DRAGON EMPEROR

CHAPTER 1 The Blood Meridians are Reborn

The sky shines with the sun.

At the Emerald Cloud Summit outside Fiery Wind City, there was a stone table and stone bench, where a pair of young couples were sitting together.

The young man was slender. Her skin was pale, but she looked attractive.

Meanwhile, the girl was wearing a clean white dress. Her skin was as smooth as jade, her appearance was extremely beautiful.

The girl's head was leaning on the young man's shoulder.?Bathed in the light of the setting sun, they looked like a perfect pair of lovers.

“Yao'er, how I wish we could continue like this forever!” Said the young man gently, the smile on his face revealing his happiness.

“Brother Ming, of course you can! We said that we will be together our whole life!”

A happy smile formed on the girl's face.

The young man's name was Lu Ming, while the girl was named Lu Yao.

Looking at the smile on Lu Yao's face, Lu Ming's gaze turned softer as he held onto his soft hand and said, “Yao’er, although I am currently unable to gather my Essential Qi due to my blocked meridians, if I can awaken my blood meridians, the Council of Elders will buy me some potions and mediate my meridians for me. Then, I will be able to cultivate.”

“I'll definitely be a powerhouse, and protect you for the rest of your life.”

“Thank you, Brother Ming.”

Lu Yao's eyes were visibly touched as he said, “Brother Ming, did the meridian examiner really know that you inherited your father's blood meridians?”

“Crut, Yao'er. That's why in the future, your men will become powerhouses. A confident smile formed on Lu Ming's face.

Lu Yao smiled gently as he lifted the cup on the stone table. The cup contained the famous Blood Orchid Wine, which gave off a faint fragrance.

He quickly kissed Lu Ming on the cheek and blushed as he lifted his cup, “Come, Brother Ming, this one is in Yao’er.”

Lu Ming took the cup and said, “Yao'er, you treat me to a glass of Blood Orchid Wine every day. I'm so grateful to have you by my side.”

As he finished his sentence, he raised his cup and finished it all at once.

The scent of wine was still lingering on his tongue, and Lu Ming's heart felt as sweet as wine. But in the next moment, he felt the world spinning.

“Yao'er, why do I feel faint? Your wine..”

Lu Ming held the stone table while looking towards Lu Yao. But then, he realized that his expression looked a little cold.

“Hahaha, Lu Ming, Yao'er have only accompanied you for three years to develop your meridians. Now that we are at this stage, isn't it time for you to contribute with your blood meridians?”

Just then, a middle-aged man appeared from a corner. It was Lu Yao's father.

It's thundering!

The voice was ringing in Lu Ming's mind, as if it was a sudden bolt of lightning.

"Yaoer!"

Lu Ming looked at Lu Yao in disbelief, but all he had in his eyes was a cold indifference.

"Why? I love you so much!"

Lu Yao's cold gaze was like a sharp blade, piercing into Lu Ming's heart. He howled loudly and pounced towards Lu Yao.

Sadly, Lu Yao only needed to take a step back, and he landed on the floor.

“Duan Mulin of the Mystical Sword Sect began her cultivation at the age of six. He opened two divine meridians and stepped into the Warrior Realm within half a year, and then the Master Realm at the age of nine. He was sixteen years old now, and one of the Four Great Talents of the Mystic Sword Sect. How're you? Weak body with blocked meridians. To be honest, you are just trash. Even if you awaken your blood meridians, you are still trash. Can you be compared to Duan Mulin?

“Only a genius like him is a match for me. If I want to marry her, I need to awaken stronger blood meridians. Since you love me so much, why don't you fulfill my wish and dedicate your blood meridians to help me awaken a stronger one?”

A cold voice came out from Lu Yao's lips.

Bam!

At that moment, the middle-aged man stepped on Lu Ming's back with a sharp knife in his hand. He shouted, “Lu Ming, give us your blood meridians!”

Uh!

The excruciating pain in Lu Meng's spine swallowed him whole. He howled sharply, his voice filled with helplessness and despair.

Slowly, Lu Ming fell into the boundless darkness.

“Lu Yao, I treat you like my lover, why did you hurt me!”

Lu Ming shouted, and suddenly sat down from his bed until his bed was made of

Phoebe zhennan

make a crackling sound.

His head was covered with sweat. It was just a dream.

No, it wasn't a dream. How could that be a dream? That's something that happened three days ago.

Lu Ming was the main successor of the Lu Family in Fire Wind City. His father was the Ruler of the Lu Family, while Lu Yao was the daughter of the First Branch Elder of the Lu Family.

Both come from different branches in the same family. Growing up together, they were childhood friends. It could be said that they were inseparable, and they even pledged their love personally, choosing each other to be their partners.

Lu Ming had not expected that Lu Yao and the First Branch Elder would take action against him and seize his blood meridians.

"Strength. All because I don't have enough strength. If I was extraordinarily talented and powerful, would they dare to treat me like that?!”

Lu Ming clenched his hands. His entire body trembled, and his eyes were red.

Rubbish thing!

That was how Lu Yao called out to him. His words three days ago were still ringing in his ears.

Squeak!

At that moment, the door was opened, and a gentle middle-aged woman walked in. Seeing Lu Ming on his bed, he asked anxiously, “Ming’er, are you having nightmares again?”

This beautiful woman was Lu Ming's mother, Li Ping.

Three days ago, it was Li Ping who went to look for Lu Ming out of fear for his safety and saved him. He would have died if it wasn't for that.

Ever since the news of Lu Ming's father being killed on his journey six years ago, Lu Ming and his mother have been dependent on each other.

Gazing at Lu Ming's pale face, Li Ping sat by his bedside. Touching Lu Ming's forehead, he heartbrokenly said, “It has been three days. You shouted that Lu Yao hurt you every day. Ming'er, what exactly happened? Could Lu Yao be the reason behind your injury.”.

“Mother, it's okay, you misheard,” Lu Ming said.

Lu Ming did not tell Li Ping that it was Lu Yao and the First Branch Elder who did it, because Li Ping did not develop martial arts. Telling him would only hurt him.

Li Ping hesitated for a moment before he said, “Ming'er, you can no longer call Lu Yao by his name in front of others. Two days ago, he awakened the Fifth Level blood meridians, and even opened the divine meridians. He has already received approval from the Council of Elders. At the house meeting two months from now, he would become the Ruler of the Lu Family, taking control of the family. People might call you impolite if you call the Family Master by his name.”

"What's? Lu Yao wants to control the Lu Family? He can whistle for it!”

Lu Ming howled furiously. Blood flowed profusely into his eyes, he clenched his jaw so hard it creaked. His teeth cracked due to the pressure as fresh blood started to come out.

After word got out about Lu Ming's father's murder, the Lu Family was placed under the leadership of the First Branch Elder. For six years, no new God was appointed.

Seeing Lu Ming like that frightened Li Ping. He hugged Lu Ming's head, tears flowing endlessly. “Ming'er, please don't scare me like that. I've lost your father, I can't lose you too,” he said.

“Dad... Where are you? Ming'er believes that you will not die. Now, I am powerless to the point where I cannot even get a position as the Ruler of the family.”

Lu Ming tightly held the pendant around his neck. Because he used too much force, his nails pierced his flesh and caused blood to seep endlessly.

The pendant was the size of a chickpea it was made of bronze. Before his death, Lu Ming's father entrusted someone to deliver the pendant to Lu Ming. In these six years, Lu Ming had always kept them.

Blood seeping from his palm flowed into the bronze pendant.

Buzz!

Suddenly, the bronze pendant started to shake and became hot.

Before Lu Ming could react, the bronze pendant turned into powder after shaking. The powder spread into his palm, disappearing as it entered his palm.

Then, Lu Ming felt a burst of hot energy radiating from his palm onto his arm, continuing to move upwards. After a while, he stopped at his glabella.

“Ninth Dragon never dies, blood meridians will be reborn!”

Suddenly, a deafening roar rang out in Lu Mengs mind, shaking her head to a buzzing.

“Ninth Dragon never dies, blood meridians will be reborn!”

“Ninth Dragon never dies, blood meridians will be reborn!”

...

A continuous roar continuously rang out in Lu Ming's head. Soon after, the scorching heat radiated from the glabella to his spine.

In the next moment, the roar stopped. But an itchy sensation began to spread from his spine as his body began to heat up.

"What's going on?"

Lu Ming was unable to understand what was going on.

At that moment, the itching in his spine was increasing. It was as if something was growing slowly.

“Ming'er, are you okay?! Please don't scare me!”

Sensing the abnormality in Lu Meng's body, Li Ping felt increasingly frightened and helpless.

“Meridian blood will be reborn? Can my blood meridians really be reborn?” Lu Meng was confused.

There are records in ancient books that state that, for some reason, a small number of people whose blood meridians have been peeled off or damaged can revive his blood meridians, growing new blood meridians.

However, most of the blood meridians that grew back had low levels, which meant that they were not very useful.

But there were even fewer people who were able to rebuild themselves and awaken the highest blood meridians, like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

However, the chance of this happening is close to zero. Based on early records, there have been very few cases that have occurred since antiquity.

Lu Meng had never even considered breaking through his past and awakening the highest blood meridians. However, the chances of that happening are too small. As long as he could awaken the blood meridians, he would be overjoyed.

With the blood meridians, he would be able to develop martial arts and change his own fate.

At that moment, the abnormality on his body slowly faded away. “Mother, I'm fine!” Lu Meng smiled.

"What are you doing? This is the King's Residence, you can't just barge in.”

Suddenly, a soft voice rang out shouting from outside. Lu Meng was able to recognize that it was the voice of Li Ping's servant Qiu Yue.

"Slap!"

“That's it!”

There was a hostile scream, followed by a slap. A gloomy-looking young man immediately entered the room.

“Mrs, Young Master!” A girl of about sixteen entered the room as well. His face was reddened and swollen, with a palm mark on it. He was Qiu Yue.

“That's you, Lu Chuan? What do you want?"

Lu Ming rose as he shouted coldly.

The visitor was named Lu Chuan, Lu Yao's older brother. She was sixteen years old, one year older than her sister.

A glint of astonishment flashed in Lu Chuan's eyes when he looked at Lu Ming, as if he was shocked that Lu Meng was suddenly still alive. He then sneered, “Time is right, Lu Ming. My sister, Lu Yao, will lead the Lu Family and move to the King's Residence. So, you have no right to live here anymore. Quickly and move.”

Li Peng's face paled. Although he knew that this day would eventually arrive, he did not expect it to happen that fast.

“Lu Chuan, Ming'er injured. We will move after two days, when Ming’er recovers,” Li Ping smiled sadly.

"After two days? You have to move today. Do you think I didn't know you were trying to delay your stay here?”

Lu Chuan sneered.

"today? But Ming'er was wounded. It's very late, let Ming'er rest overnight before moving!”

Li Ping pleaded.

"Rest? He could not even awaken the blood meridians. What are the benefits of rest for trash whose meridians are clogged? He might just die. Anyway, you guys should leave today,” Lu Chuan said indifferently.

(Phoebe zhennan is a large tree commonly found in certain regions of China.)