Countless cracks appeared on the incubation stone as it started to peel off. The Ancient Divine Dragon was lying on my palm. It was no more than ten centimeters long and its black body was slender. It wasn't much thicker than a finger and its entire body was covered in dark silver dragon scales. Its deep blue eyes flickered as it looked at me. Fans of the book loved to read:
"Wah, is this … is this the Ancient Divine Dragon?
It looks so, so cute … "Lin Yixin's eyes were as wide as saucers.
He Yi carefully touched the little dragon's tail with her index finger and couldn't help but laugh. "Hoho, it's so cute …"
The baby Ancient Divine Dragon was less than ten centimeters long and slender. Its tail was surrounded by auspicious clouds, and its head looked like a Qilin that was slowly growing two dragon whiskers. Its entire body was covered in dark silver scales, and its head was covered in soft crimson fur. Four tender claws poked out of its body and gripped my palm so tightly that it hurt a little. It was glaring warily at the two beautiful girls in front of it as if it was hostile. Well, it couldn't be helped. Dragons had a different sense of beauty compared to humans. In the baby Ancient Divine Dragon's eyes, they might not be beauties, but they were at most below average. Other book friends would look at them normally.
That being said, I was glad that Murong Mingyue hadn't tagged along. Knowing her invincible personality, she would've pointed at the little dragon and laughed, "So this is an Ancient Divine Dragon? It's not even as big as a cow …"
I would've died of embarrassment on the spot!
… …
Lin Yixin rubbed the little dragon's head and smiled even sweeter. "Aiyo, look at its appearance. Lu Chen, is this the totem of China, the Eastern Divine Dragon?"
I nodded. "Yeah. The player's nationality was confirmed during the lottery, so it was automatically created. If Vienna's Sorrow was the MVP, this Ancient Divine Dragon would've most likely transformed into a winged lizard like the Western Holy Dragon, just like your Ice Dragon Kris."
Lin Yixin giggled. "An Eastern Divine Dragon is so cute, but it's a little small!"
I said, "Yeah, it doesn't look powerful, and it's only as long as a finger. How am I supposed to ride it? The WEL committee isn't going to give me a useless dragon, are they?"
He Yi said, "I don't think so …"
But at this moment, the young dragon's body slightly trembled and it let out a low dragon roar. It seemed to be very dissatisfied with my words. This fellow's intelligence was still very high. Its two front claws climbed up my fingers and suddenly opened its young and tender mouth, revealing two rows of sharp teeth, and suddenly bit down!
"Puchi!"
Blood spurted out and I felt a heart-wrenching pain coming from my index finger. The little dragon was like a lizard that was tightly wrapped around my finger. Its bloody mouth opened the wound and it greedily swallowed my blood. However, this was the blood of an Asura King. It was different from a normal human's blood. Would it poison it to death?
Just as I was worrying, a system bell suddenly rang in my ears. Ding ~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have successfully signed a contract with the Ancient Divine Dragon. The Ancient Divine Dragon has entered its fledgling stage. Leveling with it will grant you mount EXP. Since the Ancient Divine Dragon is an Archaean God, the experience required to level up a mount is 100 times that of a normal mount. Keep up the good work!
…
"A blood contract?" Lin Yixin looked at me suspiciously.
I nodded with a smile. "Yeah, the little dragon has entered its fledgling stage!"
He Yi smiled excitedly. "Then let's see the mount's stats!"
"Mn mn!"
"Okay …"
I brought up the Ancient Divine Dragon's stats page, and my face immediately turned purple — [Ancient Divine Dragon]: Level: 1, Grade: Divine Rank Mount, Stage: Fledgling, Effect: Cannot be ridden...
"I can't see the mount's stats. It's still too fledgling …" I said dumbfoundedly.
He Yi pursed her lips into a smile. "It's over. I don't know when it'll reach adulthood or when it'll be able to be ridden!"
Lin Yixin said, "It's fine. We're going to grind levels and try to get the Ancient Divine Dragon to a level where it can be ridden as soon as possible. Oh right, do you know what level it is?"
I shook my head. "Nope, I don't know anything. Plus, I can ride the Armored Ice Qilin Horse while I'm carrying it. What's going on …"
"I don't know …" Lin Yixin was speechless. "Should we grind for a bit and see?"
"Mn. Everyone else, read it as normal:!"
Hence, the three of them once again lured a group of monsters and killed them all. In the end, after killing monsters for nearly an hour, Xiaolong had only reached Level 27. This kind of leveling speed was a little crazy. If it was so difficult to level up at such a low level, wouldn't it kill them when it reached Level 150?
Finally, we couldn't hold on any longer. Rose gave us an ultimatum, and we had no choice but to log out together.
I took off my helmet and shot a glance at the golden WEL championship trophy hanging on the window sill of my hotel room. The words "Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls" and the IDs of our five main participants were printed on it. It was a mark that belonged to the glory of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. After this WEL competition, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls had become the number one guild of the China server. It didn't matter if there were people who didn't like it. In the upcoming Nation Wars, we would prove once more who was the strongest shield of the China server!
… …
The next morning, I woke up early, washed up, packed up my luggage and helmet. Then, I grabbed the trophy and went to eat breakfast before boarding the bus to the airport. The 25 participants of the China server and their accompanying staff went to the airport together. The WEL competition had four trophies in total: the gold trophy for the champion, the silver trophy for the second place, and the bronze trophy for the third and fourth place. Therefore, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and Snowy Cathaya each brought home a trophy, and Soul Battle Robes and Candle Dragon looked like they were in a very lonely place.
Candlelight Shadow was sitting at the back of the group with a frown on his face as he stared at the scenery outside the window. It was always pitiful for a heavenly king of a generation.
As expected, she fell asleep on the plane. Beiming Xue was sitting next to me and sleeping soundly on my shoulder. When Lin Yixin poked her head out to take a look, she couldn't help but giggle. "Beiming's drooling …"
I was speechless. "You should take a nap too!"
"Mn, okay …"
I closed my eyes and slept for four hours. When I woke up, the plane was still in flight. What a pain in the ass. Everyone else looked at me like normal:
Beiming Xue also opened her eyes and asked, "How long have we been flying, big bro?"
"Six hours …"
"We should be arriving soon, shouldn't we?"
"No, there's still six hours left …"
"Didn't we only need 10 hours to get here?"
"The Earth was spinning in the opposite direction when we came here, but now it's spinning in the opposite direction, so it's going to take us even longer …"
"Oh, I'm going to sleep a little longer then …" Beiming Xue giggled and rubbed her head against my chest. Then, she went back to sleep like a lazy cat. I looked at the seats at the back.
He Yi and Murong Mingyue had fallen asleep as well. The WEL journey had been extremely tight, and everyone was exhausted. We had been PvP the moment we left the game, and it wasn't like we had it easy back in China. We had to manage our guild, grind our levels, and so on. Either way, it was because of our hard work that we were able to support a king-tier guild like Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. Now, we were finally able to shine in the WEL and prove that we had taken the decisive step toward becoming the number one guild in China.
The honor of being the WEL overall champion and the WEL MVP was so great that there was a good chance that Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls would surpass Candle Dragon the next time the China Guild Ranking was updated. Of course, Candle Dragon had contributed too much to the Nation Wars during the latter stages of Spirit of Grief, but our Dragonlight Cavalry and Dragonlight Archers were slowly taking shape. Once the next large-scale Nation Wars started, we would truly be crowned gods. In fact, I was looking forward to the Nation Wars very much right now.
… …
Due to the time difference, it was already fucking daytime by the time the plane landed at Shanghai Airport. After we had eaten and slept our fill, we boarded the bus back to Suzhou and departed. Stranger of Three Lifetimes went with us because she had nothing better to do, so she decided to travel and grind everywhere with her gaming helmet. It made her look like the guild leader of Blazing Hot Lips was completely unreliable.
After we returned to Suzhou, the first thing I did was leave the WEL finals trophy at the Lenovo gaming club's headquarters. It was a collective honor, and I heard that it was made out of pure gold. I was going to take this trophy with me when we left the gaming club. It was a symbol of honor and glory that our workshop had worked so hard to obtain, and there was no reason for it to be stolen from us for no good reason.
I wasn't in a hurry to log into the game. I was Level 195 after the WEL finals. Compared to other players, I didn't have to go through all the pain of leveling up, and I could use this time to do something meaningful. For example, I could go shopping with the girls, eat, and so on.
That was why I went to the pedestrian street in the afternoon. Spring was here, and I bought He Yi and Lin Yixin a set of spring clothes with my own money. As a result, Lian Xin and Beiming Xue managed to scam a set of clothes out of me as well, and they were all expensive ones that were worth more than ten thousand RMB each. Of course, it was true that a man makes the man. Wearing clothes that cost tens of thousands of RMB made the girls even more eye-catching than usual.
A true beauty's temperament was one that people could only admire and look up to, but not desecrate. A woman who dressed up to excite men, but not admire, wasn't a beauty with temperament. It was a whore.
… …
As promised, we held a celebratory feast at the Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls base that night. Rose of the Lenovo gaming club had brought a couple of people with her, and just like we had agreed, everyone drank until they passed out. Thank goodness Chaos Moon, Yu Tong, and He Yi were still sober, or we would've been forced to surrender Dark Moon City if someone tried to ambush us.
I woke up in the middle of the night, and my head was a mess. When I opened my eyes, I realized that I was sleeping in my room. It looked like the girls had brought me home. Li Chengfeng, Gui Guzi, Yamete, and those bastards had forced me to drink a lot last night, but I was happy.
I peed, drank some water, and went back to sleep.
When I woke up again, I heard Lian Xin's voice outside my door. "Lu Chen, wake up! Heavenblessed has launched a new patch, and it's the Wrath of the Goddess of Death! Sophie and her undead army from the Seven Realms are attacking the main cities of every country!"