After a while, the Fire Dragon finally said slowly, "You're right."

After a pause, the Fire Dragon said somewhat gloomily, "That damn guy really must have tricked me. A cultivator carrying the Five Elements' aura is hard to find in this world. You might even say it's almost non-existent. I must have lost some of my wit after being sealed for so many years."

"Yeah, and check this out." Chu Mo lifted his head, doing his best to appear sincere. Facing such a giant creature, it wasn't realistic to act fearless. Most importantly, he was planning to coax it to his side.

It can hardly be called a trick, really. If the Fire Dragon didn't pose any serious issues, Chu Mo was prepared to set it free.

"Speak." The Fire Dragon looked at Chu Mo.

Chu Mo said: "First of all, I need to know how to unseal you?"

"Well… this…" The Fire Dragon hesitated for a moment before getting somewhat angry, and said: "I remembered, to unseal me, besides needing the Five Elements' aura... a Daluo Jinxian realm is also required!"

"..." Chu Mo looked at the Fire Dragon speechlessly for a while, then finally said with a twitching corner of his lips: "I really want to know what the founder of the Lingyue Sect told you back then that made you believe that he would send someone to save you?"

The ferocity in the Fire Dragon's eyes gradually disappeared, and it said somewhat embarrassingly: "I misjudged... Back then, the couple who sealed me, plagued by crisis, abandoned me. The woman even said something."

"Oh?" Chu Mo raised his eyebrows.

"She said that sooner or later, I would gain my freedom. The time spent being sealed was considered a small punishment for me..." The Fire Dragon spoke grudgingly: "So, when I saw Feng Hanshui in the Spirit Realm, and he promising me he would one day send someone to rescue me, I recalled... I remembered what the woman had said. I thought that he must be the person sent to save me."

"So, you believed what he said?" Chu Mo was still somewhat unconvinced as he looked at the Fire Dragon: "Don't you know that it is virtually impossible for a cultivator at the Daluo Jinxian realm to exist in this world?"

"I... of course I knew!" The Fire Dragon widened its eyes, then said: "But the cup, within which I am sealed, can be carried into the Heavenly Realm."

"In that case, why didn't that person leave with the cup back then?" Chu Mo asked.

"Unless it is someone carrying the Five Elements' aura, no one else can touch this cup." The Fire Dragon spoke increasingly disgruntled, his voice dwindling.

Hearing this, Chu Mo couldn't help but laugh in disbelief. It seemed that the Fire Dragon was utterly deceived by Feng Hanshui. Just as the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. The Fire Dragon had been desperate for its freedom. After slaughtering several cultivators with nefarious intentions, it encountered the eloquent Feng Hanshui and was utterly bamboozled.

Looking back, Feng Hanshui was incredibly lucky. Just happened to chance upon the moment when the Fire Dragon wasn't thinking straight, recalled what the people who sealed it had said, and then, made an ill-judged agreement to the terms set.

"I'll kill everyone in here!" At this point, the Fire Dragon, who had figured out everything, flared up again.

Chu Mo was taken aback, thinking, "How can anyone withstand your fit of rage?" He quickly interjected: "Actually, though that person deceived you, you didn't lose anything. Moreover, had he not tricked you and successfully established a sect here, I might not be here today. Isn't that right?"

"What you said... seems to make some sense." The Fire Dragon, focusing its big eyes on Chu Mo, gradually reduced in size, finally shrinking to about thirty feet and circling the wine cup. It appeared to suddenly recall Chu Mo's purpose and asked: "Why are you here? Are you a disciple of the Lingyue Sect?"

In saying so, the Fire Dragon blinked and then countered: "Wait, you're not a disciple from the Lingyue Sect, you even killed their people... Then why are you defending them? Wouldn't it be better to wipe out the sect while I am angry?"

In truth, the Fire Dragon wasn't stupid. As Chu Mo had said, when it had decided to protect the Lingyue Sect and the descendants of Feng's lineage, it didn't really lose anything. Its sense of rage mostly stemmed from having been deceived. Because even if Feng Hanshui hadn't tricked it, there wouldn't be a difference in its current situation.

Just as Chu Mo said, if Feng Hanshui hadn't tricked it, Chu Mo might not have ended up here today. Fate works in mysterious ways.

Chu Mo smiled: "While some in the sect are my enemies, not everyone there deserves to die. Besides, there is someone in the sect that I must save."

The Fire Dragon blinked at Chu Mo, then said: "With your possession of the Five Elements' aura and your extraordinary talent, reaching the Daluo Jinxian realm should be achievable. State your terms. What conditions do you need to unseal me?"

"I hope you can help me protect my loved ones. In return, I will bring you along with me into the Immortal Realm and the Heavenly Realm. When my cultivation reaches the Daluo Jinxian realm, I will definitely unseal you and restore your freedom!" Chu Mo said earnestly: "I can vow to do this."

The Fire Dragon looked at Chu Mo, thought for a moment, and nodded: "I can agree to that. However, I am currently sealed within this cup and cannot go too far from it."

Chu Mo looked at the Fire Dragon: "What's the greatest distance you can travel?"

After thinking for a moment, the Fire Dragon said: "At most, 300 thousand feet!"

300 thousand feet, that's enough!

This distance was nearly as large as a small sect's territory. It was enough to protect the people close to him.

Upon reaching this conclusion, Chu Mo asked: "By the way, Senior Fire Dragon, how much power can you exert now?"

The Fire Dragon pondered for a while and said: "In the Spirit Realm, I am naturally suppressed by the laws of the Heavenly Dao in this realm, and myself by the seal. Therefore, here in the Spirit Realm, I can exhibit a strength equivalent to Spirit Refining stage at most. If I were in the Immortal Realm, I should be able to exhibit strength at the peak of Ascension stage."

"And if you were in the Heavenly Realm?" Chu Mo casually asked.

"In the Heavenly Realm, I can exert a Daluo Jinxian's strength." The Fire Dragon said a little gloomily: "If the seal were removed, my cultivation should be close to the peak of True Immortal."

"Were you at the True Immortal peak stage when you were sealed?" Chu Mo recalled the aura emitted by the Fire Dragon, which could cause cultivators in the Spirit Realm to undergo Dao Conversion, and couldn't help asking.

"I was at the early stages of True Immortal." The Fire Dragon answered.

Chu Mo couldn't help but gasp, looking at the Fire Dragon in surprise: "So, you're saying that after being sealed, your realm... improved?"

The Fire Dragon grimaced embarrassingly: "The two who sealed me back then said that my temper was too hot and that I should cultivate my mind and nature, which would benefit my cultivation…"

"So, were they actually helping you?" Chu Mo, his lips twitching, grew even more curious about the two from the Fire Dragon's past.

The Fire Dragon sneered: "I don't need their help! I want freedom! Freedom!"

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