Chapter 94 Departure
The holy gate with its carved dragons and painted rafters stood there quietly, and the thousands of half-dragon people under the gate were like ants.

"One thousand eight hundred and eight people! Are these all members of your Chen family?" Zhang Tie looked at the battle formation in front of him with a little surprise.

"Not entirely," the Chen family head explained, "In fact, there are less than three hundred people in my Chen family. This is the result of our continuous efforts over the past hundred years!"

The head of the family was a little embarrassed when he said this. "In order to maintain the purity of the bloodline, our Chen family never intermarries with outsiders. So in order to encourage the reproduction of our clansmen, we also give various rewards. Even my position as the head of the family is largely due to the fact that I have eight children."

"You actually have such troubles?" In Zhang Tie's impression, shouldn't such a large family have abundant material resources and a large population? How could there be a situation where there is no successor?

"It's a long story," the Chen family patriarch stroked the tentacles on his face, "We half-dragons may be born with limitations. It is difficult for everyone in the clan to have offspring. My eight children are the result of my hard work every day, which took me nearly a hundred years to get!"

"Then where do these dragon servants come from? There are quite a lot of them."

"In fact, they are all ordinary people who failed in cultivating immortals. The spiritual energy of Jiulong City is special. Even cultivators with spiritual roots find it difficult to succeed in cultivation. Even if someone succeeds in cultivation, in the end they may become dragon servants without much consciousness. These dragon servants come from here."

Zhang Tie suddenly felt a little scared when he heard this. If these dragon servants were the reserve force of the eight major families, wouldn’t they be able to obtain dragon servants through other means?
"Forget it. It has nothing to do with me." Zhang Tie shook his head, and then took out a picture with patterns drawn on it. This was the result of the dragon transformation method he had researched with Han Li before.

Although he gained some insights through Zhang Xiangling's puppet last time, the reality was far from what he had imagined. He looked at Han Li inside and out, but could not see what changes would occur when he performed the Dragon Transformation Technique.

In the end, he had no choice but to record the operation route at that time, intending to see what the differences were when he performed the dragon transformation technique with these half-dragons this time.

After recording the formation in his mind again, Zhang Tie put away the picture and asked, "Why has my memory become so bad?"

"As a foundation-building cultivator, I shouldn't need to sleep or eat. But how come I've become more and more like a mortal since I entered Nine Dragon City?"

"Master, what's wrong?" Seeing Zhang Tie in a daze, the head of the Chen family didn't want to disturb him, but it was almost time to set off, so he had no choice but to remind Zhang Tie.

"Oh. Nothing. Are we about to set off?" Zhang Tie came back to his senses and bowed apologetically. However, when he turned around, he found that the half-dragons in the battle formation had already begun to transform into dragons.

"Start now?"

"Master, don't be surprised. Although this dragon transformation technique has a time limit, have you noticed the changes here?" The head of the Chen family pointed at the dragon transformation battle formation in front of him.

This battle formation was no different from the Dragon Transformation Technique that Zhang Tie had seen before, but as Zhang Tie watched, he suddenly discovered a slight difference.

“They seem to form a whole!”

I saw that the battle formation in front of me was composed of 6 small battle formations, and each small battle formation had half-dragons. After everyone performed dragon transformation, the entire battle formation seemed to be held together as a whole by an invisible force.

Zhang Tie guessed that the half-dragons who presided over the battle formation should all be members of the Chen family, and that the invisible force should be related to the bloodline of the Chen family.

After observing for a long time, Zhang Tie found that the operation route of this battle formation was no different from the route he recorded. "So the key point should be the power of bloodline!"

Zhang Tie observed repeatedly and finally came to the most likely conclusion.

"But this is useless! I don't have half-dragon blood. Do you want me to start biological research mode?" Zhang Tie shook his head violently and quickly cleared all the ideas of flesh and blood experiments from his mind.

"Master, what do you think of our Chen family's battle formation?" The head of the Chen family saw that Zhang Tie looked shocked, but he was quite proud in his heart.

"It's really strong, but for some reason this battle formation seems to be a whole?" Zhang Tie deliberately guided him. "This is simple!" The head of the Chen family turned around and said loudly to the people in front of him, "The battle formation begins!"

Upon hearing this, the half-dragons in the battle formation began to circulate the blood and essence in their bodies. The entire battle formation seemed to have become a whole, like a giant dragon lying on the ground.

“Master, can you see clearly?” The Chen family patriarch turned and looked at Zhang Tie. At this moment, the Qi and blood power in his body had been guided out, and he looked completely different from the thin old man before.

Finally at this time, Zhang Tie discovered something different.

“It’s the mobilization of spiritual energy!”

Zhang Tie discovered that when these half-dragons performed dragon transformation, all the spiritual energy around them seemed to have turned into their weapons.

This is different from the normal way cultivators mobilize spiritual energy. They seem to have merged with the spiritual energy here, so Zhang Tie could not tell that they were using spiritual energy at all before.

"I'm really confused by the situation, but I can see things more clearly when I'm watching from the sidelines!" Zhang Tie grinned, "What new things can there be in the world of immortal cultivation? Isn't it just the use of spiritual energy?"

After figuring this out, Zhang Tie found that this time he could observe the operation of the battle formation much more clearly. Many things that he did not understand before could now be analyzed into rules and regulations.

"I feel that if I am given something that can mobilize the spiritual energy here, I can easily destroy this battle formation!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Tie touched the black token in his arms, "Isn't this something that can mobilize spiritual energy?"

"This time I have to go back and study how to use this!"

Zhang Tie's thoughts began to wander. "When I get out of here, I will definitely use a combination formation with Xiang Ling. By then, maybe there will be a male and female evil spirit left in the world of immortal cultivation. Ugh, they are a couple of immortals!"

"set off!"

Before Zhang Tie could come to his senses, the entire Chen family had already set out towards the door. However, this time they did not open the Holy Gate directly. Instead, they opened the original small door and walked out one by one.

"Where is that evil demon?"

"It's not far. It only takes half a month to walk from here."

"???"

"Half a month? Why is it so far? Is Kowloon City so big?"

"It's not that big, but the formation on Jiulong City is very large. Those evil monsters appeared in a weak spot on the edge of the formation because they can only get in through there."

Zhang Tie nodded. "Then where should we go?"

“Follow the sun!”

(End of this chapter)