Chapter 79: Ao Run

The sudden gust of wind and the drops of blood in the wind made Lu Qingjiu uneasy, and Bai Yuehu, who was supposed to return from the field every day after ten o'clock, was nowhere to be seen. Lu Qingjiu thought something was wrong and called Bai Yuehu on his mobile phone, only to find that Bai Yuehu had left his mobile phone at home when he went to the fields and did not have it with him.

"Qingjiu, what's wrong?" Yin Xun asked in confusion when he saw Lu Qingjiu's gradually agitated expression.

"It's alright" Lu Qingjiu thought about it but didn't say anything about what had just happened, he said, "I'm going to pick some vegetables in the field, you go and wash them first."

Yin Xun froze at that and said, "What else do you need for picking vegetables or should I go?"

But before he could finish his sentence, Lu Qingjiu was already at the door, pushing it open.

There was an uneasy atmosphere in the air as Lu Qingjiu walked down the path towards the field, an atmosphere that made Lu Qingjiu pick up his pace, even to the point of jogging.

A few minutes later, he finally reached his family's field, only to gasp at the sight of it. The field was empty and Bai Yuehu was nowhere to be seen, which would have been fine, but instead there was a striking bloodstain that stung Lu Qingjiu's eyes.

"Lu Qingjiu called out Bai Yuehu's name as he looked around, but Bai Yuehu was nowhere to be seen, and just as he was getting anxious, his shoulder was gently squeezed by a hand.

Lu Qingjiu's heart tightened, and he turned to see a familiar face, that of his grandfather, the imprisoned black dragon. His eyes were closed, but his gentle expression gave Lu Qingjiu a feeling of being gazed at.

"Hello to you." Lu Qingjiu froze for a moment, not knowing the dragon's name, but feeling that calling him Grandmaster was too abrupt.

The prisoner dragon nodded, the corners of his mouth curving up in a subtle arc as if he were smiling, and he reached out and pointed into the distance, then to the puddle of black blood that was about to solidify next to him.

Lu Qingjiu miraculously understood what he meant and he said, "Do you know where Bai Yuehu has gone? Is he all right? Is he injured?"

Before Lu Qingjiu could react, the sky spun around and he was seemingly transported into the sky. The weightlessness lasted only a moment and soon Lu Qingjiu found himself out of Shuifu Village and in a completely different place.

The area is rocky and surrounded by a dense white mist, except for a tall mountain in the distance, which breaks through the shrouding mist and plunges into the clouds in a majestic manner, catching Lu Qingjiu's eye.

The moment he saw the peak, Lu Qingjiu knew for sure that he had been here before, that this was Bai Yuehu's realm, that Bai Yuehu had brought him and Yin Xun here for shelter when it was raining heavily in Shuifu Village. He just didn't know what his grandfather meant when he brought him here.

"Is Bai Yuehu here?" Lu Qingjiu asks tentatively.

The basilisk nodded slightly and raised his hand to point to the high mountain peak.

Lu Qingjiu looked up and vaguely saw something in the mist. The next moment, Lu Qingjiu recalled a scene he had seen here before. If he remembered correctly, the last time he had been here, he had seen a black dragon wandering around the mountain peak, but at that time, because the distance was too far and the mist was too thick, Lu Qingjiu did not see it clearly, and the black dragon had already disappeared.

Lu Qingjiu expected this time to be something like what he had seen last time, but what he did not expect was to hear several loud clashes of huge objects accompanied by the hissing and roaring of wild beasts before he had even seen the black dragon.

Lu Qingjiu's eardrums ached at the sound, and he was stunned to see the black dragon he had seen earlier tangled up with another dragon in the sky. The two dragons, similar in size, were circling and undulating around the upright mountain peak, their claws and horns clashing violently with each other, making a sound of gold and stone that shook the whole world.

Lu Qingjiu was dumbfounded by the magnificent sight, he had never seen a dragon fight before, and now the two dragons were fighting in front of him, their huge bodies smashing into the mountain peaks at times, the ground shaking with them, the clouds being stirred up in a swirling pattern, the rocks falling as if the sky was about to collapse with them.

The two dragons are roughly identical in appearance, but there are some differences in detail, for example, the red dragon's body is shorter, its neck is longer and its scales are a dull red colour, which looks completely different from the black dragon.

At first the two dragons fought back and forth, but as time went on, many hideous wounds appeared on the red dragon's body, most of them torn out by the black dragon's sharp claws. The Black Dragon was also wounded, but in a much better condition than the Red Dragon, at least from Lu Qingjiu's point of view, and there were no fatal wounds. Lu Qingjiu had only seen part of Bai Yuehu's scales before, but remembered that his fox spirit's scales were black, so he was slightly relieved to see that the black dragon had the upper hand.

Seeing that he was no match for the black dragon, the red dragon turned to flee, but was bitten by the black dragon at the nape of its neck. I don't know if it was an illusion or if I really heard it, but when I saw this scene, a small sound of bones breaking came to Lu Qingjiu's ears, and then the red dragon let out a harsh roar, and its head was separated from its body, its head was bitten in the mouth by the black dragon, and its body fell from the sky into the endless abyss.

Lu Qingjiu looked on with a shudder in his heart as his grandfather, who had brought him here, gently squeezed his shoulder, as if to soothe him.

"What the hell is going on here?" Lu Qingjiu couldn't resist asking.

The grandfather gently took Lu Qingjiu's hand and wrote on it, "This is the tainted dragon."

Lu Qingjiu Dao: "Contaminated"

The basilisk went on to write, "Every dragon can be contaminated."

"What is the difference between a tainted dragon and a normal one?" Lu Qingjiu felt his mind was full of mysteries that he could not sort out.

The basilisk wrote: "Tainted dragons will only want to destroy what they hold most dear."

Lu Qingjiu felt the stroke of his grandfather's fingers on his palm but froze, he looked up in some disbelief and looked at his grandfather, his voice involuntarily with some trembling as he said, "Did you eat my parents"

How he wanted a negative answer, but was doomed to disappointment.

The grandfather was silent for a moment, a hint of pain that seemed difficult to hide surfacing above his face, then slowly, but firmly, he nodded his head.

Lu Qingjiu's whole body froze, his hand still held by his grandfather, he could feel the warmth of his fingertips, but the answer was so clear that he couldn't even deceive himself.

"Why?" Lu Qingjiu's voice trembled a little.

"I'm sorry." The grandfather simply wrote out those two words slowly.

"Why did you eat them?" Lu Qingjiu grabbed his cuffs and questioned loudly, "Aren't they your children?"

The grandfather is silent.

Lu Qingjiu was about to continue his questioning when he heard a light footstep behind him and turned his head to see, in the thick mist, Zhu Rong, an acquaintance he had seen before, known to Bai Yuehu as the Executioner.

Zhu Rong, with his red hair, stood in the thick mist, gazing silently at the basilisk as he said, "Long time no see, Ao Run ."

Ao Run is the name of the grandfather.

When Zhu Rong called him by his name, he smiled faintly, a gentle smile, not at all imagining that he could be the monster who had eaten Lu Qingjiu's parents.

" Lu Qingjiu, come here." Zhu Rong beckoned to Lu Qingjiu.

Lu Qingjiu looked hesitant and was at a loss as to what to do when he felt Ao Run pat him on the back, gesturing for him to go to Zhu Rong's side.

Lu Qingjiu looked back at him and Ao Run seemed to sense his gaze and lowered his head before

The first time I saw Lu Qingjiu's forehead, I hit it lightly with my own.

The movement was gentle, but Lu Qingjiu felt his forehead burn a little where he had been hit. He reached out and touched his forehead in confusion, and heard Zhu Rong urging again, " Lu Qingjiu, come here."

Lu Qingjiu walks hesitantly and slowly forward, watching Ao Run as he walks up to Zhu Rong's side.

"Stay away from him." After making sure Lu Qingjiu was away from Ao Run, Zhu Rong warned in a cold, icy voice.

Ao Run didn't mind Zhu Rong's bad attitude, his smile grew even wider, but Lu Qingjiu noticed that his black hair was turning a dazzling red from the roots, a red that spread so quickly that in almost a moment, Ao Run's long black hair turned a brilliant red like blood.

"Hide in the back." Zhu Rong said to Lu Qingjiu.

Lu Qingjiu did not understand what was happening, but looking at Zhu Rong's grave expression, he knew that things were not good. He took a few steps back and walked behind Zhu Rong, casting a worried look towards the two men.

Zhu Rong said, "Not here."

Ao Run smiled, and unlike the gentle smile he had before, the redhead's smile was wild and wicked, and he opened his mouth and, to Lu Qingjiu's stunned gaze, let out a hoarse voice: "It's been a long time."

Zhu Rong doesn't say anything, just stares at him coldly.

Ao Run said, "And my dear grandson." He turned his face to Lu Qingjiu, "Look, I escaped from there, didn't I, just for you"

Lu Qingjiu was startled by his change and took a step back.

Zhu Rong was unfazed, as if he had expected this to happen to Ao Run. With a wave of his hand, a lance made of flame appeared in his palm, and then he raised his chin at Ao Run, pointing towards the sky shrouded in black mist.

With a slight nod, Ao Run's form flashed towards the sky.

Zhu Rong followed closely behind, and the two flew off into the darkening sky.

Unlike the black dragon Lu Qingjiu had seen in the deep pit, Ao Run's scales had turned blood red, his eyes were still black and hollow, and his horns had been sawn off, but the damage did not affect his majestic image as a dragon.

"With a bang, the first clash between one man and one dragon was heard, and red flames erupted from the area where they were fighting, turning the dark sky into a vivid red.

Lu Qingjiu could not bear to look away, but soon he was forced to close his eyes, for the colour of the flames was so bright that they hurt his eyes and he could not help but shed tears. But even though his eyes were closed, the loud crashing in his ears continued. Lu Qingjiu sat on the ground, unable to see anything, but he could feel the ground shake and the whole world seem to be falling apart.

Lu Qingjiu's heart grew restless without his attachment, and just after a violent collision, he reached out to grab something, only to be embraced in a warm embrace. Lu Qingjiu felt a familiar scent and his body relaxed as he called out in a soft voice, "Bai Yuehu".

Bai Yuehu's voice came from behind him with a somewhat muffled note: "Who brought you here."

"My grandfather." Lu Qingjiu said, "What's wrong?"

Bai Yuehu: "You know it, don't you?"

Lu Qingjiu was slightly stunned before he realised what Bai Yuehu was talking about, he was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Bai Yuehu to still be obsessing about his prototype being seen at this point, helpless and a little saddened, he pretended to be bewildered, "What do you know"

Bai Yuehu: "You didn't see it"

Lu Qingjiu lied calmly, "I've just arrived."

"Oh." Bai Yuehu now relaxed, his head resting on Lu Qingjiu's shoulder, his breath spraying on Lu Qingjiu's ear, "Let's go."

Lu Qingjiu said, "They're still fighting up there, you're not going to help."

Bai Yuehu said, "Zhu Rong can handle it."

"Well" Lu Qingjiu was still a little worried, although the changes in his grandfather's body had frightened him, he was still a little unconvinced that his grandfather would devour his parents, "He admitted himself that he had eaten my parents."

Bai Yuehu said, "He's admitted it before."

Lu Qingjiu: "Then why did you"

Bai Yuehu's voice was a little muffled: "I just don't believe it."

Lu Qingjiu :""

Bai Yuehu: "I don't believe that the dragons guarding Shuifu Village would do such a thing."

Lu Qingjiu got a little sad, he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't, he just reached out and touched Bai Yuehu's hair and said in a warm voice, "Okay, let's go."

Bai Yuehu picked Lu Qingjiu up by the arms, and Lu Qingjiu let out a cry of embarrassment: "I can walk by myself."

"I thought you couldn't see." Bai Yuehu said, "I'll carry you."

Lu Qingjiu: "Okay."

Bai Yuehu then took Lu Qingjiu into his arms and the two of them slowly left the otherworldly realm, Lu Qingjiu hearing himself moving further and further away from the loud sounds in the sky, finally disappearing completely. But the burning sensation in his eyes continued, along with the same sensation where his forehead had been touched by Ao Run. "

Lu Qingjiu could not see anything and said blankly, "What?" He reached out to touch his head, but Bai Yuehu grabbed his hand, "Don't touch it."

"What's wrong with my forehead?" Lu Qingjiu clearly sensed something was wrong.

"It's a bit of an injury." Bai Yuehu said.

"It hurts," Lu Qingjiu said, but he was a little suspicious, "I don't hurt."

Bai Yuehu said, "It will be ready in a while."

Lu Qingjiu said, "Don't lie to me, what's wrong with my forehead", and if his eyes didn't still hurt, he would have gone to the toilet to see for himself.

" Yin Xun, come and tell me." Bai Yuehu did not speak, so Lu Qingjiu tried to get Yin Xun to answer.

Yin Xun said, "No, it's nothing."

Lu Qingjiu was a little angry at being kept in the dark: "Hey, I say, I'm not made of glass, what can't I accept that something is wrong with my own body, just tell me, okay?"

Bai Yuehu was silent for a moment and whispered, "Do you really want to know?"

Lu Qingjiu: "Of course."

Bai Yuehu said, "Yes." At the end of his sentence, Lu Qingjiu felt him raise his hand, and then a subtle touch came to his forehead, causing him to cry out involuntarily: "Ah what? Yuehu's arms.

Bai Yuehu said, "Give me your hand."

Lu Qingjiu shuddered and said, "What?"

Before Lu Qingjiu could react, he felt Bai Yuehu grab his hand and then bring it towards his forehead, with Bai Yuehu reminding him gently, "Be gentle."

Lu Qingjiu finally touched something on his forehead that was actually two tiny dragon horns, not very smooth to the touch, like with some tiny scales, this is not the point, the point is, when he touched his forehead himself he felt not quite okay, the dragon horns actually have a sense of touch, and very sensitive, even he touched his own body was a tremor, let alone like Bai Yuehu just now The dragon's horn was so sensitive that even his own body trembled when he touched it, not to mention the way Bai Yuehu had just touched it.

"All right, all right." Lu Qingjiu hurriedly stopped, feeling like his soul was going to fly out of his body if he kept touching.

Bai Yuehu said, "How does it feel?"

Lu Qingjiu: "Don't, don't touch this thing."

Bai Yuehu: "You can take it"

Lu Qingjiu said, "I've known for a long time that I have dragon blood, and since I have dragon blood, it's not surprising that I have horns." So he said, comforting himself with the same rhetoric, "Wait a minute, did the horn always grow on my head?"

Bai Yuehu: "It will go away, your grandfather and your bloodline are connected and have inspired a part of you that belongs to the dragon race, it should go away after a while."

Lu Qingjiu: "Oh" he was relieved, if the dragon horns didn't disappear, wouldn't he have to stay in Shuifu Village and not go out in the future.

Yin Xun said from the side, "My God, are you all right? I didn't see anything in the field just now, but I saw a puddle of blood and I thought something had happened to you two."

"I'm fine." Lu Qingjiu said, "Bai Yuehu, are you hurt?"

Bai Yuehu said, "A minor injury."

Lu Qingjiu was relieved when, after about an hour or so, the burning sensation in his eyes faded and he could see around him again. The first thing Lu Qingjiu did after regaining his sight was to rush to the toilet and use the mirror to look at the dragon's horns on his forehead.

The dragon's horns are quite different from Bai Yuehu's imposing ones, but they are small, growing on either side of Lu Qingjiu's forehead, so small that if the fringes were longer, they would probably be invisible.

Lu Qingjiu looked at it for a while and couldn't help himself, so he stretched out his finger and poked it again, which almost made him fall to the ground.

The touch of the dragon's horn was so subtle that Lu Qingjiu had never felt anything like it before. Thinking about it, he pulled the necklace of dragon horns that Bai Yuehu had given him earlier from around his neck and held it up to the side of his head.

Lu Qingjiu wondered when he would be able to see Bai Yuehu in the flesh, and when the horns of an adult dragon would feel better to the touch.

" Bai Yuehu, are all dragon horns of the dragon race so sensitive" Lu Qingjiu asked Bai Yuehu a little curiously.

"It's the juvenile dragon horns that are more sensitive." Bai Yuehu says, "adult dragons' horns are just weapons, they don't feel anything."

Lu Qingjiu raised his eyes: "This is a young dragon's horn."

Bai Yuehu looked a little strange: "You haven't changed your horns, so naturally you are a young dragon horn."

"So is there any chance of a change?" Lu Qingjiu asked.

Bai Yuehu looked closer: "Maybe there's something else I can't say."

Lu Qingjiu said, "If it is possible, it is better to change it sooner, otherwise this dragon horn is his lifeline and the whole person will be weak when he touches it.

Bai Yuehu does not say anything about Lu Qingjiu's thoughts, except that from the beginning to the end, he looks a little subtle, and when Lu Qingjiu asks him what is wrong, he refuses to say.

Although he was back, Lu Qingjiu was still worried about Zhu Rong and Ao Run, and it was around nightfall that he saw Zhu Rong, but not his grandfather.

Zhu Rong enters from outside the courtyard, covered in a murderous aura, with an extra scar on his cheek that looks like it was scratched by a dragon's claw.

Bai Yuehu said, "What about it?"

"Let him get away." Zhu Rong scowled soberly.

Bai Yuehu frowns slightly.

Ao Run was caught because he wanted to be caught. As the Dragon King, he wanted to escape, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.

Zhu Rong looked at Lu Qingjiu sitting next to him and casually asked, "Why did you have dragon horns?"

Lu Qingjiu said, "I didn't want my grandfather to touch my forehead either and the dragon horns came out."

Zhu Rong didn't care too much about it, nodding and saying, "Protect it carefully and don't let anyone else touch it."

Lu Qingjiu was stunned: "What will happen if you touch it?"

Zhu Rong was about to reply when Bai Yuehu slapped him on the shoulder, the strength of Bai Yuehu's hand made him swallow his words. "

Lu Qingjiu watched their interaction and thought he'd be damned if he believed it, "Hey, what's going on, tell me."

Zhu Rong's expression grew grim: "I said it's okay, I have something to do, I'll leave now." He broke away from Bai Yuehu's grasp and turned to leave in one fluid motion, ignoring Lu Qingjiu's cries.

Lu Qingjiu watched Zhu Rong leave with suspicion and turned his head to look at his own innocent-looking fox spirit.

"Bai Yuehu." Lu Qingjiu narrowed his eyes and surveyed Bai Yuehu, "Why can't this young dragon horn be touched by others?"

Bai Yuehu blinked, "I don't know."

Lu Qingjiu: "I don't know how you don't know"

Bai Yuehu justified, "I'm just a little vixen, how would I know about the dragons?"

Lu Qingjiu: ""He couldn't actually argue with that.

What the author has to say: Bai Yuehu: I'm such a cute vixen.

Lu Qingjiu: I've really lifted a stone and smashed my own feet.