Dragon King's Son-In-Law

by Dragon King

  The young cultivators standing on the edge of the field were dazzled.

  They had watched battles between other dragon cultivators, but no one had fought like this! While they watched the practice battle between Hao Ren and Xu Ke, they knew they had been a frog sitting in a well! (A Chinese idiom of saying that a person has a limited perspective and can’t see much around him or her)

  Lu Qi who was concentrated on the battle suddenly saw a white figure floating to his side.

  He turned and saw the newcomer before greeting immediately, “Ms. Su!”

  Su Han nodded slightly, keeping her eyes on the field.

  Hao Ren’s cultivation strength was greater than it was in the Dragon God Shrine’s general exams, but Xu Ke held an ultimate dharma treasure—supreme spiritual treasure.

  The so-called supreme spiritual treasures were dharma treasures with spiritual properties and had minds of their own; they could fight without the control of their owners.

  Su Han’s White Jade Sword now possessed some spiritual properties after being refined with the addition valuable materials and a trace of Thunder Roc’s soul, but it was still no match for a supreme spiritual treasure.

  Although the number of supreme spiritual treasures left on First Heaven was not clear, it was definitely not a big number. These supreme spiritual treasures were personal treasures of ancient grand cultivators, and they were used in the same way as the present natal dharma treasures.

  Different from the present cultivators, the grand cultivators in the past didn’t put the dharma treasures into their bodies. Instead, they nurtured their dharma treasures by releasing their nature essence. After more than thousands of years of nurturing by the powerful ancient cultivators, these dharma treasures now possessed abundant spiritual properties.

  Ding! Ding… The 640 sword energies that Hao Ren released with his full force all shot onto the small golden shields.

  Even though the sword energies were unpredictable and shifty, the golden shields seemed to know the directions of Hao Ren’s sword energies and could block them unerringly.

  “This supreme spiritual treasure is indeed a treasure with great spiritual properties,” Su Han whispered while she watched the battle on the field.

  In fact, the ancient treasures in the Nine Dragon Palace were all supreme spiritual treasures and thus were very powerful. However, they had lost their spiritual properties long ago after being locked in the Nine Dragon Palace for thousands of years without proper nurturing.

  Otherwise, Zhao Hongyu’s River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting could even capture mountains and oceans inside instead of being only a flight dharma treasure.

  “How can Hao Ren, a Gen-level cultivator, defeat such a supreme spiritual treasure?” Su Han thought and frowned slightly, looking like a beautiful fairy as the golden light shined on her.

  Lu Qi glanced at Su Han by his side, still surprised that she would come here in person. It seemed that the relationship between Su Han and Hao Ren was quite unusual.

  “Attack!”

  Hao Ren gestured, and the 640 sword energies formed three One-line Snake Array Formation and attacked Xu Ke from three directions.

  Entangling with each other, the sword energies shot toward Xu Ke like three drilling spears. The surrounding young cultivators almost lost their balance when the nature essence in the area stirred up like gales.

  Golden light suddenly flashed around Xu Ke, and the golden shield rose five meters above the ground with Xu Ke on it.

  Bang!

  Three long spears exploded and created a big crater with a diameter of about thirty meters while the violent nature essence fluctuations almost cracked the array formation.

  The young cultivators standing on the edge stumbled back three to four steps, and the low-leveled cultivators were pushed to the ground by the heat wave.

  “Senior, you damaged the field,” Xu Ke said as he stood on the golden shield

  Hao Ren gritted his teeth while the sword energies scattered outward with crackling sounds.

  He only planned to test Xu Ke’s strength, but Xu Ke easily defended himself with one dharma treasure. It surprised Hao Ren and angered him a little.

  Three Talents Heaven Earth Array Formation!

  The sword energies which had created a big crater in the field wove into themselves under Xu Ke’s feet.

  “Senior, you don’t want to take the bet with me because you are afraid of losing, right?” Sparing no glance at the sword energies under his feet, Xu Ke said to Hao Ren.

  Hao Ren knew his opponent was trying to provoke him. After all, this golden shield was way more powerful than Zeng Yitao’s spear.

  “Hao Ren, that’s a supreme spiritual treasure. You can’t defeat it,” Su Han warned from the sideline of the field.

  Hao Ren turned his head slightly and found Su Han standing on the edge of the field.

  Supreme spiritual treasure!

  The young cultivators all looked stunned since supreme spiritual treasures were the most sacred dharma treasures, and each of them had been refined for thousands of years and was passed down by ancient grand cultivators!

  “Hehe, Ms. Su, you’ve come as well.” Xu Ke turned to greet Su Han with a smile on his face.

  Seeing Su Han ignored him, Xu Ke turned back to Hao Ren and said, “Right, my dharma treasure is a supreme spiritual treasure. I’ll show you its power, Senior!”

  The round golden shield beneath Xu Ke’s feet suddenly split into hundreds of golden shields, spreading in the air above the sports field.

  Hao Ren activated the Three Talents Heaven Earth Array Formation almost simultaneously.

  The sword array could unleash the force of the sword energies to the fullest. When the sword array was suddenly activated, an abundance of nature essence was immediately launched.

  “Release!” Xu Ke yelled while hovering in the sky

  Instantly, the small golden shields surrounding Xu Ke shot out in all directions. Then, they almost devoured Hao Ren’s 640 sword energies in an instant.

  Then, the golden shields that were as big as coins shot toward Hao Ren one after another!

  Hao Ren who had been attacking a moment ago was now sieged by Xu Ke’s hundreds of golden shields!

  “Up…”

  Hao Ren released a hundun sword energy to form a shield.

  Crackling… The golden shields landed on Hao Ren’s hundun sword energy like fierce hail, and they paused a little before piercing the sword energy!

  “Still no match…” Su Han shook her head slightly while watching Hao Ren and Xu Ke closely. If Xu Ke tried to launch a killing attack, she would shoot out the White Jade Sword regardless of the so-called rules!

  Hao Ren experienced the power of the supreme spiritual treasure for the first time, and his chest hurt from the attack.

  “Senior, I’ll use all my power,” Xu Ke said while the dense coin-shaped golden shields suddenly rose in the air.

  “It will still count as a win if I beat you with a dharma treasure, right?” Hao Ren asked him.

  “Of course!” Xu Ke answered.

  “Ok. I’ll make the bet with you. Are you sure you still want to accept it?” Hao Ren said lightly while touching the bleeding wound on his shoulder.

  “Ok! If you win, you’ll get my dharma treasure; if I win, I’ll get your technique!” Xu Ke nodded enthusiastically.

  Under everyone’s astonished gaze, Hao Ren grinned and slowly took out Lady Zhen’s purple gold hairpin.

  569 Collecting Treasure!

  The purple gold hairpin in Hao Ren’s hand was as big as a finger, and it had a layer of purple light around it even though it looked golden.

  Despite their low realms, the surrounding cultivators had excellent eyesight.

  They were confused when they saw Hao Ren holding a hairpin, which was a female decoration.

  “Hehe, you’re funny, Senior.” Xu Ke looked at Hao Ren with a smile. “Is this girly decoration your dharma treasure?”

  He had never s
een the purple gold hairpin before and found it funny that Hao Ren took out a female accessory at this moment.

  Equipped with his supreme spiritual treasure that still had its spiritual properties, he didn’t think that any other dharma treasure could defeat it.

  “Hehe…” Hao Ren laughed with him.

  The supreme spiritual treasures were indeed powerful, but the dharma treasures of the eternal demon kings weren’t weak either!

  Hao Ren tossed out the purple gold hairpin, and it flew up into the air instead of falling.

  Hua!

  An intense aura spread out from the purple gold hairpin!

  The night suddenly turned very dark, and the sky changed from deep black to deep purple!

  The demonic energy released by the purple gold hairpin instantly engulfed the sky, completely disregarding the array formation!

  The purple gold hairpin had been soaked in Lady Zhen’s aura for ages, and it picked up a bit of her aura.

  This aura alone was enough to frightened level 10 demon beasts!

  Even Su Han’s expression changed at the surging presence of the purple gold hairpin.

  Unable to withstand the chilling from the unfathomable abyss, the surrounding young cultivators shivered and grabbed onto each other’s arms while activating their cultivation strength to resist it.

  Standing on the golden shield, Xu Ke knew something was wrong. He immediately activated the shield-shaped supreme spiritual treasure.

  “Break!” Hao Ren said the word lightly.

  He believed that the purple gold hairpin Lady Zhen gave him was not only a flight dharma treasure. After he saw Su Han’s White Jade Sword which obtained spiritual properties after Xie Yujia refined it, he knew Lady Zhen’s purple gold hairpin was not an ordinary object.

  Since it was able to turn a large stretch of land on Fifth Heaven into aggressive purple, he knew the purple gold hairpin had spiritual properties!

  Different from demon beasts’ intelligence, the dharma treasures’ spiritual properties were almost like innate muscle memory. When they were launched, they would continue their owners’ styles and act accordingly.

  Xu Ke’s supreme spiritual treasure could defend him without being ordered, which was an instinct of this shield-shaped dharma treasure that had its spiritual property.

  Launching counterattacks against other cultivators was another innate ability of this dharma treasure!

  Xu Ke only had to supply it with some guidance and nature essence, and it would be able to unleash its power.

  Now, Hao Ren was also releasing the innate ability of Lady Zhen’s purple gold hairpin!

  “Go!” Xu Ke instructed with a grim expression.

  All the coin-shaped golden shields returned to the round golden shield in front of Xu Ke’s chest.

  With dazzling golden light, the round shield flew toward the purple gold hairpin!

  This supreme spiritual treasure had never met its match in this world yet!

  The purple gold hairpin that was tossed out by Hao Ren flashed and shot toward the golden shield swiftly with a series of afterimages in its track.

  “What’s happening?”

  “The sky is changing colors…”

  The students who were sitting on the balconies of the dorm buildings became uneasy. The starry sky now turned to a deep purple, and the stars and the Moon looked as if they had been swallowed since they were nowhere to be seen.

  Dang!

  The purple gold hairpin and the golden shield collided with each other, and the round shield with shiny golden light instantly dimmed.

  “Impossible!” Xu Ke widened his eyes in surprise.

  “Break,” Hao Ren said the word lightly again.

  The purple gold hairpin lit up, and its golden surface shone a dazzling light!

  The previously aggressive golden shield suddenly turned to flee!

  Gaining the upper hand, the purple gold hairpin chased it closely.

  Having never seen such a scene before, Xu Ke immediately yelled, “Split!”

  The dim golden shield instantly split into over 400 pieces.

  “Lock!” Hao Ren chanted a dharma spell.

  The purple gold hairpin landed on the ground steadily, and the soil turned purple!

  All the small golden shields in the area instantly lost their nature essence, falling to the grass of the field like dropped pans in a kitchen.

  “How could it be like this!?” Xu Ke was astonished! “What monster dharma treasure is this? How can Hao Ren conquer my supreme spiritual treasure!?”

  “Withdraw!” Hao Ren opened his palm.

  The purple gold hairpin flew up from the ground and returned to Hao Ren’s hand.

  As a gift from Lady Zhen to Hao Ren, the purple gold hairpin took him as its temporary master. Right now, Hao Ren was not powerful enough to make it submit to him, which meant that Hao Ren was only a user instead of an owner.

  Without the purple gold hairpin’s suppression, the golden shields on the ground shook slightly, ready to fly up.

  When all the small golden shields merged into one and were about to fly into the sky, Hao Ren suddenly launched a hundun sword energy that he had prepared.

  “Back!” Xu Ke jumped up suddenly to reach for the golden shield.

  Bang! Hao Ren attacked Xu Ke with the second hundun sword energy that he had prepared.

  The first hundun sword energy rushed the weakened golden shield into Hao Ren’s necklace while the second hundun sword energy shot onto Xu Ke’s chest, knocking him ten meters away!

  Swoosh! Swoosh! The two sword energies returned to Hao Ren’s palms.

  It looked so easy to tame a supreme spiritual treasure!

  The surrounding young cultivators were stupefied.

  “Hao Ren had just taken a supreme spiritual treasure from Xu Ke like this?” they thought.

  Su Han was surprised at the great power of the purple gold hairpin and Hao Ren’s smooth movements. It looked like Hao Ren collected a piece of clothes instead of a dharma treasure!

  “Hehe, you are awesome, Senior!” Xu Ke regained his balance and said with a smile.

  His tone was neither angry nor ashamed; he only sounded amazed.

  Seeing the corners of Xu Ke’s lips twitch, Hao Ren knew that he was acting calm.

  However, a bet was a bet, and he wasn’t going to return the supreme spiritual treasure to Xu Ke!

  Imprisoned inside Hao Ren’s necklace, the supreme spiritual treasure rushed around, breaking several pill bottles in the storage space.

  The supreme spiritual treasures didn’t like to be restrained. The ancient treasures in the Nine Dragon Palace would have escaped if not for the suppression of the array formations that world.

  “Do you want to fight again?” Hao Ren asked Xu Ke.

  “No. You are awesome, and I am no match for you, Senior,” Xu Ke said.

  After a moment of consideration, he continued, “Tomorrow, I’ll pay the 500-yuan membership fee to the Calligraphy Club. I’ve been busy after entering the school, and I hope you will forgive me for my negligence.”

  “No problem. I will come and find you when I need you,” Hao Ren answered him in the same tone.

  After taking away the golden shield, Hao Ren saw that Xu Ke was indeed at mid-tier Dui-level. However, Xu Ke declined to fight another battle since he didn’t want to reveal his strength.

  This man was able to really be patient and hold back his impulse. Hao Ren thought that Xu Ke was 100 times more powerful than people like Zeng Yitao.

  “Senior, since you like making bets, I’ll bring a better item next time and win back this dharma treasure.” With a sincere smile, Xu Ke brushed off the dust from his clothes before walking out of the sports field.

  The sky around them returned to normal, and the Moon and the stars reappeared from the receding purple mist.

  “It is good that you didn’t fight with him since taming a supreme spiritual treasure takes a lot of nature essence,” Su Han said lightly when she saw
Hao Ren walking over.

  “If you like it, you can have it. After all, it’s hard for me to suppress it with my current realm,” Hao Ren said.

  Standing by Su Han, Lu Qi was dumbfounded at Hao Ren’s generosity of gifting the supreme spiritual treasure to Su Han…

  He suddenly realized that the relationship between Hao Ren and Su Han was unusual…

  “I’m still taming my natal dharma treasure, and I don’t want yours. Besides, I think Xu Ke will try to take it back, and you can’t dump the trouble on me.” Su Han rolled her eyes at Hao Ren and said.

  Hao Ren chuckled since Su Han had seen through his scheme. She was indeed more cunning than him.

  Lu Qi was astonished again since Su Han’s tone was cold when she talked to others but was much livelier when she walked to Hao Ren

  “Brother Hao, I’ll fill up the field, but I can’t return it to its original state,” Lu Qi said.

  “It’s ok. Thank you!” Hao Ren looked at him gratefully.

  He only wanted to test Xu Ke’s strength today and hadn’t expected that the battle would damage half of the sports field in the process.

  However, he was caught off guard when he saw Xu Ke had brought a supreme spiritual treasure!

  Severely damaged, this shield-shaped supreme spiritual treasure couldn’t break out of the complicated array formations around the necklace made by Zhen Congming, but he had to solve this problem quickly.

  He tossed the purple gold hairpin into the necklace, and the golden shield that was flying around crazily immediately quieted down, afraid of the purple gold hairpin which had given it a big blow.

  Dozens of cultivators stayed behind to help Lu Qi clean up the field, and Hao Ren returned to his dorm room.

  Since the purple gold hairpin severely injured this supreme spiritual treasure, it was the perfect time to tame it.

  Supreme spiritual treasure would choose their own masters, so cultivators with low cultivation strength couldn’t tame them!

  However, they would have a small chance while these supreme spiritual treasures were weak!

  Hao Ren felt like Xu Ke left this supreme spiritual treasure with him because the latter was confident that Hao Ren couldn’t tame it.