Chapter 370: Chapter 218: The Dragon Pond Temple in the mountains, the reverse scale of the Jiao Dragon 2
"A teenage boy with a bear-like face points at you and asks the monster next to him, ’Big brother, where did this monster come from? Why does it look so strange and ugly?’"
"The bear-faced young man next to him replied, ’Little brother, you’ve asked the right person. I’ve seen a lot and can tell at a glance that this is a hybrid breed of a snake monster and a lizard monster. The survival rate of these kinds of mixed breed monsters is extremely low. Most of its brothers and sisters must have died already...’"
A twinge of fear stirs in Lin Xun’s heart.
He had a premonition that the dragon image of the ancestral hermit in the last Chapter might differ from the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ in this Chapter.
However, he didn’t expect his cover to be blown so quickly before he could transform into a large dragon.
"The ’Dog of Origin Night’ looks displeased. He hastily struck both bear-faced monsters in the forehead and was about to scold them when a loud roar rang out."
"You’ve become lazy as soon as I walked away. Do you want to taste the punishment stick again?"
"A burly man appeared, waving his stick and scaring all the monsters away."
"The burly man looked different from the other monsters. Aside from a pair of curved horns on his head, he looked no different from an ordinary human, except for his unusually large nostrils."
"You have discovered the ’Bull Demon of Origin’!"
"After the monsters scattered, the Bull Demon finally noticed you. He stiffened, letting his long stick fall to the ground."
"He strode forward and knelt down before you, knocking his head on the ground three times, cracking the bluestone floor. When he raised his head, tears filled his eyes, and he yelled excitedly, ’You are the ’Descendant of the Ancient God’, you really are the ’Descendant of the Ancient God’!"
"All the monsters stared in astonishment, not understanding what was going on."
"The Bull Demon turned to the dog of the origin night, slapped him on the shoulder with his fan-like large palm, and praised him. ’Finding the Descendent of the Ancient God is a great achievement. I will report this to the temple master. With the help of the Descendant of the Ancient God, we should be able to regain the might of the Dragon God very soon!’"
"With that, he dashed off to the main hall of the temple... "
"Hmph... Even if the small monsters can recognize that the hermit’s appearance is off, why can’t this big monster recognize it? Are there some secrets involved?"
Lin Xun speculated, could it be that there are commonalities between the bloodline of the giant dragon and the divine dragon...
"The group of monsters crowded around again, and the bear-faced teenager asked in confusion, ’Big brother, this guy seems to be a descendant of the Dragon God, not a descendant of the snake and lizard monsters. Did big brother possibly make a mistake?’"
"The bearsed-faced youth affirmed, ’How can big brother be mistaken? It must be the Bull Demon that is mistaken. As soon as the temple master appears, he will be able to recognize the true face of this mixed monster...’"
"As expected, both were reprimanded by the dog of the origin night, which shut their incessant jabbering."
"Not long after, the Bull Demon came back carrying a large wooden basin."
"In the basin sat an old man with white hair, hunched and frail. As he got closer, you could see that beneath his robe, there was nothing — he had clearly lost his legs."
"You have discovered the ’Temple Master Castaway Sorcerer’ of Origin!"
"The Castaway Sorcerer urged the Bull Demon to put down the basin, and he crawled on the ground, knocking his head on the floor three times in your direction."
"The Castaway Sorcerer, with tears streaming down his face, invited you to discuss matters in the main hall of the temple. Do you accept?"
"The Bull Demon picks up the basin again, leading you towards the main hall deep within the courtyard."
"You faintly hear the regretful voice of the bear-faced teenager, ’Big brother, the temple master couldn’t have been wrong. It must’ve been big brother who was wrong... We’ve offended the Dragon God Descendant. We’re not going to eat the punishment stick every day from now on, are we...’"
"After entering the main hall, the Bull Demon puts down the basin and quietly closes the door behind him."
"In the main hall, only you and the Castaway Sorcerer, who is the temple master, remain."
"Looking around, you see that the statue on the altar has disappeared, and there are no ceremonial offerings or incense to be seen, leaving the entire hall empty."
"After closing the main hall door, the light dimmed, leaving only a dim candlelight to illuminate you both."
"’The Castaway Sorcerer of Origin’ begins to speak to you under the feeble candlelight... "
"The current predicament of the monster clan, who are devoted to the Ancient God, is like this dim candlelight, unable to illuminate the statue of the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’. "
"Since the Dragon God disappeared after its defeat, deities no longer appeared in the world, miracles ceased to occur, and there was no response to the people’s prayers for a long time."
"Only when offering incense to the Dragon God can one feel that He has not passed away."
"The monster clan fell into despair. Under the persecution and hunting of the believers of the new God, their already miserable situation worsened."
"Fortunately, for some reason, the new god voluntarily fell from grace, no longer granting his believers the ’Glazed Karma Fire’, but instead teaching the ’Fallen Karma Fire’ that contains all the evil in the world."
"The monster clan realized that it was time to rebuild the might of the Dragon God!"
"They held a grand ceremony, offering endless incense, trying to receive a response from the deities... But contrary to their wishes, the deities did not respond."
"The monster clan tried all sorts of methods, but they all ended in failure..."
"Finally, someone proposed a guess: The deity did not respond to its followers because their pleas were too weak, the incense too faint."
"But now, only the remaining monsters believe in the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’, while humans have long been believers in the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’."
