Who Says Young Heroes Can't Be Trusted?

Legend has it that a demon dragon once wreaked havoc across the world a hundred years ago. Luckily, an expert sealed it away, and from then on, the Northern Frontier Marquis's household guarded it for generations.

But a hundred years passed, and the world changed beyond recognition. The demon dragon became history, and history became a storybook tale. People stopped taking the dragon seriously, saying it was just something an evil old man had made up to scare children.

Pei Muzhou, heir to the Northern Frontier Marquis, was born into the nth generation of a wealthy family and grew up being "scared" by stories of dragons. As the next head of the household, he was supposed to inherit the family business and become a guardian of the North, just like his father, grandfather, great-grandfather... He was meant to carry on the family's ancestral duty of guarding the demon dragon.

But what good is a rebellious streak if you don't use it?

He wouldn't. He absolutely wouldn't.

So, on a day that was not at all ordinary, he slipped out of the marquis's residence. Along the way, he also picked up a poor, homeless boy dressed in black from head to toe, with a face cold enough to freeze and a look just like Black Impermanence.

"Don't worry, buddy. Stick with me from now on. I'll make sure you're in good hands!"

The boy stared at him coldly.

Pei Muzhou: If he doesn't say no, that means yes. This guy's a keeper.

And so he took off with the brother he'd just met three minutes ago, a brother unrelated to him by blood or marriage.

Along the way...

The son of the richest man?

Let me mooch off you.

The prodigy young master of the greatest sect?

I'm clinging to your leg.

The greatest martial artist in the world?

I'll call you Master first.

Pei Muzhou was thriving in the martial world, but elsewhere, everyone was in a panic.

"Disaster! The young master is missing!"

"What?! Hurry, find him!"

"Disaster! The seal has been broken, and the demon dragon is gone!"

"What?! Hurry, find it!"

"Disaster! The demon dragon has appeared, and it's with the young master!"

"What?! Hurry, get me my emergency heart medicine..."

Pei Muzhou looked at the enormous, pitch-black creature wriggling in front of him. "...?"

Wait, buddy, you're the legendary demon dragon?

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The martial world is vast. A group of young people meet by chance and travel together, chivalrous and righteous, swords in hand as they roam the land.

A story about friendship and growing up (?)

Theme: Have a clear conscience, and long live friendship!