Liu Bowen Severing the Dragon Vein

Whoosh!

Jiang Han suddenly emerged from the water.

He gasped for breath of fresh air, his lungs burning as if they were about to explode.

It felt like I had swallowed a handful of sand; I coughed so hard it was excruciating, and my stomach was churning.

The two mouthfuls of fishy water I just drank made my throat feel sore, and I almost spat out my dinner from the night before.

Those few dozen seconds of life-or-death race had exhausted him.

He used both his hands and feet to climb up to the cave entrance.

This is the cave with the broken chains we just saw; it's safe for now.

He slumped to the ground, wiped the water from his face, and looked back at the dark water.

Underwater, one could faintly hear the angry crashing of the giant turtle and the scraping of the chains.

"call……"

"That was close."

Jiang Han gave a somewhat pale smile to the camera.

"Brothers."

"If that wave of energy were used in the Olympics, I'd definitely win a gold medal."

In the live stream room, the chat was still flooded with comments.

On the other side of the screen, the top-ranked guy didn't even realize he'd burned his crotch with the cigarette butt in his hand.

The millions of viewers in the live stream collectively seemed to have Parkinson's disease, their hands trembling as they typed.

You can almost smell the stench of urine through the screen; it's truly terrifying.

"That scared me to death! That bite was really just a few centimeters away!"

"Why did the turtle suddenly stop?"

"It looks like it's chained up?"

"Holy crap! Such a huge turtle, being kept on a leash like a dog?"

"What kind of place is this? Who has such great abilities?"

Jiang Han did not answer immediately.

He stood up and walked to the edge of the cave entrance.

His gaze fell on the broken bronze chain, then he looked at the chain underwater that held the giant turtle.

He crouched down, picked up the rusty copper ring with two fingers, and felt a chilling coldness emanating from his fingertips.

It smelled like blood from countless dead people that had been soaking for hundreds of years, making my head ache.

In my mind, countless clues were like pearls strung together by a thread.

"You think there are two dragons locked up down there?"

Jiang Han's voice was somewhat cold, carrying a sense of vicissitude that came from seeing through the fog of history.

"Wrong."

"This place is actually an execution ground."

"An elaborately designed execution ground spanning five hundred years."

*Whispering: This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.*

He pointed to the broken chain, which was the entrance to the cave that the Corpse Dragon had previously dared not approach.

"What used to hang here wasn't a dragon."

"It's a bait."

"A bait specifically designed to catch dragons."

[Bureau 749 - Gu Changfeng]: [Advisor Jiang! You mean... Dragon Ball?!]

Historical records state that Liu Bowen severed all the dragon veins except for the Kunlun dragon vein, so he devised a scheme to suppress it!

Could this be the setup?!

Isn't Zhen Meiqian's identity incredibly strange?!

Jiang Han glanced at the comments and nodded.

"That's right."

"The so-called Dragon Balls are not rare or precious treasures at all."

"That was a highly radioactive mutagen!"

"It's like 'nuclear waste' that attracts Godzilla."

"That old man named Liu Bowen hung this 'poison' here and had that earth-patterned corpse tortoise watching over it."

"Then lure the dragon that originally only wanted to transform into a dragon over here."

Jiang Han's tone carried a hint of sarcasm.

"The dragon was greedy and swallowed the dragon pearl."

"And the result?"

"It did indeed transform into a dragon."

"His body mutated; he grew horns and claws."

"But at the same time, because of the radiation and the curse, they became monsters that were neither alive nor dead, and were forever trapped at the bottom of this dark and sunless well."

"This is what is called 'opportunity'."

"This is what is meant by 'being ordained by Heaven'."

After hearing this, the wealthy people who were just asking for immortality immediately vomited on their keyboards.

It's like making someone lick a dead rat that's just been pulled out of the sewer—it's so disgusting it'll make your skull crack open.

Who the hell cares about the good fortune of turning into a monster!

Jiang Han sneered and patted the Imperial Seal of the State in his backpack.

"This jade seal is the final stone weighing down this whole situation."

"That unfortunate emperor Li Congke sent someone here with the imperial seal, thinking he could restore his country."

"As a result, Liu Bowen used the imperial seal to completely seal off the scheme by resurrecting the body of the body and taking advantage of the nation's fortune."

"This letter has been in existence for hundreds of years."

"That dragon and that turtle were both victims of this scheme."

"They are all living... talismans."

The live stream room was completely silent.

Everyone was shocked by this cruel truth.

What was initially thought to be a myth or legend turned out to be a cold-blooded political conspiracy when stripped of its veneer.

In order to suppress the dragon vein and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, living divine beasts were turned into prisoners and monsters.

"Jiang Han!"

Suddenly, Gu Changfeng's anxious voice came through the earphones; this time it was a voice call.

"That turtle...that earth-patterned corpse turtle!"

"Its shell is engraved with 'longevity patterns'!"

"That's the legendary secret to immortality! If you could get your hands on even a drop of its blood... or even just a fragment of its shell..."

Gu Changfeng's voice trembled, a fervor born of his passion for the unknown.

As Jiang Han listened to the roaring voice in his headphones, his expression grew increasingly cold.

He glanced at the giant beast still struggling underwater.

Immortality?

Like this turtle, chained up, living for a thousand years in the dark, eating corpses and drinking their fluids?

Is this what you call immortality?

"Old Gu."

Jiang Han interrupted Gu Changfeng.

"You want it?"

"Then come down and get it yourself."

"I'm not interested."

Done.

He immediately cut off the connection.

Jiang Han rubbed his hands vigorously on his trouser leg, as if he had touched something dirty.

A blast of cold air emanated from his nostrils, and his gaze was even more chilling than the underground river water.

He was utterly disgusted by this shameless old man who would do anything to survive.

"What utter bullshit about immortality."

"All I know is that this place disgusts me."

Jiang Han tidied his backpack and tightened his grip on the black gold ancient sword.

"We've got our ancestor's ID card."

"The truth has become clear."

"Now……"

"I must return to the palace."

He turned around, preparing to leave along the way he had come.

however.

Just as he took his first step.

Suddenly, a violent tremor came from inside the backpack.

【warn!warn! 】

[Special energy fluctuations detected!]

[Source: Imperial Seal of the State!]

Jiang Han's expression changed, and he quickly unzipped his backpack.

The warm, smooth jade seal was now glowing.

and.

At that missing corner where gold and jade were inlaid.

A few drops of bright red liquid oozed out.

That's...blood!

The imperial seal is bleeding!

at the same time.

The stench of blood in the air instantly became so strong it was almost unbearable, just like a pot of expired pig's blood fermenting.

It was so thick that it was hard to breathe, and the surrounding temperature plummeted, making you feel cold to the bone.

Splash!

The water level of the underground river beneath our feet began to rise rapidly at a visible rate.

The once calm water began to boil.

An aura a hundred times more terrifying than that of the giant tortoise from before emanated from the deepest part of the abyss, even deeper than the point connected by the broken chain…

It rises slowly!

"Holy crap..."

Jiang Han looked at the bleeding jade seal, then at the boiling water.

His lips twitched involuntarily.

"This Liu Bowen...this old Deng."

"Could they have a backup plan?"