Chapter 282: The Dragon is Born, Heading West to Wuding River
As Li Dingguo, Cao Yongxiang and Hongmei were waiting anxiously and excitedly, time passed quickly.
"Could this young dragon have the blood of Taotie?"
"Another nine hours have passed. The rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth in this island in the middle of the lake, as well as the vast amount of special life spiritual energy that has almost turned into mist, has been reduced by at least half!"
"That's not enough. This big dragon egg is still absorbing more!"
Li Dingguo could not have imagined that this young dragon would absorb so much spiritual energy in order to break out of its shell.
It is estimated that the innate magical power that it will awaken in the future will most likely be related to the ability to devour.
It is no exaggeration to say that the amount of spiritual energy absorbed by it is enough for all the soldiers of a main combat corps of the Renaissance Army to absorb and break through!
Fortunately, this is on the island in the middle of the lake. This large island has grown to a radius of nearly a thousand miles, and has formed a large spiritual vein that can continuously and rapidly generate massive amounts of spiritual energy from heaven and earth.
Otherwise, if it was a medium-sized spiritual vein, the spiritual energy would probably have been completely drained by this dragon egg.
It was not until this time that Li Dingguo, Cao Yongxiang and Hongmei realized how difficult it was for a true dragon to break out of its shell.
This giant golden egg has survived for countless tens of thousands of years.
Not long ago, it even devoured all the real dragon blood in a small lake!
God knows how much spiritual energy of heaven and earth and how much natural treasures it has absorbed so far?
"Commander-in-chief! There's movement in this dragon egg!"
"That's the sound of the baby dragon struggling to break out of its shell!"
At this moment, a series of muffled sounds suddenly came from the golden dragon egg in front of them, causing Cao Yongxiang and Hongmei to exclaim in surprise.
To be honest, they had waited so long for this dragon to be born that they were both a little tired of waiting.
Fortunately, at this time the vortex of spiritual energy covering the golden giant egg suddenly stopped sweeping in spiritual energy from all directions, and was dissipating rapidly.
At the same time, the muffled sounds coming from the dome became louder and more frequent.
After a while, the huge golden dragon egg finally made a crackling sound and suddenly broke into several huge pieces.
What appeared before everyone's eyes was a golden young dragon several meters long.
It is quite large in size, as thick as a bucket, and is estimated to weigh around 10,000 kilograms.
Its appearance is basically the same as the divine dragon that Li Dingguo had seen in his previous life.
It was covered in golden light, and even though it had just been born, it looked very majestic.
This newly born dragon is different from other spiritual beasts.
It had already developed for countless tens of thousands of years before it was born in the eggshell. Judging from its appearance, it is not much different from an adult dragon, it is just a newborn.
"Whoosh!"
Then, something happened that almost made Li Dingguo and the other two drop their jaws in shock: they saw it open its mouth wide, and after quickly eating up its own eggshell, its body shook, and it actually turned into a three-foot-long mini dragon!
Its figure flashed and turned into a golden light, instantly coiling around Li Dingguo's arm!
"It ate all the eggshells!"
"It has just been born, and it has the magical power to change its size at will, and can change its body size at will?"
"This...isn't this amazing?"
"How can one awaken his innate magical power at birth? I guess it's more than just one innate magical power?"...
This outrageous scene made Li Dingguo, Cao Yongxiang and Hongmei scream in shock.
Okay, you are a divine beast, so you are awesome, okay?
After the three of them regained their composure, they were too tired to complain.
They had never seen a real divine beast, so they thought all divine beasts were so awesome.
There is no way to prove it anyway, seeing is believing.
"Ow..."
The dragon used its magical powers to wrap itself around one of Li Dingguo's arms. It then excitedly moved its head back and forth, howling at him in a coquettish manner.
There is no doubt that it has become Li Dingguo's companion beast and regards him as its closest relative.
It's like a baby acting coquettishly to his parents, with a strong sense of admiration.
"You've become so small, why not just call you Xiaolong from now on."
Li Dingguo thought about it, but couldn't think of a name that was really suitable for this golden dragon, so he just called it Xiaolong.
"Ow..."
The little golden dragon, whose mind was as blank as a blank sheet of paper, didn't care whether the name Li Dingguo gave him was nice or not. He just accepted whatever Li Dingguo said. He nodded immediately and agreed to the name.
It has awakened some memories of its bloodline inheritance and can actually understand the Chinese language at once.
It goes without saying that in the ancient mythological period, their true dragon clan definitely had dealings with the Chinese clan.
That's why I am so familiar with the Chinese language.
"go!"
"Let's go home first!"
"There are so many happy events today, I will cook a good meal myself so that everyone can celebrate."
Li Dingguo, who had received a series of big surprises today, was in a very good mood and spoke to Cao Yongxiang and Hongmei in a refreshed mood.
"This is what we should do! We definitely can't not celebrate today."
"Yes, yes! Let's work together today to prepare a big meal and drink a few jars of 100-year-old Jinhua wine!"
Cao Yongxiang and Hongmei also smiled and echoed.
After a while, the three of them took Li Dingguo's special magic saddle and the two large bags he brought back, and returned to the nearby mansion with ease.
Everyone worked together, and in less than half an hour, a sumptuous and delicious meal was ready.
"Snapped!"
Cao Yongxiang used his skill to gently tap a jar of century-old Jinhua wine, and the mud seal on the jar separated and flew directly under a fruit tree at the entrance of the restaurant.
It has to be said that after possessing divine consciousness, practitioners in the Qi Refining Realm can easily do things that seem incredible to ordinary people.
He picked up the wine jar, filled three large jade bowls, handed one bowl each to Li Dingguo and Hongmei, and raised his own bowl of golden wine, which he gently clinked with the two of them.
"Gululu..."
The three of them drank a large bowl of century-old Jinhua wine in one breath.
"Cool!"
"This is how you should drink Jinhua wine to enjoy it."
This is Cao Yongxiang's happiest day so far.
He has completely changed from his previous sullen image to an undisguised smile on his face. You can imagine how happy he is!
The feast lasted for an hour as the three of them were enjoying themselves.
Everyone worked together to clean up the things, then sat down and chatted.
Li Dingguo couldn't help but chuckle as he looked at the little golden dragon eating with oil dripping from its mouth.
Even though this guy was just born, he ate at least half of the delicious food on the table.
It even drank up two jars of fine wine. It is a real foodie.
Although it has just been born, its aura has already reached the peak level of level five.
According to legend, the growth period of mythical beasts is extremely long, often measured in hundreds of years.
Even though there is a magical innate spiritual root five-colored sacred tree on this island in the middle of the lake, which can greatly shorten the growth period of the little golden dragon, it will still take at least several decades for it to truly grow up.
Fortunately, this is a world of cultivators, and the course of history cannot be compared with Li Dingguo’s previous life history.
A few decades is not a long time for practitioners in the Qi Refining Stage.
Li Dingguo can afford to wait for the little golden dragon to grow up for several decades.
"No way?"
"Xiaolong, you are actually a seven-clawed golden dragon?"
"In ancient myths and legends, five-clawed golden dragons are extremely rare. And now you have a seven-clawed one?"
When Li Dingguo was sitting down to rest and playing with the little golden dragon, he suddenly realized what he had overlooked.
When he took the little golden dragon's claws and looked at them, he found that each claw had seven claws, and he was immediately amazed.
Many of the ancient books he had read had records about the true dragon clan.
Golden dragons are the royal family of dragons. Five-clawed golden dragons are rare, and seven-clawed ones are almost unheard of.
For unknown reasons, this little golden dragon's bloodline must have reverted to its ancestral lineage after it was finally born!
Li Dingguo shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He couldn't figure it out anyway, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became.
To him, there is almost no difference whether it is a five-clawed golden dragon or a seven-clawed golden dragon.
The little golden dragon is probably the only real dragon in the world today, and his bloodline is extremely noble.
"Xiaolong, go to that five-colored sacred tree and find a suitable place to settle down. You will live there from now on."
Li Dingguo said to the little golden dragon, which was staring at him with a pair of innocent dragon eyes, "That five-colored sacred tree is my life root, and it is also a very magical innate spiritual root. Living on it in the future will be of great benefit to your growth."
"You have just been born, remember to practice hard and strive to break through to the sixth level as soon as possible, so that you can help me a lot in the future."
"Oh, and also, you are not allowed to hunt any living creature on this island without my consent."
"Your growth is different from those of spirit beasts and demon beasts. The vast amount of spiritual energy on this island in the middle of the lake and the large amount of life spiritual energy emitted by the five-colored sacred tree are enough to sustain your growth. Not eating meat will not have any impact."
"There are so many spiritual fruits and plants on the island. You can pick some ripe ones to eat, but remember not to damage the young plants."
The little golden dragon knows nothing now, so it is necessary to teach it frequently.
It itself is so astonishing that before breaking through to the peak level of level six cultivation, Li Dingguo decided to hide it in the base camp on the island in the middle of the lake and not let outsiders know about it.
Otherwise, God knows what kind of uproar it would cause.
As long as the Fuxing Army is not invincible, Li Dingguo will not allow it to be exposed.
Having said that, the legendary dragon clan is very sleepy, and it is normal for them to sleep for ten or eight years.
Maybe when it wakes up, it will break through to the sixth level of cultivation. There is a high possibility.
"Ow..."
The little golden dragon nodded his head obediently, indicating that he understood.
Even if Li Dingguo didn't say it, it planned to go to the five-colored sacred tree tonight and find a suitable place to settle down. Of course, it would have to live on the sacred tree in the future.
As a divine beast, it has a very sensitive intuition and knows very well how important the five-colored sacred tree is to it.
It nodded its head towards Li Dingguo, then turned into a ray of golden light, shot out of the door, and instantly arrived at the huge five-colored sacred tree.
The crown of this five-colored sacred tree now covers an area of a thousand feet in radius. It is simply too big.
There are only a few golden eagles and spirit eagles living on such a big tree. The little golden dragon can easily choose a place he likes to live.
After just a while, it found a large platform formed by the intersection of several huge tree trunks. It lay down on it with great satisfaction, and soon fell asleep.
After all, it is a newborn baby, and sleeping is the best way for it to grow.
As it fell asleep, countless spiritual energies of heaven and earth and life energies swarmed in, enveloping it, becoming increasingly dense, gradually submerging its body.
After Xiao Jinlong left to rest, Li Dingguo and the other two finally got down to business.
"Brother Dingguo."
Hongmei spoke first, "A few days ago, I discussed it with Xiangzi, Wei Jinfan, and Chang Liyun."
"The main topic is that the Dongtao Great Plain has been occupied by our Renaissance Army, which has become a foregone conclusion."
"Although there are still three major demon beast forces entrenched in it, and there are also two large ghost dens mixed in our sphere of influence, but they seem to only want to guard their usual living bases and rarely come out to cause trouble."
"If it's not necessary, I suggest you don't attack them for now."
"And there is a larger Wuding River basin on the Dongtao Plain that has not yet been controlled by our Renaissance Army."
"The section of the Wuding River outside the Great Wall is several times longer than the Jialu River, and is also much larger."
"If we want to truly build the Dongtao Plain into a large base for our Renaissance Army, we must thoroughly clean up the large and small Tatar tribes that have settled along the Wuding River and firmly control them."
"What we discussed a few days ago was to split up two main armies and march west to launch an attack on Wuding River!"
"It will take at most a year to completely control the Wuding River Basin."
"By then, the large amount of refined salt produced by the salt fields that our Renaissance Army has built in the Great Salt Lake can be sold to various places in the interior through the well-connected Wuding River, which will completely enable the Renaissance Army to operate healthily."
Although the Fuxing Army is not short of money now, it has already started the model of more work, more pay, and has completely ended the big pot system.
In that case, if they want to truly get on the right track, the large amount of money that is now in reserve must be circulated in large quantities within the Renaissance Army.
In the future, the size of the Fuxing Army will grow larger and larger, and no matter how much money we have, it will not be enough.
After all, the economic development model that combines internal and external factors is fundamentally different from the internal self-sufficient development model.
The former needs a large amount of money to circulate within and outside its own sphere of influence in order to revitalize the internal and external economies of its own sphere of influence.
The latter is a country that completely carries out internal economic circulation, without connecting with the outside world or being affected by external economic influences.
In the long run, of course, the economic development model that combines internal and external factors will have much broader development prospects.
Therefore, Hongmei had already issued an order to vigorously develop the salt industry of the Great Salt Lake in order to create the future flagship commercial product: refined salt, for the upcoming domestic and foreign economic development model.
Then, the salt industry was used to drive all industries and rapidly develop the business within the Renaissance Army.
(End of this chapter)
