Chapter 1240: Chapter 1244: Young Spirit Court Inspection

The arrogant youth was also dumbstruck. He stood there dazed, barely able to keep his balance as the powerful Nine-tailed Dragon approached him.

“Didn’t I tell you to scram??” Zhu Minglang scolded.

“I’m going, I’m going!” The arrogant youth hastily ran away but accidentally stepped into a crack and face-planted.

He didn’t even have time to pick himself up before he continued running, his mouth still full of dirt, looking utterly pathetic and drawing laughter from the surrounding crowd.

“Young man, your ancestors must have accumulated virtue, that Nine-tailed Dragon is a pretty strong dragon breed,” an elder middle-aged man came over and said to Zhu Minglang with some envy.

“It was accumulated in my past life,” Zhu Minglang replied.

…

Walking into the city with the Nine-tailed Dragon, Zhu Minglang’s strides grew larger.

But then he thought to himself, why wasn’t he riding it?

“Plonk!”

Before Zhu Minglang could react, the Nine-tailed Dragon beside him somehow dispersed its draconic glow and transformed back into its initial Little Fox Spirit form, jumping onto Zhu Minglang’s shoulder all at once.

Great, he had become the little guy’s mode of transport instead.

“Aren’t you a bit pampered, can’t you walk by yourself?” Zhu Minglang said.

“Wuu~” the Little Fox Spirit indicated that it wasn’t heavy.

“Are you happy now? I told you that you could transform into a dragon,” Zhu Minglang said with a smile, playfully teasing the Nine-tailed Dragon.

The Little Jiuwei Dragon nodded continuously, sticking out its little tongue and joyfully licking around.

“Do you believe I’m a deity now?” Zhu Minglang said proudly.

“Wuu~”

“You’re no fun, you know. Even though there’s indeed Nine-tailed Dragon blood in your veins, it’s only a one in a thousand chance. Let me put it this way, had you not met me, you’d probably need to live a thousand times or a thousand years before you could possibly transform into a dragon, and not necessarily a noble Nine-tailed one…” Zhu Minglang was quite serious.

He must make the little guy understand that it had accumulated many lifetimes of virtue to meet him, an unparalleled Dragon Shepherd in this life.

Such a young age, and yet so proud and questioning?

…

He had a dragon now.

Finally, there was no need to work to earn money anymore.

Before the Nine-tailed Dragon lost its strength to work, Zhu Minglang immediately found a bounty to pursue.

Even though the sun above the heavens was his own dragon, it still didn’t change the fact that his pockets were empty.

After spending half a day, he earned some money, bought Dragon Food, and continued on the road.

It was fine not to hurry on riding the dragon.

The Nine-tailed Dragon clearly wasn’t a breed known for strength or stamina, and using up its stamina on the road could leave them vulnerable should a situation arise; surely he, as a Dragon Shepherd, shouldn’t have to step up and fight with his fists, which would be a disgrace to the dignity of Dragon Shepherds.

“Take it easy, don’t rush, even though this Jun Tian is vast and I have only traveled one millionth of it so far, the pace of our journey will get faster later on. It’s fine to walk slowly like this, I need to first adapt to everything here,” Zhu Minglang said to the sun.

The Nine-tailed Dragon lifted its slender neck, stretched lazily, enjoying the warmth of the sun and, as usual, gave a disdainful glance to its boring owner who talked to the sun.

It had been almost half a month since leaving the Young Spirit Court.

The Nine-tailed Dragon had no idea where its master intended to go, but it followed along anyway.

Luckily, in the past half-month, the master always managed to find delicious food just before they were completely out of resources. Battling the elements was trivial as long as they were fed, and the outside world was quite interesting.

“Little Xian Tail, we need to traverse this Exotic Beast Forest. Although I am a deity and can speed up your growth and transformation, a barrel missing a piece will never hold water. What you lack now is combat; you need to sharpen your claws, you need to break your own limits, you need to defeat enemies stronger than you…”

“Wuu wuu wuu!”

“Alright, then Dragon Taming begins!”

…

Ten days later, Zhu Minglang left the Exotic Beast Forest with Little Jiuwei Dragon.

In fact, this Exotic Beast Forest was a shortcut that allowed Zhu Minglang to reach Divine City of Li State more quickly.

Of course, the key was dragon taming.

Zhu Minglang’s Divine Sense was very powerful. Although the Exotic Beast Forest was not considered a sacred place, it was abundant in spiritual resources. Zhu Minglang collected a lot of Hundred-Year Refinements and Thousand-Year Refinements, as well as many Cultivation Fruits and Spirit Fruits…

After arriving at Divine City of Li State, Zhu Minglang sold all the collected Refinements and Spirit Fruits and finally started living a somewhat wealthy life.

He checked into an inn, took a hot bath, and Zhu Minglang deeply slept through the night.

Early in the morning, Zhu Minglang was having his routine airborne chat with Sword Spirit Dragon, when suddenly a few men in official attire approached him.

“Are you Zhu Minglang from Xu Shan Department Clan??” the leader, a man, asked with a tone of impatience.

Zhu Minglang was somewhat puzzled.

Does someone in Jun Tian actually recognize him?

Was it an old enemy from Dragon Gate?

But it shouldn’t be a mortal.

“It’s me, what’s up?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“It’s been over a month, and you haven’t reported to the Young Spirit Court about your status, nor have you replied to the review letters we sent you,” the man said with a hint of reprimand.

Zhu Minglang looked at the three men who came aggressively.

He was somewhat at a loss for words.

The woman from the Young Spirit Court had actually spoken the truth.

There really was a follow-up visit!

He had traveled so far!

Zhu Minglang had thought that such a minor matter wouldn’t concern the Young Spirit Court much.

“I apologize, I apologize. I entered the Exotic Beast Forest for cultivation for a while and failed to timely report the status of the juvenile spirit to the Young Spirit Court. It was my oversight,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Humph, you don’t take our Young Spirit Court seriously, do you?”

“Not at all. I just came down from the mountains and didn’t know the rules,” Zhu Minglang replied.

“We have a record of every juvenile spirit. Where is the Little Fox Spirit you adopted? We need to monitor its condition. If we find that you have abandoned or mistreated it, our Young Spirit Court will take punitive action against you,” the man in official attire said.

“It’s right here, it’s in good condition, and we get along very well,” Zhu Minglang responded.

Others conducted their business formally, and Zhu Minglang wasn’t upset by it.

The system of the Young Spirit Court was indeed quite exceptional. No matter where or when you adopt, stringent reviews must be conducted to prevent deceitful individuals from taking young spirits and committing inhumane acts. It was about protecting every juvenile spirit and maintaining the basic morals of Dragon Shepherds.

Jun Tian deserved to be called the Field of Dragon Shepherd. From these details, one could see that the system here was well-established.

“Supervisor Lin, this is a Nine-tailed Dragon, not the Little Fox Spirit we were looking for,” the attendant said at that moment.

“Nine-tailed Dragon???” Supervisor Lin of the Young Spirit Court furrowed his brows and carefully looked at the dragon on Zhu Minglang’s shoulder with five tails.

“Yes, and it’s a growing Nine-tailed Dragon, currently possessing five tails.”

“Let me see the document from the Young Spirit Court,” Supervisor Lin had the attendant pass him a document, which detailed the condition of the Little Fox Spirit more than a month ago.

After reviewing it, the supervisor’s expression grew serious, and he stared at Zhu Minglang, exuding an intimidating presence.

“You’ve got some nerve!” Supervisor Lin said.

“What did I do?”

“Do you think we are fools? A month ago, you adopted a Fox Spirit, and now you present a Nine-tailed Dragon, presumably after you saw a better Nine-tailed Dragon and then discarded the Little Fox Spirit. I don’t care what dragons you have now or who you are; abandoning a juvenile spirit after adopting it is a grave crime, and our Young Spirit Court will certainly not let you go. Take him away!” Supervisor Lin exclaimed angrily.