My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Chapter 337 Old Turtle Ruiyuan Talks About the Past

"Back then, when the Dragon King had just achieved success in his cultivation and was worshipped by the common people, he wanted to establish a power here, so he turned his attention to the local water tribes!"

"The great Dragon King has bestowed upon me the fate of an immortal, allowing a small turtle in the lake to share a spiritual fruit. This is what has enabled me to embark on the path of cultivation!"

"From then on, I followed the Dragon Lord and practiced in Dongting Lake. Apart from receiving incense and offerings from the people, I also patrolled the coast and rescued fishermen who fell into the water. Although my life was boring, it was still fulfilling!"

"And these boring days passed for more than three hundred years. I also went from being a little turtle who knew nothing about the world to the number one figure under the Dragon King. The shrimp soldiers and crab generals below all called me the Turtle Prime Minister!"

"Although I didn't say it, I was secretly happy in my heart!"

When he said this, there seemed to be a glimmer of light in Ruiyuan's eyes, and the corners of his mouth seemed to curve a little, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"But the dragon slayer is here?"

Ruiyuan was furious when he heard this, "That's right!"

"The Dragon King has been practicing for a long time and has received a lot of worship from the people. He feels that he has the confidence to transform into a real dragon, so he resolutely goes ashore to survive the calamity!"

"And the situation is exactly as the Dragon Lord expected. The Dragon Lord has a profound foundation and has successfully passed the tribulation and transformed into a real dragon!"

"However, at this moment, the group of dragon slayers took advantage of the fact that my Dragon King was injured by the thunder and suddenly launched a sneak attack, severely injuring my Dragon King."

"I saw that the situation was not good, so I immediately led my shrimp soldiers and crab generals to rescue them. However, we were all water monsters, and there was no way we could match these well-prepared human cultivators. We were quickly killed!"

"Fortunately, my Dragon King successfully entered the water. When they saw that Dragon King had escaped, they left me, who was seriously injured, and the few remaining shrimp soldiers and crab generals behind and chased Dragon King into the water!"

"I don't know how they fought fiercely in the water. I only know that when I returned to the water, I saw that all the dragon slayers were dead or injured. But my Dragon King also left me because of his serious injuries!"

"You will know later that my Dragon King was salvaged and taken away by the human general, and I was left alone with a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals to practice at the bottom of the lake."

Although Jiang resolved some of his doubts after hearing this, more questions arose in his mind.

"I understand your story, but I still have some questions that I'd like to ask Old Turtle to answer for me."

"That's who the dragon slayers you were talking about are. You mentioned before that they were monks, but why would monks slay dragons?"

"Also, you said that you would take the remaining shrimp soldiers and crabs to practice in the lake. Where are they now? What about the catfish spirit? Why does it have dragon blood in its body?"

When Rui Yuan heard the name of Dragon Slayer, he gnashed his teeth in hatred, "The Dragon Slayer is actually a group of sneaky monks!"

"I think you know that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is getting thinner and thinner. Some cultivators feel that it is difficult to achieve success by practicing step by step, so they think of taking the crooked path and hunting monsters to obtain their inner elixir for cultivation!"

"But the inner core of ordinary monsters is full of demonic energy. They can't use it even if they get it, so they set their sights on the dragon clan."

Jiang Li was shocked when he heard this, "You said they killed the dragon to get the elixir?"

Rui Yuan snorted coldly when he heard this, "They are just trying to flatter themselves!"

"How can they slay dragons? At most, they can only slay some dragons, just like the black dragon next to you!"

Hearing this, Jiang Li turned his head to look at Mo Ying, and saw it grinning at him. Seeing this, Jiang Li speechlessly turned his head and looked at Rui Yuan inquiringly.

"Even if the dragon's inner elixir is full of demonic energy, can they really use the dragon to obtain the elixir for cultivation?"

Ruiyuan nodded and shook his head when he heard this, "If you say you can, you can, but if you say you can't, you can't!"

Seeing Jiang Li's confusion, Rui Yuan continued to explain, "Although the inner elixir of the dragon has demonic energy, it has more spirituality than other demon beasts, so the demonic energy is much weaker."

"After these dragon hunters kill the dragon, they will take its inner elixir and use other medicinal herbs to further remove the evil spirit and refine it into Dragon Origin Pill!"

"This pill is made from the inner elixir of a dragon. Taking it can greatly speed up your cultivation. Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to set their sights on my Dragon King!"

"In addition, those dragon hunters will use the blood and flesh of dragons to temper their bodies, and use dragon tendons, bones and skins to make magic weapons. They will even use dragon souls to refine them into magic weapons to enhance their power!"

Rui Yuan was gritting his teeth when he said this. Jiang Li saw that he seemed to be about to go berserk again, so he interrupted him immediately.

"I've listened to you for a long time. Although these people are not good people, they seem to have used the dragon's inner elixir and flesh to cultivate. Why did you say before that they can't use it to cultivate?"

Ruiyuan's anger subsided a little after being interrupted by Jiang Li, and then he explained with disdain.

"You don't think there are no side effects from what these guys do?"

"After all, this Jiaolong inner elixir is still a demon beast's inner elixir. Even if it is combined with other medicines, it still cannot be completely eliminated!"

"Plus, those dragon hunters would bathe in dragon blood to cultivate their bodies. This resulted in their bodies becoming demonized to varying degrees, even though their cultivation was not low."

"It's not a big deal if they have scales on their bodies, and some even have horns and tails. In short, they are neither human nor demon, and will not be tolerated by the three realms after death!"

"Damn, a biochemical warrior?" Jiang Li exclaimed as soon as he heard it.

Ruiyuan naturally didn't understand what Jiang Li said, but he was very smart and guessed what he meant from the tone of his voice. In short, he was very surprised.

Jiang Li, however, did not care whether Rui Yuan could understand him or not, and just said to himself: "I thought these dragon hunters were something great, but I didn't expect them to be just a group of sorcerers who have gone astray!"

"That's right. I've said it before. They are just a bunch of crooked people who want to take shortcuts. They are not worth mentioning at all!"

However, Jiang Li asked again, "This is still not right. You still haven't told me what the catfish monster is like, and where are your shrimp soldiers and crab generals?"

Rui Yuan sighed again when he heard this, "Those shrimp soldiers and crab generals are all dead, eaten by the catfish monster!"

"Back then, my Dragon Lord used the Dragon Palace formation to kill those dragon hunters, but he himself was seriously injured and died, with real dragon blood flowing out of his body."

"I was devoured by the aquatic creatures in this lake, and awakened a trace of true dragon blood. Otherwise, with my and that catfish spirit's mortal beast roots, how could we have achieved our current level of cultivation!"

"So that's how it is. I thought you were one of the descendants that Jialongjun left behind because he couldn't stand the loneliness!"

Rui Yuan was about to explode when he heard Jiang Li slandering his own Dragon King.

Jiang Li immediately apologized and comforted her upon seeing this, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was just joking, don't take it seriously!"

Hearing Jiang Li say this, although Rui Yuan was furious, he did not continue to get angry because he knew he could not do anything to him now.