Destiny is ashes

Chapter 969 The Great Dragon Bone (23)

"Oh……"

Although the divine sense transmitted by the Golden-Winged Roc was very vague, An Jing understood it completely and laughed: "If you want to enter the Ancestral Mountain and pay homage to the Ancestral Dragon Scale, you need at least one such true talisman... Whether you condense it yourself or snatch it from your hands, you must at least have the ability to condense a true talisman in order to be recognized by the Ancestral Dragon Scale."

The roc nodded immediately, like a chick pecking at rice, its azure eyes gazing longingly at the rune, then at An Jing, even glancing at him with a hint of tears welling up.

Within the Realm of Radiant Scales, a cycle repeats every thousand years. In each generation, new Golden Sun Runes and Golden-Winged Rocs, or other divine beasts, will be born.

This golden-winged roc still has a youthful mindset. Although it knows that it is nothing compared to its own life, it still feels somewhat pitiful to see the true talisman that it has been with day and night about to be taken away, and its potential and growth ceiling will be cut in half.

An Jing couldn't help but chuckle, tossing the talisman to the Golden-Winged Roc: "I am the Mandate of Heaven, I don't even care about the divine tree, what do I need this talisman for?"

He casually raised his hand, just like when he condensed the Taibai Immortal Foundation, but with the added power of the Divine Treasury True Man, and began to condense it.

"Look."

After speaking, in An Jing's palm, the white true talisman materialized, and wisps of Taibai and Taiyang Qi quickly intertwined and condensed.

In the blink of an eye, a true talisman exactly like the previous Golden Sun True Talisman, containing the same principles of condensation and light evolution, was about to take shape in his palm.

Although it may be slightly inferior in terms of aura, the principles are completely the same, or even more refined, and are more suitable for Anjing's own application.

"grumble?!"

The Golden-Winged Roc hurriedly took the talisman, and before it could react, it saw the illusory image of the talisman that An Jing had condensed in his hand, and was completely stunned.

The ancestral divine beast was incredibly intelligent, far surpassing ordinary humans, but even so, it experienced some malfunctions.

—So easily and casually, one can create a true symbol... and create its 'parents'?
—What kind of existence is this! It's practically comparable to that 'Heavenly Scale' on Ancestral Mountain!

If we follow him, if we just follow him, perhaps, perhaps we can leave this cycle of reincarnation...

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the golden-winged roc suddenly let out an unprecedentedly enthusiastic cry. Its huge wings flapped excitedly, creating gusts of wind. Its massive head rubbed against An Jing, calling out "Your Majesty, Your Majesty" as if it were practically dancing and flattering him.

"what."

An Jing was amused: "So even the ancestral divine beast of the Zhaolin Realm understands human relationships?"

Having completely won over such a powerful and clever local guide, An Jing was in a very good mood.

He didn't delay any longer and continued to use his divine sense to ask the Golden-Winged Roc for more information about this world.

Soon, a grand and clear map took shape in his mind.

The entire Zhaolin Realm is divided into ten huge regions radiating outwards from the vast, calm lake at its center, which is as smooth as a glass mirror.

The distribution of these ten regions subtly corresponds to the image of the "Ten Continents" of Huai Xu, divided into 'Yin Five Elements' and 'Yang Five Elements'.

Jinyang Forest is the "metal" element in the "Yang Five Elements".

According to Dapeng's initial intermittent descriptions, which became increasingly fluent later, beast kings like it, who occupy a region and whose strength has reached the peak of the Divine Realm, also exist in the other nine regions.

This does not mean that the Golden-Winged Roc will always be the Beast King, because all the creatures in the entire Golden Sun Forest originated from the Golden Sun True Talisman and the Divine Tree. As long as a ancestral divine beast of the same origin defeats it, the victor will become the new Beast King.

Above these ancestral divine beasts, there seemed to be other, even more terrifying beings, whom the Roc both feared and revered, calling the 'Seven Luminaries'. "The Seven Luminaries, is that right? Where are the Seven Fiends then?"

Hearing this, An Jing couldn't help but feel a little flustered. He wasn't surprised, after all, the Ancestral Dragon was also born out of thin air and was supposed to have seven luminaries: "It seems that it may be a divine beast or a primordial behemoth with a certain ability to manifest sainthood, or at least a manifest saintly realm."

An Jing didn't care about this.

From the moment he entered the Zhaolin Realm, his cave began to continuously absorb spiritual energy and restructure. The awakened Xiao Qi and Tianxing Divine Tree were too busy to speak and were frantically replenishing themselves to restore their power.

These giant beasts may indeed possess some true talismans or other rare treasures, but for An Jing, only the 'Zhaolin Realm itself' and the 'Ancestral Dragon Scale' have true significance.

"Let's go."

An Jing leaped up and jumped onto the back of the Golden-Winged Roc.

His purpose in coming to the Zhaolin Realm was threefold: first, to help Xiao Qi grow; second, to seek crucial information for the future journey to Da Chen; and third, to further refine his own Cave Heaven Technique. Now, he also needed to temporarily add finding You Ruhui and Jin Yanhua to his list of objectives.

An Jing crossed his arms and looked straight ahead: "Take me around to see what's going on. We need to find someone first."

At the same time, with the 'Emperor's Blood' activated, although An Jing might not be able to communicate directly with You Ru Hui due to interference from the Scale Realm, he could still find her as long as he got close enough.

"Yes... Your Majesty!"

Now able to speak, the Golden-Winged Roc let out a high-pitched cry, flapped its wings, and instantly transformed into a golden rainbow, carrying An Jing into the sky.

This occurred some time before An Jing arrived at Zhaolin Realm and subdued the Golden-Winged Roc.

At the other end of Zhaolinjie lies a desolate and remote gray Gobi desert area.

The land of the underworld and the desert.

You Ruhui was sitting cross-legged in front of a huge skeleton, lost in thought.

Before her stood a colossal dragon-human skull, nine zhang tall.

This skull has dragon horns, but it has a human-shaped face and is dark gold in color, exuding a sacred and majestic aura.

On the surface of that enormous skull, thousands of ancient and mysterious runes, like breathing, flickered and flowed slowly. These were ancient Daoist scripts that could only be recorded in the books of the Daoist court era.

As the former princess of the Great Chen Imperial Court, You Ruhui had read extensively since childhood and was naturally able to distinguish such ancient talismans, and even understand the profound meaning contained within them.

That's why she was stunned, and even sat there, motionless.

She subconsciously took out the Dao tablet made of the leaves of the immortal tree that An Jing had given her from her storage artifact.

【Imperial Book of Heavenly Laws, Mysterious Imperial Rule, Return to the Origin Secret Manual】

This is the Dao-suppressing technique of the Great Chen Dynasty, a supreme treasure created by the Great Chen Holy Ancestor Xuan Tianji by gathering the strengths of all methods.

"Indeed, it is a source... but much older!"

You Ruhui frowned deeply: "The Dao patterns on this dragonman's body are rudimentary, and should be a very initial version, but its core principles are more fundamental than the Origin Returning Secret Scripture!"

(End of this chapter)