Mysterious mirror hanging high

Ye Lingyue led Jing Yu to a quiet place in the Ye family. Jing Yu looked around and thought to himself:

"This Ye family ancestor is a simple person, very different from many Yuanying Zhenjun who pay attention to pomp and majesty."

He followed Ye Lingyue into a bamboo hut, pushed the door open, and found an old man in a white robe and white beard sitting cross-legged, looking at Jing Yu with a smile on his face.

However, Jing Yu did not look at the old man at first glance. Instead, his attention was attracted by the two huge alien insects beside the old man.

These two alien insects have three pairs of red crystal compound eyes arranged in a fan shape on their foreheads. Their mouthparts are spiral cones made up of retractable meteorite-colored serrations, which emit a humming sound similar to a dragon's roar when in motion.

The back is covered with densely packed black dragon scales, and the surface of each scale has naturally formed patterns. The abdomen is dotted with purple-red pores, and the six pairs of appendages end in the shape of dragon claws, looking sharp and intimidating.

The spiritual pressure emanating from these two strange insects is actually the spiritual pressure of the Nascent Soul!

Jing Yu was shocked when he saw this: "An alien insect in the Nascent Soul stage!"

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Xuan Jing, seeing is believing. We have known each other for a long time, and today we finally meet!"

The white-bearded old man laughed heartily, and actually stood up and walked forward to hold Jing Yu's hands.

"Senior Jiang Huai, you are too kind."

Jing Yu acted as if he was flattered. After all, the ancestor of the Ye family in front of him [Ye Jianghuai] was a Great True Lord in the late Nascent Soul stage. Apart from the Divine Transformation cultivators, he was almost at the top of this world. Naturally, he could not be arrogant.

As a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, Ye Jianghuai naturally had amazing spiritual perception. He had already noticed Jing Yu's attention to the two strange insects beside him and said:

"Can Xuan Jing recognize what kind of alien insect this is?"

Jing Yu said respectfully, "I don't know, please give me some advice, senior."

Ye Jianghuai seemed to be greatly pleased with Jing Yu's humble attitude. He smiled and twirled his beard, saying, "It's normal for Xuan Jing not to know. This strange insect is called a Dragon Louse, a parasite that lives on true dragons. It's only found on a few Dragon-Slaying Islands in the entire East China Sea."

"How many Dragon Slaying Islands?"

Jing Yu was surprised and asked, "Isn't this Ye family island the only Dragon Slaying Island?"

Ye Jianghuai said leisurely, "Xuanjing, do you know why this place is called [Dragon Slaying Island]? There are more than one true dragon with the cultivation level of Divine Transformation in the Luoxing Inner Sea. The name of this island is taboo for the dragon clan. My Ye family is only a Yuanying immortal clan, how dare we give it such a name?"

"Actually... this Dragon Slaying Island was formed from the corpse of a Divine Dragon Lord who possessed true dragon blood!"

"what?!"

Jing Yu exclaimed in astonishment, "Isn't this impossible? The Divine Dragon King died in the East China Sea. Why didn't the dragons take his body? Instead, they turned it into an island here?"

Ye Jianghuai sighed and said, "This matter dates back to the end of the ancient times. At that time, the dragon clan was powerful and dominated the five seas. Not satisfied with the status of the king of the sea, they even wanted to get involved in the four immortal continents."

"At that time, all four major immortal continents had Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarchs step forward. Among them, the one who stood out from [Penglai Immortal Continent] was [Penglai Heavenly Monarch] Xiao Buyi."

"Xiao Tianjun casually slew dragons in the East China Sea, annihilating four Divine Dragon Lords in a row. He then severed their heads, drained the vitality from their bodies, and transformed them into islands, pinning them to the East China Sea. This served as a boundary, warning all Divine Dragon Lords never to enter this sea area or invade Penglai..."

"More than 20,000 years have passed since then. Although Xiao Tianjun has ascended to heaven, his influence remains. The dragon race has since retreated to the inner sea, recuperating and living in peace with the human race..."

"There's actually such a secret." Jing Yu exclaimed in amazement, "The Ye family is so fortunate to have been able to occupy the corpse of a Dragon King as their clan land."

"Actually, there's nothing much to praise about it." Ye Lingyue chuckled beside him and said, "If this Dragon King's body really still had value, how could a Yuanying Immortal like my Ye family occupy it?"

"Twenty thousand years ago, Xiao Tianjun had already plundered the Dragon King of all valuable materials and extracted his blood, energy, and vitality. The part that has now become an island no longer possesses any magical properties. Only some residual dragon energy remains, nourishing strange insects like the [Dytiscidae]."

"Xuan Jing Mo may look down upon this strange insect, which has reached the Nascent Soul stage. However, it cannot leave Dragon Slaying Island at all. Otherwise, once it loses the nourishment of dragon energy, it will die instantly. It can only be raised as a guardian insect beast on the island."

Ye Lingyue looked at the two dragon lice and suddenly frowned. She found that these two strange insects in the Nascent Soul stage were curled up into a ball and trembling at the same time.

She thought to herself, "Strange... This water louse is the companion insect of the Dragon Lord's corpse. As long as it doesn't leave Dragon Slaying Island, it's practically immortal. Normally, even if a Great True Lord in the late Nascent Soul stage visits, it wouldn't hesitate to flaunt its power... But why is it so timid today? As if it's seen its natural enemy?"

Jing Yu was speechless when he saw this, and then he understood what was going on.

Ever since he refined the dragon bone relic, his body has been carrying a layer of dragon power. Normally, he was fine if he restrained his aura, but because he just heard a secret, he accidentally revealed a bit of dragon power.

Although his cultivation is only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul, the source of his dragon power comes from the dragon bone relics. In terms of the status of dragon power, it is almost not inferior to that of a real dragon. In essence, it is far superior to the Dragon King who has only a trace of real dragon blood. Naturally, it will make the [Dragon Lice] instinctively fear it.

So he calmly restrained all his outward aura, and sure enough, the two shivering water lice gradually returned to normal, but there was still a hint of fear in their eyes when they looked at Jing Yu.

Ye Jianghuai's eyes flashed, and his evaluation of Jing Yu was raised to a higher level. He said calmly:

"Xuan Jing, you have established a Taoist sect in the East China Sea. Although it is a branch of the Xuan Ce Immortal Sect, it is also an independent sect. You must recruit many disciples. When you leave, if there are any Ye family members you like, you might as well accept a group of them. It will also be a good way to have some errands for you."

"If Senior Jiang Huai hadn't brought it up, I really wouldn't have known how to start."

Jing Yu smiled and said, "The [Xuanjing Immortal Sect] has just been established and indeed needs a large number of disciples to strengthen the sect. Since the talented people of the Ye family are willing to condescend to our family's Taoist lineage, we naturally welcome them."

"The Ye family is still only at the Nascent Soul stage, so we can still be considered a good match. But if the old senior becomes enlightened and attains the status of a Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarch, then we, the younger generation, will not be able to reach that level!"

Ye Jianghuai shook his head: "I only have less than two hundred years left to live, and without the background of a god-transforming god, I have long since stopped dreaming of becoming a god."

Jing Yu's expression changed. "Could it be that even a late Nascent Soul Great True Lord like Senior Jiang Huai doesn't have the opportunity to become a god?"

Ye Jianghuai laughed at himself, "Hey, the God Transformation Heavenly Monarch does need a few Nascent Soul cultivators to command and send, but as long as you have a God Transformation background, who cares whether you are in the early or late Nascent Soul stage?"

"When Jian Ge Tai Shang Chang Jingsi was still in the human world, even if a Great True Lord like me met Li Suxuan, who was in the early stage of Yuanying, who wouldn't be polite to this Jian Ge's Divine Transformation Seed?"