Dragon King's Son-In-Law

by Dragon King

  But it didn’t matter to Hao Ren since he could flee on Little White whose traveling speed was equivalent to that of the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, and they couldn’t catch up with it. In fact, it was Little White’s horrifying speed that shocked the two cultivators and convinced them that they had encountered a Dragon Tribe inspector of Qian-level or Kun-level.

  Sensing the two cultivators had escaped to the territory on and above Fifth Heaven, Hao Ren patted Little White’s head, and it flew up to swiftly to Fifth Heaven.

  The Ethereal Summit was as peaceful as before. Little White carried Hao Ren through the thick fog into the cave abode.

  In the cave abode, the table and chair were the same as he had left them.

  However, he noticed some messy footprints on the ground of the cave. As a precaution, before he left the cave in the morning, he had spread a very thin layer of dust on the ground with the sucking and releasing power of the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll.

  The footprints showed that someone had come in when he was not there. Since it was on Fifth Heaven, he was sure the intruders were cultivators from some nearby sect.

  Hao Ren had been wondering why no cultivators had built a cave abode in this valley full of essence. Thinking it was a forbidden rear mountain of some sect, he had borrowed a set of array formations from Zhen Smart and was about to build it there.

  But it seemed that someone had discovered his cave abode.

  The cultivators had been cautious about the array formations in and out of the cave abode and thus had concealed their nature essence fluctuations. They didn’t realize that the owner had used a simple anti-thief method of the mortal world.

  From the shallow footprints, Hao Ren couldn’t determine the exact number of the intruders, but he was sure there had been more than three of them.

  “Little White, guard me well tonight!” Hao Ren said to Little White.

  Little White looked at him and barked; Hao Ren didn’t know if it had understood his order or not.

  He must speed up his cultivation process and thus didn’t want to desert this perfect cultivation spot or waste his time finding another mountain with abundant essence. After all, it was night time, and he would probably stumble into an array formation of some sect… Brushing the dust off the stone bed, he closed his eyes and began to cultivate.

  Lying on the entrance of the cave, Little White looked around cautiously. With its acute sense of smell, it had sniffed the scents of strangers in the cave abode. Even cats and dogs didn’t like strangers trespassing their territory, let alone a spirit beast.

  Outside the valley, two beautiful figures flew in the night.

  “Sister, Gongzi has a great figure.”

  “Sis… Did you peek at Gongzi when he was showering?”

  “Haha! What do you think?”

  “Liar! But I hope I can serve him in the shower and help him change one day…”

  Swoosh! Swoosh! Two dark light beams instantly shot past.

  The moon rose and then descended slowly.

  When dawn came to Fifth Heaven, Hao Ren slowly exhaled a turbid breath, feeling three new openings had been unlocked in his fast spinning dragon core.

  Seventy openings!

  The nature essence stored in his body had increased exponentially!

  For the dragon cultivators, the higher the cultivation realm, the more difficult it would be to unlock openings. That was why they would have to find a mystic crystal to help them reach Qian-level or Kun Level. The so-called mystic crystals were like transfer stations of the essence; they could store enough essence for the cultivators to achieve breakthroughs.

  Hao Ren had never imagined that he would be able to unlock five openings in two days. He was convinced that this valley was his lucky place, and he would never give it up to anyone!

  Kicking hard on the ground, he rushed out of the cave abode while a white energy sword appeared under his feet carrying him to patrol around the valley.

  Flying on an energy sword consumed a lot of nature essence.

  But Hao Ren had just gained a breakthrough, and the essence intensity in his blood was very high; thus, he didn’t care about the essence he wasted on the energy sword.

  The valley had an oval shape with a U-shaped vertical dissection surface. Like an eggshell with one opening, this valley would have been a perfect place for defending in ancient times.

  However, in Fifth Heaven, all the cultivators could fly, and this feature of the valley was not an advantage here. The upside was that its funnel shape could accumulate essence in the fog, making the essence intensity much greater than outside.

  With the features of the valley in mind, Hao Ren took out the set of array formation he got from Zhen Smart and placed the compass, that looked like a plate and was the eye of the array, in the cave abode before planting 72 array flags evenly on the edge of the valley.

  The instructions for building the array formation was written on the inner side of the box lid. All Hao Ren needed to do was follow the steps in the instruction.

  The 72 array flags corresponded with the number of 72 Nether Evils. If the array was properly operated, it could transform into 72 array formations such as wind, fog, rain, water, light, flow, and stones…

  But what Hao Ren built was the basic application which used the original The Big Dipper Constellation of the 72 Nether Evils; it could automatically transform from time to time without his control.

  Except for the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators who could break the array with pure force, ordinary cultivators, flying or walking, couldn’t enter the valley.

  With the last array flag planted into the soil, the fog in the valley got even thicker, and the visibility of the valley decreased by almost five times.

  Hao Ren flew out of the valley and tried to enter it. However, when he rushed in on the energy sword, he looked up and found himself on the other side of the valley.

  He turned around and tried again. The result was the same: he rushed into the fog and ended up on the other side of the valley.

  It seemed like the valley didn’t exist at all!

  Hao Ren wondered about the miraculous effects of the array formation and took out a tiny star which was the ‘array heart’ that was made of deep ocean crystal; it had a deep blue color.

  He injected some nature essence into it, and the small crystal gave off a vague blueish green light. He flew into the fog on the energy sword, and this time he entered the heart of the valley!

  “Excellent!” Hao Ren exclaimed in appreciation.

  Zhen Congming was an overbearing kid, but his stuff was excellent. According to him, this array formation he gave Hao Ren was just an entry-level array.

  When he went back to the cave abode, Little White looked at Hao Ren with bafflement.

  Sitting in the center of the array formation, it had watched Hao Ren fly around outside of the valley.

  The coffee-colored compass was on the stone table in the cave abode. It looked to be made of ancient wood, but when he shifted it in his hand, he found it was heavier than metal.

  The compass was made of deep ocean crystal, too, and circles of runes were engraved on the surface.

  Placing the tiny blue star into the small dent in the center of the compass, Hao Ren found they fit perfectly. With the array heart in the array eye, they could automatically control the array formation in the valley.

  The outer and inner edges of the compass could turn, and the different positions they turned to signified different features of the array. Right now, Hao Ren used the basic feature by rotating the rings on the compass to their original positions.

  He injected a little nature essence into the compass, and the thick fog in the valley immediately vanished. By doing this, he had temporarily withdrawn the array formation!

  After turning the two rings of runes to random positions, he took the array heart from the compass. Plucking a golden fur from Little White’s paw, he attached the array heart to the thread of hair and made them into a
simple bracelet before pulling it onto his wrist.

  When its fur was plucked off, Little White whimpered and looked at Hao Ren morosely.

  Hao Ren just smiled at it. He used Little White’s hair because it was harder than ordinary red thread and could resist the damages of water and fire; attached on the hair of Little White, the bracelet wouldn’t break.

  “Let’s go back to school!” Patting Little White on its rump, Hao Ren got it up from the ground and walked to the entrance of the cave.

  Little White wagged its tail and moved closer to his legs before turning into a snow lion with a Boom!

  No one would break into the Ethereal Summit which was under the protection of the Big Dipper Constellation Array! Relaxed, Hao Ren smiled and got up on Little White’s back, patting its big round head comfortingly.

  333 Match for Little Zi

  Shortly after Hao Ren left Fifth Heaven on Little White, three figures flew to a small hill near the Ethereal Summit.

  “Hello, Sect Master Song, Taoist Liu!” A middle-aged man wearing a blue robe cupped his hands at the other two.

  The pretty woman who was referred to as Taoist Liu smiled at the middle-aged man. “Hello, Sect Master Han,” she greeted.

  They were masters of three cultivation sects near the Ethereal Summit. The man with the surname Han was the master of Seven Stars Sect, the man with the surname Song was the master of Qiong Hua Sect, and the woman with the surname Liu was the master of Qin Yin Sect.

  The positions of the three sects formed a triangle, and Hao Ren’s Ethereal Summit was in the center of this triangle. From the terrains of the mountains, the three sects all regarded this valley as part of their back mountain.

  The three sects had argued about the ownership of the valley and finally decided to hold a competition every ten-year. During the competition, each sect would send three new Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, and the winner would gain the right to use the valley for five years.

  In the next five years, the valley would be left alone to recover its essence for the next winning sect. Of course, with this method, no sect could occupy this valley for ten consecutive years in which it could increase their power by so much that it would permanently occupy the valley.

  However, to prepare for the next competition, some disciples went into the valley, and they found a cave abode in it.

  The three masters were stunned by this discovery. They had abided by their agreement and nurtured the valley for five years. Now, it was occupied by an outsider!

  This incident soon escalated. After some discussion, the three sects eliminated the possibility that one of the three sects had been secretly using the valley, and they sent a large group of young disciples and several elders to guard the valley.

  However, two shadows appeared in the sky above the valley in the evening, and the elders and hundreds of disciples who were waiting for the intruder were beaten unconscious and tossed out of the valley.

  During the whole process, none of the hundreds of cultivators saw the faces of the attackers!

  Receiving the message, the three sects held an emergency meeting. They sent all the elders in the Core Formation Realm in the sects to the entrance of the valley, but they received the same treatment!

  This time, dozens of elders were tossed out of the valley, and all their high-quality flying swords were confiscated!

  With the failed nigh raid, the three sects didn’t dare to make another move. After one uneasy night, the three sect masters decided to pay a visit to the valley during the daytime.

  “Let’s go!” The sect master of Seven Stars Sect took the lead and flew toward the valley on a red sword.

  The sect masters of Qiong Hua Sect and Qin Yin Sect exchanged a look and followed him on their swords.

  From the information they got yesterday and last night, the cultivator who occupied the valley only came there to cultivate in the night, and the cave abode was empty during the day.

  That was why they thought it was safe to investigate it during the daytime.

  As he came near the edge of the valley, Sect Master Han of the Seven Stars Sect slowed down, and Sect Master Song of the Jade Hua Sect and Sect Master Liu of the Qin Yin Sect didn’t dare to break in either.

  After all, they were still stunned by the fact that dozens of elders were instantly beaten unconscious and tossed out of the valley last night.

  “Senior, Han Guang, the Sect Master of Seven Stars Sect, asks for permission to see you!” Standing on his flying sword at the entrance of the valley, Sect Master Han circulated his nature essence and spoke in a loud voice.

  They waited for a long while, and no reply came from the valley.

  Looking back at the other two sect masters, Sect Master Han hesitated for a few seconds and called out again, “If Senior is not in here, please forgive us for going into the valley!”

  No sounds came from the valley; not even the chirping of birds.

  The quieter the valley was, the more nervous they got.

  Sect Master Han inhaled deeply and looked back at Sect Master Song and Sect Master Liu. “Let’s go in together!”

  In fact, Sect Master Song and Sect Master Liu were nervous, but they couldn’t back off now. Besides, from the incidents of the last few nights, they knew that the senior living in the valley didn’t want to hurt anyone; he or she just wanted to keep people out.

  Each equipped with a protective dharma treasure, they forced themselves to fly into the valley.

  A wave of mist greeted them. When they regained their sense of orientation, they realized that they were outside the valley. Not wanting to admit defeat, they flew in from another direction. When the mist disappeared, they found themselves back at the entrance of the valley!

  They dared not to try again. Standing on their flying swords, they looked at each other in puzzlement.

  “Sect Master Han, will we just give the valley up to this outsider?” Sect Master Liu broke the silence and asked with a reluctant expression on her face.

  To prepare for this competition, she had personally trained three disciples with the determination of getting control of the valley, and that was why she was unwilling to let go.

  Sect Master Han thought for a moment and said, “I don’t think the senior is in the valley now, or he or she would have come out and dealt with us instead of letting us linger out here.”

  “And the array formation…” Sect Master Song asked with bafflement.

  “The array formation left in the Elixir King Valley should be a position shifting array. We can’t go in if we can’t break the array. In our Seven Stars Sect, we have a similar array formation, but this one is much more advanced than ours.” Sect Master Han paused for a few seconds before continuing, “Since the senior won’t be back until nighttime, we can just wait here.”

  “The cave abode was reported to be very crude, and I think it must be a temporary resting place for the senior. We can leave him or her alone, and this senior will probably leave after a while,” Sect Master Song said after a moment of consideration.

  The sects in Fifth Heaven knew the limit of their strengths. Sometimes, cultivators from Sixth Heaven would come to visit Fifth Heaven, and they couldn’t afford to mess with these Sixth Heaven cultivators.

  However, Sect Master Han shook his head. “The senior must be a cultivator from Sixth Heaven, and he or she is living here temporarily to recover from injuries or to hunt for treasures. From the way our cultivators were dealt with last night, this senior is not a murderous person. This may present an opportunity for us.”

  Hearing Sect Master Han’s words, the eyes of the pretty Sect Master Liu lit up with understanding. With a master from Sixth Heaven living in the Elixir King Valley, it was both a threat and an opportunity for the three sects nearby.

  “Even if we couldn’t get any treasures or cultivation techniques from the senior, it would benefit the sects if the senior could give us a few tips on cultivation. Sect Master Han must have planned to ask the se
nior for tips, but he was afraid to do it alone, and that was why he wanted the three of us to act together,” Sect Master Liu thought to herself.

  “Then, we will wait here and hope that we can meet the senior today,” Sect Master Song nodded and said.

  Sect Master Song didn’t hope to get cultivation tips from this senior. He only wanted the senior to return the flying swords that were confiscated last night. After all, the Qiong Hua Sect had sent out the largest number of cultivators last night and thus suffered the most significant loss of flying swords.

  While the three sect masters waited respectfully near the valley, Hao Ren, the senior in their eyes, was back in the East Ocean University having classes.

  With Lu Qing’s special permission, Hao Ren could skip any class he wanted, but the teachers still couldn’t let him pass the course if he did too poorly on the exam.

  If he failed too many courses, Hao Ren couldn’t explain it to his parents. More importantly, if he failed miserably on the exams, he would be too shameful to tutor Zhao Yanzi.

  While Hao Ren was listening to the teacher attentively, Zhou Liren sitting next to him leaned toward him slowly to look at the item on his wrist. “This bracelet is so beautiful…”

  Hao Ren was sitting in the back row close to the window. Under the sunlight shining through the window, the blue deep ocean crystal was dazzling, and the golden thread that was attaching the crystal to his wrist was also emitting light that was more dazzling than gold.

  “Damn! Are you a girl or something?” Hao Ren bounced Zhou Liren’s head off with the back of his fist.

  “You have been wearing more accessories since you fell in love,” Zhou Liren leaned toward him again and said, “Su Han once gave you two bracelets. Then, you got a necklace, a golden bell, some beads, and now you got this little star… They are all gifts from girls, right?”

  “Ugh…” Hao Ren didn’t know how to answer him.