402: Even being a dog is more promising than being a clan leader!

A Dragon soared in the sky, its roar transforming into substantial sound waves that spread from its mouth.

The lake water surged incessantly, the surrounding mountains trembled, and large amounts of dust fell.

The Dragon's roar, carried by the cold Qi, surged from the deep gorge and spread throughout the entire Underworld Snake Vein.

Countless Nine Serene Deep Earth Pythons stopped their movements.

The weaker ones shook like sieves and fainted on the spot.

Those with slightly higher strength could barely remain conscious, but their faces were also filled with terror.

At the bottom of the lake.

The disheveled man suddenly raised his hands, pushing aside his hair to reveal a face full of shock, "A Void Ancient Dragon?!"

He had witnessed his ancestors battling a Void Ancient Dragon, and upon hearing this Dragon's roar, the memories hidden deep within his mind immediately surged forth.

In the Demonic Beast world, the Void Ancient Dragon was in a league of its own; its Bloodline was extremely noble, its Physical Body was incredibly strong, and even its talent far surpassed other races.

"But why would a Void Ancient Dragon come here?"

Yao Ming frowned, full of confusion, then suddenly his brow furrowed as if he had thought of something, "The Jade Slip in that woman's hand? Did she call it?"

As he pondered, two figures appeared in the lake water ahead, one of them graceful and slender, clearly the woman he had seen before.

"It's him."

Medusa led Lin Xiu closer, extending her fair hand to point at Yao Ming.

"Are you a Void Ancient Dragon? Was that roar just now yours?"

Yao Ming asked urgently.

"What are you guessing? He's not some Demonic Beast. He is the Alliance Leader of the Cultivation Alliance, Lin Xiu, one of the few formidable powers in Central Continent today!"

Medusa showed some disdain towards Yao Ming.

Lin Xiu was much stronger than a Void Ancient Dragon; he even had the Bloodline of an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and her Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python within him.

"Cultivation Alliance?"

Yao Ming looked bewildered; he had been imprisoned for over a hundred years and knew nothing of the outside world.

He only knew that he had definitely not heard of that name a hundred years ago.

"Yao Ming, I will save you. In return, you will lead the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Clan to pledge allegiance to the Cultivation Alliance. How about it?"

Lin Xiu looked at him calmly.

"As long as you can let me out, I'll agree to anything!"

Yao Ming nodded vigorously without hesitation.

Medusa tugged at Lin Xiu, "Although this person is locked beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, his strength has been continuously improving. He's probably a Three-star Dou Saint. You'd best set up a means to control him."

Yao Ming's expression changed slightly, his gaze shifting between the man and woman before him.

The Nine Serene Yellow Springs was deep within the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Clan, a Forbidden Ground.

If he missed this opportunity, he would probably be locked here for the rest of his life, with no chance of ever getting out... Thinking of this, Yao Ming gritted his teeth and made a decision, looking at Lin Xiu with determined eyes, "I am willing to open my Soul. If you are not at ease, you can plant a Soul Seal on my Soul."

Medusa was stunned.

She only wanted to remind Lin Xiu; she hadn't expected this person's attitude to be so decisive.

A Soul Seal on the Soul was no joke; once there was any betrayal, if the Soul Seal exploded, even a Dou Saint would inevitably suffer severe injuries, and their future strength would be unable to advance in the slightest.

Seeing Lin Xiu didn't react, Medusa tugged at him a few more times.

Lin Xiu laughed dumbly, lightly patting her hand.

Because with his current strength, even if Yao Ming was a Four-star Dou Saint, he wouldn't be able to cause trouble for him.

It's hard to refuse such kindness... He nodded, "Perform well in the future, and I will consider removing the Soul Seal."

A wave of sorrow washed over Yao Ming's heart, but he didn't show it in the slightest.

How could a Dou Saint who could be freely commanded be released just like that?

However, just as this thought flashed through his mind, he sensed the Soul Power emanating from the other party, and his eyes instantly widened!

Demonic Beasts had always been at a disadvantage in terms of Soul Power, but the other party could make his Soul tremble incessantly and feel like collapsing with just a wisp of Soul aura.

Yao Ming had only encountered such a situation once!

That was when he felt it from a stone tablet in the Forbidden Ground of the Nine Serene Deep Earth Python Clan.

The tablet contained a portion of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint's Soul Power; this strong individual, who had one foot in the Emperor Realm, had Soul Power that reached the Emperor Realm.

Could it be that his Soul was also at the Emperor Realm?

Yao Ming's mouth was slightly open, a deep look of horror flashing in his eyes, and he immediately believed some of Lin Xiu's words.

Soon, the Soul Seal was applied.

"I'll get you out now."

Lin Xiu took two steps forward, grasping the chains with his palm.

Yao Ming reminded, "Alliance Leader Lin, what holds me is not the chains, but the Yellow Springs Yin Stone deep within."

Lin Xiu exerted force with his hand, and Dou Qi surged, discovering that a cold Qi erupted from the chains, rapidly neutralizing his power.

Following the chains with his fingers, Lin Xiu saw them disappear into the black mountain.

"The Yellow Springs Yin Stone has been tempered by cold Yin energy for countless years, making it very difficult to destroy. Alliance Leader Lin, there's no need to rush; I can wait patiently."

Yao Ming was well aware of the stone's hardness.

However.

As soon as his words fell, a series of cracking sounds came from Lin Xiu's side.

Yao Ming turned abruptly, his eyes wide with disbelief, a look of wild joy spreading across his face.

"How can this be?!"

Yao Ming was stunned. How was this done?

In fact, the Yellow Springs Yin Stone was indeed very hard, covered with cold Yin energy.

However, Lin Xiu had different flames in his hand; any single one of them was a Supreme among flames, not to mention his Fusion of multiple different flames.

"You recover for a bit, then go up and prepare your clansmen."

Lin Xiu saw that Yao Ming's Dou Qi was depleted, casually tossed him a Medicinal Pill, and then left with Medusa.

"An eighth-grade Medicinal Pill? And with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning?"

Yao Ming took it with a casual glance, his eyeballs nearly popping out. As if fearing the Medicinal Pill would run away, he hastily stuffed it into his mouth.

The Medicinal Pill melted in his mouth into a warm current, and wherever it passed, his withered Meridians rapidly became full.

Slap! Slap!

Yao Ming slapped himself twice, realizing he still had the nerve to feel sorrow.

An Emperor Realm Soul, and an Alchemist who could at least refine eighth-grade Medicinal Pills.

Following him, even as a dog, would be more promising than being a Clan Chief!

With his strength restored to seventy or eighty percent, Yao Ming impatiently rushed towards the water's surface.

His eyes held worry.

Alliance Leader Lin had caused such a big commotion earlier; he hoped his good brother Yao Xiaotian hadn't been beaten to death.

That beast had inflicted such deep torment upon him; if he didn't repay him properly, wouldn't that make him an irresponsible older brother?

Splash!

The people on the shore suddenly heard the sound of water, and as if seeing something terrifying, they all trembled.

But upon closer inspection, they found it wasn't the man and woman from before, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, an Elder scrutinized the person, his eyes suddenly widening as he called out in an uncertain tone, "Clan Chief Yao Ming?"

The others heard the voice, paused slightly, then their brows furrowed, and they seriously looked at the person on the water's surface.

When they saw the person's face, which bore some resemblance to Yao Xiaotian, they were all stunned.

"He looks so similar, is it Clan Chief Yao Ming?"

"No, didn't Clan Chief Yao Ming perish due to Qi Deviation during Cultivation?"

Various voices echoed in his ears. Yao Ming raised his right hand, "Elders! Open your eyes and see what this is?!"

Black light wrapped around his arm, gathering in his palm, transforming into a black staff about half a zhang in size.

The staff was entirely black, with two lifelike black venomous snakes intertwined at the top, and a black pearl embedded between the two snakes.

"Nine Nether Staff?!"

"It disappeared for over a hundred years!"

The Elders present widened their eyes; that was the Clan Chief's token, how could they not recognize it? It was just that Yao Xiaotian had claimed to have lost it for the past hundred years.

Yao Ming's brows curved slightly, a cold sneer filled with chill erupting from the corners of his eyes as he approached the pale-faced Yao Xiaotian step by step.

"My dear brother..."

Yao Ming held up the staff, and Dou Qi surged out, forming a giant Seal covered with strange runes.

"Seal Technique, Yellow Springs Great Seal!"

As Yao Ming roared, the giant Seal split into several parts, landing within Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder's bodies.