Chapter 2

After exerting all his strength, Yang Chen finally managed to move Long Qinglan and let him lean against the tree trunk.

"This old guy is just faking it!"

After observing for a while, Yang Chen realized that Long Qinglan was completely fine. He was so frustrated that he wanted to punch his old man a few times.

Long Qinglan glared at him and said, "Don't think I'm alive just because I woke up. I'm awake now mainly to tell you a few things. Listen carefully, if you miss one, I'll make you childless even as a ghost."

Yang Chen rolled his eyes. He had never listened to this guy before, but he didn't expect that his speaking style was the same as his, probably due to genetics.

"Alright, I know you're fine, old man. You seem more normal today, so just get it over with."

Long Qinglan chuckled and said, "I've seen you a few times before. You, this brat, indeed have the style of my younger self. I'll cut to the chase. After I die, the first thing you need to do is take out the dragon-shaped jade pendant from my dantian."

Mentioning the dragon jade again, Yang Chen was taken aback and said, "Old man, do you think I'm an idiot? If you have a jade pendant in your dantian, how can you still be alive?"

"Your damn nonsense! Do you think this is living? Eighteen years ago, I came to Baiyang Town alone. In that generation of Baiyang Town, no one was my match. Otherwise, how could your mother, such a beauty, be tricked into bed by me? But ever since I got this dragon jade, my true qi at the eighth level of the Dragon Vein Realm was completely drained within half a year, and I ended up as a waste!"

It turned out there was such a story, which Yang Chen really didn't know. Seeing the old man so agitated, it seemed he wasn't lying, but what kind of dragon jade could drain one's true qi?

More importantly, this old guy was once a super expert at the eighth level of the Dragon Vein Realm? To achieve such a level at a young age, what did that mean?

According to legend, the human race possesses the bloodline of ancient divine dragons, so the nine major bloodlines that run through the body are called dragon veins. When these veins are refined to the extreme, they can sense the heavens and absorb primordial energy, which then transforms into true qi. When true qi forms a dragon and breaks through the nine dragon veins, one can become a supreme expert. Therefore, the Dragon Vein Realm has nine levels.

As far as Yang Chen knew, one of the strongest people in Baiyang Town, his adoptive grandfather, who was known as a supreme expert, was only at the ninth level of the Dragon Vein Realm.

Ignoring Yang Chen's skeptical expression, Long Qinglan continued seriously, "I've already explained the first thing. The second thing is... changing your surname. From now on, your name will be Long Chen. Our Long family is the supreme ruler of this world. The descendants of the Long family cannot have any other surname!"

"Supreme ruler? You can fool kids, but not me... Fine, if it's Long, it's Long."

Yang Chen was taken aback, not expecting this old ghost to make such a joke. However, he had long wanted to change his surname. Although his father was no good, the Long surname was still acceptable.

Long Chen, this was his new name.

He repeated it in his mind a few times and felt it was quite good. Seeing the old ghost's satisfied smile, Long Chen suddenly felt quite happy today.

He sat down next to Long Qinglan, their shoulders touching.

"You are my son, calling you Chen'er is not too much. I've lived a life of calling the wind and rain, dominating the Dragon Sacrifice Continent, but I never expected to die in a place like Baiyang Town. Life's twists and turns are truly sigh-worthy."

"Are you crazy today? I know everything about your life, so stop bragging! By the way, we won't go back to the Yang family. With my abilities, finding a new place to support you, this dead drunk, shouldn't be hard. What do you think?"

As Long Chen spoke, he looked at the distant flowers and trees, waiting for his father's response, but there was no sound. He was taken aback and immediately turned his head, only to see Long Qinglan looking at him with tears in his eyes, motionless.

"Old ghost, what's wrong with you..."

Being looked at by a grown man with tears in his eyes, Long Chen felt no discomfort. Despite his constant sarcasm, the man in front of him was indeed his father.

"Chen'er..."

"...Yeah."

Long Qinglan raised his head and said, "I'm not a good father and haven't fulfilled a father's responsibility, so I led you down the wrong path. Many things you will face in the future, I don't want to tell you now. If you reach that level, you will naturally understand."

"The last thing I want to tell you in my life, listen carefully: In this cruel world, your strength is everything. A man without strength is just a dog!"

"After I die, I hope that becoming stronger will be your lifelong pursuit, because it was also my lifelong pursuit, but fate played a trick on me..."

Suddenly hearing such a serious instruction, Long Chen was taken aback.

Long Qinglan gave his head a hard pat, placed his hand on his shoulder, and smiled, "I've said everything I wanted to say. I have one last thing to entrust to you. The Yang family will soon have a family assembly where the younger generation will compete. The ultimate champion will receive the Yang family's highest secret manual, the 'Dragon Seal.' This 'Dragon Seal' is key to becoming a Dragon Warrior, so you must get it no matter what. Remember, remember..."

Long Chen had heard of this family assembly, but it didn't concern him.

"My strength is enough to beat a few hooligans, but participating in the family assembly would just embarrass you, old man. And what's this Dragon Warrior you're talking about?"

"Dragon Warrior... It's a legend that has long disappeared from the Dragon Sacrifice Continent..."

After saying this, Long Qinglan's face was filled with a smile, and his eyes were full of longing. However, the hand that rested on Long Chen's shoulder went limp and silent.

Long Chen was about to ask what the Dragon Sacrifice Continent was, but he saw Long Qinglan's arm go limp. He panicked and quickly supported Long Qinglan.

Although his eyes were still open and his face still smiling, Long Chen realized that he had lost his life. This time, he was really dead.

Long Chen's mind was in chaos.

A day ago, he could accept Long Qinglan's death, but when he had been dreaming of taking this old ghost far away to live a carefree life, he was left alone...

Long Chen buried his head in pain.

"You listen carefully, if you miss one, I'll make you childless even as a ghost."

"I'm not a good father and haven't fulfilled a father's responsibility."

"In this cruel world, your strength is everything. A man without strength is just a dog!"

"After I die, I hope that becoming stronger will be your lifelong pursuit."

His words echoed in his ears over and over again.

Long Chen never expected that one day he would experience such painful parting. He thought he had no heart, but where did this heart-wrenching pain come from?

It wasn't until late at night, after confirming that the man would never wake up again, that Long Chen prepared to bury him.

Looking at the emaciated face in the grave, Long Chen clenched his fists tightly.

"Old man, I remember everything you said and will do as you instructed. I've already changed my surname. The matter of the Dragon Seal will take time, and becoming stronger is not something that can be achieved in a day. And..."

He thought about what Long Qinglan had said about removing the dragon jade from his dantian.

"He's already dead, and if I desecrate his body, it would be a grave sin..."

Thinking this, he was about to give up, but then he thought again.

"No, this dead ghost said the dragon jade was tormenting him, and he repeatedly instructed me, so there must be a reason."

Long Chen was not a hesitant person. Thinking this, he took out a dagger, looked at Long Qinglan once more, took a deep breath, and cut open his dantian.

Sure enough, there was a black jade pendant inside.

Long Chen placed the jade on the ground, then tidied up Long Qinglan's body, covered it with soil, and set up a tombstone. After three bows and nine prostrations, he sat down, looking at the strange jade in his hand.

This was the mysterious dragon jade Long Qinglan had mentioned.

"Was it you who drained all his true qi and ruined his life?"

The mysterious dragon jade was a dragon-shaped jade pendant with strange patterns, completely black, and looked very ordinary, even a bit old. Long Chen couldn't understand how this thing could have tormented Long Qinglan for a lifetime.

By now, it was dark, and the moonlight was pouring down, with mist gradually spreading through the forest. The mysterious dragon jade in Long Chen's hand began to emit a faint light. Long Chen was taken aback when he realized the dragon jade had disappeared.

"What's going on?"

Before he could react, Long Chen felt a loud boom in his head. His consciousness appeared in a gray, misty space. The mist was constantly rolling, and the wind was howling. Long Chen couldn't distinguish up from down, left from right, and could only look around in shock.

"This is exactly like the sea of consciousness described in books. The sea of consciousness is the hiding place of the soul, and only by becoming a warrior and opening the heart's eye can one see it. What's happening to me?"

Shocked, Long Chen ran wildly in the sea of consciousness, but he felt that he couldn't escape this endless mist. At this moment, he saw a pitch-black, ancient dragon-shaped jade pendant floating in front of him, emitting a faint light.

Opening his eyes, Long Chen's eyes were full of surprise.

"Did this mysterious dragon jade enter my sea of consciousness? Is it trying to drain my true qi?"

Long Chen was greatly alarmed.

"No, I don't even have true qi. Is it going to suck my ass?"

At this moment, a powerful force surged out from the mysterious dragon jade, crossing the boundary between body and soul, and appeared in Long Chen's dantian.

This powerful heat made Long Chen feel extremely comfortable.

"True qi?"

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