by Dragon King
“This room is yours, and the room next to yours is Yujia’s. You must get along with her, ok?” Grandma pointed at a room on the first floor and said to him genially.
“Got it!” Little Daoist Zhen walked into his room.
When he came on the land last time with his master Qiu Niu 100 years ago, he almost destroyed the Kunlun Mountain due to some minor issues. Qiu Niu punished him severely for three days and prohibited him from coming to the land again. Therefore, he knew that he couldn’t show his cultivation techniques in front of mortal people.
He stopped abruptly and looked back at Grandma. “You’re good to me. Here, this is for you!”
He tossed out a string of purple jade prayer beads, and it landed right in Grandma’s hands.
“Li-Fire Purple Jade!” Zhao Hongyu murmured.
In the legends of the mortal world, purple jade could repel evils and protect the owner. For cultivators, it was a perfect support item to calm the nerves during cultivation.
These prayer beads were like ambers since each of the purple jade contained a bit of pure heavenly fire. One could see strains of flames in the purple jade.
The heavenly fire could remove the evil thoughts within the cultivators and thus was the ultimate treasure coveted by countless cultivators!
Little Daoist Zhen tossed such a priceless string of purple jade prayer beads to Grandma casually; he was indeed full of treasures!
Even in the East Ocean Dragon Palace, they couldn’t find such a high-level supporting item.
The moment the string of prayer beads was placed on Grandma’s wrist, they burned up one-sixth of her hidden diseases! Since the heavenly fire could remove evils, it could easily burn up the impurities in one’s body.
It worked better than Lu Linlin and Lu Lili’s massages!
Seeing Grandma’s hesitation with the string of prayer beads, Zhao Guang smiled. “Auntie, please accept it. It’s not valuable; it shows that kid’s gratitude to you.”
Yue Yang studied ecology, and geology was a small part of her study as well, giving her some appreciation of jades. She leaned over and looked at the string of prayer beads, saying, “Mom, these are neither crystals or green rocks. They are not the precious jades that are usually seen on the market. I guess they are made with other materials.”
“Then I’ll take it!” Grandma loved the luster and the feel of these prayer beads. Since she thought the string of beads was not precious, she accepted it.
This Li-Fire Purple Jade was dug out by Qiu Niu from a mine in Ninth Heaven which was not accessible to ordinary cultivators, and he gave it to Little Daoist Zhen to make dharma treasures. Since it was not something from the mortal world, Yue Yang certainly couldn’t figure out what it was.
If other cultivators saw a mortal wearing the prayer beads made of Li-Fire Purple Jade, they would probably burn with jealousy.
However, in that case, they wouldn’t think that Grandma was a mortal. They would think that she was a grandmaster of the Soul Formation Realm who had hidden her realm and thus wouldn’t dare to mess with her.
While they talked, Little Daoist Zhen had entered his room, and Little White had also trotted into the room with him.
It seemed that it was no longer Hao Ren’s spirit beast but Little Daoist Zhen’s pet!
“Auntie, did you watch Zi’s performance video?” After seeing that Little Daoist Zhen had entered his room, Zhao Hongyu changed the subject
“What video?” Grandma was baffled.
“Oh! I have it!” Hao Ren had forgotten to show the disc to Grandma. He immediately ran to his room to get the disc from his bag.
Soon, the big TV screen showed Zhao Yanzi’s beautiful figure in the cupcake dress.
“Our little Zi’s so talented!” Although Grandma didn’t understand the lines in the play, she was delighted. She regarded Zhao Yanzi as a kid of her own family, and her words were full of love for Zhao Yanzi.
Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang watched it with Grandma, and they thought Zhao Yanzi was pretty and bright during the performance.
“The engagement seemed like a joke, but if Ren and Little Zi could grow into each other, they would be a good couple after Zhao Yanzi grows up.” This thought occurred to Yue Yang.
She turned her head to look at Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi. At the moment, Zhao Yanzi was sitting on the sofa with her head leaning lazily on Hao Ren’s shoulder, and her back was pressed against Hao Ren’s chest. Also, their hands tangled with each other in a little fight.
Yue Yang smiled helplessly. She turned her head and met Zhao Hongyu’s gentle gaze, and the two mothers smiled at each other.
When the play ended, two hours had passed.
On the sofa, Zhao Yanzi lost the fight with Hao Ren since her hands were clenched by his. But she didn’t want to admit defeat, so she tried to bump her head against his chin while her back was leaning on his chest.
Zhao Hongyu stood up slowly. “Auntie, we have to go now. Next time, let’s get together downtown. Thank you for dinner!”
“No problem! It was a pleasure!” Grandma immediately stood up and answered politely.
Lu Qing also stood up. Looking back at Lu Linlin and Lu Lili, he said to Grandma, “We’ll head back, too.”
“Well…” Grandma sighed, reluctant to see Lu Linlin and Lu Lili go.
“Grandma, we’ll visit you again!” Lu Linlin and Lu Lili said sweetly.
Their promise delighted Grandma.
“Grandma, I’ll come and see you again when I have less homework!” Zhao Yanzi jumped up like a sparrow and said to Grandma.
“Good! Good!” Grandma rubbed her little face with fondness.
Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang had never seen such a lively scene before in this house, and they wondered where Hao Ren found so many pretty girls to entertain Grandma.
After polite farewells, Hao Ren and his family walked Zhao Guang and the others to the door.
Seeing Hao Ren and Xie Yujia stand on the doorstep shoulder to shoulder, Zhao Yanzi was a little jealous. Then, she remembered that neither Hao Ren’s parents nor her parents said anything when she watched the two-hour video while leaning on Hao Ren’s chest; she had a strange feeling about it.
“Did that mean the parents of both families agree to our…” At this thought, she felt confident again. “No matter if I like Hao Ren or not, Xie Yujia can’t have him! Even if I don’t like Hao Ren, it doesn’t mean that Xie Yujia has the right to have him! Humph!”
Hao Ren saw Zhao Yanzi’s expression change from one to another, but he couldn’t guess the many thoughts in her mind.
He smiled and watched them get into the black Chevrolet.
After the cars left, the house got quiet again. Since Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang had returned to East Ocean City, Uncle Wang, who had been taking care of Grandma, would only need to come to the house once a week as their gardener.
Xie Yujia was a quiet girl, unlike the chatterbox Zhao Yanzi. Hao Ren wasn’t good at enlivening the atmosphere, let alone sweet talking like the Lu sisters.
Yue Yang looked back at Xie Yujia and then around the quiet living room, exhaling deeply. “Yujia, please take this place like your own home. Also, rest early.”
“Ok. Thank you, Auntie!” Xie Yujia nodded. Since she would be living here from now on, she was a bit nervous.
“If you have any problems, come and talk to us,” Hao Zhonghua told her.
Little Carrot was the daughter of one of his best friends, and he would do his best to take care of her. Although Xie Yujia was not as lively as Zhao Yanzi, her gentleness and sensibleness gave people a relaxed and comfortable feeling.
“Ahh…”
At this moment, Little Daoist Zhen walked out from his room, yawning.
Looking at him, Hao Zhonghua suddenly remembered that they had this ‘unexpected guest’ in their home.
Little White trotted out following Little Daoist Zhen. The moment it saw Hao Ren, it leaped up into his arms and licked his neck fawningly.
“Damn dog! Now you are fawn
ing on me!”
Hao Ren caught its ears and tossed it back onto the floor.
It had only been a few days, but Little White had shinier fur, and the golden hair around its paws looked more radiant. Hao Ren wondered how many elixir pills Little Daoist Zhen had fed it in the past couple of days.
After being tossed down by Hao Ren, Little White was not discouraged. It circled Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang who were not familiar with it and rubbed its head against their legs.
Yue Yang didn’t like pets in the house. However, seeing the cuteness of this puppy and considering it was brought in by Little Daoist Zhen, a distant relative of Zhao Guang, she refrained from voicing her opinion.
Little Daoist Zhen stretched his back, ignored Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang who were staring at him, and walked to Hao Ren. “I’m full, and I had a good nap. Do you want to come with me and make trouble for the West Ocean Dragon Palace?“Kunlun Mountain is a mountain range in Chinese mythology, an important symbol representing the axis mundi and divinity. It was typically described as the dwelling place of various gods and goddesses, where fabled plants and mythical creatures may also be found. Many important events in Chinese mythology took place on the Kunlun.
303 The Conch
It was already seven o’clock in the evening, so Hao Ren was surprised by Little Daoist Zhen’s request.
“What… West Ocean Dragon Palace?” Hao Zhonghua asked in bafflement.
“Oh, it’s a popular game,” Hao Ren quickly came up with an explanation.
“Ok…” Hao Zhonghua nodded. He was not familiar with the things that young people played, especially the popular games that elementary school students liked.
However, he didn’t think that they would get into trouble since Hao Ren was just going out to play with a kid.
“Are you coming or not?” Little Daoist Zhen asked again.
“Ok. I’ll go with you.” Hao Ren had no choice but to agree.
If he refused, he was afraid that Little Daoist Zhen would blurt out more unusual words to unsuspecting people. It was fortunate that he was a little kid, and it would be ok for him to talk nonsense as long as he didn’t show his cultivation techniques.
“Little White, let’s go!” Little Daoist Zhen beckoned to Little White that trotted back to his feet cheerfully.
“Don’t stay out too late,” Yue Yang looked at Hao Ren and said.
“Got it!” Hao Ren answered while pulling Little Daoist Zhen out of the house.
Yue Yang looked at Xie Yujia who had a solemn expression on her face and urged, “Yujia, go to bed early.”
“Ok.” Xie Yujia glanced again at the door before helping Grandma go upstairs to her room.
Once they were out of the house, Little Daoist Zhen waved his hand and created a red energy sphere around himself, Hao Ren, and Little White. Under his feet, a disk-shaped dharma treasure appeared and lifted Hao Ren and Little White.
Little Daoist Zhen didn’t have great cultivation strength, but he possessed dharma treasures that were rare to find in the world. Any dharma treasure he dumped would cause a fierce fight among the middle-tier sects on and above Fifth Heaven.
This flight dharma treasure was made by Little Daoist Zhen himself, and he had not even given it a name. This disk looked ugly, but it could fly as fast as those supreme dharma treasures.
If the array formations were the engine of this flight dharma treasure, then the nature essence Little Daoist Zhen injected in it was the key to its ignition. The force that drove the dharma treasure was the essence around it!
Although the essence on the land was sparse, it was limitless. The flight dharma treasure had dozens of powerful essence absorption array formations on it, and they allowed this treasure to absorb the essences from nature automatically. Therefore, its speed was fast!
Before Hao Ren could say anything to Little Daoist Zhen, the disk began to fly toward the west swiftly.
If an ordinary flight dharma treasure was a regular small car, then this flight dharma treasure was an F1 race car! It didn’t look fancy, but it flew fast!
Hao Ren saw the scenes around him pass by in the blink of an eye, and the East Ocean City became a vague spot of light in the distance.
Standing on the disk-shaped dharma treasures, Hao Ren didn’t feel any wobbling. Little White yawned and began to sleep at his foot.
“Don’t worry about flying off-course. I set the direction and distance, and it will land automatically when we arrive,” Little Daoist Zhen said proudly before tossing a mat onto the disk and sitting down to cultivate.
Little White murmured in its dream and rolled onto the warm mat.
“Well, the ugly flight dharma treasure even has its own GPS?” Little Daoist Zhen is annoying, but his skills in making dharma treasures are amazing…” Hao Ren looked down at the boy who wasn’t even on Zhen-level yet and thought.
Zhen Congming could literally rely on his dharma treasures to carry him through life.
When the grey flight dharma treasure traveled over a group of desolate mountains and flew above an ocean, Hao Ren felt like only about a dozen minutes had passed.
He looked around and found that the surrounding area was full of rocky mountains. Instead of big cities, there were only a few towns in the area, and it was quite desolate compared with the populated and wealth land in the East Ocean Dragon Clan’s territory.
The flight dharma treasure slowed down.
Little Daoist Zhen opened his eyes and pointed his arm to the ocean, and this dharma treasure strengthened the red energy sphere before submerging into the sea.
Little White was woken up by the sound, and it immediately stood up, looking around with its innocent eyes.
Outside the energy sphere were seawater and ocean creatures. As a land spirit beast, Little White felt nervous and fearful in the ocean. It moved closer to Hao Ren’s feet and blinked its big, innocent big.
The flight dharma treasure moved quickly through the water. Shortly, it arrived at a magnificent underwater palace.
‘West Ocean Dragon Palace’— these four characters were engraved above the main gate.
Hao Ren had never been to the West Ocean Dragon Palace before. Looking down at the palace, he realized that the size of the West Ocean Dragon Palace was twice the size of the East Ocean Dragon Palace.
There were so many buildings in the palace that they seemed endless, and Hao Ren wondered if they had overestimated themselves. Could only the two of them cause trouble for the West Ocean Dragon Palace?
Zhen Congming casually took out a black conch from his sleeve. He swung it on his finger, and the conch immediately grew to the length of his arm.
He withdrew the flight dharma treasure, and the red energy sphere disappeared with it. Hao Ren immediately put the Water Repellent Bead in his mouth, and the seawater hovered around him.
Little White couldn’t build energy spheres, and it didn’t have a Water Repellent Bead. Therefore, it began to swim in the water. Its posture was ugly, but it was a spirit beast and wouldn’t drown.
“I’ll go and arrange the core of the array formation. You just stay here and monitor the enemies for me.” Zhen Congming handed the conch to Hao Ren.
He then took out a silver cape and pulled it over him, disappearing immediately.
Faint silver lights were flashing as Little Daoist Zhen moved to a spot hundreds of meters away from the palace and planted a small flag into the ground. Then, he moved to another spot and planted another small flag.
Hao Ren looked around alertly while keeping an eye on the position of Little Daoist Zhen. Suddenly, he felt like he was back in his childhood stealing sweet potatoes in the village where his grandma used to live.
“Damn West Ocean Dragon Palace, its defense walls are too long for my flags. Ok, I’ll only bomb half of the palace and destroy the other half next time!” About a dozen minutes later, Zhen Congming swam back to Hao Ren and cursed angrily.
He gritted his teeth and said to Hao Ren. “I’ll arrange the arra
y formation, and you apply the nature essence. I’ll let you control the Destructive ‘Making You Beg for Death’ Fire Lightning Super Killer Conch!”
Hao Ren now realized that he was invited here not as a mere witness.
As Hao Ren looked at him in a daze, Zhen Congming frowned. “The Destructive ‘Making You Beg for Death’ Fire Lightning Super Killer Conch is too powerful for me to control. You are on Zhen-Level so that you could use one-tenth of this conch’s power.”
“Humph! I’ll burn them out of their wits!” Zhen Congming added as he lightly rubbed his cheeks. Since he lived by the principle, an eye for an eye, Little Daoist Zhen would make West Ocean pay dearly.
“Golden Sand Array!” Zhen Congming made a hand gesture, and the flags buried near the dragon palace lit up instantly.
It seemed that the guards had detected the situation, and a bunch of them flew toward the golden flags like a flood.
“If you don’t want to get captured, beat them with me! Fill it with metal-elemental essences!” Zhen Congming urged Hao Ren.
“Ok!” Hao Ren didn’t have a good impression of the West Ocean Dragon Clan, so he immediately activated his metal-elemental essences and injected it into the conch in his hand.
Since Little Daoist Zhen was confident of himself, Hao Ren guessed that this dharma treasure wouldn’t be too lame.
Boom! Hao Ren felt like all the metal-elemental essences in his body was suddenly sucked out by the black conch, and its force was so violent that it almost sucked his whole arm in.
The moment the array formation was activated, yellow sand grains from an area with a diameter of 100 kilometers flew toward the West Ocean Dragon Palace and engulfed it.
The scouting team that came out to investigate was instantly buried in the yellow sand.
Dang… The solid signboard with ‘West Ocean Dragon Palace’ on it was blown to the ground.
A dozen or so purple-robed elders tried to rush out of the palace, but they were knocked back by the yellow sand.
These sand grains were not ordinary since they contained wind and lightning power. If cultivators touched any of them, their cultivation strength would start diminishing immediately. If they had the sand blown into their flesh, their meridians would be blocked, and it would be excruciating if they tried to activate their nature essence.
