Chapter 1520: 548: The Dragon King Recounts the Past, Ping'an Seeks the Truth
Chapter 1520: Chapter 548: The Dragon King Recounts the Past, Ping’an Seeks the Truth
“Cuìhuā, what’s wrong with you?”
Cailin softly inquired of the Nine-tailed Fox.
The Nine-tailed Fox smiled and said, “Nothing, just that I find myself a bit entranced by such scenery, probably because I’ve been asleep for too long before.”
Cailin nodded slightly and said nothing more.
King Yin Kui stood up and brought over a cup, which contained Jadescent Nectar.
The Nine-tailed Fox thanked him, holding the cup, but didn’t sip from it for a long while.
She indeed had some personal matters weighing on her mind.
And these concerns couldn’t be mentioned to anyone.
The conditions offered by that old Daoist who called himself Hongjun were truly hard to refuse.
To be precise, she didn’t dare to refuse.
‘How did such a troublesome figure come to find me.’
‘Moreover, this mighty being has seized upon my weakness.’
‘I’m not a fool; if I really did as he said, I’d surely be discarded, ending up in a pitiful state and ultimately unable to protect anything.’
‘The hearts of these chess players are darker than one another.’
‘Alas, how bitter my fate is as this little fox, sealed away for so many years, and upon my release, haven’t even had a year of peaceful days before being swept into such matters.’
‘What should I do.’
Nearby, Niu Benben whispered quietly, “What’s up with Cuìhuā?”
Cailin said, “Not sure, she started to daze off at the Heavenly Court banquet and even said a lot of things she shouldn’t have.”
“What did she say?”
“She mentioned wanting to become the third heavenly queen or something.”
“Huh?” Niu Benben was a bit shocked.
Yin Kui frowned and said, “Don’t bring up such matters again! Beware of the Queen Mother’s wrath! The jealousy among women is quite strong, especially when it involves our valiant and courageous majesty.”
Niu Benben replied, “But speaking of it, indeed the Heavenly Emperor should find a woman from the Hundred Clans, even if not as a proper wife, as a concubine, a consort would suffice. This way, the Hundred Clans would have a little hope.”
“Hmph,” Cailin said, “His Majesty is not like that wanton Xuanyuan Huangdi, His Majesty is already quite excellent.”
Niu Benben chuckled and said, “Cailin, you wouldn’t also…”
“Stop making things up about me,” Cailin said calmly, “I only have admiration and loyalty for His Majesty, as His Majesty rescued us from the Heavenly Dao’s Illusionary Realm, giving us all we have now, allowing us to not only survive but to have dignity and respect. Having any ulterior motives for His Majesty would be a great sin.”
“Indeed,” Yin Kui smiled gently, “I also have the utmost admiration for the Heavenly Emperor.”
Niu Benben and Cailin both cast a disdainful glance at him.
Yin Kui remained composed, continuing to elegantly and calmly fiddle with the wine cup.
In this place, the peach blossoms bloomed one after another, but there was no sight of a suitable companion.
The Nine-tailed Fox leaned against the peachwood pillar that was about to turn into a spirit, still burdened with concerns.
This matter wasn’t as simple as concerning her life and death;
If it were merely a matter of life and death, to her, it wouldn’t be such a big deal at all.
…
Li Ping’an was unaware of the Nine-tailed Cuìhuā’s dilemma.
He strolled beneath the East Sea, observing the current living conditions of the Ocean Race, contemplating how to further restrict the actions of the Western Sect’s dual Saints.
If the Daoist Celestial Consecration Tribulation lacked these two troublesome Saints, the power between Chan and Jie would be unbalanced.
If the two sides couldn’t balance, the strength of the Jie Sect’s disciples would crush that of the Chan Sect’s disciples, and the Chan Sect would naturally avoid direct confrontation with the Jie Sect, leaving one problem remaining for this great tribulation.
——How to make the Intercepting Sect Immortals willingly ascend to the heavens in their physical bodies, bound by the Heavenly Dao, to make their Great Dao return to the Heavenly Dao.
This is the necessary path to combat the final tribulation.
Li Ping’an now fully understood the saying ‘How can one secure perfection in the world’;
However, for him, the latter half of the sentence became ‘not failing Chan and Jie, not failing the spirit.’
After these two attempts at disrupting the alliance between the Western Sect and Chan Sect—the first being when the Six Saints had just returned to the world, Li Ping’an proactively went to Mount Ling, and the other was naturally the affair of Yao Ji, where Li Ping’an seized the opportunity to counter;
Li Ping’an had largely come to see that the alliance trend between Chan Sect and the Western Sect was something he couldn’t stop, this fact.
Today, when the Four Saints and the Heavenly Court divided the incense of the Southern Continent, Yuanshi Tianzun would still consider the ‘saintly dignity’ of Jie Yin and Zhunti.
This quietly vexed Li Ping’an in his heart and was the main reason he skipped the foreplay and went straight to venting his frustration today.
‘Forget it, this is the path Master chose himself, my worry is unnecessary.’
Li Ping’an shook his head and continued to appreciate the enchanting scene beneath the sea.
Having observed the current plight of the Ocean Race for a while, Li Ping’an nodded in satisfaction.
The Dragon Clan had gradually eased its control over the Ocean Race.
Although the lifeblood of the Ocean Race was still controlled by the Dragon Clan and their affiliated species, the ordinary Ocean Race already enjoyed complete human rights.
For instance, if a dragon killed a member of the Ocean Race without cause, then according to the laws of the Heavenly Court, it would carry the same punishment as killing a dragon prince or princess without cause.
After all, [decapitation] was the extreme penalty in most laws of the Heavenly Court.
This was indeed a good progress.
Li Ping’an’s figure constantly flickered, circling around in some bustling underwater cities.
The architectural style of the underwater cities was quite peculiar, and the city planning was relatively loose, mostly based on large areas of coral, with houses built on them, or directly using artifact refining methods to forge some palaces and buildings, piling them on the reefs.
The cultivation of the Ocean Race was not much different from that of the Hundred Clans;
Just that when the Ocean Race took form, they tended to retain more of their original features, mostly having the upper body as an innate Dao body, which is human-like, and the lower body retaining their original characteristics, to facilitate movement underwater.
For example, the famous Mermaid Clan, with their standard human-like body and fish tail, once showcased their singing in the Heavenly Court, deceiving considerable rewards from the Queen Mother.