When Tingtian Ao was returning to the dock from Jiujiang City, he sensed sothing was amiss. He was perched atop the helt of a guard, his brows deeply furrowed.
"What’s wrong?"
Yu Hongchang noticed the dog’s abnormality and looked over in confusion. "Did sothing happen?"
"Li Xuan is not in his room," Tingtian Ao suddenly lunged forward, turning into a streak of afterimage as it dashed straight into Li Xuan’s room, "The key is, Niulang seems to have been drugged into unconsciousness."
It wasn’t strange that Li Xuan was missing; he might have gone out for a stroll or to train his swordsmanship on the shore. But the unusual deep sleep of the ’Divine Blood Azure Phoenix’ was definitely alarming.
Upon hearing this, Yu Hongchang’s expression changed slightly, and she imdiately followed.
Li Xuan’s room was located on the fifth floor of the stern of the ship, near the window by the stairs, which allowed her to keep an eye on him at all tis.
But when Yu Hongchang arrived, she found the room empty. The ’Divine Blood Azure Phoenix’ perched next to it was in a state of deep sleep.
The ’Fumo Vajra’ held the fumo sword and stood outside the room with an innocent face, apparently unaware of any abnormalities.
"What happened?" Xue Yunrou also barged in. Her face had turned deathly pale: "Where has Xuan gone?"
"He must have been the victim of a secret plot and abducted."
Yu Hongchang dripped a drop of crimson liquid into the beak of the ’Divine Blood Azure Phoenix’. Her face darkened with rage, and she uttered disdainfully, "Kudos to you, Yunrou. You even managed to lose a person right under your nose. Didn’t you know that contemplating the Dari can tire the mind?"
Xue Yunrou bit her lower lip until blood started to trickle down.
She admitted that she had been careless this ti, but she still felt indignant. "If you hadn’t insisted on arranging my room at the stern of the ship, how could this have happened?"
Yu Hongchang was left speechless for a mont. She had purposefully arranged Li Xuan and Xue Yunrou’s rooms far apart, separated by more than twenty ters.
"Both of you, stop arguing. They probably used the ’Jiuyou Illusionary Incense’ to silently bewitch everyone nearby."
Tingtian Ao interjected, "Furthermore, it was a group cri. Several peak masters of the Fourth Gate must have breached the decree of this ship together. Most of them should be from the aquatic clan. Look at these walls - there are many water droplets."
The ’Divine Blood Azure Phoenix’ had regained consciousness by now. It let out a stern screech and flew out through the porthole, hovering above the sea, seemingly trying to locate its master’s presence.
"Search!" Yu Hongchang clenched her fist, a fiery light shining in her eyes: "Even if we have to overturn the entire Poyang Lake, find Li Xuan’s whereabouts for !"
Her fist crackled with energy. The uncontrollable power of ice and fire scattered around, pulverizing the wooden walls and ship into sawdust.
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At the sa ti, at the bottom of the Poyang Lake in the southeast, near Nanchang City, Master Pingbo, Master Fulang, and an old man nad Elder Mingfei, all sat solemnly in front of a giant stele.
A mont later, the head of a gigantic turtle erged from the stele, peering at the three of them.
"Tortoise minister?" A glint appeared in Elder Mingfei’s eyes: "Is Lord himself available to et us?"
"Lord is drinking! The Prince of the East Sea ca personally today, and Lord is very happy. How could I get a chance to talk to him?"
The Poyang Turtle Pri Minister shook his head, drew his head back and said, "Co in first. Tell what is going on? What kind of justice do you three want Lord to uphold for you?"
The three exchanged glances and stepped into the giant stele, which was actually the entrance to the mini void of the Dragon Palace.
"Isn’t it for the sake of our descendants?" Elder Mingfei sighed, "We had no choice before and had to put up with it since that Ice-Thunder Halberd knew its limits. But the situation deteriorated rapidly once Jiang Yunqi ascended to the heavenly level. Many started to see us as stepping stones for the Jiang Mansion and began to arrest and kill indiscriminately. So, we captured the source of the troubles and asked the Lord of the Yangtze River, Immortal Master Shuide, to deal with it."
"Source of troubles?" The Poyang Turtle Pri Minister looked at the three n curiously. "What source of troubles?"
"Li Xuan, the second son of Earl Chengyi."
Master Fulang behind hm hmphed, "We have checked. The Golden Abalone, Dragon Blood Crocodile, Water Python, etc. that Jiang Yunqi captured were all eaten by that second son. He probably has his heart set on using our descendants’ Demon Core to help that Li Xuan lad reach the Third Gate. That’s why we caught him, to teach him a lesson."
"Li Xuan?"
The Poyang Turtle Pri Minister was startled, then he took a few steps back as if electrified: "You captured Li Xuan? Are you trying to get killed?"
"Turtle Brother!" The old Golden Abalone sighed, "Your turtle clan has a good relationship with Earl Chengyi’s mansion and is no longer in danger. But our descendants are still in a sea of suffering, constantly in danger. For the sake of our close lineage, please ask the tortoise minister to help us convey this."
"No!"
Poyang Turtle Pri Minister shakes his head vigorously, "I’d kill you all if I went to report this. You probably don’t know, but the reason Immortal Master Shuide was able to get out ahead of ti was—"
He wanted to say that the ’River Lord of the Yangtze’ was able to break free ahead of ti solely thanks to Li Xuan. This man is now a hot commodity among Dragon Kings of the Yangtze River System.
Who doesn’t know that Yangzhou Dragon King Ao Gun, all because of a little booklet of Li Xuan’s, managed to reduce a hundred lashes of family law punishnt to just thirty lashes?
But before Poyang Turtle Pri Minister could finish his sentence, a large and intimidating dragon head squeezed in from the side, "I think I heard you ntion Li Xuan just now? Which Li Xuan is this?"
Poyang Turtle Pri Minister’s eyes slightly narrowed, and he bowed in reverence, "Your Highness, it’s the second son of Earl Chengyi, recently made Earl Jingan. These fellows here, they’ve kidnapped Li Xuan."
He recognized the dragon before him as his master, the current Poyang Dragon King, Ao Zhihui.
Upon hearing this, the dragon head imdiately drew back, revealing its hundreds of feet long colossal body. Its grinding-stone-sized dragon eyes looked at the group in astonishnt, "You guys kidnapped Li Xuan?"
"Exactly!" Elder Mingfei pulled out a sack and shook it, jostling out a Li Xuan wrapped up like a rice dumpling.
The three of them all had tears in their eyes, "We beg His Highness the King of Poyang to help us."
"You guys, you really can—"
Poyang Dragon King Ao Zhihui thought to himself, how am I supposed to help you? If this matter reaches the ears of Lord, I’m afraid I’ll be in big trouble. How could Ao Zhihui ever harm the benefactor of his second sister?
He was about to order his servants to take these fools away, but another dragon head stuck out from the side. Ao Zhihui glanced over and realized that it was his cousin, Yangzhou Dragon King Ao Gun.
This fellow looked at the three n with a sowhat mocking glance, "Your clansn didn’t have their troubles here in Poyang Lake, so how can Ao Zhihui help you? Don’t even think about finding the Lord. After the banquet, she’s going to the East Sea Dragon Palace for a while. However, I can give you a suggestion."
Elder Mingfei furrowed his brows as he tried hard to recognize the newly-arrived dragon king’s identity, but eventually gave up.
All these dragons looked similar when they hadn’t transford, making it really hard to tell them apart.
He turned and bowed, "We humbly await your suggestion, Dragon King."
"Do you see that over there?" As Ao Gun spoke, he stretched out a claw and pointed to the side, "The tallest and largest room in that direction is the temporary sleeping quarters of Immortal Master Shuide, river master Ao Shuying. You can bring this guy over there later, sneakily toss him onto Ao Shuying’s bed. I guarantee whatever grudges you have can be resolved."
"This?" The three n, Mingfei, looked at each other, all showing hints of hesitation.
Ao Gun then gently persuaded, "You know what kind of temperant Ao Shuying has, right? If she sees a human man on her bed, she may even eat him alive. Even if she doesn’t, she will definitely make his life a living hell. Isn’t this a good way to get your revenge?"
Upon hearing this, Master Fulang’s expression changed dramatically, but he still maintained so rationality, "This doesn’t seem right. Once this kid really dies, both the Ice-Thunder Halberd and Li Chengji will still co after us."
"That’s why I said you’re so stupid, both stupid and cowardly."
Ao Gun looked at them with a disgusted eye, "Do you think Ao Shuying, with her proud character, would ever admit it if Li Xuan ended up on her bed, and so she ate him? Even if the Ice-Thunder Halberd ca knocking on her door, she wouldn’t be scared. At most, she’d just have a fight.
Of course, she would definitely cause so trouble for you afterwards, but at most, she would just whip you guys a few dozen tis. She wouldn’t co to your door to wipe you and all of your clan out."
Master Fulang and Master Pingbo couldn’t help but exchange glances, catching a glimr of light in each other’s eyes.
Even the most rational among them, Mingfei, was showing signs of being swayed.
"You think about it! I have to go."
With a swish of his body, Ao Gun swam towards the main hall.
But as soon as he left the three n, Poyang Dragon King Ao Zhihui chased after him, grabbed his dragon body and said, "Ao Gun, what kind of mischief are you up to this ti? Are you trying to get your cousin killed?"
"No!" Ao Gun struggled a bit then transford into human shape, "Don’t you see this as an opportunity? An opportunity for us to escape our misery."
"What opportunity, let’s hear it!"
At this ti, seven or eight dragon heads stretched out, fuming at Ao Gun, "You bastard, what are you up to? If you anger Ao Shuying, none of us will have an easy ti."
"I want to rid Ao Shuying of her maidenhood!"
Ao Gun stroke his dragon whiskers in satisfaction, "Us dragons are naturally lustful creatures. My noble brothers here, who among you did not lose their virginity a couple years after hatching, enjoying the pleasures of flesh? Yet my sister? She’s still untouched till now, which is totally outrageous!"
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