OBS Chapter 957: Bai Jun's All-or-Nothing Gamble
Chapter 957: Bai Jun's All-or-Nothing Gamble
Chapter 957: Bai Jun's Desperate Gamble
More than ten years ago, when Bai Jun went to the Zixiao Heaven, a place of immortal civilization, he happened to witness a rather wonderful event.
That was the "Inquiry Conference" held at the Jade Emperor Palace.
The memory remains vivid, for the dragon race, or for cultivators of his level, ten years and ten days make no difference.
The Jade Emperor Palace is a major power in the Purple Heaven.
The Dao Inquiry Conference they convened was naturally a gathering of wise men, a truly magnificent event. He had no intention of watching it; his trip to Zixiao Heaven was merely to visit old friends in the immortal civilization.
However, his old friend also held a high position in the Jade Emperor Palace, serving as a major leader. He was more powerful and had a brighter future than Bai Jun. According to him, there were several outstanding talents at this year's Dao Asking Conference. Bai Jun knew that his old friend probably just wanted to show off that the Jade Emperor Palace had "successors" again, and he was going to give him a "dragon eye" (a metaphor for a positive assessment).
So Bai Jun still went.
Anyway, the dragons understand even if you just make a few sarcastic remarks.
But after Bai Junzhen went to see him, he became sarcastic and refused to come out.
The reason is also very simple.
That year's Daodao Conference did indeed have "exceptionally outstanding" promising talents, just as my old friend had said!
To say they are exceptionally outstanding would be to underestimate them. According to the Dragon Clan's civilization, they are simply heaven-defying prodigies who have been cultivating since they were born!
There are about ten promising talents, but five of them are the most eye-catching.
They all ascended from the same lower-dimensional source realm. For a small source realm with scarce resources, located on the very edge of the immortal civilization's territory, this was already incredibly fortunate. Three humans and two alien races.
The three humans each displayed their unique talents, winning first, third, and seventh place respectively in the Dao Inquiry Tournament.
Bai Jun didn't look at the seventh-ranked one much. In terms of age, the seventh one was much older than the first and third!
The first woman possessed a majestic and powerful imperial aura, suggesting she was the empress of a prosperous dynasty in a lower-dimensional world, and likely cultivated both imperial power and unique immortal techniques.
His soul and spirit are quite peculiar, perhaps he has had two past lives, but he is not over a thousand years old.
A top-tier genius.
The third woman's swordsmanship is like a sword, and her swordsmanship has reached a level of perfection that is rarely seen even within the world realm. Even Bai Jun, who doesn't play with swords, can see that this woman's swordsmanship will definitely be extremely advanced in the future.
Moreover, she was definitely no more than a thousand years old, perhaps even younger than the woman ranked first... Bai Jun was extremely envious at the time.
He only thought that humans are capable of reproduction. No matter what, even if you can't find a genius among ten thousand, you can always find one among billions. This is an "advantage" that other civilizations can hardly match.
But Bai Jun soon stopped caring about those petty thoughts of envying humans.
Because he still remembered that when he saw that white dragon that day, what he thought in his heart was "the Bai Feng clan will surely have a chance to turn things around!"
That was a primordial being!
Primordial beings are unique beings born alongside the will of the source realm in the lower plane. They are born with enough power to wreak havoc within the source realm, but...
Primordial beings could not ascend to the myriad realms!
This has nothing to do with any aptitude or talent. Primordial beings born from the Origin Realm and its heavens and earth can never surpass the rules of the Origin Realm itself!
Primordial beings have no power to break the "rules"! Just like the countless source beasts in the myriad realms, they are born with an upper limit, but the white dragon that ascended from the lower-level source realm broke this infallible truth.
Bai Jun was shocked.
If even primordial beings can "ascend," then that white dragon must possess unimaginable potential!
Is this one "key" that's all that's missing for the Bai Feng clan to leap to the next level of bloodline?
he knows.
This is actually a bit like grasping at straws when you're desperate.
But the younger generation of the Bai Feng clan are all too mediocre, their talent is so mediocre that even he has no hope.
This is the most likely lifeline.
We absolutely must seize this opportunity!
Therefore, Bai Jun wanted to bring that white dragon to his side. With him there, it was possible to gradually raise the bloodline strength of the entire Bai Feng lineage to a higher level!
Having an old friend in the Jade Emperor Palace has its advantages. At least the Jade Emperor Palace didn't forcibly keep the White Dragon, who came in second place in the Dao Inquiry Tournament, and Bai Jun successfully brought him into the Dragon Clan civilization.
He calls himself "Bai Ling".
This is strange, since primordial beings generally do not name themselves. They believe that names are only used by beings in the Origin Realm, and it would be strange for primordial beings, born between heaven and earth, to have names.
Bai Jun could also tell that he didn't really want to go to the Dragon Clan civilization...
But the woman ranked first advised him against it.
These five newcomers from the same lower-dimensional source world seem to have other purposes, but that's none of Bai Jun's business.
He only wanted to make the Bai Feng clan stronger, nothing more.
……
Bai Ling's performance did indeed make Bai Jun feel more and more hopeful.
His strength has progressed rapidly. In just over ten years, he has already reached the peak of the World Realm. If he can rank among the top in this Ancestral Soul Trial, then the Bai Feng Clan lineage can at least leap to the third-level "Pure Blood Holy Dragon" level in the future!
For dragons, or what humans call "other races," advancing their bloodline to a higher level is their lifelong pursuit!
The alien races are basically born incredibly powerful, but unlike humans, the only thing that binds them is their bloodline!
Bloodline is everything; it is aptitude, talent, and also the upper limit.
Only the top three bloodlines above "Turbid Blood Ancient Dragon" and "Slave Blood Sub-Dragon" can be considered the backbone of the dragon race.
For the tens of thousands of descendants of the Bai Feng clan, being of the fourth-class bloodline already puts them in a lowly position within the Dragon Clan civilization, and they are only a little bit away from being considered lowly.
As for the lowest-ranking "slave-blooded dragons," they are only fit to be servants within the dragon civilization, with absolutely no chance of rising above their station...
They don't even have the qualifications to participate in this incredibly important Ancestral Soul Trial.
Within the Dragon Clan civilization, there is no more crucial opportunity than this Ancestral Soul Trial. For the Bai Feng Clan, this trial is an immense opportunity; if they fail to seize it... they will simply fade into obscurity.
Or rather, only if Bai Ling seizes the opportunity can the Bai Feng clan turn the tide.
"Chief of the Bai Jun clan."
Bai Jun, who was watching the battle, was suddenly called out by his colleague next to him.
He turned his head and saw that it was the head of another clan, looking at him with a subtle gaze.
"It seems that your Bai Feng lineage will reap a great reward in this Ancestral Soul Trial."
Bai Jun was flattered and quickly cupped his hands in thanks, saying, "This... Chief Yang Yun is too kind. The juniors in our clan were just lucky to be able to perform well in this trial."
He put on a forced smile, but in reality, he was already somewhat wary.
Don't say anything else.
The Yangyun clan leader who spoke to him was someone with whom he should have had absolutely nothing in common.
The gap in strength and status is too large.
Therefore, Yang Yun must have other plans.