Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 388 - 385 Dragon Slaying Skill, Reversed Scale Blood, Finally Caught in the Net

Chapter 388: 385 Dragon Slaying Skill, Reversed Scale Blood, Finally Caught in the Net

Wang Yuan looked just like an ordinary shadow, plastering himself against the dark corner like a hanging painting.

He gazed ahead at the Nine Dragons Wall, illuminated by the Luminous Pearl.

"Eh? Isn’t that the Empress Dowager who was deeply obsessed by Inner Official Lv, the man who wanted to become a real man even after his death, to bring her happiness?"

In this past month, living in seclusion, even the Ghost Ear Listening hadn’t captured much of her whereabouts.

Turns out, she had been hiding here most of the time."

Originally, Wang Yuan had devoured the soul of Lv Jingde, the Grand Eunuch of the Imperial Stables.

He not only acquired the Grand Eunuch’s Innate Divine Ability of Bone Melting and Blood Condensing.

He had also seen this former Noble Consort, now Empress Dowager—Su Yuru—countless times in his memories.

In public, in private, noble and dignified, or disgraceful... all forms were vivid in his mind.

He had also encountered things he had never heard of from her: meat floss, Burma bell, binding jade rack, leisure chair... which greatly broadened his knowledge.

But seeing her in person today, especially her round, bulging belly, he still couldn’t help but be profoundly shocked.

"Wow!

I had heard that the palace attendants Xue Jiexi and this Empress Dowager were having an affair, but hearing is not as good as seeing, Poor Old Zhou has been cuckolded too tragically, hasn’t he?

I just don’t know if he knew about it before he fell into a coma."

Behind the Empress Dowager stood two young women in luxurious attire.

They looked like the consorts of the new Emperor Zhou Jingliang, Su Yuru’s daughters-in-law.

With bellies also bulging, they too looked about to give birth.

Wang Yuan had long known that though Prince Zhou Jingliang was underage and had not married a Princess Consort, his treatment was far superior to Zhou Jinghuan, who was always leading troops outside.

In his youth, his Prince Mansion was already full of concubines, and having descendants was naturally quite normal.

In fact, Consort Xian and Consort Shu became pregnant almost at the same time as Su Yuru, and as soon as the Third Prince ascended the throne as Emperor, he immediately granted them titles.

"Strange, for what purpose are the three highest status pregnant women of the Imperial Family gathered here in this Dragon Qi Core?"

Just as he was puzzled, Huang Wu, hiding within his body, suddenly exclaimed softly,

"Xiao Yuan, there are so many tangled red threads on this Empress Dowager, the most I’ve ever seen, she must have a deeply rare Peach Blossom Formation!"

Peach Blossom Formations are actually of many types, and their life charts differ.

Rolling Wave Peach Blossom, Naked-Shaped Peach Blossom, Wild Peach Blossom, In-Wall Peach Blossom, Out-Wall Peach Blossom, Peach Blossom Evil, Peach Blossom Tribulation, Reversed Peach Blossom...

This Su Yuru is categorized under Wild Peach Blossom, which is actually a sign of noble life.

Her Four Pillars fully accommodate the characters for Midnight, Noon, Morning, and Evening.

Since "Midnight, Noon, Morning, Evening" are all at the interchanges of Yin and Yang, they are also known as Four Peach Blossoms, which are one of the most vibrant life charts.

For some Daoist Skills and rituals, this is one of the most rare and superior mediums, comparable to the "Six Beasts Strange Formation!"

With this formation integrated into the life chart, a person often rises to great wealth and high position. However, if indulged in pleasures, they are bound to degenerate gradually.

For example, the renowned Ten Complete Elders had this formation, their life plate: Xin Morning, Ding Evening, Geng Noon, Bing Midnight.

Therefore,

With such a noble life, one must cultivate morality and conquer personal desires to mitigate the side effects. Clearly, this Empress Dowager has not conquered her desires, but rather, has been conquered by them.

Even in front of her daughters-in-law, she acted somewhat indecorously, hardly behaving like an elder.

But Consort Xian and Consort Shu were well aware of who was in charge in this palace. They didn’t dare to show any disrespect and continually expressed their congratulations:

"Congratulations to the Empress Dowager, joyful tidings to the Empress Dowager, the child in the womb is so robust and vigorous, undoubtedly it must be a Prince."

In their words, it was as though this was Su Yuru’s own Posthumous Child of Jianming, not mentioning Xue Jiexi at all.

Otherwise, even scouring the entire history of Divine Land, one couldn’t find how to properly address a son of an Empress Dowager and a Prime Minister.

Then, an old eunuch in attendance brought over from a small table beside the Nine Dragons Wall a jade bowl filled with a mysterious yellow liquid.

He respectfully presented it in front of Su Yuru, cautiously saying:

"Empress Dowager, it’s time for your daily dose of Dragon Blood."

Wang Yuan then noticed that behind each woman, there followed an eunuch who appeared to be extremely high-ranking, at least equivalent to the head of the Twelve Supervisor Eunuchs.

This also meant they were at least of Military Leader realm in the Military Skill Realm, and might even achieve Great Success or Great Completion.

Lining the wall stood several individuals with a distinct aura, clearly practitioners of the No-Life Dao "Three Yang Martial Art" from the sect.

A group of people closely followed several women, unclear whether they were tasked to protect or to surveil them.

This assembly was even more magnificent than the Emperor’s entourage. To an unknowing observer, it might seem like they were escorting some globally rare treasure.

Looking up again at the Nine Dragons Wall, the nine dragons made of diverse colored jade seemed lifelike.

Every detail reflected the imperial constraints: nine dragons arranged according to the Five Directions, dragon patterns supporting the beams, wall faces shaped with bricks... all multiples of imperial standards.

Previously, when Zhou Wenrui was still in power,

four of the dragons on this Nine Dragons Wall had already dimmed completely, and the fifth, the central Yellow Dragon, was also on its last breath.

Looking at it now, it was even worse to behold.

The Dragon Energy continuously shrank and leaked, leaving only the final Red Dragon still shimmering brightly.

What represented the pinnacle of the Dynasty’s Dragon Energy was now less than a fraction of its former glory.

Despite the Dragon Energy in Yunjing City appearing as ferocious as oil on fire, in reality, it was almost entirely due to the "Dragon Qi Prohibition."

Moreover, someone had sliced diagonally across the inverted scale of this red dragon, continuously causing droplets to condense, resembling mysterious yellow blood incessantly flowing out.

Drip by drip into another jade bowl set up by the Grand Eunuch.

Su Yuru took that bowl of Dragon Blood, drank a large gulp herself, and then had Consort Xian and Consort Shu drink all the remaining blood.

"This... could it be the legendary ’Dragon Slaying Skill’ that Great Yan relied on at the dawn of its founding to eradicate all Hidden Dragon Veins under heaven?!"

It was truly an eye-opening experience; after all the slaying, it ended up slaying its own Fire Dragon Vein.

Would Emperor Taizu feel so enraged upon seeing this scene that he might come back to life only to die again from anger?"

Through Xin Ruoheng’s knowledgeable whispering explanations, Wang Yuan and Huang Wu also understood what was going on.

This absurd scene was indeed a kind of secret ’Dragon Slaying Skill’ from the imperial secrets.

Drinking the blood from the dragon’s inverted scale not only granted them a physique that was impervious to blades and swords but also produced a strong suppression against all characters related to the old Dragon Energy.

The original Imperial Family, officials who had received the previous Dynasty’s salary, soldiers, generals, warlords who had pledged allegiance to the former Dynasty, and foreign nations that had established a tributary system... all were included.

This "inverted scale blood" seems to be naturally prepared for rebels, capable of nurturing a formidable nemesis against themselves.

Given this, in the past, the Imperial Family was too careful to maintain it, let alone allow a group of concubines to consume the Dynasty’s blood here.

Moreover, this Dragon Blood was clearly not prepared for them, but for the three fetuses inside these three women, linked by a bloodline bond through Su Yuru, who possessed the "All-Purpose Peach Blossom Grid."

A son and two grandsons.

Now the three most distinguished women of the Great Yan Dynasty were earnestly nurturing three rebels?

It was utterly ironic.

"Three?"

Upon hearing this number, Wang Yuan inexplicably frowned, "Three Yang, Three Extremes, Three True..." immediately conjuring up many less-than-favorable associations.

But for now, he could only temporarily set aside these associations.

As the group finished drinking the Fire Dragon Vein’s inverted scale blood, they all left the Dragon Qi Hub.

Wang Yuan’s body fluctuated, and he spat out a box from within.

A golden Dragon Ball jumped out by itself, immediately leaping onto the "Nine Dragons Wall" and landing on a blank spot where the nine dragon heads were jointly facing.

It merged into it and disappeared.

The "Nine Dragons Wall" simply lit up all over, and then all anomalies disappeared without a trace.

The demons controlling the Imperial Palace detected none of this anomaly.

"Completed, even though carrying a ’Broom Star,’ today’s luck hasn’t been bad, encountering no significant upheavals.

When Great Yan was established, the core technique behind constructing the "Nine Dragons Wall" initially all came from those Feng Shui Masters from the Nine Soldiers’ Dou Department.

How could Sister Ruan, a so shrewd... wise Corpse Dissection Immortal, possibly fail to leave a contingency plan?

Planning ahead two to three hundred years was merely standard procedure.

In normal operations of the Dynasty, she certainly wouldn’t dare confront the tidal forces of Human Dao, but with the imminent collapse of the Dynasty, she no longer had any reservations.

If even the ’No-Life Dao’ dared to make a move, why wouldn’t she dare?

This Dragon Ball corresponded to a pivotal position in the "Nine Dragons Wall" national array. Once placed, it immediately turned from "Nine Dragons Guarding the Nation" into the "Nine Dragons Snatching Pearl" formation.

With this, the old Dynasty’s Dragon Energy was so diminished it could never recover, eliminating any possibility of a renewal.

Moreover, before the final collapse, it would allow the "Great Fate" to utilize the Dragon Ball and his own accumulated robust "Merit Golden Wheel" to obtain the highest level of Dragon Energy control rights once.

Just as Wang Yuan had mentioned earlier:

If such a person who thoroughly won the hearts of the world were a Saint, even without taking a seat in the Dynasty’s Dragon Court, he would still receive the full support of the "Dragon Qi Prohibition."

He might even be comparable to a living "Heavenly Official" in the mortal world.

There’s no need for the real body of a "Corpse Dissection Immortal" to descend and, in a short time, she could exert terrifying strength at her full "Purple Seal Level"!

Even if the schemes of the ’No-Life Dao’ were extraordinarily clever, she could still break them with a single powerful countermeasure.

Unless Old Buddha No-Life risked his demise to make a "Heavenly Official" descend, they were all in good cheer!

How did that saying go, fighting against a "Broom Star"... this one’s a sure win!

He smoothly completed the most crucial task without any disturbances.

Just as Wang Yuan’s body was phasing through the floor of the Imperial Palace, intending to follow those three women to get a clearer understanding and resolve his doubts.

Suddenly, a voice rang beside his ear:

"My lord~! I have been waiting for you for more than a month, why have you only just arrived?"

The voice carried a coquettish tone, like that of a melancholy beauty long awaiting her lover.

Wang Yuan abruptly turned his head.

Under a beautiful red paper umbrella, on the dragon chair symbolizing supreme authority, quietly sat an enchantingly beautiful woman with six snowy white, lotus-like arms.

It was Fanglin Master, at the "Divine Transformation" realm!

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.