30 Scarlet Dragon

(P.S.)I will be taking weekends off need to Chill + build up advanced chapters + play FGO)

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"I wish to travel with you. As a fellow Throne, I could be useful. My ice techniques could help you, I can freeze enemies and make them get stuck in place." 

I smiled when I heard that. She sounds quite desperate, it's not like I am leaving somewhere for a long amount of time.

"I guess… though I want to try to take it on by myself, one of the reasons I have been practising my barrier casting like this."

"...I understand."

"Good, then you can come with me."

She nodded when she heard that. I could see how her eyes trembled. Chu Yuechan still lacks the means to express her emotions.

She stiffened where she was standing, as I walked over to her.

She was like a deer caught by the car's headlights. 

"Don't worry, we will have some fun together. You don't think the Fire Dragon is just going to give up and join me after I give him a pep talk about the benefits of joining me?" 

As I said that, I wrapped my hands around her waist and pulled her closer. By this point, her impressive assets smashed into my chest.

The beauty trembled from that contact.

"...No…he won't…they are unreasonable after all." She said with a heavy blush. 

"Indeed, so we will be spending some time together."

As I said that my hands went lower and squeezed her impressive rear, before letting her go.

My short contact with her caused her breathing to become slightly heavy.

"Good, now let's go."

She stiffly nodded before proceeding to follow me.

~~~

All Chu Yuechan can think of at this moment is what the Young Master said about having 'fun'.

Will he truly do things to her? It made her excited and annoyed. All sorts of ideas were manifesting and being crushed down by her thoughts. 

Regardless, she followed him as they flew over to the Young Master's house.

Over there he called up his whole household, excluding his wife who is busy with that Profound Art.

"I will be going away for a few days. When I return I expect to see improvements. The girl who has improved the most over that time will be rewarded."

'Heavens…the reactions…'

Chu Yuechan could not believe how all their auras were affected by his words.

They all want to impress.

"""Understood!"""

All of them understood his orders. Their scramble to cultivate shall begin.

Chu Yuechan could only lament… why is she not part of this? If she was… wouldn't her cultivation be closer to where her Palace Mistress' cultivation was before Xiao Long arrived?

The longer this lasts, the more angry she is at herself for not accepting what Mistress said. Now,  she is reaping what she sowed. Just remembering how Chu Yueli arrived here, and the very same night helped him cultivate and in turn, she achieved the Throne!

Same cultivation as hers! Most importantly, Chu Yueli is 7 years younger than her!

This was maddening!

After Xiao Long gave his instructions, Chu Yuechan followed him outside as the pair proceeded to fly.

His Bodyguards soon followed after them.

~~~~~~Xiao Long, later same day~~~~~~

The closest city to Floating Cloud City is Cyan Forest Town.

It's like a middle point between New Moon City and Floating Cloud City.

The town is extremely basic. It's where people rest between journeys. The strongest being here is barely late [True Profound].

A proper overlord who rules this place doesn't exist. As Mercenary groups arrive here, they take over, then another comes over and the fighting starts.

Rinse and repeat. 

No one cares about it. 

What I care about is the area not far from this town. The Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range.

We swiftly flew over the core of the region, where the open cave was. The cave was emitting the aura of a [Sky Profound] Cultivation.

"A [Sky Profound] beast this close to your City, Young Master. Quite extraordinary luck."

"Yes. And it's a Fire Dragon. It will be a great Contracted Beast for me."

As I said that we flew over and landed not far from there.

"Humans! Get lost, this land belongs to this King!"

"My apologies but we are here for you. I need a contracted beast and you will do nicely for me."

"Insolence!"

At that moment a torrent of flames rushed towards us from the cave.

I simply raised my hand and a translucent wall appeared in front of us.

Absorbing all of the flames.

"It wasn't a request…" I said with a bored tone. Did I over-prepare?

*Furious Roar*

The beast blasted out from its cave and rushed towards me. Revealing its cultivation at [Emperor Profound].

"[Emperor Profound]!"

"Get back, leave this to me."

As I commanded the people behind me, I lifted my hand and showed my fingers to the rapidly approaching beast.

Before it could smack me I snapped my fingers and the creature turned into an ice statue.

Ice Phoenix Arts for the win!

While the dragon was struggling with the ice, I drew 'South' on the ground. Then, I moved to the west and drew 'West'.

Though, this was when the beast broke out and snarled loudly before breathing fire on me. This was where I pointed at the floating wall I had, and it released the captured dragon breath from before.

These two attacks explosively cancelled each other. Now, while I was waiting, I moved to the north and drew symbols of 'North' on the ground. 

Before I could move to the last corner, the flaming tail of the beast rushed towards me, and the dragon tried to smack me with it. But this is where I smirked.

Once again it's time for this beast to chill out.

'Frozen End Heaven Sealing Formation' the moment its tail froze into a popsicle, it was fully connected to the ground. So it looked like it was on a leash…only backwards.

"Human! You dare!" 

"Yep… and now… for the grand finale! Four Corners Beast Sealing Formation!"

Four seals dropped on the dragon as it pinned down its neck, tail, and wings.

It's an alternative version of the Four Directions Sealing Formation which is used to seal an area and people inside of it.

"Release me this instant!"

"No. I arrived here to capture you and turn you into a Contracted beast."

"Why should a king of this land be a contracted beast of yours!?"

"Because while you are a mere king of this small mountain range, I am one of the overlords of this entire continent. 

"By the very pecking order of this land, you are my subject and you will listen to me."

*Roar*

It struggled to get up and remove its binds.

Which it was only able to move a few inches.

"Quite strong. But let me help you."

As I said that I clapped my hands, the seals expanded, connected and the amount of Profound Energy channelled doubled. On top of all of this, texts started to appear on the seals which made the dragon completely pinned down.

*Angry Roar*

The dragon tried to struggle even more.

"What will it be?"

"Never!"

"I see… in that case… I need to use my most diabolical array yet… are you sure?"

"Never! I prefer death over obeying a mere human!"

"Hmm, after this you will beg to serve…"

As I said that I motioned with my hand. Underneath the dragon, an array appeared…

It glowed.

At that moment the dragon started to… slip…

It landed on its side…

Then it tried to stand up…but it slipped again…

And again…

And again…

And again…

"My most powerful technique… it's called slip…" I said sagely, before smirking.

"Let's see how long you will last with this."

With the Sealing Formation, the beast simply can't fly away, while the slipping effect underneath it doesn't allow it to simply stay grounded or move more than necessary. In other words.

I have put this creature in a loop of slipping and crashing down.

~~~

Chu Yuechan looked at this with horror as she watched the dragon constantly slipping and crashing and trying to stand up.

It… diabolical…how simple this is…

At the same time, extremely humiliating for such a beast.

Once the set-up was complete, Xiao Long walked back to them.

"Third elder, watch over the formation. If it starts crumbling just inject it with your Profound Energy."

"Understood, Young Master."

The elders were terrified and awed by this…out of box method. They should notify their organisation of possible similar uses to tame Profound Beasts.

"Fifth Elder, why don't you bring me a Profound Beast? Even [True Profound] is fine. I am feeling…hungry." 

'Oh, truly diabolical! Let's see how long that arrogant Dragon will last!'

The Monarch thought for a second, before nodding and blasting out to look for a beast.

Once the elder was gone, the Young Master proceeded to set up a simple camp.

He summoned a comfortable-looking chair from his Storage Ring and some of the tools for barbeque. 

After that, he sat down on the chair and motioned for the Frozen Beauty to sit down on his lap.

Chu Yuechan simply looked at him before walking over and awkwardly sitting down on his lap. She saw before how this was done 'properly. 

Especially since Mu Lingxue quite often ends up on his lap.

"Not bad. You are quite huggable, Yuechan~" He teased her as he fully hugged them from behind.

"...Yuechan is pleased to hear that." She tried to sound like a proper 'maid'.

"Hmm, I see. Then we should get some practice done. I want all my maids to be good at what they do."

As he said that, he slowly turned her around and proceeded to remove her veil and start kissing her on the lips.

This made Frozen Beauty's eyes tremble as she didn't even know what to do. Should she escalate this or just allow him to do whatever he wants?

Though before she could do anything, he pulled back and smiled at her.

"How does Chan'er like her first kiss?" He asked with a teasing tone. His hands were on her rear and he was enjoying her shapely form.

From time to time he would look at how the dragon is doing in the background. That constant sound of *Thud* reminds him where he is.

He prefers to tease and play with the fairy who pretends to be cold.

"...I…"

"No need to respond. We can practise some more~" 

She nodded stiffly, with some expectations. The Fairy is happy that this is going somewhere, though she would prefer to do this at the clan and not in the wilds next to an [Emperor Profound] Beast.

~~~

A few minutes later, the Fifth Elder returned and brought a few [True Profound] beasts.

This area doesn't have anything stronger, so they have to deal with what they have.

Not that a stronger beast was the point of this in the first place.

After getting the beasts, Xiao Long proceeded to work on them.

Removing the cores and storing them away, he then proceeded to work on the meat and prepare for the feast.

While the Young Master was working on the food, Chu Yuechan was trying to control her breathing. 

It was annoying how he has been constantly messing with her. Apart from fondling her rear and kissing her, he didn't do anything else!

Is this him getting back at her for all that cold stare she used to give him before!?

So petty!

Regardless, after a few minutes, she was able to control her breathing and calm down a little. 

But then… THE smell assaulted her nose!

It instantly made her hungry, even the Monarchs stopped cultivating and looked at the food.

A [True Profound] meat smells this good!?

"My future dragon, I know you hear me, can you smell this? This is what my regular food smells like. As a preview, I will allow you to smell it."

As Xiao Long said that, he made the smell of the food flow towards the sealing formation and start saturating there.

'Diabolical.'

'Young Master is utterly ruthless… by this point, death is a better option!'

'Truly…only our Young Master could be this amazing!'

The trio who heard what he said, could only sweatdrop and with cold sweat on their backs. Thankfully they are on the same side here.

After torturing the dragon for a bit more, the young master finally was done with cooking. He quickly spread the food and gave it to his maid and his bodyguards.

Chu Yuechan, who finally had the chance to taste it, could barely control herself and started eating.

The moment she took a bite, a moan escaped from her lips. Her cheeks turned red, and her body shivered and twitched. She tried to control herself and not make a scene but it was quite pointless as she wanted to eat more, and eating more meant biting more of this stuff.

Although…

The smell did attract the attention of more beasts…

"Hmm…"

"Curious…so many…"

Xiao Long mumbled to himself as he had a thoughtful look.

That moment he recalled the Trials needed to enter the Snow Song Realm and the God Convention.

As well as other novels he remembers reading. 

The cliche Ten Thousand Beasts Formation.

"Oh… you bunch will be useful."

At that moment, his Cultivation roared to life and the beasts who were hungry were no more. Instead, they were terrified and started to run away.

However, walls appeared and pinned them down. 

"Frozen End Eternal Coffin."

*Snap*

Every single one has turned into a popsicle.

"Fifth Elder, when you are done, use your cultivation to herd all the Profound Beasts to a single area. I have a use for this many of them."

"Understood, Young Master."

The elder nodded seriously, before returning to stuff himself with the barbeque. He had a skewer in each hand…

Xiao Long could only shake his head, returning to his food, while looking at how a dragon is constantly slipping.

What a view.

~~~~~~Several Hours Later~~~~~~

"Well, how is it going to be?" I asked the dragon who was breathing heavily. It was tired and bruised all over its scarlet scales.

"You humans are cruel beings…"

"Says the dragon who tried to burn me."

"A swift death is better than torture, human."

"Sounds like a waste of resources. I am a Young Master, my job is to bring prosperity to my clan. And you shall join me. I will make you reach realms you won't ever reach just from staying in this cave. 

I can teach you how to manipulate Profound Energy like never before…"

As I spoke, the elements that I wield surrounded me… Fire, Water, Yang, Yin, Earth, Lighting, Wind, Purifying energy.

"Or you wish for me to make the Slip more…severe?" I asked with a small smile.

The beast shivered at the word 'slip'. It has such a profound effect on the Scarlet Dragon.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...Fine. This King will be watching you."

"Good. Same to you. This Young Master will be watching you. And unlike you, my dear friend, I can innovate and improve my methods of 'persuasion'."

The Dragon's eyes trembled for a second before it slowly nodded.

I lifted my hand, and an extremely strong Wind Profound energy brushed past my hand, making a cut on my finger, enough to get a small amount of blood which I threw at the dragon. The drop landed between the dragon's eyes.

At that moment a contract was proposed which the Scarlet Dragon, extremely reluctantly, accepted. 

A second later the bond was established, and the beast turned into Scarlet particles and disappeared into my right hand. 

On the back of my hand, there was a tattoo of a Scarlet Dragon. 

At that moment I frowned, as I sensed the beast's Profound energy. 

It was garbage…

The issue why the beasts grow to such absurd sizes is because of the garbage control over their energy. It's common sense in this world to have quality in your Profound Energy.

But this is a balancing act of this universe, at least that's how I see it. 

Where beasts have bad control, humans have great control over their energy. But in turn, beasts have sheer body size and durability.

Regardless, I started pouring Purifying energy into my newly contracted beast.

""Congratulations Young Master!""

The pair of elders cupped their hands while saying that.

"I do not recall when last time someone contracted such a pure Dragon as the one you just did."

Third Elder said with a proud tone.

"Well, my methods were experimental," I said with a shrug. And the trio slightly grimaced. 

Was it that bad?

I should be more imaginative next time. Maybe some feathers?

"Regardless, let's explore the cave."

As I said that I started walking towards the Dragon's den. 

Once inside there was a ton of Fire Grass.

"Such a high quality of Fire Grass!"

"Then let's proceed to collect them. I will make pills out of these, and the blacksmiths will be delighted to get permanent improved immunity towards fire."

"Understood." 

The bodyguards and the maid proceeded to follow my command, while I went deeper and finally saw what I originally came here for.

The Heretic God's Fire Seed!

~~~

Xiao Long's visit to the Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range didn't go unnoticed.

For the simple reason that he took…everything.

Every single Profound beast had been collected. Because of Monarch's ability to have Storage Space he could hoard everything. 

More specifically, he took every single Profound Beast from the area.

Now, he will have thousands of Profound Cores in [Nascent Profound], [True Profound] and a very small amount at [Spirit Profound].

Regardless, what he wanted was blood and the cores. Any cores, and any Profound beast's blood. 

For this array, he needs a lot of blood and cores.

While no one knows what he will do with this many Profound Beasts, it has sent a message.

A message that he can do anything he wants. 

It terrified them that he could do something like this to their Sect or Clan…

For that, they decided to do something! A dialogue needs to be established of some sort!

~~~

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