Chapter 922: Chapter 127: None May Become a God Without My Decree

Is the aura of the Ancient Red Dragon connected with the Nine Cauldrons?

Li Guanyi’s mind went blank for a moment, and it took him several breaths to react. After a brief thought, he roughly guessed the whole story.

But this reasoning made Li Guanyi’s expression somewhat strained—

Could it be that previously, the Ancient Red Dragon forced itself to use its eight-thousand-year foundation to activate the spirituality of the Nine Cauldrons, which not only exhausted its 800 years of life but also established a connection with the Nine Cauldrons?

The aura of the Ancient Red Dragon was grand and magnificent, its golden vertical pupils gazing at Li Guanyi.

Li Guanyi paused for a moment and sincerely said: “I did advise you.”

The aura of the Ancient Red Dragon was momentarily blocked.

The atmosphere of interrogation disappeared instantly.

A row of crows flew across the sky.

The Qilin stretched out a claw to snag one, leisurely roasted its wings, and ate.

The crows scattered with a cacophony of caws, and the sizzling aroma of roasted meat made it hard to maintain the atmosphere. The Ancient Red Dragon had to glance at the Fire Qilin and sighed, “This little guy is always eating.”

“It seems to be hungry for hundreds of years.”

Its aura calmed, carrying a hint of self-deprecation.

Eight hundred years ago, it was the laughing Qilin.

Eight hundred years later, it followed in its footsteps.

But while the Qilin was due to gluttony, it was because it flaunted its power.

Not much difference between the two.

Li Guanyi sensed the Nine Tripods Divine Charm and discovered that the Ancient Red Dragon’s connection was actually not with his own Nine Provinces Tripod, but with the newly forged Nine Cauldrons in Jiangnan. Sitting on the back of the Qilin, he seriously sensed it, confirmed the connection, and was slightly taken aback.

As he and the Ancient Red Dragon approached, Li Guanyi vaguely felt a change, as if relying on the Qi Fortune accumulated by the Nine Cauldrons, something extraordinary could be done, but this method was not for fighting or cultivation, but rather aimed at all beings and nature.

Li Guanyi suppressed the instinct to operate the Nine Cauldrons and asked the Ancient Red Dragon:

“But, the Nine Cauldrons shouldn’t have any coercive power over you, right?”

The Ancient Red Dragon slowly nodded.

The power of the Nine Cauldrons is gentle and harmonious, not the domineering approach of forcibly controlling all beings in the world.

This is why the Ancient Red Dragon was still relatively calm at this moment.

Otherwise, with its temperament, it would have long erupted in rage.

Even five hundred years ago, the might of the Ancient Red Dragon drove away the Duke Chen.

The Sword of Sword Madman could not sever its horn, and it reclaimed the Undying Dragon Essence, reaching its peak.

Currently, with abundant vitality, the Sword Madman only had one sword’s breath, enough to risk its life after the Sword Madman, throwing Jiangnan into complete chaos. The dragon’s nature is arrogant, and even if it fought to the death against thousands of troops in the process, it could not be subdued or compelled.

It was only upon confirming that this Divine Weapon, the Nine Cauldrons, had no coercive effect on it, that it came to discuss the matter with Li Guanyi.

Now, the Ancient Red Dragon felt as though something was added to its being, with no harm or constraint, yet this unfamiliarity was particularly jarring for a Red Dragon that had lived for eight thousand years.

Li Guanyi and the Ancient Red Dragon pondered for a moment and confirmed that this connection arose because one-ninth of the Spiritual Charm of the Nine Cauldrons was awakened by the Ancient Red Dragon.

And since Li Guanyi engraved one-ninth of the Nine Provinces Tripod’s Divine Charm to forge the Nine Cauldrons, which exist in the current world, his connection with the Ancient Red Dragon was thus tighter, Li Guanyi said, “There is no change, nor compulsion.”

“You can rest assured, Senior.”

The Ancient Red Dragon reluctantly accepted that in its eight-thousand-year life, it had developed a negligible connection. Its golden vertical pupil, which was as large as half of Li Guanyi, looked at the small Li Guanyi and the Qilin in its eyes, and said:

“Enough, enough, then consider this time a loss for me.”

“However, you want to forge the Nine Cauldrons to stabilize the world, but for the first cauldron, you need my help, then how will you make the second one?”

Li Guanyi, struck at his weak spot by the Ancient Red Dragon, gave a helpless laugh:

“Even I don’t know that, Senior.”

The premise of forging the Nine Cauldrons is to have the Qi Fortune of mountains, rivers, and all peoples, a territory under Li Guanyi’s governance, various gold and iron from different places, and most importantly, the awakening of the real Nine Provinces Tripod’s Divine Charm.

The Ancient Red Dragon saw Li Guanyi’s expression freeze, feeling like it had regained a bit of ground, and its mood slightly improved. Stretching its body, it arrogantly said, “It’s not that I’m trying to dampen your spirits, but my Divine Charm methods are difficult for you to find elsewhere, just awakening this item requires my vast Dragon Essence.”

“When you go to the Western Regions, where will you find power like mine to help you awaken the Nine Provinces Tripod?”

“And where will you find a place with the grand people’s will like the Eighteen States of Jiangnan?”

“You know, this people’s will is the result of long-standing chaos and conflict in this place, and the numerous things you’ve done over the past two years, finally leading the people across the river to barely succeed; even so, you still need to pacify the aristocratic families and conduct military ceremony protocols and other affairs.”

“This trip to the Western Regions will be very challenging.”

The Ancient Red Dragon spoke with broad and deep words, like an elder guiding the young.

Li Guanyi thanked him, saying: “Thank you for your guidance, Senior.”

He smiled wryly: “As for the people’s will, there might be a slight possibility, but the rest is really difficult.”

Li Guanyi stroked the Scale Armor of the Qilin.

The Fire Qilin shared a roasted wing with him.

Li Guanyi declined politely, and the Fire Qilin regretfully rummaged in a pouch hanging underneath its mane, took out a bottle of chili powder, and elegantly sprinkled it on the wing in mid-air.

It said—”A gentleman enhances the flavor, never content with the merely fine.”

Elegance beyond words.

Then it swallowed it whole, skin and bones included.

Li Guanyi touched the Qilin Horn again.

For the Qi Fortune of all people, he could temporarily use the Qi Fortune of the Demon Sect as a substitute, but the methods of the Demon Sect are ultimately sinister and their Qi Fortune requires the power of the Nine Cauldrons to purify. However, the problem is, the Nine Cauldrons in Jiangnan are tens of thousands of miles away in the Western Regions.