183: The Secret of Dragon Valley, a Special True Dragon

“Is this the secret within Dragon Valley?”

With a flash of light in his eyes, Li Yun's gaze shifted toward the place where the dragon blood gathered.

As far as he could see, giant statues stood there, each one lifelike and radiating an extremely violent aura.

There were quite a few of these statues, approximately one hundred and nine in total.

One hundred of them were True Dragon statues, mostly at the Five-Clawed level, with a rare few being Six-Clawed, Seven-Clawed, or even Eight-Clawed.

However, Li Yun didn't pay much attention to those; instead, the nine special statues caught his eye.

“Qiuniu!”

“Yazi!”

“Chaofeng!”

“Pulao!”

“Suanni!”

“...”

Looking at those nine statues, Li Yun recognized their identities immediately.

The Nine Sons of the Dragon.

However, the nine sons depicted in these statues were not born from ordinary dragons, but were the Nine Sons of the Ancestral Dragon.

Li Yun could feel a dense aura of slaughter from them, and they were even surrounded by Evil Qi. Compared to the surrounding True Dragon statues, they were clearly much more powerful.

“Buzz, buzz~”

Suddenly, a buzzing sound rang out.

In the next second, two red beams of light shot out from the bottom area of Dragon Valley, locking onto Li Yun's Clone from the left and right.

“Not good!”

Li Yun's expression changed instantly.

He subconsciously looked down and could vaguely see a colossal creature coiled at the bottom of the valley. Although most of its body was still a statue, its head area had already become lifelike.

Furthermore, Li Yun was surprised to find that the statue actually had nine claws, and even a pair of Phoenix wings on its back. The scales on its body looked like those of the Dragon Clan, but were actually Qilin scales.

“Impudent~”

But before Li Yun could investigate further, an angry low growl echoed.

The next second, the Dragon Clan Quasi-Saint responsible for guarding this place appeared where Li Yun was. His eyes burned with fury as he stared at the Clone that had transformed into text, gritting his teeth as he said, “What a Transformation Technique, to think you even hid it from me.”

“Damned fellow, spying on my Dragon Clan's secrets, you deserve to die a thousand deaths!”

As he spoke, the Quasi-Saint acted, striking at the Clone with a palm.

Li Yun did not resist. He had already obtained the information he wanted, so there was no need to put up any resistance.

With a bang, the Clone exploded and its body shattered, turning back into a strand of hair that scattered, which was then completely destroyed by the Quasi-Saint's power.

“This~”

Seeing this, the Dragon Clan Quasi-Saint was dumbfounded.

A hair?

It wasn't the Main Body, but a Clone.

In an instant, the fury in his heart grew even more intense.

After all, when a Clone dies, its memories return to the Main Body. This meant the secrets of this place were exposed, and the fellow who had come to investigate had already gotten what they wanted.

“Damn it!”

“Damn it!”

Cursing, the Quasi-Saint immediately took out a jade talisman and roared, “Search! Capture every unfamiliar Cultivator in the East Sea Region for me!”

“Anyone who dares to spy on the secrets of Dragon Valley must be captured and annihilated as soon as possible. My Dragon Clan's secrets must never be leaked!”

“...”

In an instant, the East Sea Dragon Clan was in an uproar.

The East Sea Dragon King, in particular, had truly not expected that Dragon Island and Dragon Valley would be infiltrated by an outsider, and that their secrets would even be uncovered.

The East Sea Dragon King ignored everything else and quickly began mobilizing personnel for a manhunt.

This led to the Cultivators within the East Sea suffering. Any unfamiliar Cultivator would be attacked; the weak were captured directly, while the strong were besieged until reinforcements arrived to capture or kill them.

For a time, the entire East Sea fell into a state of turmoil.

Cultivators within either fled and retreated, or fought to the death against the Dragon Clan.

However, none of this had anything to do with Li Yun anymore.

By now, his Main Body had already left the East Sea area and successfully returned to the mainland.

Just then, the memories of the Clone were transmitted back. Li Yun's body jolted, and a playful expression appeared on his face as he murmured, “So that's how it is!”

“Dragon statues exist within Dragon Valley, and the Bloodline Power within the dragon blood crystals can revive the dragons within the statues.”

“Unsurprisingly, those statues were created using the corpses of True Dragons and the Nine Sons of the Ancestral Dragon from the Ancient Era. Once they are restored, they will be at least at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level, and possibly even Quasi-Saints.”

“Especially that special existence at the very bottom—dragon body, Qilin armor, and Phoenix wings. Is this a hybrid of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Clans from the Ancient Era? Or was it an entity pieced together later using the Bloodlines of the three clans?”

“Even the Quasi-Saint didn't notice my Transformation Technique, yet it saw through it with just its head. This fellow's situation definitely cannot be underestimated!”

As he spoke, Li Yun performed the Golden Light Escape, turning into a streak of light and speeding toward the inland.

He definitely couldn't stay in the East Sea for the time being. The key was to find a safe area as quickly as possible to go into seclusion and perfect his Three Flowers Gather at the Crown.

However, after flying for a while, Li Yun was stunned to find that the situation within the entire Great Desolation was even more severe than he had imagined.

Basically, all territories had already been occupied by others. It was virtually impossible for him to find a safe and quiet area for seclusion.

In desperation, Li Yun had no choice but to change direction.

In the current situation, the only places where he could Cultivate in peace seemed to be the areas of the Wu Clan and Kunlun Mountain.

Since this place was closer to Kunlun Mountain, Li Yun naturally headed straight in that direction... Half a month later, Li Yun's figure arrived at Kunlun Mountain.

As he flew inside, he immediately felt several Divine Senses appear and lock onto him.

And Li Yun could clearly feel that while some were Grand Unity Golden Immortals, there were also over a dozen Divine Senses belonging to Quasi-Saints.

For a moment, waves of shock surged in Li Yun's heart, and he thought to himself, “How long has it been? Only a few thousand years, yet so many like Five-Needle Pine have actually advanced to Quasi-Saint?”

“With a dozen or so Quasi-Saints plus the Three Purities, Kunlun Mountain has now become an existence that cannot be provoked.”

“Fellow Daoist Li Yun!”

Just then, a call came out.

Looking toward the source of the sound, he saw a Cultivator at the Quasi-Saint level appear before him, bowing with cupped hands. “Has Fellow Daoist returned this time to see the three Sovereigns?”

Hearing this, Li Yun raised an eyebrow.

Sovereigns!

It seemed the status of the Three Purities had truly risen significantly.

Originally, he only intended to return for secluded Cultivation, but now he was somewhat curious about the changes and situation of the Three Purities.

After a brief hesitation, Li Yun spoke up, “Indeed, I have come this time to see the Three Fellow Daoists!”

“Are the Three Fellow Daoists currently in Kunlun Mountain?”