Dragon King's Son-In-Law

by Dragon King

  “If your third uncle wins, he will charge at the Heavenly Dragon Realm. If he succeeds in reaching the Heavenly Dragon Realm, we’ll organize a grand wedding for you,” Zhao Hongyu continued.

  Zhao Yanzi blinked her big eyes and didn’t know what to say.

  Zhao Yanzi hoped that her third uncle could realize his dream and reach the Heavenly Dragon Realm, but she would have to marry Hao Ren immediately.

  “Isn’t it a bit too fast? I am still a Grade Nine student…” Zhao Yanzi bit on her lip and felt torn as she thought, “Should I invite Ling to my wedding?”

  If Hao Ren knew her thoughts, he would pass out instantly. He looked at Zhao Kuo’s determined expression and knew that the latter was serious about the battle with Su Han.

  Since they were both at peak Qian-level and wanted to achieve a higher breakthrough, they would fight with their full force, which meant that they might get seriously injured or even die in the battle.

  From Zhao Hongyu’s tone, it seemed like they thought Zhao Kuo had better odds at winning, and he wouldn’t fail the second charge at the Heavenly Dragon Realm.

  This was why they were planning and organizing Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi’s wedding.

  At 16, Zhao Yanzi was old enough to marry according to the traditions of the Dragon Tribe. Besides, Hao Ren had reached Xun-level and had become a top-tier master among the younger generation. Also, Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi’s relationship had progressed quite well. If Zhao Kuo could reach the Heavenly Dragon Realm, which was a major event for the East Ocean Dragon Clan, the wedding between Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi was the next thing on the agenda.

  “Third Uncle, it is only a practice fight. You can’t injure Sister Su.” Zhao Yanzi lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying to Zhao Kuo.

  “I… will try,” Zhao Kuo answered with some hesitation.

  In fact, no battle could guarantee no injuries. Zhao Kuo couldn’t guarantee that he wouldn’t injure Su Han. A peak Qian-level cultivator possessed the power to destroy the world. If cultivators reserved their strengths during fights while their rivals fought with full force, he would not only lose the battle but could potentially lose his realm and life.

  Besides, Zhao Kuo had high regard for Su Han who had cultivated to peak Qian-level at only about 20 years old. Despite some unique opportunities that she had, she was absolutely a top cultivation genius who could surpass him.

  With his intuition as a military commander, Zhao Kuo felt like Su Han’s strength was no less than his!

  When Hao Ren saw Zhao Kuo’s hesitation, he knew that Zhao Kuo would fight with full force tomorrow and couldn’t guarantee Su Han’s safety.

  However, he knew that Su Han would fight with her full force as well, and it was hard to say how Zhao Kuo would end up. Up until now, Hao Ren hadn’t seen Su Han’s full strength. Even when she faced Qiu Niu in the Nine Dragon Palace, he had sensed some reservation in Su Han.

  It was a waste of breath to ask Su Han or Zhao Kuo, two masters who tried to gain a breakthrough, not to inflict serious injuries on one another.

  “Third Uncle, how are things between you and Elder Xingyue?” Zhao Yanzi continued to ask.

  “That… That…” Zhao Kuo who had been talking in a loud voice showed a trace of pink on his black face.

  “Third Uncle, after you reach the Heavenly Dragon Realm, it’s time for you to marry Elder Xingyue!” Zhao Yanzi continued.

  “Non… Nonsense!” Zhao Kuo widened his eyes while his black face turned deep red like a piece of roasted beef.

  Seeing Zhao Yanzi’s snicker, he immediately realized that this was Zhao Yanzi’s counter-attack.

  Elder Xingyue had taught Zhao Yanzi cultivation when she was little; thus she was closer to Elder Xingyue than the other elders from East Ocean.

  In the past few days after Zhao Kuo came back from the Nine Dragon Palace, he had stayed with Elder Xingyue while he rested in the East Ocean Dragon Palace. Zhao Yanzi was a nosy little girl and got the information from her parents.

  As retaliation for making her blush, she was now making Zhao Kuo blush.

  “Yeah. Third Brother, Xingyue has waited for you for many years,” Zhao Guang said.

  “Big… Big brother,” Zhao Kuo almost couldn’t speak when he mentioned Elder Xingyue.

  “After reaching the Heavenly Dragon Realm, you can’t let Xingyue down anymore,” Zhao Hongyu joined the persuasion.

  Embarrassed, Zhao Kuo wondered how the topic had turned from Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi’s wedding to himself.

  He glanced at Zhao Yanzi and saw the big smile on her face.

  “I know you’re afraid that Xingyue will suffer with you, but I assure you that I won’t exert any pressure on you. It doesn’t matter if you don’t want children since Zi and Ren can have children,” Zhao Guang said with sincerity.

  Out Zhao Haoran’s three sons, the eldest Zhao Guang had one daughter, Zhao Yanzi. The second son Zhao Kuan had gradually lost his dragon essence while living in the U.S., and his branch had gradually drifted away from the Dragon Tribe. The third son Zhao Kuo had the best talent and highest realm, thus should be producing descendants for the Zhao Family.

  However, the higher realm a dragon cultivator had, the more dangerous it was to give birth. Zhao Kuo was worried that Xingyue would be in danger in giving birth to their children, so he had been hesitant.

  Now that Zhao Haoran had passed away, there was no pressure from the elder generation. Zhao Guang as the eldest brother said the words to relieve Zhao Kuo’s worries.

  Zhao Yanzi suddenly understood the situation when she heard the word ‘children’, and she yelled in protest while blushing.

  Seeing her deep blush, Zhao Hongyu smiled pleasantly. In fact, it was natural that the responsibility of passing down the bloodline of the East Ocean Dragon Palace would finally come to the shoulders of Zhao Yanzi and Hao Ren.

  Zhao Kuo didn’t want his own children due to his worry for Xingyue and the potential internal conflicts inside the dragon palace.

  “That’s the end of this topic…” Zhao Kuo interrupted them and lifted his wine glass. In fact, after hearing Zhao Guang’s words, Zhao Kuo had made the plan to marry Xingyue in a grand ceremony as soon as he reached the Heavenly Dragon Realm!

  Seeing Zhao Kuo’s glowing face, Zhao Yanzi knew that her third uncle had resolved the issue in his mind, and she said happily, “Third Uncle, I heard that dual cultivation could help you achieve a breakthrough.”

  “Pu…” Zhao Kuo who had just drunk the wine spat it out instantly.

  751 The Pinnacle Battle!

  “Cough…”

  Zhao Kuo almost choked on the wine.

  He had been busy leading troops and never considered his personal love life. Since he wanted to pursue the highest cultivation realm, he had kept his pure Vital Yang Physique, which was why he could re-cultivate back to Qian-level in such a short time after his failure at the Heavenly Tribulation.

  Zhao Yanzi hoped that Zhao Kuo could successfully reach the Heavenly Dragon Realm, which was why she reminded Zhao Kuo this point, showing her support of his relationship with Xingyue.

  However, Zhao Kuo found her proposal quite…

  Seeing Zhao Kuo’s violent reaction, Hao Ren suddenly wondered if Third Uncle was still a…

  “Naughty girl. What are you thinking?” Zhao Hongyu flicked her finger on Zhao Yanzi’s forehead.

  Zhao Yanzi stuck out her tongue and shrank her neck morosely. She only wanted her third uncle and Elder Xingyue to help each other while they cultivated together.

  Of course, she had never imagined that Zhao Kuo and Elder Xingyue had maintained a pure relationship after loving each other for so long.

  Also, she could never understand Zhao Kuo’s determination to achieve the highest realm.

  Sitting beside Hao Ren, Duan Yao was a bit envious when she saw Zhao Yanzi’s harmonious family.

  Hao Ren snickered when he saw that Zhao Kuo was silenced by Zhao Yanzi’s sentence.

  Suddenly
, he realized that it must be a hard thing for Elder Xingyue since Zhao Kuo and Su Han would battle each other. One was a heroic whom she liked, and the other was her favorite disciple whom she had raised. No matter who was hurt, she would feel heart-broken.

  At this moment, Su Han must be doing the last bit of preparation in her apartment. To charge at the Heavenly Dragon Realm, the peak Qian-level cultivators had no easy options but to go through a life-death battle.

  Besides, it was a kind of test in which the stronger one would have higher hope of reaching the Heavenly Dragon Realm. From this perspective, this battle was a fight for the opportunity to reach the Heavenly Dragon Realm.

  “Yao, don’t be shy; help yourself to the dishes,” Zhao Hongyu said to Duan Yao with warmth.

  Although she wasn’t familiar with the situation in the Demon Sea, Zhao Hongyu could see that Lady Zhen who was the most powerful eternal demon king liked Duan Yao very much, and perhaps Duan Yao might be the ruler of the Demon Sea in the future.

  “Ok.” Duan Yao nodded slightly and picked up her chopsticks to get the steaming delicacies.

  Zhao Kuo hadn’t paid attention to Duan Yao until now, and he found that she emitted the demonic presence even though she looked like a human cultivator.

  However, she had neither the aura of a low-level demon beast nor a demon king. Instead, it was a simple and unsophisticated presence like an ancient dharma treasure.

  Despite her young age, she had reached top-tier Nascent Soul Realm.

  Zhao Kuo didn’t know that Duan Yao had absorbed the Kunlun Godly Lamp which could kill big demon kings. She had merged the lamp into her pure fire physique and comprehended some of the Heavenly Dao.

  Seeing Duan Yao beginning to eat with a good appetite, Zhao Yanzi was angry and worried that this girl would eat all the food. Therefore, Zhao Yanzi immediately picked up her chopsticks and stuffed food into her mouth.

  Ever since she started to live on-campus, she usually ate at the school’s cafe where the food no match for the food that Zhao Hongyu made. Also, Zhao Hongyu had cook delicacies for Hao Ren, and it was even better.

  During dinner, Hao Ren asked Zhao Kuo some questions about planting the mystic crystal, and the latter told him everything he knew.

  Now that Hao Ren and Zhao Kuo were the two pillars of the East Ocean Dragon Clan, the stronger Hao Ren was, the more influential the East Ocean Dragon Clan would be.

  Zhao Kuo looked careless and rude but was not obtuse; he told Hao Ren every key point during the process.

  Hao Ren had wanted to find more information about mystic crystals in the Dragon God Shrine but was interrupted by Zhen Congming. Now, he gained a lot of information about it from Zhao Kuo.

  They cultivated the same technique and possessed the same kind of mystic crystal. Also, Zhao Kuo was the first dragon cultivator in the world who had reached peak Qian-level twice and planted the two mystic crystals, making his experiences most valuable to Hao Ren.

  Like two whirlwinds, Duan Yao and Zhao Yanzi had finished all the dishes on the table as if they were in a competition.

  Hao Ren and Zhao Kuo had an in-depth talk for more than one hour, and even Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Guang couldn’t understand the content of their conversation. Zhao Hongyu secretly exclaimed that Hao Ren’s realm had now far surpassed theirs.

  Snap! Snap!

  Duan Yao and Zhao Yanzi both placed their chopsticks on the last piece of stewed pork in the center of a plate.

  Suddenly, Zhao Yanzi released a sword energy from her wrist and cut Duan Yao’s chopsticks into four pieces, determined not to give up the last piece of meat to Duan Yao.

  Clutching the broken chopsticks, Duan Yao released a presence from her body, crushing the stewed pork in the plate into dust. She couldn’t get it but wouldn’t let Zhao Yanzi have it either.

  “That’s enough, you two!” Still savoring Zhao Kuo’s words about the last step of planting the mystic crystal, Hao Ren reached out and grabbed Duan Yao and Zhao Yanzi’s wrists from the table.

  Zhao Yanzi snorted lightly while Duan Yao blushed a little.

  The two girls withdrew their hands swiftly before giving each other a dirty look.

  Looking at the broken chopsticks and the shattered plate in exasperation, Zhao Hongyu asked Duan Yao, “Yao, Ren, will you stay the night here?”

  “Mom!” Zhao Yanzi immediately protested.

  “Yao, if you don’t mind, you can share a room with Zi,” Zhao Hongyu continued.

  At the same age as Zhao Yanzi, Duan Yao might become the ruler of a big force, and Zhao Hongyu hoped that they could get along well so that it would benefit Zhao Yanzi in the future.

  “I do mind,” Duan Yao answered.

  Zhao Yanzi gaped in astonishment since she hadn’t shown any objection yet!

  “Ok. Then, Ren and Zi can share one room,” Zhao Hongyu said.

  Hearing this arrangement, Zhao Yanzi blushed. She had slept in Hao Ren’s room last night, and they would again…

  This small two-story house close to downtown was much smaller than Hao Ren’s home by the sea, and there was only one spare room in which Hao Ren’s grandma had lived.

  “What’s wrong with sharing a room! That’s ok!” Zhao Kuo yelled.

  After drinking some wine, he had recovered his usual loud and crisp manner.

  “Right. It’s not your first time anyway,” Zhao Hongyu said.

  Zhao Yanzi was embarrassed to an extreme. Although it was comfortable to lie in Hao Ren’s arms, it wasn’t something to be discussed in public.

  Seeing Zhao Yanzi’s red face, Hao Ren smiled. “Auntie, it’s ok. I’ll go back tonight.”

  “I’ll go back too,” Duan Yao stepped closer to Hao Ren and said.

  Zhao Yanzi was displeased again, thinking, “Why are you always following Hao Ren? You even want to stay with him during the night?”

  She didn’t know that Lady Zhen had instructed Duan Yao to stay within 50 meters of Hao Ren, which was why she must follow him while he slept.

  “Then, I’ll go with them as well.” Zhao Yanzi ran up to her room on the second floor to fetch her school uniform and then caught Hao Ren’s arm before walking to the door.

  Duan Yao followed Hao Ren coldly, not caring what Zhao Yanzi did.

  “Big Brother, I… will head back too,” Zhao Kuo said.

  He had always been reluctant to have dinner in Zhao Guang’s home, afraid that the latter would lecture him. However, since he didn’t know if he could defeat Su Han, he had come to have this dinner with them.

  Although it wasn’t a life-death battle, he must be prepared for the worst since they would sign a no-liability agreement.

  Zhao Kuo didn’t think that the battle would be easy.

  Stepping on the golden shield, the Purple Green Treasure Sword, and the two fire wheels respectively, Hao Ren, Zhao Yanzi, and Duan Yao flew toward East Ocean University together within energy spheres.

  Stomping his feet lightly, Zhao Kuo shot toward the East Ocean Dragon Palace in a white light.

  Zhao Yanzi returned to her dormitory room in LingZhao Middle School with her school uniform while Hao Ren went back to East Ocean University’s southern dorm building which was only separated from LingZhao Middle School by a wall.

  In the energy sphere, Duan Yao couldn’t be seen by others except for cultivators.

  Several guys in shorts ran out of the public bathroom and went into their rooms with washbasins in their hands, and Duan Yao simply followed Hao Ren into his dorm room with squinted eyes.

  “I will sleep outside.” After walking into the balcony, Duan Yao took out her colorful traditional dress and tossed it onto the stone-paved ground, taking it as her bedding.

  Standing on the balcony of her own dorm room, Zhao Yanzi saw Duan Yao appearing on the balcony of Hao Ren’s dorm room and sleeping there. She felt relieved and then pitiful toward Duan Yao.

  However, Duan Yao didn’t think that it was a big problem. Inside her energy sphere, she crawled onto her dress which
was warm and clean.

  Mortals couldn’t see the immortal. While Duan Yao slept on the balcony, no one could see her.

  She believed that one day, she would take Hao Ren’s life.

  On the other side of the glass door, Hao Ren was bombarded by Zhou Liren and Zhao Jiayi with questions; they kept asking him about the name and phone number of the girl who had stayed with him today.

  Lifting her head, Duan Yao looked at the stars in the sky. She knew that she would never return home, and she would become the No.1 Demonic Girl and settle accounts with Hao Ren. As to the rest, she didn’t know.

  When Duan Yao woke up, it was already morning, and Zhao Yanzi was doing exercises lazily in her school uniform while standing among other students at their sports field.

  The other three guys in Hao Ren’s dorm room were still sound asleep. Hao Ren opened the glass door on the balcony and pulled Duan Yao up. Then, stepping over the railing on the balcony, they flew up high into the sky.

  All the dragon cultivators in East Ocean City were allowed to watch the battle between Su Han and Zhao Kuo. Although Duan Yao wasn’t a dragon cultivator, she had Lady Zhen at her back, and the Dragon God Shrine wouldn’t dare to block her.

  Duan Yao’s hands felt cold; it could be a result of her cultivation technique or her staying outside for one night. Anyway, she was a demon cultivator of top-tier Nascent Soul Realm and definitely not as fragile as she looked!

  Boom!

  A red light shot up from LingZhao Elementary School.

  Zhen Congming flew up on his black disk from a corner of the elementary school. Although he wasn’t a dragon cultivator, no one dared to block him when he decided to watch the battle in the Dragon God Shrine!

  Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Three lights rose from the dorm buildings. Xie Yujia and the Lu sisters had got the news and decided to watch the battle in the Dragon God Shrine as well. None of them were dragon cultivators, but it didn’t stop them from going to the Dragon God Shrine!