The Rock City Lord didn't understand the situation inside the cave, and Dean Xi Bo was equally confused. Instead, an elder who came in later recognized Tana and hurriedly revealed her identity.
After he said that, Dean Xi Bo frowned and hesitated for a moment before saying, "The Rabbit race ….. has the bloodline of the Howling Beast. It should have been arranged by the Rabbit race to come to the academy. I was negligent."
"Negligent?"
The Rock City Lord was still in a state of rage. He flung his sleeves and said angrily, "Now that the Howling Beast is dead, how am I going to explain to the Monster Emperor Krui?"
I was currently lying on the ground, trying my best to recover my meridians. I frowned when I heard that. Why was the Monster Emperor involved in the Howling Beast?
While I was thinking, the Rock City Lord continued to vent his anger.
He didn't give any face to Dean Xi Bo and shouted angrily, "This matter concerns the Monster race's grand plan, yet you aren't willing to make any sacrifices and insist on using such a method. You even promised me that it would be foolproof!"
His gaze swept across Dean Xi Bo and the few elders of the academy. He continued in a cold voice, "After I report this, none of you will be able to escape from the wrath of the Monster Emperor Krui.
I'll give you a day to investigate this matter thoroughly! "
Upon saying that, he harrumphed coldly and turned to leave.
Ao Tuo followed behind him and glanced worriedly in my direction before leaving as well.
I wasn't worried about my own situation as I was thinking about the Rock City Lord's words.
He said that this matter concerned the Monster race's grand plan, but I couldn't make any guesses about it. However, his words of reprimand gave me some clues.
Based on the previous situation, it wasn't hard to deduce that their goal was to control the Howling Beast using the pendant that looked like a wooden box.
Their original plan was to send someone from Saeed Academy to deliver the wooden box into the Howling Beast's body. However, as the Howling Beast had the ability to swallow humans, none of them were willing to sacrifice themselves. Coincidentally, Dean Xi Bo found out that I could resist the Howling Beast's roar and thought of using me as bait to bring the wooden box in. After being swallowed by the Howling Beast, the wooden box would be successfully delivered into the Howling Beast's body, thus achieving the goal of controlling the Howling Beast.
His plan was actually foolproof, but unfortunately, he trusted the wrong person and met me, which led to the current situation.
After the Rock City Lord left, Dean Xi Bo's expression turned gloomy. His gaze swept over the Howling Beast and Tana's corpse, before finally stopping on me. "What exactly happened here? Tell me honestly. If you dare to hide even a single word, I will make you wish you were dead!"
While they'd been here, I'd been thinking about what to say. I'd already come up with a response.
As soon as he said that, I pretended to be panic-stricken and told him everything that had happened since I entered this place. Of course, I didn't mention the part where I killed Tana. I only mentioned that she was already dead after I came out from the body of the howling beast.
There was also the matter of him swallowing the beast core of the howling beast. He had unknowingly swallowed the beast core for some unknown reason.
Among all these matters, only the matter of the Beast Core was something that I couldn't escape responsibility for. Furthermore, it was very difficult to conceal it. After all, the Howling Beast's corpse was right here. As long as Principal Xi Bo examined it a little, he would definitely discover the fact that the Beast Core was missing.
After hearing my explanation, the first thing Principal Xi Bo did was to examine the Howling Beast's corpse. After confirming that the Beast Core was missing, he turned to stare at me.
"Even with my Monster Saint cultivation, it's hard for me to bear the Howling Beast's Beast Core. You're just a Monster General, so how can you bear it?
Tell me honestly, what are you hiding? "
I had already been suspected when I was able to resist the howling beast's roar previously. However, Principal Xi Bo was focused on finding a scapegoat, so he neglected this matter. At this moment, all of his suspicions were gathered together. His gaze was filled with intense killing intent.
I had already thought of a countermeasure to this question, so I didn't panic. After remaining silent for a moment, I replied, "I … have the Dragon race's bloodline."
In the Monster region, the Dragon race held an extremely high position. Furthermore, their bloodline naturally possessed terrifying power. Ever since I'd arrived at Rock City, I'd already heard many things about the Dragon race.
Since I couldn't explain the current situation, pushing the blame to the Dragon race was the most suitable choice.
As expected, after hearing my explanation, Principal Xi Bo was momentarily stunned. After remaining silent for a moment, he muttered, "Dragon race … How is this possible?"
While he was stunned, the purple-robed elder moved closer to his side and said, "The Dragon race does have the ability to swallow the Beast Core. If this dog-headed man really possesses the Dragon race's bloodline, this matter can be explained."
After hearing the purple-robed elder's words, Principal Xi Bo stared at me and asked, "Why can't I feel the aura of the Dragon race from your body?"
I didn't reply, but released the aura of the Black Dragon rune behind me.
The Black Dragon rune was formed from the Spirit Snake. He had resided in it for many years, so it had already left behind a dense aura of the Dragon race.
I'd previously felt a similar aura from the Cat lady and the male from the Cat race called Luo Ge in the Research Academy. I could confirm that the Dragon race's aura in the Monster region was no different from the Spirit Snake's aura.
After sensing the Dragon aura, Principal Xi Bo momentarily became silent. After a long while, he continued, "There's a rule in the Monster region that those who possess the Dragon race's bloodline must report it to the city lord. The Dragon race will send someone to confirm the bloodline and register it.
Since you possess the Dragon race's bloodline, why didn't you report it earlier? "
I shook my head. "I didn't know about this rule. I've told others about it before, but no one believed me. As a dog-headed man, I'm unable to come into contact with the city lord."
The dog-headed man's status was extremely low. He casually made up an excuse, but it was very convincing. Principal Xi Bo finally stopped doubting me and nodded. "I'll report this matter. You'll follow me back to the academy first. The Dragon race will confirm your identity in the future."
Previously, he had an attitude of wanting to kill me, but now, he wanted me to return to the academy. It was obvious that he was extremely fearful of my identity as a Dragon race. This was also the reason why I made up this excuse.
I struggled to get up from the ground. I wasn't intentionally putting on an act. Currently, the Howling Beast's Beast Core's power was wreaking havoc in my body, continuously shattering my meridians and repairing them. If it wasn't because I'd experienced so much pain, it would be hard to say if I could bear the pain and pretend to be calm.
Seeing that I was in such a sorry state, Principal Xi Bo waved his hand and called for the elder of the Medicine Research Institute to feed me a few healing pills before bringing me back to the Medicine Research Institute.
After returning to the Medicine Research Institute, while waiting for the meridians in my body to recover, I thought about what had happened previously. After confirming that there weren't any flaws, I calmed down and quietly waited for my meridians to recover, as well as Principal Xi Bo and the Rock City Lord's next move.
Three days passed by quickly. Under the effects of the Howling Beast's Beast Core, the meridians in my body had completely recovered. During this period of time, Principal Xi Bo and the academy's elders didn't look for me, as though they had forgotten about the matter.
It was naturally for the best that they didn't look for trouble, but after the meridians in my body had recovered, I discovered a serious problem.
According to my original estimations, my power would definitely recover to its original state after my meridians were cleared.
However, after my meridians had completely recovered, I discovered that there wasn't any Dao and Witch's Qi in the Monster domain that could allow me to quickly recover my cultivation. My body still only had the Monster King realm's Monster power.
If I was in the human world, I could rapidly absorb the True Dragon's Qi between the heavens and earth and transform it into Dao's Qi to enter my meridians to awaken my Sun God and completely recover my cultivation.
However, I was currently in the Monster domain. Even though there was Monster's Qi for me to absorb, Monster's Qi couldn't be compared to the Dao and Witch's Qi. I was also unable to rapidly absorb the Ancient Savage Aura from the heavens and earth.
After concentrating and pondering for a long time, I took out the remaining three Gold Moon Leaves from the previous time. After rapidly swallowing them, the Gold Moon Leaves transformed into Monster's Qi that circulated in my meridians. My cultivation had also successfully reached the intermediate stage of the Monster King realm.
I roughly understood that I was unable to rapidly absorb the Ancient Savage Aura due to the fact that I had never used the Ancient Savage Aura to cultivate. However, the absorption of Monster's Qi was extremely fast. As long as there was a large amount of Monster's Qi for me to absorb, I would similarly be able to recover my cultivation.
However, the current problem was that Monster's Qi only existed in the Monster domain's Heavenly Treasures and Beast Cores. Thus, I currently needed a large amount of Heavenly Treasures or Beast Cores.
Heavenly Treasures could only be found by luck, so Beast Cores were a more realistic method. However, Beast Cores were extremely precious in the Monster domain. If I wanted to obtain a large amount, I would have to hunt for them myself.