Chapter 56: Encounter with the Dragon King

  "I want to go see where the sun rises."

  Xiao Budian was clamoring to chase the sun, Yun Zhongzi was helpless and thought for a moment. Recently, there was nothing important to do, and delaying his cultivation for a few days wouldn't matter much. Moreover, taking Xiao Budian to Penglai could also be considered a form of cultivation. In the end, Yun Zhongzi threw out a spiritual talisman and instantly flew towards the distance.

  "Wow, what kind of monster is that? So powerful!"

  Suddenly, a dragon emerged from the distant sea surface, waves hitting the sky, the dragon shook its head and swung its tail, majestic and extraordinary.

  Yun Zhongzi chuckled and asked, "Big brother will tame it for you, how about using it as a mount?"

  The girl's eyes widened with excitement, "Really? Great! Big brother, quickly tame it and make it my mount. I want to ride it to chase the sun."

  With Yun Zhongzi's current cultivation, wouldn't subduing a Jiaolong be an easy task?

  Without exerting even a bit of effort, Yun Zhongzi subdued this rather extraordinary dragon.

  The vast and boundless azure sea, wave after wave surging forward, as far as the eye can see, is connected to the sky in one piece, as the saying goes: "Fog locks the mountain head, the mountain locks the fog, the sky connects the water tail, the water connects the sky", it's really a line between the sea and the sky.

  The sky is clear and the sea is calm, but suddenly a series of towering waves appear on the horizon, carrying with them an overwhelming momentum. The sound of "rumbling" echoes across the entire sea, causing countless creatures in the sea to panic and flee for their lives.

  The Dragon Palace, with such a big commotion, had naturally alarmed the East Sea Dragon King long ago. The Dragon King Ao Guang was furious. Since the great war of the three clans, all three were wounded, and he, Ao Guang, occupied the East Sea, claiming to be king and overlord. For a time, he was indeed carefree and at ease, with no one in the East Sea daring to provoke his dragon clan.

  Ever since Tongtian Sect Master moved to Jinkou Island, Ao Guang's good days were numbered. In recent years, many creatures in the Eastern Sea have joined the Intercepting Sect, and the disciples of the Intercepting Sect have been rampant in the Eastern Sea, playing tricks and collecting all sorts of precious materials from the bottom of the sea.

  Normally, he would turn a blind eye to some small disturbances, but now that such a big disturbance has been stirred up, he naturally cannot sit idly by and do nothing.

  Ao Guang brought the shrimp soldiers and instantly appeared on the sea, looking at the overwhelming giant waves that were hitting him. Ao Guang frowned, "The incoming person's cultivation is not low, and in the Intercepting Sect, he can be considered a top-notch expert."

  On the other side, behind the giant wave, a dragon was vigorously shaking its body, splashing countless seawater into the air. At this moment, a figure stood on the dragon's back, it was Yun Zhongzi. As for the girl, she was enveloped in a clear light, floating in mid-air, flying and dancing left and right in the giant wave, playing happily.

  Looking at the happy little girl, Yun Zhongzi's thoughts flew far away and he secretly thought, "If I hadn't crossed over to this world, would I have gotten married and had children? Would I also have such a lovely daughter?"

  Yun Zhongzi's eyes were slightly distracted, a nostalgic expression appeared on his face, and the color of nostalgia, the Taoist law on his body was scattered, letting the sea water fall on his body, even so, he still stood steadily on the Jiaolong.

  "Big brother, there are so many people ahead." Just then, the girl suddenly exclaimed.

  Yun Zhongzi snapped back to his senses, clenched his fists tightly, and exerted a slight force under his feet, instantly stopping the Jiaolong in its tracks. At the same time, the Daoist principles on his body flashed into appearance, and the seawater on him evaporated instantly.

  The faces were all black because the huge waves were getting closer and closer to them, but they still didn't have any intention of stopping. Just as they were about to make a move, they suddenly heard a girl's voice, so they held back again. Immediately after that, the huge wave came crashing down.

  A huge wave fell, Ao Guang raised his eyes to look over, but saw a young Taoist and a little girl standing on top of a Jiaolong, also looking this way.

  Ao Guang was shocked. As the Dragon King of the East Sea, Yun Zhongzi's reputation had spread throughout the entire Honghuang, and he and Yun Zhongzi were even neighbors. How could he not know?

  As soon as he saw Yun Zhongzi, Ao Guang immediately said, "So it's Fellow Daoist Yun Zhongzi. I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Yun Zhongzi would have such a hobby."

  Ao Guang was puzzled, Yun Zhongzi had always been quite mysterious, the entire Honghuang crowd knew it, but didn't expect that nowadays he would be frolicking on the sea like a child with a little girl, leaving him utterly bewildered.

  Yun Zhongzi burst out laughing, carefully sizing up Ao Guang, and was shocked in his heart. He said, "It turns out to be the East Sea Dragon King. I was momentarily excited and didn't think that I would disturb the Dragon King. It's my fault, really not right. I hope the Dragon King will forgive me."

  Ao Guang was surprised, as far as he knew, Yun Zhongzi was a ruthless character, even Kun Peng couldn't handle him, but didn't expect him to be so easy-going. He said, "Friend is joking, I don't know where friend is headed?"

  Ao Guang couldn't believe that Yun Zhongzi was just acting on a whim. If he said this out loud, no one would believe him.

  It was disappointing for Ao Guang that Yun Zhongzi indeed had a sudden whim, and Yun Zhongzi said, "I have nothing to do today, so I'll take the little girl out to play in the East Sea."

  The girl puffed out her chest, didn't even glance at the Dragon King, turned sideways, pulled Cloud's sleeve and looked back.

  Then Ao Guang and Yun Zhongzi casually chatted for a few sentences before leaving with the shrimp soldiers.

  Yun Zhongzi gazed at Ao Guang's receding back, and his heart lit up.

  "Little girl, what's wrong? You're so young and already holding grudges?" Yun Zhongzi naturally knew why the little girl was treating Ao Guang this way, it must be because of the Dragon King's third son, Ao Bing.

  The girl stuck out her tongue and made a face, then urged the dragon, "Little dragon, swim fast."

  The dragon was depressed. Although it had been many years since its youth, it did not expect to be called "little dragon" by the girl. It could only helplessly swim away into the distance.

  Of course, after this, Yun Zhongzi no longer let Jiaolong be as before, but only let it swim all the way to its destination.

  The Jiaolong was originally born from the dragon, with excellent water quality, and its speed in the sea can be said to be extremely fast. However, the Jiaolong's cultivation is too low, and it takes several days of hard work to finally arrive at the small island of Yingzhou.

  Yuanzhou is no longer as desolate and devoid of life as it was before. After hundreds of years of recovery, Yuanzhou has also seen the emergence of many living creatures.

  The most unique thing on the island is undoubtedly that Japanese cedar tree, with its towering capital, ten branches like ten vines, straight into the sky.

  Yun Zhongzi was amazed, the Fuso tree can be said to be the second largest tree Yun Zhongzi has ever seen. As for the first, there is no doubt that it is the giant tree from which he obtained two treasures at the base of its trunk.

  "Wow, big brother, what's the name of this tree? It's so big! Did it fall from the sky?" The little girl looked up at the treetop with wide eyes and a raised head.

  Yun Zhongzi heard this and was slightly stunned, saying, "It's called Fusang, it should have fallen from the sky, look, isn't that the sun on top of the tree?"

  "Yes, hehe, I've finally arrived at the place where the sun rises, hooray!" The little guy was very excited.

  "Hiss." Xiaobudian stretched out his body, jumped onto a branch, and lay down on it, playing around.

  "Little guy, now the sun is out too, we should head back."

  "Hmm, I'll play for a little while longer. Oh, big brother, there's a beautiful feather here."

  Xiao Bu Dong held a golden crow's feather in his hand, Yun Zhongzi saw this and took it into his own hand, slightly sensing it, and found that there was still the Golden Crow's true blood inside. In an instant, he struck out with a spell, refining the true blood within, then put it away.

  Finally, Xiaobudian got bored playing on Yingzhou and followed Yun Zhongzi back to Wuxing Island.

  Xiao Bu Dian was very popular on Wu Xing Island, everyone loved this little girl, especially San Ye and Hua Xu Shi (Fu Xi entrusted his mother to Yun Zhong Zi for care).

  The girl had an accident. Shennong was moved, and in the tribe there were some old tribesmen who were skilled in divination, calculating that the place where the girl had an accident was within the borders of the East Sea.

  Shennong hurriedly flew to the East Sea, but after arriving, he didn't see the girl he was thinking of, instead saw a small bird calling out "Jingwei", the bird persistently picked up stones, branches and so on, vowing to fill up the East Sea.

  Shennong was deeply grieved, and cried out in pain: "The Jingwei bird cries out, heaven and earth are moved! The mountains and trees are lush, but people have become fish and insects! My daughter cannot speak, my heart is filled with sorrow! Why is the sea not calm, its waves surging? I wish that future generations will not enter the sea! I wish that our nation will forever take pride in the continent!"

  Shennong was grief-stricken over the death of his young daughter, who had drowned in the sea. He couldn't concentrate on anything and his face grew increasingly haggard. No matter who tried to comfort him, it was all to no avail. Everyone was extremely anxious, but there was nothing they could do.

  On this day, Shennong was sitting in front of his house, looking up at the sky and gazing at the rising sun. He seemed to be thinking of Nüwa and suddenly felt a pang of sadness, "Nüwa, I have wronged you."

  Shennong's eyes were shrouded in mist, his heart aching with pain. From time to time, he pounded his chest with his fists, punishing himself thus.

  In the distance, some clansmen sighed at the sight, all shaking their heads. The lively and lovely girl was deeply loved by everyone, but no one expected her to end up like this. Everyone felt heartbroken for Shen Nong.

  At this moment, a cloud suddenly flew over from afar, and the villagers were shocked to see it. They slightly knelt down and said, "Greetings, immortal elder."

  Colorful clouds fell down, revealing a figure coming out, but it was Void Dao.

  Shennong picked up his depressed mood and hastily stepped forward to salute, "Disciple pays respects to the master."

  Xu Dao saw Shen Nong's painful and worried expression, nodded, and said, "Master has come this time to inform you of one thing. The girl's fate has a calamity, when the calamity is over, she will naturally escape."

  Shennong changed his sorrow into joy and said, "Master, can you tell me when will Niwa's calamity be over?"

  Xu Dao said, "This is a heavenly secret and cannot be revealed. However, as for the girl's safety, you can rest assured."

  Actually, Void Dao was also puzzled, he didn't know about the girl's affair at all. Originally, he was cultivating in Shouyang Mountain, but received a spiritual talisman, which was exactly the one sent by Yun Zhongzi, telling him to inform Shen Nong about the girl's affair.

  Shennong was still sad, but thinking that Nvwaa would escape made him feel a bit better. "Thank you, Master, for telling me this."

  Xu Dao nodded and said, "Hmm, don't worry about the girl's affairs, you can put your mind at ease regarding the human tribe."

  "Yes, I humbly obey the teacher's instructions." Shennong personally paid his respects.

  Shennong was distracted by the matter of Nüwa for quite some time, but after recovering, he whispered a word of shame and then devoted himself to studying the art of alchemy.

  The alchemy book given to Shennong was actually a recipe for making ordinary elixirs, which couldn't be compared to the divine elixir. However, even so, Shennong spent several years studying it and finally achieved some results. Overjoyed, Shennong taught all the alchemy techniques he had learned to his tribe.

  Shennong's cultivation base was not high, so studying these alchemy techniques felt very strenuous. Moreover, he didn't just need to learn these alchemy techniques, but also improve them, because humans basically hadn't cultivated before and naturally couldn't refine pills like cultivators, which further increased the difficulty.

  Finally, Shennong spent decades learning the alchemy techniques from the entire Dan Book, then improved them and left the improved alchemy methods to his people. After years of compilation, his "Shennong Ben Cao Jing" was also completed, and Shennong accomplished his mission and retreated.

  Shennong then received a decree from Taishang Laojun, stating that his merits were full and he should pass on the throne of Human Emperor to someone else, while he himself followed Fuxi to Huayun Cave for spiritual cultivation.

  Shennong followed the example of Fuxi and ordered people to search for a great talent among the human tribe. In the vast sea of people, Shennong found a talented and virtuous person - Xuan Yuan.

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