Chapter 77: I Swear on the Streetlight!
"...As long as the compensation is sufficient, we can talk."
Zhou Chen's words allowed the two great Dragon Kings and all the dragon souls to breathe a sigh of relief.
As long as he was willing to talk, compensation and whatnot could be discussed. Just don't casually pick up that golden longsword; it's too terrifying for a dragon!
Although they were already dead, they still had some remnant souls, could still think, and still had feelings. They didn't want to die completely.
"What compensation do you want? Let's hear it all."
A pleasant and melodious voice rang out. The Water Dragon King's divine soul swam in the sky, turning her beautiful and elegant dragon head. Her pair of vertical golden pupils stared intently at Zhou Chen.
Hearing this, Zhou Chen raised three fingers and said in a deep voice, "First, under the remains of you two Dragon Kings, there are roughly fifty tons of Divine Crystals pressing down. I want to take all of them!"
"Agreed."
The Water Dragon King turned gracefully and agreed very readily.
In fact, those Divine Crystals were used by the gods of the Divine Realm to provide energy for the Anti-Flight Array and the Soul-Imprisoning Array. They were accomplices used to imprison the True Dragons.
When the True Dragons were alive, the Anti-Flight Array was operating, forcing thousands of True Dragons that should have soared above the nine heavens to lie humiliatingly on the ground.
After the True Dragons died, the Soul-Imprisoning Array began to operate, preventing the True Dragons from resting in peace, leaving them in a state neither dragon nor ghost within this abandoned prison.
If not for the restrictions on those Divine Crystals forbidding the dragon race from touching them, the True Dragons would have long since flattened those fifty tons of Divine Crystals.
Therefore, the Water Dragon King was eager for someone to shovel away those Divine Crystals. Zhou Chen was practically doing them a favor.
Seeing the Dragon King agree so readily, Zhou Chen also very happily proposed the second condition. "I won't ask for much either. Give me two million-year-level Blood Qi Soul Rings."
"Good! This point was already settled just now. Our dragon race is most trustworthy and keeps promises; we will absolutely not go back on our word."
The Water Dragon King nodded. Feeling that the negotiation was going smoothly, she then asked, "Are there any other conditions? Say them all at once."
Hearing this, Zhou Chen frowned. He really wanted to say the third condition, but he was afraid of being beaten by dragons if he said it!
After hesitating slightly, Zhou Chen still braced himself and said in a roundabout way, "I heard that the True Dragon race has a powerful bloodline, and an adult True Dragon is at least equivalent to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Therefore, after every True Dragon dies, as long as it doesn't self-destruct, it will produce a soul bone. I want..."
"Silence!!"
The silent Fire Dragon King suddenly roared, directly interrupting Zhou Chen's words.
His whole body surged with illusory flames as he raged, "You want my dragon race's soul bones? You are insulting the dignity of our dragon race! Today, even if we perish together, don't you dare think of obtaining any True Dragon's soul bone!"
The Fire Dragon King's words resonated with the vast majority of the dragon souls. They looked at Zhou Chen with eyes full of anger and killing intent.
The noble dragon race, even in death, would not allow their bones to be desecrated!
"Quiet!"
Just as the grievances of thousands of dragon souls were boiling over, the Water Dragon King suddenly shouted coldly!
Instantly, all the dragon souls fell silent, including the Fire Dragon King.
Then, the Water Dragon King looked at Zhou Chen again and said coldly, "I can give you soul bones. We can discuss the quantity further, but you must also agree to one condition."
"What condition?"
Zhou Chen raised his eyebrows and said.
"Very simple. From now on, you and your little girlfriend are not allowed to tell anyone any information about the Dragon Tomb. We have already fallen and do not wish to be disturbed again."
The Water Dragon King said in a desolate tone.
"Agreed."
Zhou Chen agreed decisively.
He hadn't planned on telling anyone else anyway. With such great benefits, of course he had to swallow them all for himself.
Seeing Zhou Chen agree easily, the Water Dragon King suddenly raised her voice: "I want you and your little girlfriend to swear! Swear to the deity you believe in! You will absolutely never leak the secret of the dragon race's graveyard!"
In the next moment, she suddenly looked toward a certain spot in the small world, her gaze cold as she said, "Come out. Do you think you can hide in front of a First-Class Deity?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing were both shocked. Because the place the Water Dragon King was staring at was exactly where Zhu Zhuqing was located!
Since she had been discovered, hiding was meaningless. The space there rippled like water, and Zhu Zhuqing's delicate body re-emerged.
Immediately after, Zhu Zhuqing leaped, crossing a distance of a hundred meters to arrive at Zhou Chen's side.
"Swear. After you finish swearing, I will condense the Blood Qi Soul Rings for you, and then let you choose the soul bones!" The Water Dragon King stared closely at Zhou Chen and said.
"Alright, I swear on the Streetlight that I will never reveal the secrets of this place to anyone other than the two of us!"
Zhou Chen raised one hand and said solemnly.
"I also swear to the Streetlight!"
Zhu Zhuqing followed suit. Although she didn't know what god the Streetlight was, as the saying goes, a wife follows her husband. Whatever god Zhou Chen swore to, she would swear to!
Hearing the two's oaths, the Water Dragon King was dumbfounded. She widened her eyes in confusion and asked, "Is there a deity named Streetlight in the Divine Realm?"
"Of course there is! I am a loyal believer of the God of Streetlights!" Zhou Chen said vowedly.
Seeing that Zhou Chen's expression didn't seem fake, and considering that in a world where gods truly existed, no one dared to joke about divine oaths, the two Dragon Kings looked at each other and tentatively believed it.
"Alright, since the oath is complete, this King will condense the Blood Qi Soul Rings for you!"
After speaking, the Water Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King simultaneously twisted their dragon souls, their dragon claws forming dazzling hand seals!
After a full quarter of an hour, the two Dragon Kings finally formed two strange divine seals, one blue and one red.
Immediately, they shouted in unison:
"Soul return, power of dragon souls, gather!"
In the next moment, with the blue and red divine seals as the center, an unusually massive amount of energy suddenly gathered within the small world.
Zhou Chen felt it carefully and discovered that this energy was shockingly the soul power of those dragon souls he had beaten into dissipation!
There were at least five or six hundred dragon souls destroyed by his Xuanyuan Sword. With so much soul power from the dragon souls dissipating within the small world, condensing two million-year Blood Qi Soul Rings was indeed simple!
The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had just said that anyone who dared to take a True Dragon's soul bone was insulting them;
But in the blink of an eye, they used the power of dragon souls to condense soul rings for Zhou Chen.
It could only be said that they were truly worthy of being two great movie kings, right?
In the next moment, under the condensation of the massive dragon soul power, those two blue and red divine seals had already turned into two soul rings, one blue-gold and one red-gold!
"Done. The soul rings have been condensed. You can absorb them."
The Water Dragon King waved her dragon claw, sending these two million-year divine-level soul rings in front of Zhou Chen!
"Many thanks."
Zhou Chen smiled and said inwardly, "System, start."
"Ding... Discovered Ultimate Water Element Blood Qi Soul Ring!"
"Ding... Discovered Ultimate Fire Element Blood Qi Soul Ring!"
"Start absorption!"
"Boom!!"
In the next moment, a golden pillar of light that penetrated heaven and earth blasted through the spatial barrier of the small world, landing on top of Zhou Chen's head and enveloping his entire being!
(End of this chapter)
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