Chapter 1769 - 317: (End of This Volume)

Although the spirits of the ancestors of both families no longer exist, the status of the Dragon King's Court of both families has fallen upon Li Zhiyuan.

Therefore, the young man has the qualification to use this lamp.

This lamp had long been endowed with special attributes by Zhao Lu Hai, and its flame had been transferred to the amber deep at the forehead of Zhao Wuyang in a special manner.

This special method was beyond Li Zhiyuan's knowledge and capability.

The young man speculated that this might be related to Zhao Lu Hai being a descendant of Zhao Wuyang, and also related to the arrangements made during Zhao Wuyang's fall.

Even when facing the end of his life, a Dragon King does not wish for a quiet rest but seeks out an Evil powerful enough to assist him in the twilight of his fall.

This is the pride of the Dragon King.

Li Zhiyuan suspected that before Zhao Wuyang's fall, he gave a part of the "control" to his descendants, similar to a portion of an Array Eye, in order to suppress something.

In that wave of the Old Transgender, the young man had seen the stone tablet left by Zhao Wuyang, inscribed: Await the Zhao family's descendants to come and subdue demons...

This Dragon King had high expectations for his descendants.

He hoped his descendants would inherit his will, follow his steps, and take on the responsibility of slaying demons to protect the mortal world, just like Yu Gong's "endless generations."

Given such thoughts, leaving behind means for his descendants to help in completely slaughtering a certain fierce creature is understandable.

Unfortunately, the performance of the Zhao family descendants has disappointed this Dragon King of humble origins.

Zhao Lu Hai probably used the means left behind by Zhao Wuyang for his descendants to steal Zhao Wuyang's skull from the place of suppression and relocated it here.

The grand wish of Zhao Wuyang to suppress a Domain and guard a region's peace turned into merely shielding the Zhao family.

The fire has already burned Zhao Lu Hai's knees, and he indeed persisted, asking the question he most wanted answered:

"Why did the flame extinguish when you lit the lamp a second time?"

Li Zhiyuan didn't rush to reply but looked at him calmly, as if intentionally teasing him.

In truth, the young man was now reversely operating the Black Book Secret Technique.

…

In the depths of consciousness.

The Body walked out from the basement, stood on the dam, and looked toward the direction of the fish pond.

Although the distance was far, fortunately, the Body had always been lazy to arrange the scenery of unimportant places in the consciousness, thus the happenings at the fish pond were clearly visible.

The Body saw:

Above the fish pond, fish were flying.

…

Zhao Lu Hai: "Tell me, what is this, why did your second lighting fail, why!"

Li Zhiyuan lowered his head to hide the absolute chill in his eyes.

Lin Shuyou, worried that Brother Xiao Yuan might not be feeling well, bent over and tilted his head to see Brother Xiao Yuan's face.

When Ah You saw those eyes, he was immediately frightened, stiffening and subconsciously stepping back a few steps.

He had been afraid of this young man from the moment of their first acquaintance, and that fear continued to this day; now, it could be described as a kind of reverence.

Therefore, when the young man displayed such a gaze, it felt as if all past psychological shadows burst forth at once for Ah You.

Zhao Lu Hai: "Speak, speak, why!"

Under the premise that when a lamp is lit, yet the flame does not reside on that lamp, theoretically, the lamp indeed cannot be extinguished.

Li Zhiyuan acknowledged the process set by Zhao Lu Hai and chose to respect it.

Therefore, when the young man actively used this lamp for his second lighting, the initial flame under this process would inevitably transfer to Zhao Wuyang's forehead.

Two flames burning on one lamp would inevitably merge together.

During the traditional Zou Jiang ceremony, when acknowledging defeat on the second lighting, the lamp flame changes; some people's changes are obvious, others subtle, the first change occurs as you "announce to Heaven," with Heaven responding to your prayer through the change in the lamp flame.

Once the announcement ends, the change disappears, the lamp flame returns to normal, signifying that your defeat and departure from the river have received Heavenly Dao's consent.

If Heavenly Dao doesn't consent... this is precisely what Zhao Lu Hai cannot comprehend, because in his understanding, there was no concept of the second lighting acknowledgment of defeat being met with Heavenly Dao's disapproval!

An inappropriate timing for acknowledgment of defeat, such as choosing to retreat before completing a wave, the causation from that wave would still fall upon you, yet this lamp would allow you to light it normally.

Li Zhiyuan: "Because I am certain that my second lighting would inevitably fail."

Zhao Lu Hai's eyes already revealed terror; he sensed that he was facing a terrifying matter, involving such high levels that even he, a person destined to die, felt a tremor from the soul:

"Why... why... why?"

"Because, even the Zou Jiang lamp wasn't lit by myself."

Long ago, Li Zhiyuan knew, Heavenly Dao would never grant him the chance to leave the river.

It's hard to imagine how deeply Wei Zhengdao had hurt the Heavenly Dao back then?

But... it can be understood.

Aside from everything else, with Wei Zhengdao secretly traversing the river, becoming the Dragon King, but not doing anything a Dragon King should, neglecting all responsibility, seemingly extinguishing that generation of the Dragon King outright.

If I were the Heavenly Dao, I wouldn't allow a second "Wei Zhengdao" to appear.