Did this dragon bone, originally one of his own ribs?
Thinking of this, Cheng Xiaofan tried to circulate the dragon power within his body, only to find that the rib in his chest was incredibly tough.
His other bones could not compare to that single rib.
He then realized how important the dragon bones scattered on this deserted island were to him!
Beneath the sea in the East China Sea, there must also be an underground tunnel, connected to the underground rivers beneath Nanshan Lake and Baimang Lake.
Clearly, the dragon pearl within his body had an inseparable connection with the dragon bones appearing here.
As a descendant of Shennong, having obtained the dragon pearl and dragon power, it was necessary to collect all the dragon bones scattered on this island by the heavenly lightning, as much as possible without losing any pieces.
However, this time it depended on Taotie's ability.
Cheng Xiaofan scanned his surroundings but found no other dragon bones.
With a few leaps and bounds, he climbed to the highest peak of the island.
Looking out from the high vantage point, Cheng Xiaofan discovered that the island was quite large, surrounded by mountains, with a freshwater lake in the center.
Towering mountains and steep ridges were covered with ancient pines and cypresses.
The environment here was quite good. Logically, if such an island were developed, there would be many tourists.
But strangely, there were no guesthouses visible on the island.
This indicated that no one normally lived here.
If it weren't for the appearance of dragon bones on the island, attracting many cultivators, it would likely be as desolate as a dead island at ordinary times.
A ship was anchored on the side facing the sea.
It was chartered by cultivators to land on the island.
Before Taotie arrived, Cheng Xiaofan, having nothing else to do, descended from the peak of the island and wandered around, avoiding the cultivators.
He specifically chose the treacherous places on the island that ordinary people wouldn't dare to venture into.
Not long after, Cheng Xiaofan suddenly discovered a series of footprints on the damp ground.
These were human footprints, but they were more than twenty times larger than those of ordinary people.
Heavens!
Whose feet were these, so large?
Cheng Xiaofan couldn't help but gasp.
Had a legendary giant appeared on this deserted island?
At this moment, he finally understood why no one dared to land on this deserted island before.
Judging from these footprints, this giant's height was as tall as the bamboo villa he had built by Baimang Lake.
Every so often, Cheng Xiaofan would find trees that two people couldn't embrace, uprooted and thrown aside.
Some trees were not broken in half, and they bore deep footprints.
Cheng Xiaofan's eyelids twitched, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
What kind of strength would it take to uproot such large trees and then stomp them to break them?
Clearly, these trees had blocked the giant's path. In a fit of rage, it had uprooted the trees and thrown them aside, or simply stomped them to break them.
This was too terrifying!
Following the series of giant footprints, Cheng Xiaofan walked forward, looking around vigilantly.
He couldn't even guarantee his chances of winning if he were attacked by this giant.
After walking for nearly three hundred meters, the giant's footprints disappeared due to the exposed rocks on the ground, with not even a blade of grass.
Cheng Xiaofan walked a little further and suddenly felt as if he were being watched by some ancient beast from behind.
At that very moment, every hair on his body stood on end.
He spun around abruptly but found nothing.
However, when he turned back and continued walking, the feeling reappeared.
Swish!
Cheng Xiaofan suddenly turned his head again, raised his hand, and a bolt of lightning shot out. With a rumble, a heavenly thunderclap descended from the sky, shattering a boulder more than two meters high, more than fifty meters away, into pieces.
He stared at the spot for about two minutes, seeing nothing unusual.
Could I be overly sensitive, and there's nothing watching me?
Cheng Xiaofan felt his senses were extremely sharp. If nothing was watching him, it wouldn't make him feel such a chill.
It would be a joke to say otherwise.
As a descendant of Shennong, he shouldn't be so jumpy because of some monster!
Seeing no unusual activity, Cheng Xiaofan no longer had any reservations and continued to walk forward.
In fact, he knew very well that apart from the giant, who else could be watching him in secret?
It was just that the giant's agility was completely beyond Cheng Xiaofan's imagination.
His heaven-defying divine sense couldn't lock onto the opponent.
However, although the heavenly lightning Cheng Xiaofan had summoned did not reveal the legendary giant, it did alarm the cultivators searching for dragon bones on the island.
"How strange, the weather was fine, why was there a sound of thunder on the mountain just now?"
"Yes, I even saw what looked like lightning!"
"There must be something unusual happening. Perhaps a large amount of dragon bones appeared there, and the dragon qi was too strong, attracting the lightning."
"Ah, that makes sense! Let's go and see!"
"Heh heh, heaven is guiding me! I've finally found the dragon bone's lair!"
The cultivators, invigorated and overjoyed, ran towards the direction of the sound.
...
And at this very moment, Cheng Xiaofan had already moved far away from that place.
From the giant's footprints, he had a vague premonition that this trip to the deserted island to find dragon bones might not be so smooth sailing.
Jingle!
Just as Cheng Xiaofan found a cave and was sitting inside drinking energy water, his phone suddenly rang.
He took out his phone and saw that it was Lu Shengming calling.
"Old Lu, why are you calling me?" In fact, Cheng Xiaofan knew that the call was definitely related to the annihilation of the Blood Demon Sect.
The Jianghu Affairs Bureau had many informants, and the destruction of the Blood Demon Sect in Japan must have become an earth-shattering piece of news on the Jianghu forums.
As expected, as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Shengming's laughter came from the phone: "Xiaofan, you're amazing! I never expected you to wipe out the Blood Demon Sect's stronghold during your trip to Japan this time!"
"It's beyond my imagination. I can't even fathom how you did it!"
Hearing this, Cheng Xiaofan couldn't help but shake his head and said to him in a tone of disappointment: "Remember when you brought Inoue Shoichi and Yoshida Hideo here last time, you forgot that they broke two of my stools and bled profusely from being pricked by nails?"
"Did you think I would really sell the cultivation tea to them?"
"At that time, I had already set a trap for them to fall into!"
"If I hadn't done that, how could I have dared to go to Japan to destroy their stronghold so easily? You, as the head of the Jianghu Affairs Bureau, are still too young!"
"..." Lu Shengming on the other end of the phone froze upon hearing his words.
He didn't know how to respond to Cheng Xiaofan.
He wanted to retort, but what Cheng Xiaofan said seemed perfectly logical.
"Xiaofan, I have something to tell you,"
After an awkward silence, Lu Shengming said, "I heard that dragon bones have appeared on a deserted island in the East China Sea..."
"You don't need to report this to me. I'm already on a deserted island in the East China Sea. If there's any follow-up work to be done, I'll let you know!"
*Pa!*
With that, Cheng Xiaofan hung up the phone.