Chapter 78: Who's Playing with Whom?

  "...I need...to return to the Holy Sepulchre!"

  The voice in his mind grew heavy with this answer.

  "The Dragon Clan is a higher being, our form of life and yours are completely different. After the death of the Dragon Clan, what we pursue is soul burial, only when our souls return to the sacred tomb can we truly rest in peace. And apart from the soul, the flesh is not important."

  Xia Ya thought for a moment and asked tentatively: "In other words, when others flay and disembowel you, your dragon clan doesn't care?"

  "The dragon's voice suddenly became enraged: 'You damned little brat! You dare to do such a thing to my noble body, I...'"

  "How are you?" Xia Ya curled her lips in disdain and said, "Did you jump out of a stone to bite me?"

  "This dragon was probably also infuriated by this unreasonable turtle, and remained silent for a while before slowly saying: 'I used a small magic to escape Darwin's poisonous hands before I died. If it were in the past, this magic would never have deceived Darwin. But he became human and lost his magical senses. I forced most of my soul power out, deceiving Darwin's eyes, condensing my main consciousness into a ball, and escaped into your magic crystal. However, my current strength is very weak, and I can only continue to exist in this magic crystal. Once I leave, I will quickly disperse and become a wandering, unconscious scattered spirit, never able to rest...'"

  What's holy tomb?

  Xia Ya pinched her chin, and a few sparks of interest ignited in her heart.

  The burial ground of the dragon tribe? Isn't that saying that there are many, many dragon... corpses in the graveyard?

  Xia Ya, who had already tasted the sweetness, naturally knew that the dragon's body was a treasure all over. If he found the dragon's tomb, even if he got a large pile of dragon bones, then...

  Ke Xiaoya immediately reminded herself: Since the dragon tribe attaches so much importance to the holy tomb, how can there be no guardian in the tomb? Not to mention anything else, even if there are a few dragons guarding it, with her current abilities, if she really went there, her direct fate would definitely be to become a midnight snack for the dragons...

  "That cemetery you mentioned must be haunted. I'm really going to go, who knows how I'll die." Xia Ya shook her head repeatedly: "I won't fall for it."

  The voice in Xia Ya's mind continued to tempt him: "If it were anyone else, they would be dead if they dared to run to our dragon clan's holy tomb. The tomb has powerful guardians, the three-headed giant dragons of ancient times, who received the blessing of the dragon god after their death and can restore their physical bodies, remaining uncorrupted for millions of years, almost equivalent to having eternal life. Their strength is unparalleled, but they are bound by the dragon god's law and cannot leave the tomb half a step. Even if it were a human saint-level expert who went there, they would be no match. However, if it's you, I'll take you to the holy tomb because my soul has the mark of the dragon clan, so the guardians won't attack you..."

  Hmmm? This is actually a pretty good deal...

  "But I feel like you're deceiving me somehow?" Xia Ya sneered: "If that's the case, then can't anyone just bring a dragon to the graveyard and do whatever they want?"

  "Of course not!" The voice in his mind replied, "The Holy Sepulcher is a sacred place for the dragon tribe. Even living dragons, including the patriarch of the dragon tribe, are not allowed to enter! Only when each dragon is on the verge of death can they obtain permission to enter. After entering, they can get their own tomb and then slowly wait for death inside. If a dragon dies outside, our dragon tribe's soul power is strong, and the soul can leave the body. The powerful soul is enough to support us returning to the tomb..."

  "Hmm, it seems what you said is true. Xia Ya thought for a moment and laughed: "I can seriously consider it, after this battle is over, maybe I can spare some time to help you out... but the benefits you mentioned must be fulfilled first."

  "That's natural." The dragon in his mind seemed very satisfied with Xia Ya's answer: "I can teach you some of the Dragon Clan's combat skills and techniques first. Hmm, your physical body may not be comparable to ours, but it's much stronger than ordinary humans, and with my dragon blood enhancement, you can barely cast some of the Dragon Clan's combat skills. I can teach you one or two dragon chants, allowing you to use some low-level dragon chant magic. You can imbue this magic into the dragon scales, increasing their defensive power..."

  "Hmph, despicable humans! What I'm saying is true, but once my soul returns to the grave and leaves your magic crystal, without my soul's protection, the giant dragon guarding the tomb will tear you to shreds!"

  "Hmph, this stupid dragon, really thinks I'm so easily deceived. Alright, let's see who plays the other to death..."

  Everyone has their own axe to grind...

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  In order not to arouse Xia Ya's suspicion, this dragon immediately handed over two dragon spells to Xia Ya.

  This dragon curse is naturally spoken in the language of dragons, and human throats are unable to produce the language of dragons. The dragon clan has a different innate structure, and the sound symbols of their pronunciation are complex and strange. Often, when one sound symbol is pronounced, it requires several turns in the nasal cavity and throat, and the nasal cavity also needs to induce vibration resonance - humans are fundamentally unable to learn this language, even if they have the greatest linguistic talent, they will never be able to learn the dragon language.

  So, all along, human magicians have been absolutely unable to use dragon spells.

  However, apart from this, there is a more important reason.

  If magic must rely on incantations, then this explanation is barely plausible. However, even among human mages, some powerful wizards can cast spells silently - what you humans call 'silent casting', where they only need to think of the incantation in their mind without speaking it out loud. Nevertheless, humans still cannot use dragon magic. This has little to do with whether or not one can speak the dragon language. Apart from being unable to speak the dragon language, the most important reason is that dragon magic can only be used by dragons. This is a rule set down by the gods at creation: the soul imprints of dragons and humans are different, and using magic requires resonance with the soul. Therefore, humans naturally cannot use dragon magic.

  I can impart a small portion of my soul seal to you, just a tiny bit, because my own soul power is already quite weak. This small amount of dragon soul seal will allow you to produce some dragon tribe magic power. Although it's still not enough to use most of the dragon spell magic, in this situation, when you wear my dragon scales on your body, it will be enough to produce a strong defense power that is roughly comparable to my own body. Although it won't reach the defensive power of my own body, at least when facing ordinary magic, you'll have some magical resistance too."

  That's not a bad idea.

  Xia Ya remembered Duo Luo's explanation that the reason why Long Lin was easily shot through last time was because he lost his dragon body, and his dragon scales also lost their magical resistance.

  However, there is a condition: the dragon soul imprint that Long gave to Xia Ya requires a magical gemstone as a carrier.

  But where did Xia Ya get the magic gemstone? He thought for a moment, patted his head, and ran back to his own tent which had already become a ruin. He rummaged through his luggage and found the items he had looted from that dragon-slaying magician, and indeed found several shiny stones inside.

  Following Long's guidance, Xia Ya selected a transparent magical crystal from among them.

  A burst of cyan light suddenly emerged from the pendant, then split off a small corner and gently flowed into the transparent magic crystal. Soon, the magic crystal turned cyan, with a color that was even slightly biased towards dark ink.

  Xia Ya was somewhat dissatisfied: "Just this little bit, you only gave me a tiny corner earlier? Can't you give some more?"

  The dragon's voice sounded very tired and weak, angrily saying: "Foolish humans! What do you think the mark of a dragon soul is? The power of a dragon soul is extremely strong for you humans, even just this little bit, this magic crystal has almost been filled to the brim! A little more, and I'm afraid the crystal will burst!"

  Xia Ya was very dissatisfied and pinched that piece of crystal stone which had turned cyan: "Alright, I'll trust you this once."

  "Now, I can teach you a special set of martial skills..."

  Xia Ya was somewhat skeptical: "What kind of martial skills do you dragon tribe have? Do you want me to learn from a dragon, use claws to scratch people, and teeth to bite? Or use my tail to sweep - I don't have a tail."

  "In my mind, the dragon's voice was shaking with rage: 'Fool! Utterly ignorant!! You stupid guy, if it were another human who could learn our dragon clan's secret combat method, they would probably be kneeling down to beg for it, you damn idiot......'"

  "Alright, alright." Xia Ya's tone immediately became much more polite, and he chuckled: "Go on, are there any other martial skills? The way dragons fight is quite different from humans, isn't it?"

  “……”

  After a moment of silence, the dragon's anger gradually subsided, and it slowly said: "It is very different... However, there is a powerful battle technique that is suitable for you humans... No, or rather, this was originally a powerful battle technique belonging to your human world, but it has been lost in the human world. However, we dragons have kept this technique alive."

  "Oh?" Xia Ya became curious.

  In the dragon clan, it's surprising that they would retain human martial arts?

  "... You, have you ever heard of 'Dragon Knight'?"

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