Qiao Xiaoxian was already imagining the love-hate story between the wealthy young lady Jiang Ke’er and herself, the useless jilted girl.
If not for the fact that they were about to reach the Dragon Clan territory, she might have been interested in writing it down.
She was really looking forward to Jiang Ke’er’s reaction.
It would definitely be interesting.
“Watch your step.”
As they reached the edge of a cliff, Qiao Xiaoxian tugged Jiang Ke’er.
Jiang Ke’er’s face was red, her mind heavy with thoughts, and she nearly fell.
“We’re here.”
The Dragon Clan’s barrier and living area were very low-key, completely lacking the style that dragons should have.
In ancient times, the Dragon Clan was the leader of all demons, with their ancestor being on par with the Golden Crow, yet now they had declined as if fallen into the dust.
Jiang Ke’er secretly looked it up; it was said to be related to reproductive ability.
The stronger the race, the worse their reproductive ability.
The Dragon Clan faced two choices: one was to remain single forever like the Golden Crow until extinction.
The second was to give up reproducing within their own race and marry other races.
The early Dragon Clan chose the second path.
Thus came the legend of the dragon’s nine sons, none of whom looked like dragons.
With a great war several thousand years ago, the earlier Ancestor Dragons all died in battle.
The remaining dragons, to prevent their bloodline from disappearing completely, had to continue reproducing with other races.
Thus, the bloodline of their ancestors became thinner with each generation, and the Dragon Clan was on the verge of extinction several times.
Until an ancestor had a sudden idea and extended their sinful claws to fox demons.
Fox demons, a race that was both powerful and extremely fertile.
This race had none of the reproductive burdens typical of strong races; their talent was being fertile. If they weren’t so strong, they might be even more fertile.
At that time, fox demons were always troubled by their heat seasons every season.
And the Dragon Clan was just the opposite.
The two hit it off right away, and eventually achieved genetic complementarity.
Their children continued to spread excellent genes.
From then on, the Dragon Clan became fertile, and their bloodline, influenced by the fox demon’s magical ability, miraculously began to recover in strength.
The only issue was that occasionally it triggered the fox demon bloodline, making them slightly more lustful.
Coupled with the Dragon Clan’s domineering nature, they became even harder to deal with… Jiang Ke’er had suffered greatly from it.
Hair color symbolized the concentration of Dragon Clan blood. Qiao Xiaoxian’s sky-blue hair was the most direct symbol of bloodline, and for this reason she was honored as the Dragon Clan Saintess.
Saintess…
This was the first time in many years that the Dragon Clan had honored one of their own as Saintess.
It sounded quite glorious and face-worthy.
But thinking carefully, as the Saintess of this Dark Age, how much excessive expectation would she have to bear? What kind of pressure that was…
‘This was the reason I went easy on her.’
‘But after today, everything will end.’
‘Leading her people to migrate from Beiju Luzhou was Qiao Xiaoxian’s lifelong wish since childhood.’
‘I help her fulfill this wish, then I can leave her with a clear conscience, and we’ll be even from then on.’
‘It’s not that I have any grudge against Qiao Xiaoxian.’
‘Rather, I know I will never trust emotions brought by a contract.’
‘Moreover, the cost of falling is too great, for both myself and Qiao Xiaoxian.’
Qiao Xiaoxian held Jiang Ke’er’s hand and slowly floated down with her onto the barrier beneath the cliff.
The barrier on the cliff wall sealed off the valley floor, and there were many traces of battle around, obviously the Demon Lord had sent many troops.
The Dragon Clan cultivators below the barrier looked up alertly, then revealed an expression of seeing through everything and laughed loudly: “Hahahaha, such a petty trick dares to show off in front of me?”
“?” Qiao Xiaoxian made a question mark.
“A disguise technique can’t fool us!” the cultivator said disdainfully.
“Our Saintess’s disguise technique is the best in the world! I studied disguise under the Saintess, and back then I was the best student! You won’t trick me into opening the door with your crude disguises!”
“…”
Qiao Xiaoxian held her forehead and smiled wryly.
“The best? Are you sure?”
The Dragon Clan cultivator’s expression changed slightly, blustering: “I… I was number one!”
“Does last place count as number one?”
“Damn it, where did you hear that? Which bastard ratted me out?!” the man stomped angrily.
“A-a-anyway, you can’t trick me into opening the door! Even if you disguise yourselves as our Saintess and bring a beautiful little sister, you won’t open the door!”
“Fine,” Qiao Xiaoxian helplessly reached into her Qiankun Bag. “Then I’ll have to open it myself.”
“Huh?”
Qiao Xiaoxian took out her token and gently pressed it against the barrier.
Immediately, a small opening for people to pass through opened on the barrier.
She pulled Jiang Ke’er into her arms, carried her through the opening, and with a wave of her hand, closed the barrier.
“Y-y-you… why do you have the key?” The man was stunned, nervously taking out his weapon and pointing it at Qiao Xiaoxian.
“Why wouldn’t I have the key to my own home?” Qiao Xiaoxian looked at him in surprise, sniffed the air, and frowned.
“Third Uncle, have you been drinking again? Why are you so muddle-headed?”
“It seems I… I really drank too much,” the man covered his head miserably.
“I actually saw the Saintess return… boohoo… Saintess… you died so tragically…”
Qiao Xiaoxian was speechless and had to explain to Jiang Ke’er, “My third uncle has a drinking problem. Don’t mind him.”
“You don’t need to explain to me,” Jiang Ke’er pouted.
“Why is the barrier open?”
Soon, some clan members noticed the sound of the barrier opening.
Before arriving, Old Dragon smelled the alcohol in the air and cursed, “Bastard, you’ve been drinking again! I told you to watch the barrier, and this is how you watch? Someone came in and you didn’t even know?!”
Old Dragon rushed over like a meteor and kicked the man in the face, sending him flying.
“Clan Leader, calm down. Although Third is loose in his ways, he’s never slacked on important matters. He shouldn’t have made such a low-level mistake… S-S-S-Saintess?!”
The slightly plump middle-aged woman was trying to persuade Old Dragon, then suddenly her eyes went wide.
“Hm? Saintess?” The Clan Leader frowned and glanced suspiciously at where Qiao Xiaoxian was.
“You saw her too? I thought it was another illusion…”
“Saintess! The Saintess is back!” the plump woman cried tears of joy.
“Hold on,” Old Dragon sternly blocked the plump woman with his staff. “It might be another illusion. Don’t celebrate too soon.”
“Clan Leader, Sixth Aunt,” Qiao Xiaoxian bowed slightly. “I’ve really come back. I’m here to take everyone away.”
“?!”
Old Dragon’s body trembled violently. In his emotional excitement, he nearly fell from the sky.
It seemed Qiao Xiaoxian’s clan was not bad.
Before coming back, Jiang Ke’er had wondered if the Dragon Clan members, like the citizens of the Demon Kingdom, had already been successfully brainwashed by the Demon Lord and were full of hostility toward Qiao Xiaoxian.
Seeing the Dragon Clan members embracing and crying, and the happiness on Qiao Xiaoxian’s face, Jiang Ke’er finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed she had a family worth fighting to save.
How nice~