CHAPTER 391: CHAPTER 355 GREAT DREAM SEED APPEARS_2

Being both the referee and a player, I can’t lose this time, can I?

With this in mind, Hong Yuan headed towards the palace of Phoenix Princess Tang Xi.

Two hours later, he emerged from the Phoenix Princess’s palace and set off for the Eastern Wilderness Academy.

「Eastern Wilderness Academy」

At the break of dawn.

The morning sun was brilliant, and the scenery was splendid.

In the bamboo hut of the academy’s Elder, Hong Yuan was reporting his departure and explaining the reasons to Kong Yande, the Elder of the Eastern Wilderness Academy.

"Bo Qing, you are going to the Southern Border to accept Limin’s invitation and become the second mentor to the Great Dream Seed, Hua Menghuang?"

"Yes, Elder."

Bo Qing was Hong Yuan’s Sword Tao alias. Ji Limin was the name of the Butterfly Sword Martial Saint.

Elder Kong Yande looked at Hong Yuan, a slight frown creasing his brow.

To be fair, Hong Yuan’s current appearance was quite appealing.

He was tall and slender, with a handsome face, dressed in a green robe. Standing with one hand behind his back, he exuded an aura of elegance and detachment.

If Elder Kong Yande hadn’t known Hong Yuan’s true nature as a cold, sharp blade, perhaps he, like most people, would have mistaken him for some scholarly teacher.

The sharpest blades are often the most understated. Is Bo Qing sensing the turmoil within the Divine Continent and planning to flee? No, that’s not like him.

Kong Yande recalled the killing power Hong Yuan had displayed when he fought against the Demon Clan.

He then recalled Hong Yuan obtaining the "Water Dragon Chant" Divine Power and its formidable lethality.

After a moment of silence, Kong Yande said, "I have no objections, but have you spoken with the Daxuan Dynasty?"

Hong Yuan nodded. "I have already informed the Phoenix Princess."

A short while later, Hong Yuan transformed into a sword rainbow and departed.

The Southern Border of the Divine Continent, the Mysterious Emperor’s Dreamland, one of the nine Great Dream Seeds, the mysterious Worm-taming family...

Hong Yuan was quite curious about the upcoming journey to the Southern Border!

「Southern Border, Divine Continent」

The Ji Family, one of the Four Great Families.

Butterfly Sword Martial Saint Ji Limin held a blue paper floodwyrm. Her eyes curved into crescents, and a bright smile graced her beautiful cheeks as she giggled from time to time.

"Master, what are you doing?" Hua Menghuang blinked her bright eyes, utterly puzzled.

She had always thought her master was an extremely strict and cold powerful figure.

She never expected to see such a ’bashful’ side to her master.

Hua Menghuang really wanted to ask, but the hardships she had endured since childhood taught her what to say and what not to say.

She lowered her gaze, pretending to see nothing, and continued to read the scripture in her hands.

"Heaven corresponds to earth, rain to wind, the continent to the vast sky."

"River to Han, green to red, the Rain Master to the Thunder God."

"Mountain to sea, Hua to Song. The Four Sacred Mountains to the Three Dukes."

"..."

The verses flowed from Hua Menghuang’s lips, her voice as clear and innocent as a fledgling phoenix’s cry.

Hua Menghuang, whose original name was Xiao Cao, was an orphan. She cherished the opportunity to read and learn.

If it weren’t for an elderly mortal woman who found her floating downstream in a flower basket while washing clothes in the river, she might have died long ago.

Although she was taken in and raised by the kindly old mortal woman, the latter lived a life of solitude and poverty.

Thus, at the age of three, Hua Menghuang began to help the old woman, washing clothes for students at the mortal school with her to earn money for food.

This life continued for three years until the old woman succumbed to the extreme cold, leaving Hua Menghuang without her only family member...

This year, Hua Menghuang turned nine.

Yet, outwardly, she didn’t look like a nine-year-old child; her height was similar to that of an average five-year-old.

Even now, dressed in luxurious clothes, she couldn’t hide the look of inferiority in her eyes. She seemed as self-conscious as an ugly duckling trying to pass for a swan!

The Butterfly Sword Martial Saint put away the letter and said to Hua Menghuang, her face beaming, "Menghuang, this is wonderful! Your second mentor is coming our way. He is a graceful Scholar Sword Immortal. With him here to help guide you, you’ll surely grow rapidly!"

Hua Menghuang clutched the book tightly, hope shining in her eyes. A Scholar Sword Immortal?

「Peak Master’s Cave Mansion, Rainbow Fire Peak, Phoenix Creek Sect」

Numerous Energy Arrays fully reactivated, concealing their auras as colorful lights flashed rapidly.

In mid-air, dense Essence Qi condensed into an incredibly thick mist.

Hong Yuan sat cross-legged, ceaselessly absorbing various precious and exotic Illusion Tao resources.

As he refined his Illusion Tao Divine Powers, one dim Illusion Tao Mark after another formed within his body, subsequently transforming into Dream Tao Marks at a ten-to-one ratio.

Three thousand Tao Marks...

Four thousand Tao Marks...

...

Ten thousand Tao Marks!

After a little more than two months, the number of Dream Tao Marks within Hong Yuan reached 10,000.

Just then, a sudden change occurred on the scene!

The afterimages of various terrifying entities materialized—some resembling True Dragons, others immortal phoenixes, and even the Eternal Azure Lotus.

Clearly, these were the afterimages of Human Race Great Emperors, once rulers of an era, so powerful they made heaven and earth tremble.

The next instant, these terrifying afterimages converged, coalescing into a Purplegold Fortune Butterfly.

This Purplegold Fortune Butterfly flapped its wings and flew towards Hong Yuan.

My Original Body can become one of the Human Race’s Great Dream Seeds?!

Hong Yuan’s eyebrows twitched.

But before his emotions could settle, he saw the Purplegold Fortune Butterfly try to enter his Original Body, only to fail. It buzzed about aimlessly like a headless fly before finally being forced to disperse.