Cultivation Online

Chapter 368 - First Defeat

”Well… If he cannot stay here, how about I just follow him outside?” Xi Meili suddenly suggested. ”I have always been interested in the outside world, anyway.”

”You want to go outside? Are you crazy? The humans will hunt you for your blood! Itʼs too dangerous!” The Dragon Emperor immediately refused.

”Thatʼs only what our ancestors taught us, but they have also never been to the outside world before. If there are humans like Yuan and Wang Xiuying outside, I donʼt think itʼll be that bad.”

After a moment of silence, the Dragon Emperor said, ”Unfortunately, thatʼs impossible— not because I donʼt want to let you go outside with him. Your cultivation base is simply too high to follow him back to the Lower Heavens, where Spirit Grandmaster is the limit.”

”Youʼre simply asking to be punished by the heavens for doing so.”

”Oh, right… Heʼs from the Lower Heavens…” Xi Meili sighed, completely forgetting about that for a second.

Meanwhile, inside Yuanʼs room, Wang Xiuying checked his pulses just to make sure he was okay.

ʼSeeing him sleep like this… he really reminds me of Yu Tian…ʼ Wang Xiuying said as she stared at Yuanʼs sleeping face with a somewhat dazed gaze.

The more she looked at Yuan, the more she felt like she had seen him before.

”Nnn…” Yuan suddenly opened his eyes slowly.

”Where am I…?” he mumbled in a dazed voice.

”Oh, youʼre awake, Yuan. Weʼre at the Dragon Palace in your room. Xi Meili took us back after you fell unconscious during the match.” Wang Xiuying explained to him what had happened.

”I see… So I lost the match, huh?” A smile on Yuanʼs face as he realized the situation.

”This was my first time losing a fight,” he sighed in a somewhat bitter voice.

Losing felt much worse than heʼd expected, especially since itʼs his first defeat.

”I wouldnʼt really call that a fight… And your opponent has 10 thousand years more experience than you. Itʼs only obvious that you wouldnʼt be able to defeat her no matter your talents.” Wang Xiuying said, trying to comfort him.

”I guess youʼre right.” Yuan nodded.

”Wait right here. Iʼll go to Xi Meili to let her know that youʼre awake.” Wang Xiuying said before leaving the room for a few minutes.

”Xi Meili… she was very strong— stronger than anyone I have ever fought before,” Yuan mumbled as he stared at the ceiling with a dazed look on his face.

Sometime later, Wang Xiuying returned with Xi Meili and the Dragon Emperor.

”Are you okay, Yuan? Are you hurt anywhere?” Xi Meili asked him.

”I am fine,” he said.

”Anyways, you really surprised me, Yuan. Youʼre only 18 years old, yet your comprehension for the Dragonʼs Gaze is already as strong as mine!” Xi Meili immediately praised him afterward.

A bittersweet smile appeared on Yuanʼs face.

”As strong? Thatʼs not true. I was completely defeated by your Dragonʼs Gaze.”

”Yuan, if you donʼt mind me asking, where did you learn the Dragonʼs Gaze? And how long has it been since you learned it? The Dragonʼs Gaze is a secret technique only available to the Royal Family.” The Dragon Emperor suddenly asked him.

”Oh, I learned it from the Great One. And it was probably around a month ago when I learned it,” he said.

”The Great One?!” The Dragon Emperor exclaimed.

”One month?!” Xi Meili was shocked for a different reason.

To think Yuan could comprehend the Dragonʼs Gaze to such an extent in a mere month whilst it took her thousands of years to reach her current level! The disparity was too large!

”Can you tell me more about it? How did you learn it from the Great One?” The Dragon Emperor continued to ask.

Yuan nodded and explained to him how he learned it from the Tablet of Comprehension, where he met the illusion of the Great One.

”I understand it, but I cannot believe it… The Great One is teaching the secret technique to random people? Just what is he thinking?” The Dragon Emperor could feel a headache coming.

It would be a disaster if their secret technique was revealed to the public, but luckily for them, according to Yuan, only two people have learned the Dragonʼs Gaze, and he was one of them.

”Is it really that bad if an outsider learns the technique?” Yuan couldnʼt help but ask them.

The Dragon Emperor nodded and said, ”Since ancient times, only the Royal Family can use the Dragonʼs Gaze, and itʼs already well-established that whoever learns the Dragonʼs Gaze is royalty in the Dragon Race. If someone who isnʼt part of the Royal Family learns this technique, itʼll create massive confusion and chaos amongst us— the dragons.”

”There are multiple Royal Families out there, and weʼre just one of many. Although we donʼt really care that much about an outsider learning the technique since weʼre in this isolated world, the other Royal Families in the upper heavens may not react so kindly to an outsider learning their technique, something they are extremely proud of.”

Xi Meili added, ”They consider the technique as sacred as their bloodline, as both of them were given to them by the Dragon Ancestor.”

”In other words, you shouldnʼt use your Dragonʼs Gaze so lightly— especially in front of other dragons.”

”I see… I didnʼt know about this since the Great One never told me about it when I learned the technique…” Yuan said.

”Anyways, thereʼs nothing we can do about it now that youʼve learned the technique. Just make sure youʼre not around dragons when you use that technique, as it will definitely cause misunderstandings.” The Dragon Emperor said to him.

”I understand.” Yuan nodded.

”Of course, if you marry someone from the Royal Family, youʼll be considered royalty, allowing you to use the technique as much as you wish.” Xi Meili suddenly said, clearly suggesting something here.

Of course, Yuan was too innocent to pick up the hint and said, ”Marriage? As in husband and wife? But I donʼt think itʼs right to marry someone just to use a technique.”

Xi Meili smiled after hearing his words, ”I think so too.”