Holy Dragon Totem - Chapter 1

Ginger’s Freedom

Dear friends, it’s your lucky day today.

This story will delight you with its wonder and awe.

It was said that the ancient gods of the nine clouds from the ancient times and era in the endless rule of the ‘Yanlong Dynasty’ did not know who was the one that built the one hundred and eight ‘original pillars’.

It was believed that a mere mortal surrounded these pillars with a number of cities.

On the fifth day of September each year, the young girls worship the ancient gods and touch the pillar of the origin, for which they can be gifted ‘the totem of life’.

The Yanlong Dynasty is based on the ‘Yanlong Totem’. The dynasty also has powerful clan totems such as the ‘Five-Pulse Kirin Totem’ and ‘Tianpeng Totem’.

The story of these totems lasted for hundreds of millions of years, all collected in the ‘Totem’s Holy Book’. Among them, beasts, sea fish, and swords are countless and abundant.

And this life totem can also evolve to a more powerful one. The “eight super totems” rumored to be in the Yanlong dynasty and the Megatron world all rely on evolution to be more dominant.

For example, the Emperor’s ‘Yanhuang Shenglong Totem’ is one of those eight super totems.

The totem of life can open the road of martial arts advancement with the breaking the spirit through the sacred laws. From then, a mortal can become a totem martial artist who can move mountains, among many powerful things he can do.

Among those powers is the ability to break the sky and interact with the omnipotent gods. He would also have the power to have eternal life and be an ancient god.

What I will talk about today is a story of a rebellious person whose name is Ginger.

But his story is not a plot of an ordinary transition to become a master. It is a truly bewildering and wonderful journey.

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It was said that the ancestors who started the Yanlong dynasty set up a city that they named, ‘Ginger County’.

The King of Ginger, the hero of the southern dynasty, is now dominated by the contemporary ‘Zi Lin Wang’ Jiang Yunqi, whose power influenced a lot of movements. He is also known as ‘Nanwang’.

Zilin Wang is the undisputed leader of the second largest dynasty, the ‘Kirin Wang Family’.

The Da Jiang County has thousands of miles of fertile soil. They are rich in products, and their people are loyal to the city. The generations of the heroes, including the King of Ginger, gathered the strong powers of the South and the city became bustling and prosperous.

On the fourth day of September, because the ‘Sacred God Day’ is to come, the major streets of Wangcheng is crowded more. The voices of the people are like flies in one’s ears.

On a small unfamiliar alleyway, the head of the black sect was on the front as all of them went straight to the corner of the street. It is a very lively and animated scene.

There is a shop on the corner of the street. In front of it, there is a young boy standing still.

He looks like he is fifteen and his face is cold and emotionless. He is looking at a girl who is kneeling in front of him.

The girl is dressed in white, but her clothes are messy and there is a lot of mud on her face. Her face is full of tears and she looks stunned. She is crying pitifully, “Master, can you give us a chance? After three more days, I will make enough money.”

But her forehead was just knocked off the ground, blood oozing from her face.

The teenage is surrounded by a lot of his friends wearing grins and smirks on their faces. They are pointing at the girl’s exquisite figure.

He coughed and said, “No, if you can pay back the debts, then pay for it. If you can’t, you will take the punishment.”

He just finished, and two of his men came out, and grabbed the thin girl. They let the girl panic and scream. She is crying and struggling to break free from their grip.

There was an old couple nearby the shop. Ben felt uncomfortable. He tried to stand up, and successfully did so after so much struggle. Suddenly, he shouted in obvious anger. “Master, you are worthy of honor! But you can’t force us to leave! We don’t owe you money at all! We don’t you anything! You are nothing more than a failure to all of us.”

The old man knows what is going on. It’s obvious that this young man is robbing the woman for his own selfish reasons. Days of nothing to eat and drink led him to burst out in annoyance.

Sure enough, the boy called his subordinates and indifferently commanded an order, “Take these two old people out of the city and kill them.”

Two more big-bodied men laughed in a cruel manner and grabbed the old couple. One of them cried out in dismay, “My young master, have mercy on us! Have mercy on our girl! She is the greatest blessing of our lives. You toast and feast while we can’t find anything to eat. Please don’t kill us!” They have stirred quite a scene, and the people around them started to side with the old couple.

“Take them all! Those are still alive right now will be dead!”

Unexpectedly, the boy suddenly screamed. His voice sounded very arrogant, like a tiger roaring in anger. Bystanders nearby the shop started to tremble in fear.

Everyone was suddenly silenced.

They looked at each other and all of them lowered their heads. They started to disperse away from the scene.

“Totem sergeant!”

People knew very well that this is not only an ordinary clan master, but a totem martial artist who was given the ‘Life Totem’ by the ancient gods!

The people screamed and flee away from the scene.

The white-skinned girl blankly stared at the young master, her body continuing to shake.

“Beautiful girl, follow me. Wealth, fame and gold await you.” Jinyi stretched out his hand, held her smooth cheeks, a sinister smile forming on his lips.

“You’ll give me prosperity and wealth after you kill my parents?” The naïve-looking girl said in return.

She is facing only one choice: a tragic fate.

She thought this was the end of her people. But out of nowhere, an unexpected yet familiar voice came booming from behind her. “Who would dare to do this to my people!”

The young master began to tremble, and he looked up and saw that three people are suddenly right in front of him.

They are also young but older than Jinyi. The one standing in the middle was a tall one, and has the aura of a natural leader.

He has a fair complexion, good facial features, black hair, and a fit and muscular body. He is indeed a beautiful young man.

The people were astonished and they immediately knelt on the ground, saying, “People, this is Xiao Wangye!”

Thus, his very identity is revealed.

In this great city of Wangcheng, there is only one young prince, the youngest son of the royal family of Kirin.

Although he is still very young, this little prince is quite popular in the big city.

Ginger has been strolling around the area with his two brothers on when they happened to pass by here. Nothing’s a coincidence after all. That’s what they always say.

His eyes swept through the scene and saw Jinyi. He suddenly smirked and asked, “Which grandson are you? Which family are you from? How dare you do these things in my territory?”

Jinyi looked at him nervously, licked his hair, and greeted Ginger respectfully. He nudged his own men and they all made a salute to the young prince. “Prince Ginger! I am the grandson of the Jin Lin family. It’s my honor to meet you!”

Just a while ago, this boy was overbearing and demanding. Now, every arrogant expression in his face is gone. Everyone was speechless.

But this the son of Zilin Wang. He knows better than to offend him.

Zilin Wang is of the Yanlong Dynasty. He is the second-most powerful person in the world. His reputation cannot be shaken.

Jiang smiled and said, “We don’t care where you come from. However, you came here and let out your wrath on my people. I have to teach you lessons.”

Jinyi’s face turned pale. He knew that he had poked the bear. He quickly thought of something. “Little prince, I have never seen such beautiful girl in my life before. Why don’t I give her to you? Take her, and grant me my freedom.”

The girl is indeed teary-eyed but Jinyi is counting on the possibility that the prince will be seduced by her beauty.

Sure enough, Jiang looked intently at the white-skinned girl. His eyes moved from her head to her legs. He smiled. “This old couple really has the ability to create such a gorgeous daughter. Then I will accept it.”

The curious onlookers almost fainted.

It turns out that the prince is worse.

Before they could protest,  Jiang suddenly turned back. One of his two bodyguards looks so strong and burly. “Panda, take off the grandson’s pants and hang him outside the city. Let everyone watch him die.”

The burly boy known as ‘Panda’ smiled and made a salute. “Will do!”

“What?”

Jinyi became so horrified. He could not believe what he just heard.

The punishment is so humiliating!

“You!”

He is really angry and afraid. He stared at Jiang, but he couldn’t say anything.

Panda came forward.

He is like a giant beast pounding on the ground. But actually he is very kind on the inside.

“Little prince, please…” Jinyi begged for mercy.

“Have mercy on me!”

Panda didn’t say anything. He grabbed the boy’s neck, his thick palm almost choking Jinyi. The boy is hanging like a chicken.

Oh!

Panda tore his pants with ease as Jinyi screamed like a slaughtered pig. He struggled and frantically kicked out his legs.

“Ha! How dare you try to trick me like that! How dare you do that to a girl!”

Jiang burst out laughing.

“Oh!”

There are a lot of girls next to them, and their faces turned red.

Jinyi kept on kicking and screaming. But Panda lifted him up to a tree and hung him there.

“As Zilin’s prince, I declared that by ritual day tomorrow, you are destined to be expelled from the royal kingdom!”

Jiang’s voice is filled with power and authority.

It seems like time has paused. Everyone is dispirited and the birds are silent.

Everyone dared not to look at Jiang, for fear of their own freedom.

Tomorrow, entitled boys of ages nine to fifteen will have the opportunity to be given a life totem in the ancient pillars.

Jiang has a different identity. After all, he is the youngest son of Zilin.

Tomorrow’s festival of gods is crucial to Jiang’s success, his last chance.

This young prince must be so…desperate.

“Hey, I am going to kill him?”

Next to Jiang Zi is a white boy with a long sharp sword.

He is Jiang’s childhood brother. Both of them grew up together along with Panda.

In fact, he is very comfortable with him and even calls him, ‘Monkey’.

“I don’t care. Just hang him there to dry.”

Jiang said this with indifference.

In a short while, Panda came back. He is  full of anger.

“Hey, should I give him a hand? This young boy deserves to learn a lesson!” Jiang smiled and said: “No need. But help me find a few people here. Save this grandson. I am not here for him. I have come to the save this girl.”

The girl and her parents are speechless.

Jinyi teenager has already given her to Jiang. She thought she could not escape the bad luck, but she did not expect that Jiang would not only want her. He wants to protect her too.

“Thank you, young prince! Thank you!” The family of three quickly burst into tears to the embarrassment of Jiang.

“Come on, you’re such a pretty girl. How could I say no?”

The girl is smiling through her tears.

She knows that Jiang is just joking. She can see from his eyes that he is not that kind of person.

Perhaps many people think that he is a boy who does not know anything, but is entitled to everything.

But today, she realized that he is a true gentleman.

While she is still lost in her thoughts, she looked up but Jiang is nowhere to be found.

After a quarter of an hour, Jiang is already lying lazily on the roof deck. basking in the golden sunlight.

Panda and Monkey are casually sitting on both sides.

This is the difference between the practitioners of the Totem Martial Master and the mortal.

They are Jiang’s brothers and they are together since childhood. They know each other well and they can even feel each other’s emotions.

Panda’s true name is ‘Lu Dingxing’. His father is the deputy general of Jiang’s father, Zilin Wang. He is Zilin’s right hand man. He is indeed a hero.

Monkey is named ‘Su Qianyu’ but he has no family. He was a beggar and wanderer back then. When he was six years old, Jiang saw him and gave him a new life.

However, his skills and talents are really amazing. Through the years, he has never disappointed Jiang.

He shared all his family’s resources to Su Qianyu.

Both of them were at the age of nine, worshipping the ‘original gods’ and got the totem of their lives. Since then, they have made rapid progress, and now they have opened five spirits and reached the fifth realm of the ‘fighting life’.

This is a great achievement for a fifteen-year old.

Without the totem of the life, you cannot change the fate of a mortal.

When the mortal communicates with the origin of the pillar of God, he is receives the gift of ‘the god’, and obtains the ‘life totem’.

The totem of the life will open up the ‘Shenting Point’ of the mortal. He will inherit the ‘infuriating seed’, as the mortal can now begin to enter the world of martial arts.

This life totem is the foundation of everything that a martial arts master can learn.

The most important feature of martial arts is the ‘nine-point totem’.

After the opening of the Shenting Cave, one must enter the darkness and hardships of military learning. Every time a hole will open in his body, he will learn a new skill.

When the time comes that the nine acupuncture points on the body are opened, he will become a fully-fledged martial arts master.

But no one would have thought that the young son of Zilin Wang would live today, learning and doing nothing.

In the same year, Jiang himself, together with Lu Dingxing and Su Qianyu, worshipped the gods of origin. But Jiang still did not gain anything.

Jiang became frustrated, but his parents said that it was only at first that he will fail. It doesn’t matter if he will continue working hard.

But he is already fifteen years old now. Nothing has happened. Maybe he is not really a god.

He changed his mindset and now he believes he is ready to live an ordinary life.

Panda knows what Jiang is thinking. But he hesitated for a long time before he said: “Boss, tomorrow you will succeed. Don’t think too much on it.”

Jiang spit out the leaves he has been chewing on his mouth, smiled and said, “You are not a girl, buddy. Don’t be too sentimental. It’s up to the gods if they will choose me. I guess they don’t want me there. Ha! Don’t worry. Even if I don’t succeed tomorrow, I can still be a totem martial arts master. Besides, I am already happy. I have nothing to be anxious about.”
Since he is 9, Jiang has been working so hard to give pleasure and honor to his parents.

When he was nine years old, he ran away from his parents. He went to the mountains and there, he found his brothers.

Jiang became their leader, followed by Lu Dingxing, then Su Qianyu.

In fact, Qianyu is a month older than Dingxing. But because Dingxing is stronger, he is tasked to be the second man.

To this day, whenever they think of how they met each other, they would both laugh.

Jiang stood up and said excitedly, “You two don’t worry about it. I know I will be expelled from the kingdom if I don’t receive the life totem tomorrow. But I know certain people who would still accept me even if I don’t succeed. My family and you.”

He is contented in what he already has.

Indeed, his parents have said a long time ago that, regardless of the family rules, Jiang will always be their son. That is something that would not change.

But a royal son has never been expelled from the kingdom before.

His father, Zilin Wang Jiangyun, was the greatest King of the South. When he was young, he was a an ultimate genius and master. At the age of 30, he already became a King. Now, he rules over a hundred million people.

His brother, Jiang Junjian, is already 20 years old. When he was Jiang’s age, it is said that he was already invincible and powerful. Nobody can stand toe to toe with him.

His father is a prestigious figure. His brother is also a high-ranking official. Jiang is pressured to succeed.

His brother taught and helped him whenever their father was not around.

“And, I still have my sister. She can take care of me and teach me a lot of things. My achievements and success will be unlimited in the future.”

Even if he can’t be a totem martial artist, he doesn’t want to put any pressure to himself.

Between brothers and sisters, blood is thicker than water.  Jiang is especially cared for by his siblings.

“Tell me again.” Jiang himself stretched out his arm and draped it on the shoulders of his buddies. “If I don’t succeed tomorrow, I will practice spiritual medicine. I will do all things to survive. I will put up a business. And of course, you will be there with me.”

He thought about it. If he doesn’t claim the totem and did not become a god, he would just venture on business.

His money is enough for a big capital. With his money coming from his business, he could help his brothers in the future.

Lu Dingxing became very excited and said: “Hey, you must not say this. If you can’t succeed, I will protect you forever.”

Jiang took a shot to his head and said: “You silly. I can protect myself. With Monkey in my side, I don’t have to worry.”

Su Qian Yu smiled, but did not say anything.

“What do you want to know about Kirin?” Jiang asked.

Su Qianyu nodded.

Jiang patted him on the shoulder and said, “Go to the retreat. This is too important. The reputation of our Zilin House depends on you two. The other four-pulse men have recently been very arrogant. Your future is very important, buddy. I have to concentrate on paving the way for you.”

“Well, then I will go first.” Su Qianyu stood up.

“Go.”

Su Qianyu walked away, leaving Jiang and Lu Dingxing behind.

Jiang is speechless. He can’t let Dingxing just throw away his future for him. He smiled. “Come on, Panda. Don’t worry about me. Go and explore what life has for you.”

“I can’t go anywhere!” Lu Dingxing became anxious.

“You are such a big person. You can do it.”

Even if things become too disappointing tomorrow, Jiang is still full of smiles.

Suddenly, they became quiet.

A 12-year old girl is standing on the pavement below them.

She is wearing a light pink dress. She has always looked so smart and joyful. But at this time, her face is pale and her body is shaking.

“Brother, something went wrong.”

Her voice trembled like it could break any time.

This girl is Jiang’s cousin. Her name is Ruo Xiaoyu.

“What happened?”

Jiang immediately has a bad feeling.

Has something happened to his family?

“A very big thing happened. Your brother… The decree has arrived from the Yanlong City. They want you there.”

Ruo thought that her head is spinning.

Yanlong City… That is the Imperial City of the Yanlong Dynasty!

“My father, my brother?”

What happened to them?

Jiang felt his own heart jumping out from his chest.