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Thuong Luong

Thuong Luong was common name of creatures which are in people’s imagines. They are distant relatives of dragons. While dragons are worshiped as gods, the gods ruled rivers and sea and the gods can make rains, Thuong Luong is not respected as dragons that the creatures are too amorous, combative, wild, and have bad behaviors. All most of them like to harm people.
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Thuong Luong lived in river and also can stay in ground. They have long body with hard scales which can be blue and grey. They had four legs like eagle legs with four sharp claws (while dragons had five claws each leg). Thuong Luong don’t have horns like dragons. They don’t have wigs but they can fly. They can be in human shape if they practise in many years and some of them can be god if they had god behaviors and are worshiped by people. Their spiritual powers are depending on number of people who worshiped them. According to the legend, Thuong Luong can become dragons but it is very difficult. Though, they are not worshiped by people and don’t have spiritual powers, Thuong Luong are awful creatures they seem to have no enemy. Physical strength can compare with dragon, the most mightiest creatures in human imagine. 

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