"Midnight and midnight, you want to go to that cold cave again? Why not leave it tomorrow morning."
“I… I don't know why either. But something urges me; it’s extraordinary..." - Flustered to explain, the young leader urged Si Mei.
“Can you at least tell me what you dreamed about? It's just a dream; the old lady doesn't like being disturbed in her sleep; it’s so frustrating." - Frustrated by being disturbed in the middle of the night, Si Mei appeared slow to move.
“In my dream, I saw that person… with a huge dragon….”
“That person… are you implying… Ling Tian?!”
The young leader nodded gently, rushing towards the ice cave deep in the forest.
The forest at night is more terrifying; the cry of reptiles, the rustling of the bushes from nowhere, the tall trees that block the light of the moon shining down, the surrounding is dark, glimmering with fire. Flickered from the torch in the young leader's hand.
"Tell me, is that what Ling Tian told you?" – Not receiving a proper answer, Si Mei refused to give up and continued to ask him.
“Han Nguyen… Who is Ling Tian? How did he become like this?" – One hand holds a torch to illuminate, and the other holds a small knife he always keeps with him to clear the forest.
Si Mei was silent for a moment, looking up at the sky covered by many trees, sighing at the young leader, her hand on his shoulder. After listening to her tell the story in the Eastern Palace, the young leader didn't know how to show his face, killed himself, and then wanted to save himself. Are dragons always so difficult to understand? Sighing and shrugging, walking on, the atmosphere became quiet, returning silence to the forest.
"This Xin Yuan..." - Unable to hold it any longer, the young leader took the initiative to speak first.
"What's wrong?"
“If you say I am Ling Tian's chosen body containing the dragon soul, why would Ling Jie want to kill me? Hasn't he seen me before?"
“He has met you before, but do you remember what you looked like before you resurrected?”
The young leader shook his head, his face drawn in wonder. Did he have a chance that others didn't even notice?
“Have I changed? I look in the mirror every day, but what happens when I wake up and my appearance changes?"
“Haiz, you are such an idiot. I told you, this village is not normal, after you become the hero of the villagers, overnight you change into another form, the aura that was present on you disappeared, you It took me a long time to find you here. It's okay that the wooden head Ling Jie didn't recognize you; after I decided to stay here to follow you closely, he also returned to the dragon world; the two of us haven't contacted each other for a long time… Besides, he didn't like humanity. You were struck by lightning once; could it affect your mind and make you not grow?” - As soon as he finished his sentence, Si Mei laughed.
Infuriated, the young leader grimaced and turned away, walking faster, leaving Si Mei's face behind. It was true that once he was hit by lightning, his body had no injuries, just scared to lose consciousness, but what does that have to do with intelligence?
"You mean I have Ling Tian's dragon soul in my body if he comes back to life... will I disappear?"
Si Mei did not answer because she did not know how to respond; living together was not long, but more or less, she also had close feelings for this boy, considered a younger brother in the family. The atmosphere became silent again as if no one had said a word until reaching the mouth of the cave; the old story from before replayed in her mind.
After Ling Jie continued to pursue the truth according to his dream, he secretly dug his brother's grave in the night but did not know where to hide his body. Sneaking back to his room, causing harm to Si Mei, he was afraid of death, did not dare to enter the room, persuaded his wife; he searched day and night to find a place where he could store the corpse to avoid the eyes and ears of the people in the clan.
In the middle of the night, lying face down on the exquisitely carved wooden table, next to an old, decaying, hand-painted atlas, unfinished reading, a cold wind opened the window and blew in the room, the rustling of paper in the map stopped at a fixed page and then stopped, the wind also decreased and stopped.
Ling Jie woke up startled, discovered he was too tired to fall asleep, and got up to close the things he was studying, but the atlas made him pay attention; it was just an area where the human race usually lived. Why is it engraved on the map of the dragon world? I quickly realized that this is also where Asura first launched the war, a seemingly ordinary site with such an important point, Ling Jie, in the night of transformation? They turned into a dragon and flew to this place alone, only to see the post-war leave. Looking down from above, he saw a cave deep in the forest that had something attractive to him; he landed deep in to discover a long-lasting permafrost cave, a suitable place to preserve his body.
The following day, he and Si Mei brought the body to the cave, borrowed the cold air of the cave to form an ice coffin, put the body on the ice, and poured water drawn from the stream on the body, immediately creating an ice coffin. A large block of ice covered the body. After completing the first objective, Ling Jie and Si Mei began to investigate the body of the Asura tribe, objects, weapons scattered on the surface, traces from the dragon's claws, and the recovery. With the mysterious birth of the villagers and the strange power of the young man, the beastmen grew in numbers.
Because of the peace treaty between the dragon clan and the human race, as the crown prince of the East, Ling Jie could not stay long, the two decided to temporarily part ways; Si Mei used the excuse of retreat to practice, unable to meet Who's face, disguised as a mortal woman with a strong personality. He returned to the dragon world; the time they met again could not be explained; he beat people so innocently because she wasn't sure either. Is it the "reservoir" of Ling Tian's dragon soul? Next is the life-saving screen I have just harmed; I want to give up and let these brothers handle it themselves!
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The two went deep into the cave; Si Mei was originally a female dragon, coming here; she also felt cold down her spine but still proved strong in front of this boy. The gray-faced young leader stepped closer to the ice coffin, touching the surface of the ice, emitting a cold aura. Si Mei confusedly approached to see his actions.
The person in the ice coffin… suddenly opened his eyes.