In the next moment, Xiao Chen's physical body started transforming into ice crystals.
“Bang!”
Then, his body suddenly shattered, turning into flowing ice crystals flickering with a faint light.
“So, this is the Heavenly Dragon Body.”
“Whoosh!”
Although Xiao Chen's physical body turned into flowing ice crystals, his thoughts remained, and he could easily control this drift of ice crystals.
With a thought, the ice crystals turned into a beam of light, flying in the sky.
Xiao Chen controlled his new body, wandering around the sky. The might and pressure he faced now were significantly less than what his physical body faced.
Even more mysteriously, he found that controlling the ice-attributed energy in the world was more than a hundred times easier than with his physical body.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
As Xiao Chen's thoughts wandered, his ice crystal body immediately materialized a snowstorm.
Everywhere he passed, fat snowflakes danced in the air. Soon, heavy snow fell all over the land of the blood moon.
A one-meter-thick layer of snow accumulated on the ground.
Aside from the ancient Azure Dragon city, a thick, silver sheen covered the land of the blood moon.
“Whoosh!”
A clump of ice crystals landed, and Xiao Chen's physical body appeared. He stretched out his hand and caught a cold snowflake drifting down from the sky.
The blood moon hanging high in the sky amid the heavy snow made the scene appear sad but beautiful.
“What is this?”
“It's beautiful!”
The Black and White Eggs walked out and saw the heavy snow, feeling pleasantly surprised.
This was the first time the two puppets, who only grasped a single Great Dao each, saw such a scene.
“This is snow.”
It would take a lot of effort to cover the land of the blood moon in a silver sheen without the Heavenly Dragon Body.
After Xiao Chen turned the Heavenly Dragon Body into ice, his usage of the Ice Dao reached a whole new level.
However, it was still better to use his physical body in a fight.
A body of ice was too focused. Xiao Chen could not control another Great Dao. He could bring up significant effects only under certain circumstances.
“Black Egg, White Egg, I will be leaving in a while,” Xiao Chen said, after hesitating while looking at the Black and White Eggs, who were immersed in watching the snowy scene.
After wandering the place, he felt that he could already reach the blood moon.
Xiao Chen had stayed in this land of the blood moon for four years already.
Now that he was suddenly leaving, he felt a little reluctant.
“You are leaving already?”
The Black and White Eggs turned around. They felt shocked but quickly understood.
That which needed to go had to go. Xiao Chen did not belong to this land of the blood moon in the first place.
Xiao Chen nodded. “I will remain here for a while longer, but not more than a month.”
White Egg smiled and said, “After you leave, remember to come and look for us when you have time. Fifty years ago, Dragon Egg said that he would return, but he still has not done so.”
Xiao Chen said seriously, “He is locked up in the Starry Heavens Dragon Prison and is in a difficult situation. He did not intend to lie to the two of you.”
“The Starry Heavens Dragon Prison?”
The Black and White Eggs felt confused on hearing that, so Xiao Chen explained until they understood.
“That Purple Gold Dragon Emperor, could he be the Tortoise Egg that you mentioned? He definitely is!”
“To think that he locked up Dragon Egg. He truly lives up to being Tortoise Egg, truly strong.”
The Black and White Eggs exchanged looks, feeling very angry. They even said that if they could go out, they would definitely test out this Tortoise Egg.
The snowstorm lasted for an entire month before slowly coming to a stop.
For one month, Xiao Chen practiced the Flawless Saber Technique in the snowstorm—the Dragon Subduing Stance, the Void Breaking Stance, the Cloud Reaching Stance, the Falling Moon Stance, the Heartbreaking Stance, and the Heaven Swallowing Stance.
For many things, finding what was lost was a challenge.
This applied even to the Saber Technique deeply ingrained in Xiao Chen's bones, something he could not possibly forget. He still felt unfamiliar with it despite spending half a year recalling it.
This was especially so for the strongest Heartbreaking Stance. When he tried to execute it, he suffered unbearable pain, which resulted in him failing to complete the move.
After the past wounds healed, it took great courage to open them up again.
However, Xiao Chen had to regain his Dao in order to find what he had lost and achieve a Dao Domain. No matter how painful it was, he had to get it back bit by bit.
“It's time to leave!”
The snowstorm had stopped. The hazy blood moon appeared before Xiao Chen.
One month had already passed. Xiao Chen's final attachments to this place had to end.
However, he would return someday.
This was the final dragon city of the Azure Dragon Race. He had to find a way to get in at least once.
“Take care.”
The two fools, the Black and White Eggs, showed some reluctance when they said goodbye.
It was rare for these two vicious-tongued puppets to show serious and solemn expressions.
Should I tell them that the palace is already empty, and there is no point in guarding the place anymore?
After thinking for a while, Xiao Chen chose to keep his own counsel.
The puppets had their purpose for being created. If the Black and White Eggs knew that their purpose was over, who knew what would happen?
Just let them continue guarding this place. At the very least, they have a purpose and meaning for existence.
They can continue to guard the inheritance that their master left.
“Goodbye!”
Parting always felt somewhat unacceptable, even if Xiao Chen had been trapped here for four years and was really going to leave.
Suddenly, just as he was about to bring out his Heavenly Dragon Body to soar into the air, something strange happened.
An intense light appeared from behind. The eternally dim land of the blood moon suddenly turned bright.
Sunlight! This is sunlight!
Xiao Chen's expression flickered. When he turned his head back, he saw a blazing sun slowly rising from the horizon of the vast desolate plain behind the cliff. The light was piercing and dazzling, preventing him from opening his eyes.
This strange sight was simply too shocking.
“Let's go. We should hide somewhere first.”
The Black and White Eggs—two powerful puppets—appeared quite alarmed, as though seeing something terrifying.
They quickly picked up Xiao Chen and landed above the dilapidated palace.
A special light barrier immediately covered the Black and White Eggs, as well as Xiao Chen.
It made them appear to have become one with the palace, an ingenious concealment.
“What's going on?” Xiao Chen had never seen the Black and White Eggs so anxious. They did not act this way even when they faced Soul Reaper.
“Stop speaking. You will understand in a while.”
Chapter end
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