Chapter 55 The Ninth Son Part 7

The mountain wind was piercing, the laughter of the men sitting around the fire pit roasted their prey are as lively as merchants selling their goods in the open morning market in any capital city. Jiāo and Baishui stood on the side of the cabin facing away from the mountain, away from the five Tanzanies and the others.

When Baishui thought that Jiāo and him were out of sight of the others, he suddenly pulled his arm away from Jiāo's hand.

Jiāo said in a petite voice; almost in a whisper, "Ninth Prince, you can't run away without telling His Highness, and His Highness is still here, you know it."

Baishui said, "Jiāo, have you forgotten, father take away my ability? He took away my ability to prove his point that I will never be a free dragon wandering this land among mortals. On the contrary, I also want to prove to father that even without my ability, I can use my knowledge to survive."

Jiāo frowned, "What exactly do you need to prove? Why are you always so stubborn? Although we may not have seen Honglong, with our own eyes, we know how dangerous Honglong's abilities were from history. Although everyone said he was imprisoned, what if he is also improving his cultivation for thousands of years?"

Baishui looked at Jiāo. He asked, "Are you afraid?"

Jiāo said, "Yes... Honglong can turn people into ashes with one breath."

Baishui chuckled, "Jiāo, these words are used to scare children." He began to walk towards the front of the cabin.

Jiāo said madly, "Honglong didn't call himself the Son of Fire for nothing."

Baishui turned his head and said, "Why are you so anxious about things that haven't happened yet? You should take the task entrusted to you now, and not the nonsense of those elders trying to scare us."

Jiāo quickly grabbed Baishui's arm, "My lord, are you not going to change your mind?" she asked.

Baishui said, "I will not change my mind, you have two choices, one is to stay and take care of my cabin, the other is to follow me to Magior."

Jiāo said, " I have to go with you, but I have to go home to prepare things."

Baishui smiled and said, "Alright... you must bring what we can bring." He watched Jiāo walk towards the mountain lake. He quickly caught up with Jiāo. "Jiāo, go to my room and bring the ancient book of life."

Jiāo asked, " Do you have the book of life?"

Baishui said, "I took it with me when I left home."

Jiāo said madly, "This is also one of the reasons why His Majesty is furious at you. What if something happens to the book of life? You think your life is enough to restore its contents."

Baishui said, "Stop looking at the world with negative eyes. Why do you always put bad things before good things?"

Jiāo pulled her hand away and said, "Well, at least one of us is like that. Unless we're going to be in trouble all the time." She started to walk away.

Baishui said, "It's inside my pillowcase. Meet you early tomorrow at the bottom of the foot and make sure there are seven horses."

Jiāo waved at Baishui and continued walking into the dark.

When Baishui returned to the cabin, the food had already been set, and the five men were already sitting at the table waiting for Baishui.

Abrafo looked up and asked, "Oh, where is the pretty maid?"

Baishui said, " She went back to the cave to retrieve some important items left behind."

Hajime looked at Baishui oddly and asked, "Strangely, and allow me to ask for clarification."

Baishui said, "Ask away."

Hajime said, "You let such a young and beautiful woman wander alone in the dark."

Baishui said, " There won't be wolves on this mountain to attack her."

Abrafo watched the men sitting by the woods laughing as they roasted their pheasants over an open fire. "There are many tired and hungry wolves lying around your hill," he said. "Didn't you notice?"

Baishui looked at the men sitting outside, and then back at the men sitting inside. The two groups of people are not far apart, but the atmosphere is quite different. Thinking of this, Baishui chuckled, and said with a smile, " I already asked Jiāo to come back in the morning. No matter how powerful those people are, they can't catch up with Jiāo."

Michio said, " Let's eat, the food will be cold if we continue talking." He looked at Baishui. "You are our host; you go ahead and take the first bite."

Baishui picked up the chopsticks on the table and used them to pick up a piece of mushroom. "I'll try this first," he said, putting the mushroom in his mouth and chewing slowly. "Well... these taste good." He looked at the people sitting at the table. "Eat... going to bed on an empty stomach is for introverts."

Jiāo packed Baishui's luggage in Baishui's bedroom, putting all the travel necessities on a large white cloth. She took Baishui's pillow and took out the Book of Life from the pillowcase. She put the book of life in the middle of Baishui's robe and folded the cloth.

"Why does he always make trouble for me?" She frantically knotted the cloth. She picked up her bag, turned around, and saw Bailong standing at the door.

Bailong asked, "Where is he?"

Jiāo said, "The ninth Prince is resting in the cabin."

Bailong said, "There seem to be a lot of people, what is he going to do?"

Jiāo hurriedly knelt down and begged, "Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince is preparing to take another adventure with a few people he just met not long ago."

Bailong said angrily, "So that's the case, huh..." He sighed. "I'll wait for him to crawl back home."

Jiāo asked, "Your Majesty, then, do you mind if the Ninth Prince goes with these mortals?"

Bailong said, "I don't mind."

Jiāo said "But I am worried about the safety of the Ninth Prince, His Majesty has taken away his source of life."

Bailong said, "But I didn't take yours. You can protect him."

Jiāo said, "I'm afraid that if I encounter a dangerous situation beyond my ability, I may not be able to protect the Ninth Prince safely."

Bailong rolled up his sleeves and peeled off a scale. He handed the peeled off scale to Jiāo and said, " Let him wear this all the time, it will protect him until I come to rescue him from danger."

Jiāo happily took the pearl-like dragon scale from Bailong. She smiled at Bailong and said, "I guarantee he will always wear this around his neck."

Bailong sighed, "Where is he going?"

Jiāo said, "They are going to Magior."

Bailong looked at Jiāo and asked, "Why Magior?"

Jiāo said, The Ninth Prince's companions are going to Magior, but the Ninth Prince doesn't know why they are going or what they are looking for. They only said it was their king's task."

Bailong shook his head and sighed heavily, "Magior is not a place for him to seek his adventure."

Jiāo asked, "May I ask Why?"

Bailong said, "Although Magior is called the Lost City, it is not really lost."

Jiāo said, " I heard from the Ninth Prince that Magior was destroyed by the Northern King. He came at dawn and destroyed the city overnight. The next morning, he disappeared without a trace."

Bailong smiled and asked, "Do you believe that there is a mortal king in the world who can appear before dawn, destroy a city overnight, and disappear without a trace the next morning?"

Jiāo shook her head.

Bailong said, "It's not clear yet, but as the elders said, the Northern mortal king cast a spell on this city to prevent the Magioris from leaving the city." He looked at Jiāo. "As far as I know, long since ancient times, no mortal, no piece of talisman paper, can have such a powerful power to keep the city frozen in time."

Jiāo asked, "Then what can have such power?"

Bailong said, "Only mythical creatures and true blood mages have such abilities." He scoffed because he already knew that mortals have no magical abilities. "A mortal can only borrow his weak spells through a paper talisman." Only then did he suddenly realize that although a man does not have magical abilities, he is very capable of possessing other abilities. "Jiāo, Baishui is childish by nature, I'm afraid he will fall into the bad side of mortals. You should pay more attention to the mortals. If you can separate him from those mortals, do it and go home as soon as possible."

Jiāo nodded. "I understand," she said.

Bailong said, "If you feel that you two are in great danger, you must call me immediately. Before I arrive, my silver scale will protect the safety of both of you." He sighed. "I dreamed about Honglong again. When I went to Kinigan Island, last time, I saw that the ice layer freezing him had become thinner. I think I need to go to the Heavenly Court again and ask the Emperor of Heaven…" he looked at Jiāo. " You have to be careful."

In the center of Kinigan Island in the southern part of the South Sea stands a huge black solid rock mountain. The only sound that can be heard is the sound of waves crashing against the shoreline. The vast expanse of open water that stretches for miles is devoid of marine life and off-limits to the Dreakori. The Dreakori has known from the beginning that the Black Cave of Kinigan Island is the land of the Son of Fire. To avoid waking the Son of Fire, they had to move everyone from Kinigan Island to Dreake City.

Inside the Black Cave, the only thing that can burst into sparks is the thick ice crystals trapped in the Son of Fire frozen in time. When some cracks began to appear in the thick ice, and water droplets formed by stalactites and stalagmites fell into the cracks, the closed eyelids of the Son of Fire began to move.