80: Chapter 80 Cangming

Young Master Yuan Ze's only consolation now is that he listened to advice back then and did not go treasure hunting at the Weishui River with Uncle Hei. Otherwise, he would likely already be on the dining table of a human Martial Artist.

Seeing the message transmitted by Uncle Hei, Young Master Yuan Ze understood many things in an instant. Linking it to his clan brother Yuan Mo, who had often intentionally or unintentionally told him during this period that the Yao Beast of the Outer Sea had a unique flavor, he realized these were all traps—traps set to frame him!

A tiny inland river like the Weishui River, how could it possibly possess a 5th Rank treasure? Even if there were a 5th Rank treasure, it wouldn't be the turn of a damned Grade 4 Flower Snake to enjoy it.

It must have been given to the Flower Snake by his clan brother on purpose; otherwise, it would have been impossible for it to obtain such a precious treasure. Yuan Mo is truly generous, actually taking out a 5th Rank treasure just to frame me.

This damned Flower Snake actually dared to collude with his clan brother to frame him. Young Master Yuan Ze swore in the name of the Sea God that he would definitely make the Flower Snake pay the price, turn it into a sea lamp, and stick it deep in the sea for all eternity.

"Father, come quickly!"

"Your child is in danger."

Young Master Yuan Ze frantically used the Dragon Scale to call his father, hoping that his father, Cang Ming, could bring him back to the clan sooner. Once back in the clan, with Grandfather Clan Leader Cang Lan presiding, his uncles and cousins would certainly not dare to scheme against him again.

After this lesson, Young Master Yuan Ze decided to stay by his father's side in the future, hiding in the clan to Cultivate for several hundred years, and would not leave the clan until reaching the 5th Rank.

"Father, Father, help me."

Urgent calls were transmitted through the Dragon Scale toward the sea territory of the Black Flood Dragon Clan.

Cang Ming slowly opened his eyes. Has Ze'er gotten into trouble again? Didn't he go to the Conch Clan to celebrate that old conch's birthday? Why is he calling me so anxiously? After just one glance, Cang Ming's lazy body immediately stood up, and he roared, "Who dares to hurt my Ze'er!"

A dragon roar rang out, and waves thousands of meters high rolled within the Black Flood Dragon Clan's sea territory. A massive black flood dragon, several hundred meters long, flew rapidly toward the Outer Sea, occasionally traversing space, advancing one or two thousand kilometers each time.

Traversing space is a racial talent of the True Dragon clan. The ancestor of the Black Flood Dragon Clan was a Black Dragon of the True Dragon clan, naturally possessing a trace of the True Dragon Bloodline. Inherited to this day, the number of black flood dragons in the Black Flood Dragon Clan that still possess the True Dragon Bloodline is extremely small; out of hundreds of black flood dragons, it is estimated that only five or six still carry a trace of the True Dragon Bloodline.

Cang Ming only possessed a trace of the True Dragon Bloodline when he achieved his Breakthrough to the 5th Rank, thanks to Bloodline atavism. This also made it extremely difficult for him to conceive offspring; it took thousands of years to give birth to this one little flood dragon, Young Master Yuan Ze.

After the Bloodline atavism, Cang Ming's strength greatly increased. Once he achieved his Breakthrough to the 5th Rank, he was not much worse than his eldest and second brothers, who were veteran 5th Rank Demon Beasts that had broken through thousands of years ago. After Cultivating for several hundred years in the later stage, he even awakened the ability to traverse space, making his strength even more remarkable.

Cang Ming was then focused on and nurtured by Clan Leader Cang Lan, and his strength advanced by leaps and bounds for a period of time. However, ever since he had offspring, many resources were given to Young Master Yuan Ze, and Cang Ming's strength improvement slowed down.

This behavior of Cang Ming made his eldest and second brothers extremely dissatisfied. They complained to Clan Leader Cang Lan several times. After Clan Leader Cang Lan's warnings were ineffective, he stopped the preferential resource treatment for Cang Ming.

Young Master Yuan Ze, a little flood dragon, grew to the Middle Stage of Grade 4 in just a hundred years and could break through to the Late Stage of Grade 4 at any time. In the clan, he always relied on his status to show off, which made other flood dragons in the clan jealous, leading to this great disaster.

Cang Ming disregarded his own overdrafted life force and traversed space several times. In just one day, he crossed a sea area of 300,000 kilometers and arrived within the territory of the East Sea Outer Ocean.

"Getting closer and closer to Ze'er." Cang Ming sensed the location of the Dragon Scale. Through the information still being continuously emitted by the Dragon Scale, his heart was slightly at ease.

After eating a 5th Rank sea cucumber, Cang Ming continued to unleash his ability to traverse space, rapidly approaching Young Master Yuan Ze.

"It's not here." Ancestor Ye Rongming and the other two rode on Ancestor Wei Xinghe's Magic Treasure, crossing 50,000 li in less than a day, arriving at the sea territory of the Conch Clan.

Patriarch Wang Lingyun was anxious to hunt the little black flood dragon. On the way, he urged Ancestor Wei Xinghe several times to spend Spirit Stones to activate the Magic Treasure's acceleration Formation. He was also not stingy himself, directly taking out 100,000 Spirit Stones for Ancestor Wei Xinghe to use.

Through the efforts of Ancestor Wei Xinghe spending hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones, the three of them were able to reach the sea territory where the Conch Clan was located so quickly.

Just after arriving in this sea area, Patriarch Wang Lingyun couldn't wait to open his Divine Sense, quietly scanning every corner of the entire Conch Clan, but did not find the figure of the black flood dragon.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, you aren't afraid that we will share your flood dragon meat and intentionally tricked us, are you?" Patriarch Wang Lingyun said suspiciously.

"We were one step late; this flood dragon has run away." Ancestor Wei Xinghe held a scale in his hand, not knowing when he had picked it up. Judging by the shape, it was clearly one that had fallen off the black flood dragon.

"I said we should be faster! We wasted so many Spirit Stones for nothing," Patriarch Wang Lingyun said with annoyance.

"It wasn't wasted. This black flood dragon definitely hasn't entered the Inner Sea yet; we still have a chance." Ancestor Wei Xinghe said calmly and composedly, "Fellow Daoist Ye, it's up to you now."

Ancestor Ye Rongming dared to go to the Outer Sea alone to hunt Yao Beasts because he had his own trump card to rely on. Once, when attending an auction jointly held by the four counties, he accidentally obtained a secret technique for tracking Yao Beasts at a Loose Cultivator's stall.

This secret technique helped Ancestor Ye Rongming track many solitary Grade 4 Demonic Beasts in the Outer Sea to earn Spirit Stones to subsidize his household. At the same time, it assisted him in avoiding the encirclement and killing of 5th Rank Demon Beasts several times in the Outer Sea, allowing him to remain active in the Outer Sea for several hundred years without falling.

Otherwise, would Ancestor Ye Rongming have the guts of a Dragon and Phoenix to dare to hunt sea Yao Beasts alone in the Outer Sea for several hundred years!

This secret of Ancestor Ye Rongming was accidentally discovered by the alert Ancestor Wei Xinghe during a great beast tide. Because in the first month of the beast tide, Ancestor Ye Rongming perfectly avoided the attacks of all 5th Rank Demon Beasts, while other defending Martial Kings had more or less encountered attacks from 5th Rank Demon Beasts. This was too coincidental!

Afterward, Ancestor Wei Xinghe more than once wanted to spend a lot of money or precious treasures to exchange for this secret technique with Ancestor Ye Rongming. However, Ancestor Ye Rongming insisted that it was just a coincidence and did not admit that he had such a secret technique.

In the subsequent months of the beast tide defense battle, Ancestor Ye Rongming would arrange for himself to fight the weakest 5th Rank Demon Beast from time to time, fighting a symbolic exhibition match to confuse interested Martial Artists like Ancestor Wei Xinghe.

Ancestor Ye Rongming took the Dragon Scale and put it into his Storage Pouch, while still insisting, "I really don't have a secret technique for tracking Yao Beasts."

Ancestor Wei Xinghe and Patriarch Wang Lingyun were secretly disappointed in their hearts. Old Man Ye was too good at pretending; it was likely there was no hope for today.

Just as Ancestor Wei Xinghe was preparing to leave Ancestor Ye Rongming behind and take Patriarch Wang Lingyun back to Shuinan County, a pleasant voice rang out.

"I think that after the little black flood dragon was scared, it will definitely head straight for the sea territory of the Black Flood Dragon Clan, by the way seeking help from the old flood dragon. As long as we can intercept the little black flood dragon before the old flood dragon arrives, it is not without a chance." Ancestor Ye Rongming analyzed, pointing his finger in one direction, "Let's chase for another half a day. If we still can't catch up, then we can turn back."

"Good." Ancestor Wei Xinghe and the other person heard the subtext of Ancestor Ye Rongming and simultaneously understood his hint. Their lost mood suddenly surged. Ancestor Wei Xinghe identified the direction, activated the Magic Treasure's Formation, and took the two of them to chase rapidly again.

It was the last chance. If they didn't give it one last try, today would really be for nothing!

The three of them disregarded everything, killing any fish or shrimp that blocked their way. In half a day, they forcibly pushed forward, carving a path through 30,000 kilometers of a sea of blood, among which they slaughtered seventeen Grade 4 Demonic Beasts.

This could also be considered a backup plan. In case the black flood dragon wasn't caught, there would at least be some gains. It wouldn't be good for three Martial Kings to go out to sea once and return empty-handed!

The few of them opened their Divine Sense wide, sweeping all the way, not missing a single corner.

"There!" Patriarch Wang Lingyun looked excitedly at a dragon head exposed beside a reef ten kilometers ahead.