101: Chapter 101 Dragon Crisis: I Heard Your Family Has Pregnancy-Preserving Medicine?

The sea breeze was slightly cool, dispersing the lingering traces of the romantic atmosphere on the deck.

Long Aoxue hung her head low. Her once bright and beautiful silver hair was now a mess, with a few strands sticking to her cheeks, which were covered in sweat and tear stains, making her look quite pitiful.

She was truly terrified.

The man before her not only possessed a terrifying physical body capable of suppressing a True Dragon with one hand but also had a heart colder than a demon's. He truly dared to sell her, a noble dragon Princess, to her mortal enemy like livestock.

"Speak."

Xu Chen sat with his legs crossed, a plate of peeled spirit fruits appearing in his hand at some point. He fed them to Nangong Waner by his side while glancing indifferently at Long Aoxue.

"You only have one chance. I hope to hear something valuable."

Long Aoxue took a deep breath, trying to suppress the sense of humiliation in her heart as she spoke in a raspy voice:

"You guessed right. The Dragon Clan... something indeed happened."

"Three months ago, to prolong the Dragon Clan's destiny, my Imperial Father forcibly entered secluded cultivation to break through to the Great Emperor Realm. However... he failed."

At this point, a flash of pain crossed Long Aoxue's eyes.

"Imperial Father suffered a backlash from the Great Dao. He was severely injured and fell into a coma, and he hasn't woken up yet."

"And my dear Imperial Uncle, the Black Dragon King Ao Hei, revealed his fangs at that moment."

"He conspired with several Supreme Elders of the clan, using the excuse that 'the Dragon Clan cannot go a single day without a leader' to forcibly take control of the Dragon Palace's grand array and place all the subordinates loyal to my father under house arrest."

Xu Chen chewed on a spirit fruit and commented indistinctly:

"Taking advantage of someone's misfortune to usurp power. I've seen this kind of drama so many times in mortal dynasties that I'm sick of it. Can't you dragons come up with something new?"

Long Aoxue bit her lip and continued:

"If it were just a power grab, it would be one thing. But he... that beast actually wants to force me to marry him!"

"He said my True Dragon bloodline is the purest in the Dragon Clan. He claims that by dual cultivating with me, he can break through his bloodline shackles and even have a slight chance to glimpse the Emperor Realm."

"I refused to the death. I risked everything by detonating a Saint Weapon to barely break through the encirclement and escape to this fringe region."

Hearing this, Nangong Waner couldn't help but tighten her grip on her sword hilt, a flicker of sympathy passing through her eyes.

As a favored daughter of heaven herself, she couldn't imagine how despairing it would be to face such a desperate situation—betrayed by everyone and forced into marriage by her own uncle.

"So, as the Princess, instead of recruiting troops outside to fight your way back, you ran off to chase a loach?"

Xu Chen pointed at the Crimson Flame Dragon below the flying boat, which had long since fainted from fright, his face full of confusion.

"Do you think I wanted to?!"

Long Aoxue was so aggrieved that her eyes turned red again.

"I was severely injured when I escaped, and my storage ring was lost in the chaotic battle. That Crimson Flame Dragon swallowed a Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Spirit Fruit. I needed its monster core to heal my injuries and recover my cultivation..."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Xu Chen shook his head with a look of disdain.

"A dignified Princess reduced to robbing a little snake to survive. You really are the shame of the Dragon Clan."

"You!"

Long Aoxue was choked with anger, but being in a position of weakness, she had to submit. She could only turn her head away resentfully and stop speaking.

"Alright, I've heard enough of your tragic story."

Xu Chen clapped his hands, stood up, and walked over to Long Aoxue.

"Although I sympathize with your plight, it doesn't offset the compensation for damaging my flying boat."

"Since you're a pauper now and don't even have a single spirit stone on you..."

Xu Chen rubbed his chin, his gaze scanning up and down Long Aoxue's body as if evaluating the residual value of this 'commodity.'

"Then there's no other way. I'm a man who values fairness in business. Handing you over to the Black Dragon King for the bounty seems to be my only way to cut my losses right now."

"Don!"

Long Aoxue's face instantly turned deathly pale.

She knew this man was absolutely capable of doing it!

"I have value! I know the password to the Dragon Clan's treasury! I know where peerless divine weapons are hidden!"

She shouted urgently.

"Anyone can make empty promises."

Xu Chen dismissed her with disdain.

"The Dragon Palace is currently occupied by the Black Dragon King, and the treasury locks have surely been changed. Do you think I'm stupid? Taking you to storm the Dragon Palace would be suicide."

"No! There's one more place!"

Long Aoxue spoke hurriedly, as if grasping at the last straw:

"There's one more place that only a dragon with the purest royal bloodline can open! The Black Dragon King definitely can't get in!"

"Oh?"

Xu Chen raised an eyebrow.

"Where?"

"Ancestral Dragon Abyss!"

Long Aoxue took a deep breath to calm herself and said in a low voice:

"That is the Dragon Clan's forbidden land and the burial ground of past Dragon Emperors. In the deepest part of the Ancestral Dragon Abyss grows an 'ancestral dragon divine grass'."

"It is a divine medicine born from being nourished by the essence and blood of past ancestors and absorbing the essence of heaven and earth for billions of years."

"Its effects are extremely heaven-defying. Not only can it bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh on bones, but most importantly..."

Long Aoxue looked at Xu Chen and said word by word:

"It contains an extremely gentle yet vast source of life essence. If given to someone with a weak constitution or damaged foundation, it can reshape their foundation and recreate their innate talent!"

"Even if an ordinary mortal pregnant woman eats it, she can give birth to a peerless genius with an Innate Spirit Body!"

"What did you say?"

Xu Chen, who had looked indifferent, suddenly had his eyes light up upon hearing the last sentence. It was like a wolf that hadn't eaten for three days seeing meat; the light in his eyes was almost terrifying.

"Are you sure... this thing has miraculous effects on pregnant women? And it can even improve the fetus's aptitude?"

"Absolutely certain!"

Long Aoxue was startled by his sudden reaction and subconsciously shrank her neck back.

"This is recorded in our clan's secret scriptures. It's said that a Dragon Queen once had a difficult labor and was on the verge of death. By relying on just one leaf of the divine grass, she not only survived but also gave birth to a Dragon Emperor with an ancestral bloodline."

"What a good item!"

Xu Chen slapped his thigh hard. The coldness on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a fervor known as 'doting father.'

"The wives back home were carrying either Chaos Bodies or Divine Demon Bodies; every single one of them was a resource-devouring monster. Although the family had plenty of resources, how could those postnatal supplements compare to this kind of innate divine medicine?"

"If I could get this 'ancestral dragon divine grass' back and give a few leaves each to Hongyi, Qingge, and the others..."

"Wouldn't the children born from that just take off?"

"I want this medicine."

Xu Chen waved his hand and made the decision on the spot.

"But..."

Long Aoxue gave a bitter laugh.

"The Ancestral Dragon Abyss is at the very core of the Dragon Clan's territory. It's now heavily guarded by the Black Dragon King's troops. Although they can't enter the forbidden area's interior, not even a fly can get through the perimeter."

"Given our current situation, it's simply impossible..."

"Who says it's impossible?"

Xu Chen interrupted her.

He turned around and looked at the Dragon Clan territory in the distance, shrouded in demonic clouds, a domineering arc curling at the corners of his mouth.

"Originally, I didn't want to get involved in your Dragon Clan's messy family affairs."

"But since your family has this kind of top-tier fetal-soothing medicine... oh, no, divine medicine."

Xu Chen turned back, reached out, and gently patted Long Aoxue's exquisite face. The movement was so tender that it gave Long Aoxue goosebumps.

"Then this is no longer just your family affair."

"This is a top priority concerning the healthy growth of the Xu Family's next generation!"

"Her Royal Highness the Princess."

With a flick of his wrist, a sword qi flashed, instantly severing the Immortal-Binding Rope on Long Aoxue.

"Pleasure doing business with you."

"Lead the way."

"This Young Master will take you back to the Dragon Palace to reclaim your throne."

"Of course..."

Xu Chen held up a finger, his smile brilliant.

"As payment, that ancestral dragon divine grass belongs to me."

"As for you..."

His gaze swept across Long Aoxue's breathtaking figure.

"In consideration of your merit in providing information, you can serve as my guide for now."

Having regained her freedom, Long Aoxue rubbed her numb wrists and looked at the man before her who had changed his tune in an instant, feeling completely dazed.

Simply because of... a single medicine?

This man was just shouting about killing her and wanting to sell her a moment ago.

Yet, as soon as he heard that the medicine could soothe a fetus and was good for children, his attitude immediately did a 180-degree turn. He was even willing to take on the entire Dragon Clan rebel army for this medicine?

This human...

Is he too greedy, or too devoted to his family?