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Chapter 422: Heavenly Pearl Dragon Veins and Dragon Qi [1]

PS: I didn’t want to explain, but I’ll say it anyway. I’ve had a cold for the past few days, and it was very painful. I was fine for two days, but today I feel uncomfortable again. My physical condition is very bad. I hope everyone can understand.

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"How much is this raw material?" Li Xuan asked casually.

"This four hundred yuan, these are all old mine species. Although some of them have been cut, they are not completely opened. Who knows if there are jadeites inside, right? Besides, it's just four hundred yuan, right? If there are really jades in it, I can easily make a million or eight hundred thousand." The middle-aged man said misleadingly.

This is what a so-called unscrupulous businessman is.

Li Xuan had no idea about the treachery of this profiteer. He felt that he did not need to bother with such a person because he would never have any intersection with such a person.

Right now, the right thing to do is to get some money first, and then quickly crack the secret of the "Dzi Bead".

Li Xuan always felt that this 'sky bead' would give him some different memories and let him know some things he had forgotten.

"Four hundred is four hundred. I think I'll take this one. It's shiny and white. It looks like there's jade inside."

Li Xuan nodded and said in a serious tone.

"Young man, you have a sharp eye and you are obviously an expert in gambling on stones. Indeed, among these pieces of rough stone, this one has the most promise. You have a really good eye, young man." The middle-aged man did not hesitate to praise him.

Li Xuan comfortably enjoyed the other party's sarcastic compliments and didn't care about the other party's performance at all.

"Haha, I've been researching this for a long time. I can't say I have a good vision, but I do know something about it. Well, this looks really beautiful." Li Xuan said casually.

The color of the raw material looked good, but it was the green veins, not the smoothness of the cut. When he said this, others' first impression was that he was a rookie among rookies, because at this moment, even Leng Hanyin's expression twitched a little.

If Li Xuan had not warned her not to speak carelessly, she would have exposed the true face of this hateful profiteer long ago.

Money doesn't matter, being treated like a fool is unbearable...

The raw material was obtained easily and the money also went into the hands of the unscrupulous businessman.

However, at this moment, Li Xuan felt that the Dzi bead in his palm seemed to be getting a little hot, and the pain in his brow today began to show signs again.

"Do you want to cut the stone?" The middle-aged man was ready to squeeze out more money for the stone-cutting fee. He could also do the cutting.

"No need, my headache suddenly comes back. Let me go back and rest first." Li Xuan rubbed his head and said immediately.

Seeing Li Xuan's face turn pale in an instant, Leng Hanyin also became worried. She immediately supported Li Xuan and asked the middle-aged man, "Boss, is there a hotel here?"

……

"Roar~~"

The golden flying dragon had eyes as wide open as copper bells, a long golden beard, dragon horns flashing with light golden arcs, sharp white teeth, and a dragon breath that was so hot that it was suffocating!
It was moving very fast, so fast that Li Xuan felt he was no longer able to run.

Damn it! here we go again!

Li Xuan was angry. He could feel that he was dreaming and could sense any of his thoughts!

But the annoying thing is that I have had this dream several times in a row, being chased by a golden dragon until I die.

For him, this was a complete nightmare, a horrific nightmare in which he was chased and killed by a golden flying dragon!

Every time, at the end of this dream, the golden dragon that was more than ten meters long would spit out a golden dragon heart the size of an apple, which would hit him in the chest. Then, his eyes would go black and his whole body would die in pain as if it had exploded.

Then, it was as if the dream had started all over again, the golden dragon appeared again, and the dragon heart appeared again!
This cycle continued over and over again, and finally, Li Xuan couldn't stand it anymore. This was too perverted, was this kidding me?
……

"My own dream, I should be invincible!"

This was Li Xuan’s most essential thought, because at this time, he didn’t have much else to think about.

Suddenly he turned around, his eyes emitting a sharp cold light. He hardly thought whether he could be a match for this golden dragon. When the golden dragon heart shot towards him, he grabbed it.

The light golden dragon heart with an extremely scorching glow was swallowed into Li Xuan's mouth fiercely.

Li Xuan didn’t even know how he swallowed such a big dragon heart.

There was a twitching and stabbing pain in my abdomen, and my whole body felt as if it was burning on fire, but I was unable to struggle.

For a long time, his eyes seemed to unconsciously fall on the top of the old tile house.

There were three rectangular transparent tiles above, with white light shining down from them. In the narrow and dilapidated room, there was a faint and strange temperature.

"Ugh--"

After taking a breath, Li Xuan sat up dejectedly, his eyes a little dull and his mood very calm.

This time, he ate the dragon's heart, and also felt the dragon's heart's scorching energy and the pain of his body swelling and exploding.

The process is different, but the result is the same.

Wearing a long, old black sweatshirt with auspicious words printed on it for the Year of the Dragon, and a pair of very old blue elastic waist pants, Li Xuan looked around, then walked out of the dilapidated earthen house in silence with a strange look on his face, and opened the old wooden door.

“Squeak——”

The door opened, and a fresh air came in. The dim light still made Li Xuan's pupils feel dazzling.

Walking to the wall outside the room, Li Xuan stared at a raised patch of mud and straw on the wall and remained silent for a while.

After thinking about it, Li Xuan took a dark blue shovel from the side, and the bones in his hand suddenly became sharp and angular.

He took a deep breath, snorted coldly, and slammed the shovel into the wall!
"scandium--"

With a dull sound, a large piece of the yellow soil suddenly cracked open.

Li Xuan immediately shoveled several times, and immediately yellow earth flew up, and turbid yellow dust scattered in the air. A choking earthy smell rushed into Li Xuan's nose, choking him so much that he saw stars.

Soon, the protruding piece was killed, but when Li Xuan saw the marble slab on the wall that had a partially smooth surface, he was stunned for a moment.

The shovel was held in his hand stupidly. Li Xuan's heart twitched violently twice.

On the green marble slab was painted a pale golden, lifelike flying dragon.

When repairing the old mud house, Li Xuan heard a story from an aunt in the village, saying that if you draw a dragon on the wall, you will dream of a dragon...

So, the naughty Li Xuan secretly put the marble with the dragon painting he found into the wall when his grandfather hired a mason to repair the house.

After that, there was no abnormality until Li Xuan's birthday came for the first time. This suffocating dream completely left a shadow on him.

Because of fear. Even when he was sixteen years old, Li Xuan did not dare to touch the wall, because he was afraid that he would be retaliated by the golden dragon if he offended it, so he never dared to do so.

This year, on his seventeenth birthday, Li Xuan changed his dream last night and decided to destroy the dragon mark on the marble stele.

However, when he saw the smooth stone slab at this moment, Li Xuan's heart couldn't help but beat wildly.

In this backward mountain village, Li Xuan had been exposed to many ghost stories told by the older generation since childhood. His whole body was trembling and his face turned pale.

With trembling hands, he hit the small stone tablet hard with a shovel.

“Crack—”

With a crisp sound, a pale yellow spark burst out from the stone, and then it broke instantly.

Li Xuan felt a lot more comfortable in his heart, and at this moment, a low and hoarse cough was heard from the room.

After a while, an old man wearing a blue coarse cloth gown, black bell-bottom trousers, a pair of yellow-clad Jiefang sneakers, and with a hunched body, appeared at the dilapidated gate, leaning on a long yellow-brown stick as a crutch.

"You little bastard, you got up so early in the morning to tear down the house, you must be tired of living!"

The old man Li Shouming was so angry that the wrinkles on his face turned into ravines. He raised his stick and was about to hit Li Xuan hard, thinking that this little bastard Li Xuan was becoming more and more incompetent!
But he didn't have enough strength, and as soon as the crutch left his hand, he lost his balance and was about to fall to the ground.

Li Xuan felt unhappy and quickly put down the shovel and ran over to support Li Shouming.

The old man cursed for a long time, and when he saw that Li Xuan didn't say anything, he was satisfied and stopped.

"Go feed the pigs and cook. Plant rice in the morning and plow the fields by the river in the afternoon. Don't come back if you haven't finished."

The old man was out of breath, gave some instructions, and then coughed loudly. He didn't want Li Xuan's support, and sat down in the main room tremblingly and started smoking a pipe.

After Li Xuan finished plowing the field, it was already 7 o'clock in the evening. He didn't know why, but he was in good spirits today and didn't seem to feel tired at all.

After plowing the field, he took a dip in the river, then led the cow back and placed it in the barn next to the Taoist temple. He fed the cow with straw and then carried the plow home. While thinking about his own things on the way, Li Xuan suddenly heard the villagers shouting something. From a distance, everyone seemed to be busy, and the aunt next door in plaid clothes had already shouted loudly.

"Li Xuan, come back soon, your grandfather is dead!"

The sound was sharp and of a very high pitch. With just one sound, it echoed among the surrounding mountains.

Li Xuan was stunned, and his heart felt empty, as if all his reliance over the years had suddenly collapsed.

"grandfather---"

He roared loudly, and an extremely violent force seemed to suddenly erupt from under his feet!
“Squeak--”

Li Xuan exerted great force on his feet and jumped nearly three meters high and six meters away in one jump. His legs seemed to have stimulated all the strength and he rushed towards his home frantically.

Li Shouming is dead.

Until late at night when the villagers gradually left, Li Xuan was unwilling to believe this fact.

But when a person dies, it is like a light going out. Once dead, it is dead, and there is no possibility of coming back to life.

Li Xuan was very regretful. He didn't know if it was because of his dream last night that he killed the golden dragon, and now this was his retribution.

Kneeling in front of his grandfather, Li Xuan felt uncomfortable and desperate.

Children of farmers have to grow up early. Although Li Xuan already knows a lot, he was still at a loss this time.

The aunt next door and the old man behind the house were arranging the funeral, and then the Xu family started to have evil intentions towards Li Xuan's family's valuable buffalo.

This village is called Xujia Village. The Li family can only be regarded as outsiders. In the village, they have always been secretly suppressed by the Xu family.

A small village is also like a microcosm of a small society, with divisions between the rich and the poor, as well as intrigue and deception.

"Li Xuan, after you have dealt with your grandfather's affairs, I will take care of things for you. You are also a scholar, and when you have ambitions in the future, go to the city. Don't come back to this small Gata place. I will take care of the buffaloes and the fields for you. Sell everything that can be sold and start a small business..."

Old man Qian, who was also very old, with white hair and beard, said tremblingly.

Li Xuan knew that if he stayed in this village, he would only be suppressed everywhere. Moreover, he would not be able to take care of the big buffalo and it would definitely be stolen and sold.

He knew that Father Qian was doing this for his own good, but it was truly unfilial to sell off his land before his grandfather's body was even cold.

"Li Xuan, don't be sad. Your grandfather has already explained everything that needs to be explained. This is also what he meant. He also said that if you don't achieve anything after you leave, you don't have to come back..."

The aunt next door also had red and bloodshot eyes.

"Father Qian, Aunt, thank you very much. Li Xuan will study hard and will never bring shame to the Li family!"

Li Xuan bit his lips, and blood appeared at the corners of his mouth.

The Li family has been a single-line family for several generations, and no one knows who Li Xuan's father is except Li Shouming.

Li Shouming also did not tell Li Xuan who his parents were, and never told him.

…Late at night, when everyone was asleep, the candlelight flickered constantly, with yellow sparks occasionally exploding inside, causing the flame to begin to sway.

Li Xuan sat next to his grandfather's body. The black shroud with a hundred flower patterns was prepared for him by his father Gan. The thick black lacquered wooden coffin in the main room was also prepared by his father Gan and his aunt next door.

Li Xuan sat leaning against the coffin, while Li Shouming's body lay flat on the ground with his eyes peacefully closed.

Looking at Li Shouming, Li Xuan suddenly discovered that a faint figure stood up from his body, and then stood beside him lifelessly.

At this time, the shadow of his grandfather did not look real, but his back was straight, and he was about 1.76 meters tall, which made Li Xuan feel a little cold in his heart.

"Sigh~~"

A faint sense of fear suddenly arose in his heart. For some reason, Li Xuan felt a chill on his back.

He was sure that he was not seeing things, but in the absolute sadness, this fear was diluted a lot by Li Xuan's heart.

"The worst that can happen is death. What's there to be afraid of? This is my grandfather. I've seen a lot of ghosts and spirits when I was a child. What's there to be afraid of? I'm not afraid!" Li Xuan warned himself, and his heart gradually calmed down.

His body was still trembling unnaturally, but Li Xuan tried hard to calm himself down and whispered to the shadow: "Grandpa--"

The shadow slowly turned its head, its eyes were empty, with a hint of coldness and chilliness, then it gradually looked away and finally disappeared into the air.

The moment the shadow disappeared, it turned around again and gave Li Xuan a strange smile.

Li Xuan felt a slight chill in his heart and his body trembled violently, but he was not afraid. He watched the shadow disappear, then looked at his own flame which was gradually returning to calm, and felt depressed.

It was midnight, and the dogs outside were barking loudly. The dogs in the village were barking like crazy, and the wind blew in the middle of the night with a low hum. The trees were shaking, and the leaves were rustling.

Faintly, Li Xuan seemed to hear someone talking.

"Damn it, I made an agreement with the cattle dealer. I thought this old man would die in the next two days, and sure enough, he died."

"Third brother, hurry up, or you'll make a lot of noise. There are a lot of animals in this barn, and there are people from the Taoist temple who come to look after the grain from time to time. It will be difficult for us if they catch us."

"Be afraid of the fuck, there are only a few Zhang families. If you dare to make trouble, I will beat these bastards to death."

"Eh—what is that?"

"Why are you making such a fuss, Old Four, you—ah—"
Li Xuan's face was very gloomy. These two people were the two bullies in the village. The Xu family was their original surname. There were nine brothers and five sisters in these two families. Moreover, the eldest son had already married and had six sons, and the first three sons were over sixteen years old.

The third and fourth brother are exactly the third and fourth brothers among the Xu Jiu brothers.

Apparently they stole cattle and sold them to cattle dealers.

Li Xuan didn't know why he could hear it from such a distance. But it was obvious that these two people had seen a ghost, they really saw a ghost!

Li Xuan was born in the countryside and was skeptical about these things at first, because although he studied science, he had seen similar dirty things since he was a child, and this time he even saw his grandfather's soul leave with his own eyes, so now he believed it without a doubt.

The two seemed frightened and were silent for a long time.

Li Xuan was still worried about the cow, so he closed the door and went out to check in the middle of the night.

I came to the barn and shone the flashlight inside. The third and fourth sons were gone, but the cow was still there.

There was bright moonlight at night, so it wasn't particularly dark, but the heavy, gloomy atmosphere in the village always made him feel suffocated.

Looking from afar, the mountains surrounding the village under the moonlight looked like sullen beasts, which made people feel fear.

The chirping of insects at night is very clear, competing with each other and chirping non-stop. The barking of dogs in the village is still crazy and annoying.

The silent night did not seem lively because of the noise, but instead seemed even more dead silent.

Perhaps it was because he was in very good spirits and had not felt sleepy until now, or maybe it was because he felt that he had overcome his inner demons. Li Xuan did not feel much fear at this moment. After checking the barn twice, he went back.

After returning to the room and turning on the light, Li Xuan suddenly discovered that there was a black bead shining brightly at the place where half of the wall was destroyed by him, and Li Xuan felt that this bead seemed very familiar.

He walked over subconsciously, dug the bead out of the wall, and then held it in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully.

The bead turned into a purple light in an instant and suddenly shot towards his forehead.

Li Xuan's body shook violently, he was shocked and woke up immediately.

……

Sitting on the bed and looking at the ceiling of the hotel room, Li Xuan fell into a daze.

Is this the person he used to be? Was he really called Li Xuan? How could such a Li Xuan possess such extraordinary martial arts? Could it be that Dragon Heart?

Li Xuan hesitated, thinking about the woman named Sally Ling'er whom he met during hypnosis in the morning, and the golden dragon he absorbed, the two seemed to be very similar?
Li Xuan became a little suspicious.

But he didn't know that in the void, Sally Ling'er appeared here, and then used illusion to give him the memory of a false identity.

Because, through calculations, she already knew that Zhang Wufeng had lost his memory and thought his name was 'Li Xuan'. In fact, it was only because he deliberately changed the ending of the book "Castle in the Sky" that he had to bear certain consequences.

"Maybe, he won't understand these, but it's okay this way."

Sally Ling'er left with peace of mind. Li Xuan now cannot become Zhang Wufeng because the Sky City was destroyed by the advent and things became serious.

(End of this chapter)