Dragon Clan: Force me to be reborn and slay dragons

Chapter 366 The Bloodline of the Earth, the Reclusive Dragon-Slaying Platform
The Zhou family is one of the oldest mixed-race families in the country. It has never lost its lineage over the years. The family members take it as their responsibility to protect their home and country and have been committed to maintaining the ecological balance between humans, dragons and mixed-race species for many years.

If a dragon appears in the world, eliminate it; if a dangerous hybrid race causes trouble, eliminate it as well.

It is precisely because of this iron-fisted approach that the Zhou family has always held a prestigious position among Eastern mixed-race individuals and even the entire mixed-race world.

The results are verifiable, don't be convinced, sala!

In a sense, they are similar to the Secret Party, except that they have not expanded their operations as much, and their sense of conviction and responsibility far surpasses that of the capitalists.

Moreover, due to its long history, the Zhou family has long been familiar with many of the secret knowledge that the Secret Party considers taboo. For example, the forbidden technique of forcibly purifying bloodlines, such as Bloodlust, is something that the Secret Party cannot even openly discuss, but in the Zhou family, it is just one of the essential skills for young and strong people in the clan to enter the mixed-race society.

After all, they're really going to fight when something happens. They'll fight if they can win, and they'll fight even if they can't. If all else fails, they'll fight to the death. They'll get rid of these menaces no matter what.

Before coming, Fingel had researched the Zhou family and knew that they were a family of ruthless martial arts practitioners, but he didn't know that their patriarch was a seemingly delicate girl who would cry for a long time after being punched.

However, when she rose from her chair to bow, revealing the snake tail beneath her Tang-style skirt, his mind went completely blank.

Holy crap, this young man...

Fingel could hardly believe his eyes. The Zhou family head opposite him couldn't even maintain his pure human form. His bloodline must be incredibly pure.
He subconsciously glanced at Erii, who was standing next to Lu Mingfei, staring at Nuwa's snake tail with sparkling eyes. If this lady hadn't been kept alive by Herzog's Dead Serum, she probably would have mutated into this form as well.

But if Erii were to transform, it would mean her bloodline would be completely out of control, and after falling into depravity, she would become as ugly as the snake-like Deadpool, and it would be impossible for her to maintain a normal human half-body like the Zhou family head.

No wonder Angers, who always acts arrogantly, has to pay respects to this place; it turns out the waters in the East are really deep.

Fingel was secretly alarmed, but Lu Mingfei did not show much unusualness. He had long since realized that the Zhou family head had an extraordinary bloodline, with a purity beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

If Japanese mixed-race individuals are merely teetering on the edge of their bloodline limits, then this one is charging headlong down the path of becoming inhuman, yet her bloodline remains perfectly within control.

Just like Uesugi Koshi, dragon blood and human blood maintain a stable balance within her body.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. It's just that you look too young, I thought you were still a student like my junior." Lu Mingfei laughed and bowed with his hands clasped in the manner of a young swordsman.

Erii and Fingel followed suit and bowed their hands in greeting as well.

Nuwa's gaze swept over Chu Zihang, who merely nodded in greeting, and Xia Mi, who was staring thoughtfully at her tail, before finally returning to Lu Mingfei's face. Her expression remained unchanged, her smile still impeccable.

"I am not young, but I look young."

That's true, but what woman doesn't like to be complimented on her youth and compared to those incredibly beautiful young girls?

After greeting everyone and taking their seats, he asked Zhou Minhao to make tea.

Xia Mi sat down to the side, secretly glancing at Lu Mingfei, who was trying to win over the old woman with his own charm. Her gaze shifted from Nuwa's snake tail to her chest, which also showed little movement, and she couldn't help but smile slightly.

Hmph, so what if she's a powerful woman from the Nuwa clan? She's just a mix of my blood...

Wait, what am I so happy about?
What's there to be happy about in something like this?!

The King of Earth and Mountains suddenly looked a little distraught. He wanted to grab something and hit it, but Fenrir wasn't around, and Chu Zihang was too fragile to hurt. So he punched Fenrir in the waist while he was still thinking about this and that.

Since they all start with "Fen", I'll start with yours!

The punch wasn't very powerful, and Fingel, with his thick skin, didn't feel any pain. He was just curious why Xia Mi had suddenly hit him.

"Junior sister, what are you doing?" He even showed off his newly learned Sichuan dialect.

Xia Mi, with a stern face, thought of catching the discipline committee member who was daydreaming in class: "Senior Finger, we're in a meeting, pay attention."

"Ah, oh, okay." Fingel, puzzled, quickly straightened up, as if he were about to go to the United Nations General Assembly to give a speech.

The little incident between the two did not affect the conversation between Lu Mingfei and Nuwa. After they sat down, they exchanged a few simple pleasantries, made some connections between the Lu and Zhou families, and then abandoned honorifics such as "Madam" and "This Concubine," directly treating each other as equals.

"I originally thought that once things were settled here, I would go to Xiangyang to pay a visit, but I never expected that Nuwa would come first."

“If it weren’t for Mingfei last night, the entire mountain city would probably have been in turmoil. If I didn’t come to handle such a big matter, wouldn’t it make the Zhou family seem like we don’t value it enough?”

Although she was quite old, Nuwa's way of speaking was not as refined as Zhou Minhao's, but rather matched her appearance:
"And then there's Zhou Minhao, that brat. He doesn't have the skill, yet he dares to use the Dragon-Slaying Platform recklessly. If you hadn't intervened, the Zhou family would have been in for another disaster."

"Old Zhou had no choice. The situation was so critical that if he didn't intervene, everyone on the ship would have died." Lu Mingfei knew that Nuwa wasn't really criticizing Zhou Minhao for overestimating his abilities.

The latter shone brightly in the battle to annihilate the Dragon King, and Nuwa was probably very pleased. This was a veiled compliment, so Nuwa went along with her and praised him as well.

Sure enough, the old woman immediately burst into laughter.

Zhou Minhao, who was serving tea, water, and fruit platters, smiled obsequiously. One of the heroes of last night had been reduced to a tea-serving servant, yet he didn't seem to feel slighted. It seems that he was indeed a junior member of the clan.

"This must be the head of the Uesugi family of the Snake Clan. He's quite handsome." After finishing her tea, Nuwa turned her head with a smile and looked at Erii, who was staring at her skirt, trying to see the snake tail that was being covered.

The red-haired, adorable girl was suddenly called out. She didn't understand what "Jun" meant, but it seemed to be a compliment on her looks, so she replied with the standard answer: "You're good-looking too."

Nuwa smiled and accepted the compliment. Her long, dragon-like, snake-like tail emerged from beneath her skirt and caught the teacup in her hand.

"It's a pity that my sister can't go out. Otherwise, if we went out hand in hand, I'm afraid the tourists in Fengjie wouldn't be in the mood to enjoy the scenery."

The old lady is quite narcissistic.

As for why Xia Mi wasn't included, Nuwa always felt that the flat-chested beauty opposite her was a bit strange, her gaze towards her sometimes gratified and sometimes a bit resentful.

If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad, but whenever the other party's gaze fell on her, Nuwa would always feel a chill run down her spine, as if she were being targeted by some natural enemy etched into her DNA.

It was a strange feeling. She didn't realize that the incredibly beautiful girl was dangerous at all, yet her subconscious kept sending out warning signals.

However, since they are the ones who can slay dragons alongside Lu Mingfei, it can't be that simple.

Look at the people around him: Chu Zihang is a descendant of the Chu family, Erii is a descendant of the Uesugi family, and Fingel is a descendant of a once-famous German family. Their ancestors must have had considerable power to even be qualified to team up with them. Who knows, this little girl might be a descendant of some reclusive family. When war broke out in the last century, many reclusive mixed-race individuals chose to emerge and serve their country, and many never returned to the mountains, forever remaining on the battlefield.

Overwhelmed with thoughts, Nuwa couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Sure enough, she was getting old; even the slightest thing could trigger her memories.

"I've been wanting to ask this before, could the Nuwa clan be the goddess Nuwa?" Lu Mingfei asked curiously, looking at the long tail covered with fine blue scales.

"The Nuwa clan is a special race, originating from a noble first-generation being," Nuwa explained, her voice filled with reverence.
"She was a gentle, kind, and non-competitive being, an anomaly among the dragons. When the White King launched a rebellion and sparked the war between the two kings, it was she who stepped in to protect the human race."

"Leize gave birth to the Empress, from which all things are born?" Chu Zihang spoke up at the right time. He had previously consulted Eastern mythology while reading Norse mythology, so he naturally knew about this creator goddess in ancient mythology.

Of course, every Chinese person knows the legend of this creator goddess; he just knows it in more detail than others.

Upon hearing this, Nuwa gave him a rather appreciative look. As expected of a handsome young man from the Chu family of the capital, he certainly knew a lot.

"Yes, that's him."

The first generation of beings was not only the Dragon King, but also many unknown beings. Some left a great name in history, while others were quietly lost to the dust of history. Only the four elemental monarchs have always been a great threat to the human race.

After listening to her story, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but show his admiration. As expected of a descendant of the goddess Nuwa, she truly possessed boundless love.

On the other hand, consider a certain local tyrant who also wields power over the land…

Lu Mingfei glanced at Xia Mi and met her "What are you looking at?" gaze, and burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Xia Mi glared at her.

"Sorry, I just remembered something happy." Lu Mingfei coughed lightly, pretending nothing had happened.

"What's so exciting?" Xia Mi persisted, suspecting that this fellow was thinking something extremely impolite, even disrespectful to the dignity of the King of Earth and Mountains.

Lu Mingfei looked around and finally landed on the Dragon-Slaying Platform next to him: "I laugh at Norton's incompetence and lack of wisdom in the Dragon-Slaying Platform. The former was easily cut down by me, while the latter spends all day chasing people around asking questions."

Xia Mi glanced at the Dragon Severing Platform and could tell that a powerful living spirit was hidden inside. Judging from the residual aura, it was probably a first-generation species in life, but no one knew how it died and was sealed into an alchemical weapon.

Not only were they defeated and killed, but they were also deprived of the chance to be reborn from their cocoons. They are a disgrace to the dragon race!
It's a pity that the Dragon-Slaying Platform is now closed off. If Xia Mi could pull it out and take a look, she estimated that she could figure out the other party's background. If it were a familiar dragon, she could laugh at it.

When the topic turned to the Dragon-Slaying Platform, Nuwa said, "This Dragon-Slaying Platform is the most precious treasure of my Zhou family and also the symbol of the clan leader. I was able to inherit the name Nuwa because I passed the test of the Dragon-Slaying Platform."

That was a debate that lasted two days and two nights, and every time I recall it, I feel it was extremely dangerous.

Every question asked at Duanlongtai touched upon the essence of the world. Even though Nuwa had poured the entire Zhou family's resources into nurturing her, awakened her ancient bloodline, possessed a profound understanding of the world's rules from extensive reading, and had a strong inner strength, it still took a long and arduous battle to suppress Duanlongtai.

Last night, she gave the Dragon-Slaying Platform to Zhou Minhao as a token, intending to use the scabbard and chain to assist Lu Mingfei in crucial moments. She never expected that this silly boy would actually dare to draw his sword and fight to the death.

Fortunately, Lu Mingfei lived up to his reputation, killing the King of Bronze and Fire without bloodshed, and also pulling Zhou Minhao out of the Living Spirit House at the Dragon Slaying Platform, healing all his injuries.

This incredible and omnipotent performance ignited a fire in her heart, and the ideal that had been buried deep in her heart for many years but never revealed seemed to finally have a chance to be realized.

"Could you take another look?" Lu Mingfei came here with the intention of resolving the issue of the Dragon-Slaying Platform. He believed that as long as he was sincere, he should be able to reason with the Dragon-Slaying Platform.

If logic simply doesn't work, then we'll talk about physics.

If Duanlongtai is a tough nut to crack and won't budge, then we'll have to ask Old Tang and Constantine to rework him.

Nuwa had no objection to this, and used her tail to wrap the chains tightly around the sword hilt and scabbard, handing it over.

Lu Mingfei could slap the Dragon-Slaying Platform so hard it rolled back into its sheath, and he even acquired the legendary Seven Deadly Sins last night, so naturally he wouldn't be interested in the Dragon-Slaying Platform, which came at a huge cost.

He pulled hard, but the chains were tightly bound and rattled as they were pulled, yet they refused to loosen.

Upon seeing this, Nuwa's adorable, little-girl-like face twitched slightly. What exactly did Lu Mingfei do to the Dragon-Slaying Platform last night that forced it to voluntarily close its sword sheath?

After a two-second standoff, Lu Mingfei realized that the Dragon-Slaying Platform was determined not to release the chains. Some methods wouldn't work in front of outsiders, and he was also worried that using too much force would damage the family heirloom, so he temporarily let it go.

"I'm sorry, I may have damaged the Dragon-Slaying Platform." He said carefully, "I know a master alchemist, see if he can fix it."

Upon hearing this, Nuwa hesitated for a moment, but then nodded.

Although it is a family heirloom and one of the family's most treasured dragon-slaying weapons, the Dragon-Slaying Platform is now clearly inactive. If a way is not found to help it out of its shadow, it will be useless even if it is kept.

It's better to trust Lu Mingfei and tell him the whole story.

Lu Mingfei casually handed the Dragon-Slaying Platform to Xia Mi, asking her to keep an eye on it. Among everyone present, besides him, only this King of Earth and Mountains could completely ignore the Dragon-Slaying Platform's surprise attack.

Seeing this, Nuwa's heart stirred, and she paid more attention to Xia Mi. After all, apart from Lu Mingfei, the only other person with strong combat power was the silent head of the Uesugi family, yet Lu Mingfei chose to give the Dragon-Slaying Platform to this little girl.

It seems that her palpitations earlier were indeed not unfounded.

With the matter of the Dragon-Slaying Platform concluded, Nuwa's voice, both youthful and mature, suddenly became solemn:
"Mingfei, what do you think of mixed-race families in China?"

Lu Mingfei didn't know why she asked that question, but he figured it was probably the dissatisfaction of a pragmatic person with certain inhumane mixed-race families, so he replied:

"Most of them are short-sighted, each only caring about their own little plot of land, and they treat the wild hybrids scattered outside with disdain and suppression, which allows the likes of the Kassel Secret Party to take advantage of the situation."

Chu Zihang and Fingel, being members of the "like," had slightly stiff expressions.

The former was alright, maintaining a poker face throughout. Fingel, having overheard so much gossip, was now quite worried that this Nuwa might use the excuse of "not being of my kind and knowing too much" to chop off his dog's head. Sweat was pouring down his forehead.

Nuwa glanced at him, not in a hurry to express her thoughts, but just wanted to understand Lu Mingfei's attitude first, as some things were better discussed privately.

Lu Mingfei hadn't finished speaking when he said, "Especially the Chen family, I have a lot of complaints about them!"

(End of this chapter)