Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife-Chapter 2029 - 510: Dragon-Slaying Sword, Long Zixuan (First Update)

Chapter 2029: Chapter 510: Dragon-Slaying Sword, Long Zixuan (First Update)

Yin Xilin noticed that when their eyes landed on Xiao Hong, they shot up from the sofa, their faces filled with intense excitement.

Feeling cautious, Yin Xilin moved her wrist with Xiao Hong behind her back, blocking the view of those two strange people.

"Master, who are they?" The little girl ran to An Yiqing’s side and asked warily.

Hongye and Elder Jin felt a bit awkward, thinking, "Do we not look like good people? Even if An Yiqing doesn’t trust us, does this little girl have to resist us too?"

An Yiqing laughed, patting Yin Xilin’s head and pulling her out from behind her back, "They are from the Dragon Clan. Lingling, they’ve come to take Xiao Hong back."

Hearing this, Yin Xilin’s face fell, her rosy lips pressed into a straight line.

The little girl was not happy.

"Why are they taking Xiao Hong back? All these years, they didn’t care about Xiao Hong, and now they suddenly remember him!"

"Lingling, don’t be rude."

Yin Xilin pursed her lips, but didn’t say anything more.

Seeing this, Hongye and Elder Jin felt both surprised and delighted. They were surprised that taking the Young Master back wouldn’t be so easy. However, they were glad the Young Master, although adrift, had found a good master and little mentor.

"She’s just a child, don’t mind her," An Yiqing said insincerely, pulling Yin Xilin to sit on the sofa and then, under the eager gazes of Hongye and Elder Jin, took Xiao Hong off Yin Xilin’s wrist.

"Xiao Hong, don’t think you can fool me by staying silent all the time. You’ve hidden long enough, time to show yourself, right?"

Just as she finished speaking—a soft, milky voice resounded in the room.

"Sister An, turning into human form is exhausting for Honghong!~"

Everyone felt like their eyes were deceived them, as a completely naked little child appeared out of thin air on the coffee table. The child looked about six or seven years old, with a fair little face sporting two shallow dimples, and big, bright eyes blinking adorably that melted the hearts of the onlookers. Coupled with the traditional hairstyle, the child resembled a porcelain doll or a living lucky baby.

Yin Xilin stared wide-eyed, her mind completely frozen. How could such a cute and adorable Xiao Hong turn into a little child?!

"Master, so this is my little brother...?"

Xiao Hong turned, grinning at Yin Xilin, "Little girl, this Young Master is over fifty years old. Come, call me Big Brother!"

Yin Xilin was dumbfounded, An Yiqing rubbed her temples helplessly, the rest of the An Family twitched their lips, while Hongye and Elder Jin were overflowing with excitement.

"Young Master... do you remember me?" Elder Jin stood up respectfully and asked nervously.

Xiao Hong tilted his head, thought for a moment, "Are you Old Jin Head?"

"Yes, yes! I’m Elder Jin beside the Old Clan Chief!" Recognized, Elder Jin beamed, grateful that dragon clan babies have the ability to remember from birth. He excitedly rubbed his hands, "Young Master, you’ve been missing for so many years, why didn’t you try to reach us? Poor Old Clan Chief, he couldn’t sleep thinking of you every day!"

At the mention of this, Xiao Hong’s chubby little face darkened.

"I was placed under a restriction, unable to use any powers. These years, I’ve been constantly hiding, just barely avoiding being captured. Elder Jin, with my current strength, I can only maintain this form for ten minutes. Once time’s up, I’ll fall into slumber, waking three days later. Whatever you want to ask, consult with Sister An, she won’t harm me."

With that said, everyone’s vision blurred, and Xiao Hong transformed back into a little snake, wriggling onto Yin Xilin’s wrist and falling asleep.

Still in shock, Yin Xilin: "..."

Utterly petrified, Xiao Hei, Old Jin, and Fatty Mao Er: ...Wasn’t Xiao Hong supposed to be female... where did this creature come from...

"You two must have understood Xiao Hong’s meaning. He is absolutely safe here with me, no need to worry. Both of you should go back and discuss my suggestion from last night with the Old Clan Chief." An Yiqing said.

Hongye and Elder Jin exchanged a glance and got up to bid farewell, leaving the An Family Villa.

Three days later, Xiao Hong awoke from his slumber, opening his eyes to see Yin Xilin’s worried gaze.

Feeling a warmth in his heart, he lazily crawled over, extending his snake tongue to lick the little girl’s face.

"Feeling better? You slept for three whole days, Master said you exhausted your energy." Yin Xilin extended her delicate finger, gently stroking Xiao Hong’s head, "No wonder you’ve never turned into human form before, it turns out there’s a restriction in your body. Who is your enemy? How could they be so ruthless as to even target a baby? Don’t worry, with Master here, those enemies will be defeated soundly. Besides, I won’t let you be captured by them either."

The little girl made her solemn promise, patting her chest to assure Xiao Hong. Over time, she had shared every meal and night with Xiao Hong, already regarding him as her closest companion. Even now that she knew he was the Young Master of the Dragon Clan, it didn’t change his place in Yin Xilin’s heart.

Looking at Yin Xilin’s innocent face, a layer of warmth filled Xiao Hong’s cold snake eyes. This little girl was his first warmth in decades; back then on Dawang Mountain, he had watched bit by bit as this determined little girl persisted in her tough life.

Flicking his snake tongue, Xiao Hong wrapped himself around Yin Xilin’s wrist and peacefully closed his eyes.

That evening, right after dinner, An Yiqing took Xiao Hong to the study.

"I’ll ask, you write." She placed the ink-filled inkstone in front of Xiao Hong and also laid some sheets of white paper on the table.

Xiao Hong nodded.

"What is your name in the Dragon Clan?"

Xiao Hong dipped his tail tip in ink and gracefully wrote with sweeping strokes on the white paper.

Long Zixuan.

"Zixuan... the character ’Xuan’ in Xuanjin Language means dashing and dignified, it seems you were destined for great things in the Dragon Clan."

Xiao Hong wrote again: My grandfather chose it.

An Yiqing agreed, from the conversation between Elder Jin and Hongye, she could tell the Old Clan Chief of the Dragon Clan was very fond of his grandson.

"And your parents?"

Xiao Hong remained still, An Yiqing noticed his aura dip slightly. After a moment, Xiao Hong reluctantly wrote two big characters on the paper—

Idiots!

Each stroke filled with utter disdain.

An Yiqing twitched her mouth, connecting Elder Jin’s words, it wasn’t hard to imagine another melodrama unfolding.

Thereafter, the one human and one snake engaged in a Q&A session, and from Xiao Hong’s narration, An Yiqing completely understood the Dragon Clan’s situation decades ago.

Fifty-six years ago, Long Zixuan was only six years old. At that time, on the surface, the Dragon Clan appeared harmonious and friendly, but its core was already starting to decay.

The Dragon Clan followed a hereditary system, where the Clan Leader was the supreme power-holder, passing the title from father to son, through generations. Aside from the Clan Leader, the Dragon Clan also housed five Great Elders and a Sky Punishment Pavilion. The five Great Elders assisted the Clan Leader in handling various affairs, while the Sky Punishment Pavilion was an organization that lay beyond power. This organization was established by the first Dragon Clan Leader to monitor future generations, and the leader of the Sky Punishment Pavilion held an equal position to the Dragon Clan Leader. In his possession, was a weapon personally given by the Ancestor of the Dragon Clan—the Dragon-Slaying Sword!

The Dragon-Slaying Sword slays all dragons.

Back then, the Ancestor of the Dragon Clan and the Pavilion Master of Sky Punishment were close as life and death companions. The Pavilion Master, albeit reluctantly, accepted the Ancestor’s commission, swearing to the Ancestor that the Sky Punishment Pavilion would never interfere in the Dragon Clan’s affairs, never hold actual power within the clan, and would never betray the clan.

The Pavilion Master’s three "never’s" became the root of all troubles.

Over time, the Ancestor of the Dragon Clan and the founder of Sky Punishment became part of history. The Dragon Clan continued its hereditary succession, and the Sky Punishment Pavilion passed down through generations. Without wars, having lived accustomed to a life of luxury, discontent began to simmer within the Sky Punishment Pavilion and the side branches of the Dragon Clan.

The hereditary system had already made many of the Dragon Clan’s side branches dissatisfied, prompting them to act covertly, gradually reducing the descendants of the main family. Until this generation, the main family had only Long Zixuan as the sole heir.

However, they were not satisfied. They wanted Long Zixuan to disappear from the world, enabling opportunists to overthrow the hereditary system. Simultaneously, having endured millennia of empty vanity, the Sky Punishment Pavilion, armed with the Dragon-Slaying Sword, was eyeing the Dragon Clan Leader’s position.

Thus, the side branches and the Sky Punishment Pavilion colluded, and despite Long Yu’s rigorous protection, they managed to place a restriction in Long Zixuan’s body.

They thought that with the restriction in place, Long Yu would choose someone else as the Young Master. However, Long Yu kept the matter secret. This made the conspirators within the Sky Punishment Pavilion and the side branches anxious, resorting to killing, attempting to murder Long Zixuan, who wasn’t even seven years old.