Dragon City was the political, economic, and cultural center of the Soaring Dragon Continent. Although it was only a city, it was on par with the four empires. The headquarters of the four major business groups were all here, and every generation of dragon king was the leader of the white path in the ordinary cultivation world. Moreover, the Hidden Dragon Pavilion was not only the largest self-cultivation sect on Dragon-Phoenix Planet, but also ranked in the top ten in the self-cultivation world. It was just that very few people knew about it. The only assassin organization on the Soaring Dragon Continent, Dragon Sting, and the largest intelligence organization, Dragon Shadow, were loyal to the Dragon Palace (the other assassin organizations were all destroyed by Dragon Sting).
More than five thousand years ago, the four empires were dissatisfied with the existence of Dragon City and plotted to send troops to besiege Dragon City at the same time. However, the day before the army was dispatched, the four great commanders of the four countries were all assassinated. At the same time, a warning letter appeared in the bedrooms of the four emperors." I don't want something like this to happen again in the future. Dragon King, Dragon Aoshi." From then on, the four empires no longer dared to mention anything about destroying Dragon City.
It was midsummer. Fresh flowers bloomed everywhere in the Dragon Palace, and the fragrance of flowers filled the entire city. In an exquisite courtyard called Rain Listening Pavilion, the seven-year-old Long Tian was sitting in Zhou Min's arms.
Long Tian tilted his head and asked,"Mother!" Why did he have to hide his strength and not let anyone know?”It turned out that it was not that Long Tian's aptitude had become mediocre, but that he had hidden his strength.
"Because only people with mediocre talent are not a threat to others, so people will not pay attention to them. Remember, when you don't have enough strength to deal with all kinds of schemes, don't expose your strength to others. Otherwise, you won't even know how you died.”Zhou Min said as she stroked Long Tian's head.
"Why would others want to kill me? And why did he hide it from his father? Could it be that father will also harm me?" Long Tian blinked his big eyes and asked curiously.
"Because you are the prince of the Dragon Palace. You have harmed the interests of many people. As for your father! I know him too well. He's not scheming at all. He's usually fooled by Li Fang. Perhaps one day, you will be killed because of him.”"Jie 'er, one day Mother will be gone. No matter what happens, you must stay strong and live on." Also, no matter what your father has done to you, you have to forgive him. After all, he is your father.”Li Fang, the princess of the Li Empire, had been engaged to Long Xiaotian since they were young. Ever since she married Long Xiaotian seven years ago, she had become the Dragon Empress of the Dragon Palace. In the autumn of the second year, she gave birth to a son for Long Xiaotian, named Long Feiyang.
"Mother! I don't want you to leave me. You'll definitely be by my side forever, right?”Long Tian tightly hugged Zhou Min's neck and asked nervously.
"Silly child, how can there be a child in this world who stays by his mother's side forever? You still have to be the Dragon King in the future, and you still have to get married and have children! You haven't promised mother yet!"
"I promise you!" Long Tian's eyes flashed with determination.
"Good! You must keep what I'm about to tell you a secret…"
"Even if you don't tell father.”Long Tian interrupted Zhou Min before she could finish.
"Child, you're already so big, yet you're still so mischievous.”Zhoumin gently knocked Long Tian's head.
"Actually, every star in the sky is as big as the Dragon-Phoenix Star. Some stars also have people on them.”
"Really?"
"Don't interrupt, let me finish before you ask. The entire universe is divided into the Mortal Realm, Netherworld Realm, Immortal Realm, Devil Realm, Demon Realm, God Realm, Devil God Realm, and Demon God Realm. We are in the Mortal Realm, and the Dragon-Phoenix Planet is just an ordinary planet in the Mortal Realm. There were many people in the mortal world who were cultivators. The cultivation stages were divided into the fasting stage, the heartbeat stage, the aurous core stage, the nascent soul stage, the out of body stage, the soul splitting stage, the body synthesis stage, the tribulation passing stage, and the dacheng stage. Each stage was further divided into the initial, middle, and late stages. Those with high cultivation could topple mountains and overturn seas, traveling ten thousand miles in an instant. Some could even ascend to the immortal world in the end and become immortal. However, cultivation was a heaven-defying journey. One had to suffer heavenly tribulation. Only by transcending the heavenly tribulation could one ascend to the immortal world. However, less than 1% of people could transcend the heavenly tribulation. On the other hand, the cultivators on the Soaring Dragon Continent and the Phoenix Cry Continent all entered the path through martial arts. They only began to truly cultivate after reaching the Saint level. At that time, they would have the cultivation of the Leaving Aperture realm and would no longer belong to the secular world. Generally, they would not ask about the affairs of the secular world. They had their own circle of life called the cultivation world. Most of the Cultivators on Dragon-Phoenix Planet had lived in seclusion or gone to other planets. Jie 'er, mother knew from the moment you were born that you would sooner or later walk the path of cultivation. Because you were born with a lightning tribulation, it means that your birth was incompatible with heaven and earth. Promise mother that no matter what happens or how much difficulty you encounter, you will be strong and live on! As long as you're alive, there's hope!"
"Mother, don't worry. I will definitely live well!”Long Tian nodded firmly and asked,""Mother, how do you know so much?”
"Because mother is an early stage Soul Clone Xiuzhenist. Back then, her mother was being hunted by her enemies. After she was seriously injured, she had no choice but to escape here in order to avoid her enemies. Your father found me unconscious and saved me. Then we fell in love, and in the end, we had you. However, mother's injuries have not recovered, and her vitality was greatly damaged when she gave birth to you, so she won't be able to live for long.”
"It won't happen! No! Mother will definitely be fine! Mother, promise Jie 'er not to leave him! Jie 'er won't be naughty anymore!" Long Tian hid in Zhou Min's embrace and cried.
"Silly child, it's not like your mother's soul has dissipated. I'm just going to the Netherworld Realm! Perhaps we will meet again in the future!”Zhoumin also shed tears.
"Mother, really? Where was the Netherworld Realm? I'll go find you in the future, okay?" Long Tian asked happily.
"Of course it's true! The Nether World was the place where people's souls went after death. Legend had it that there was a Reincarnation Pool there, and souls could be reincarnated through the Reincarnation Pool. However, they would lose their memories after reincarnation. Don't worry, I won't reincarnate before you come looking for me. There were passages between the eight realms. As long as one passed through the passage, they could reach the other realms. However, I don't know where the passageway is either. However, it is said that when one's cultivation reaches a certain level, they can break through the void and fly to any realm. However, I don't know what realm they have to reach. You must keep this storage ring well. It can store many things, including all of Mother's things and some of Mother's gifts for you. It's a pity that Mother's cultivation technique is only suitable for women to cultivate and can't be passed on to you. However, the Divine Dragon Technique was also a very advanced cultivation technique. Entering the path through martial arts would make one more powerful than self-cultivators of the same stage. There's a jade slip here that records a simple array and weapon refining technique. When you reach the Golden Core stage, which is the Divine level, you just need to use your consciousness to explore and read the contents. Come, mother will teach you how to use the storage ring.”Zhou Min put a pure white storage ring that emitted a cold aura on Long Tian's finger and taught him how to use it.
Long Tian excitedly put the jade slip into the ring according to Zhou Min's instructions. Then, he took out a long sword from the ring. After putting the long sword in, he took out a fist-sized transparent crystal and asked,""Mother, what is this? Why do I feel so comfortable holding it?”
"This is an energy crystal. It's made of condensed spiritual energy. When you hold it in your hand during cultivation, you will absorb the spiritual energy inside. This is many times faster than absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and it can speed up your cultivation. You must keep this storage ring well. In the future, you can put important things in it, but don't use it in front of others. Also, the weapons in the ring were all magic treasures used by cultivators. Any one of them would be a treasure that people dreamed of in the secular world. Just like the sword you took out just now, it's a sword that can cut through iron like mud. Of course, if it was used with True Core Strength, its power would be even greater.”Zhou Min kept answering Long Tianjie.
"Mother, what is True Core Strength?”Long Tian tilted his head and thought for a while before asking.
"Refined elemental energy is the energy used by Xiuzhenists. It is an energy of a higher level than true qi. The Deity level experts on the Soaring Dragon Continent used the lowest level of True Essence Energy. The energy in your body is also True Core Strength, and it's a very high-level one at that. That's why even your father couldn't detect that you've already reached the Earth Realm. You must cultivate the Yin-Yang Secret Art well. I suspect that it is a cultivation art of the Divine Realm. After you cultivate it, you might be able to ascend to the Divine Realm.”
"Yes! I will definitely work hard to cultivate. I just don't know why I feel a headache whenever I think about teaching you the Yin-Yang balance.”Long Tian hammered his head in frustration.
"Alright, don't fret anymore! It must be because the Yin-Yang balance was too advanced and couldn't be taught to outsiders. Sigh! Mother is worried about you the most. You must remember not to tell anyone about your true strength! Also, I used my magic power to build a very large secret room below and set up a spirit gathering array and a maze array in the secret room. In the future, not only will you get twice the result with half the effort, but you won't be discovered.”
"Mother! I really can't bear to leave you. When I think about not seeing you for a long time, I want to cry again.”
"Silly child! If you want to cry, cry. You've never cried in my arms many times since you were born! If he didn't cry now, he might not have the chance to cry in his mother's arms in the future.”
" Wu…" Long Tian couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into tears."Mother! I'll definitely find you! Definitely!"
Seeing her son crying so sadly, Zhoumin couldn't help but shed tears.
In the autumn of that year, Zhou Min passed away.
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