Chapter 39

Past Glory

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation As night fell, the ink-like dark clouds resembled a gigantic black dragon, darkened the night sky. The once bustling training grounds were now deserted!

Deep within the inner courtyard of the Zhuo Family, in a luxurious loft, Zhuowen sat on a chair. His eyes were as calm as water as he gazed at the white-haired old man in front of him. "Grandfather!

It's time to tell me the truth from ten years ago! "

The dignified Zhuo Xiangding's face was no longer as dignified as it used to be. Instead, a trace of helplessness appeared on his resolute face. He furrowed his brows and said, "Zhuowen!

To be honest, you've really surprised me. If I knew you had such a monstrous talent, I wouldn't have made that promise to you! "

Zhuowen shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "Sometimes, reality is just like that. Things don't always go as planned!"

Zhuo Xiangding pondered for a moment, then said slowly, "Before I tell you the truth, you need to come with me to a place!

Also, the armor technique you used in the training grounds was the 'Primeval Dragon Roar Fist', right? "

Zhuowen's expression changed. He stared at Zhuo Xiangding and said cautiously, "Grandfather, how did you know?

Grandson doesn't remember having such an armor technique in the family! "

"Haha!

When you get to the place I mentioned, you'll know why I know about it!

Now, come with me! "Zhuo Xiangding said as he strode forward without hesitation.

Looking at Zhuo Xiangding's back, Zhuowen's eyes flickered. In the end, he followed Zhuo Xiangding's footsteps.

Looking at the shabby little temple in front of him, Zhuowen's eyes were filled with even more suspicion.

The small temple was an earth temple, less than ten square meters in size. Broken bricks and tiles were everywhere, and it looked like it had not been repaired for a long time. This earth temple was located in a desolate area behind the Zhuo Family's mountain, and people rarely came here. However, what made Zhuowen puzzled was, why did his grandfather bring him here?

The moment Zhuo Xiangding came in front of the Earth temple, his expression turned solemn. He even looked solemn!

As soon as they entered the temple, an unpleasant moldy smell immediately assailed their nostrils. Even with Zhuowen's excellent patience, he couldn't help but cover his nose with his hand. However, Zhuo Xiangding didn't even frown!

Zhuo Xiangding stepped in front of the dilapidated statue in the middle of the temple. His right hand touched his forehead, and a strange shadow with a dragon head and tortoise body flew out from between his eyebrows. Zhuowen knew that this strange shadow should be Zhuo Xiangding's Armor Soul!

After the strange Armor Soul let out a dragon roar, it suddenly burrowed into the dilapidated statue. Then, Zhuowen saw that the statue suddenly seemed to come alive as it emitted a golden light. Then, with a violent tremor, the statue slowly moved to the side, revealing a deep black hole below!

"Zhuowen!

Follow me in! "

Zhuo Xiangding gave Zhuowen a look, then took the lead and entered the black hole. Zhuowen hesitated for a moment, then followed closely behind Zhuo Xiangding and jumped in!

After walking aimlessly in the narrow passageway for a quarter of an hour, Zhuo Wen and Zhuo Xiangding finally reached the end of the passageway. The scene at the end of the passageway caused Zhuo Wen to freeze on the spot!

In front of Zhuowen was a huge platform with a radius of a thousand miles. What shocked Zhuowen was that in the middle of the platform stood a huge stone dragon statue. The stone dragon statue was hundreds of feet long. Zhuowen and Zhuo Xiangding were only the size of the dragon's claw. The two of them looked very insignificant in front of the stone dragon statue!

"This is …"

Looking at the magnificent stone dragon statue in front of him, Zhuowen's heart couldn't help but tremble violently. Anyone who saw such a huge stone statue for the first time would be shocked!

When Zhuo Wen slowly approached the dragon statue to take a closer look, he suddenly discovered that the dragon's scales were densely packed with words. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the words were actually a list of people's names, and below the names was an introduction to the life stories of these people!

"Ryu Zhantian, the first head of the Ryūka Family, awakened the Grade 4 Dragon Armor Soul 'Five Clawed Golden Dragon'. At the peak of the Emperor Realm, he once challenged the Savage War God Chi Lin and fought for eight days and eight nights. At the Eastern Dawn Plains, he killed Chi Lin and founded the Ryūka Family in the Eastern Dawn Plains!"

"…"

"Long Xiuao, the thirty-second head of the Ryūka Family, awakened the Grade 4 Dragon Armor Soul 'Nine Hell Fiend Dragon'. At the age of thirty, he advanced to the Emperor Realm and was known as the most talented person in the continent. After that, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the Pilgrimage Realm. Thus, he began to fight in the east and west, defeating all the experts in the world. Under his leadership, the Ryūka Family became the number one family in the vast Eastern Lands!"

"…"

"Long Xiang, the one hundred and eighth head of the Ryūka Family, and also the last. Ten thousand years ago, he joined forces with the leaders of the other four dominions to resist the calamity. Although they succeeded in stopping the calamity, Long Xiang and the other four dominions fell at the same time. From then on, the Ryūka Family gradually declined and finally disappeared from the eyes of the people …"

These names were all listed on the important scales of the dragon statue. These names and deeds were very unfamiliar to Zhuowen, but for some reason, when Zhuowen saw these names and deeds, the blood in his body began to boil involuntarily. This was a resonance that came from the same bloodline!

As Zhuowen browsed through the words on the dragon scale, Zhuowen saw a name on a very inconspicuous scale at the tail of the dragon. His entire body froze as he stared blankly at the name on the scale!

"Long Xiaotian, descendant of the Ryūka Family. Awakened the Grade 2 Dragon Armor Soul, Dual Headed Nether Dragon. His current whereabouts are unknown …"

When Zhuo Wen stared at the dragon scale in a daze, Zhuo Xiangding gently patted Zhuo Wen's shoulder and said with a sigh, "Long Xiaotian is your father, Zhuo Xiaotian. After reading the words on the dragon scale, you should have some guesses in your heart."

"Actually, our Zhuo Family's surname is not Zhuo, but Long. We are the descendant of the Ryūka Family that dominated the entire Eastern Continent ten thousand years ago!

And this is the ancestral shrine of our Ryūka Family. It records the deeds of the most meritorious Ryūka Family over the past tens of thousands of years. "

Hearing Zhuo Xiangding's explanation, Zhuowen's eyes revealed a look of understanding. He also did not expect the Zhuo Family to be so glorious. They were actually the rulers of the Eastern Continent!

One had to know that the Zhuo Family's Teng Jia City was only an insignificant small city in Muqin County of the Qing Xuan Empire. In the vast Eastern Continent, the status of the Qing Xuan Empire was equivalent to the status of Teng Jia City in the Qing Xuan Empire. From this, one could see how vast the Eastern Continent was!

And such a vast territory was actually controlled by a single family. One could see how powerful the Ryūka Family was in the past!

"Then why did they change their surname now?" Zhuowen asked in confusion.

"Do you know why the Ryūka Family suddenly fell after the death of the Flying Dragon Clan's leader ten thousand years ago?

It was because someone wanted to exterminate the Ryūka Family. They wanted to replace the Ryūka Family as the new ruler of the Eastern Continent! "Zhuo Xiangding's eyes revealed a look of hatred at this point.

Zhuowen could not help but be shocked when he heard this. No wonder the Flying Dragon Clan fell so quickly ten thousand years ago with just a trace of Ryūka. It turned out that someone was behind this!

"Who was it?" Zhuowen asked with a heavy expression.

"It was the current ruler of the Eastern Continent, the Blue Dragon Hall. Ten thousand years ago, the Flying Dragon Clan's leader led a group of elite martial artists to successfully resist the calamity. However, the price was the lives of the Flying Dragon Clan's leader and those elite martial artists. At that time, the Ryūka Family was at its weakest!"

"It was at that time that the ambitious Blue Dragon Hall gathered all the other powers in the Eastern Continent to attack the Ryūka Family. Because the Flying Dragon Clan's leader had brought all the elite martial artists with him, there were no strong martial artists in the Family. As a result, the Ryūka Family suffered a crushing defeat, and all the core disciples of the Family were killed!"

"In the end, only a dozen or so outer sect disciples managed to escape. Thus, these outer sect disciples began to live in seclusion. Our Zhuo family is the descendant of those dozen or so outer sect disciples who went into seclusion!

However, the Blue Dragon Hall has not given up on their goal of exterminating the Ryūka Family. They have always been searching for the remnants of the Ryūka Family … "

At this point, Zhuo Xiangding's dignified face revealed a sorrowful expression. At the same time, a sense of indignation surfaced in his eyes!

"Does my father's disappearance have anything to do with the Blue Dragon Hall?" Zhuowen's expression darkened as he asked in a deep voice.

"Yes!

Your father was the first member of the Zhuo Family to awaken a Dragon Armor Soul. Furthermore, he was extremely talented. Even in the entire Qing Xuan Empire, he could be considered one of the top geniuses!

Grandfather had placed all of his hopes on your father. However, I did not expect that your father's Dragon Armor Soul would attract the attention of the Blue Dragon Hall. They wanted to capture and interrogate your father! "

"However, your father's strength was not weak. He managed to escape from the encirclement of the Blue Dragon Hall. In order not to bring disaster to the Zhuo Family, not only did your father change his name, but he also did not return even once. It is because of this that we do not know where your father is now. However, Grandfather can be sure that your father is not dead yet!"

"It really is the Blue Dragon Hall!" Zhuowen snorted coldly. A trace of hatred appeared in his eyes.

Zhuo Xiangding glanced at Zhuowen and sighed. "Child!

The 'Primeval Chaos Dragon Roar Fist' on your body should have been imparted to you by Xiaotian! "

Zhuowen nodded slightly. In his mind, he could not help but recall the image of his father's shadow formed by the Dragon-Shaped Jade Pendant. He knew that the faction that his father could not speak of was the Blue Dragon Hall!

This colossus that dominated the Eastern Continent was too far away for the Zhuo Family. If the Blue Dragon Hall found out that the Zhuo Family was a remnant of the Ryūka bloodline, then the Zhuo Family would not be far from extinction!

"Since Xiaotian was willing to impart this Armor Soul to you, he must believe that the Ryūka bloodline in your body is not weak. You should know that in order to fully unleash the power of the 'Primeval Chaos Dragon Roar Fist', you must have a Dragon Armor Soul in your body. Children with the Ryūka bloodline have only one chance to awaken their Dragon Soul in their lifetime. Child, are you willing to give it a try?"

At this point, Zhuo Xiangding's face suddenly became serious. However, his eyes emitted a trace of anticipation!

"Can I really awaken my Dragon Soul?"

Zhuowen's tone was a little uncertain. Dragons were spiritual creatures of heaven and earth. They were the supreme creatures that ruled over all things. The Dragon Armor Soul's ability was one of the best among all Armor Souls!