Dragon King's Son-In-Law

by Dragon King

  Zhao Yanzi’s birthday party this year was a significant event, and even the South Ocean and North Ocean, which had few dealings with the East Ocean, had each sent representative groups of 20 to 30 people led by high-rank officials equivalent to Premier Xia in the East Ocean Dragon Palace.

  It was only half an hour before the party began, but the people of the West Ocean Dragon Palace had not arrived yet. When Hao Ren entered the grand banquet hall, he found that most of the people in it emitted blue lights while only a few had different colors.

  Those with different color didn’t emit strong lights, but by their old looks and the respectful attitudes the others showed toward them, Hao Ren knew that they were the most powerful cultivators here. True masters knew the importance of modesty.

  “That is Elder Shi from GreenStone Mountain. He is the No.1 Elder of the Earth-Elemental Dragon Clan in the east and has a cultivation power of 600 years. That one with long eyebrows is Elder Mu from the Qingfeng Forest. Although he has retired from the throne of the Wood-Elemental Dragon Clan, he as the former Dragon King still has a strong influence. That red-faced elder emitting red light is Shang Chu, an elder who cultivates a fire-elemental technique. And that one…” Zhao Hongyu led Hao Ren into the hall and pointed out the most influential guests so that he wouldn’t offend them by accident.

  Hao Ren listened carefully, knowing that they were senior hermits, and Zhao Guang took a ton of effort to invite them to the party.

  Their appearances at the party showed their respect and support to the East Ocean Dragon Clan. They were a force the West Ocean had to reckon with if they wanted to start a war with the East Ocean.

  “Well, well, well! Little Yu, you are as pretty as I remembered!” The red-haired and red-faced old man walked over and said to Zhao Hongyu with his resonant voice.

  He wasn’t circulating any techniques, but the heat he carried was a bit overwhelming for Hao Ren. The burning sensation heated his face.

  If this elder had shown his face on the street, he would have made a scene. No wonder Zhao Hongyu had to pick them up.

  “Hi, Elder Shang. Are the dishes here to your taste?” Zhao Hongyu asked politely.

  “They are good. The only problem is that they dry up as soon as I touch them. Obviously, they are not as good as the stuff in your dragon palace,” Elder Shang said with a chuckle

  “It is because your cultivation of the fire-elemental technique, Burning Flames in Wilderness, has reached such a high realm. It’s a blessing that you haven’t burned up everything in the mortal world.” Zhao Hongyu smiled.

  “Girl, you are still such a sweet talker.” Elder Shang glanced at Hao Ren. “And is this Little Zi’s Fuma?”

  “Hello, Grandpa Shang,” Hao Ren said.

  “Good! Good!” He nodded and looked Hao Ren up and down. “He’s indeed a handsome young man. But he is only at Kan-level, not very high, right?”

  “He’s still young, and there’s a long road ahead of him.” Zhao Hongyu smiled again. “Please take a walk around the place; the good stuff will be served once the party begins.”

  “Good.” This Elder Shang wandered away, and the burning sensation that Hao Ren was feeling instantly disappeared.

  Zhao Hongyu introduced Hao Ren to the elders one by one. Meanwhile, Zhao Guang was busy greeting the other guests and had no time to make rounds with them.

  After the introductions, Hao Ren found that the elders were all cultivators with unfathomable powers and were as mighty as Zhao Yanzi’s Third Uncle. He thought, “Due to their old ages and peaceful minds, they probably don’t care about the title of No. 1 Cultivator, and that is why the title went to Zhao Kuo who had only been in the cultivation world for 200 years. However, Zhao Kuo is an extraordinary genius since he had reached top-tier Qian-level in only 200 years. Of course, Su Han is an even rarer genius since she had reached mid-tier Qian-level in only 20 plus years!”

  After meeting the elders, Zhao Hongyu was about to give Hao Ren a break when a clear voice greeted her, “Ms. Zhao.”

  Zhao Hongyu turned and saw Qin Shaoyang standing before her with a fake smile.

  “Hi, Mr. Qin. What can I do for you?” Zhao Hongyu asked him, looking dignified in her formal dress.

  “It’s true that one can merge with the Dragon Core and become a member of the Dragon Tribe after reaching Kan-level,” Qin Shaoyang’s eyes glinted. “However, as an Inspector, I suspect that Hao Ren only reached the realm temporarily by taking elixirs.”

  “What do you want?” Hao Ren took one step forward and asked.

  “I’ll do a little test.” Qin Shaoyang locked his eye on Hao Ren. “If you are truly a Kan-level Cultivator, you won’t be afraid of the test. One thing the Inspectors could do is to evaluate the level of realms.”

  “Ren, let me handle this,” Zhao Guang walked over and said firmly.

  “I have a suggestion, Mr. Qin. You may lower yourself to Kan-level and fight with me. What do you think?” Thinking back to the competitions he had seen in the hall among the kids, Hao Ren asked abruptly.

  167 Burn It, Phoenix!

  Qin Shaoyang hesitated for a bit because he didn’t expect that Hao Ren would make such a request.

  What he planned originally was to utilize this chance of testing Hao Ren’s realm and rush a violent energy into Hao Ren’s body to mess up the allocations in his body.

  Like a pool that could only contain 1,000 cubic meters of water suddenly got 10,000 cubic meters of water, the process would definitely be extremely painful and could even destroy Hao Ren’s meridians.

  He was a Patrolling Inspector. Even if this would break his relationship with East Ocean, he didn’t have to worry about it. He must revenge for what happened last time.

  “However, I still don’t know how to cast that energy sphere. Mr. Qin, you wouldn’t mind my suggestion, right?” Hao Ren continued.

  Hao Ren spoke slowly, and Qin Shaoyang would look scared if he didn’t battle against him.

  “Fine. Bring it on if you want to fight!” Qin Shaoyang looked handsome in his silver suit. However, it seemed like he wasn’t planning to take off his jacket before fighting against Hao Ren.

  Hao Ren was more cautious as he unbuttoned his jacket, took it off, and handed it to Zhao Hongyu who stood nearby.

  He only wore a striped dress shirt.

  He was dressed up by a hairstylist and a makeup artist and looked very handsome.

  This was also the first time Zhao Yanzi seeing him in a suit. Therefore, she discovered that this sloppy uncle looked handsome at a time like this.

  Zhao Yanzi, who was chatting with Su Han, dragged Su Han along and walked over when she saw that the situation wasn’t looking good.

  Her striped blouse was a matching set with Hao Ren’s suit. In the crowd, they stood right beside each other and looked very dubious.

  “In the presence of many elders, I, Qin Shaoyang, am unwilling to bully a young kid and will temporarily reduce myself to Kan-level. If any of my moves are above Kan-level, then I lose,” Qin Shaoyang looked around and said confidently.

  People backed off a few steps and left them a circular space that was three to four meters in diameter. The power of Kan-level was just like tickles to these guests. After all, how powerful could the attack of seven or eight-year-old kids be?

  As for those kids, they wouldn’t encounter any danger because the elders would protect them. Therefore, no one cared about battling without a protective energy sphere.

  Hao Ren walked up two steps and circulated the Nature Essence in his body according to the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll.

  Zhao Yanzi, who stood outside of the circle, held Su Han’s hand and was slightly nervous. “Hao Ren took the initiative and challenged Qin Shaoyang? What’s going on?”

  Su Han didn’t quite get it either. Even if both of them were now on Kan-level, Qin Shaoyang’s practical experience couldn’t be ignored. Even a cultivator on Li-level might not be able to win against Qin Shaoyang in this situation.

>   “Please!” Hao Ren leaned forward slightly and reached out his hands.

  “Humph!” Qin Shaoyang snorted coldly. Since it was a battle between Kan-levels, he wouldn’t take out his Dharma Treasure. He held his fists tightly and stared at Hao Ren.

  Metal-elemental cultivation techniques were known for its sharpness and damage. As long as the Metal-Elemental Nature Essence was covering the cultivator’s hands, one could easily chop through iron.

  Out of the five elements, the metal element had the highest attack power. The high-level cultivators who used metal-elemental cultivation techniques could even make their limbs as tough as Dharma Treasures.

  Hao Ren exhaled deeply before suddenly flicked his middle finger forward. A long and narrow white sword energy flew toward Qin Shaoyang.

  Metal-elemental sword energy!

  Qin Shaoyang opened his palm and directly broke it into pieces!

  Hao Ren didn’t show any signs of disappointment. He waved his hand again, and another red sword energy flew toward Qin Shaoyang!

  Fire-elemental sword energy!

  Again, Qin Shaoyang didn’t panic at all. He casually hit it with his hand and turned the weak sword energy into pieces!

  Su Han sighed slightly. This Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll was indeed flashy but not practical. Its offense power in the early stage was weak as hell, and it was still unknown whether or not one could cultivate it to the late stages.

  Hao Ren’s face was solemn and serious. He swung his hand and threw out another green sword energy!

  Wood-elemental sword energy!

  Qin Shaoyang didn’t even have to use his hand this time. He inhaled deeply and blew out the air forward. This green splendid-looking sword energy was blown away immediately.

  “Hahaha…” a few kids who were watching couldn’t stifle their laughter. Hao Ren’s attacks looked great but weren’t even as powerful as their attacks!

  Elder Mu, who stood by the side, looked at Hao Ren and Qin Shaoyang and smiled. “It’s interesting how this little guy actually knows how to utilize the cultivation technique of the five elements. However, his attack power is kind of weak,” he thought.

  Three attacks without hitting the target made Hao Ren anxious. He started to shoot out five-elemental sword energies randomly. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth corresponded with white, green, blue, red, and yellow. Hao Ren’s attacks looked like fireworks that didn’t cost money, and the sword energies shot toward Qin Shaoyang continuously.

  Qin Shaoyang covered his palms with Nature Essence leisurely and broke these ticklish sword energies. He could deal with more complicated and more chaotic attacks than this. Therefore, he was simply depleting Hao Ren’s Nature Essence and saw him as a joke.

  Hao Ren seemed like he couldn’t handle the situation. He released the sword energies and backed off at the same time.

  His back bumped into Elder Mu and almost fell. He panicked and placed his hand onto Elder Mu’s arm for support.

  “Hahaha…” the surrounding kids laughed even louder. They didn’t support anyone and only laughed at whoever made a fool of themselves.

  At the same time, Elder Mu felt a trace of Nature Essence flowing out of his body through his arm.

  Hao Ren’s finger shot out another green sword energy. His body was unbalanced as if he was scared of Qin Shaoyang and was falling.

  Qin Shaoyang didn’t care and waved his palm to block this sword energy as well.

  Peng! Peng! Peng!!!

  This green sword energy exploded in his palm.

  Qin Shaoyang, who was putting up no defense, walked back six steps abruptly. He looked at his palm again, and it was in jet black.

  If he was using the strength of Kun-level, he didn’t need to be afraid of this type of attack. However, he could only use the power of Kan-level since he made that agreement with Hao Ren.

  That green sword energy was at least on Li-level!

  Hao Ren didn’t give Qin Shaoyang the chance to react.

  Shua! Shua! Shua!

  Another three wood-elemental sword energies flew toward Qin Shaoyang!

  Qin Shaoyang couldn’t block and couldn’t hide either. A light veil appeared in his hands to defend!

  Peng! Peng! The light veil blocked two sword energies, but the third sword energy pierced through!

  Qin Shaoyang clamped the sword energy hastily with both of his hands, and the sword energy exploded in his hands when it encountered the obstacle!

  Peng…

  Qin Shaoyang was covered in ashes due to the explosion. His handsome and clean face was suddenly covered in black smoke!

  Hua! Hua! Hua! Hao Ren didn’t even give him time to adjust and threw out another three wood-elemental sword energies!

  Elder Mu, who stood on the side, felt like his Nature Essence was flowing out of his body. Even though for his huge amount of cultivation power, the lost energy was insignificant, he understood where Hao Ren’s sword energies came from!

  Grafting one twig on another!

  “What kind of technique is this kiddo cultivating?” Elder Mu, who was knowledgeable, began to wonder. He could control the leakage of the Nature Essence by his mind, and Hao Ren wouldn’t be able to borrow any. However, he was here as a guest to Zhao Yanzi’s birthday dinner today, and he didn’t want to expose Hao Ren. He could only let Hao Ren ‘steal’ his Nature Essence bit by bit.

  Yet, Hao Ren felt bad for taking too much Nature Essence from this elder. He moved a few steps and stood in front of Elder Shang, who was observing this situation.

  Elder Shang also sensed that his Nature Essence was getting sucked away.

  The suction was very weak. Although it felt like a mosquito bite, it still got sucked a little.

  Hong!

  Hao Ren’s hand shot out a red sword energy!

  Qin Shaoyang, who was about to clean his face, couldn’t care less and grabbed his weaving shuttle-like Dharma Treasure!

  The sword energy and the weaving shuttle clashed with each other and made an exploding noise! It seemed like the power of the sword energy wasn’t any weaker than the defense of the Dharma Treasure.

  Hao Ren didn’t hesitate and threw out another three red sword energies.

  Some of the remarkable abilities of the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll included its capability of absorbing elements, converting elements, and forming five elemental sword energies!

  The elders who cultivated their techniques to the maximum were the purest elemental aggregate themselves! There wasn’t any impurity in their bodies, and Hao Ren could casually absorb pure elements at his will.

  These elements couldn’t be stored in his body, but they could help the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll increase the damage of the attacks.

  The three red sword energies rushed in front of Qin Shaoyang, and he didn’t have a chance to dodge. If he could use the power of Kun-level, the weaving shuttle could expand indefinitely and block these three sword energies. Yet, he already promised only to use the strength of Kan-level, and there were so many pairs of eyes watching him. He could only use the body of his Dharma Treasure to block one, dodge another, and then use his bare hands to take down the last!

  Peng…

  The red sword energy exploded in Qin Shaoyang’s hands!

  Five elements could assist each other, but they could also counter each other! Metal countered wood, but fire countered metal!

  If Qin Shaoyang’s metal-elemental defense techniques could still block a portion of the wood-elemental sword energies, then the fire-elemental sword energies were lethal to Qin Shaoyang.

  The rich fire elements that Hao Ren borrowed from Elder Shang clashed onto Qin Shaoyang’s hands that were covered with metal elements. Elder Shang’s power was already strong enough. At this moment, it was unstoppable!

  Qin Shaoyang took three steps back abruptly but still couldn’t block this fire-elemental sword energy! The residual fire-elemental power left many cuts on his black suit.

  The sword energy bu
rned out, and Qin Shaoyang’s hair also got burned by the scorching temperature!

  At this moment, Qin Shaoyang didn’t look as confident and elegant as earlier. He looked like a spiritless hobo!

  All was fair in battle! When Hao Ren challenged Qin Shaoyang, he already thought of his strategies! Showing his weaknesses before showing his strengths!

  Elder Shang, who cultivated the powerful fire-elemental cultivation technique, had a short temper. He was one of Zhao Hongyu’s father’s best friends, and he came out of seclusion because of Zhao Hongyu this time as well.

  He didn’t like this arrogant Qin Shaoyang. When Hao Ren tried to absorb the Nature Essence from him again, he transferred a larger amount of fire elements into Hao Ren’s hand.

  Hua…

  Hao Ren felt like his hand was burning, and he threw it out with the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll in a hurry.

  It was no longer a straight sword energy that he threw out this time! It was… A speedy Phoenix!

  Phoenix’s nirvana would burn the universe!

  This attack was on Zhen-level, which was a level above Li-level! It was equivalent to a Core Formation Cultivator’s full strike! At the moment, Qin Shaoyang who was receiving this attack kept his strength at Kan-level!

  He would lose if he couldn’t block it!

  He would also lose if he utilized the strength higher than Kan-level!

  Yet, Hao Ren never said that he could only use the strength of Kan-level!A Chinese idiom that means substituting one thing for another stealthily.

  168 West Ocean Dragon Palace!

  Ding!

  A blue light web flew from outside of the room and buckled the phoenix that was right in front of Qin Shaoyang.

  Water elements and fire elements were mingled together. The Phoenix was wiped out, and the water-elemental blue web evaporated and vanished.

  “Hohohoho, sorry I’m late!”

  An elder, dressed in a green robe, led many people and walked in from the door. He was the one who threw the blue light web.

  West Ocean Dragon Clan!