241: Chapter 241 The Dragon Spirit's Metamorphosis: The Reverse Scale Turns White?

"You two... have reconciled?" Lin Ran was stunned.

It was said that three women make a show, but in his eyes, the show put on by these two women was far more than that of three.

"What reconciliation? Rebellious Disciple, when have I ever fallen out with Little Sister Meng Qing?" Su Xiyue glared at Lin Ran.

"Exactly, exactly! Big Sister Su is right!" Meng Qing chimed in from the side.

Lin Ran naturally couldn't out-argue two mouths with one, so he simply stopped debating with them.

He turned around, his gaze fixing on Long Ling.

Long Ling was consuming the Demon Dragon's corpse very quickly. Even though the Demon Dragon's corpse was sky-covering and unimaginably vast, its flesh and blood were quickly bottoming out under Long Ling's eating speed.

"Truly worthy of being a Long Ling. I didn't expect it could really devour the entire corpse of this Demon Dragon!" Seeing this scene, Meng Qing exclaimed with genuine emotion.

"What kind of Dragon Clan is this?" Su Xiyue asked curiously.

Meng Qing glanced quietly at Lin Ran. Seeing that he didn't react, she leaned into Su Xiyue's ear and whispered something.

"What?! A true..." Su Xiyue stopped mid-sentence, her face full of shock.

"It is indeed a True Dragon Hatchling. I once brought a True Dragon Egg out of the Prison Dragon Demon Clan and hatched it. That is Long Ling," Lin Ran nodded slightly and said.

Hearing Lin Ran admit it personally, Meng Qing and Su Xiyue were both shaken.

Su Xiyue fixed her gaze on Long Ling, while Meng Qing's gaze darted back and forth between Lin Ran and Li Wuqing.

"Alright, there is nothing to hide. The identity of Long Ling as a True Dragon Hatchling will likely be known to the world before long."

"How long can one hide it?"

Long Ling was a True Dragon Hatchling, and having now devoured the Demon Dragon's corpse, her cultivation would inevitably skyrocket!

Once Long Ling's cultivation rose, she would certainly have to share his burdens. Otherwise, what was the point of him hatching Long Ling?

And once Long Ling took action more often, her identity would definitely be exposed to the world. The identity of a True Dragon Hatchling could not be hidden from the people of the world for too long.

"Woo~" Before long, Long Ling had completely devoured the Demon Dragon's corpse.

Her belly had grown a full circle, round like a ball, and she lay on the ground, leisurely and comfortably.

But very quickly, her round belly began to shrink slowly before everyone's eyes at a speed visible to the naked eye. Inside it was the majestic energy contained within the Demon Dragon's corpse.

The shrinking of her belly meant that Long Ling was frantically refining this energy. Long Ling's cultivation was also climbing crazily at this moment, stepping into the Emperor Realm before long.

"Truly worthy of being a True Dragon Hatchling. Not only is there no bottleneck when breaking through Realms, but she also does not attract a Heavenly Tribulation. This is a creature truly favored by heaven," Su Xiyue sighed.

True Dragons, True Phoenixes, and other such heaven-favored races indeed had powerful Innate advantages.

"No rush. The Demon Dragon was at the Tianshu Divine Realm before it died. Long Ling has only just broken through to the Emperor Realm. Where does that even put us?" Lin Ran said leisurely.

Sure enough, in the next second, Long Ling's cultivation climbed again, quickly condensing Divine Fire, forging a Godhead, and stepping into the Divine Fire Realm.

"Eh? Long Ling's divine path hasn't been severed either?" Su Xiyue and Meng Qing were completely shocked to see this.

Su Xiyue was able to become a god because of the Forbidden Ground, which prevented her divine path from being severed by that eerie red light. Meng Qing was able to become a god by relying on the seven luminaries divine spring to forcibly reignite her Divine Fire and forge a Godhead. But Long Ling was different from them; Long Ling's divine path had not been severed, and it seemed she relied on herself?

Lin Ran rubbed his chin with his right hand, pondering this question as well.

Logically speaking, that eerie red light was an indiscriminate attack, so Long Ling's divine path should have been severed as well. He was able to resist that eerie red light because he possessed the Great Dao Immortal Body. Could it be that the True Dragon Bloodline within Long Ling could also resist that eerie red light?

Everyone was baffled by this. And after the Divine Fire came the Divine Bridge.

After Long Ling ignited her Divine Fire and forged her Godhead, under the illumination of her Divine Fire, a faint divine bridge leading to the Divine Void Land suddenly appeared.

At the end of this divine bridge, a majestic, magnificent, and dazzling Heavenly Palace seemed to descend from the clouds above the Nine Heavens, standing at the end of the divine bridge.

After devouring the Demon Dragon's corpse, Long Ling's cultivation actually broke through directly from the Quasi-Emperor Realm to the Heavenly Palace Realm, Fifth Heaven!

Coupled with the fact that she was a True Dragon, even though she only had the cultivation of the Heavenly Palace Realm, Fifth Heaven, her Aura caused even Li Wuqing, who had the cultivation of the Heavenly Palace Realm Seventh Heaven, to feel a sense of pressure, to the point where even his sword was trembling!

However, in the next second, an even more shocking scene occurred.

On Long Ling's body, among those pitch-black, gleaming scales, one scale actually turned a holy white, sacred and inviolable. That was Long Ling's reverse scale!

"Why has Long Ling's reverse scale turned white?" Meng Qing and Li Wuqing exclaimed in surprise.

Lin Ran was also baffled by this. Why did a perfectly fine reverse scale suddenly turn white? Could this be a sequela of devouring the Demon Dragon's corpse?

Only Su Xiyue seemed to have thought of something; her pupils contracted violently, and her heart trembled wildly. The information that Long Ling was a True Dragon Hatchling was enough to shock her. But she did not expect that after devouring the Demon Dragon's corpse, Long Ling would bring her such a big surprise!

No! This should be a surprise for Lin Ran! She really found it hard to imagine why her Rebellious Disciple's Luck could be so Heaven-Defying!

"Revered Master, could it be that you know something?" Seeing Su Xiyue's expression, Lin Ran asked.

Su Xiyue nodded: "Mm, I will tell you slowly after we go back."

At this moment, Long Ling, having finished digesting the Demon Dragon's corpse, flew over, shrank her size, and coiled around Lin Ran's waist. Otherwise, with her size which was comparable to a small hill after devouring the Demon Dragon's corpse, if she didn't shrink, she might have crushed Lin Ran to death!

"Woo!"

Long Ling was an idiotic dragon; she still couldn't speak human language and could only whimper. She affectionately rubbed her head against Lin Ran's chest, her eyes slightly squinted in comfort, and whimpering sounds kept coming from her throat.

Lin Ran knew that Long Ling was thanking him and showing affection. After all, without him, Long Ling would not have been able to devour this Demon Dragon's corpse. Although Long Ling was an idiotic dragon, she could still tell who was good to her and who was bad.

"Old Li, now that the Demon Dragon is dead, the dragon veins beneath the Jue Jian Imperial Dynasty are likely to gradually dissipate and vanish," Lin Ran said casually.

"What are you saying, Minister Lin? Even if the dragon veins are gone, so be it. The most important thing is that the Demon Dragon is dead. This sword that has been hanging over my head has finally been removed today!" Li Wuqing said happily.

"Minister Lin, this time you have truly achieved a great merit in slaying the Demon Dragon and quelling the rebellion!"

"I have thought about it, and there is nothing good enough to reward you with."

"These Seven Swords of Heaven Burial are not ordinary items; they were previously used to suppress the Demon Dragon."

"Now that the Demon Dragon is dead, I shall bestow these Seven Swords of Heaven Burial upon you, Minister Lin!"