206 — Mysterious Fallen Falls

"So where will we start?" Xiu'er asked Jin Rou as they were eating their meal. After the battle, the emperor invited them to stay for the day and just continue their business tomorrow.

"You'll know it tomorrow." Jin Rou answered.

And since the emperor was quite kind when asking them, naturally, Jin Rou wouldn't decline to pay the emperor the same amount of attitude.

Besides, getting Xiu'er familiarize himself in this place might be a good idea. After all, in the future, he and his mother would live here.

Then, Xiu'er and Jin Rou were introduced to everyone and the clan seemed to welcomed them wholeheartedly. Well, who wouldn't want to befriend such a powerful being? Their emperor was defeated, and since they couldn't dare enough to antagonize Jin Rou, all they could do was befriend him. And in fact, this move was the best for them.

Not to mention, they would benefit from this greatly. They weren't just aware of it yet.

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The next morning. Xiu'er had bade farewell to the clan and said that he would be back as soon as everything was settled.

They went off as soon as the sun took a peek in the rolling mountains so it was quite early and Xiu'er was still sleepy. As a child, he needed much more sleep than adults.

"Why do we need to set off so early in the morning?" Xiu'er grumbled. He was thinking that Jin Rou was purposely trying to annoy him.

"Starting your journey during sunrise is something like people were already accustomed. And so do I." Jin Rou smiled, "Besides, it's good in the feeling if you meet the sun during this time. It's quite refreshing and comforting."

While it was true that starting your trip when the sun rises or dawn came was common nowadays, the child thought that it wasn't necessary at all. After all, what difference could it make to travel during morning and noon?

"Whatever." Xiu'er groaned and rolled his eyes in annoyance. Since Jin Rou was his guardian, he couldn't do anything but comply in reluctance. Furthermore, his sleepiness would go away later so it didn't matter at all.

"So where are we going really?" Xiu'er was thinking that they might be going to the nearest town to inquire about the current whereabouts of the Templar Clan. As the clan itself was changing locations every time, it was difficult to pinpoint them.

But after contemplating about this, the child shook his head. Even the intelligence of some towns here wouldn't amount to anything. It's the Templar Clan, one of the leading forces of this world, that we're talking. How could mere common people knew something significant about them?

"We're going to a place where you can awaken your true form." Jin Rou said, "You just turned into a full blood dragon, but you aren't yet capable of turning yourself into a dragon."

"…" Xiu'er looked at Jin Rou with disbelief. He didn't expect this kind of answer, "You have the ability to awaken it?"

This was a pleasant surprise for the child. As a young kid, he was still incapable of transforming and this was quite normal. As as matter of fact, you could only transform if you were already at the age of 15, the age of adulthood of dragons.

How old was Xiu'er again? He was still a tender child at the age of 5. There were 10 years more to wait before he could transform. Even the greatest geniuses of the dragon clan couldn't cheat this.

"Of course. Who do you think am I?" Jin Rou chuckled and answered, "Everything is possible if I'm the one doing it."

"Yeah, right." Xiu'er sighed and gave in, "So how can I awaken my dragon blood?"

In order to transform into his true form, Xiu'er needed to awaken his dragon bloodline since the bloodline itself was the fuel to it.

"I heard from your clansmen that there's this falls two hundred kilometers east from the clan. And your clan used to use it when awakening the dragon bloodline." Jin Rou said.

"You mean the Mysterious Fallen Falls?" Xiu'er came into realization that it was probably the reason why they took the east route. But, shook his head, "I know that place and my mother told me stories about it. But, the fallen falls has already been drained and there's no water flowing within. So it is now called Drained Fallen Falls."

"This was what the elders of the dragon clan said, too." Jin Rou nodded and smiled, "However, they just didn't know that there's a hidden worth of this falls."

"?" Xiu'er was puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"You'll know it soon." Jin Rou didn't fill him and instead let him wait.

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The Mysterious Fallen Falls or rather Drained Fallen Falls was a property belonging to the True Dragon Clan. And in the past, the falls was brimming with vitality as the flow of water was always strong and immense. Not to mention, the flow of qi in the water was extremely dense and powerful.

However, for some unknown reason, the falls was drained all of a sudden. The progenitors of the clan, including the emperor, tried to investigate what happened but to no avail. And now, it's been thousands of years past but the falls had not recovered.

Thus, the clan deemed this as dead, changing its name to Drained Fallen Falls.

In the past, the surroundings of the falls used to be full of greeneries and plants. However, now, it was desolate enough that any animal wouldn't dare to step foot.

"This is indeed a large falls." Xiu'er couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. He looked at the sky piercing peak and gasped. Though this place no longer had any water flowing, the intimidating vibe was still there.

Jin Rou closed his eyes and studied his surroundings, making sure that there wasn't a threat waiting or looming above their heads. After assuring the situation, he opened his eyes and said, "This place has still an energy. And it will help you greatly in awakening your bloodline."