Star Trace Gate

Qingliang Mansion, in the back garden of the government office.

Ren Ye frowned and looked at Xiao Shuai in surprise, "There was once a real dragon in the migration area?! You are not just making this up, you bastard, are you trying to trick me?"

"Eh~~ Why do you think I'm like you?" Xiao Shuai pouted and said, "To be honest, if you weren't my eldest brother and we had a relationship of leading the donkey and sharing commissions, I would never tell anyone such a secret, because it involves the secrets of my Xu and Zhou families."

Ren Ye, upon seeing his seriousness, immediately bent down and sat down in the pavilion, urgently asking, "Brother, tell me quickly, what's going on with the real dragon in the migration area? Where is it now? Is it possible to find it?"

Xiao Shuai picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said seriously, "This... I don't know what's going on."

"Are you kidding me?" Ren Ye was immediately furious: "Do you believe I can let Brother Tiger make you unable to wear pants?"

"Don't worry." Xiao Shuai put down his teacup and said seriously, "About five hundred years ago, before the migration site collapsed, a female ancestor of the Zhou family in Longtian City was commissioned by the Divine Court to lead the family's most powerful members to the migration site, Tiandu City... In an attempt to lure the True Dragon away and have it hide elsewhere, this would ensure that if the migration site was occupied by chaos in the future, the migrating dragon vein's fortune would be preserved to benefit future generations."

"Legend has it that the dragon was a young dragon found by the first Lord of the Divine Court from among the myriad secret realms. He nurtured it with the dragon veins and luck of the entire migration land, and it is the last true dragon in the world."

"Oh, you might not know this, but this Zhou family is my father-in-law's family. They and my Xu family are both old residents of the land of migration, and we have been friends for generations. Both of our families were once members of the Divine Court."

"However, my future wife told me that her Zhou family's ancestor ultimately failed to bring back the True Dragon, and the strongest members of the clan who accompanied him also died in Tiandu. In the end, only the ancestor survived and returned... but he also died not long after."

Ren Ye listened to Xiao Shuai's narration without feeling any shock, nor did he feel that Xiao Shuai was bragging or exaggerating.

When the two first met in the secret realm of Fulai County, Xiao Shuai had left Ren Ye with the impression of someone with a distinguished family background, a simple mind, and a lot of money. You know, the invitation rule for that secret realm was that one had to be a Glory Captain to enter, so why was Xiao Shuai the Captain?

It's very simple. His family provided him with seven bodyguards who carried him into the secret realm which was extremely difficult.

But Xiao Shuai was also very smart and knew how to curry favor with someone, so he offered a hiring price of 300,000 star sources a day and unilaterally recognized Xiao Huai Wang as his big brother. In the end, he reaped a lot of rewards and landed the job successfully.

Therefore, it is not difficult to see from these details that the Xiaoshuai family must have a very strong foundation, or in other words, the ascetics in that secret realm are actually of great origin. There was only an ordinary gold digger... who eventually died.

Alas, the hemp rope breaks at its thinnest point...

However, the law of things always allows one to survive in desperate situations. The descendants of that ordinary gold digger now have a bright future.

Ren Ye sat on the stone bench and after a brief pause, he asked curiously, "In the past, both of your families joined the Divine Court?"

"Yes."

Xiao Shuai nodded and said, "The Divine Court was once the light of order. It reigned over the land of migration, was the legitimate orthodoxy of the world, and was in charge of the order of the old land."

"Then your two families' positions in the Divine Court are not low, right?" Ren Ye asked again.

"The Divine Court is a place that embraces all and gathers countless powerful people in the world. Its purpose and philosophy are very similar to the Jiuli Haoran Sect that you took the lead in promoting. It leads countless sects in the world and is a faith alliance of order. Although there are regulations and rules, when there is nothing going on, the sects and families under the Divine Court all develop on their own. However, if you must talk about status, then according to my understanding, our two families can only be considered medium... After all, there are so many sects with amazing backgrounds and outstanding people in the Divine Court... " Xiao Shuai replied very seriously.

Ren blinked and cleverly retorted, "Even if your two families' status in the Divine Court is only average, you should know a lot of information, right? For example, how exactly did the migration site collapse? What happened in the past? What are the specific stories of the many secret realms that the Heavenly Dao has re-evolved? What exactly are the disasters that the Heavenly Dao has always emphasized... You should have all of this information! But I've never heard you mention it before."

"You're not going to hide anything from us, are you?"

"Brother, your biggest problem is that you have a dirty heart." Xiao Shuai was speechless. "I need to know so much information... Do I still need to recognize you as my big brother? Isn't it good enough for me to charge you 300,000 star sources a day?"

"You have to know that the things you are asking about happened five hundred years ago!!"

He emphasized solemnly, "Furthermore, five hundred years ago, the entire migration area was shattered to pieces. Too many of the old people, and those who saved the world from collapse, died in that catastrophe. All information about them has long been lost."

"Take my Xu and Zhou families for example. Although we are both former residents of the migration area, during that era, we also operated some businesses in other secret realms."

"For example, the secret realm of Longtian City is where our Xu and Zhou families are fully developing."

"When that catastrophe struck, all those above the fifth rank in our two families perished in the battle that caused the migration area to collapse. Furthermore, all the relatives and children of our clan who lived in the migration area also perished when the area collapsed. My great-grandfather's lineage was in charge of managing Longtian City at the time, so they were lucky enough to escape the disaster."

"But after the collapse of the migration area, my great-grandfather's lineage lost the powerful support of the Xu family, the migration area, and its situation in Longtian City changed dramatically. It was a fifth-grade secret realm, and many competitors, coveting our wealth and resources, launched a siege against my great-grandfather's lineage... That battle killed almost all the elders in the family, and many of the family's treasured books and historical records about the migration area were lost... In the end, it was my grandfather who led the children and descendants in seclusion for nearly a hundred years, and only then was the family's foundation rebuilt. The Xu family, once a large clan of nearly ten thousand people, is now only our branch."

Xiao Shuai sighed, "The old saying goes, 'A fallen leaf returns to its roots.' In the hearts of the elders, no matter how wonderful Longtian City is, it's not home... So, after we relocated and reopened our headquarters, our entire clan's attention... has refocused on this shattered homeland."

"However, if you say that my people don't know anything about the past of the migration, you are indeed lying."

He chuckled and added, "How did our Xu family obtain the key to power? It's actually thanks to that little secret passed down through generations. But if you say... you want to be able to anticipate the enemy in the migration area with this little secret, that's absolutely impossible. After all, the will of heaven is unpredictable."

"Ah."

Ren nodded slightly, and after a moment's contemplation, he asked, "Okay, let's get back to the matter of the True Dragon. You just said that the Zhou family's ancestor ultimately failed to bring back the True Dragon from the migration site, and all the powerful members of the clan who accompanied him died... But this ancestor must know the True Dragon's whereabouts, right?"

"It's hard to say!" Xiao Shuai shook his head.

"No, what the hell do you mean?!" Ren raised an eyebrow and said, "Didn't the Zhou family's ancestor come back? She must know the whereabouts of the real dragon. Why is there anything wrong with telling her?"

"Brother, you don't know. My wife told me that the Zhou family's ancestor went crazy after returning, and passed away not long after." Xiao Shuai explained urgently, "No one knows what she went through in Tiandu City, nor does anyone know why those powerful members of the clan fell!"

"You bastard, you know nothing, why are you still trying to tempt me?" Ren Ye suddenly stood up and cursed, "Are you bullying my brother Tiger because his tiger whip is not sharp?!"

"When the Zhou family's ancestor passed away, this migration site hadn't yet collapsed. So, in order to find out the truth and facilitate their search for the true dragon, the Zhou family members worked together to set up a soul-locking formation, protecting a strand of the ancestor's true soul. They also attempted to use their divine perception to glimpse the truth. But over the years... the Zhou family's countless attempts have failed."

"No one knows what that ancestor went through in Tiandu. Her locked soul is also very strange. Even a sixth-rank person cannot awaken it."

Xiao Shuai frowned and said, "However, I've thought about it carefully. Your luck is one of the origins of heaven and earth, and it can suppress many strange and ominous things. If you can give it a try, you may gain something. This will not only solve the Zhou family's centuries-old mystery, but also help you find the true dragon soul and get some clues...!"

"I can try! I'm really curious about this, and I can even be the Zhou family's Conan for free!"

When Ren Ye heard Xiao Shuai's answer, he was extremely excited and wanted to hug his handsome face and kiss him twice.

You know, among the tasks for promotion to the fifth rank, expanding the territory and increasing the population are actually not the most difficult ones, because these two conditions are visible and tangible, but they are extremely difficult to operate.

However, the Human Emperor Seal is a divine object that symbolizes human authority, and is also a protective object that is closely connected to the Human Emperor's fate. If this seal cannot obtain the dragon soul, it will not have the power to transform into a dragon, and naturally it will not be able to be promoted to the fifth rank.

If the Human Emperor Seal does not reach the fifth grade, it means that Ren Ye’s path to the Emperor will not be able to move forward, including the future expansion of the secret territory; whether the power of luck can undergo a drastic change; and the inheritance of divine laws above the fifth grade of the Human Emperor Seal, etc., all of which will stagnate.

Therefore, when Ren Ye received this promotion assignment, he had a premonition in his heart. He felt that he might encounter the biggest hurdle since becoming a supernatural power user at the Fifth Level, and perhaps be trapped in this level for a very long time...

After all, the real dragon in the legend only exists in legends and is too difficult to find.

But now, the handsome Xiao Shuai brought him news about a real dragon. How could he not be excited!

He looked at the handsome Xiao Shuai and really wanted to love him deeply from the bottom of his heart.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Shuai looked at his excited elder brother and said with a grin, "Brother, let's settle the account. Give me a bottle of water of life, and I can show you the body of the Zhou family ancestor."

"Is one bottle enough?!"

Ren was stunned for a moment, then immediately asked back.

"My greatest strength is that I am not greedy."

"No, no, no, you're right. Brothers should settle accounts clearly." Ren Ye immediately waved his hand and said, "This news is worth at least two bottles of Water of Life. Don't worry, I'll give it to you as soon as I get it from my beloved concubine!"

"Brother, you are a particular person!"

"Hey, we're all brothers, what else is there to say?" Ren Ye waved his hand, turned around and shouted outside, "Oh, right. Brother Huang, you said this morning that the blessed land house that Xiaoshuai and the others bought... is going to be left unfinished, right?! I told you back then that we can't develop it if we don't have the ability. The difficulty of the secret realm is so high now, it's not easy to make a little money...!"

"I advise you to tighten your belt and deliver most of the houses on time. Only for those customers who are ignorant can you consider leaving the project unfinished for the time being."

Next to him, Xiao Shuai, upon hearing this, squinted his eyes and said, "Why don't you just say it directly and let Brother Huang leave my house unfinished alone."

"Are you sensible?!" Ren Ye turned around and asked.

"Speaking of being sensible... what else can I say?" Xiao Shuai gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see the body of the Zhou family's ancestor, and the Water of Life... No, I'm going to buy some more with my own money!!"