A Millionfold Return: My Children Cultivate Immortality, I Become a God - Chapter 222

Chapter 222: Wu Hao’s Warning – Beyond the True Dragon?

“Master, did you call for me?”

Wu Qilong approached Wu Hao. Wu Hao had his back turned at first, but after Wu Qilong spoke, he slowly turned around with a serious expression.

“Were you ever chased by a cultivator at the True Immortal realm before?” Wu Hao asked.

A look of surprise spread across Wu Qilong’s face, but then he recalled the Master’s great power and realized that Master must have been watching him closely all along.

Feeling warmth swell in his heart at the thought, Wu Qilong quickly said, “Master, are you asking so you can seek revenge for me? That’s not necessary. With my current cultivation level, I can easily deal with the other party. As long as I find them, they won’t get away.”

Wu Qilong had initially thought Wu Hao had come to stand up for him, but to his surprise, Wu Hao gently shook his head.

“No, I’m not here to fight on your behalf. I just want you to let this matter rest.”

“What? Why?” Wu Qilong’s face was filled with confusion. He was the Guardian Beast of the Clan after all. Why wouldn’t Master back him up?

Seeing this, Wu Hao explained patiently, “Because that guy is no ordinary person. If you act rashly, you’ll only end up at a disadvantage. Besides, I’ve already made friends with him, so it wouldn’t be appropriate for you to strike him again.”

“No ordinary person?”

Hearing Wu Hao’s words, Wu Qilong’s brow furrowed tightly. If the word “no ordinary person” came from Wu Hao’s mouth, then the other party’s origins must truly be extraordinary.

But was he just supposed to swallow this pride and let it go?

As these thoughts weighed heavily on him, Wu Hao spoke again the next second.

“All right, to make it up to you, I’m giving you this divine artifact to use.”

Without further ado, Wu Hao directly took out a second-grade Ablaze Mystic Pearl and handed it to Wu Qilong.

After feeling the power of the Ablaze Mystic Pearl, Wu Qilong couldn’t help but inhale sharply, his gaze toward Wu Hao filled with a hint of questioning.

“Master, what is this?” he asked.

“This is a second-grade divine artifact, the Ablaze Mystic Pearl. Take it and use it. Let this matter end here,” Wu Hao explained calmly. He still had eight thousand nine hundred ninety-nine more of these, even after giving one to Wu Qilong.

After accepting the Ablaze Mystic Pearl, Wu Qilong immediately broke into a playful smile.

“Master, do I look that childish? Don’t worry, I’m a generous person. I never hold grudges against juniors, so let this matter be settled here.”

“In that case, I’ll take my leave. By the way, your bloodline should still be able to undergo another transformation, right?” Wu Hao said as he turned to leave. Then, thinking of something, he looked back at Wu Qilong with curiosity and asked.

Hearing this, Wu Qilong was momentarily stunned. Then, his expression turned serious as he replied, “Master, my bloodline can indeed undergo one more transformation. If I accomplish this, I will become a Divine Dragon-level existence. But right now, I still lack the Ancestral Dragon’s essence blood, so I can’t transform into a Divine Dragon.”

“Ancestral Dragon’s essence blood?” Wu Hao was surprised, not expecting there to be so many complexities regarding the dragon race.

Wu Qilong nodded lightly.

“That’s right. I learned this from the memories inherited in my bloodline. Since ancient times, when all things first came into being, the very first dragon born in the world was called the Ancestral Dragon. It was also the most powerful among the dragon race.

“But due to some unexpected event—something even the inheritance memories don’t record—the Ancestral Dragon perished. Its essence blood scattered across the myriad heavens and realms. Some fortunate beings absorbed it and gained tremendously powerful abilities.

“There were also beings with the same origin as the Ancestral Dragon’s bloodline who absorbed the Ancestral Dragon’s essence blood, allowing them to ascend to the Divine Dragon level. Those are the beings closest to the Ancestral Dragon’s stature.”

Wu Hao naturally had heard something about bloodline inheritance memories. It was said that some powerful beings, in order to pass down their legacy, engraved inheritance memories into their bloodlines. These memories only surface once one’s cultivation or bloodline purity reaches a certain level.

“I can sense that in the Upper Realm, there is no Ancestral Dragon’s essence blood. So if I want to transform into a Divine Dragon, I would need to leave the Upper Realm to achieve it.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Hao nodded. Although True Dragons can train, their progress is generally much slower compared to Divine Dragons, and their potential ceiling is lower. Naturally, it would be ideal to undergo a transformation and become a Divine Dragon or even an Ancestral Dragon.

After giving these instructions, Wu Hao left, as he had other matters to attend to.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Cai Zhengkun had already arrived to see Wu Rulong.

“President, our next step should be to take advantage of this opportunity to publicize the strength of the Wu Commerce Association, so that the entire Upper Realm knows our power. That way, no other forces will recklessly attack the Wu Commerce Association,” Cai Zhengkun said with a serious expression. He had naturally learned about the situation in the Central Plains Region recently, which was why he came to offer his advice.

Wu Rulong did not refuse upon hearing this but nodded in agreement.

“In that case, I’ll leave this matter to you.”

“President, how should I draft the message?” Cai Zhengkun asked curiously. Wu Rulong fell into deep thought, then after a long pause, looked up and said with absolute seriousness:

“Write that the Wu Commerce Association doesn’t provoke trouble, but we are not afraid of it either. If anyone dares to make a move against us, no matter how far away they are, we will annihilate them!”

Cai Zhengkun was stunned by Wu Rulong’s words and stood there in silence for a moment before finally nodding heavily.

“I understand, President.”

He could already predict that once this message was published, it would cause an enormous stir throughout the entire Upper Realm. But now that the Wu Commerce Association had proven its strength, his job was clear: to wholeheartedly serve the Wu Commerce Association.

As Cai Zhengkun had anticipated, when the news spread, countless commerce associations wore extremely sour expressions. To be able to kill Lu Guan, an Intermediate Stage Immortal King, with a single slap meant the Wu Commerce Association’s powerhouse must be at least at the Immortal Sovereign level.

In truth, Wu Qilong’s physical body was just a little bit stronger, that was all.

“Interesting. The Wu Commerce Association’s tone is surprisingly arrogant, even saying ‘no matter how far, we will annihilate you’? Are they crazy, or do they really have some backing?”

“In any case, let’s not move against the Wu Commerce Association for now. Let’s observe first. If others make the first move and the Wu Commerce Association doesn’t respond, then we take action.”

“But judging from the current situation, if we don’t suppress the Wu Commerce Association, our market will soon be completely eaten up by them.”

“Hmph, the Wu Commerce Association is just refusing to let us use force for now. But when it comes to commercial warfare, we have never held back.”

At that moment, a commercial war erupted quietly between the Wu Commerce Association and countless other commerce associations in the Upper Realm—a battle without gunpowder smoke yet fiercely brutal.