Chapter 423: Chapter 293: Dragon Knight Xu Yang!
A massive dragon’s might spread out instantly.
“Roar!”
Long Xiaoxue had been trapped for more than 1600 years, and today she finally managed to escape. Overjoyed, she raised her head and let out a dragon’s roar!
At this moment.
There were still many visitors inside Wanshou Palace.
They all looked up and saw a divine dragon soaring in the sky. The originally clear sky was suddenly covered in dark clouds, and the huge divine dragon weaved in and out of the clouds, revealing its scales and claws.
“A dragon!”
“A divine dragon!”
“Mom, look! There’s a dragon flying in the sky!”
The people of Da Xia had indescribable feelings towards “dragons”.
When they first saw the “dragon”, their reaction was not to run away in panic but to kneel and worship it. Especially the devout visitors, they kowtowed and murmured prayers in the direction of the “divine dragon”, looking extremely excited.
There were also people standing on the spot, taking pictures with their phones.
Among these visitors were a few online celebrities who had come to Wanshou Palace to “check in”. They had been live streaming the entire time and had already attracted a large audience after witnessing the “spiritual rain”. The appearance of the divine dragon now made their live streams even more popular!
……
“So powerful!”
By the octagonal well.
Wang Hou sheathed his sword and looked up at the sky, feeling the overwhelming dragon’s might. He said, “No wonder it survived from Master Xu’s time to the present, this flood dragon’s strength is probably even slightly stronger than mine!”
Of course.
His so-called “slightly stronger” referred to under normal circumstances.
If he borrowed the “national fortune”, no immortal would appear, and he would be absolutely invincible in the world!
Xu Zhiyuan revealed a gratified smile.
His grandson had grown up.
Although the wives he married were either ghosts or zombies, and the women around him were somewhat weird —ghost immortals, cat spirits, rabbit spirits— and now a flood dragon had come, the world was in chaos already.
Having powerful people protecting his grandson actually reassured him. He wouldn’t have to worry too much while fighting in the underworld in the future.
In the sky.
After venting her emotions, Long Xiaoxue’s mood gradually calmed down.
The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and the dragon’s shadow vanished.
Replacing it was a girl wearing a white dress, her exquisite porcelain doll-like face full of refinement.
She landed on the ground and bowed respectfully to Xu Yang, her clear voice saying, “Thank you, Young Master Xu, for the rescue.”
Xu Yang looked up and down at Long Xiaoxue.
Her appearance was exactly the same as before.
However, the divine soul that had previously resided in his Zifu and Shihai acupoints had taken a human form and seemed somewhat unreal. Now that her real body had been freed and transformed into a human form, that unreal feeling was gone.
Xu Yang even wanted to pinch Long Xiaoxue’s cheeks.
But considering that his grandpa and Wang Hou were present, he could only suppress this impulse and laughed, “Congratulations on getting free, Xiaoxue. Tonight, I’ll treat you to a big meal and introduce you to the delicacies of the human world.”
Long Xiaoxue was overjoyed and couldn’t help but swallow her saliva.
Xu Yang then inquired about the domestic situation from Wang Hou, which was similar to what Wang Lin had said.
In addition, four of the nine ghost markets in Da Xia had now fallen and were occupied by powerful beings from the Underworld Palace.
“The fall of the ghost markets doesn’t have much impact on the human world.”
“However, what needs to be paid attention to is that the powerful people from the underworld who took down these four ghost markets are all Ghost Immortals. I don’t know if they will cause trouble in the future.”
Wang Hou looked grave and said, “Actually, these Ghost Immortals are not much of a problem since they are apparent. Those hidden Ghost Immortals are even more dangerous.”
Xu Yang laughed, “Actually, Minister Wang doesn’t need to worry. With Ghost Gate open, the ghosts of the underworld can come to the human world, which means that ghost officials from underworld can also enter the human world. Those Yin spirits and malevolent beings will naturally be dealt with by the ghost officials.”
On the side, Xu Zhiyuan frowned, “Can’t you be a little more tactful when talking about this topic in front of this malevolent being?”
At this remark, Wang Hou and Xu Yang couldn’t help but laugh.
After chatting for a while.
Wang Hou received a call, saying that there was a meeting on the military side, so he hurriedly left.
“Grandpa.”
“Dinner time is almost here; do you want to go back?”
Xu Yang looked at the sky and asked.
“I’ve seen you and a few granddaughters-in-law, so I won’t go back for now… I have a few old friends who are still in the human world, so I’ll visit them tonight, and then stay in Wanshou Palace for a few days to teach my disciples.”
Xu Zhiyuan said, “I’ve seen the young man named Wang Wei you brought back, and indeed he’s a talented cultivator with great aptitude and good innate foundation. If he can be properly trained, his future achievements will be limitless. I’ll help you temper him while I’m here.”
Since his grandpa had things to do, Xu Yang naturally wouldn’t force him.
After all, he had mastered Communicating with the Netherworld, and ever since the Yin-Yang Path was restored, entering the Underworld Palace was as easy as entering his own backyard, and they could meet anytime.
Before leaving, Xu Yang asked, “When are you planning to go back, Grandpa?”
“Within a week.”
Grandpa said, “Just as you said, now that we’ve come to the human world, ghost officials and ghost messengers from the underworld can also come up here, so if we stay longer, I’m afraid they’ll come looking for me.”
“You don’t have to worry about that, Grandpa.”
Xu Yang smiled and said, “I’ll have someone send you a decree later. Even if you never go back to the underworld, no ghost officials will come looking for you… Grandpa, do you want to be the Mountain God, River God, Land God, or Kitchen God?”
Xu Zhiyuan was stunned, “Even the smallest position of a Yin deity is an official deity granted by the heav’,’=’,’ens and earth. If you become the Heavenly Master, you can grant positions to Mountain and River Gods, but you’re not a Heavenly Master yet. How can you get a decree?”
“Ask the underworld.”
Xu Yang said, “Since the Ghost Gate is open, I can just have the ghost officials and messengers bring one up for me.”
“My dear grandson!”
Xu Zhiyuan shook his head helplessly, “You haven’t been to the underworld and don’t know the situation there. To get into the different Yama territories of the Underworld Palace, even a small underworld soldier or ghost official needs proper connections to get in, let alone a deity from the human world?”
“This is a great opportunity, but it’s not that easy to get.”
“Besides, I’m now a king in the underworld, so there’s no need for me to come to the human world and be a small deity.”
Xu Yang laughed, “Just a few Yin deity positions, I can get them with just one word… But since you don’t think much of these small deities, perhaps I can find a way to get you a city god decree, so you can be the City God of the human world.”
Xu Zhiyuan didn’t believe it and simply thought his grandson was bragging.
However, he didn’t know that Xu Yang was telling the truth.
City God was the “top official” of the human world. It was not easy to ask Lord Cui for help without reason.
After all, in terms of nominal positions, a City God was only one level lower than ordinary Judges.
However, if he could get the City God’s decree by himself, that would be another story.
As for how to obtain the City God’s decree?
Didn’t the Silver City Institute of Technology have one in the ruins of the City God Temple?
The old man transformed into a Yin wind and went to visit his old friend.
Meanwhile, Xu Yang waved his hand to summon a cloud and said, “Xiao Xue, let’s go home.”
Long Xiaoxue looked at the floating cloud before her and said, “It’s so boring to ride a cloud back… Xu Yang, let’s fly back!”
Xu Yang couldn’t help but laugh, “I haven’t broken through to the Spirit Refining Realm yet, how could I fly?”
Long Xiaoxue proudly said, “I can… come on, you ride on me and I’ll take you flying.”
Xu Yang felt a bit embarrassed and blushed, “Isn’t that a bit inappropriate?”
That’s what he said with his mouth.
But his body was quite honest, as he immediately climbed onto Long Xiaoxue.
“Ding!”
“The flood dragon was frightened, merit points +10000, Water Manipulation Skill +1, constitution +1.”
Long Xiaoxue was startled and quickly transformed into her true form.
Xu Yang: “…”
He paused and looked speechless.
Damn it!
Would you call that riding on your back?
Alright… it seems like it’s indeed riding, but it’s clearly different from the “riding” he had directly realized.
With a leap, Xu Yang landed on the back of the flood dragon.
Xu Yang thought to himself…
I’m a dragon rider now!
The huge and fierce flood dragon head turned to look at Xu Yang, and a crisp voice came from its mouth, “Xu Yang, hold on tight, I’m going to fly.”
Whoosh!
The next moment, the flood dragon soared into the air and plunged into the clouds.
“Ahhhhhh!!”
Xu Yang cried out and shouted, “Slow down… Xiao Xue, fly slower!”
Riding a cloud and riding a dragon were two completely different experiences, especially since Long Xiaoxue had been trapped for more than 1600 years and was still in her “venting period”. Once she flew into the sky, she rapidly spiraled and flew in various patterns, causing Xu Yang’s head to spin in a short time.
He could only tighten his legs around the dragon’s back.
But the dragon’s back had scales!
Long Xiaoxue’s strength was even recognized by Wang Hou. Being a member of the dragon clan, how hard were her dragon scales?
When he tightened his grip, it naturally became very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Long Xiaoxue’s flying speed was very fast. In just over 20 minutes, they arrived at Wu City from above. To avoid attracting attention, she transformed into her human form in the clouds and landed with Xu Yang on a street in Wu City.
At this moment, the sun had just set.
Night was beginning to fall, but the sky was not completely dark yet. Xu Yang intended to go home, but Long Xiaoxue grabbed Xu Yang and said, “No… you promised to take me to eat something delicious today!”
“Alright then.”
Xu Yang could only agree and asked, “What do you want to eat?”
“Anything delicious!”
Long Xiaoxue happily bought two skewers of candy hawthorns on the roadside, holding one in her left hand and one in her right, jumping and bouncing ahead, leaving Xu Yang following behind to pay.
After finishing the candy hawthorns, she looked up and saw a spicy hot pot restaurant.
She entered, ordered a portion, and quickly finished it in a few bites.
Upon leaving the restaurant, she arrived at the night market after only a few steps and ordered two portions of every kind of delicious treat, especially the whole roasted lamb from a stall in Wu City’s night market… The owner of the stall was shocked that she wanted two whole lambs, and only after confirming with Xu Yang did he proceed to roast them.
She’s a dragon, after all.
It’s reasonable to have a larger appetite.
Roasting a whole lamb takes a little over an hour. After Xu Yang paid the deposit, he took Long Xiaoxue to other food stalls and ate for more than an hour. When they returned to the whole roasted lamb stall, the lamb was just ready.
Long Xiaoxue didn’t mind the heat, she directly tore off a lamb’s leg and chewed it up, bones and all.
Xu Yang grabbed a few bottles of beer and had no choice but to cast a spell so other people wouldn’t see Long Xiaoxue’s eating antics.
“Xu Yang, is this alcohol?”
Long Xiaoxue’s big eyes flashed with curiosity.
She wanted to drink too.
Xu Yang shared a bottle with her.
With the beer, Long Xiaoxue quickly finished the two whole roasted lambs…
Afterward, she was drunkenly rubbing her temples, her face flushed, saying, “Xu Yang, why do I feel a little dizzy…”
She stood up, swaying slightly, with dazed eyes and said, “I… Am I drunk?”
Thud!
She fell straight into Xu Yang’s arms.
Xu Yang: “……”
What the hell!
You’re a dragon, and you got drunk off two bottles of beer?
Looking at her delicate face like a porcelain doll and feeling her devilish figure, Xu Yang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and secretly thought to himself, “This evil dragon, could it be pretending to be drunk in order to test me?”
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PS: Our Hui ethnic group have a custom of visiting relatives during the fasting month, similar to New Year celebrations. Today is the weekend, I went to my mother-in-law’s house in the afternoon. This is the second update, I’ll take a break and continue typing.