249: Chapter 249 Long Da finds a baby Yinglong!

The Immortal Realm, the Abyss of Cangwu in the East.

This place was not considered prominent on the map of the Immortal Realm; it had neither Spiritual Mountain Wonderlands nor any Immortal Caves of immortal families.

It was merely a stretch of rolling barren hills and wild ridges, where the Spiritual Qi was so thin that even Loose Cultivators were too lazy to settle here.

Precisely because of this, it had instead become Long Da's favorite place to wander.

It didn't attract attention, and those he encountered were mostly solitary Loose Cultivators; he felt no psychological burden when tricking them into joining his Heavenly Court.

Today, Long Da, with his signature dragon horns, was aimlessly traversing through these barren mountains.

The Heavenly Court was currently in a dormant state and could not make any major moves on the surface, but Long Da could not stay idle.

He mused that while large-scale expansion was out, surely poaching on a small scale would be fine?

Anyway, that old boy Emperor Cang was currently busy dealing with the Alliance between the Buddhist Sect and the Demon Court; how could he have time to care about a few missing people in a corner of the borderlands.

As he was walking, Long Da's footsteps paused.

Ahead, a hidden mountain valley fissure emitted a faint, intermittent fluctuation of Spiritual Qi.

That fluctuation was so weak it was almost about to dissipate, but the aura contained within it made Long Da raise an eyebrow slightly.

A True Immortal?

Long Da pushed aside the hanging vines and squeezed inside sideways.

Inside the fissure was a hidden world—a small valley floor, jagged with rocks and completely barren of vegetation.

In the center of the valley floor, a black-and-white mass was curled up among the rubble, its entire body covered in wounds and its breath failing.

Long Da squatted down and scrutinized it carefully for a while.

The thing looked like a dragon, yet it possessed a pair of fleshy wings.

Its scales were an intertwined pattern of black and white across its entire body.

The black parts were deep like ink jade, while the white parts were as warm as mutton-fat jade; it was truly beautiful.

Its cultivation level was actually at the True Immortal stage.

Although the Immortal Realm was vast, True Immortals were not as common as roadside cabbages.

Long Da squatted there watching for a long time, and his heart stirred.

This appearance seemed like the legendary Ying Dragon.

A winged dragon, a rare species of heaven and earth, considered a rare commodity even among the Dragon Clan.

As the Self Body, one of Gu Yan's three great Incarnations, Long Da naturally inherited some of the original body's hobbies.

Ming He liked to raise small animals, Immortal Emperor Yuan Fang liked to collect various interesting small objects, and what about Long Da? He liked both.

If he met a pleasing little creature, he wanted to raise it; if he met a rare little object, he wanted to collect it—his main principle was to never refuse anything that came his way.

This little Ying Dragon before his eyes was quite pleasing to the eye.

Long Da immediately decided to provide medical treatment, figuring he would keep it by his side for now.

As for whether it would survive or if it would bite the hand that fed it once it grew up, that was a matter for the future.

He would save its life first; everything else could be discussed later.

He reached out and placed his hand on the little Ying Dragon, channeling immortal essence from his palm, which slowly seeped into the other's body.

As soon as the immortal essence entered the body, Long Da sensed something was wrong.

An eerie power was entrenched within the little Ying Dragon's Meridians, like an invisible membrane, tightly wrapping around its internal organs and the pathways of its spiritual power circulation.

This power was exceptionally stubborn, rejecting external immortal essence while also suppressing the little Ying Dragon's own self-healing abilities.

No wonder this little thing hadn't healed despite its injuries being this severe.

It wasn't that its Physique was poor; it was that someone wouldn't let it get better.

Long Da became interested.

He first cautiously tested the strength of that power and gained a clear understanding in his heart.

The level of this power was not low; an ordinary Immortal King would likely be helpless against it.

But was he an ordinary Immortal King? He was Gu Yan's Self Body Incarnation, an existence that inherited seventy percent of the original body's strength.

Long Da took a deep breath and directly increased the output of immortal essence.

The immortal essence poured in like a torrent, clashing head-on with that eerie power.

The little Ying Dragon's body jolted violently, and it began to twitch all over.

But Long Da did not stop.

This kind of thing required finishing in one go; if he gave up halfway, that power would make a comeback and would be even harder to deal with than before.

The little Ying Dragon bared its teeth in pain, its entire dragon form trembling.

However, its aura gradually stabilized during this process.

Those powers of the Restriction entrenched within its body were washed away completely by Long Da's immortal essence.

The little Ying Dragon bared its teeth and let out a low cry, then suddenly snapped its eyes open and woke up.

Those vertical pupils were confused at first, then quickly turned into wariness.

A moment later, it perceived the change in its own injuries.

That eerie power that had tortured it for so long, making it long for life yet unable to die, had disappeared.

The wariness in the little Ying Dragon's eyes gradually faded, replaced by a hint of confusion and testing.

“Was it you... who saved me?” Its voice was tender, like that of a seven or eight-year-old child.

Long Da nodded.

The little Ying Dragon lowered its head and said, “Many... many thanks to Senior for saving my life. My name is Yao Xuan.”

Long Da laughed heartily and reached out to rub its head. “Yao Xuan? A good name. You caught my eye; from now on, be my Spiritual Pet.”

“Follow me, and I guarantee you'll live a life of luxury.”

Hearing this, Yao Xuan's expression became visibly hesitant.

It wasn't that it was unwilling.

The person before it had dragon horns on his head and an unfathomable aura; he could casually dissolve that Restriction power that had left it helpless, so he was definitely no ordinary person.

Being the Spiritual Pet of such a powerhouse was not a loss.

But the problem was...

“I... might bring you trouble,” Yao Xuan whispered.

Long Da raised an eyebrow. “What is your background?”

Yao Xuan opened its mouth, wanting to say something.

But it couldn't utter a single word.

Seeing this, Long Da understood.

This was a gag Restriction.

That Restriction was hidden extremely deep; even the power he had just dispersed was only its external manifestation.

The true core was still firmly embedded within Yao Xuan's soul, specifically to prevent it from revealing its origins and background.

“Fine, if you can't say it, then don't.” Long Da waved his hand, signaling it not to force itself.

After saying that, he began to calculate and deduce with his fingers.

Although Long Da did not have the original body's haotian mirror, his methods for deduction, divination, and perceiving Karma were all top-tier.

immortal essence circulated, and spiritual light flowed at his fingertips.

Long Da closed his eyes and traced back along the remaining threads of Karma on Yao Xuan's body.

However, the results of the deduction were somewhat unexpected to him.

He couldn't calculate it.

Regarding Yao Xuan's origins, the threads of Karma simply snapped at a certain point, and its background was impossible to find.

Long Da opened his eyes and looked at the little thing curled up before him; the interest in his eyes grew even stronger.

The fact that he couldn't calculate it made him want to raise it even more.

True Immortal combat power was secondary; it was mainly because its appearance was cute and it had won his heart.

As for trouble, Long Da had been around the Immortal Realm for so long and had never been afraid of any trouble.

Nevertheless, Long Da still used his Divine Thought to contact the original body and reported the minor incident that occurred today in its entirety.