Dragon Tamer
Chapter 969 - Chapter 969 Chapter 973 Xuanlong

Chapter 969: Chapter 973 Xuanlong Chapter 969: Chapter 973 Xuanlong “Ah?? A rather rare dragon species??? But rarity doesn’t necessarily mean powerful, after all, if they have become rare, it means they can no longer adapt to the fierce survival environment of the present,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Some indeed have been eliminated by the great environment, their brink of extinction is due to weakness, but there are also those on the brink of extinction because their methods of reproduction are quite special!” Mr. Jinli said.

“So what exactly is this dragon?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“In ancient times there were the Four Mysterious Beasts, the Black Turtle, Black Bird, Black Tiger, Xuanlong… If I’m not mistaken, this is a Xuanlong!” Mr. Jinli said.

“Xuanlong??” Zhu Minglang had not seen any records about Xuanlong in the books of the Dragon Shepherd.

But the Four Mysterious Beasts that Mr. Jinli mentioned, aren’t they the mythological legends of the Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Azure Dragon that represent the four extremes of heaven that have been passed down among the folk?

Could these Four Mysterious Beasts be related to the legends of the four heavenly extremes?

“Didn’t I just say? Some dragons are rare and extinct, not because they are weak, but on the contrary, they are too powerful. Old Heavenly Father specially imposed some constraints on them, and the constraint for the Xuanlong is that its growth rate is incredibly, incredibly slow,” Mr. Jinli said.

“Even wild dragons have a very slow growth rate, some even taking thousands of years to reach maturity, right?” Zhu Minglang said.

“That’s right, but do you know how many years it takes for a Xuanlong to pass through a single growth period?” Mr. Jinli said.

As Mr. Jinli was speaking, he stretched out his short fin, and somehow managed to raise a finger just like a human, even though it was clearly a short fin, it was extremely agile.

“A growth period of a thousand years??” Zhu Minglang said in astonishment.

A dragon has four stages, the juvenile period, the growth period, the adult period, the Complete Period.

One thousand years for each stage, that would be three thousand years just to reach the Complete Period!

“No, no, no, it’s ten thousand years! It takes ten thousand years for each growth stage!” Mr. Jinli said.

“…” Zhu Minglang was lost for words.

Ten thousand years to grow through a single stage??

If one starts from hatching, how many generations would it take to see the Xuanlong enter the growth period?

Moreover, dragons generally start mating in their mature period, body development for twenty thousand years, childhood sweethearts would have turned to fossils!

“So, wild Xuanlongs are hard to grow large,” Mr. Jinli said.

“Even for Xuanlongs raised by Dragon Shepherds, it’s difficult for them to grow big. Even though my Spirit Realm can speed up their growth hundreds of times, it would still span over hundreds of years!” Zhu Minglang shook his head.

This dragon is too trivial.

To wait for it to fully grow, one would have to gamble their life on it.

The problem is, human lifespan itself is limited, even if one becomes a god through cultivation, unless one is a True God, the lifespan does not increase. Even if the lifespan were to extend, it’s estimated that the highest wouldn’t exceed a thousand years.

Among demons and spirits, the likes of Ancient Species, ancestral creatures, and even some Holy Spirits, it’s common to see lifespans easily stretching into thousands or tens of thousands of years, with some existences living for over a hundred thousand years…

But among humans, there are few who have lived beyond five hundred years. Even among gods, there aren’t many who have lived for five hundred years, and I’ve never heard of any living for a thousand years.

I can’t afford this!

Continuing to compete with this kind of dragon, it could absolutely bury its entire family tree.

Of course, if a royal dynasty genuinely has that much faith, it indeed can worship an Xuanlong, believing that after tens of thousands of years, the dynasty’s God Clan, blessed by the Xuanlong, can still be prosperous and flourish.

“This Xuanlong you’ve encountered mustn’t be in its juvenile stage anymore. I guess it’s in its growth period and is about to enter its mature period,” Mr. Jinli said.

“This ‘about to’, I’m afraid that could be in a thousand or two thousand years, right?” Zhu Minglang said.

“Approximately. The Xuanlong is truly powerful. As long as you dare to raise it, you will absolutely dominate all the seas and wastelands!” Mr. Jinli said.

Regarding the issue of strength, Zhu Minglang acknowledged it.

A dragon that’s still changing teeth could instantly kill an Ancestor Mammoth, which is, after all, a Beast God.

“Our God, you really don’t need to worry too much about this longevity issue. Many so-called ancient species, although they’ve lived for hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years, they spend ninety-nine percent of that time in hibernation. They either sleep in glaciers and snow mountains, or lie dormant under the Veins of the Earth. Besides, in this vast world, there exist forces of time and change. Without altering the fundamental lifespan, these forces can allow spiritual plants and some creatures to cultivate the accumulation of years. Those who live out thousands or tens of thousands of years purely based on lifespan are very few indeed,” Cai You said.

“That’s right, this girl understands it so well. By the way, what’s your name again?”

“Sir, this is the seventh time you’ve asked me. My name is Cai You.”

…

Mr. Jinli held the Xuanlong in high esteem, and furthermore, Zhu Minglang’s encounter with the Xuanlong was a result of his passive blessing being triggered. The Xuanlong was feared to have a lineage even noble than that of the Nuwa Dragon, a rare encounter indeed. Even if it couldn’t be raised to adulthood, worshipping it was an ultimate honor.

“We’ll find it first and talk later. This Little Xuan Long is very cautious. If it hadn’t been for a small fang incidentally falling into the Ancestor Mammoth’s flesh, we wouldn’t even know what attacked the Ancestor Mammoth,” Zhu Minglang said.

It’s impossible not to be tempted.

The Xuanlong actually has an even nobler lineage than the Nuwa Dragon.

Although the forces of time and change aren’t so easy to find, Zhu Minglang now has quite a few Spirit Contracts. Rearing such a mythological creature wouldn’t be a loss.

Of course, the most important point is that the Xuanlong’s current strength is already formidable.

If it really is about to step into maturity as Mr. Jinli suggested, then this Xuanlong actually might have a cultivation base approaching twenty thousand years, which is far from being unproblematic since its hatching!

As for the issue of mental maturity, Cai You had mentioned before that many long-lived beings need to enter prolonged hibernation, so the mentality of this underage Xuanlong shouldn’t be as stubborn as some old monsters, presenting an angle for taming!

The premise of taming is capture.

Over the years, Zhu Minglang’s professional knowledge had actually become very strong. He could determine the location of a Dragon Cavern based on the hunting environment of the Dragon Beast. Of course, since the clues were very limited, they needed more time to wander in these dozens of ancient forests to find traces of this dragon…

Luckily Cai You was also an expert in this area. If the two worked together, they should have a chance to find this Xuanlong.

“I must remind you, the Xuanlong is a Nomadic Dragon, and it will never remain in one place to hunt. Even if there is a Dragon Cavern, it is nothing more than a tent on the grassland,” Mr. Jinli said.

“The Xuanlong probably changes its location every month. If the Ancestor Mammoth was its first hunt in this territory, you have at most a month’s time.”

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