CHAPTER 335: CHAPTER 55: BREATH OF THE JIAO LONG

The Gold Eater Worm was sleeping soundly, dreaming about critical matters. In its dream, it saw itself cultivating and overcoming the Pill Tribulation, finally able to transform into human form.

With a shake of its body, the worm’s white, chubby form continually shrank and elongated, and eventually, it shed its worm skin to become a super handsome man, far surpassing Qingpu Sect’s Junior Minister in looks.

The ugly and arrogant golden-haired snake woman Ge’er, seeing his extraordinary appearance, all prostrated on the ground, tugging at their trouser legs, begging for a bit of his grace.

"One at a time, wait until I, the great worm, am free, then I shall favor each of you..." Before its YY was completed, the Gold Eater Worm suddenly felt an itch at the tip of its nose, smelling a unique scent.

This scent made the worm’s skin crawl, and the enchanting fantasies all but vanished.

"My goodness, it’s Jiao Breath," the Gold Eater Worm opened its sesame seed-sized eyes and looked around, realizing it was no longer lying in Mo Xi’s Sea of Consciousness having a deep sleep.

The surroundings were pitch-black, overgrown with untended wild grass, and multicolored Mist Smoke emerged from the clusters of grass.

"Oh dear, the sheer heartlessness! Ugly, you’ve thrown me out as cannon fodder again," the Gold Eater Worm grasped the situation around it and stared resentfully at Yue Jinghua hiding among the grass clumps.

After seeing the blonde little Gore on the latter’s shoulder giving it a look that was both a warning and full of cool undertones, it mournfully flapped its wings, muttering: "A good worm must strive to improve itself. Behind every good worm, there are countless wicked women."

Sure enough, dreams are beautiful, but reality is always cruel.

After flying for a while, the Gold Eater Worm’s expression turned serious.

It could affirm, this scent was no ordinary fog, but a genuine Jiao Breath.

Speaking strictly, there are many branches of dragons: the clawless are pythons, only those with nine claws are true dragons, and Jiao is a branch of the Dragon Clan. Although not a pure dragon, it possesses an appearance almost identical to that of a dragon.

This fog, predictably, must have been expelled as Jiao Breath from a Jiao.

Jiao Breath? Yue Jinghua had already received the message transmitted by the Gold Eater Worm.

Dragons have Dragon Breath, and Jiao also have Jiao Breath; the so-called Breath is the aura cultivated by the Jiaolong clan. According to the attributes of each Jiao, the Breath they expel varies.

Near the habitats of the Jiaolong, this type of aura that signifies the boundaries of their territory is always present.

In the past, Feng Wanwan obtained the Dragon Breath of a dying Fire Dragon, and thus acquired the exceptionally rare Alchemy Fire on the main road.

This multicolored fog-like aura, initially described by Nan Muyu, Yue Jinghua thought was merely a poisonous miasma. Little did she know, after the Gold Eater Worm’s verification, that it was Jiao Breath.

The presence of Jiao Breath indicates that there must be a Jiao in this area. With Yue Jinghua’s prowess, confronting a Jiao is undoubtedly suicide.

The rumors were wrong; that Jiao might not have died, or perhaps due to some special reason, that Evil Jiao sealed in the Dragon Coffin has revived.

When this revelation was conveyed to Nan Muyu, his complexion changed.

But even if they changed their minds now, they could no longer find the way down the mountain.

As the Five-colored Mysterious Smoke grew denser, Yue Jinghua noticed the scenery around them transforming.

The trees were elongated and the surrounding rocks deformed, the space seemed to have expanded countless times all at once. Originally just over a mile in size, the mountain peak was now continually growing and expanding. The narrow path they had traveled on could not be found anymore.

"Awooo, this is an extremely rare Time Attribute Jiao, ugly and vicious. I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Gold Eater Worm flew around for a while, and Jiao Breath had no effect on it.

"Both," Yue Jinghua remained calm, having this premonition that the so-called "Beast God" was hiding in the shadows, sneakily spying on her, waiting for her to panic before revealing its fatal fangs.

"The good news is that you’ve stumbled upon a treasure. Jiao Breath is extremely precious, and virtually extinct on main roads. This Jiao’s attributes and its unique, given the effects of Jiao Breath, it should possess both Confusion and spatial expansion effects. If you can obtain this Jiao Breath, it will be a great advantage for you to defeat enemies in the future," Jiaolong of the Time Attribute can travel through planes, some can even shrink the land from minute to expansive, turning a small area into a vast space, making it an excellent developmental tool for Yue Jinghua who possesses Mo Xi’s Sea of Consciousness.

"And the bad?" Yue Jinghua raised an eyebrow. Having bred the Giant Winged Mosquito King and Burning Poison Algae, she also realized the contradiction of having too small a Star Sea. It would undoubtedly be beneficial for her cultivation if she could further expand her Sea of Consciousness.

"The precondition is, you must butcher this Evil Jiao," Gold Eater Worm said gleefully.

"Find a cave, let’s rescue the people first," Yue Jinghua understood the Gold Eater Worm’s talent was treasure hunting, and its continuous wailing meant it had discovered something.

With the help of the Gold Eater Worm, the confounding effects of the Jiao Breath were almost nullified. Yue Jinghua and Nan Muyu walked through the mist, both having taken Detoxification Pills, and were still very clear-headed.

The originally not-so-large mountain peak began to change as the Mist Smoke cleared gradually. Where there used to be a hundred-meter cliff, a mountain body gradually appeared.

Underneath the mountain body, a dark cave.

Yue Jinghua paused at the entrance of the cave to listen quietly for a moment, only hearing a slight breeze.

Just as she was hesitating whether to enter the cave immediately, Nan Muyu’s body trembled, almost anxiously, he said: "Lord, look."

There, next to the cave in the cluster of grass, was a piece of torn cloth, which seemed to have been torn from those "Head Tax" offerings that entered the cave.

Yue Jinghua then used her Divine Sense to probe, and there were no traces of any Dark Beasts around. After lighting a Blue Snow Candle, Yue Jinghua and Nan Muyu entered the cave together.

The cave’s corridor was not broad, only just allowing Yue Jinghua and Nan Muyu to walk through bent over. Unlike the usual dampness and chill of caves, this one was somewhat cramped but dry and flat.

Under the bright light of the Blue Snow Candle, darkness was driven away. Relying on Nan Muyu’s memory, he was certain that there were two branches inside this cave.

One was located in the northeast corner, and the Dragon Coffin he had seen was in the southwest corner.

The two avoided the southwest corner and first made their way towards the northeast section of the cave. Indeed, it wasn’t long before Yue Jinghua and Nan Muyu found a group of disheveled villagers.

After being driven inside by Viscount Mo’er, he had left the villagers with very little water and food. For several days and nights, the villagers’ living and toileting had all been done inside the cave, and the surroundings were wafting an unpleasant stench.

"Father, Mother," Nan Muyu recognized his parents at a glance in the crowd, all the others were villagers from Fengdan County.

"Why are there only these people? Where are Ah Chu and the child?" After counting the number, Nan Muyu found that his wife and child were missing.

"This morning, Ah Chu and the child were taken away by a swirl of black smoke," Nan Muyu’s father said, wiping his tears.

"What?" Nan Muyu’s blood rushed to his head, immediately wanting to rush to the other part of the cave.

"You lead people out of the cave, I’ll go in to rescue your wife and child," Yue Jinghua furrowed her brows tightly, her eyes falling onto the cave’s walls, where she noticed something suspicious.