Kingly Adventures

Chapter 99: The Ancient Dragon Clan (Part 3)

The Grand Elder replied, " This is something that you don't need to know right now. Now, let's discuss the matter of your meridians."

Alexander turned serious and asked, " Is there any problem?"

The Grand Elder said in a serious voice, " Your meridians are not active. You won't be able to cultivate but don't be afraid, the clan ancestors already devised a solution for this."

Alexander asked in a hopeful voice, " What is the solution?"

The Grand Elder nodded and said, " When the clan grounds had not been established, quite a lot of dragons got born with inferior or inactive meridians. According to records, one unfortunate dragon child was born without meridians. All of this was because a dragon egg need tremendrous amount of qi to form a proper body and  get born into the world. One cannot find such areas everywhere so a majority of the dragon mothers were forced to lay their eggs in unsuitable environments. That was the reason that dragons were so protective of their young.

One of the peak existences of that time who was an alchemy grandmaster developed the Rebirth Pill. This pill reforged the young dragon's body to the state it should have been if it was in an environment filled with the purest dragon qi. The pill basically reconstructed the whole body of the young dragon. The most marvellous thing was that he used the most common ingredients to form the pill and the main component was the dragon's blood essence. This allowed the parents to forge the pill with their own essence and pass their best qualities to the young dragon. The orphan or unclaimed dragons were given the pill formed from the willing dragons who gave a part of their essence for the betterment of the clan.

Later on, it was found that the pill benefitted the normal dragon's also. Thus, a rule was made, every dragon born outside the clan who has deformities in his body would be awarded a pill while the rest would have to take a trial to obtain the pill. The outsider dragon can also take the trial if he wants a better quality pill but then, he would have to return his allotted pill to the clan, whether he gets a better pill or not depends wholly on his own efforts. Come follow me."

The Grand Elder flew above the mountains and Alexander followed behind him. There was dense clouds all round them as they were flying and Alexander was barely able to follow the Grand Elder. When the clouds parted, the scene before Alexander took his breath away. On the other side of the mountains, amidst the vast plains was a massive crystal clear lake, on this lake were large floating stone buildings. The buildings were white in colour with golden borders. There were massive white lotuses all over the lake surface. On the right hand side of the lake , a offshoot of the Ascension range was situated. This offshoot was filled with large large holes while on the left hand side were few large towers and palaces. There was also quite a lot large wooden buildings which gave off feeling of calmness.

The Grand Elder spoke, "The caves on the right is the place where non-combatants of the clan lived. Don't be fooled by the outside appearance. Each cave mouth leads to a separate space created through formations. Each cave has an area of 10,000 square kilometres as we, Dragons need quite a big areas to settle. The wooden structures  are the cultivation dwellings of the young dragons. As, the young dragons have too much energy to completely concentrate on cultivation, various calming formations are inscribed in the foundations and walls to make the young ones calm down.

The floating palaces on the lake are the residents of the grandmasters and elders of the clan while lotuses are inscribed with teleportation formation which connect to cultivation abodes at the bottom of the lake. The nearer one is to the center, the better the abode is. There is also a ranking tablet which is right now submerged beneath the lake. When the clan had disciples, every month ranking battles occur and the tablet would resurface. These abodes were for senior disciples of the clan. One needed to be a Saint Realm cultivator to fight for the abodes. Each month, the grandmasters and elders would give knowledge about cultivation.