Chapter 21: Fortune favors the bold!

【So many years have passed, and you, at the ninth level of Qi Refining, already have the appearance of a middle-aged man. However, your father, Jiang Fushan, looks unchanged.】

【You know that this is because your father's cultivation level has reached a realm you can't comprehend.】

【You have many questions in your heart, but clearly, now is not the time to ask.】

【After blocking the dragon flames of the giant dragon, your father, Jiang Fushan, directly threw you far away.】

【You feel yourself spinning rapidly in the air, but you don't feel any discomfort because you sense a gentle spiritual energy enveloping you.】

【You understand that this must be a technique used by your father.】

【At the same time, you hear your father shout, "Run, escape along the desert from this sealed land."】

【As soon as he finished speaking, your father, Jiang Fushan, resumed his fierce battle with the earth-colored demonic dragon.】

【By the time you land, you are already thousands of miles away. However, with your father Jiang Fushan's spiritual energy surrounding you, you are not injured when you hit the ground.】

【You look back and can vaguely see the battle between your father and the demonic dragon.】

【But you have no intention of staying to watch.】

【You know that staying here would only be a burden to your father, Jiang Fushan.】

【From your father Jiang Fushan's shout, you vaguely understand a few things.】

【The sealed land he mentioned might be the area the white-robed woman said was controlled to prohibit cultivation.】

【Your father said to escape along the desert, and you think that perhaps crossing the desert would mean leaving the area where cultivation is forbidden.】

【Without hesitation, you start running towards the depths of the desert.】

【In the blink of an eye, half a day has passed. With your full-speed sprint, you have already reached the place where the demonic dragon emerged.】

【This is the same place where you died in the Desert of Death during your first simulation.】

【Here, you can still see a massive crevice cave, and the surrounding sand hasn't filled it in.】

【You look at the downward cave, and it feels like a voice in your heart is urging you to explore it.】

【For a moment, you hesitate.】

【You think about how you just ran for half a day, yet you haven't covered as much distance as your father's casual throw.】

【If a powerful pursuer were to chase you, you feel you wouldn't be able to escape.】

【You also recall the novels you read in your previous life, where demonic dragon lairs usually contain treasures.】

【You think that encountering such an opportunity is rare, and knowing the demonic dragon is out, the lair shouldn't be too dangerous.】

【Seeing this golden egg, the words "dragon egg" pop into your mind.】

【"Raise a dragon?" You wipe the drool from the corner of your mouth, feeling conflicted.】

【Not long after, you light a fire and place the dragon egg on a makeshift grill.】

【You think this is only fair; the demonic dragon ate you once in the previous simulation, so now you eat its offspring to even the score!】

【You consider yourself a magnanimous person, not holding grudges.】

【A few minutes later, the dragon egg shows no signs of cooking.】

【At this moment, you hear a loud dragon roar.】

【Though you don't understand the meaning of the roar, you sense that the demonic dragon is returning.】

【You frown and strike the dragon egg with a hammer.】

【You think to yourself, whether it's cooked or not, you're determined to eat this dragon egg today!】

【You start sucking through the crack you made.】

【Meanwhile, the dragon roar outside echoes through the heavens, tinged with a hint of urgency.】

【At this moment, you seem to understand that the demonic dragon has sensed someone tampering with its egg.】

【Run? A thought of escape crosses your mind.】

【But you quickly dismiss it.】

【It's a dragon egg, after all. If you finish it, you believe it will significantly boost your strength.】

【You speed up your sucking of the dragon egg while muttering, "Run? Forget it, I'll just wait for the next simulation."】

【As you suck the dragon egg, you feel your body heating up, and the strength of your physical body noticeably increases.】

【Condensing Yuan Stage Two, Condensing Yuan Stage Three... your Martial Dao is continuously improving.】

【These are the benefits you expected.】

【But besides these, there is another phenomenon that frightens you.】

【You even consider stopping your consumption of the dragon egg.】

【You see a large amount of golden dragon qi continuously flowing into your Qi Sea, but it neither merges with your spiritual energy nor transforms it into liquid.】

【Instead, it keeps expanding your Qi Sea, making it larger and larger.】

【At the same time, your Immortal Dao cultivation decreases instead of increasing, dropping from the peak of Qi Refining to the ninth level, then the eighth, all the way down to the third level of Qi Refining.】