon City. It took Xiao Yuanyan only one hour to get there. He stood on a mountain peak and looked ahead. He saw the deep dense and tall forest, filled with white mist, and faintly visible ruins of many palaces.

There seemed to be light flickering above the ruins, emitting a trace of unknown dangerous atmosphere. This was the source pattern barrier. The so-called source pattern barrier is a more complex and huge way of using the source pattern, like a formation.

The War Puppet Sect's protective barrier has gone through wind and rain, and it is unknown how many years it has existed. It has long been wiped out. Now only a few remnants are left, and its power is still extraordinary. If you break in, you will accidentally trigger the remaining barrier. Even the strong men in the Taichu realm dare not underestimate it.

Xiao Yuanyan fell from the top of the mountain and rushed straight into the depths of the ruins, like a fish in the water. He avoided all the remaining barriers and encountered powerful war puppets on the way. He killed them all with violent means and successfully came to the deep valley where the Fire Spirit Spike was.

In the depths of the deep valley, in a piece of land, there was a fiery red plant swaying and shining. The plant was fiery red, as if burning with flames. A pure source of energy was emitting, and it was filled with a faint fragrance of plants and trees.

Xiao Yuanyan narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the fiery red plant. He couldn't look away.

"This is the fourth-grade source food, the Fire Spirit Spike. With it, I can quickly enter the Heavenly Gate Realm!"

After this period of practice, Xiao Yuanyan has entered the late stage of the Yangqi Realm. He is only one step away from breaking through the Heavenly Gate, leaving the source of energy in his body, moving mountains and cracking the earth, swallowing the universe, and becoming a great master who can rival Chu Tianyang, the lord of the Great Zhou Mansion.

"I have to speed up. Zhou Yuan and General Wei Canglan, Qi Hao, the eldest son of King Qi, and the Black Poison King are fighting for the Jade Infant Fruit. They will come here soon!"

Xiao Yuanyan looked up at an island far away from the ruins. His eyes flashed with a light that destroyed everything. He saw the aura that ordinary people could hardly see. Two powerful men in the Taichu realm were confronting each other. Their aura enveloped the universe. It was vast and majestic. It was definitely not something that Xiao Yuanyan could resist now.

Xiao Yuanyan's aura was restrained, without a trace of leakage. He flashed and came to the front of the fire spirit spike silently. The red light flickered on his face, which was extremely mysterious.

Xiao Yuanyan did not pull up the fire spirit spike by the roots, but selected a part of the full fire spirit seeds, picked it off, and put it in his pocket.

"Hehe, we'll split it in half when we meet. Let's leave the Fire Spirit Spike plant and half of the Fire Spirit Seed here. Let Zhou Yuan and the Qi Wang Mansion fight. I'd rather keep quiet and make a fortune!"

After saying that, Xiao Yuanyan's figure flashed, and a trail of afterimages remained in the air, and then disappeared into the depths of the ruins.

During the Heiyuan trip, Xiao Yuanyan made a fortune in silence, obtained half of the Fire Spirit Seed, planted it in a treasure land with rich source energy, and then worked hard to cultivate, no longer paying attention to the mundane disputes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but he didn't know that the Great Zhou Dynasty fell into turmoil again because of the Fire Spirit Spike.

Zhou Yuan joined forces with General Wei Canglan to defeat the Black Poison King, subdued and controlled him, obtained the Jade Spirit Fruit and the Fire Spirit Spike, and killed Qi Hao, the eldest son of the Qi Wang. New hatreds and old grudges are irreconcilable.

Da Zhou City, Qi Wang Mansion

"Bang!"

King Qi Yuan threw the teacup in his hand heavily on the ground, and the fragments flew everywhere. He smashed it to pieces. His face was distorted, his eyes revealed hatred, and he said angrily.

"Zhou Yuan dared to kill my son and took the Fire Spirit Spike. He deserves to die! I will cut him into pieces, pull out his tendons and peel off his skin, only then can I relieve the hatred in my heart!"

Next to him, the one-armed Qi Yue also looked incredulous and muttered to himself.

"How is it possible? Big brother is the strength of the late stage of the Yangqi Realm. It would be easy for him to kill Zhou Yuan. How could he fall into the hands of that waste? There must be something wrong!!"

One of Qi Hao's personal soldiers knelt on the ground, trembling, with a bit of fear and horror in his eyes, and whispered.

"I don't know how Zhou Yuan did it, but the eldest son really died at his hands."

"The eldest son won over the Black Poison King, and Zhou Yuan also got the support of General Wei Canglan. He should have been in an advantageous position, but in the end, for some reason, the eldest son died at Zhou Yuan's hands, and even the Black Poison King lost to Wei Canglan!"

In fact, Zhou Yuan was able to win because he had the help of Yaoyao, who was the spirit of heaven and earth. This girl was proficient in the way of source patterns and could carve fourth-grade source patterns. She was accompanied by a source beast, Tuntun, which looked like a puppy. Its rank was unknown, but it had the strength of the Taichu realm in its juvenile stage. It had intelligence and extremely high blood.

Tuntun's body was a giant beast about ten feet long. The beast was red all over, covered with fiery red scales, and a pair of beast pupils, which looked like burning flames. In its mouth, a black light appeared, as if it could swallow everything.

Zhou Yuan even broke through to the Cultivation Realm in the Prison Poison City, and his combat power was not weaker than Qi Hao, a master in the late Cultivation Realm. With such a powerful force gathered around him, Qi Hao and the Black Poison King were naturally defeated. One died and the other was captured, which completely changed the situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The royal family once again had a clear advantage.

"There is a little beast beside Zhou Yuan, with the strength of the Taichu Realm. Even the giant python war puppet was destroyed by it. There is also a girl in green clothes, with extremely high attainments in source patterns, who can depict fourth-grade source patterns!"

The guard reported everything he saw and heard to Qi Yuan, with fear on his face, as if he was frightened by the powerful strength of Zhou Yuan's side.

"Impossible! If the royal family had this kind of power, they would have attacked my Qi Wang Mansion long ago!"

Qi Yuan clenched his five fingers, his nails sank into his palms, and there was faint red liquid dripping on the ground. He said with an extremely gloomy face.

"Every word I said is true!"

The guard heard this, and his face showed anxiety. His awe of Qi Yuan was reduced a little, and he said in a hurry.

Qi Yuan's face changed, sometimes blue, sometimes purple, and sometimes cloudy. He did not doubt the guard's loyalty and believed that he would never lie to him. He did not expect that the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty had such terrifying strength. The Qi Palace was now in a difficult situation and in imminent danger.

"Now that the power of the royal family has greatly increased, we must make plans early. If it were before, the Zhou royal family had such terrifying strength, I would definitely be able to capture it without mercy, but it is different now!"

A cold smile appeared on Qi Yuan's face, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he said coldly.

"Thanks to Zhou Yuan, the crown prince of the Dawu Dynasty seems to dislike Zhou Yuan's existence for staining his eyes and ears. He has increased his support for me, Prince Qi's Palace, and wants to use my hands, Prince Qi's Palace, to get rid of this future trouble!"

"Qi Yue, we must leave Dazhou Mansion and return to Qi County now. If Zhou Yuan's son dares to kill your eldest brother, I will let his whole family be buried with your eldest brother!"

Qi Yuan stood up, looking in the direction of the palace with sinister eyes, looking as ferocious as a devil, and then stepped out, Qi Yue quickly followed behind him.