Chapter 23: The Heavenly Cauldron and the Winged Dragon

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  After an unknown period of time, Ji Changkong's eyelids moved heavily and he slowly came to.

  As soon as he opened his eyes, the dark and murky toxic gas rushed into his vision. Ji Changkong was shocked in his heart and immediately felt the toxic gas entering his mouth choking his chest, as if he would be poisoned to death by the toxic gas at any moment.

  Without thinking, Ji Changkong immediately mobilized the yuan force in his body to see if he could use it to expel the toxic gas from his body.

  Surprisingly, when he mobilized the yuan force in his body, the fresh blood in his body seemed to have a kind of boiling feeling. He was suddenly drenched in sweat, and the toxic gas absorbed into his body seemed to flow out from the pores of his skin with the sweat. The feeling of chest tightness disappeared instantly.

  Ah!

  With an exclamation, Ji Changkong suddenly sat down.

  His eyeballs rolled around in a circle, and he was shocked to find himself lying beside the Poison Dragon Pool. A faint black poisonous mist floated out of the pool with a "gurgling" sound, gathering above his head into a toxic aura.

  Where is the Millennium Violet Golden Toad?

  His complexion changed slightly, and Ji Changkong hurriedly went to find the culprit who had bitten him unconscious earlier. However, he suddenly felt a piercing pain in his left leg. He looked down and found that his left leg was covered with rows of teeth marks from the thousand-year-old purple gold centipede's bites.

  "Huh?"

  The princess let out a cry of surprise and stared at his left leg in disbelief, her face full of confusion.

  Before he fainted, he clearly remembered that the wound on his left leg was not a tooth mark, but a row of blood-filled holes! However, after waking up, the deep bone-exposed holes miraculously healed, leaving only a shallow tooth print. What's going on?

  He tried to move his left leg, and found that apart from the deep pain, there seemed to be nothing wrong. There was no numbness or weakness, nor any signs of rotting.

  The thousand-year-old purple gold toad has deadly poison in its teeth, doesn't it?

  Ji Changkong became even more bewildered, struggled to get up, and gazed far away at the place where he had fainted. Only then did he discover that the thousand-year-old purple gold toad had long been dead, with a huge bloody hole pierced through its back, lying there motionless.

  Spit it out!

  Her heart skipped a beat, and Ji Changkong stopped thinking too much, only remembering the purpose of this trip. With some difficulty, she moved her body step by step, enduring the sharp pain on her left leg, and it took a moment before she finally arrived at the place where the thousand-year-old purple gold toad was lying.

  Prying open the thousand-year-old purple gold toad's bloody mouth, enduring the nauseating stench, Ji Changkong carefully took out a white jade bottle he had prepared earlier and meticulously collected the thick saliva from the toad's blood-filled mouth. Only after filling the bottle did he let out a sigh of relief, his face breaking into a radiant smile.

  In any case, the millennium purple golden toad's saliva, he got it anyway.

  Just thinking about the four hideous scars on Ji Wanyun's face being erased by this thick phlegm, Ji Changkong couldn't help but get excited.

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  After resting for a while, when Ji Changkong felt that his left leg was no longer so painful, he picked up the small half-tank of Huolong wine beside him and gulped down several mouthfuls with a "gurgling" sound. Immediately, he felt extremely hungry.

  Glancing at the thousand-year-old purple gold toad beside him, Ji Changkong found that although the toad was extremely ugly in appearance, its belly skin, which he had flipped over, was snow-white, and the meat inside was crystal clear and tender, looking like it wouldn't taste too bad.

  Her eyes rolled around, and Ji Changkong happened to see many dry twigs beside her. She had an idea, and Ji Changkong slowly gathered the twigs into a pile. From her bosom, she took out a small dagger made from the belly skin of a thousand-year-old purple gold toad, cut off a large piece of tender white flesh, and used a sharpened twig to tie it up, placing it on top of the twig pile.

  Bring out the flint, ignite a large fire, add some flavorful spices, and in a short while, the wonderful aroma will emanate from that huge piece of roasted Millennium Violet Golden Toad.

  It smells so good, I didn't expect that despite its ugly appearance, the meat on it is actually quite good! In his heart, Ji Changkong silently praised it and subconsciously licked his lips, ready to devour it.

  Splash!

  A sudden burst of splashing sounds came from the distant Poison Dragon Pool, and a huge, ferocious creature with a terrifying appearance emerged. Its massive meat wings spread wide, and strong winds howled immediately. With just a slight swing of its enormous body, it traversed dozens of feet in distance and landed right in front of Ji Changkong.

  This is a gigantic ferocious beast, with the same color as the poisonous dragon's pool of water, its entire body is dark brown, smooth and shiny, seemingly still flashing with black light. The sharp white teeth in its bloody mouth are like a row of sharp swords standing upright. Ji Changkong has no doubt that it can tear apart anything, whether it's the blood-stained giant alligator or the sword-toothed rhinoceros, with just one bite.

  This five-zhang-long giant ferocious beast, although it has no feathers on its body, has two long fleshy wings. The fleshy wings are connected by joints, and the edges and corners are like blades, giving people a sharp and fierce feeling.

  Heavenly Winged Dragon!

  Her face changed color in an instant, and Ji Changkong didn't dare to move, staring blankly at this huge ferocious beast, for a moment not knowing what to do.

  The Qi family, who have always lived at the foot of Qingyan Mountain, are not only responsible for cultivation but also help Qingyan City pay attention to the Nan Yi, which is just separated by a cloud and misty swamp. It is precisely because of this that the Qi family's understanding of the cloud and misty swamp is much deeper than that of ordinary people.

  Miss Changkong had inadvertently heard the second grandfather, Ji Yu Xing, and the third grandfather, Ji Yu Sheng, mention the Yunmeng Great Marsh. The two men had said that in the Yunmeng Great Marsh where ferocious beasts roamed, the most terrifying and fearsome was the Tian E Winged Dragon. It was the king of all ferocious beasts in the Yunmeng Great Marsh, possessing power that made all ferocious beasts submit to it!

  However, even Ji Yu Xing and Ji Yu Sheng had only heard of the legend of Tian Yue Yi Long from others. Although they occasionally ventured beyond Yun Meng Great Marsh to explore Nan Yi, they always deliberately avoided Du Long Tan, a place notorious for gathering ferocious beasts, so they never saw the true king of ferocious beasts in Yun Meng Great Marsh - Tian Yue Yi Long!

  However, with just a glance, Ji Changkong dared to confirm that this ferocious beast with a terrifying appearance and massive body was the tyrant of the Cloud Dream Marsh, the one that made all other ferocious beasts submit - the Tian E Winged Dragon!

  Its appearance left a deep impression on people, and Ji Changkong had been in Yunmeng Daze for a month, but he had never felt that kind of ferocity that made one not even want to resist on any fierce beast.

  Moreover, Ji Changkong had seen it before he fainted, leaping from the Poison Dragon Pool to subdue all ferocious beasts on the ground. There was also that one claw that fell, the cruel thousand-year-old Purple Gold Toad, being pierced through its body and nailed to the ground in a miserable state.

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  After confirming that it was indeed the Cloud Dream Tyrant, Heavenly Winged Dragon, Ji Changkong didn't dare to move a single muscle, his two eyes staring tightly at it, his heart racing with anxiety, unsure of what it wanted to do.

  For a moment, it stared at Jialongkong with its scarlet giant eyes, and surprisingly, Jialongkong didn't feel any violent anger from it. It just gazed calmly at Jialongkong, the scarlet giant eyes... seemed to be somewhat gentle...

  The young master was taken aback, amused by the strange idea that had arisen in his mind. The notorious Cloud Dream Overlord looked at him with a gaze that made him feel like he was harboring an absurd notion, one that even he himself found hard to believe.

  After a while, the thousand-year-old purple gold toad in Ji Changkong's hand had a large piece of familiar meat on its body. The aroma was getting stronger and stronger. When Ji Changkong didn't know what to do, he suddenly found that the giant red eyes of the Heaven-Wing Dragon were staring tightly at the large piece of roasted meat in his hand.

  It's as if... it's drooling with flavor, I want to eat cooked meat now.

  "Hmm..." Ji Changkong was stunned for a moment, the corner of his mouth curled up into an extremely strange arc, and he tried to toss the piece of roasted meat in his hand towards the Heavenly Winged Dragon.

  A large piece of cooked meat had not yet landed when the dragon stretched its neck and took it in one bite, chewed for a while, and then swallowed it all down.

  She took a huge chunk of cooked meat that she couldn't finish even after eating for a long time, and swallowed it in one gulp. Looking at her like that, if not for the delicious taste of the cooked meat, it seemed like she could just send it straight into her throat without chewing, and...it was really too big!

  Obviously, this big piece of meat was not enough to fill its belly. After swallowing it in one gulp, it actually opened its bright red eyes again and stared at Ji Changkong with a hungry gaze.

  Those eyes seemed to be asking: ... is there still?

  "Wait, you wait!" Ji Changkong suddenly shouted in surprise, and then felt a bit amused in his heart. He was guessing the meaning through the eyes of the Tianyao Winged Dragon, but unexpectedly he himself took it seriously.

  With a flurry of activity, the princess cut down another large piece of snow-white raw meat on the thousand-year-old purple gold toad's body, and then, taking advantage of the still-burning fire, she began to cook it with great skill once again. After a while, the rich and savory aroma of roasted meat wafted through the air, making everyone's appetite open up wide.

  This time, Ji Changkong didn't hesitate much. After making sure the meat was well-cooked, he immediately threw it to the creature. The piece of meat was quite large, and it chewed for a while before swallowing it all down.

  Is there anything else?

  Tianying continued to stare at him with eager eyes.

  Ji Changkong was drenched in sweat all over his head, and he didn't know if it was from anxiety or being roasted by the fierce flames on the fire heap.

  Under the crimson gaze of the Heavenly Winged Dragon, Ji Changkong moved his body to continue gathering withered branches. Then, he cut all the meat on the Thousand-Year Purple Golden Toad into pieces, picked them up one by one with sharpened tree branches, and roasted them over a fire heap.

  One block, two blocks, three blocks...

  Three people-sized Millennium Violet Golden Toads' snow-white tender meat, after being roasted, was almost all thrown to the Heavenly Winged Dragon. Along the way, Ji Changkong also tore off a piece and ate it while roasting, until there was no more meat left, at which point the Heavenly Winged Dragon stopped staring at him with eager eyes.

  The huge meat wing flapped, a strong wind whistled up, it suddenly flew towards the poisonous dragon pool, slowly sinking into the poisonous dragon pool.

  Letting out a sigh of relief, Ji Changkong secretly breathed a sigh of "good luck" and didn't care about the pain in his left leg. He wanted to hurry up and leave this place of trouble with the collected saliva as soon as possible.

  Splash!

  Tianyao Winged Dragon jumped out of Poisonous Dragon Pool again and flew straight towards Ji Changkong once more.

  The girl stared blankly as the massive body rapidly approached, feeling like crying but having no tears to shed. She thought to herself, "This time there's no meat for you, you won't want to eat me, will you?"

  "Huh?"

  Ji Changkong suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and he discovered that under the huge sharp claws of the Tianyuan Dragon, it seemed to be grasping something black and murky. This time, it didn't seem like it was coming for the familiar meat again.

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  Today is the big wedding, this chapter was written when my wife was making up at noon, there's still a tough battle tonight, I don't know what time I can wake up tomorrow, tomorrow's update will be a bit late, sorry everyone, I hope brothers can understand.

  Uh, life is just once, everyone in the book review area spread rumors and blessings, I'll have time tomorrow to add precision, recommendations, clicks, rewards, etc., come a little bit, thank you (__).