Chapter 1135: The System of Stars Supporting the Moon

“The 9th generation Dragon King? When did I say I would take over for you?”

Although the title of Dragon King sounded impressive, Ye Bufan didn’t want to agree immediately. He needed to understand the situation first.

“Don’t agree? Do you have a choice?” The Old Man chuckled slyly, “If you don’t agree, you’ll be trapped here forever. Only by becoming the master of this Dragon King Palace can you leave. Now, tell me, what will you choose?”

“Uh… fine, I agree then.”

When under another’s roof, one has no choice but to bow their head. Whether this Dragon King was a pie or a pit, Ye Bufan could only agree for now.

Everything just now, though a mere illusion, was precisely what he feared in his Heart-Nature.

If he left too late, Wang Xuening and the others might truly suffer at the hands of the Yin Yang Sect. He would never forgive himself if that happened.

So, the most pressing matter was to find a way to leave.

“Aren’t you, this Dragon King, doing perfectly fine? Why do you need to find a successor? Can’t you do it yourself?”

Ye Bufan probed, trying to get a clearer understanding of the situation.

The sly Old Man glared at him: “I wish I could, but by the time you arrived here, my true body should have already perished. Otherwise, how could such a good thing fall to a kid like you?”

“What do you mean?”

Ye Bufan was a bit surprised.

“I suppose you’ve realized it, kid. I’m just a wisp of Divine Sense left behind by my true body.

This Old Man of mine has already reached the Tribulation Transcendence Stage Great Perfection Realm. I couldn’t stay cooped up in the Dragon King Palace forever, so I went out Undergoing Tribulation.

You know how unreliable Undergoing Tribulation is; who knows what the outcome will be.

To prevent failure during Undergoing Tribulation, I left a message for the next Dragon King successor, leaving a wisp of Divine Sense to make the handover with you.”

“Oh!” Ye Bufan thought for a moment and asked, “But how do you know the outcome of the Undergoing Tribulation? What if you succeeded?”

“Do you think this Old Man is foolish? How could there be an ‘if’?”

The sly Old Man twirled the goatee on his chin, “To obtain the Dragon King Palace’s Legacy, one must have the key to open the palace gate.

And that key is my Natal Flying Sword. If I were still alive, how could it be passed on, and how could you have come here?”

“Are you talking about Dragon Tooth?”

As Ye Bufan spoke, he extended his hand, and Dragon Tooth appeared in his palm.

“Precisely, Dragon Tooth is the key to opening the Dragon King Palace.”

The sly Old Man extended a hand, and Dragon Tooth flew directly into his hand.

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“However, this is not Dragon Tooth’s true form; it cannot unleash its proper power. It was originally a Flying Sword, the Natal Flying Sword of every Dragon King.”

After speaking, he tapped Dragon Tooth with his hand. The foot-long Dragon Tooth quickly shrank, eventually becoming about seven or eight centimeters long, like a glittering small fish.

“Since it has recognized you as its master, you should take it.”

The sly Old Man finished speaking and flicked his hand. Dragon Tooth swished and disappeared into Ye Bufan’s glabella.

“This…”

Ye Bufan was startled. He then scanned with his Divine Sense, only to see the shrunken Dragon Tooth already in his Dantian, held in the palm of his Nascent Soul.

He swallowed, then recovered and asked, “Senior, wasn’t this Dragon King Palace created by you?”

“Created by me?” The sly Old Man shook his head, “While I admit this Old Man is very excellent and handsome, I am ultimately just a Cultivator in the Tribulation Transcendence Stage. There’s still a huge gap before I can open up space and single-handedly create a world.”

Ye Bufan asked curiously, “Then who created this place, and who was the first Dragon King?”

The sly Old Man said, “It was an ancient supreme being, a supreme existence from ancient times.

Due to his eccentric personality, he was ostracized by other supreme beings. So, in a fit of rage, he opened up a world of his own and established the Dragon King Palace.”

Ye Bufan secretly clicked his tongue in amazement. To casually open up a world—what a Heaven-Defying existence that was.

The sly Old Man also showed a look of longing: “Originally, according to that supreme being’s idea, he wanted to build the Dragon King Palace to be just like the outside world, but he died in the war of the gods before he could succeed.

At the time of his death, he passed down the Legacy of the Dragon King Palace, hoping that future generations could fulfill his wish.”

Ye Bufan asked, “Even you don’t know who that supreme being is?”

The sly Old Man shook his head: “I don’t know. The Legacy of the Dragon King has been passed down from generation to generation like us. The previous Dragon King perishes, leaving a wisp of Divine Sense, and that’s all the information that can be passed down.”

Hearing this result, Ye Bufan felt a bit regretful in his Heart-Nature. He then asked, “Was that illusion on the Heavenly Ladder created by you?”

“No, all the palace Legacies here are the masterpiece of the first Dragon King.

Although he hoped that subsequent successors could make the Dragon King Palace flourish, from the second Dragon King to me, all we could do was pass on the Legacy. We are still far from making it flourish. I hope you, kid, can fulfill this last wish of the Dragon King.”

Ye Bufan asked, “Then was that the test to obtain the Dragon King Legacy?”

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“Exactly. From the moment you obtained Dragon Tooth, the test began.” The sly Old Man began to explain: “To become the successor of the Dragon King, the requirements are strict. You must pass three stages.

First, you must gain Dragon Tooth’s recognition. Only by becoming the master of Dragon Tooth can you open the final great gate.

Second, you must have strength. The Dragon King’s successor cannot be a useless person, which is why there is the hundred-step Heavenly Ladder test.

Third, that illusion tests one’s Heart-Nature.

To become the Dragon King’s successor, one must be neither heartless nor indecisive.

If you had truly listened to the threat and committed suicide in the illusion, then you would have truly died. You wouldn’t be standing here, nor could you become the 9th generation Dragon King.”

Ye Bufan secretly clicked his tongue in amazement. This assessment was indeed extremely rigorous, no wonder so many people had tried to pass before but failed.

At this point, the Old Man’s face showed another sly smile.

“But there’s one thing I did for you: that little girl named Yi Luoxiang. I personally chose her to be your Dragon Concubine.

How about it? Are you satisfied?”

Ye Bufan smiled awkwardly: “This… actually, there was no need for this at all. I have girlfriends, and many of them.”

“Kid, you’re just unknowledgeable. You can’t even see how excellent this little girl I chose for you is.”

The Old Man smiled even more slyly, “Let me tell you, when I was young, I was handsome and charming, loved by everyone. Besides the successors of the nine Dragon Concubines, I had countless confidantes.

But unfortunately, none of my women could compare to this little girl.”

Ye Bufan was a bit stunned that this sly Old Man would actually call himself handsome and charming.

And Yi Luoxiang, though beautiful and highly talented in martial Dao, at most she was on par with Leng Qingqiu. Why would this Old Man value her so highly?

As if seeing through his thoughts, the sly Old Man looked disdainful.

“Look at your unknowledgeable appearance. That little girl has the Physique of Stars Embracing the Moon, didn’t you even notice?”

“Physique of Stars Embracing the Moon? What is that?”

As a Legacy holder of the Ancient Medical Sect, Ye Bufan could be considered knowledgeable, yet he had never heard of a Physique of Stars Embracing the Moon.

The sly Old Man shook his head and said, “It seems you still know too little about women. Women with the Physique of Stars Embracing the Moon are absolutely as rare as Phoenix feathers and Dragon scales, not appearing for a hundred years.”