Zhou Hai trembled all over and said:

"As long as I can be of assistance to Emperor Yu, I am willing to give my all, even at the cost of my life."

Fang Yu nodded satisfactorily and said, "Alright, you have two tasks at the moment. First, hand over the Dragon Bone you have. Second, lure out the Drought Demon King. Once you've completed these, you can retire with earned merit."

Upon hearing this,

Zhou Hai nodded and said, "Thank you for your grace, Emperor Yu. I only have five pieces of the Dragon Bone here, the rest are all held by the ten Great Demon Kings. Each one guards six pieces..."

"Mm, give me the five pieces first."

"Yes!"

Zhou Hai struggled to get up.

He walked inside the house.

Before long, he brought out a dish-like object from within, covered with a black cloth.

Fang Yu merely glanced at it and felt that there was something strange yet familiar emanating from the dish.

This is the Dragon Bone?

Fang Yu had never seen a dragon's bone.

But by thought, dragons are enormous creatures, and their bones should be gigantic too. Why do these look so small?

Zhou Hai lifted the cloth.

What entered the view were five identical bones, looking like Dead Wood, without any peculiar appearances. Instead, they resembled human ribs.

"Emperor Yu, this is the Dragon Bone..."

"This is the Dragon Bone?" Fang Yu found it somewhat unbelievable.

At first glance, there was nothing special about them.

Just very ordinary bones, even with a decaying feel.

Streaked and weathered by countless ages.

But upon deeper thought, to endure such long ages and still appear like this is indeed extraordinary.

What further confirmed to Fang Yu that these were Dragon Bones was the faint Dragon Qi emanating from them.

Yes, it's Dragon Qi.

Fang Yu finally understood... why when the Demon Cave opened, he sensed the presence of Dragon Qi.

Back when the demons opened the Demon Cave, appearing near Jiangzhou University, targeting Tuoba Yu'er, Fang Yu felt that momentary aura.

Exactly matching the one radiating from these Dragon Bones.

"You may withdraw now... in these few days, I will reside within this estate. Find a way to lure out the Drought Demon... preferably in an open area."

"Yes!"

Zhou Hai respectfully withdrew.

After he left,

Fang Yu stored away those Dragon Bones and turned to the tense butler beside him, saying, "Arrange a room... remember, it should be entirely new."

"Yes!"

The butler, knowing this person was Fang Yu of Tiandu Mountain, naturally dared not neglect anything, promptly went off to prepare the room respectfully.

About ten minutes later,

Fang Yu arrived at the prepared room.

Indeed, as he had instructed, everything was new...

New furnishings, new bedding, and so forth.

Fang Yu closed the room door.

Then placed the Dragon Bones on the table.

Calmly saying, "Dragon Bone... what secrets do you hold?"

He constantly scrutinized the Dragon Bones.

Fang Yu began attempting various methods to unlock the secrets of the Dragon Bones.

Zhou Hai had said... each of the ten Great Demon Kings held a Dragon Bone. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

This meant that the ten Great Demon Kings might not be in the same place, requiring the power of these Dragon Bones to suppress things like the Dragon Veins.

These Dragon Bones must hold some kind of power...

Moreover,

The Dragon Veins are inside the Demon Cave, if the Dragon Veins are compared to the meridians in a human body, then these bones are like the machines that produce blood; only with the bones can the Dragon Veins live.

Could it be that the Dragon Bones need to be placed within the Dragon Veins to be activated?

Fang Yu tried exploring the Dragon Bones using Energy Magic Patterns, Primordial Qi, Arrays, and other methods.

Found no response whatsoever.

"This is strange... the Dragon Bones clearly have a unique aura fluctuation, could it be like some item recognizing its master?" Fang Yu pondered puzzled.

Blood bond recognition?

Suddenly, Fang Yu thought of this particularly cheesy plot.

Many web novels had written like this.

But normally they would use Essence Blood with a Divine Artifact, while he would try to find out the secrets of the Dragon Bone himself.

But ultimately, it must be tried.

Thus Fang Yu raised his right hand.

The Energy Magic Patterns grazed his finger.

Drip—

A drop of fresh blood fell, dripping onto the Dragon Bone.

Originally having little hope, Fang Yu suddenly felt a change in the aura of the Dragon Bone.

The originally dark, decaying surface suddenly restored and vanished...

Then began to shine.

Suspended in the air.

As if it found its target, it transformed into a golden color.

Then, swish—

Flew towards Fang Yu.

"Hmm?"

Fang Yu did not stop the anomaly of the Dragon Bone, just when the Dragon Bone was getting close to him, he suddenly felt his whole body's blood boiling.

"This... is..."

The Dragon Bone suddenly transformed into tiny starlights, sprinkling over Fang Yu's body.

Those tiny starlight energies, like raindrops, nourished Fang Yu's body.

He suddenly felt the strength of his muscles further enhanced.

Having nothing to do with Primordial Qi.

Pure physical body and bone strengthening!

"How... is this possible?" Fang Yu frowned, not expecting the Dragon Bone to have such an effect.

A single Dragon Bone could have such an effect?

Fang Yu almost found it unbelievable.

Meridians, bones, hardness, and strength increased by one-fifth!

This is without any Primordial Qi interference.

Fang Yu's previous cultivation never focused on enhancing physical strength, as his Primordial Qi had already reached the Heavenly Master Realm.

At the same time.

Fang Yu mastered the Heaven and Earth Laws, the Great Law, and shared Heaven and Earth's Lifespan.

Strength did not need enhancement, and it was already extremely powerful.

But the appearance of the Dragon Bone made Fang Yu feel, after the body's strength improved, his entire mentality became much clearer.

This feeling was marvelous, as if he had gained a lot of battle experience.

Fang Yu looked at the remaining Dragon Bones and said, "Seems it's my Divine Dragon that caught its attention... if I use up all these Dragon Bones, the ten Great Demon Kings will never gather them fully, they'd be enraged to spit blood, wouldn't they?"

Thinking of this.

Fang Yu continued to let blood drip.

...

At the same time.

In the Demon Cave.

The Drought Demon King was pacing inside the hall.

A demon came to report.

"Lord Demon King, Zhou Hai from the human world sent a letter, please have a look," the demon presented the letter to the Drought Demon King.

The Drought Demon King accepted the letter, glancing over it.

With a slight raise of his hand, the letter turned to flying ashes and disappeared.

"Zhou Hai has really become bloated these days... wants to negotiate terms with me? Such wishful thinking."

The demon beside him whispered, "Lord Demon King, what does he intend to do?"

"What else could he intend to do, but to seek more benefits. He really doesn't think, he got to where he is all because I supported him from behind!" the Drought Demon King said in a deep voice.

"Then what does Lord Demon King plan to do?"

"Kill him... lead a few generals and eliminate him... then find a new target to serve me! Humans... are greedy creatures, give them some benefits, and they'd be loyal unto death," the Drought Demon King said.

"As you command!"