Dragon King's Son-In-Law

by Dragon King

  When they began to fear that something had happened to him, Hao Ren came back abruptly.

  During the last few days, many crown princes had transferred to East Ocean University. When they came out to greet Hao Ren, they realized that Hao Ren emitted the aura of mid-tier Xun-level!

  In about a dozen days, Hao Ren had elevated to Xun-level from Dui-level!

  “He had been cultivating in seclusion!” they thought.

  The members of the Calligraphy Club looked at each other in amazement, thinking that it was a miracle.

  “Hao Ren is indeed a genius among geniuses!” they thought to themselves.

  The most astonished was Lu Qi who had observed Hao Ren since the latter was at Zhen-level. Each time he saw Hao Ren, the latter had improved drastically!

  “Where’s Yujia?” Hao Ren asked Lu Qi.

  “I’ve sent her the notice about your return,” Lu Qi said, still looking at Hao Ren in astonishment.

  “Hao Ren!”

  The moment Hao Ren asked about her, Xie Yujia rush toward him from the direction of the library on her bicycle.

  When the bicycle came before Hao Ren, Xie Yujia almost flew from it and threw herself into his arms. Seeing Hao Ren was in good shape, she couldn’t control her tears anymore.

  She had no appetite and poor sleep while he was absent. When she returned to Hao Ren’s home, she had to act cheerful and lie to Grandma, saying that Hao Ren had gone to a school research program in the mountains and didn’t have signal.

  She was afraid that Hao Ren couldn’t make it back and wondered what she should do if he didn’t return.

  When she was in the library, she couldn’t read a word. After receiving the news about Hao Ren’s return, she almost flew out of the library on the Ruyi Cloth!

  Seeing the gentle and strong Xie Yujia crying her heart out, Hao Ren felt guilty.

  He had just thought of challenging himself and didn’t really think about the possibility of not coming back.

  Xie Yujia’s white shirt beneath her black jacket was soon dampened by her tears. In the past days, she had cried in secret many times; the longer Hao Ren was absent, the more anxious she had got.

  Now that Hao Ren has come back, all the emotions inside her erupted.

  The crown princes around Hao Ren and Xie Yujia thought that Xie Yujia indeed loved Hao Ren deeply since she cried like this while Hao Ren was only absent for about a dozen days. They didn’t know that Hao Ren had been to the Nine Dragon Palace and the Demon Sea!

  The ordinary cultivators would have died 100 times or even 1,000 times if they entered these two places!

  “What day is today? Where’s Zi?” Seeing more and more students looking their way on tiptoes, Hao Ren dried the tears on Xie Yujia’s face and asked.

  He had hurried back for two reasons. The first was that he must return and give the Immortal Fruits to Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi before the nature essence on them was lost. The second was to check if Third Uncle Zhao Kuo, who had ventured into the Nine Dragon Palace as well, had come back safely!

  724 Is This… Immortal Fruit?!

  Xie Yujia didn’t notice until now that more and more students were watching them from a dozen meters away. Knowing that she had lost her composure and remembering that Zhao Yanzi still didn’t know about Hao Ren’s return, she pulled Hao Ren toward the gate of the school.

  In fact, after careful consideration, Xie Yujia had told Zhao Yanzi the whole thing on the second day after Hao Ren was gone.

  Zhao Yanzi was astonished by the news, and what happened next was beyond Xie Yujia’s knowledge except that Zhao Yanzi’s Third Uncle seemed to have decided to go to the Nine Dragon Palace and rescue Hao Ren.

  She knew that Zhao Yanzi was concerned about Hao Ren despite her words. Although she didn’t talk to Zhao Yanzi in the past few days, she could imagine the latter’s anxiety.

  However, Zhao Yanzi had gotten the news about Hao Ren’s return from somewhere. When Hao Ren and Xie Yujia came to the main gate of East Ocean University, she had rushed out from the entrance of LingZhao Middle School from across the street and jumped into Hao Ren’s arms.

  “Jerk! Jerk!”

  While she cussed, Zhao Yanzi pounded her fists on Hao Ren’s chest.

  She had been worried while Hao Ren was away and couldn’t hear a word in class; Ling even thought that Zhao Yanzi and Hao Ren had broken up.

  Standing beside them, Xie Yujia couldn’t help smiling when she saw Zhao Yanzi’s cute look.

  Hao Ren’s safe return was the most important thing for her, and she had realized his realm had increased again, knowing that he must have gained it in the Nine Dragon Palace.

  After pounding Hao Ren’s chest for a while, Zhao Yanzi finally realized that they were in front of Hao Ren’s school and immediately stood away from Hao Ren’s warm arms with a flushed face.

  She had always claimed that she disliked Hao Ren, but she revealed her true feelings today.

  “Here are two fruits. Each of you can eat one now.” Hao Ren took out the Immortal Fruits and offered one to each of them.

  “You got some special products from the Nine Dragon Palace?” Seeing no injuries on Hao Ren and finding his eyes brighter than before, Zhao Yanzi was satisfied and cheerful with the knowledge that he had elevated his realm again.

  Without a word, she took the fruit from Hao Ren’s hand and took one bite.

  The crisp fruit tasted like a pear. With only one bite, Zhao Yanzi felt the abundant nature essence begin to gather in her body.

  “What’s this fruit?” Xie Yujia asked in her usual considerate way.

  “This is Immortal Fruit. It can extend one’s lifespan and increase cultivation strength,” Hao Ren explained with a smile.

  Zhen Yuan Zi had been good to his brother, Hao Ren, by giving him two Immortal Fruits while only giving Qiu Niu two fruits as well.

  Hao Ren had saved the two Immortal Fruits for Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi.

  Since they hadn’t cultivated for long, these fruits would surely benefit their future cultivation. As to Lu Linlin and Lu Lili, they had Immortal Physiques, so Hao Ren decided not to give the fruits to them.

  They were all dear to him, and it was hard to be impartial. Hao Ren finally understood Grandma’s dilemma.

  “Then… I’ll save mine for Grandma,” Xie Yujia put away the fruit and said to Hao Ren.

  Having taken a big bite of the fruit, Zhao Yanzi blinked and took the fruit from her mouth when she heard Xie Yujia’s words. She stuck out her tongue with some embarrassment.

  Xie Yujia wanted to save the fruit for Grandma, but she had begun eating it the moment that she got the fruit, which showed that she was more selfishness.

  In fact, it wasn’t that she didn’t care about her elders. It was just that she was still a bit immature and didn’t think a lot. When she saw the gift from Hao Ren, she was overwhelmed with joy and didn’t think of anything else.

  “I’ll… save mine for Third Uncle,” Zhao Yanzi said with a pout.

  With only one bite, she knew that the fruit wasn’t an ordinary item, and it would be a waste on her low realm. Since she had taken one bite, she couldn’t give it to Grandma, so she decided to save it for her third uncle. If she had known that this fruit was so precious, she wouldn’t have eaten it.

  “Grandma isn’t a cultivator. If she eats it, it will probably damage her meridians. These fruits had grown in a place with abundant nature essence and will lose their nature essence gradually on land. You must eat them now,” Hao Ren said with a smile while he looked at their expressions, one considerate and the other silly.

  “I still want to save it for Third Uncle,” Zhao Yanzi said while holding the Immortal Fruit that she had taken one bite.

  Zhao Kuo was good to her. Since he would soon charge at the Heavenly Dragon Realm again shortly, Zhao Yanzi thought that the fruit would be beneficial to him even though it lost some of its nature essence.

  Of course, another reason why she acted so considerately was that she
wanted Hao Ren to have a good impression of her as well.

  “Speaking of that, do you know if Third Uncle has returned or not?” Hao Ren asked her.

  “Ugh?” Surprised, Zhao Yanzi raised her head and looked at Hao Ren with a frown. “Didn’t Third Uncle return with you?”

  Zhao Kuo had gone to the Nine Dragon Palace to find Hao Ren. Now that Hao Ren had returned safely, Zhao Yanzi thought that Zhao Kuo had come back with him.

  Seeing Zhao Yanzi’s response, Hao Ren knew that Zhao Kuo hadn’t returned yet, and a bad feeling rose in him. He had met Zhao Kuo in the Nine Dragon Palace, but they had gotten separated due to the subsequent events.

  Seeing the alarm on Hao Ren’s face, Zhao Yanzi panicked as well, and the joy on her face disappeared.

  Zhao Kuo had rushed into the Nine Dragon Palace to rescue Hao Ren, but now Hao Ren was back while her Third Uncle…

  While they stared at each other and Xie Yujia began to look worried by their sides, a black dot appeared in the sky.

  Hu… A black object fell from the high sky.

  Bang!

  While they were trying to determine what this object was, a round energy sphere appeared around it, and it began to spin in the high sky.

  If sharp-eyed mortals saw the black dot in the high sky and then noticed its disappearance, they would think that it was a UFO.

  Guang… The object surrounded by an energy sphere spun in the sky and finally dropped into the flower bed in front of the school gate, destroying many flowers.

  Hao Ren and the two girls hurried over and saw the black-faced Zhao Kuo trying to get out of the flower bed!

  “Damn it!”

  Mortified, Zhao Kuo brushed the dust off his clothes and cussed.

  He had been tossed into the inner area of the Demon Sea from the Nine Dragon Palace. Before he understood the situation, he was hunted down by several demon kings. When he was about to lose the battle, flashes of green lights rose in the Demon Sea, and the small demon kings who were attacking him lost their souls.

  Then, he wanted to flee from the Demon Sea when the environment became chaotic. Shocking lightning bolts that he had never seen before crashed down, forcing him into the ocean.

  Through the seawater, he had vaguely seen a golden Phoenix and a green Kirin withstanding the Heavenly Tribulation together. When he thought that he couldn’t get out of the situation, the lightning tribulation suddenly ended.

  Just as he was about to get out of the ocean, he saw the Nine Dragon Palace flying over the sea surface. Without a chance to resist, he was sucked into the Nine Dragon Palace again.

  In the Nine Dragon Palace, he was hunted down by many fierce beasts. When a level 9 fierce beast was about to bite off his neck, he was tossed out of the Nine Dragon Palace by a mysterious force.

  When he saw Hao Ren standing before him in clean clothes with smooth cheeks, he became furious!

  “I almost died in the battles just to rescue you!” he thought.

  “Third Uncle!”

  Zhao Yanzi ran over and hugged Zhao Kuo who looked like a beggar with mud all over his body.

  At this moment, the students of East Ocean University and LingZhao Middle School were all in class, and the few students passing the gate just saw a brawny man climbed out of the flower bed, never suspecting that he had fallen from the sky.

  After looking at his tattered clothes and then glancing at Hao Ren, Zhao Kuo suddenly realized that it must be Ancestral Master Qiu Niu who tossed him out of the Nine Dragon Palace.

  Qiu Niu had purposefully tossed him in front of Hao Ren as well.

  He had been worried that Hao Ren was eaten by the demon beasts in the Demon Sea, but it seemed that this kid had had good food and maintained a healthy look!

  “Third Uncle.”

  Hao Ren walked over and pulled Zhao Kuo out of the flower bed.

  He was relieved that Zhao Kuo was back safely. No matter how rude Zhao Kuo was to him, the former had gone into the Nine Dragon Palace to save him at the risk of his own life, which touched Hao Ren’s heart.

  Hao Ren observed Zhao Kuo’s realm and found that the latter was still at peak Qian-level, which showed that Zhao Kuo wasn’t seriously injured when he fell from the Nine Dragon Palace.

  “Third Uncle! This… is for you!”

  Zhao Yanzi lifted the Immortal Fruit that she had bitten to Zhao Kuo’s face.

  Several mid-aged men walked past them and looked at Zhao Yanzi and Zhao Kuo curiously, thinking that this little girl was so kind-hearted that she was giving fruit to a beggar.

  “This!”

  Oblivious to the mortals’ gazes, Zhao Kuo looked at the Immortal Fruit in Zhao Yanzi’s hand in astonishment!

  From its abundant nature essence and unique shape, Zhao Kuo immediately knew that it was an Immortal Fruit from the legendary origin of all earthly essence - Immortal Fruit Tree!

  Seeing Zhao Kuo’s hesitation, Zhao Yanzi explained while thinking that her third uncle had never seen this fruit before, “Hao Ren brought these fruits to us, and he said that they could extend one’s lifespan and increase realms.”

  Zhao Kuo immediately looked toward Hao Ren in astonishment and thought, “Damn it! This thing is so precious that even the Earthly Immortals don’t have the chance of eating! It not only would extend one’s lifespan and increase realms, but it could also turn a cultivator into a half Immortal Physique! Hao Ren is really a bad-ass and got two of them! The Immortal Fruit Tree grows in the backyard of Zhen Yuan Zi, the leader of the Earthly Immortals. Was Hao Ren so bold that he had stolen fruits from the leader of the Earthly Immortals?!”

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  “A friend of mine who lives in the Demon Sea gave them to me. I ate one and have two left.” Seeing Zhao Kuo’s glaring eyes, Hao Ren immediately explained.

  He said that they were gifts from a friend instead of mentioning his new relationship with Zhen Yuan Zi. Otherwise, Zhao Kuo would be more astonished.

  “Yeah. Third Uncle, this is good stuff, and I give mine to you!” Zhao Yanzi continued.

  She had taken one bite and knew that the fruit was extraordinary, so she decided to give it to Zhao Kuo.

  “You’ve lost your dragon core, and this fruit will help you solidify your foundation. You should eat it now!” Zhao Kuo glared at Zhao Yanzi and said to her.

  Although the Immortal Fruit, an ultimate treasure, tempted him, he would never take stuff from a junior.

  Besides, Zhao Yanzi had lost her dragon core. Even though she was strengthening her body by cultivating the human techniques for the time being, she could have problems anytime. This fruit was a good elixir that could improve her physique.

  “Ok…” Subdued by Zhao Kuo’s fierce look, Zhao Yanzi thought that she had offended Zhao Kuo by offering a fruit that she had taken a bite. She immediately ate the remaining Immortal Fruit in several bites.

  “I’ll give mine to Third Uncle.” Standing beside them, Xie Yujia presented her intact Immortal Fruit to Zhao Kuo with a smile.

  She knew that her poor talent limited her future, and it would be better to give this fruit to Zhao Yanzi’s Third Uncle than wasting it on herself.

  Also, she was grateful that Zhao Yanzi’s Third Uncle had gone into the Nine Dragon Palace to rescue Hao Ren.

  “No!” Zhao Kuo waved his hand in determination. “I, Zhao Kuo, never rely on elixirs in my cultivation!”

  After stomping his feet on the ground, he created an energy sphere and shot into the sky.

  With the Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus as his mystic crystal, he had enough boost in his mind. After his battle with Qiu Niu in the Nine Dragon Palace and the battles with several small demon kings in the Demon Sea, he felt like he was about to break through.

  In this situation, it would be humiliating if he took stuff from juniors!

  He would cultivate in seclusion in the East Ocean Dragon Clan for a while and then battle with Su Han before charging at the Heavenly Dragon Realm!

  Watching Zhao
Kuo flying into the distance, Hao Ren turned his gaze to Xie Yujia and said, “You should eat it now.”

  “Ok!” Nodding, Xie Yujia ate the Immortal Fruit bite after bite.

  The moment that the Immortal Fruit entered her belly, a warmth rose in her as if all the meridians in her body were unblocked.

  Hao Ren watched her eat it, afraid that she would offer the fruit to someone else.

  Xie Yujia knew Hao Ren’s thoughts. Also, she guessed that the fruits must have been obtained with great efforts despite Hao Ren’s casual words from his eyes.

  “Oh. I have an urge to cultivate!” Feeling the same warmth in her body, Zhao Yanzi said to Hao Ren.

  While all the acupoints in her body were stimulated, Xie Yujia also felt like she was about to break through. It seemed that the Immortal Fruit could help her reach peak Foundation Establishment Realm and even the Core Formation Realm!

  “Little White!” Hao Ren released his spirit senses.

  Little White who had been sleeping somewhere suddenly sensed Hao Ren’s call and climbed over a wall.

  Only about a dozen days had passed, and Little White’s fur looked whiter and shinier while its body turned slimmer. It almost looked like a white fox.

  Now that it had reached level 5, it could change sizes and colors at will.

  When it saw Hao Ren, it jumped into his arms and acted as if it were affectionate.

  Hao Ren pulled up its ears and made it change into its huge snow lion form in the energy sphere.

  As his spirit beast, Little White should have sensed his presence the moment that he returned to East Ocean City from the Demon Sea. However, it had slept in the grass and didn’t show up until Hao Ren called it, which showed that it had faked the affection as a make-up measure.

  “Let’s go to Fifth Heaven!” Hao Ren patted Little White’s furry head and pulled Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi up to Little White’s smooth back.

  At level 5, Little White’s intelligence had improved, and it could understand Hao Ren’s words. While shooting flames from its paws, it flew up into the high sky.

  It had been sulky since Hao Ren had gone on an adventure without it. Feeling deserted and forgotten, Little White thought that Hao Ren just took it as a mount.