Chapter 282 — Slime VS Little White Dragon

It had not been easy to come to Listening Snow City, and Shi Jin did not want Eleven and the others to think of nothing but training. Broadening their horizons mattered too.

Jewel Cat led the way ahead, introducing the sights of Skyblue Isle to Shi Jin and the others.

"I don't know if it's even true—I'm just repeating what Feng Jin and Lu Heng guessed."

"But this theory is bound to interest you."

"They say the name Skyblue Isle is made by taking one character each from the names of this generation's Dragon God and Dragon Emperor of the Mirage Abyss City..." The cat lowered its voice.

Shi Jin: "???"

Wait a moment—what was that tone supposed to mean?

Buggy and the others looked thrilled, faces arranged in expressions of eager gossip.

Jewel Cat said, "Anyway, all you need to know is that the situation is very complicated. They say this generation's Dragon God of the Mirage Abyss City was the Dragon Emperor's bosom confidante, but constrained by their races, the two could not be together in those days. The Dragon God's original race was the Heavenly Sea Divine Dragon, but for the Dragon Emperor's sake, she forcibly evolved herself into a human-like dragon maiden. Alas, by then the Dragon Emperor was already dead."

"But they say it was precisely because of this connection that the Mirage Abyss City was willing to befriend the Eastern Splendor in its glory days, and was willing to lend the Eastern Splendor a hand even in its decline."

"Really? For true?"

Shi Zhuo's mouth fell slightly open. This Dragon Emperor had to be the protagonist of protagonists—not only had he fallen off a cliff as a child and gained the recognition of a mythical ruin, but he even had an exotic beauty as a confidante?

As expected of the legendary emperor with the greatest fortune in all the history of the Eastern Splendor.

"What's true can't be false, and what's false can't be true..."

"Of course, a history like that — unless the man himself confirms it, no one dares call it true." The Gem Cat said, "Just enjoy the gossip, and don't go spreading it around..."

Shi Jin nodded, showing he understood...

Things even Bureau Eleven's codex wouldn't dare record carelessly — who knows if it's just some folk legend picked up from somewhere. What, Feng Jin and Lu Yan said so? What they say isn't necessarily accurate either.

"Wrooo~~~"

Just as Shi Jin was enjoying the gossip with the Gem Cat, a familiar cry came from the horizon.

They looked up and saw the White Azure Dragon flying in the lead, bringing Bai Xi, Yu Shu and the others, heading straight for them.

Senior Bai now wore enormous white wings, her hair still white. Shi Jin said this was Senior Bai's fusion form with another pet beast — a beast of innate immortal aura and outstanding bearing, the Immortal Plume Crane.

The others each flew in their own fashion; Yu Shu, for one, was still riding his Bone Dragon.

"Senior Shi Jin, you're finally back! What on earth did you and my father go off to talk about?"

The Little White Dragon said cheerfully once it landed.

Seeing it like this, Shi Jin knew the Sea Dragon King had told it nothing — neither the Poison Dragon Totem nor the Vast Sea Spirit. As expected of you, you profligate Third Prince.

"Shi Jin!"

After Bai Xi and the others landed, they each greeted Shi Jin in turn.

Shi Jin looked at the eight people and one dragon and said with a chuckle, "Nothing much. I didn't talk long with His Majesty the Sea Dragon King. It's just that on the way back I passed an island and ran into a pet beast I hit it off with, and the contract cost me a little time."

"Huh?" At Shi Jin's words, the Little White Dragon froze.

Yu Shu, Bai Xi, Yin Huan and the others froze as well.

"You finished contracting before the Dragon Palace banquet too?" Yu Shu said in astonishment.

"Too?" Shi Jin looked at him.

"With the Third Prince's introduction, Yu Shu successfully contracted an Ancient Seahorse — also called an Ancient Sea Dragon," Bai Xi said.

Bai Xi was delighted as well; Yu Shu was from Ancient Capital University too, after all. With the Ancient Sea Dragon plus that uncontracted Heroic Spirit Seed of his, the Battle Club had a successor.

"Heh." Yu Shu smirked smugly again. The Ancient Sea Dragon was a quasi-Overlord race, and he was already quite content.

True Overlord offspring were far too difficult. He was only an intermediate Beastmaster now, and his chances of contracting one were truly slim.

Luckily, the dragon-type evolution resource his family had prepared this time, the Phantom Dragon Grass, was a rare treasure — even in Mirage Abyss City it was a hot commodity.

Phantom Dragon Grass.

A dual-type resource of dragon-type and necromancy-type.

Its value surpassed even space-type resources of the same rank.

It could let a dragon that consumed it awaken the ultra-rank skill Necro Dragon. Necro Dragon was an ultra-rank clone and evolution skill; trained beyond the perfect stage, it could grant its user a perfect Necro clone of comparable combat power, and the two could even undergo fusion evolution. For those Monarch-race dragons with only a single ultra-rank skill, this resource was absolutely first-rate.

This time, it was with this that Yu Shu had talked a quasi-Overlord-race dragonling into a contract.

"Lucky dog." Yun Feng, from a dragon-taming clan, was green with envy. He hadn't expected Yu Shu's mother to be so willing to spend. As expected of an only child — far luckier than him, with his pile of brothers and sisters.

Yin Huan, Xia Yan and the others nearby were more or less envious too.

"Senior Shi Jin, who did you contract? Do I know them?" the White Azure Dragon said regretfully; it had been hoping to introduce someone to Shi Jin.

Bai Xi, Yu Shu, Yin Huan and the rest all looked at Shi Jin with eager eyes.

Well, well — Shi Jin had certainly acted fast.

As expected of the lucky one who had latched onto the Ice Dragon and the Sea Dragon King, contracting his ideal pet beast so quickly.

They figured... conservatively, it had to be at least a low-tier Overlord race to match Shi Jin's current standing and catch his eye.

"Right over there." Shi Jin pointed behind him.

The Third Prince and the others looked behind Shi Jin.

Hmm, one panda, one butterfly, one sword spirit, one Baby Ginseng — anything else?

Only after looking closely did everyone notice a tiny Water Slime, adorably blending in among them.

For a moment, no one reacted.

The Little White Dragon asked, "Senior Shi Jin, where is it?"

"Susu." Shi Jin called, and the Water Slime, which had been standing with Crimson Pupil behind the Iron-eating Beast, immediately hopped and bounced to the front.

"Nyii..." the Water Slime cried.

"That's the one." Shi Jin smiled faintly.

As the Water Slime bounced out, the White Azure Dragon, Bai Xi, Yu Shu, Yin Huan and the others immediately gaped, all the more bewildered for a moment, still unable to react, uncomprehending in a billion ways.

"Is... is this... a Water Slime??" the White Cang Dragon said in utter astonishment.

"Senior Shi Jin, how could you contract something like this!" It really was blunt.

Though it sensed this thing was a bit stronger than an ordinary Slime, it was still awfully weak.

How could Shi Jin have contracted it?

Shi Jin had clearly come asking it about a whole pile of Overlord offspring, so how in the end... had he picked not a single one?

"Ming???" Susu was startled at the words, then puffed its whole body into a ball of water.

What did it mean, "something like this"?

Shi Jin, can I beat it up!

The Gemcat was likewise stunned. Good heavens, even your old man wouldn't dare talk to it like that. You're mighty brave; aren't you afraid your old man will wallop you?

"It's no ordinary Slime. Bai, you might not even be able to beat it, and your potential might not match its own," Shi Yan said, squinting with ill intent.

"Huh??" The Third Crown Prince was taken aback.

"How could that be, hahahaha."