Chapter: Chapter 470
Perhaps Leticia’s statement was too astonishing, as the dragon elders debated until nightfall without reaching a consensus. However, this was normal; such a significant matter could not be concluded in a few short sentences.
In the end, the elders announced that they would discuss it again tomorrow and advised everyone to return and rest for the day.
Politely declining the dragon elders’ dinner invitation, Leticia intended to take this opportunity to explore the dragon realm thoroughly. Ah, right, she had been so engrossed in their discussion earlier that she seemed to have forgotten the most important thing.
“By the way, elders, do you have any secret techniques for transforming into a dragon here?” Leticia asked. How could she forget about this?
Their purpose for coming was clearly to allow Linglong to perfectly master the skill of dragon transformation, not to recruit the dragon race.
As long as Linglong could perfectly master the skill of changing size at will, this trip would not have been in vain.
“Dragon transformation? Why are you asking about this?” a few elders were somewhat confused.
“It’s like this, a while ago, I had a small conflict with a tribe on the border of the grasslands… In the end, I seemed to have transformed into a dragon and defeated that very powerful chieftain, but after that, I haven’t been able to enter that wonderful state again.” Linglong quickly explained the situation with the Steel Spear Chieftain to the elders.
After listening to Linglong’s account, joy flashed in the eyes of the elders. Although Linglong was not a dragon raised in the dragon realm, but was secretly taken out by her father and raised in the outside world, she was, after all, still a dragon.
It was a great event that the younger generation finally had someone who could transform into a dragon!
“This is normal. When Linglong’s father left the dragon realm, he didn’t take our unique dragon cultivation techniques with him, so Linglong is probably using cultivation techniques common among beastmen now?” the previously excited elder became even more excited, accidentally revealing something quite significant.
“My father?!” Linglong’s ears were not deaf, and she immediately seized upon the key words in the elder’s statement.
“Ah, this…” the elder who had accidentally spoken out of turn showed an embarrassed expression. He turned to look at his old friends, seeking their opinion.
Should they tell Linglong about what happened back then?
“You’ve already let it slip, what’s the point of hiding it now?” another elder glared helplessly at the elder who had spoken out of turn. “Tell Linglong, she deserves to know what her father did.”
“Alright, alright, I originally wanted to preserve that kid’s lofty image in his daughter’s heart.” The elder who spoke out of turn shook his head and beckoned Linglong, “Come closer, your father’s story begins over twenty years ago.”
Linglong’s father’s story was quite simple, without any feuds or conspiracies. It was simply the story of a passionate young man who fled his perceived prison with his newborn daughter.
“At that time, your father was the most talented among the younger generation, and your mother was frail and passed away shortly after giving birth to you…”
No one knew why Linglong’s father made that decision. By the time everyone realized something was wrong, this rising star of the dragon race had disappeared from the dragon realm with his infant daughter, who was not even a year old.
A lonely dragon left the dragon realm for the outside world. Even the elders thought they had died, but they never expected that after so many years, that tiny infant would return to the dragon realm and possess even greater talent than her father.
“To be able to transform into a dragon in its true form at this age is a sign of a young hero.” After finishing Linglong’s father’s story, the elder stroked his beard and sighed, “Is it because life in the dragon realm is too peaceful, causing the younger generation to lose the fighting spirit in their blood?”
To transform into a dragon, one needs not only strength but also the will of a dragon. Without that will, even if one transforms into a dragon, they cannot control such immense power.
The younger generation of dragons are precisely lacking this kind of will.
“Perhaps we really need to consider letting the younger generation go out and gain experience. If it continues like this, what’s the difference between us and ordinary beastmen?” this elder said with great distress.
“Ahem, so about the dragon transformation techniques?” After listening to the story, Leticia coughed lightly, indicating that they should focus on the main business first.
Let the past be the past. Isn’t the most important thing now to allow Linglong to truly master the ability to transform into a dragon?
“Haha, this matter is actually the simplest. Here are our dragon cultivation secret manuals. Let Linglong take one back and practice it well. As long as she can fully master this secret manual, she will be able to master the power of dragon transformation.” The elder smiled and said.
There was no need to discuss this. Linglong was a pure-blooded dragon, and it was natural for her to obtain the dragon cultivation secret manuals. If her father had been able to memorize the entire secret manual back then, Linglong probably wouldn’t have had to come to the dragon realm to ask for it now.
“Then can I take a peek? Don’t worry, I definitely won’t spread it out!” Leticia quickly raised her hand, expressing her interest in this cultivation secret manual.
She thought this request might make the elders hesitate a bit longer, but she didn’t expect these dragon elders to be so magnanimous and agree to Leticia’s request on the spot.
In their words, “This secret manual can only be cultivated by dragons, so it doesn’t matter even if Miss Leticia sees it.”
It wasn’t entirely irrelevant, though. Leticia intended to reference the genuine dragon transformation術 of the dragons and make some improvements to her own demonic dragon transformation術. It’s true that different perspectives can lead to enlightenment.
It’s always good to see and learn more.
After waiting for a moment in place, an elder returned with a thin booklet and a large book. “These are the secret manuals.”
“This secret manual is so big?”
“No, this is a dictionary. Linglong hasn’t lived in the dragon realm, so she can’t understand the secret manual written in draconic. Therefore, she needs to use the dictionary to translate it herself.” The elder smiled and said that the dragon secret manuals were concise and contained a lot of information. “It’s okay, it’s alright to take this secret manual out. Linglong can study it slowly after returning to her tribe.”
These dragons were quite considerate.
…
In the room provided by the dragons, Leticia and Linglong began to study by the white light emitted by magic, reading late into the night.
The dragon secret manual was filled with draconic script. This script was not exactly the same as the script used by beastmen now, but it could be said to be completely unrelated. In short, they basically couldn’t understand it.
To put it vividly, one side was Chinese, and the other was English. Even with excellent Chinese skills, one would be helpless when faced with English. There was no possibility of mutual help between these two scripts.
Fortunately, the dragons also provided a dictionary, allowing Leticia to rely on her powerful memory to forcibly decipher this secret manual.
After spending about half an hour memorizing the entire book, Leticia let out a soft sigh of relief. Memorizing such a thick dictionary in such a short time was quite a challenge for her.
She could already feel her head getting a little hot.
“Alright, now let me take a good look at the dragon cultivation secret manual!” Putting down the large dictionary, Leticia picked up the cultivation secret manual that Linglong had slapped on the table in a fit of impotent rage.
Why was Linglong so enraged? Naturally, it was because she, as a true dragon, couldn’t even understand the dragon cultivation secret manual, and she was frustrated by it.
The dictionary was with Leticia at the time, and Linglong didn’t dare to snatch it. After studying the completely incomprehensible secret manual for more than ten minutes, Linglong confirmed one thing: she really couldn’t understand this thing.
If you don’t understand, you don’t understand! That’s it!
Let’s wait for the almighty Leticia to lend a hand!
And now, the almighty Leticia extended her helping hand.
“Mhm, over here are the incantations, here are the cultivation postures, and here are the methods of energy manipulation…” With the large dictionary in her mind, Leticia quickly reviewed the secret manual. “It’s quite simple, nothing too profound.”
This secret manual only explained the methods but did not tell the cultivator why they should cultivate this way. It was estimated that when the Dragon God passed down the secret manual, he didn’t intend to tell her followers the principles of this secret manual.
“Okay, Linglong, you try it first. I don’t know if my translation has any errors.” Leticia’s translation was only a machine translation, meaning she labeled the meaning of each word in the secret manual and then connected them in a reasonable way.
As long as it could be read and the logic was sound, the more accurate meaning was not something Leticia could fully grasp.
Her Draconic language was only a crash course, and achieving this much was already very good.
Following Leticia’s instructions, Linglong sat cross-legged on the ground, closed her eyes, and formed a hand seal, which was one of the few images in the dragon cultivation secret manual.
“Mobilize the energy in your body and let it flow through your body along this path.” Taking out the magic sword from the divine artifact space, Leticia pointed it at Linglong with this increasingly sword-like stick.
Although pointing with her finger would be more convenient, to avoid Bai Ling, the great醋pot* (醋缸: someone extremely jealous) getting angry if she found out about this someday, Leticia decided to be extra cautious.
The magic power used to mark the path was infused into Linglong’s body by Leticia. This magic power, which emitted a cold aura, would tell Linglong how she should manipulate the power within her body to flow.
Under Leticia’s almost hands-on guidance, Linglong quickly entered a state of cultivation. The aura within her body seemed to have undergone some changes. Compared to before, Linglong’s combat power had actually increased slightly.
Such an improvement just by changing the cultivation method?!
Leticia couldn’t help but marvel. As expected of the dragons, they had many secrets.
When she has time later, she would use the energy circulation method from this secret manual to upgrade her dragon transformation spell and rename it Dragon Transformation Spell: 37th Generation Modified Version, Demon King Exclusive Edition.
This way, she should also be considered to have made a name for herself in history.
Thinking about these miscellaneous things, Leticia looked out the window. Night had already fallen, and it was probably around nine or ten o’clock.
Most dragons should be asleep by now. In this primitive land lacking nighttime entertainment, it was extremely normal to work when the sun rises and rest when it sets, especially for the naturally lazy dragon race.
Some dragons wouldn’t even wait until sunset; they would go to sleep right after dinner.
This was a good thing for Leticia since she had a date to keep that night.
That mountain seemed to be a forbidden area for dragons, and as an outsider, she would probably have to sneak onto it. Now that it was late at night, it was the best time to do such a thing.
Leaving a note for Linglong, telling her she was going out for a bit, Leticia cast an invisibility spell on herself and quietly left the room.
In the darkness, Leticia identified the direction and flew straight towards that conspicuous mountain.
A minute later, Leticia stopped above the mountain, looking at the golden barrier that enveloped the entire mountain. Her mouth twitched slightly.
This barrier was not very conspicuous. If she hadn’t been perceptive, she probably wouldn’t have known about such a protective measure until she ran into it.
What would happen if she hit it? Leticia didn’t know, but she didn’t feel any threat.
However, it would probably cause chaos throughout the entire dragon realm, and she might even have to face four elderly dragons.
At this moment, they were allies, and causing such a commotion would be quite embarrassing. Therefore, Leticia made a decision; she didn’t believe that she, a master of magic, couldn’t handle this barrier.
Circling the golden barrier, Leticia successfully found a gap in the barrier: a stone path that extended from the stone palace where the elders were located all the way to the summit of the small mountain.
On both sides of the stone path, there were dragon-shaped streetlights emitting golden light. Leticia’s experience and intuition told her that these lights most likely had the ability to nullify stealth magic.
At the entrance to the small mountain area of this stone path, there were also two dragon guards standing rigidly. Judging by their upright posture and firm gaze, there was no need to guess; these were definitely the elites of the dragon race!
It seemed that sneaking into this small mountain would be quite difficult for her?
So, why couldn’t the person who extended the invitation simply choose a different meeting place? Why did it have to be this location?
Do they know that being a thief is a troublesome business?
