Chapter 970: Chapter 970

Yu Ziqing understood in his heart; it was the dragon head of the True Dragon bloodline, a Dragon Talisman. To say that the Dragon Clan knew nothing about it would indeed seem improbable.

The Dragon Clan may not be concerned with other matters, even though much information on bloodline inheritance has been lost; they might not particularly care or feel the need to dig deeper.

However, when it comes to anything related to True Dragons, the Dragon Clan is more concerned than anyone.

Having seen much and experienced it firsthand, Yu Ziqing was most aware of the Dragon Clan's deep obsession with True Dragons.

To put it conservatively, it's even deeper than Song's obsession with bloodline inheritance and incense fire.

The Old Dragon King wore a deep expression akin to a water's surface, eyes profound; he gently caressed the Death Dragon Talisman, his gaze as if seeing someone once very familiar.

If it were someone else, the Old Dragon King certainly wouldn't readily reveal the name of the Death Dragon Talisman.

But since Yu Ziqing was connected to the Moon God and was acquainted with the Dragon Clan, clearly also knowing True Dragons.

The Old Dragon King had no reservations.

After pondering for a moment, the Old Dragon King slowly began to speak.

"Within our Dragon Clan, although True Dragon descendants rarely appear, the bloodline of True Dragons has always been preserved.

After many years of planning, we managed to bring about a True Dragon descendant.

But the fate of True Dragon descendants is often fraught with challenges and they often perish young.

Ao Qing is one of the few renowned True Dragon descendants left.

A long time ago, when I was still a juvenile dragon, I saw the Death Dragon Talisman in the hands of my father.

It looked exactly one.

However, at that time, the Death Dragon Talisman was still pure, not yet tainted by such intense other forces.

According to my father, our Dragon Clan once had a great talent.

During that time, war was raging, and his mother was pregnant yet still had to engage in battles abroad.

She ultimately fell outside, attempting to give birth even at the brink, but she had exhausted her strength, unable to succeed.

A human strongman sensed the life within her womb, entrusted by her dying wish, he cut open her belly and delivered the child.

He then carefully cared for the child, keeping him by his side.

He was raised and educated, unlike the typical arrogant Dragon Clan of the past, instead humbly learning and being sincere.

Later, he returned to the Dragon Clan, organized the bloodline inheritance, and helped the Dragon Clan through the toughest of times.

The treasure he left within the Dragon Clan's bloodline is actually the key to our continuation today.

But the descendants of True Phoenix, True Qilin, and Auspicious Beast, have all been wiped out by time."

The Old Dragon King's tone held reverence.

Yu Ziqing recalled glancing over a certain book in the Dadui Book Library.

According to that, during Ancient Times, the Dragon Clan was much more rampant than now.

Inferring from the lifespan of the Dragon Clan, they must have been even more arrogant in earlier times.

They indeed had a reason for their arrogance; without needing cultivation, upon smooth maturation, even the most useless of Dragon Clan could rival a human Great Tao Cultivator.

If one was a True Dragon descendant, from birth, they would know that reaching the Ninth Tier was the minimum.

In human terms, there was no existence that dared guarantee reaching the Ninth Tier just upon birth.

Even reaching the Ninth Tier is far more challenging than imagined, otherwise, the number of Ninth Tiers wouldn't be so few simultaneously.

The number might seem many, but compared to the number of cultivators, it's just a drop in the ocean in a literal sense.

However, the Dragon Clan now can indeed be considered low-key, always in the sea, appearing occasionally.

Within the Dragon Clan, wise men saw the crisis, laid plans in advance, to avoid danger if possible, most importantly, preserving the Dragon Clan's pitifully low birth rate, which is indeed quite challenging.

After all, frankly speaking, with the Dragon Clan's numbers, extinction would come sooner than expected.

Unlike the Human Clan, whose numbers are abundantly massive, enduring disasters and hardships always preserves the fire, and a few stable years can see a strong population rebound.

The weaker the individual, the more a species can reproduce.

Like the cockroach, all skill points put into survival and reproduction, never wiped out in hundreds of millions of years.

Yu Ziqing had read that the Vermilion Bird went extinct during the Ancient Times.

Because at that time, there was only one Vermilion Bird left. When it died, the race went extinct.

The Dragon Clan's numbers appear numerous, but pure numbers might not exceed a large village of the human population, a huge catastrophe could mean extinction.

Plus the curse of the True Dragon bloodline, with the Dragon Clan's fixation on True Dragons.

It's indeed not easy that they haven't yet gone extinct.

This also sheds light on Yu Ziqing's question. Why is it that the descendants of True Phoenix, True Qilin, Auspicious Beasts, have all become backdrops, while the Dragon Clan can still persevere until today?

Of course, Yu Ziqing speculated that the wise man of the Dragon Clan of that time was not the only reason, but surely a significant reason among them.

"And then?" Yu Ziqing softly asked.

"Then, that predecessor used his reversed scales to refine the Death Dragon Talisman.

At his birth, he was tainted by Death Qi, half-alive and half-dead, being the only Ashen Dragon in the history of the Dragon Clan. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novelꜰire.net

He said the True Dragon bloodline rarely appears, only by being brought to a dead end could there be a slim chance of survival.

By using the Death Dragon Talisman as the foundation, the first True Dragon bloodline was smoothly born after the disappearance of True Dragons.

However, things didn't go smoothly and eventually deviated to destruction, the events of that time have vanished, and I'm not clear on the details.

I only remember the predecessor's words; from death to life, when extremes are reached, things change.

Since childhood, my father taught us not to be arrogant; our Dragon Clan rarely goes ashore, always staying in the sea.

The dreams my clan pursues are full of hardships; we must grit our teeth and move forward cautiously, and one day, we will achieve our long-held wishes.

I am old now, dutifully keeping the teachings of the ancestors, today there is finally hope to witness the fulfillment of generational desires..."