Dragon Clan: Force me to be reborn and slay dragons

Chapter 367 Norton is finally dead, guide Nono

Nuwa never expected that the Chen family, the target she had set up, would attract so much hatred, even provoking Lu Mingfei, the strongest hybrid with a record of killing two dragon kings single-handedly. It was like a pillow being delivered to someone who was sleepy.

After briefly learning about the origins of Lu Mingfei's entanglement with the Chen family, Nuwa also felt it was somewhat of a coincidence. What surprised her even more was that this head of the Uesugi family actually had Chen family blood.

"If you need anything, just let us know. The Zhou family will provide all the support they can." Nuwa had already lent out the Zhou family's most precious treasure, so there was no need to show any more sincerity. She believed that Lu Mingfei would understand.

Lu Mingfei knew that she was seeking a change. The Zhou family had gradually caught up with the times and developed better and better after she took power. However, some old-fashioned people were still stuck in their ways and seriously hindered the progress of the mixed-race people. She wanted to break this shackle.

But she represents a mixed-race aristocratic family, a remnant of the old era. If she is not careful, she could be killed by the new era. So she dares not take that step lightly.

Therefore, since we cannot proactively embrace the ship of the new era, let the ship of the new era carry us...

Wait, this topic is getting a little dangerous!

Lu Mingfei quickly stopped his wandering thoughts, thanked Nuwa and the Zhou family for their strong support, chatted about some other trivial matters, and then took his leave without lingering.

Nuwa remained in the inner courtyard, holding a cup of tea and watching Lu Mingfei and the others leave. When Zhou Minhao returned, she had already put down her teacup and pulled out a game console from somewhere to start playing.

Looking at the head of the family, who was serious in public but addicted to the internet in private, Zhou Minhao was very annoyed that he had forgotten to tell Lu Mingfei to find some time to spar with Nuwa and try to make her cry.

As if she could hear the sigh in his heart, Nuwa suddenly looked up and asked him suspiciously, "Are you thinking about something impolite?"

"No, no, how could that be?" Zhou Minhao instantly stood at attention, shaking his head vigorously. "Lord Nuwa, you know me. My loyalty is as clear as heaven!"

"Tch." Nuwa glanced at him sideways, then looked away and continued playing her game, instructing, "If nothing unexpected happens, Lu Mingfei will likely cause trouble for the Chen family. Do you choose to go back to Kunshan to sell hairy crabs or continue following Lu..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Minhao blurted out, "I'll go with Lu Mingfei!"

"Also, I work in the semiconductor wafer manufacturing industry, not in selling hairy crabs."

"Suit yourself, just be careful. You're a grown man, don't always be so reckless. You almost lost your life." Nuwa waved her hand, indicating that he could get lost.

Zhou Minhao chuckled as he stepped back, secretly delighted, finally having something important to do.

In Kunshan, eight-legged crabs are everywhere, but two-legged hybrids and four-legged dragons are extremely rare.

Since he took over the Kunshan business, he has had to run around to find something that a mixed-race person should do. Now, being sent to "protect" Lu Mingfei has triggered several major tasks at once.

Now, in the family group chat, he's the most dazzling guy, and none of his former rivals can compete with him anymore.

He chuckled and returned to his room, continuing to pretend to be a patient and stay inside.

Many people saw him fight to the point of near death last night. Even with a healing elixir, he wouldn't be able to regain his mobility so quickly. In order not to expose Lu Mingfei's "omnipotence," he had no choice but to put up with it.

Currently, many forces are focusing their attention on the mountain city. An earthquake announced the resurgence of the King of Bronze and Fire. A night later, the Zhou family, the Tang family, and Kassel College jointly announced the death of the King of Bronze and Fire. The alchemical treasure, which was originally only coveted by bounty hunters, has also come into the sights of various forces.

In the world of hybrid races, the bones, blood, and horns of dragons are hard currency, equivalent to real gold and silver in the human world. It is said that Lu Mingfei cut down the next generation dragon servant with a single sword stroke, turning it into glittering ashes scattered all over the river. Everyone sighed and lamented that this young lad was wasting such a precious resource.

Last time in Japan, they burned the White King's dragon bone cross. This time, thankfully, another dragon servant took Norton's dragon bone away, otherwise it would have been heartbreaking.

They were tempted by these things but dared not act on them. The Zhou family had even brought out the Dragon-Slaying Platform. If anyone shamelessly tried to get a share, that baby-faced old woman would really kill them.

Many people are now contacting the Tang and Zhou families, all discussing how to purchase some of the treasures left behind by Dragon King Norton after the Bronze City is opened.

The Dragon King's physical body is beyond saving, but the alchemical creations and knowledge he left behind, as well as a copy of the Dragon Clan's historical records within the Bronze City, would be of great benefit.

However, just as all the forces were eagerly awaiting the division of the Dragon King's legacy by the Tang and Zhou families, Kassel College, and Lu Mingfei, who would take the lion's share, a piece of bad news suddenly arrived.

Bronze City has been buried again!
Just as Lu Mingfei left the Zhou family stronghold and headed to the research ship where Professor Mans and others were to discuss how to open the Bronze City, a deafening roar suddenly came from beneath the river. Immediately following was a tremendous earthquake, very similar to the one that happened the night before, with the river churning and surging with huge waves.

Everyone except Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi thought it was the Dragon King coming back to life and prepared for a daytime battle, but the Dragon King never appeared.

When the commotion subsided, everyone discovered that the crack that had opened up the Bronze City the day before, which led directly to it, had been filled in, and the Bronze City below was now completely hidden from view.

Professor Mans was initially delighted that Lu Mingfei had come so early in the morning to discuss exploring the Bronze City, but his initial excitement quickly plummeted, leaving him feeling utterly exasperated as he looked at the results displayed by the various detection instruments.

The new reinforcements and equipment were still on their way, and then Bronze City buried itself again. Is this...is this acceptable?
Unconvinced, Professor Mans sent Ye Sheng and Caesar into the water again to use the Word of Power Serpent to explore the terrain. The result was that the Bronze City had not only been reburied, but had also sunk dozens of meters. There were also many metal fragments in the piled-up rock layers, leading to the suspicion that the Bronze City had activated its self-destruct program.

"What's this? Deleting your account and running away when you can't win?" Lu Mingfei was speechless upon hearing this result. Looking at Professor Mans's frustrated expression, he also felt a little regretful.

"Oh dear, if only we had pressed our advantage last night and taken Bronze City, now we've all come up empty-handed..."

Xia Mi watched him from the side, rolling her eyes inwardly. He was dressed quite well, actually.

Chu Zihang spoke up first: "Not necessarily. If we had rashly entered Bronze City last night, we might have played right into Norton's hands."

“Indeed, given the dragons’ arrogance, they would have blown up Bronze City long ago. The fact that they’re only doing it now probably means Norton is long gone.” The middle-aged man from the Zhou family naturally sided with Lu Mingfei, patting him on the shoulder to reassure him.

"That beast might have been waiting for us in Bronze City last night. If anyone goes in, he'll just drag you all down with him."

This is a traditional skill of the King of Bronze and Fire: if you can't beat him, you use the Candle Dragon, who lives as long as heaven and earth, so that if you die, I die, and we all die together.

Seeing someone speak, Fingel chimed in at the opportune moment: "Yes, yes, junior brother, you don't want to open the gates of Bronze City only to find Norton smiling and saying 'I've been waiting for you for a long time,' and then get hit in the face with a Candle Dragon, do you?"

Professor Mans also understood that there might be a trap in Bronze City, otherwise he wouldn't have prevented anyone from even going into the water last night, only daring to patrol back and forth on the river.

If last night he still harbored a slight doubt about Lu Mingfei killing the King of Bronze and Fire because he hadn't witnessed it firsthand, then the self-destruction of Bronze City now is enough to prove that Norton is truly dead.

It's a pity about the dragon treasures inside. Although they can't take the lion's share, they could still reap considerable benefits if they opened the Bronze City.

With a sigh, he shook his head and instructed his men to survey the situation and assess the difficulty of the excavation. Although he said this, Professor Mans didn't really have high hopes. Putting aside the changes in terrain caused by the self-destruction of Bronze City, the fact that this place was too close to the dam and a famous tourist attraction made large-scale underwater exploration and mining operations a complete pipe dream.

"Since things have come to this, we can only try to salvage the situation once more." He sighed slightly, exchanged a few words with Lu Mingfei and the Tang and Zhou families, and then turned to go to the captain's cabin, where there was another guest and a young guest.

Caesar, wearing a soaking wet diving suit, lit a cigar and leaned against the ship's railing, slowly exhaling a puff of smoke that blurred Lu Mingfei's figure in his vision.

He didn't know if he was being too suspicious, but he felt that all of this was too coincidental. Norton had to die at the exact moment Lu Mingfei arrived, and he couldn't hold on and typed GG. Before he died, he even blew up Bronze City.

However, he couldn't slander someone's innocence without any evidence. Moreover, considering his past experiences, Lu Mingfei was indeed a person prone to causing incidents, even more so than the famous detective Conan, who caused deaths wherever he went.

Another major conflict yielded no results. Caesar took a puff of his cigar and began to miss his eccentric girlfriend.

If she were there, things might have gone much more smoothly.

but……

He glanced in the direction of the captain's cabin and frowned almost imperceptibly.

Last night, Nono's mother came, along with Nono's younger brother.

He met with them. Nono's younger brother was a baby with a very high bloodline but never grew up. He only had one English name, "Gates," and the nickname "Key."

Nono's mother is a very beautiful woman, but she looks completely different from Nono and doesn't resemble her at all.

Caesar noticed that when the woman mentioned her eccentric daughter, there was no warmth in her eyes, and when she spoke with him, she treated him entirely as if he were the young master of the Gattuso family, without ever considering him as her daughter's boyfriend.

That makes sense. After all, she's a stepmother, and the wife of the head of a large family. How could she possibly treat her stepdaughter like her own?

Having grown up in high society, Caesar was used to the messy and chaotic lives of so-called important people and was no longer surprised by anything.

He knew that Nono's relationship with his family was very tense, just like his relationship with the old folks in the Gattuso family. But he was the family's only heir, and no matter how outrageous his actions were, the elders could only smile and forgive him.

But Nono is different. She is truly disliked by her family and rejected by both sides, so she is unwilling to return to China during holidays and prefers to travel around the world.

I wonder if the Chen family will interfere when I get married to Nuonuo in the future.

Probably not. Even if the marriage between the eldest daughter of the Chen family and the young master of the Gattuso family is a free choice, it would still be considered an arranged marriage. As long as the Chen family members aren't stupid, they would do their best to make this happen.

"Tsk." Caesar felt a little dissatisfied at the thought that his marriage would inevitably be tainted by money.

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang in his ear: "Is something bothering you?"

Turning his head, he saw that Lu Mingfei had walked up to him at some point, with a beautiful red-haired girl following behind him.

Like Nono, she has red hair and red eyes, and both have boyish eyebrows. However, Erii's expression is not as lively, and her temperament is colder. Caesar didn't even overlap her figure with Nono's for a moment.

Smoking in front of a lady is not gentlemanly. He casually stubbed out his cigar on the box next to him, straightened up, and said, "No."

He was quite curious as to why Lu Mingfei would take the initiative to approach him.

They did have a brief collaboration in Japan before, but they parted ways quickly and had no further contact afterward. He really didn't know why he came to see him.

Lu Mingfei didn't keep him in suspense and went straight to the point: "I'm planning to go to Beijing in a couple of days to visit the Chen family. Would you like to invite your girlfriend along?"

He spoke these words in a plain and simple manner, but Caesar detected a strong hint of malice in them.

This is... the start of an unpleasant visitor.

Caesar glanced at Erii, who was still confused and didn't understand what the two were talking about, and asked, "Because of the head of the Uesugi family?"

Uesugi Koshi has been expelled from the Snake Clan and has no intention of returning, so the current head of the Uesugi family is still Erii, which is not wrong.

The reason he asked this question was because Fingel, while freely gathering intelligence, had casually shared some gossip with him: Uesugi Kotetsu's mother's surname was Chen, she was a French nun, and she was half Chinese.

Caesar didn't know where Fingel had gotten this gossip from, but when he heard Lu Mingfei say he was going to the Chen family, he subconsciously recalled this information.

“That’s part of the reason,” Lu Mingfei nodded. “I’m not familiar with the Chen family, so I need someone to guide me.”

"Why Nono?" Caesar frowned; he didn't like putting his women in danger.

The Chen family is, after all, a prominent clan with countless mixed-race members. Even from the few words Nuonuo occasionally mentions, one can sense that the Chen family is full of hidden talents, and every single one of them is a monster.

Except for her.

Lu Mingfei brushed a strand of Erii's red hair aside and said calmly, "Just from their common characteristics, you should be able to guess a thing or two."

I'm planning to check the Chen family's genealogy and maybe cause them some trouble. Having Chen Motong's help will make things much smoother.

This is a lie. With Lu Mingfei's abilities, he can scan the entire area with just one Word of Power: Serpent, and ask about anything with just one Word of Power: Dream Eater or Word of Power: Senluo. He can even find out the embarrassing story of watching a widow bathe when he was a child. There is absolutely no need for profiling.

He called her over simply to bring her and Caesar to his side first, and find an opportunity to have Su Enxi help them with a check-up to see if there was anything unusual.

Caesar is the young master of the Gattuso family and is hailed as the future emperor who will lead the family to glory. Given such high expectations, his Word of Power is Kamaitachi, and his combat power isn't that great. He's like a professional background character. Who would believe there aren't some other factors involved?

As for Nono, she already matched Erii's color scheme, so what other reason could she possibly have?
Caesar glanced in the direction of the captain's cabin, but did not rush to refuse or agree: "That depends on her opinion."

"Then please pass on the message."

(End of this chapter)