Dragon Tamer
Chapter 970 - Chapter 970 Chapter 974 Seeking the Traces of Xuanlong

Chapter 970: Chapter 974 Seeking the Traces of Xuanlong Chapter 970: Chapter 974 Seeking the Traces of Xuanlong Cai You glanced at Zhu Minglang, who rubbed his temples helplessly and said, “We found another divine beast that had been killed, the bite marks are very similar to those of the Mammoth, and it had turned into a pile of bones already. Although there are signs of other wild beasts scavenging the corpse, we estimate it died about half a month ago, so we might only have half a month left to locate and capture it.”

“Keep it up, once you have this Xuanlong and train it to maturity, you can strut around in the Tianshu God Domain, no matter how you tease Xuan Ge, she won’t dare touch you,” Mr. Jinli said with a smirk.

“Xuan Ge elder sister might not dare touch me, but the ladies will chop me up,” Zhu Minglang said.

…

For several days within the Ancient Mountain Range, he dared not even close his eyes for a moment.

The bodies, scales, feathers, and feces Zhu Minglang had inspected these past few days could already pile up into a mountain.

This little Xuan Long is way too cautious, leaving no traces at all. The Wilderness Forest is so vast, even flying from the southernmost to the northernmost tip takes half a day with Sword Flight; and that’s just one area of this vast ancient forest, Zhu Minglang felt like this was trying to find a needle in the ocean.

“Generally speaking, dragons have a rough range of activity, especially these Nomadic Dragons; they would likely consume most of the nearby prey before moving on, so if we can find a third body of prey killed by the Xuanlong, we could roughly lock down an area,” Zhu Minglang told Cai You.

“I’ve marked the sites; to the south, I found thirteen bodies in total. I’m just not sure if they were killed by the Xuanlong–you’ll have to check them out yourself,” Cai You said.

Cai You wasn’t very knowledgeable about the Dragon Clan; only Zhu Minglang could identify the scratches, bite marks, and wounds.

“Okay, that’s good. As long as one is, we have hope. If we can’t find a single one, we might as well pack up and hit the road again. This Xuanlong might just not be fated for us,” Zhu Minglang said.

Zhu Minglang followed Cai You and began examining the bodies.

All these corpses were within the past month and, in such a huge predatory jungle, it’s quite rare for bodies to be preserved that long. There are hundreds of species that live off corpses, and during the feeding process, even some bold insects and birds partake…

Finding thirteen was quite good already, and often it was some special reason that other creatures dared not partake of these leftovers.

Indeed, the first body was very special.

It was lying in a pile of poisonous moss that had forced the body to become poisonous itself, allowing it to be preserved till now.

However, because of this poison, Zhu Minglang couldn’t closely examine the corpse, and the information he could collect was very limited.

“Probably died about five days ago, preserved very well, and unlike the Ancestor Mammoth, it hadn’t just been nibbled on. It seems whatever ate it was half-fed before it abandoned it here,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Unfortunately, it’s highly toxic; we can’t get too close carelessly.”

“Well, we’ll just have to move on and check out the other bodies.”

The remaining twelve all seemed to have been killed by the Dragon Clan, but the bite marks didn’t quite match those of the Xuanlong; this Ancient Mountain Range must be home to more than one dragon.

Zhu Minglang checked each one very carefully, not overlooking even the dirtiest intestines, yet he found no crucial clues…

At this moment, Zhu Minglang especially missed Star Painting.

With her around, just using that replaced sabertooth, she could have directly pinpointed the Xuanlong’s location.

This is probably the charm of metaphysics–without understanding metaphysics, one can only rely on diligence and intelligence!

“This is the last one, unrecognizable,” Cai You said, following behind Zhu Minglang.

“No need to look. This one was killed by an ancient dragon. This manner of eating is identical to Big Black Tooth,” Zhu Minglang said with a bitter smile.

Thirteen skeletons, none with any distinct marks.

It seemed he really had no chance of encountering the Xuanlong.

Zhu Minglang found a stream, stripped off his clothes, and washed the filth off his body.

After changing into clean clothes, he returned to the tree nest. Zhu Minglang was very tired and simply fell asleep.

With only two days left and no tracks found, there really was no hope…

It wasn’t about being discouraged.

Dragon Shepherds often exerted effort in vain when pursuing dragons. After all, the Dragon Clan always had a way of mysteriously appearing and disappearing. Xuanlong was already considered to have relatively good habits, moving house only once a month. For instance, the flying Mist Dragon, which Zhu Minglang had once herded in Ming Meng’s divine domain, was eternally nomadic and wandered everywhere, allegedly in pursuit of the holy mists at the ends of the earth, forever flying toward the distant horizons. It could be described as the orphan of orphans among dragons!

…

After a good sleep, Zhu Minglang woke up to sunlight streaming through the leaves, the morning light striking his face with particularly fervent enthusiasm.

“Cai You?” Zhu Minglang looked around and did not see the fragrant and soft Cai You.

Cai You usually slept neatly beside him. Not seeing her there, could she have been carried off by some demon or evil spirit?

Zhu Minglang was greatly alarmed.

Being a True God, he naturally carried an aura of a resolute deity, and even if he let down all his defenses, some bizarre creatures still wouldn’t dare to approach. But although Cai You possessed high cultivation base, she wasn’t a True God, so some dark and sinister beings could still abduct her!

In haste, Zhu Minglang used his divine sense to search but couldn’t find Cai You. However, he sensed the Thunder Emperor Purple Dragon several hundred miles away from him.

Zhu Minglang then remembered that last night, the Thunder Emperor Purple Dragon was on watch duty. If there was any issue with Cai You, it should have informed him…

“Qing Zhuo, let’s go!”

Zhu Minglang called forth the Azure Phoenix Green Phoenix Dragon and leaped onto its back, soaring above this sea of green woods.

Soon, he arrived at the Thunder Emperor Purple Dragon’s location. The Thunder Emperor Purple Dragon was coiled around a massive, ancient tree. Its slender tail was raised high, gleaming and swaying, signaling to Zhu Minglang and the Azure Phoenix Green Phoenix Dragon that it was there.

Zhu Minglang was puzzled. Wasn’t this the location of the first body, the one that fell in the poison moss? That body had now been moved to the grassland, and Cai You was squatting next to it, grinding a type of red grass into juice and applying it to the body.

“What have you been doing here all night without sleeping?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“My God, I discovered this Washing Heart Grass which can neutralize most poisons, so I thought I might clean this body to see if there might be any clues,” Cai You said, sweaty and full of determination.

Her hands were covered in grass juice and some poison moss. Zhu Minglang wiped her forehead with his sleeve.