Chapter 43: Eternal Tears

  Ada sneered, looking at Xia Ya with a mocking gaze: "You want good things, but good things are naturally hard to come by! If it were easy to achieve, wouldn't everyone be able to get them? Think about it yourself, in the thousands of years since the mainland was established, how many dragon-attribute equipment have there been? If they weren't so rare, people wouldn't be fighting over them."

  Xia Ya was speechless, stunned for a moment, then let out a long sigh: "Okay! You're right..."

  He couldn't help but glance at the dragon, poor Dora, who hadn't even died yet, had already been flayed and disembowelled in this toad's heart, but the toad's greedy heart was still not satisfied: "Is there anything else that's good?"

  "Others, you are useless." Ada said calmly: "I said, I want to take away one thing, this dragon's physical body belongs to you, but her soul belongs to me!"

  "Soul?" Xia Ya curled her lips: "Soul and all that, I'm not competing with you for it, I'm not a magician. But I'd like to ask you... this dragon meat... uh, is there any use for dragon meat?"

  Ada was taken aback and stared at the turtle, exclaiming: "You? You wouldn't be thinking of eating her, would you?"

  Xia Ya awkwardly wiped his mouth: "These past few days we've been eating wild chicken meat, seeing such a big fellow now that things have settled down, only now do I remember that our lunch today still hasn't been arranged..."

  Ada was dumbfounded.

  Although he is a dragon, he is trapped in human form and has been in the human world for a long time. He has seen all sorts of people, but he has never seen anyone as reckless and brazen as this turtle in front of him!

  Ordinary people facing a dragon, always can't help but feel some awe in their hearts. Even the mighty dragon-slayers of legend maintained sufficient respect for dragons.

  This turtle... actually thought of eating?!

  Looking at Ada's stunned expression, Xia Ya was not the slightest bit uneasy. In this turtle's heart, he had really gotten used to being lawless and unruly. He didn't have any reverent thoughts; for him, this dragon was already on its last breath anyway, whether it was strong or weak made no difference.

  Tigers and wolves are also very strong, after killing them, don't they just eat as usual?

  "It's you." Xia Ya's expression was very strange: "I'm saying, Ada, aren't you also a dragon? This female dragon is also one of your kind. But it seems that the hatred between you and her runs deep, otherwise, why would you teach me so carefully how to skin and debone her?"

  Ada's expression changed, and the light in her eyes was suddenly extinguished, replaced by a dullness.

  Although Xia Ya had never seen such a scene before, having heard many stories, she couldn't help but speculate along the usual routine...

  "Could it be... you and this female dragon have a thing going on?"

  Generally speaking, at this point in the story, it should be a romantic plot with entanglements and grudges. Ada is probably having an affair with the mother dragon! Hmm... then something happens that turns love into hate, and it's worth thinking deeply about whether Ada, the male dragon, has a mistress or if the mother dragon is cheating on him.

  Or maybe... a forbidden love? Oh my god, that's too exciting!

  Turtle's eyes gleamed, and he was eager to hear Ada tell the story. Don't blame Xia Ya for being gossipy, this wasn't some rumor about Sofia Auntie from Wildfire Town, but dragons, two living dragons!

  But... looking at Ada and this dragon standing together, somehow it gives off a bit of a "beastly" feeling...

  It has to be said, the old man's education on this aspect of Xia Ya is really too poor...

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  Ada didn't get angry with Xia Ya this time, he seemed to let out a faint sigh, his fingertips stroking Dora's neck for a moment, a hint of indifference floating at the corner of his mouth: "You're all wrong."

  His tone was tinged with desolation.

  "Love... how ridiculous, you actually thought of love. But it's really a pity, if there was love between me and her, perhaps we wouldn't have today's sorrow."

  "I and Dora were both born in the far north dragon tribe territory, we each belong to different dragon tribes. Dora was very young, she was famous for her beauty in the dragon tribe, her pride, her nobility, her intelligence, all made countless young dragons hope to get her favor. However, please don't misunderstand, I and she are not from the same tribe. I am an ice snow dragon, so according to the dragon tradition, very few dragons will cross tribes to combine. And like her, I was born with the most talent in the tribe, and like her, I have been enjoying everything since birth: envy, pampering, praise..."

  Dora and I are actually from the same class, we were born superior, from birth, we were the best in our racial group, surrounded by all kinds of sweet words and praise. We used to be proud of this, even lost ourselves. We thought that since we were born, this world was created for us. The sky is mine, the earth is mine, everything naturally belongs to me.

  It was at this time that we met each other.

  When a high-and-mighty person meets another high-and-mighty person, if they can't become friends, then they can only become sworn enemies! There is no third way.

  The dragon clan would hold a selection every once in a while, choosing the strongest, wisest and most gifted young dragons from each branch of the clan. These dragons were allowed to enter the sacred land of the dragon clan, pray to the dragon god, and among them, the lucky ones might receive the blessing of the dragon god and obtain some special and powerful abilities.

  Unfortunately, in that selection, one more was selected than expected.

  "It's not me, it's her!"

  Xia Ya felt somewhat disappointed...

  How come there's no juicy gossip as I imagined? Is it just a simple case of rival competitors framing each other?

  "That selection was fair." Ada felt Shia's doubt: "Such a selection, presided over by the elders of our clan and several respected seniors, is impossible to be fake. And Dora lost to me, so that opportunity fell on my side. I entered the Holy Land and prayed..."

  Ada's tone was ambiguous when he said this, as if he didn't want to say more about the matter. He quickly continued: "After I left the Holy Land, I became one of the most dazzling members of the Dragon Clan, and almost all the dragons would talk about me being chosen to pray to the Dragon God."

  And this, of course, deeply stimulated Dora as a loser."

  Xia Ya perked up his ears, he felt as if the meat pie had finally arrived.

  As expected...

  Soon, Dora found me. At first, she pretended to be respectful and tried her best to please me. Before long, we became the acknowledged couple among all dragon tribes. Although we belonged to different clans, because we were both outstanding in our respective tribes, the elders of all dragon tribes looked favorably on our union.

  But all of this was actually her ruthless and vicious plan!

  "On our wedding day, she gave me a potent poison with a powerful curse."

  Ada smiled lightly, his fingers trembling with mirth, a deep chill lingering in the corners of his eyes: "I used to love learning transformation magic. For dragons, this is just a minor spell, and many dragons use it. Some even transform into other forms and blend in with humans or dwarves on the mainland. I especially loved transformation magic, but on our wedding day, she deceived me, turning me into human form... then I drank the eternal poison - Eternal Tears."

  Xia Ya frowned: "What tears?"

  "Eternal Tears." Ada took a deep breath, a hint of resentment flashing in her eyes: "This is a strange treasure that belongs to the Elf tribe. It grows from a kind of seed called 'Forgetful Flower'. Extremely rare and hard to come by, this thing has only one use - a strange curse.

  According to legend, as long as you shed a single drop of eternal tears, no matter what form or appearance you were in at the time, you will be that way forever.

  Xia Ya started with some skepticism, but then her mind turned - forever...

  "Good heavens! Doesn't that mean one can live forever?"

  Looking at Xia Ya's twisted expression of surprise, Ada sneered and dismissed Xia Ya's foolish fantasy with an icy voice: "Of course not."

  "He sighed and said, 'It's just a matter of maintaining the original appearance, that is to say, if you drink this thing now, when you're 80 years old, you'll still look as young as you do now, but your lifespan won't be extended, it's just that you'll look younger in appearance, your vitality won't increase at all.'"

  Xia Ya was taken aback and couldn't help but feel disappointed: It's just that it looks like it's been kept in its original state.

  Even if it won't really make you live forever, just this one thing is enough to keep you young and that's already enough to drive all the women in the world crazy!

  Just imagine if there was something in this world that, when drunk by women, would keep them looking like an 18-year-old girl even at the age of 80 - if such a thing really existed, wouldn't all the women in the world be fighting to get it?

  Xia Ya's face lit up with excitement, and she rubbed her hands together: "That... what... you said that thing about tears, where can I get it?"

  Ada saw through Xia Ya's sinister intentions at a glance, and snorted: "You can forget it, this kind of thing is extremely rare in the territory of the Spirit Clan, let alone anywhere else. You think you can get your hands on it? Don't even think about it."

  Xia Ya was slightly disappointed at first, but then thought again. Anyway, he had already heard too many "legendary" things today, and there would be opportunities to verify them one by one in the future. He should remember them firmly for now and talk about it later.

  Ada continued: "At that time, on the night of the wedding, she turned me into a human form. I didn't refuse her request, and then I drank the poisonous medicine from her hands."

  "From that day on, I've been trapped in this human form until now!"

  "Damn it!" Xia Ya couldn't help but curse: "This woman, no, this mother dragon is too vicious! Just because you won that selection trial against her, she's taking revenge on you like this? But... why didn't she just poison you to death directly?"

  Ada smiled, looking at Xia Ya with a seemingly warm gaze and calm tone: "Can't you guess? Dear demon hunter, I don't like it when you pretend to be this rough and rude in front of me - you might be a rough person, but I'm very clear that you're absolutely not a fool!"

  Xia Ya was taken aback by Ada's words, and he dryly laughed twice, scratching his hair: "Alright... I think she wants to get the secret of your Dragon God's blessing out of you. After all, you said only you were chosen to pray to the Dragon God, entering that sacred place of yours. Did your god really descend, or did it truly grant you some powerful abilities?"

  Ada listened to this and fell silent for a moment, then let out a light sigh, looked at Xia Ya and said in a serious tone: "You're indeed very clever, but why do you always like to pretend to be rough and unrefined?"

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