Nine Nether Dragon Emperor

The three elders' eyes widened in astonishment as they stared at Cheng Dabao, wondering how she could possibly know a secret from hundreds of years ago.

Ning Xuan blinked and exclaimed, "The Emperor is a good man!"

"He's a good man? Bullshit!"

"Hahaha, him? Pah!"

Seeing that the elder in the center had no intention of speaking, Ning Xuan spoke up. "If he weren't a good man, why would he have named this place the Three Ministers Star Realm?"

The complexions of the two elders who had spoken stiffened in unison.

Ning Xuan's eyes immediately widened in shock. "Oh, come on. Don't tell me your ancestors actually gave yourselves this name? Isn't that a little shameless…?"

"Silence!"

"We served the Ye Family with our lives, only to have our entire clans banished. He's the shameless one, not us!" the two elders who had spoken earlier grew agitated.

"Yes, yes, you're absolutely right," Ning Xuan said, not bothering to argue. "However, you should probably stop with the 'Great Minister of Works' and all that. After all, your title is no longer legitimate." After this reminder, he continued, "Since your titles are illegitimate, you have no right to command me. We won't be seeing each other again!"

Ning Xuan immediately tried to activate the moving villa.

A cold snort came from the other side. The moving villa shook but remained in place.

"Look, there's only one moving villa. The three of you can't split it," Ning Xuan said, feeling a bit helpless.

"That's none of your concern. We've already made arrangements."

"Flying Treasures are of no use to me. Your bloodline, on the other hand, is very interesting."

Ning Xuan spread his hands. "That's still not enough to go around."

"The Magical Treasure goes to Old Ming, and you're for Old Zuo to study. As for this young lady, I'm rather interested… I'd like to…"

Before the righteous-looking elder could finish, Cheng Dabao's voice rang out. "Ning Xuan, didn't you say the water here is deep?"

Ning Xuan followed her gaze toward the large river ahead. "You're mistaken. The water here is very shallow. You can even see the turtles."

Nice one, Ning Xuan thought. This girl's cursing is masterful. I wonder who taught her. Ye Qingqing is too busy preening to have taught her something like this. Still, those three old bastards across from us really deserve it.

Ning Xuan immediately got into character, playing the part of the perfect straight man. He glanced around and said, "Turtles? Where? I don't see any."

"Over there, see? Three old turtles… with three little turtles."

Ning Xuan's peripheral vision caught sight of Zuo Qian and his two companions chatting and laughing as they headed their way, and he almost lost his composure.

"Excellent. It has been a long time since we encountered such insolent outsiders!" Across from them, the three elders took a step forward in unison, their faces expressionless. They were preparing to unleash a powerful attack.

"Hold on!" Ning Xuan immediately shouted to stop them.

The three elders stared at him without saying a word. Ning Xuan likewise remained silent, but just then…

HUM!

A dragon's roar echoed through heaven and earth!

A terrifying Emperor Dragon Qi suddenly burst forth from Ning Xuan's body. What was even more terrifying was that a true dragon was now circling above the moving villa, its Dragon Might sweeping across three thousand miles!

The three elders were dumbstruck.

Behind them, Zuo Qian and his two companions subconsciously knelt and prostrated themselves. It wasn't just them; even Cheng Dabao was dumbfounded.

What is going on?!

"You… you…" the three elders stammered, their eyes filled with reverence.

"You have greatly disappointed this king!" Ning Xuan declared, his royal authority pervading the heavens and the earth.

"This servant pays her respects to His Highness, the Crown Prince!" Cheng Dabao suddenly knelt respectfully before Ning Xuan.

THUMP!

Hearing this, the three elders on the other side all fell to their knees, saying respectfully, "We, sinful subjects Ming Dafa, Hou Cunzheng, and Zuo Lie, pay homage to Your Highness, the Crown Prince."

Although they had never been to the Chi Ming Dynasty, they were intimately familiar with the Emperor Dragon Qi. In each of their clan halls, there was a portrait of the Emperor from long ago. Even though it was an inanimate object, they felt suppressed by its terrifying aura whenever they looked at it. That aura was identical to the one radiating from the youth before them!

Despite their tough talk about the Emperor just moments ago, upon truly facing this power, they had only one thought: to beg for forgiveness and leave this godforsaken, frozen wasteland.

"This sinner did not know that Your Highness was gracing us with his presence and has greatly offended you… It was their fault! They deceived me! Your Highness, you saw for yourself—I didn't say a thing just now," the central elder, Ming Dafa, said immediately, trying to distance himself from the other two.

"Ming Dafa, you…"

Just as Hou Cunzheng began to speak, Zuo Lie on the far left felt a murderous impulse rise within him. "Old Ming, Old Hou, it was the Ye Family who wronged us! Besides, we are no longer subjects of the Ye Family. Since he's here, he shouldn't dream of leaving alive!"

With that, he stood up straight, his gaze locked on Ning Xuan, a vicious smile spreading across his face. The other two were stunned.

"Dad, Uncle Zuo is right, I… urk…"

Behind them, one of the younger men clutched his throat before he could finish his sentence. Standing behind him was Ning Xuan—or to be precise, one of his Dao Bodies. Simultaneously, Ming Xiaolou was also eliminated; another of Ning Xuan's Dao Bodies stood behind him.

The three elders in front were shocked. Zuo Qian, who was further back, held his sword at the ready, backing away continuously as he watched Ning Xuan's two Dao Bodies with alarm.

"Why?!" Ming Dafa demanded, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at Ning Xuan. His son hadn't even spoken, yet he was still killed!

"Zuo Lie, Zuo Qian, you have done well," Ning Xuan said with a smile, completely ignoring Ming Dafa. "Kill them, and your Zuo Family may return to Chi Ming!"

At the same time, his two Dao Bodies vanished.

The eyes of the Zuo father and son widened.

"You'd better not…"

Before Zuo Lie could finish, Ming Dafa and Hou Cunzheng had already attacked with ferocious intent.

By Ning Xuan's side, Cheng Dabao was thoroughly impressed.

She had originally thought there would be an incredibly brutal battle! Who would have guessed it would be resolved so easily? His methods left her in complete awe. However, what made her even more curious was the Emperor Dragon Qi emanating from Ning Xuan, and that lifelike true dragon. If she weren't Ye Qingqing's disciple, she probably would have believed Ning Xuan really was the Crown Prince of Chi Ming!

She immediately sent a sound transmission to ask Ning Xuan how he did it.

Ning Xuan, of course, didn't tell her the truth, simply claiming it was the result of practicing the Cultivation Technique Ye Qingqing had taught him. Cheng Dabao had a moment of realization and immediately believed him.

What she didn't know was that the true dragon Ning Xuan had just manifested would have bewildered even Ye Qingqing herself. It was true that Ye Qingqing had given Ning Xuan an imperial Cultivation Technique, and he had indeed practiced it. However, that technique only endowed him with the might of Emperor Dragon Qi; it couldn't allow him to manifest a true dragon. The true dragon was a product of Ning Xuan's Azure Dragon Divine Meridian.

"Well now, as expected of a descendant of the Grand Commandant. His combat prowess is quite impressive!" To prevent Cheng Dabao from asking any more questions, Ning Xuan used a single sentence to draw her attention to the battlefield.

Across from them, four men were fighting. To be more precise, Zuo Lie was fighting the other two. Zuo Qian's own strength was considerable, but he was still no match for the two enraged elders. More importantly, he wanted to break free from them and attack Ning Xuan. Only by doing so could he clear his family of suspicion. Otherwise, all of this would be for nothing.