All hail dragon lord Zhou

Encounter

stop!

heading to the city gates Zhou was forced to stop in his tracks since one was not allowed to pass without permission or verification,he was currently wearing a a red uniform fitted with a few guard amors and a helment fitted with an up faced moon crevicx connected to it ,he was on his way to complete an already assign mission from the task management hall.

"I'm on my way to complete a mission from the task hall",said Zhou as he pulls out a permission slip from his upper clothing holding it up,"you may pass"said the guard at the forefront as he faced another new comer who he also told to stop.

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running up and down in the forest Zhou is cautious for he did not wish to accidentally cross the boders which leads to the demon tribes territory,at the age of 12,Zhou had been told countless times of the rilvery between the demon tribe and the dragon clan due to a past event known only by the most powerful beings of their age,all he a common man could know was that they we're in an age of war,!help somebody,Zhou was jolted back to reality after hearing the scream coming from the distance,he looked out for the direction of the scream,but hesitates a little due to being scared of it being a trap,he decides to go anyway,"huh" rushing to the direction of the scream Zhou is shocked to find a girl in tears with her left leg currently stuck under a tree,"please help me am stuck",said the girl in pain,Zhou quickly rushed foward to save the girl when he abruptly stopped his face looking as if he had just seen a ghost,because of the girls clothing which was a white robe with two golden linings and a silver hoop at the edge of the robe,what was more eye catching was the kind of aura being permeated by here body,proving without conviction she was a demon from the demon tribe,it was not until now,that he was able to get a closer view of her face,it was beautiful without flaw as her hair was completely pitch black her green eyes which where as beautiful as a gem,in total she was beautiful without reason,but this gave Zhou goose bumps apart from the awe he felt as he stared in horror since he thought he knew all about the demon tribe,he knew that a demon beast mostly starts from it's beastly form before going through the first stage of an heavenly tribulation to become human and posses unrivaled abilities,they could also skip this process when two already human formed demon beast come together and do the pleasurable deed to form a baby,they were also seen as a very violent and destructive race not only did they cosume one of their own to evolve they also have a strength in their numbers since they could reproduce at a very fast pace,what was most shocking to Zhou was the contribution points given to those who bring back the core of a demon beast,"if I kill her I can get that new place for me and mom so that we can live a good life,ehn but that would be bad of me since she hasn't done anything wrong to me thou",he was lost in thought still in shock of Encountering a demon beast,please help me,a painful groan again brought him back to reality as he backed away from her ,the girl knew he was going to abandoned her,and in her panic state tears streamed down her face as she cried,"please don't leave me"Zhou then stopped and said In a mild tone "I know all demon beast are evil,you just want me to come close so you can eat me.

"what!eat,you that's disgusting not All demon beast do that you know,Zhou had a frown on his face when he said in an annoyed tone,what's so bad about eating me don't I look good,"nope,well not good enough to eat,Zhou couldn't help but pout,raising her hand"look am just as human as you, please help me it really hurts,Zhou only hesitated for a brief moment before helping her.

on helping her out Zhou couldn't help but feel a little helpless since he knew that he was bringing him self an extra burden to himself,"should I run now she won't be able to catch up to me anyways,but I can't just leave like that"while he was still thinking a fair and beautiful jade like arm streched forward in an hand shake gesture,Ling Mai and you,Zhou stretched his hands forward to return the gesture as he replied Zhou chen,what are doing here all alone you should be home by now so should I said Zhou helplessly as he thought of his future awaiting punishment,"am sorry for troubling you said Ling Mai as she made a shy expression,am lost and can't find my way back home,and I won't be able to do that now since my leg is already broken I know you can very well see that,please help me,from her dressing he could tell that she was of a noble background,he thought for a while before deciding to take her back home but he had a problem which was the concealment of her aura,from his attitude Ling Mai could already guess what he was thinking as she quickly said"don't worry I'll be able conceal my aura with the method mommy gave me ,look"she made a hand gesture as all of a sudden all strand of demon aura on her was erased from her body,infact not even a wiff was left,it's settled then wear this,it was a similar uniform to his but it was with a mask as he couldn't afford to let anyone catch a glims of her beauty that would be catastrophic for him

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back at the city gates.

stop!

what is your business entring the city gates"uhm senior we just came to summit our result for our halls mission contribution points"and what did you bring back"only a blue silver halo grass,a displeased look appeaerd on the guards face as he looked away no longer interested on his findings"pass"Zhou was not surprised since blue silver halo grass was very common and of little use to cultivators,he only needed it for some contrbution points so he can exchange them for variety of things,he then held the hand of the injured Ling when a guard stopped him in his tracks,"hold it right their",Zhou's face went slightly pale as he turned around,

"yes senior"said Zhou with some difficulty,I thought there was only one of you how come theirs two,"we umm,we", unable to explain Zhou was beginning to reach breaking point when a loud boom hit the cities formation barrier,Gong,Gong,Gong,Gong,the warning bell of the city was rung as every one was alarmed,"enemy attack,enemy attack,prepare for battle,prepare for battle, every one was rushing towards the battle field,the guard had no time for Zhou and his companion now as he rushed straight towards the battle zone,Zhou quickly held up the already injured Ling as he quickly headed back for home.

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on the battle field

"Long Bai you think too highly of yourself" said the opponent in an indifferent voice as his cold gaze was fixated on this powerful foe,"oh yu San you should know how much I hate your gutt especially the might of your pitful dragon race"retorted long bai,yu San smiled as he mocked back,how can scrap compare between me and my dragon race,at this point Long Bai was enraged as he unleased a storm of of deadly looking fire balls,in response yu San met head on with the fire balls by releaseing a heavy torrent of his own which overruled the fire balls,they we're both repeled by the attack but didn't charge back at each other straight away,yu San I know that your dragon clan have the empresse's Daughter with you,you must release her at once,yu San sneerd as he said,who the f**k gave you the right to oder me around,go f**k yourself besides we don't have your silly emperors daughter here,at least he said so in his mind as he did not dare say so aloud,even though he loathed the demon clan there we're still forces to be reckon with."how many times do I have to tell you,we don't have her here you demon beast are so dumb,then me and my troops shall fight you to the death."bring it on muscle brain".

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inside Zhou's home

"what is the current situation of the battle",asked Zhou,as he paced back and forth,nothing yet it's been going on for 3 days now thats all I know,we have to get you back home fast,"but the boarders are blocked we can't get out said Ling with an helpless face,I know a way out said Zhou's mom in the background, "really!how",Zhou couldn't help but ask,"come first let's make a plan",now first of all-------------------

outside the city

are we there yet asked Ling,no almost said Zhou,as he peered into the distance,it's been another 3 days now and Zhou and Ling had mostly gotten along with each other,Zhou found Lilly intresten while she found him funny due to his estimation of demon beast,he lent a lot from her and she lent a lot from him,due to how close they we're his mother had even asked him countless times to go for what he wanted,he was always in between laughing or crying,"there that's it that's the border", yelled Ling,"good let's go as he pulled her with full speed towards the demon region for he knew she was the only way to end this war,"faster come on,am not as fast as you,you know" said Zhou,maybe you should work harder on your cultivation said Ling in response,Zhou gave her a deep look as he said"don't worry I will",(he paused),for you,Good,uttered Ling Mai smiling both not knowing was what was really happening,!fuuuuuuuuu!Zhou and Ling were swept away as they were now put in front of a new found woman with a very beautiful face a grace full figure,and those perfect alluring green eyes,she was.no doubt Ling's mother,Zhou had no time to think when he saw Ling jump into her mother's embrace as she called out mother.Ling recounted the events which occurred when she was with Zhou,the woman looked towards Zhou and said in a greatful voice thankyou,what met Zhou ears was a very pleasing voice sounding as if a melody that would put one to ease when heard,Zhou was stund for a brief moment before giving a slight bow,"thank you senior it's my pleasure,Zhou was some what suprisied if anyone had told him that this was a demon beast before he would had never belived them but it was still purely present facts before his eyes.with a wave of her hand a seal appeared where Zhou was,and instilled itself in the space between his brows,"my gift to you said the woman as she quickly sent Zhou back to the edge of dragon imperial city with a wave of her hand,he was confused for a moment but soon regained clearity.

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battle zone

Long Bai just received a signal as he knew that the princess has been found you dare get distracted In a battle with me,said yu San as he quickly attacked with a strange body movement leaving Long Bai slightly injured,Long Bai only smiled as he quickly left the battle field in long strides,although confused yu san didn't rush up to stop Long Bai,but headed back to the city,

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"the war is over"shouted the city guards in harmony as they all let out loud cheers, they were elated since they saw the might of their faction's leading commanding officer force the opposition to retreat.

walking down the road,Zhou had just made it back home when,the first thing he saw in sight was his mother struggling with her body in her own pool of blood,Zhou was horrified as rushed up in tears to help his mother up,mom wha,what happen to you(he stammered as he got closer to her)the first thing that came out from her weak lips was for him to run"go far away,they know and are looking for you,run you must leave",that was her final utterance as he felt her heart beat slowly stop,tears continuall streamed down Zhou's face as he let out a painful wail!boom!"he could here voices from outside,where is he,the traitor kill him,bring it all down,Zhou's pupils constricted as he ran out through the back shaft,he was in pain and tears as he ran,"no I won't die,I won't,theyI'll pay for this,they must pay,with red eyes Zhou ran towards the desert.

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at an unknown period a shadow walked up to a middle aged man in a room filled with all kinds of items either emitting great torrent of voilent energy threating to destroy all life,but the middle aged man just stayed in the room as if enjoying the black lash from These items,"did you get what I need",yes the last one in particular was more easier to obtain as it was from a common poor woman from the slums,"good did you clear all traces" yes,the eye of Reez has been obtained we can now use it to rebel against the faction leader we also have the space guardian's daughter,"this did not seem to bring about any joy to the middle aged as he said with his face backed away from the shadow at the coner of the room he was currently filled with indifferenc as he asked again,"did you clear all traces",his voice sounded much colder this time,there's only that kid but my men are handling him as we speak",you better make sure of that,or else you will be the next to die,not allowing him to speak anyfurther

the middle aged man waved his hand clearly not interested in what he was about saying he then closed his eyes and the shadow dissapered.

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waking up from his drowsiness,it took a Zhou a while to process and recollect the words he had just heard,“you'll pay you old dog",thought Zhou in tears,he had been walking for more than a week in the desert and still couldn't find any sign of life,if not for the few beast he rosted and ate during the day he would have been dead by now,"huh what's that"Zhou could see a long stretched pagoda in the distance though it was devoid of any life it was still the closest to finding something when there was nothing,approaching the tower Zhou could only find a thick brick wall with no doors "huh" he was confused as he used his hands to feel the wall but before he could regret,a suction force coming from the wall pulled him in and the pagoda completely disappeared,"were the hell am I","the seven trials of hell begins now",uttered a cold voice ＼（〇_ｏ）／Zhou was stunde as the surrounding scenery changed turning into a scene filled with hard rough black rocks and lava going down from a lavafall but the strange thing was that it never got filled but stayed still like a lake,what Zhou saw next was a little girl in a hurried state trying to cross the lake she was at the edge of the lake but was terrified since she was being currently chased by some men behind,Zhou then decided to use the stone path on the lake to rush up and save her,as he got closer to the girl he took her by the hand putting her on his back and followed back where he had just came,half way getting across the lake countless booming sounds could be heard behind as the figures of the men arrived at the edge of the lake,releasing heavy destructive forms of energy,sending huge tides to hit and rise above the lake Zhou knew he had a chance to flee at full speed but he would have to abandone the girl,he then made a though decision of tossing the girl to the other side of the lake,closing his eyes he felt himself get engulfed by the flames,"am sorry mom am just too weak Ling am sorry too i didn't work harder,something's wrong why don't I feel any pain,"pass",uttered the cold voice as the scenery in the tower changed again,leaving him in a very dark room with no light what so ever,a light flashed once reveling a serpent with a large body and two huge heads,it glanced at Zhou as if enjoying the sight of it's meal,Zhou face went pale,as he didn't have a lot of primordial essence in his body,he only got a cheap method of cultivation after spending all his contribution points in the task hall,hummmmm,a deep humming sound was heard as a sword appeared before Zhou,he took a good look at it,it was complety red with a cold black hilt shaped like a wolf of savagery,staring at the hilt he could only feel a deep pain in his head,it almost swallowed his mind when a pale blue light from inbetween his brows cleared his mind up.