Red Dragon seeks his position in both realms.

Before communicating with Jindi, Winters first sent away all the monster subordinates who were still lingering and guarding outside the planting area, letting them do their own things.

Then he returned to the dragon's nest, lay down in the most comfortable spot, curled up in a ball, and closed his eyes.

They began to use their divine sense to connect with Jindi, using Jindi as a transit point to explore Futian Golden Eagle.

His divine sense followed the golden ground and connected with that faint connection.

Silently crossing the barrier between the two worlds, it arrived on the golden eagle of Futian.

With just a slight movement, Winters can possess the golden eagle and control its body.

But Winters did not do that; instead, he observed the situation from a third-person perspective.

At this moment, the golden eagle was flying alongside the crow king, passing through layers of clouds and mist, heading towards the rolling green mountains in front of them.

They are extremely fast, and their bodies are accompanied by fluctuations of [Wind Qi], which helps them to follow the wind and reduce wind resistance.

In the midst of the rolling green hills before us, a market town is built against the mountainside, spanning between two mountains, and is quite a magnificent sight.

Upon closer inspection, the houses within this market town are connected and arranged in a staggered and orderly manner.

There is also a ring of bluish-gray city walls surrounding the market, making it appear relatively orderly and well-organized.

As they were about to fly over the market, Winters had a sudden thought and attached his divine sense to the golden eagle.

  

Soon, the Futian Golden Eagle's originally dark brown eagle eyes turned gilded crimson, and a fierce killing intent appeared.

Winters officially took over the Golden Eagle's body.

The two pairs of wings instinctively tried to flap forward, but because the structure of the golden eagle was slightly different from that of a real dragon, the flapping did not take effect.

The golden eagle's body suddenly paused, swaying in mid-air.

"These wings are awkward to use; I'm not used to them."

Winters muttered to himself.

The golden eagle's wings were ultimately quite different from Winters's four-legged, two-winged dragon body.

The way the shoulder bone and wing bone exert force is also different. It's okay for short-term possession, but it won't work if it lasts for a long time.

The carow that accompanied him was quite perceptive; it noticed the unusual pause that the golden eagle beside it made.

He then turned his head to look at the golden eagle, about to open his beak to warn it, but saw its pair of gilded vertical pupils.

The crow immediately cawed twice, its voice tinged with excitement:

"Skinfish, you're here again! We're almost at the market, look down there."

Crow King gestured with some delight to the sprawling market town below. Winters had already noticed it and, without needing to be reminded, asked directly:

"Should we go down directly, or should we go down outside the market area?"

The crow king suppressed his joy and shook his head, saying:

"I won't go to the market first. I need to go to my friend's place first and pay my respects to the local bigwig."

Pay homage to the mountain strongman?

Winters was slightly taken aback. Why was there still a custom of paying respects to the mountain stronghold?

Why are these monsters playing the gangster movie?

Knowing he had doubts, the crow cawed bluntly:

"My friend is a swallow crow named Yan Shijiu, and now he's following the Qiang Vulture King."

When lowly demons like us arrive in someone else's territory, the first thing we have to do is pay respects to a powerful elder brother. Only with a powerful elder brother protecting us will no one dare to bully us.

"Oh, right, you also need to pay a donation when you worship the elder brother; that's the rule."

The crow is a member of the same genus as the crow and is closely related to the crow. The difference between the crow and the crow is that the crow has a white ring around its neck, but otherwise they are the same.

The Qiang vulture is actually a large bird of prey that feeds on carrion – the vulture.

Crow King's idea was still very simple: find a local tyrant to be his boss, and then he could live a peaceful life.

But the crow king was completely unaware that the golden eagle beside him was actually a real dragon inside its body.

Winters narrowed his eyes upon hearing this.

"You want me, a true dragon, to worship a vulture as my lord?"

Are you kidding me? I'm a real dragon!

It wouldn't make sense to have a golden eagle from Futian pay respects to its elder brother.

However, Winters remained cautious, suppressing his disdain and first trying to ascertain the details:

"What is your cultivation level, Great King of the Qiang Vultures?"

"According to Yan Shijiu, the Qiangjiu King is a master in the mid-stage of Qi cultivation!"

He cultivates the "Stomach Earth" element, and when practicing breath control, he ingests the second-grade "Earth Virtue" spiritual energy. He is quite fierce and authoritative here.

The crow spoke with longing, showing great admiration for the Qiang vulture king.

"Second-grade spiritual energy?"

Winters, hearing this for the first time, asked:

Are there different grades of spiritual energy?

"Of course, there are different ranks, from first to ninth grade, with first grade being the worst and ninth grade being the best."

Crow King explains:

"From the breakthrough of fetal breathing to the stage of absorbing qi, one needs to absorb a stream of spiritual qi."

This spiritual energy must be in harmony with one's own lineage; it cannot be obtained haphazardly, otherwise it will be detrimental to future cultivation.

"Human cultivators often rely on their self-created Qi gathering methods to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and refine it into spiritual Qi."

Our demon race mostly relies on absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth into our bodies and transforming it into spiritual energy.

Our speed of accumulating Qi is five or six years, or even seven or eight years, faster than that of human cultivators who collect it slowly.

However, because we demon cultivators absorb and exhale the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in a chaotic manner, our spiritual energy is easily impure, resulting in a lower grade.

Winters understood, silently noted it down, and then said:

"So this second-grade spiritual energy is considered powerful?"

Crow King cawed and nodded: "Of course, that's already quite powerful among us scattered demon cultivators."

After hearing this, Winters had a better understanding of the situation.

Speaking of methods for gathering Qi, he happened to have a book on Qi gathering methods that came with the Pleiades Method.

The "Sunrise Technique" itself is an eighth-grade immortal technique, and the accompanying Qi-gathering technique will likely produce a spirit energy of a high grade.

It's definitely higher than this second-grade spiritual energy.

Winters tilted the golden eagle's head and looked at Crow King:

"So, who do you think is more powerful, the vulture king or me?"

Crow King was momentarily lost in thought, the image of Winters' massive figure and ferocious appearance flashing through his mind several times before. He shook his head.

"Well... I can't say for sure."

Judging from Crow King's reaction, that vulture might not be stronger than him.

Although he is in the mid-stage of the Qi Conquest realm, he may not be stronger than me.

Winters was, after all, a true dragon, and had once swallowed a firebird that had reached the first level of Qi.

If that's the case, then why bother paying respects at the dock?

"Then let's not bother with paying respects to the powerful figures."

Winters' tone left no room for argument:

"Instead of worshipping him as your elder brother, you should follow me."

Lord Crow hesitated for only a moment before nodding.

He originally thought that the vulture was quite powerful here, a local leader who could protect him, so he wanted to join its ranks.

The true form of the skink before him was clearly much more powerful; at least, he had seen it before.

Moreover, its future seems better than that of the vulture.

The skink followed that Buddhist monk and ate countless delicacies. In just half a year, it developed that enormous body.

Perhaps even the remnants of golden elixir leaking from the stone dragon's mouth are far more powerful than the spiritual objects he had previously sought out.

Thinking about it this way, wouldn't it be wonderful to follow Shilongzi?

After all, it doesn't matter who you follow, right?

He could accept anything as long as Winters didn't convert him into a mount for those bald Buddhist monks.

"Hehe, skink, I'll listen to you from now on."

The crow cawed happily.

Winters didn't mind; skinks it was.

One day, he will let the world know the power of a true dragon.

Speaking of true dragons...

Winters suddenly recalled the record in the *Commentary on the Waterways Classic*, and couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"It seems there are dragons in this world too, and they all seem to cultivate the virtue of water, and they are born into noble lineage."

I'd love to see what the dragons of the cultivation world really look like if I get the chance.

"Skinfish! We're almost at Qingshe Market. Let's land outside first."

The voice of the crow reminded Wen Tesla to return to reality.

The crow spun and descended straight down, with Winters following closely behind.

As they flew downwards, the crow continued to explain:

"The Azure Serpent Market was co-founded by a Foundation Establishment stage Azure Serpent Demon and a human cultivator. I heard that the human cultivator was her Daoist partner."

Winters was taken aback by this and instinctively asked:

"What is that human cultivator's surname?"

"Uh... I think his surname is Xu."

The green snake demon and the cultivator surnamed Xu were also Daoist partners.

Winters looked slightly taken aback.

The one surnamed Xu and the Green Snake Demon?

This combination sounds so familiar. Could it be from his Legend of the White Snake?

No, it should be called the Legend of the Green Snake.

Lord Crow didn't say much about the green snake demon, but instead explained the rules and precautions of the Demon Workshop.

They then landed on the outskirts of the Demon Palace.