CH 176.1

Yingying was quite the powerful dragon, really worthy of the future mount of the heroine of this novel world. The four thick chains that bound the ancient well fell with a clang and instantly shattered into pieces.

The wall of the ancient well cracked slightly, then exploded with a boom. The stone wall completely split in two, a stern aura emanated from the deep bottom of the well, and a mighty black dragon appeared in front of Lin Xinghe.

However, as soon as it opened its mouth, the imposing aura instantly disappeared.

“…… Father, so dark!”

The black scales still glowed with a cold light in the dim environment, and the gloomy and dark environment around it seemed to make it extremely uncomfortable. It shrunk its head back, stumbling over to Lin Xinghe and hiding behind her petite figure. Only then did it feel safe enough to peek out half a head to exclaim, “The Donghua Sect is so cruel! Locking up a weakling dragon like me into a place like this!”

Lin Xinghe looked at its unproductive appearance and felt a little headache. It had the strength to lift the seal so long ago but stupidly stayed in this shitty place to suffer what exactly?

She looked down.

The black shiny paws of Yingying pressed against her shoulder, and its slithery eyes looked at her with trust in them.

It did not seem to doubt the truth of her words, nor did it sense that she was not a dragon at all, but rather a person.

She said: “You are not afraid that I am a bad person? Do you really believe that I am your father? I’m a human now, so why do you believe me so easily?”

Yingying said, “Who would come to the rescue of a demon dragon except for my father? You as a human I can understand, after all, you just resurrected. Your spirit has not yet fully recovered, and you lost most of the memory, besides… Father, you used to take a new form every day. Although you’re in a female one now…”

Yingying crooked its head and surveyed Lin Xinghe, its eyes shining brightly.

“Father, you also look good like this!”

Lin Xinghe confirmed that this dragon was hopelessly naive. If she wanted to destroy this world, she could not let the protagonist get her hands on this dragon.

While she was thinking, Yingying asked, “Father, where are we going to eat good food?”

Lin Xinghe: “Let’s go to the town over the hill.” She glanced at it, “Can you change into a human?”

“Yes!”

Yingying shook itself and turned into a slender young girl.

Lin Xinghe was slightly stunned.

The young girl had picturesque eyebrows, and she again felt a sense of déjà vu.

“You were a black dragon coiled on a high tower before, and I was that high tower.”

Qi Qing’s words suddenly appeared in her mind.

Lin Xinghe looked at the black dragon maiden in front of her thoughtfully.

She suddenly laughed, “Do you remember a high tower? A high tower that was very suitable for our clan to be coiled on it?”

Without thinking, Yingying said, “Father, do you mean the Pantian Tower*?”

Lin Xinghe: “Yes, where is it again?”

Yingying: “The entrance to the Sea of Magic. Uncle built the tower and sits on it to bully the weak demons passing by. It’s considered one of the landmarks of our demon dragon clan. Father, you also wanted to coil upon that tower before and fought with second uncle. The result was not only did you not defeat uncle, but also you broke a dragon horn and secluded yourself in cultivation for six hundred years to repair it.”

*Pantian means to climb to the sky. The demon dragons really do have it out for the Celestial Realm.

…… No wonder “Father” died so early, it turned out to be so weak.

Lin Xinghe coughed lightly and said, “Do not mention the past, do not mention the past.”

Yingying: “Okay, Father, I promise not to mention it in the future.”

Lin Xinghe said, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to the town to find something delicious.”

Yingying gave a cheerful cry. Thinking of something, she plucked off a dragon scale with pain and put it on top of the ancient well rubble, then cast a slight spell before she said to Lin Xinghe, “I left a message for Snowball, it will know that I am leaving with Father when it comes to visit me next time.”

Lin Xinghe asked, “Can Snowball find you?”

Yingying said, “Yes, it knows how to find me.”

“Then let’s go.”

“Okay!”

Lin Xinghe took Yingying down the mountain, over the hill, and through the town at the foot of the mountain.

She first exchanged her gold for some local silver and went to buy two sets of clothes for herself and Yingying before taking Yingying to the most grand-looking eatery in the town and ordering a whole table of food.

Yingying scarfed down the food instantly.

Lin Xinghe did not choose to dine in a separate compartment, instead opting for the most central table in the restaurant, making it convenient for her to listen to conversations of diners coming and going.

She understood Yingying’s perspective, but she needed more info from multiple people to thoroughly understand this xianxia world.

After the meal, Lin Xinghe, who had been an NPC in several xianxia novel worlds, already had a general understanding of the main characters of this world.

Chances were that this was a novel with a female protagonist.