pjbooks Chapter 131 Huanglong's Ability! Is this called Shrinking the Earth to an Inch?
Chapter 131 Huanglong's Ability! Is this called Shrinking the Earth to an Inch?
Objectively speaking, due to historical reasons, it was difficult for the Great Xia Dynasty to have large families.
But there are exceptions.
For example, the Mao family of Hong Kong, when traced back, was a shipbuilder of some renown in the late Qing Dynasty.
There is another one, the Rong family.
The Rong family ancestors had already amassed considerable wealth by running money shops during the late Qing Dynasty.
Later, Li Hongzhang launched the vigorous Self-Strengthening Movement.
Although the Rong family's ancestors could not afford to invest as much money as Hu Xueyan in supporting the birth and establishment of the navy, they still staked most of their wealth on it.
For example, the famous China Merchants Group.
It was established with the support of that ancestor of the Rong family.
Afterwards, the Rong family's ancestors resolutely sided with the Great Xia, and the Rong family donated more than half of their family property to the Great Xia unconditionally on three separate occasions.
With this prestige, and given that the Rong family is quite low-key, they basically only hold controlling shares and don't make decisions.
This allowed the Rong family to continue living a comfortable life.
This is not a secret among many bigwigs and tycoons in the Great Xia.
They were very curious: was the Rong family really going to such lengths just to make Donghai City a municipality?
However, various rumors were circulating in Linjiang Province.
The Linjiang Provincial Department of Transportation stated that the highway surveillance footage from last night could not be reviewed again due to an "accident".
Moreover, the Imperial Guard Command of Linjiang Province was also given some kind of order.
...
Yu Xiao didn't wake up until after 12 noon.
I had just finished getting dressed and walked out of the bedroom.
"What are you doing?"
Yu Xiao's lips twitched as he looked at the scene before him.
It's true that you're never too old to learn...
What does it mean to have a white dragon wearing an apron circling around a microwave oven?
"A chant?" [Has the Sovereign awakened?]
Bai Long turned to look at Yu Xiao and blinked.
"Yin?" [How do you use this?]
Immediately afterwards, Bai Long stretched out his right claw, pointed to the microwave oven button, and looked at Yu Xiao with a curious expression.
Yu Xiao was also surprised and suspicious.
Why are you asking this?
Yu Xiao looked at the curious-looking white dragon, then at the microwave button that the dragon's claw was pointing at, and was very puzzled.
"Hmm~" [The ruler has only just woken up; the food is cold. Of course it needs to be heated up!]
Bai Long's expression turned serious.
"..."
Yu Xiao remained silent, only offering no words.
I hesitated for a moment.
"You should do it this way..."
Yu Xiao sighed and stepped forward.
...
Yu Xiao was quite curious about how Haku used his sword.
Whether it's "holding" the knife in your hand or controlling it, that's also a question.
A dozen minutes later.
Yu Xiao walked out of the restroom.
"The peak generates false support, twilight..."
Yu Xiao's phone rang.
After glancing at the caller ID, Yu Xiao answered the phone.
I just put the phone to my ear.
"Mr. Yu Xiao, are you free now?"
Chang Shurong's cautious voice came through the phone.
As someone in the industry, he is still shaken by the experience.
An entire province, a third of the bigwigs...
Most importantly, since Da Xia bought 27 dragon eggs last night, they seem to be paying even more attention to Xiao.
Not only did someone just come to give me some instructions, but today at Daxia Bank...
Where are you now?
Yu Xiao was a little surprised that Chang Shurong took the initiative to call him.
"A scientific research base in Donghai City."
"If it's convenient for you, Mr. Yu Xiao, shall I have my driver, Xiao Wang, pick you up?"
Chang Shurong lowered his voice and spoke respectfully.
He now truly reveres Xiao.
Yu Xiao showed Chang Shurong another way.
Why not just make Donghai City a municipality directly under the central government?
If Donghai City were to be on equal footing with Linjiang Province, wouldn't that be a step forward?
Frankly, the latter is far more terrifying than the former.
How much did the Great Xia Dynasty value Yu Xiao to transform Donghai City from an ordinary prefecture-level city into a municipality directly under the central government?
"Need not."
Yu Xiao refused outright.
...
For Yu Xiao nowadays, there are many ways to travel.
For example, teleportation, flying, opening a "dimensional portal," or transforming into an eagle or a sparrow.
But Yu Xiao wanted to try a different approach today, or rather, to test his newly acquired abilities.
More than half an hour later.
As Yu Xiao walked out of Guanhaiyuan residential area, he came to a sparsely populated street.
【Shrink the distance to an inch (lv1): Shorten the distance to the ground, allowing for rapid movement】
"This name..."
Looking at the pop-up data panel, Yu Xiao clicked his tongue in surprise.
This is Huanglong's feedback capability.
The Yellow Dragon represents the center, belongs to the Earth element in the Five Elements theory, and symbolizes stability and harmony, signifying the ability to neutralize and coordinate everything.
It is recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: Eastern Wilderness".
"In the northeastern corner of the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain called Xiongli Hill. Yinglong dwells in the South Pole, having killed Chiyou and Kuafu, and is unable to ascend again, hence the frequent droughts. When the drought manifests in the form of Yinglong, then great rain will come."
Huanglong is also known as Yinglong.
Yu Xiao didn't know whether Huanglong helped the Yellow Emperor defeat Chiyou, but according to the information Yu Xiao obtained from the system, Huanglong's combat power was also among the best.
After all, according to legend, he was responsible for coordinating the other four true dragons.
Without real skills, coordination is impossible...
Yu Xiao gained this ability after selling Huanglong.
Yu Xiao had heard of this ability before, but always thought it was a legendary power.
Few people in the Great Xia region are unaware of what "shrinking the earth to an inch" means.
Yu Xiao wasn't sure whether, at the final upgrade, the "Shrinking the Earth to an Inch" technique would allow him to traverse millions of miles in a single step.
But he felt that those legendary magical powers could probably be obtained from real dragons.
It's like the law of heaven and earth, like having three heads and six arms, like turning beans into soldiers...
After all, Yu Xiao had already obtained the [Thousand Transformations] ability from the Azure Dragon before this...
"Give it a try..."
Shaking his head, Yu Xiao took a step forward.
The moment Yu Xiao took a step, his vision suddenly shifted, as if space itself had been folded up in an instant.
The hard ground beneath his feet seemed to transform into soft dough at that moment, stretched and folded by Yu Xiao's foot...
"Isn't this just like being so close yet so far?"
Yu Xiao looked surprised because he realized that he had arrived at a place about a kilometer away from Guanhaiyuan Community.
But his foot only lifted and fell, in less than a second.
"This ability..."
Yu Xiao couldn't help but take another step.
"interesting!"
Yu Xiao continued walking.
Step by step.
Each step felt like traversing endless space.
The research base in Donghai City is about 25 kilometers away from Guanhaiyuan residential area as the crow flies.
But a little over a minute later.
Yu Xiao had already arrived at the vicinity of the research base.