Dragon Clan, Ancestral Land.
The Dragon Clan’s Fourth Elder arrived at the Ancestral Land.
Here, mist filled the air, and although one couldn’t see far, there were many powerful auras around.
“Oh? Isn’t this Little Four? What makes you think of visiting us old fellows?”
A phantom figure appeared, with white hair and a beard so long it dragged on the ground.
The Dragon Clan’s Fourth Elder bowed respectfully and said, “Greetings, Ancestor. I have come bearing a momentous piece of news.”
“What news? Don’t tell me the Dragon Clan has run into a huge trouble.”
“There’s no trouble—it’s a great piece of good news!”
“Oh? Did you get married, Little Four?”
“No, it’s about the Divine Dragon.”
As soon as these words were spoken, even the mist within the Ancestral Land seemed to freeze.
“What?!”
Voices rang out one after another, and large lantern-like lights lit up within the mist.
“The Divine Dragon! Is it true?!”
The phantom figure asked, somewhat losing his composure.
“Of course! Absolutely reliable!”
The Dragon Clan’s Fourth Elder nodded.
“However… there is a bit of trouble now, concerning the Divine Dragon…”
The Dragon Clan’s Fourth Elder explained the matter regarding Lu Qian.
After listening, the phantom figure said to the Fourth Elder, “Little Four, wait a moment.”
Inside a small platform sat six phantom figures.
Number One spoke.
“Regardless, the news about the Divine Dragon is too important to us!”
“Right! We must secure it no matter what!”
“Ha, easier said than done. Don’t forget, those old monsters from the Seven Star Sect aren’t dead yet. Besides, if the human sects all find out, we won’t gain any advantage.”
“That makes sense.”
“Therefore, let’s use this opportunity to first make contact and learn information about the Divine Dragon, then plan later.”
“That makes sense.”
“For now, this is the only way, since the news about the Divine Dragon is too important.”
“Right, and also confirm whether the news is true or false.”
“That makes sense.”
Not long after, the phantom figure appeared before the Dragon Clan’s Fourth Elder again.
“Ahem, Little Four, after our discussion, we have agreed to this. First, inform the Sect Master of the Seven Star Sect that the Dragon Clan is willing to cooperate.”
The Dragon Clan’s Fourth Elder bowed slightly and said, “As you command.”
While the Dragon Clan’s Fourth Elder was on his way to the Ancestral Land, Lu Qian had directly seated herself in the head elder’s seat.
The surrounding Dragon Clan elders kept their eyes on their noses and noses on their hearts, acting as if they hadn’t seen anything—after all, being unable to defeat her was their fatal weakness.
The Great Elder of the Dragon Clan was in closed cultivation, and the Second Elder had gone who knows where—to put it nicely, he was wandering; to put it bluntly, he was out scrounging for rare treasures.
The Third Elder had no interest in managing clan affairs; he was a shut-in… no, a shut-in dragon.
So for now, the highest authority on the surface was the Dragon Clan’s Fourth Elder, but he had just been thoroughly beaten by her.
Wang Yan’er, on the other hand, had picked up a Dragon Clan book and was reading it—a book about the Divine Dragon from the Dragon Clan.
Lu Qian looked at the Dragon Clan elders before her and said, “I’ve heard that the Dragon Clan has several treasures. Could you let me have a look?”
Hmm, it was a declarative tone.
Hearing this, the Dragon Clan elders present couldn’t help but look bitter.
They had long heard that the current Sect Master of the Seven Star Sect acted unpredictably, but one thing was certain: after beating you, she would demand treasures from you, claiming she just wanted to look, but in truth, she would take everything and leave nothing behind.
The Dragon Clan elders exchanged glances, and finally pushed the Seventh Elder forward—after all, it was the Seventh Elder who had brought Lu Qian here.
“Ahaha, Sect Leader Lu, I’m afraid the treasures of our Dragon Clan won’t meet your standards.”
Pushed out by the crowd of dragons, the Seventh Elder had no choice.
Lu Qian played with her nails and said calmly, “No matter. You have to let me see them first before I know if they meet my standards.”
She couldn’t come to the Dragon Clan for nothing.
She had wasted a great deal of effort, so she had to take something to make herself happy.
Lu Qian had her eye on the Divine Needle that stood in the Dragon Clan.
It was said that this item was once a supreme treasure of the Human Clan, which later ended up with the Dragon Clan.
Hmph! Doing this counted as reclaiming a treasure that rightfully belonged to the Human Clan!
“Hehe, Sect Leader Lu, with your level of cultivation…”
The Dragon Clan’s Seventh Elder spoke while observing Lu Qian’s expression, but her face remained unchanged.
Lu Qian suddenly smiled slightly and said, “How about this: I’ll just look at one treasure, how about that?”
“May I ask which treasure Sect Leader Lu wishes to see?”
“The Divine Needle.”
Dragon Clan, Treasury.
Different from the outside rumors of mountains of treasure in the Dragon Clan Treasury, when the door opened, about a hundred items could be seen at a glance.
Among them, at a certain spot in the middle, a single needle was placed.
Lu Qian picked it up and examined it.
“Not bad. I’ll take this item for a few days of study.”
The Seventh Elder beamed and said, “Naturally, no problem.”
Watching Lu Qian take away the Divine Needle, the Guardian Elder said, “Seventh Elder, when the Great Elder comes out, how will we account for this!”
“Don’t panic.”
The Seventh Elder remained calm and said unhurriedly, “Go and take a few more treasures from inside?”
“Ah?”
Now it was the Guardian Elder’s turn to be confused.
What did the Seventh Elder mean?
Facing the Guardian Elder’s puzzled expression, the Seventh Elder explained, “Take a few more items; we’ll put them all on Sect Leader Lu’s account. Also, a few treasures that went missing recently—put those on her account too.”
The Seventh Elder’s words landed on the Guardian Elder’s ears, stunning him for a moment as if struck by enlightenment.
After a while, he gave the Seventh Elder a thumbs-up.
“Brilliant! Seventh Elder, this plan is truly brilliant!”
First, they could make a little profit; second, the bad debt of the “mysteriously” lost treasures now had a place to go.
After all, no one would ask Lu Qian to her face whether she had taken these items.
At this moment, Lu Qian had no idea that she had become a master of balancing the books.
Wang Yan’er saw Lu Qian return in a good mood and asked, “What, did you take something from them again?”
“What do you mean ‘take’!”
Lu Qian corrected.
“They gave it to me, alright? Besides, I got their permission.”
As she spoke, Lu Qian tossed the Divine Needle over as if it were an ordinary object, not worrying about damaging it.
Wang Yan’er caught what Lu Qian threw over and saw the Divine Needle in her hand.
“I didn’t expect you to get this. And the Dragon Clan actually agreed to give it to you?”
The Divine Needle was one of the supreme treasures of the Human Clan from the ancient era.
They had searched for it for a long time, eventually learning it had fallen into the hands of the Dragon Clan.
“This item has no practical use staying with the Dragon Clan. As a supreme treasure of the Human Clan from the ancient era, a restriction was specifically placed on it so only humans can use it.”
In the ancient era, to prevent their own artifacts from being used by enemies to kill their own people, they were locked during creation—high-tech combination locks, with the combination known only to the clan members.
That was why Lu Qian asked for this particular treasure.
The other treasures were mostly forged by the Dragon Clan during the ancient era; taking them would be of little use to her.
Towards the end of the ancient era, in order to fight the Demon Clan, all races joined forces against the enemy, and from then on, artifacts were no longer made with restrictions that only the race that forged them could use.
“But what use is this Divine Needle to you now?”
“Don’t ask about that. You’ll find out when the time comes.”
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