Chapter 2823: Wealth and Honor Are Sought Amidst Danger

Xiao Fan needed to scout the area so that he could take action later when Long Su was away.

Therefore, Xiao Fan needed to have a certain level of understanding of everything in the First Grotto-Heaven.

Xiao Fan walked through the streets of the First Grotto-Heaven with a calm expression. He kept a very low profile, and no one here knew about him defeating Long Bai.

Long Bai certainly wouldn't speak of it himself; after all, it was too embarrassing.

And naturally, Xiao Fan had no interest in bringing it up…

"Damn… Long Jiannan is so powerful, yet they've disappeared? Could it be that they're in the ruins, which is why they can't be contacted from the outside?"

"It's very possible… They should have already reached the ruins, but whether or not they've encountered danger, no one knows."

"This… is hard to say!"

"…"

Listening to the discussions nearby, Xiao Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Long Aozhan and the others were all inside his spirit beast bracelet; they were probably wishing they were dead!

Still in the ruins?

Don't dream…

"By the way, the Grand Competition is about to start. This time, it should just be our First Grotto-Heaven competing for the spots, right?"

"It should be… Isn't it always like that in previous years? Those from the other Grotto-Heavens are all trash; even if they wanted to compete, they wouldn't be qualified!"

"That's true… The ancestral emperor dragon blood… If it could be used for enhancement, I wonder what the Bloodline Awakening would be like."

"Don't dream… There are only three spots in total, so let's not even think about it."

"That's true…"

"…"

"The ancestral emperor dragon blood…" Xiao Fan murmured, feeling that this thing was not simple.

He wanted to ask someone about it, but considering his current identity, it wouldn't do. Thus, Xiao Fan walked along the street, continuously gathering information from passersby to understand this ancestral emperor dragon blood.

Legend has it that the founder of the Divine Dragon Realm was a True Dragon, and he was the one who carved out the Divine Dragon Realm… referring to himself as the Dragon Emperor.

He was also the ancestor of the Divine Dragon Realm, so later generations honored him as the Ancestral Emperor… After that Dragon Emperor passed away, he left behind all of his Essence Blood to allow future generations to undergo Bloodline Awakening.

Every hundred years, there is a Grand Competition for the Prodigies of the Divine Dragon Realm.

The three winners can receive a drop of ancestral emperor dragon blood as a reward… Of course, even if one wins in the end, they might not necessarily obtain the ancestral emperor dragon blood.

It requires the approval of the Ancestral Dragon Emperor's will before the dragon blood can be bestowed…

However, there have also been Prodigies with exceptional talent who were deeply favored by the Ancestral Dragon Emperor, and thus were gifted a few extra drops of ancestral emperor dragon blood.

Now, the hundred-year mark is approaching, and a new round of the Grand Competition is about to begin.

The Drunken Dragon Pavilion has spots, with a total of ten competition spots, which are generally selected from the First Grotto-Heaven.

Therefore, the Prodigies of the First Grotto-Heaven had long since started making preparations, planning to compete for the ancestral emperor dragon blood.

After Xiao Fan learned this information, his expression brightened; he was very interested in this ancestral emperor dragon blood.

After he learned enough, Xiao Fan returned to his Immortal Cave…

Then, he released Long Aozhan and the other Genius Prodigies one by one, and from them, he learned more about the ancestral emperor dragon blood.

The information he obtained was about the same as what Xiao Fan had gathered from the outside world…

After doing this, Xiao Fan fell into deep thought…

"The ancestral emperor dragon blood… If I can obtain it, it should be able to make my True Dragon Dharma Image undergo a transformation…" Xiao Fan murmured.

According to the date Xiao Fan learned, the Drunken Dragon Pavilion's Grand Competition would take place in one hundred days.

"If I keep a low profile and participate using Long Aotian's identity… it should be fine, right?" Xiao Fan muttered.

Xiao Fan had entered the Drunken Dragon Pavilion, and there was no investigation into the background or identity of the Disciples here.

The reason was simple: everyone who could join was of the Dragon Clan, and since they were of the Dragon Clan, they were people of the Divine Dragon Realm; was there any need to investigate them?

But if he wanted to compete for the ancestral emperor dragon blood, Xiao Fan felt it wouldn't be so simple… especially if he ended up winning.

Xiao Fan felt some regret; if he had known about this earlier, he should have found a way to impersonate someone else, like Long Aozhan, and used his identity to participate in the Grand Competition.

But now…

"Wealth and honor are sought amidst danger…" Xiao Fan murmured, a look of determination appearing in his eyes.

He decided that he would participate in the Grand Competition and try to see if he could obtain the ancestral emperor dragon blood.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed…

The news about the Ancient Dragon Emperor's ruins had become widespread in the outside world, and everyone was curious about the current situation of Long Aozhan and the others, but there was no news at all.

And for the First Grotto-Heaven, it was finally time to select Disciples.

However, this time it was different from previous times…

For this selection of Disciples, the First Grotto-Heaven would first select ten Disciples. Excluding the first and second place, the remaining nine Disciples would need to battle against the single Disciple selected from each of the Second through Ninth Grotto-Heavens.

Whoever wins receives a spot to participate in the Grand Competition…

Compared to before, this idea was fairer to the other Grotto-Heavens.

Otherwise, according to the rules of previous years, other than the Disciples of the First Grotto-Heaven, other Disciples would have no qualification to participate.