Chapter 15: The Dragon Rider
Since the Immortal Fantasy Continent and the Magic Fantasy Continent merged together, the martial arts and Taoism of the East and the fighting qi and magic of the West had a fierce collision, true qi versus fighting qi, flying swords and magic treasures versus magic, sword qi and fighting qi stirred horizontally and horizontally, and magic treasures and magic were splendidly mighty.
In the early days, during the great confrontation between Chinese and Western cultivators, the power of Taoism and magic was unquestionable, and every slightly accomplished cultivator and middle-ranked or above magician had super terrifying strength. They are able to directly manipulate the energy of heaven and earth, one monk can deal with dozens of western warriors, and one middle-ranked magician or above can also deal with dozens of eastern martial artists.
However, the number of monks and magicians is scarce, and the cultivation of Taoism or the study of magic is extremely demanding on one's physique, so Taoism and magic are not widely popularized. In addition, monks are far away from the world, rarely appear in front of the world, so monks are the most mysterious in people's eyes. In the process of cultivation, magicians need a lot of expensive magical materials, so in order to become a magician, leaving money is not feasible.
Cultivation of eastern martial arts or western fighting qi, although there are also requirements for physical fitness, but not harsh, the average person is able to cultivate, but because of the different physical fitness, the achievements will naturally have significant high and low points. Comparatively speaking, the martial artists who practice physical arts should be inferior to the monks and magicians, unless close combat, or these martial artists are not the opponent of those who directly manipulate the heaven and earth yuan qi cultivators.
Of course, nothing is absolute, among the Oriental martial artists, there are some who can cultivate their cultivation to a very high level, any practitioner who sees this kind of powerful Oriental martial artists will have a headache.
Moreover, among the Oriental martial artists, there are occasionally people who are able to cultivate a world of power, and their super-terrible strength can be described as invincible, which is the nightmare of all cultivators. However, as we all know, the progress of martial arts is slow, the kind of martial arts to cultivate to the extreme realm of the world of martial arts practitioners, hundreds of years of rare to see, so martial arts gradually declined.
Like the Eastern martial artists, although the number of Western martial artists who practiced physical arts was large, their average strength was also far less than that of cultivators and magicians. However, among these martial artists, there are some special practitioners whose super strength is no weaker than that of monks and magicians, and these people are the Dragon Knights in the eyes of the world.
In order to become a Dragon Knight, you must first tame a dragon of your own.
Of course, the dragon also has a strong and weak points, the western dragon according to the weak and strong can be divided into the earth dragon, flying dragon, sub-dragon, giant dragon, holy dragon, there are five levels, and the continent and the continent of the five levels of practitioners corresponds to, and thus there is a dragon knight, flying dragon knight, sub-dragon knights, giant dragon knights, holy dragon knights of the five levels of the Dragon Knights.
It can be seen that in order to become a Dragon Knight, one must reach the rank realm and tame a dragon that matches their realm. Therefore, all Dragon Knights are strong, in a sense, the reason why Dragon Knights use dragons as their mounts is to prove that they have great strength.
In the Western Continent, the number of Dragon Knights was scarce, and Holy Dragon Knights were even more rare, but Dragon Knights who had reached this realm were all superb and terrifying, and even cultivated magicians and monks did not dare to oppose them easily.
After returning from the Royal Ancient Book Depository to the Qi Shi Mansion, Chen Nan was still a little frightened when he remembered the trip to the underground tomb just now.
"This old man is really inscrutable, he actually didn't kill me to silence me, but I'd better leave this place of wrongdoing as soon as possible."
Through this incident, he now finally understands the old saying: "There are people outside of people, and there is a heaven outside of heaven." That old man looks old and frail, but he is an absolute expert with horrible cultivation, this is another fifth-order cultivator he has seen after Zhuge Zhanfeng, and may even have surpassed the fifth-order.
"The old poisonous monster, with his hands on the courtyard wall, looked at him here, "Damn, perverted old man, you're in love again, really no interest.
"Damn, perverted old man you are spying on me again" Chen Nan walked out from the house.
"Heartbeat is better than action, let's go, let's go see your cool water together."
"You" Thinking of Nalan Ruoshui, a moment of hesitation ran through Chen Nan's mind, if he left like this, I'm afraid he would never see her again.
"Oh, I forgot, it's Ruoshui, heh heh heh," the old poisonous monster had a playful look on his face.
If Chen Nan didn't care about the old man's poison, he really wanted to beat him up.
Old Poison Monster laughed, ''Today a Dragon Knight came to the Qi Shi Mansion, a lot of people went to see his dragon, your Ruoshui originally wanted to find you to go see it together, but you weren't there, so she went first. Let's go, let's go and join in the fun."
Dragon rider is synonymous with the strong, dragons are powerful and mysterious creatures, Cinnan also got interested when he heard it, and followed the old poisonous monster to the outside.
Today, the Qi Shi Mansion was different from the usual calmness, and the fighting arena inside the mansion was filled with people, even the old witch, who was rarely seen on weekdays, gave up her "great magic research career" and came here.
It was the first time that Chen Nan had seen so many wizards gathered together, the vast majority of them were powerful cultivators, and of course there were researchers like the old poisonous monster who had outstanding talent in a certain field. Most of these people were over thirty years old, and there were only three or five young people like him who were around twenty years old, so he quickly spotted Nalan Ruoshui.
Nalan Ruoshui was dressed in watery blue, like an orchid in an empty valley, ethereal and ethereal, light and dusty. After she saw Chen Nan and Old Poison Monster walk into the gladiatorial arena, a faint smile appeared on her serene face.
Cinnan beckoned to her, "Ruoshui".
The old Poison Monster called out strangely from the side, "Ruoshui, I'm here, half a day has passed since I've seen you, it's like an autumn and a half"
Chen Nan stomped hard on the old man's foot, a pig-killing squeal came from the old man, drawing a sideways glance from the crowd.
Nalan Ruolan smiled on her face and said, "Chen Nan, why are you walking so carelessly?"
The old poisonous monster shouted: ''He's not careless, he's bent on it.''
Nalan Ruoshui ignored him and continued to say to Chen Nan: "Next time, if the ground is uneven, push harder so that you don't fall down."
Old Poison Monster:"
Watching Cinnan and Nalan Ruoshui walk towards the arena together, Old Poison Monster indignantly shouted: ''Crossing the river and breaking the bridge''
In the center of the arena lay a huge and ferocious creature, its dark green scale armor glistening with light, hideous and terrifying. Needless to ask, this was the dragon of the Dragon Knights. The dragon was about seven feet long, with two horns on its head and a pair of huge fleshy wings on its abdomen, looking quite ferocious.
Next to that dragon stood a tall youth, the youth had a handsome appearance, his body was stout, his sturdy physique was full of explosive power and had a masculine beauty.
Nalan Ruoshui's face surfaced a trace of a strange color, said: ''See, this person is that Dragon Knight, he is the son of the Great General Sima Changfeng, his name is Sima Lingkong, for ten years he has been practicing in the Western Continent with a high level person, and now he has returned after completing his studies. Now he has been enshrined as a Qi Shi by the Emperor, and officially moved into the Qi Shi House today."
Chen Nan nodded and said, "Oh, it's such a big deal, well, do Qi Shi still need to be enthroned?"
"Of course, every Qi Shi enjoys the treatment of a national scholar, how can one not be enthroned." Said Nalan Ruoshui glanced at him and said: "Of course you are an exception, you are a hidden magician, but alas, how good would it be if you recovered all your powers, even if you don't have the enviable honor of being a scholar of the state, but at least you have a powerful strength" Towards the end, she said, more or less a little sadly.
Chen Nan did not notice Nalan Ruoshui's difference, but his heart was also a little sour, he was about to leave here, and might never see this beautiful famous doctor again, but here and now, he could not say anything.
Nalan Ruoshui said, "Look, this dragon is really mighty, I've never seen such a huge, strong creature before."
I've never seen such a huge, powerful creature before." "Powerful? How do I look at it, I think it looks like a big bellied lizard with wings."
"Puff," Nalan Ruoshui laughed.
"My God, what kind of vision do you have? That's a dragon."
Chen Nan said, "Last time I was in the western border mountain range, a green dragon I saw was thirty feet long, compared to that green dragon, this dragon is simply a dragon grandchild or dragon baby."
"Really, is it really that big" Nalan Ruoshui had a puzzled look on her face.
"Gah, this kid is right, what he saw was a giant dragon, giant dragons are all over thirty feet long. This is just an ordinary flying dragon, slightly more advanced than a ground dragon that can't fly." The old witch did not know when she had arrived behind the two Chen Nan.
Chen Nan turned back and greeted his terrifying neighbor.
The old hag nodded and continued, "The dragons of the West are divided into five classes, in order, Earth Dragon, Flying Dragon, Sub-Dragon, Giant Dragon, and Holy Dragon. Except for the Earth Dragon, which can't fly, the rest of the four ranks of dragons can fly. The Earth Dragon is about five feet long, the Flying Dragon is about seven feet long, the Sub-Dragon is between fifteen and twenty feet long, and the Giant Dragon is at least thirty feet long. As for the Holy Dragon, I haven't seen it, but I heard people say that Holy Dragons are rare and special dragons, and their powerful strength is not necessarily proportional to their body size."
Nalan Ruoshui laughed, "The Magic Granny is really knowledgeable."
"Gah, I've been in the Western Continent for a while, if I don't even know about this, I'll be laughed at. However, you this girl mouth bar really sweet, really likeable, than Chu Yu that little girl is much better, that little girl see me want to escape."
The Dragon Knight Sima Lingkong was explaining something to the crowd of onlookers, who were listening with great interest. At this time, the little princess Chu Yu suddenly appeared with a thief's head, she kept looking towards the center of the field as if she was looking for someone.
Chen Nan and Nalan Ruoshui glanced at each other and both couldn't help but reveal a smile.
The old witch grumbled in anger, "Is this dead girl me really that scary? Every time I come to the Qi Shi Mansion, I sneak around, humph, it really pisses me off"
After scouting the 'enemy situation', the little princess let out a long breath and ran to the center of the field like a lively elf.
"Sima Lingkong, how dare you not report to this princess after coming back?"
The crowd had smiles on their faces when they saw this absolutely beautiful little devil, but Sima Lingkong, who was originally glowing with vigor, wilted like a deflated ball.
"Good day, Your Highness."
The little princess's bratty nature appeared to the fullest, saying: "The few people who went to the western continent to cultivate, after they came back, they all reported to me, you are the only one who didn't go, say, is it that you didn't have a good gift for me ah" said, she circled around the flying dragon, saying: "This dragon is not bad ah, is it a gift for me but it is too ugly, never mind, I'll reluctantly accept it."
Upon hearing this, Sima Lingkong's face turned green at that moment, and he smiled bitterly and said, ''Princess Yu, this is my mount, the gift I prepared for you is still at home, and will be delivered in a while.''
Chen Nan finally understood the meaning of the imp's four words "notorious" in the Imperial Capital, whoever saw her had a headache. One could imagine how the miserable childhoods of these noble children in the Imperial Capital were spent in the first place.
"So, you don't want to give me this dragon."
"Not this one."
The little princess grunted and said, "Cheapskate, don't worry, I don't want such a small and ugly monster, the dragons I saw in the western mountains are much bigger than this one of yours."
Sima Lingkong wiped the cold sweat on his head and said, "This is just a flying dragon, of course it's not as big as those giant dragons."
Little Princess said, "Is this dragon obedient? Can I ride it to the sky?"
"Of course you can."
"The Little Princess immediately showed a look of excitement on her face.
Sima Lingkong patted the flying dragon and said: "When you fly up later, be more stable, got it".
The Flying Dragon nodded its head in a rather humane manner.
The crowd was surprised.
The Little Princess was also a bit surprised and said, "It understands human language."
"Of course, dragons are intelligent creatures, although it is only a second-stage flying dragon, it can still understand some simple human language."
The little princess excitedly climbed onto the dragon's back.
At this moment, the old witch called out from behind the crowd, "Yu'er, if you want to fly, you can learn magic from me, see how easy it is, why ride other people's dragons?" After saying that, the old witch floated up and came to the center of the field.
When the little princess saw the old witch, her face changed greatly, but soon a sweet smile piled up on her face again.
"Hello granny, I have something to do, I have to go back to the palace." After saying that, she quickly slid down from the dragon's back and drilled out of the crowd like a loach.
The crowd of spectating wizards looked at each other in disbelief before finally erupting into a fit of laughter.
The old witch exclaimed, "Little girl wants to run away when she sees me, come back." She recited an incantation and quickly chased after her using the Wind Soaring Technique in the Wind System.
From far away came the little princess's screams, "No, I really have to go back to the palace."
The little princess was caught back after all, beaming her little mouth but not daring to snap.
When Chen Nan saw her look of embarrassment, he could no longer hold back and burst out laughing.
Nalan Ruoshui pulled the corner of his coat and said, "Don't laugh, can't you see that everyone else is holding back, if the little girl sees it, you'll be in deep shit then."
Of course Chen Nan understood the devilish nature of the little princess, when the little princess gazed at him here, he immediately stopped laughing.
The old witch laughed: "Gaga, don't be upset, many people want to beg me to teach him, I don't teach, you don't want to fly up to the sky well, I can hand you ah"!
The old witch recited an incantation, a watery blue curtain of light surrounded the little princess, making her float into mid-air.
"Is it fun? If you learn from me, you can do it too."
Although the little princess had an excited look on her face, she shook her head firmly after hearing the old witch's words.
The old witch was furious and immediately stopped the delivery of magical energy, the little princess screamed and fell down from the air, only when she was about to fall to the ground, she was held by a soft light, however, her little face was already white with fear.
Chen Nan finally understood why the little princess was so afraid of the old hag, and at the same time, why she was unwilling to worship the old hag as her teacher.
At this time, Sima Lingkong stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Greetings to the Magic Granny."
"Well, don't be polite. Not bad young man, having your own dragon at such a young age."
Sima Lingkong said, "Senior is too kind, junior is far from senior. Back when senior was cultivating in the Western Continent, his fame spread far and wide, and there are still people who mention you today.''
The old witch giggled, "You're already very good, I guess in the younger generation, you're already considered a tough character, as long as you're willing to work hard, you'll definitely become a fourth-ranked Dragon Knight in the future."
Old Poison Monster didn't know when he ran behind Chen Nan and Nalan Ruoshui again, he muttered in a low voice, ''This dead old woman is really shameless, look at her smug look, I really don't know what kind of luck she had in mixing up that Great Magician credential. But this kid covered in muscles is really strong, to be able to become a Flying Dragon Knight is already very uncomplicated for his age.''
Chen Nan nodded his head in agreement, he had long since felt the powerful force out of Sima Lingkong's body, the second ranked Flying Dragon Knight was truly worthy of its name.
The little princess took advantage of the old hag's speech and stood up to sneak out of the crowd.
After a while, the old witch suddenly realized that the little princess had disappeared, and in a fit of anger, she continued her "great magic research".
At this time, Sima Lingkong suddenly spotted Nalan Ruoshui, her eyes lit up, and she walked over through the crowd of people watching the Flying Dragon.
"Ruoshui is also here, if you want to see the Flying Dragon, I'll bring it directly to your home."
At this time, Chen Nan suddenly felt a tightness in his right hand, which was clutched by Nalan Ruoshui's warm and soft little hand.
"No need, I'm just accompanying Cinnan to have a look."
Sima Lingyun's eyes shot out two cold bolts of electricity as he looked at the hands the two were holding and then at Chen Nan, saying, "Who is he?"
Nalan Ruoshui calmly said, "He is someone I can commit my life to."
Chen Nan was a little uncomfortable in his heart, Nalan Ruoshui had obviously known this muscular man for a long time and was obviously using him as a shield, he had a feeling that he was being used.
Sima Lingkong's eyes were on the verge of spewing out fire, he stared viciously at Chen Nan and said, "Kid you go aside, this is between me and Ruoshui, I hope you don't get involved in it."
The old poisonous monster standing behind Chen Nan said, "Young man don't speak so harshly, have something to say properly."
At this time, those oddballs surrounding the Flying Dragon noticed the abnormality over here and turned their heads to look over here.
Nalan Ruoshui said, "Let's go."
She pulled Cinnan's hand and walked towards the outside of the gladiatorial arena.
Sima Lingkong was furious and rushed to the two of them in a flash, angrily saying, ''Ruoshui, I hope you'll pay attention to this, you're my fiancée now, don't pull and tug with other people, this is not only degrading to my family's style, but also degrading to your family's style.''
Nalan Ruoshui said angrily: "Nonsense, who is your fiancee, please respect yourself, don't believe what you say, get out of the way".
She pushed Sima Lingkong away with one hand and pulled Chen Nan towards the outside.
Chen Nan was very unhappy in his heart, he wanted to shake off Nalan Ruoshui's hand but hesitated and ultimately did not pay it off.
The Qi warriors inside the gladiatorial arena were talking.
Sima Lingkong stood in place for a while, a cold smile spreading from the corner of his mouth as he chased after them.
After Nalan Ruoshui and the two of them ran out of the arena, they went straight to Chen Nan's compound.
In front of Chen Nan's courtyard, Sima Lingkong chased after him and said, "Ruoshui, this is why you know, I like you. In a short while, my father will go to your family to propose marriage, now how can you be with an irrelevant person together".
Nalan Ruoshui Dao: "You die this heart, I won't marry you".
"You" Sima airspace eyes flashed a hint of stern aura, said: "good, you are really good at it, humph, by the time your father agrees, I will see you married or not."
His eyes flashed ferociously, to Chen Nan said: "Kid you will I just said as a wind in the ears, I let you away from the point, you heard no roll aside"!
Chen Nan's heart was already very unhappy, when he heard these words, he was on fire, the family's Xuan Gong that he had forcibly suppressed couldn't help but surge up, and a powerful aura erupted from his body.
Nalan Ruoshui was afraid that Sima Lingkong would make a move against Chen Nan and blocked in front of him. At the same time, the warriors sent by the Rapunzel to guard the Houyi Bow sensed a powerful power fluctuation, and seven figures appeared in front of the three in an instant.
Chen Nan secretly cried out in shame, blaming himself for being too impulsive as he quickly internalized his power, his powerful aura flickering away.
A few people in the scene were suspicious for a while, Nalan Ruoshui and a few warriors eventually thought that the compelling killing intent was erupted by Sima Lingkong. Sima Lingkong, on the other hand, thought that the powerful aura came from the few warriors in front of him, because at the moment, there was not a trace of power fluctuation on Chen Nan's body, and no matter how he tried, he could not feel the aura of a cultivator within him.
Sima Lingkong sneered, "Kid are you a man hiding behind a woman, what kind of skill is that?"
Chen Nan coldly glanced at him and said, "What are you barking at? They don't like you at all, but they still want to stalk you, really shameless."
Sima Lingkong laughed back in anger and said: ''Hehehe, you soft food guy, if I don't break you into pieces, I will''
''Enough, Sima Lingkong are you done, if you continue to be rude and make trouble here, I will go to His Majesty to sue you.'' Nalan Ruoshui's face was blue, at this time she lost her usual calmness.
"What's so good about this kid, what's he capable of, he's not even a gigolo, Ruoshui, you."
"You're shameless" Nalan Ruoshui gasped and gnashed her teeth, she turned around and pulled Chen Nan into the courtyard.
Sima Lingkong just want to follow in, next to a few warriors reached out to stop him, one of them said: "Sima gentleman please stay, the eldest princess has an order, unless approved by her, no one can not walk into this courtyard half a step."
At this moment, Sima Lingkong was almost mad, his heart raged with anger, roaring: "Why did that pair of dogs go in?"
"Because this was originally Prince Chen's compound, and Miss Nalan was ordered to heal his body."
"What? That loser is also a Qi Shi."
Several warriors stopped talking.
Sima Lingkong's mind gradually calmed down, he gave a vicious glance towards the courtyard and turned to leave.
After reaching the courtyard, Nalan Ruoshui quickly let go of Chen Nan's hand and twisted her face to the side, saying, "I'm sorry."
The unhappiness in Chen Nan's heart had faded, saying, "It's nothing."
"Aren't you going to ask me why I did it?"
"I'm waiting for you to say it."
Nalan Ruoshui turned her body around and said, "My father is Nalan Wencheng, the left minister of the court, Sima Lingkong's father is Sima Changfeng, the general of the court, both are important ministers of the Chu state, but they have been at odds. In recent years, some ministers in the court have maneuvered to ease the relationship between the two, and it was later suggested that the two families should become children's relatives, thus improving the relationship between the generals and the ministers."
"As the discord between the general and the minister is not good for the country, my father promised those who maneuvered from it, and at that time, the General of Tiger's Might also readily agreed to it. Other people may not know what Sima Lingkong is like, but I know him very well. In recent years, he has been back to the imperial capital several times, and every time he came back, he would make some kind of affair, which is just like a young man who is an affair villain."
"I understand my father's difficulties and know that he is dedicated to the country. I hate Sima Lingkong, but I am powerless to change this fact. In a few days, Sima Changfeng will send someone to propose marriage. I have no choice but to irritate Sima Lingkong, so that he will loathe me and ruin the marriage.
"So you dragged me along and deliberately appeared in front of Sima Lingkong to irritate him."
"I'm sorry."
"Alas, you really don't understand the heart of a man, this will only backfire." Chen Nan really sympathized with Nalan Ruoshui, this usually unparalleled quiet woman, the heart is so helpless, as a noblewoman, but can not dominate their own happiness, can only be used as a bargaining chip in politics. He sighed a long breath, said: "How can I help you?
Nalan Ruoshui's eyes showed a mist of water, her voice trembled a little and said: "I don't know I don't even know what I should do anymore"
"Otherwise," Tatsunami wanted to say, "Otherwise, I'll take you with me." But when the words came out of his mouth, he swallowed them back, he still didn't know if Nalan Ruoshui had a good feeling about him.
"Otherwise what," Nalan Ruoshui's face showed a hopeful look.
"Well, otherwise you escape, escape to another country, wait until things have passed and then come back."
Nalan Ruoshui was a little disappointed, said: "I'm a woman, where can I go, I've never been out of the house, not to mention what the experience of the world, I'm a person oooh".
Towards the end, she could no longer hold back and lost her voice and cried.
Chen Nan scratched his head awkwardly, he did not have a handkerchief, and finally raised his wide sleeves to Nalan Ruoshui's face.
Nalan Ruoshui tugged over his sleeve and gently wiped her tears, and finally suddenly flung herself into his arms and let out a loud cry.
"What should I do? What should I do in the end?"
Chen Nan was at a loss.
Nalan Ruoshui cried for a while, her voice gradually reduced, and finally said quietly: "If you have a distinguished life, if you have a world of power I I'll go."
