Chapter 4032: Seven-colored Holy Eyes (First Update)
Chapter 4032: Chapter 4032: Seven-colored Holy Eyes (First Update)
"I didn’t know the esteemed ones from the Ancestral Dragon Temple were coming; forgive me for not welcoming you from afar. Please do not hold it against me."
At this moment, the Grand Dragon Venerate stared respectfully at the group that had arrived, speaking loudly and respectfully.
This group of thirteen people were from the Ancestral Dragon Temple. Their aura was exceptionally vast, with most surpassing the Grand Dragon Venerate, to the point where their power could only be described as astonishing.
The Ancestral Dragon Temple is the highest hall of the Outer Realm dragon race, revered by every dragon clan; even Dragon Valley is under its control.
Because of this, the Grand Dragon Venerate treated the visitors from the Ancestral Dragon Temple with such respect and courtesy.
Meanwhile, the Grand Dragon Venerate looked at the red-veil maiden leading the front, his eyes flickering as certain rumors crossed his mind.
It was said that the Holy Maiden, who had been missing from the Ancestral Dragon Temple for many years, had been found recently. During these days, the temple had arranged for her to move around various dragon clans, acquiring sacred objects, suggesting that the Ancestral Dragon Temple was plotting something significant behind the scenes.
When Ye Chen heard the Grand Dragon Venerate addressing the group of thirteen, his pupils contracted. Ancestral Dragon Temple, the place where Ye Luo was located. He hadn’t had the chance to search for the Ancestral Dragon Temple, yet people from there had appeared before him, which was astonishingly coincidental.
However, given his current precarious state, teetering between life and death, Ye Chen wasn’t exactly pleased to encounter people from the Ancestral Dragon Temple.
Looking at the red-veil maiden at the forefront of the group, Ye Chen felt something was off. She seemed very familiar, yet he couldn’t recall where he had met her before, as if something on her obscured all his perception.
At that moment, the voice of the blood dragon sounded in Ye Chen’s mind with surprise.
"Master, the maiden leading the group is Ye Luo."
"Luo?"
Ye Chen’s pupils slightly contracted; his gaze shifted rapidly to the blood dragon, his expression extremely solemn. He knew Ye Luo very well, and even if she wore a veil, he could recognize her. Yet why couldn’t he perceive anything now.
"Are you sure there’s no mistake?"
Ye Chen couldn’t help but transmit his thoughts to the blood dragon with spiritual energy.
"Certainly not."
The blood dragon shook its head confidently, its gaze self-assured. "Master, Ye Luo seems to have a treasure that conceals her aura. It’s normal you don’t recognize her. I inferred her identity by detecting her unique dragon race aura."
Seeing the blood dragon’s confidence, Ye Chen decided to trust its words and began to gaze at Ye Luo intensely, as numerous thoughts crowded his mind.
Ye Luo’s memory remained sealed and hadn’t been released yet. While he wished to help Ye Luo unseal her memory, he still hadn’t found the key Sacred Origin Heavenly Mysterious Array Plate; the Sacred Origin Heart alone wasn’t enough.
Ever since losing her memory, Ye Luo harbored constant malice toward Ye Chen; likely, she felt the same at present. Now, at a critical life-and-death juncture, with Ye Luo leading a host of Ancestral Dragon Temple experts here, it seemed more a curse than a blessing for Ye Chen.
Ye Luo led a group of Ancestral Dragon Temple experts, calmly descending from the sky before the Grand Dragon Venerate.
Not only did the dragons of Dragon Valley hold their breath with bated nerves, but Ye Chen and the blood dragon also looked solemnly upon Ye Luo, wary of the worst situation arising.
Perhaps under the Grand Dragon Venerate’s protection, Ye Chen and the blood dragon could still muster enough strength to escape, but should Ye Luo choose to act against them now, with twelve experts backing her, Ye Chen and the blood dragon would stand no chance.
At this moment, Ye Luo stayed before the Grand Dragon Venerate, looking at him who worshipped her with eyes filled with indifference.
"You are in charge of guarding the sacred object in Dragon Valley’s forbidden area, correct?"
Ye Luo spoke in an icy tone, leading the Grand Dragon Venerate’s face to change slightly as he responded respectfully, "I am guarding it."
"If that’s the case, why aren’t you guarding it in the forbidden area but came out instead, and a fight transpired? What is the meaning of this dereliction of duty."
Ye Luo glanced at Ye Chen and the blood dragon, her eyes deepening but said nothing further, waiting for the Grand Dragon Venerate’s explanation.
Hearing these words of clear accountability, sweat surfaced slightly on the Grand Dragon Venerate’s forehead. He understood well that as the guardian of the sacred object, his foremost duty was to guard it. But now, having stepped out to fight Ye Chen, caught red-handed by the Ancestral Dragon Temple’s emissaries, had him in trouble.
"Holy Daughter, this..."
The Grand Dragon Venerate’s eyes flashed as he thought to shift the blame entirely onto Ye Chen and the blood dragon, freeing himself from the dereliction charge.
At that moment, a middle-aged man in black robes behind Ye Luo, equal in power to the Grand Dragon Venerate, locked his vertical pupils—shimmering in seven-colored glazed glass—onto the Grand Dragon Venerate.
"Answer the Holy Maiden’s question truthfully. If there’s any attempt at concealment or deceit, you know the consequences."
Hearing this chilling tone, the Grand Dragon Venerate’s face shifted slightly as he looked at the middle-aged man.
His seven-colored glazed glass eyes shimmering, the Grand Dragon Venerate’s heart sank. This was the legendary Seven-colored Holy Eyes, an eye of wisdom within the dragon race capable of seeing through all lies.
In dragon race legend, only two dragons possessing Seven-colored Holy Eyes exist. Initially, this pair of dragons was a couple, who, after consuming the Seven-colored Holy Fruit from the Dragon God’s Seven-colored Miao Lian Tree, gained the power to see through falsehood and deception.
However, the Seven-colored Holy Fruit is forbidden. When the Dragon God learned about the couple’s action, it became enraged, slaying them and placing a curse on the pair.
The curse decreed that when one owner of the Seven-colored Holy Eyes was born, it marked the imminent demise of the other, limiting the time they could interact to just one year.
To dragons, whose lives are immensely long, one year equates to a day for humans. Thus, the curse was exceptionally cruel.
Whether the legend was true, the Grand Dragon Venerate wasn’t sure, but he knew for certain about the ability of the Seven-colored Holy Eyes bearer before him to discern lies. Being under his gaze felt as though all his secrets were being probed, letting him comprehend how terrifying the man’s abilities were.
This realization left the Grand Dragon Venerate knowing that deceit was impossible before this dragon. There’s no choice but to narrate the events truthfully and thoroughly.
He showed no bias, stating outright his intent to kill Ye Chen and the blood dragon was to avenge Mingyang Dragon Venerate.
Listening to his full explanation, the middle-aged man from the Ancestral Dragon Temple nodded slightly, speaking with a deep tone, "Truthfully told."
The rest from the Ancestral Dragon Temple maintained unchanged expressions, without any particular reaction. For them, internal disputes among dragons weren’t concerning unless they potentially impacted the survival and extinction of their powers.
Moreover, given the Grand Dragon Venerate’s high seniority and prominence, Ye Chen and the blood dragon’s audacity to challenge his authority made the Grand Dragon Venerate’s wish to eliminate them understandable in the Ancestral Dragon Temple members’ views.
Therefore, even having learned the course of events, the Ancestral Dragon Temple’s experts showed no interest in intervening and merely nodded indifferently.
"In that case, let’s resolve it swiftly; don’t waste our time."