Dragon Clan: I'm too lazy to talk to you, you're not worthy to listen!

Chapter 234 The Four Fields

The Scorched Earth Conference marked the most significant beginning of the new century, officially sounding the clarion call in all four directions for the hybrid world of the Dragon Kingdom. — *Dragon Raja: Chronicles of Constantine*

When the flames died down and the lava cooled, the Zhou family's ancestral land turned into a black, scorched wasteland.

After transforming into human form, Sansun was taken out of the alchemical subspace.

San Sun was a very wise dragon attendant before. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, he cooperated with Norton to stage the scene of "the dragon appearing in the water" for Gongsun Shu, which strengthened his determination to become emperor.

Gongsun Shu is a character that no one would be unfamiliar with after twelve years of education. There is a poem that says, "The sleeping dragon and the leaping horse are all buried in the yellow earth, and human affairs and letters are all desolate." The leaping horse refers to Gongsun Shu, who called himself the White Emperor at the time.

Although Gongsun Shu was merely a puppet emperor of Norton at the time, he eventually regained control of the mixed-race forces.

At that time, in the southwest, in the Sichuan region, the overall situation was settled thanks to Norton's micromanagement. In order to prepare the urns for his and his brother Constantine's resurrection, Norton voluntarily relinquished power and went into seclusion underwater in Baidi City, where he began to build the underwater bronze city "Cube".

Taking advantage of Norton's decentralization, Gongsun Shu quickly dismissed the mixed-race core members that Norton had trained, and put his own confidants in power. Finally, he even took advantage of the weakened state of Norton and Constantine after they had just divided the bone jars, and stormed into Bronze City!

As always, San Sun stood quietly behind Norton with his head down, playing the role of a silent assassin.

Norton turned to look at his grandson, "Inside Bronze City, train those ancient dragons."

“Yes.” San Sun nodded quickly to Norton. He had just observed all the characters present, and many of them were familiar faces. San Sun thought to himself, “Norton, Constantine, Jormungandr, Fenrir, and Li Wuyue, the five Dragon Kings, are all here. Is the War of the Eight Princes about to begin again?”

In the history of the dragon race, the War of the Eight Kings refers to the story of eight dragon kings secretly betraying the Black King Nidhogg.

San Sun pondered, then looked warily at Ye Jingchen, who was drawing a map on the scorched earth. As an old dragon servant, San Sun could clearly sense that Ye Jingchen was not a dragon. He couldn't understand why such a hybrid could infiltrate the Dragon King's circle.

In San Sun's memory, the Dragon Kings were all extremely arrogant. Not to mention mixed-bloods, they even looked down on many of the next generation of pure-blooded dragons.

During the reign of Emperor Longzhi, being able to carry the Dragon King's sedan chair was considered an immense honor.

San Sun was a very well-behaved dragon servant. He stood silently three steps behind Norton. To have followed such an enraged monarch for so long without dying, one could not be ignorant of the rules, but being knowledgeable of the rules alone was not enough.

San Sun had already come to regard Ye Jingchen as an important mixed-race individual worthy of his attention.

Ye Jingchen quickly sketched out the approximate shape of a world map on the ground.

He turned to look at Jormungandr and Fenrir, pointing in the direction of ancient Rome, “Scourge of God, this is the road you know well, the road that swept across the past, where history repeats itself. World Serpent, Midgard Serpent, Dragon King Jormungandr. Li Wuyue and I have already dealt with Rimbaud for you.”

"Huh?" Jormungandr pointed to his face. "I'm different now than I was back then. I had a dragon body back then, but not now, not anymore."

Jormungandr waved his hand in refusal. This dragon king had been eating too much soft rice and had spoiled his stomach; he was no longer used to hard food.

Norton seemed to have seen through Ye Jingchen's thoughts at a glance. He approached and looked at the map. "You want to disperse the power of us Dragon Kings and attack in all directions at the same time?"

Ye Jingchen nodded. "Yes."

"Then which direction should Constantine and I go?" Norton asked, pointing to the map below.

Ye Jingchen said, "Go and calm down those black slaves. With your fiery temper, it's a waste of your talents to stay in a place like Dragon Kingdom."

Norton expressed his approval of Ye Jingchen's words, "That place has a relatively flat terrain, which is more suitable for my fire elemental spell release."

"You know more about alchemy, so make sure you get some powerful Dragonblood Warriors out there and get things done more efficiently," Ye Jingchen said.

Upon hearing this, Norton's expression turned serious. "Which type of Dragonblood Warrior do you want?"

Ye Jingchen: "Those who are not afraid of death and have strong combat power."

Norton: "I do have a way, but these Dragonblood Warriors won't live very long."

Ye Jingchen: "What kind of good breed is a race that can inject gorilla blood into its blood vessels? We don't need to worry about the lifespan of these Dragonblood Warriors."

Norton: "You're really cunning. This is a forbidden life alchemy, but since you've put it that way, I'll reluctantly help you."

Ye Jingchen: "How long can the lifespan be exactly? After all, the value of these things is mainly reflected in physical strength and working hours."

Norton: "You can rest assured about my abilities. Few dragons in the entire dragon race can match my skills. Those who could have lived to sixty years old can live for at least three more days after my alchemical adjustments."

Upon hearing Norton's words, Ye Jingchen was visibly taken aback for a moment. He couldn't help but give Norton a thumbs up, "When I heard you say that, I thought you would only survive for a few hours. I didn't expect you to live for three days. Norton, you are the real hero!"

Norton: "Time is of the essence. Constantine and I will set off immediately."

Ye Jingchen nodded and handed a folder to Norton. "This contains the locations of some pure-blooded dragons in that land, as well as a list of hybrids with special or dangerous Word of Power."

Norton nodded, took the folder from Ye Jingchen's hand, said nothing, turned to Constantine, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute," Ye Jingchen said, a flash of red light appearing in his left eye, transforming into a black vortex that distorted space. "Have you created an alchemical subspace? I'll return Bronze City to you now, along with the one hundred and twenty ancient dragons within it."

"A portable storage space? That's true." Norton frowned. "You're actually willing to give it back to me? And those ancient dragons... um... have you thought this through?"

Ye Jingchen: "I believe that conquering that place will be a very quick process for you. I hope you won't stop there and can expand outwards."

Norton: "Yes, I understand what you mean."

As he spoke, an ancient projection of the Dragon Kingdom began to appear in his hand. He looked confidently at Ye Jingchen and said, "Take it out now and place it in my palm, the Dragon Kingdom."

Ye Jingchen looked at the Dragon Kingdom in Norton's hand, and then, recalling the void within his own alchemical subspace, he frowned. "The space you created is more advanced than mine."

With that, he handed the Bronze City "Cube" to Norton.

The Bronze City "Cube" was instantly submerged in the water within Norton's palm dragon fruit, just as it had been submerged in the Three Gorges Reservoir.

Norton turned and, with Constantine and his three grandsons, drove away into the distance.

Xia Mi stared blankly at Norton's retreating figure for a moment, then looked at Ye Jingchen and blinked, "Boss, are you going to give me something good too? Is it some kind of ancient dragon, or something else?"

"What do you, a Dragon King, need these flashy but impractical things for? Besides, this is your second time conquering that land, what else do you need?" Ye Jingchen asked.

Xia Mi pouted, "No, boss, give me something at least."

“Alright then, you can take your brother Fenrir with you,” Ye Jingchen said, then looked down at the map again.

Jormungandr was stunned. "Huh? My brother is a free gift? Boss, are you kidding me? I thought my brother was coming with me. So you're making me conquer that land all by myself?"

“How could I give it to you for free? I originally wanted Fenrir to stay and help me, but after hearing how pitiful you sounded, I agreed to let him go and help you, the Scourge of God,” Ye Jingchen said, looking down at the map. “This is your second time setting foot on that land. I hope your progress will be a little faster than Norton’s.”

Jormungandr's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Huh? We need performance reviews too?"

She muttered a slight complaint, then turned and pulled Fenrir away.

Only Ye Jingchen and Li Wuyue remained at the scene.

Li Wuyue also looked down at the map drawn by Ye Jingchen and asked, "So, are we going to Australia, or somewhere else?"

Ye Jingchen paused for a moment, then said, "We won't go to Australia; we'll stay in China."

Li Wuyue: "Why?"

Ye Jingchen: "What kind of drama do you think will unfold after the Bai and Zhou families, the two major mixed-blood families in the Dragon Kingdom, fall?"

Li Wuyue: "After the collapse of the first-rate forces, the second-rate forces will stage a fierce struggle for succession, fighting and killing each other to rise to the top. So, do you want to stay here and take charge of the overall situation?"

Ye Jingchen: "Yes and no..."

Li Wuyue frowned. "Not at which point?"

Ye Jingchen remained silent, gazing quietly in the direction of Japan...

Kassel Academy.

A strange, burnt smell wafted from the dormitory building.

Fingel was frying a moldy pizza on an induction cooker when oil splattered onto his "Dragon Genealogy" textbook, burning a hole in Lu Mingfei's portrait.

Lu Mingfei was curled up in his gaming chair, staring blankly at the StarCraft login screen. His account had been blacklisted by "Don't Eat Cilantro" for three whole hours.

Only now has Lu Mingfei realized how angry he was with himself for not eating cilantro.

"Junior brother, try my special Cuban-style pizza." Fingel tossed the dark crust into the instant noodle bowl, "marinated it with alchemical chili sauce I smuggled from the equipment department..."

Although Lu Mingfei felt hungry, his stomach was still twitching and protesting, "Senior brother, move it away, I want to be alone."

He caught a glimpse of a dark figure flashing past the window and suddenly recalled the scene he had witnessed in the library cellar the previous night: Professor Manstein and Renata were studying the bronze compass left behind by Ye Jingchen, the reverse cross pattern on the compass face being exactly the same as the birthmark in a candid photo taken on the Night Watchers forum.

"Where do you think Senior Brother Ye is right now?" Lu Mingfei was choked by a smell as soon as he opened his mouth and coughed.

"Cough cough!"

Fingel's alchemical chili sauce was burning his throat, and he found the sensation quite comforting.

"Soaking in hot springs in the Amazon rainforest? Or digging dragon tombs in the Himalayas?" Fingel licked the cheese crumbs off his fingers. "If you ask me, he knows how to enjoy life much better than us. If I had money, I'd definitely live a more carefree life than him, junior brother, do you believe me?"

"Ding Ding Ding!"

An alarm suddenly blared, tearing through the air.

The alchemical alarm hanging behind the door spewed out purple smoke, and Fingel's treasured goddess swimsuit calendar spontaneously combusted into ashes in the smoke.

Lu Mingfei hurriedly put on his tactical pants, which hadn't been washed for three days, and discovered that his cheat sheet from last week's "Dragon Genetics" textbook was still stuffed in the pocket.

&34; Emergency evacuation! All trainees, proceed immediately to Valhalla Square! &34;

Professor Schneider's electronic voice crackled through the radio.

&34; Repeat... High-risk dinosaur fluctuations detected...&34;

Fingel suddenly pulled a dusty bronze box from under the bed:

It's time to show off our real skills!

He lifted the lid of the box, inside were twenty neatly stacked bags of cucumber-flavored potato chips—radiation protection reserve grain that he had taken from the equipment department last month.

“No, senior brother…” Lu Mingfei’s rant was interrupted by the sound of the door being slammed.

Renata burst in, holding a tablet computer, with crumbs of instant noodles still stuck to her ponytail.

&34; You still have time to eat snacks? Norma detected that the King of Bronze and Fire has appeared in the Black Caste... &34;

The entire dormitory building suddenly tilted 15 degrees.

Fingel's potato chips rained down on the window, creating a spiderweb-like crack in the bulletproof glass.

Through the crack, Lu Mingfei saw a scene he would never forget: a giant claw covered in bronze scales emerged from the clouds, and the lava flowing from its tip was melting the clock tower into a crimson red.

"Damn it!" Fingel stuffed the potato chips into his tactical backpack. "This is way more exciting than Alchemy Weapon Maintenance!"

As the three of them tumbled and scrambled down the stairs, Lu Mingfei suddenly caught a glimpse of his reflection in the corridor mirror. A figure wearing a crow mask was making a throat-slitting gesture at him.

He recalled what the little devil had said during their last meal together:

&34; When the Dragon Kings begin to reclaim their territories, the pieces on the chessboard should realize their final value. &34;

The deafening roar of the dragon swallowed up the unfinished words.

The dragon's body seemed about to smash through the dome, with pale flames cascading down like a waterfall.

During his escape, Lu Mingfei touched a cold metal object in his pocket. It was an alchemical USB drive he had found in the cellar the night before, with Ye Jingchen's name engraved on it.

Lu Mingfei looked down at the USB drive. "Senior Brother Ye, what exactly are you doing?"