Chapter 0949: Changes

When Li Luo stepped into the portal, the space around him twisted violently. His environment started changing repeatedly as well.

In the next moment, he found himself in a new place. Looking down, he could see a vast space before his eyes. The mountains extended endlessly, as if he was on a whole new continent.

The air was filled with a mystical aura that stirred up his three resonant palaces. It was as if the palaces were yearning for something that could only be found here.

"Is this the Spiritual Resonance Cave?" Li Luo thought to himself.

Judging from the reaction of his resonant palaces, this place was truly amazing for upgrading one's resonance.

However, his expression suddenly changed in that short moment too. As he traveled towards the cave, the triple resonances within his body started acting as if they had gone out of control. His resonant power leaked out nonstop.

Even the Acquired Resonance Godly Forging Art that had been dormant all this while started to act up. This sudden change caught Li Luo by surprise. He focused his thoughts and forcefully stopped his resonant power from flowing out to the surroundings. Otherwise, he could’ve ended up injured.

Fortunately, this situation only lasted for a few moments before his triple resonant powers returned to their respective resonant palaces.

Nonetheless, Li Luo continued reflecting on the sudden change as he stared deep into the cave. This change simply had to be related to the Spiritual Resonance Cave.

But why?

Was it because his resonances were cultivated from the Acquired Resonance Godly Forging Art? After all, the Acquired Resonance Godly Forging Art had originated from the Sacred Void Resonance Sect. The Spiritual Resonance Cave was created by them, and as such, it wouldn't be surprising if the two had a connection to each other.

As Li Luo pondered this, the space around him began to twist even more aggressively. He suddenly felt himself falling down at a really fast pace. A few moments later, his surroundings changed yet again.

He found himself on an elevated platform brimming with people. Noise filled the air like the cries of devils, making everyone frown.

"Cousin Li Luo, over here."

A familiar voice came from the front at this moment. When Li Luo lifted his head to take a look, he spotted Li Lingjing waving at him. The location was filled with countless other people from the Heavenly Dragon's Five Lineages.

"Third Brother, what took you so long? I thought you had been teleported to another platform," Li Jingtao asked him.

In response, Li Luo shook his head with a smile. He knew in his heart that the delay must have been related to the strange developments earlier.

"Guys..."

Li Wuyuan from the Dragon's Blood Guardians began speaking after his attention shifted from Li Luo over to the crowd. "Since everyone has arrived, let's discuss our next step."

At this point, Li Guan from the Dragon's Scale Lineage spoke up as well. "Similar to the past, each lineage will move out on their own, right? After all, the Spirit Resonance Golden Dew is limited in supply. If the five lineages moved out together, it'd be hard for us to allocate the limited amount of dew."

Hearing this, the other lineages nodded in agreement. It seemed moving individually would be the most efficient way forward for each lineage.

However, Li Wuyuan smiled and replied, "That is indeed the case under normal circumstances. However... what if we know of a spot where there is significant amounts of Spirit Resonance Golden Dew?"

Li Guan, Li Fuling, and the rest were surprised to hear about this. Looking back at Li Wuyuan, they asked, "Somewhere where there's a lot of Spirit Resonance Golden Dew?"

Li Wuyuan simply smiled and replied, "Based on a conservative estimate, we should be able to get a hundred or so drops of Spirit Resonance Golden Dew there."

Everyone was moved immediately. With a hundred or so droplets, they could reserve quite a few Golden Dew Platform spots. This would save them a huge amount of time and resources compared to searching around on their own.

Even Li Luo could not help but glance at Li Wuyuan at this point. This guy was truly extraordinary, consistently pulling tricks out of his bag.

"That spot contains an extremely high concentration of worldly natural energy. As a result, it will be highly coveted. Due to the special conditions of the Spiritual Resonance Cave, such a place may also give birth to a Guardian Spirit commonly known as a Resonant Imp. These imps have no minds of their own and exist purely as bodies of concentrated energy. As a result, they are extremely strong and really challenging to deal with. I am sharing this information with everyone here just to be safe. Of course, none of us will be working for free. We'll each get a designated district to reap our rewards later, which will definitely be much better than what we would have gotten if we each searched separately. However, I'll be upfront here. This precious piece of information came from the Dragon's Blood Lineage, so we'll have the say here. You all will have to follow our instructions." At this point, Li Wuyuan paused for a moment and glanced over at the Dragon's Fang Lineage. Among the five lineages, the two of them were always at loggerheads, especially now that Li Luo and Li Lingjing were around.

As for the other three lineages, Li Guan, Li Ju, and Li Wenshan were the decision makers for the Dragon's Scale Lineage, the Dragon's Bone Lineage, and the Dragon's Horn Lineage respectively. They had no objections to this proposal, given that the information was indeed offered by the Dragon's Blood Lineage.

For the Dragon's Fang Lineage, Li Fuling hesitated for a moment after hearing the pitch. She looked over to Li Lingjing at this point, as she was the strongest person in the Dragon's Fang Lineage.

However, Li Lingjing simply showed her a look of innocence and pointed towards Li Luo. "Ask him," she said with a look of nonchalance, as if she did not care about any of this and would leave all the decision-making to Li Luo.

Seeing this, Li Fuling glared helplessly at her. Under normal circumstances, she would have been the leader for the Dragon's Fang Lineage. However, Li Lingjing acted like she would take all instructions from Li Luo. This left Li Fuling in a really awkward spot.

However, she did not have much of a choice. Li Fuling looked over to Li Luo next.

Li Luo rubbed his chin and pondered over it for a moment. As an essential component for the Golden Dew Platform, the Spirit Resonance Golden Dew was indeed the top of their priorities at present. The information from Li Wuyuan was truly attractive. If they could join in and get some Spirit Resonance Golden Dew for themselves, it would indeed not be a bad offer.

However, he could not let his guard down against Li Wuyuan. He had to remain vigilant, or he could be tricked by the guy.

After giving it some thought, Li Luo raised his head with a smile and replied, "Since Senior Li Wuyuan is so generously sharing his information, the Dragon's Fang Lineage, as a closely related lineage, will definitely give you our full support."

Hearing this, Li Wuyuan's face did not change as he said, "Wise choice, Junior Li Luo."

With everything settled, he did not waste any more words. "In that case, let us head out immediately before any other major powers catch onto it."

His body shook for a moment before a pair of dragon wings made of energy extended from his back. With a wave of his wings, a gust was kicked up and he flew off into the sky.

Seeing this, the others also activated their Sanctified Dragon's Bodies and followed after him.

However, Li Lingjing could only watch with a sad expression. She turned towards Li Luo and said, "I did not cultivate the Sanctified Dragon's Body."

After all, she had never joined the Twenty Banners, so she naturally did not have the chance to cultivate the unique art belonging to the Heavenly Dragon's Five Lineages.

Li Luo waved his hand and replied generously, "I'll find a way to get you one when we return."

"Thank you very much, Cousin Li Luo," Li Lingjing responded gleefully.

At the next moment, she summoned up her enormous resonant power and was about to leap through the air. Since she was at the Heavenly Pearl Tier, she had the stamina to do this for a long period of time. However, she sensed a strange, chilly sensation within her at this moment again. She turned around hastily and stared at the crowd behind her. Her eyes had become really cold and terrifying at this point.

The people behind her got frightened immediately, and they retreated from her frightening gaze. However, Li Lingjing did not notice anything unusual after scanning around. She simply raised her eyebrows in response.

"What's the matter, Cousin Lingjing?" Li Luo asked when he sensed her reaction.

Li Lingjing thought about it for a moment before she shook her head and smiled. "Nothing, let's go."

Following this, her slender figure leapt into the air effortlessly.

𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Li Luo spread out his wings and followed after her.

After they were quite some distance away, a figure back at the stone platform slowly raised his head. He appeared ordinary, without much of an expression on his face.

However, if one were to look closely at his eyes, a chill would run up their spine. There appeared to be something slowly crawling around deep in his black eyes.

He did not even have eyeballs at all—his eye sockets were occupied by a group of creepy, weird worms entangled together.

The black worms would stretch out from the pupils from time to time, giving off an eerie chill and weird glow.

As the figure watched Li Lingjing fly into the distance, he seemed to murmur something quietly to himself. "Number three... shall we go after her?"

"Forget it... let's prepare the food here first."

In a rather rigid fashion, the figure turned his head as he watched the crowd fly off in all directions. A tinge of human greed and desire seemed to surface on his emotionless face.