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"please!!"
The venomous dragon, coiled in the desert, was only as terrifying as a small mountain. Even the imperial soldiers and the experts from the Western Regions trembled in fear and dared not approach it in the slightest.
They don't believe such a poisonous creature is any kind of benevolent being.
I fear that if we get too close, we'll become prey in Shekou's mouth.
Chapter 724 Forcibly Taking the Mirage Dragon Illusion
"Uncle, what a huge snake! I'm afraid even a horse wouldn't be enough to fill its teeth."
In the distance, the young Jing Tianming and the sword saint Gai Nie, who had been monitoring the empire, were also staring in shock at the giant serpent coiled in the desert.
This giant snake, just by lying there, was at least four or five zhang tall.
With a body two zhang in diameter and a mouth like a snake, it could probably swallow a giant elephant whole.
Especially the young Tianming, after being trained by Zhang Xiaoshan and achieving mastery of martial arts, followed Gai Nie to travel the Nine Provinces, thinking that he had already seen a lot.
But I never imagined that there were such huge snakes in the world?
"That's the Bottle Mountain Poison Dragon that someone from the Zhang family raised."
More than 20 years ago, one of the Zhang family members, in order to create a Dragon-Slaying Saber Technique, took the Dragon-Slaying Saber to Bottle Mountain and slaughtered all the poisonous dragons on Bottle Mountain, leaving only one to take out of Bottle Mountain and raise in the depths of Ghost Street.
Eighteen years ago, this venomous dragon was born once in Ghost Street.
Back then, the venomous dragon was only ten zhang long; unexpectedly, in just over a decade, it has grown to at least eighteen zhang long.
Hiss...
Upon hearing Gai Nie's introduction, the young Tianming was shocked by Zhang Xiaoshan's madness.
It's unbelievable that he would slaughter the entire Poison Dragon clan for a single sword technique, and even raise such a huge snake; it's downright monstrous.
"A monster raised by the Zhang family? Uncle, does this giant snake eat people?"
Upon hearing Tianming's question, Gai Nie frowned slightly, then shook his head and said:
"Although there were rumors circulating in the market back then that poisonous dragons ate people, there was no real evidence to prove that poisonous dragons ate people."
This monster was kept in the depths of Ghost Street for a long time, but later it went west to Kunlun and disappeared without a trace.
It now seems that this monster must be in the Kunlun Mountains. However, there have been no reports of this monster attacking humans in Kunlun over the years; otherwise, it would have been noticed long ago.
Moreover, the venomous dragon is not a snake, but a black monster covered in scales.
What kind of monster is a poison dragon?
The empire once spent a huge sum of money to acquire several corpses of poisonous dragons, which were monsters covered in black scales.
It's just unknown how the Zhang family managed to transform the venomous dragon into the giant snake it is today.
"But uncle, there's a huge snake right in front of us?"
"That's what's strange about me."
The Poison Dragon is a black-armored monster that is neither snake nor fish. Legend has it that the largest Poison Dragon was nine zhang long, just one zhang short of transforming into a dragon.
This domesticated monster once had five zhang (approximately 10 meters) of black armor protecting it.
The dragon's scales are now molting, which may explain its rapid growth.
The venomous dragon has transformed into a snake!
Gai Nie couldn't understand it, but he knew that the monster in front of him was not to be trifled with.
This is not a giant sea bream that can be caught by a few fishing boats.
This giant python is terrifying, with its enormous and horrifying body and its bone-corroding venom... even 100,000 armored soldiers might not be able to do anything to it.
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"Is this the Mirage Dragon Pearl?"
Looking at the Dragon Ball, which was as big as a ball, a glint of light flashed in Zhang Xiaoshan's eyes.
The material resembles bronze, but the energy it contains must be from extraterrestrial stones like meteorites, which gives it such a powerful magnetic field and strength.
"Does the young master have any insights?"
Zhang Xiaoshan did not speak, but instead poured his true qi into the meteorite copper. Instantly, the Mirage Dragon Pearl floated in the center of the tent and burst forth with intense light.
This was an unusual phenomenon that Wei Zhuang and others had never encountered in their previous research.
Is Zhang Xiaoshan truly a chosen one?
To everyone's astonishment, the Mirage Dragon Pearl suddenly erupted with a dazzling burst of light, sweeping across the tent.
After the blazing light faded, a rhythm of life began to resonate slowly.
Life was actually growing inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl?
With a wave of Zhang Xiaoshan's hand, the Mirage Dragon Pearl slowly landed in his palm. At the same time, a hazy aura of profound merit appeared out of thin air and merged into the Mirage Dragon Pearl before him.
Two hundred thousand merits!
Compared to the Pure Yang Dragon Pearl, which is enhanced with 100,000 merits, even though this Mirage Dragon Pearl requires 200,000 merits, it is still not as valuable as the Meteorite Copper Dragon Pearl, which is enhanced with 100,000 merits, thanks to Zhang Xiaoshan's help.
Like the Fusang Divine Tree and the Triple Bronze Coffin, each has its own unique uses, but none of them are what Zhang Xiaoshan needs.
This Mirage Dragon Ball is no exception!
The function of the Mirage Dragon Pearl is to create an illusionary barrier, that is, to use the art of Qimen Dunjia to set up a barrier that creates a 'paradise on earth'.
Because they lost the Mirage Dragon Pearl, the ancient Loulan tribe's barrier was not far from destruction.
"Young Master..."
Everyone watched as Zhang Xiaoshan directly enhanced the Mirage Dragon Pearl, clearly intending to take it for himself.
"Don't worry, this thing isn't of much use to the empire."
The Mirage is a monster that is good at creating illusions. This Mirage Dragon Ball is not the Luck Dragon Ball or the Pure Yang Dragon Ball, and it does not possess any powerful force.
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The function of the Mirage Dragon Ball is simply to create an illusionary barrier.
The Zhang family's overseas bases are clandestine, and such treasures are precisely what they need to conceal them.
Zhang Xiaoshan did not conceal the function of the Mirage Dragon Pearl.
After all, there's nothing he can't get if he wants it.
Moreover, the Mirage Dragon Pearl has limited use for the Empire, and it's only meant to conceal the Dragon Emperor's Tomb. Besides, even if it were given to the Empire, it would only be used by the Yin-Yang School.
"Please do as you please, young master!"
Naturally, none of them had the will or spirit to sacrifice themselves for the empire. Seeing Zhang Xiaoshan's domineering presence, they were unwilling to offend this untouchable being for a treasure that didn't belong to them.
Now that they have the Mirage Dragon Pearl in hand, their next task is to find the Loulan Ancient Clan.
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The ancient city of Loulan can be described as Loulan, but it is not Loulan.
It's Loulan, because this place might be within Loulan's territory.
It wasn't Loulan, because the ancient Loulan kingdom was covered by yellow sand overnight and disappeared into the vast desert.
Later, some broken walls and ruins appeared at the original location of Loulan, which were naturally considered to be the Loulan ruins!
If the Loulan ancient tribe truly existed, then the Loulan ruins would not be the real Loulan.
After all, their disappearance back then may have been premeditated.
The exposed ruins are just a small town located nearby.
Back then, the Central Plains knew very little about the Western Regions, and given the desolate nature of the Western Regions and the lack of specific coordinates, later generations only identified this site as the ancient city of Loulan based on historical records.
There's not even a record of it in the local county annals!
"Rest assured, I am not the kind of person who would seize by force."
What you want is a war machine, the secret hidden in the ancient city of Loulan. I, Zhang, will help the Empire seize it and will not interfere again!
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a surge of surprise.
After agreeing on a strategy, the group headed to the location of the ancient Loulan tribe based on the information they had received.
At the same time, seeing the empire set off, the powerful figures of the Western Regions, including Gai Nie, followed suit.
Even the giant snake brought by Zhang Xiaoshan, faced with the temptation of the treasure, forcibly suppressed its fear and wanted to follow the imperial expedition team to find out what was going on.
By this time, they understood that the Empire's purpose was not the existence of a suspected dragon ball, but rather clues related to the Loulan treasure.
Chapter 725 Reunion with Bai Feifei at the Ghost Palace in the Western Regions
The endless yellow sand stretches as far as the eye can see!
Even though the empire had concrete clues, finding the ancient Loulan tribe in the desert was not an easy task.
However, things are different with the help of the Poison Dragon.
After swallowing the Mirage Dragon Pearl, the Poison Dragon was able to directly locate the Loulan Ancient Clan by relying on the pearl's sensory abilities.
Therefore, Zhang Xiaoshan stood on the head of the poisonous dragon and sped forward through the yellow sand.
Meanwhile, the empire's experts relied on hundreds of armored chariots to advance through the desert following the trails left by the poisonous dragon; further behind them was the imperial army, which slowly advanced according to the clues left by the empire's experts.
After all, the tracks of the armored chariot can even traverse quicksand, and its speed is not slower than that of the mechanical beasts.
As for the experts outside the empire?
Whether following behind the imperial army or chasing Zhang Xiaoshan, "637" kept moving forward.
Finally, three hours later, the poisonous dragon roared to the sky.
Although there was no roaring sound, the powerful sound waves generated by the Poison Dragon's enormous body swept for dozens of miles, causing even the imperial experts who had been closely following behind the Poison Dragon to show surprise and delight.
They knew this was a signal from the Poison Dragon; they had found the legendary entrance to the ancient Loulan tribe.
"Entrance found! Speed up the march!"
With hundreds of iron chariots and a thousand elite imperial soldiers, even if they rushed into the ancient Loulan tribe, Wei Zhuang and Gongshu Chou were absolutely confident.
Moreover, there are Zhang Xiaoshan and Dulong, who are the real trump cards.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the entrance of the Loulan Ancient Clan. With the power of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, the so-called barrier was as good as nothing and could not stop Zhang Xiaoshan in the slightest.
"Come out!"
Suddenly, Zhang Xiaoshan looked to the side and saw more than a dozen figures leap out.
The leader was a beautiful young woman dressed in white with a light veil over her face. Her eyes were like stars, her eyebrows were like crescent moons, and her skin was as white as ice and as beautiful as jade. Even though her face was covered by a light veil, she was still stunningly beautiful.
Behind them were two women in red veils and ten women in black veils, each holding a curved knife, their beautiful eyes cold and fierce.
"Feifei greets Young Master!"
"Fifteen years have passed, through endless yellow sands, you must have suffered here too."
Bai Feifei had been practicing her swordsmanship in the desert, but clearly, she had made no progress and could not reach the Grandmaster level.
For at least the last ten years, Bai Feifei has remained at the peak of the peerless realm, even after almost becoming a demon with the Divine Blade Slash.
Of course, the same applies to Ding Peng!
Clearly, the level of Divine Blade Slash is insufficient to support the two of them in advancing to Grandmaster.
Or rather, Ding Peng had not truly laid down the demonic blade at this point, nor had he reached the state of being better with no blade than with one.
"It is Feifei who has disappointed you, young master."
"It's not your fault. You haven't fallen into demonic possession, so naturally you can't comprehend the essence of this demonic blade."
"But once you've fallen into demonic possession, how many people in the world can truly escape the demonic blade? You can't be blamed for that."
Zhang Xiaoshan shook his head; he had already noticed the problem.
However, Bai Feifei's mission is not only to practice swordsmanship, but also to establish herself in the Western Regions.
Over the years, Ghost Palace has become one of the most powerful overlords in the Western Regions.