"Generally speaking, just get a female dragon."

Chapter 61

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Shi An's eyes widen as she thumps back a few steps, her spine slamming hard into the skeletal horse.

The skeleton horse snorted, the snow crunching under its hooves, and it steadied itself at the edge of the cliff, the unconscious man on its back slipping slightly as it did so.

Mu Hang frowned in his slumber, his silver-white eyelashes twitching slightly as he showed a few signs of awakening.

Shi An had his back to him, staring blankly at the dragon's tail behind himself:

"How ...... how?"

Wasn't the tail retracted after the dragon molt had absorbed most of it?

And now that he has clearly absorbed all the magic power in the dragon molt, how could he run out ...... again?

Shi An reached over, somewhat incredulously, and caught the tip of his own tail in his palm.

Cold, hard and smooth.

It's real, and there's nothing imaginary about it.

Shi An stood puzzled, seemingly unable to comprehend the strange phenomenon before him.

At that moment, his body suddenly stiffened slightly, and a muffled whimper spilled out of his throat, "...... Well!"

That strange feeling ...... came back.

Shi An's legs weakened and she fell to the ground, her tail slipping out of her hands and flicking agitatedly behind her back, the tip of her tail trembling slightly as she instinctively tilted it upwards.

It's hard--

Shi An couldn't help curling up, as if it was the only way to ward off the unfamiliar sensation that assaulted her entire body.

The Demon Worm was a bit alarmed, "Da, my lord, are you alright?"

The teenager in front of her as if she didn't hear, curled her body more tightly, even through the thick cotton coat, could still feel the slender spine shivering violently, the tip of the ear under the soft black hair was already red, and in the blanket of snow appeared to be particularly blinding.

Shi An pressed her cold forehead against her wrist, her trembling eyelashes hung down, covering the reddish-golden vertical pupils of her bewildered complexion, and her originally pale cheeks were tinted with an extremely gaudy scarlet color, her lips pursed tightly, desperately trying to suppress the gasping breaths from deep in her throat.

The Demon Worm on the side was in a hurry, "My lord, speak up! Just what is-"

At that moment, Black Smoke, who hadn't uttered a single word since a moment ago, sighed deeply and then slowly spoke:

"I'm afraid, what I feared has happened."

"......!!!"

The Devil Worm's eyes glared, and with a fierce face, he charged towards the black smoke, his six thin legs catching the other party in a deadly grip, "I knew it! It must be you bad seed! Say! What have you done to the lord!"

The black smoke was caught off guard.

"Cough cough cough!!!"

It desperately broke free from the Demonic Worm's grip and furiously said, "Bah! Don't you spit blood here! Who are you to say that I did something! I even said it was you who did something!"

Seeing that the two unreliable demonic creatures were about to wrestle together again, the skeletal horse on the side heavily smashed the snow with its front hooves and spewed out a breath from its nostrils, the ghostly blue flames in the depths of its dark orbits jumped for a split second as if it was making a silent threat.

Only then did the Demon Worm and the Black Smoke part angrily, no longer continuing to obsess over their personal vendettas.

Black Smoke took a deep breath and said, "As you know, when I was first imprisoned in that little box for tens of thousands of years, the only thing that accompanied me was the book that wrote about dragons, and over such a long period of time, I basically memorized that book by heart, so I ......"

The Demon Worm impatiently interrupted it, "Fine, fine, fine, fine, just get to the point, okay?"

Black Smoke: "......"

It gritted its teeth and finally decided not to bother with the demonic worm, but instead said bluntly:

"I suspect that my lord is entering estrus."

Magic Worm: "......"

It was silent for a long time before it finally let out a dry monosyllable, "Huh?"

Black Smoke: "All dragons will have a rutting period after their last molting period, however, since the race of Abyssal Gargoyles is the only one not mentioned above, I was only guessing earlier, and I wasn't completely sure until this time ......"

Devil Worm: "...... rutting season?"

Black Smoke revealed an inscrutable look and said:

"The more powerful the bloodline and the more precious the race of the dragon, the more powerful the magic power contained in their bodies, so the success rate of reproduction is also lower, theoretically,, in order to make up for this deficiency, the more powerful and rare the dragon, the longer the rutting period is, causing effects that are harder to resist -

If it's another more common one, like a black dragon or something, even if they can't find a mate after entering estrus, they'll get over it after a while, but the abyssal dragon is well ......"

Demon Worm: "How so?"

Black Smoke said with some uncertainty, "For a dragon breed as precious as Your Excellency, there is a possibility of unpredictable risks if the rutting period is hard and fast, and the regression of strength is second to none, and it may even be life-threatening."

The Demon Worm tensed up, "So, what then?"

Black Smoke: "Generally speaking, just get a female dragon."

Magic Worm: "........................ "

I'll fuck you up.

Fantasy species hadn't appeared on the continent for tens of thousands of years, and the Abyssal Gargoyles had been gone for even longer than that.

Get a female dragon? What the fuck are you talking about?

Strongly curbing its urge to fight, it took a deep breath and gritted its teeth, "And if it doesn't?"

Black Smoke fell into deep thought, "Well, that's a good question."

The Devil Worm was so angry that his face was twisted, and he was close to rushing up and tearing the black smoke in front of him and eating it.

The black smoke drifted backward in a hurry, leaving the attack range of the demonic insects.

It said, "Take it easy, I'm trying to figure it out ......"

At that moment, the black smoke seemed to suddenly think of something:

"By the way, I remember that book does contain a method that, if it works, should be able to temporarily nudge the suppression of a giant dragon's rutting period."

Of course, there are a few side effects ......

Only, I'm afraid it's the only viable option under the current circumstances.

Black Smoke: "Let's go, let's find a cave to settle the adults down first."

Soon, they found a deep and safe looking cave nearby, dark and with sturdy cold stone walls, it was a bit crude but at least it was sheltered from the wind and snow.

Shi An half-bowed her head, her long frontal hair hanging down to cover most of her crimson cheeks.

Mu Hang was also removed from the horse and lay beside Shi An with his eyes closed.

"Let's go, there are a lot of materials needed, we'll have to split up."

"But ...... Lord this state ......"

The Demon Worm glanced somewhat hesitantly at Shi An, who was huddled in a corner of the cave.

"Why don't I stay and take care of him?"

Black Smoke: "We don't have that much time left, just let the Skeleton Horse stay behind, although its intelligence isn't that high, its force value is the strongest out of the three of us, it should be enough to protect your lord."

Demon Worm pointed to Mu Hang on the side and asked with a few wary words, "What about him?"

Black Smoke: "What happened to him?"

Demon Worm: "What if he suddenly wakes up?"

This human has always wanted to slay dragons, so wouldn't it be bad if he happened to wake up and bump into Shi An's weakest state?

Black Smoke: "That bad of an injury? Impossible."

It thought for a moment, "Still, it's better to be on the safe side."

The black smoke drifted over, a puff of grayish smoke billowing out from its body, enveloping the already unconscious man and drifting into his mouth and nose.

Mu Hang's brow furrowed as if trying to ward off the effects of the unfamiliar magic.

"Don't worry, of course I have no way to help him when he's awake, but in his current state of greatest weakness, my illusions are more than enough." Black Smoke said smugly.

The Demon Worm sighed in relief, "That's good."

The two magical creatures applied a layer of masking magic on the outside of the cave to prevent this cave from being discovered.

Skeleton Horse stays outside the cave, hiding under the snow and killing any enemies that might approach this cave.

Then the two demons left in a hurry and split up to search for materials.

Soon the dimly lit cavern became very quiet.

The sound of the wind and snow whistling was tightly blocked out, as if a corner of the world had been cut out, independent of the entire continent.

Shi An 茫 opened his eyes blankly.

His face was hot and red, the burning blush spreading from between his ears to his neck, his breath coming in sharp, shaky gasps.

It's hard to bear.

Shi An looked around slowly and sluggishly, her vision seeming to be fogged over, unable to see anything clearly.

But, in the dimness, he vaguely saw bright flashes of silver.

So pretty.

...... is mine.

He curled his entire dragon up and leaned toward his treasure with an effort, as if by wrapping his arms around his treasure, he could banish this strange and unfamiliar feeling from his body.

The silver-haired man's brow furrowed and his eyelashes twitched.

He felt as if he were deep in a drowsy ocean, propelled by invisible forces, and no matter how hard he tried to poke his head out, he couldn't resist going with the flow.

Memories shattered into starry fragments that couldn't be pieced together in their entirety.

Blood, corpses, gale force winds, blizzards, death.

All of it churned together into a deep, bottomless vortex, pulling him around in the darkness of a half-sleep.

It was like a crack in the darkness and a vague glimmer of light shone through.

Mu Hang felt as a cool, soft body came up and pressed against his arm.

He opened his eyes and looked over in bewilderment.

...... Shi An.

It's ...... Shi An who should have died.

Some voice in his mind was exact and certain.

It's a dream.

Mu Hang slowly raised his hand and held onto the other man's waist.

"...... Well." The teenager shuddered and went limp as if he had lost his strength, but still instinctively arched his back and brought himself up into the man's burning hot palm.

The loins in his palms were thin and soft, shivering involuntarily with his movements.

So cold.

Mu Hang's fingertips rubbed over the soft and delicate waistline of the other party, and even through a layer of clothing, he could still feel the cold temperature of the other party's body that did not resemble a living person.

Why you're dead.

Mu Hang lifts his other hand and slides it along Shi An's earlobe and the curve of her jaw, wordlessly holding up the other woman's face.

He lowered his eyelashes, his chaotic dark blue eyes deep in shadow, and gazed fixedly at the teenager sprawled in his arms.

Because I didn't protect you?

The teenager's brow was furrowed, the bottom of his eyes were covered with a layer of watery mist, like tears that were about to fall, his thin, white throat trembled under the other's palm, letting out a pitiful and helpless whimper as he unconsciously burrowed towards the other's arms, his lower lip was scarlet from biting, looking wet and soft, opening and closing.

Even if it's a sojourn ......

Mu Hang dropped his head and let his instincts take over, kissing Shi An on the lips.

Then he recognizes it.