Chapter 42: The East Sea Obtains the Golden Hooped Rod; Huang Shiren Explores Emptiness

  Inside the East Sea Crystal Palace, music and dance rose to a high pitch, and the scene was resplendent. If it were an ordinary day, Ao Guang would naturally be delighted, but seeing Huang Shiren's dazed face beside him made Ao Guang feel annoyed.

  In the old days, the dragon clan was so mighty and was the top existence in this world. However, time flies, now even a yellow weasel spirit can come to the door to cause trouble. Thinking of the past and present, Ao Guang is really overwhelmed.

  "Are you satisfied, Upper Immortal?" Ao Guang smiled and raised his cup towards Huang Shiren, pointing at the mermaid dancing with her belly exposed in front of them.

  "Different people have different opinions, different people have different opinions." Huang Shiren chuckled and looked around again, gazing at the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, saying: "Old Dragon King, now your dragon clan is in a very precarious state."

  Alas! It's really a case of "touching the sore spot", Old Huang's words have truly struck a chord in Ao Guang's heart.

  "What else can be done? The dragon clan now only occupies the four seas, and for countless years, not a single strong person has appeared. Being bullied by all sides, being able to protect oneself is already not bad." Ao Guang said frankly.

  "Are you being bullied again?"

  "It's not possible. This temple is on that mountain, and if a big Luo Jinxian comes, we have to welcome him with a smile, provide food and accommodation, and when he leaves, we have to send him off with gold, silver, pearls, seafood, and local specialties. Living like this is suffocating!" Ao Guang said, and let out two loud roars.

  "Old Dragon King, you're playing with fire if you continue like this." Huang Shiren laughed and said: "Look at me, I was just a mountain demon in the beginning, and any immortal could have crushed me with just one finger. But look at me now, who dares to provoke me?"

  "I'm naturally a dragon clan and don't have the good fortune of being an immortal." Ao Guang sighed.

  "Huang Shiren said with a straight face: 'No, no, it's up to people to make things happen. If the old Dragon King can trust me, I'll show you a clear way.'"

  "Please enlighten us, Upper Immortal!" As it concerned the entire Dragon Clan's survival in the future, Ao Guang naturally didn't dare to be slow.

  "To get along well in life, there are two conditions." Huang Shiren raised two fingers, and Ao Guang listened with rapt attention.

  "One is that you are awesome yourself, if you have a saintly cultivation, who dares to provoke you?"

  "The superior immortal smiled." The old dragon king cursed in his heart: If I had the cultivation of a saint, you would have been beheaded long ago.

  "This is the second one, that's just holding someone's thigh! Look at me, since I became a cheap master by worshiping Lu Ya, who isn't being polite to me?" Huang Shiren smacked his lips.

  Ao Guang thought to himself: This Huang Shiren won't think of persuading me to take Lu Ya as my master, will he? Although it would be a loss of face, if I could take the number one wandering immortal in the world as my master, that would be good luck!

  "Huang Daoyou, look, can Lu Ya Sheng accept me as his apprentice?" In the face of the dragon tribe's survival, Ao Guang couldn't care less about losing face.

  Huang Shiren shook his head: "Impossible, Master has already taken me as a disciple and that's already a headache."

  Just kidding! You think it's precious just because it's rare? I'm not willing to, let alone Old Huang!

  "What a pity! What a pity!" Ao Guang was extremely disappointed.

  "Old Dragon King, I have a great affinity with you. I think you should seize the opportunity, and now is a good chance." Huang Shiren said mysteriously.

  "Please advise me, Master Huang!"

  "Nowadays, the Heavenly Court is short-handed and Huang Tian is having a headache. If you can lead the Dragon Clan to surrender to the Heavenly Court, you will definitely win Huang Tian's favor. Although Huang Tian is not as great as that extremely holy person, his backer is Hong Jun Dao Zu, if you cling to this big leg, no one dares to provoke you. What do you think?" said Huang Shi Ren.

  Do you want to be a subordinate of the Heavenly Court?! Ao Guang's eyebrows furrowed.

  He is the leader of the dragon clan, although the dragon clan has declined now, but the pride of the dragon clan still exists in Ao Guang's heart. The whole family serves as the subordinate of Huang Tian, and Ao Guang cannot accept it for a while.

  "Old Dragon King, as the saying goes, the past is gone, what's important is to look at the next one. The dragon clan used to be awesome, but a fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken. Rather than being bullied by others, it's better to surrender to the Heavenly Court. As long as the heavenly court doesn't collapse, your dragon clan won't disappear. You should think thrice about this." Huang Shiren urged.

  "Father King, Huang said it makes sense!" Ao Bing that guy, had long heard that the heavenly court was full of beauties, and quickly drummed up support.

  "Alright!" Ao Guangsi thought for a moment, then slapped the table: "Let's go with what Huang Daoyou said!"

  "Excellent! Excellent!" Huang Shiren laughed loudly.

  "Huang Daoyou, you've shown our dragon clan a way out. Come on, come on! Old Long will toast to you!" Ao Guang's mood was great, and his impression of Huang Shiren had somewhat improved. He raised his wine cup and gave a salute.

  "Old Dragon King was being polite." Huang Shiren smiled wryly and said: "I have an impolite request."

  "Huang Dao, you speak."

  "I'm familiar with Old Dragon King, and I also have a bit of a connection with Ao Bing. I was thinking of becoming sworn brothers with Old Dragon King, do you think that's okay?"

  "Father King, this is a good thing!" Huang Shiren's skills, Ao Bing has seen it before. If Father King really becomes brothers with this guy, then he will have a powerful uncle in the future. When going out, he will also have face, who dares to stop him from seducing women?

  Ao Guang also had this idea, what he was looking at was not Huang Shiren's ability, but Lu Ye behind Huang Shiren. After bowing to the target, something happened in the East China Sea, and Huang Shiren couldn't stand by with his hands in his sleeves. He helped our dragon clan, then his master Lu Ye wouldn't...

  "Brother, you've really hit the nail on the head!" Ao Guang burst out laughing and immediately ordered his subordinates to quickly set up an incense table.

  This old dragon king is going to be unlucky. Jin Daxing shook his head and thought: My cheap brother, who has been making friends everywhere, hasn't seen anyone who hasn't suffered a disaster except for the Mei Shan brothers. First, there was Shen Gongbao, and now this old dragon king. Heh heh, the East China Sea is going to be lively soon.

  Soon, the incense table was set up, and Ao Guang and Huang Shiren pushed the golden mountain to overthrow the jade pillar, making a vow to heaven, formally becoming sworn brothers of different sexes. After the ceremony, the two were truly intimate and inseparable.

  "Big brother, I didn't expect that we would have such a reunion today. I'm really happy." Huang Shiren burst out laughing.

  "Little brother, in the future this East Sea will also be your home. When you have time, come often. I won't say anything else, but there's no lack of good food and drink!" Ao Guang said with a smile.

  Huang Shiren looked at Ao Guang, smiled and stretched out his hand, rubbing his fingers together, saying: "Big brother, once we've sworn to be brothers, this great fate of ours, you should at least give me some meeting gift, shouldn't you?"

  Haha, it's starting! It's starting! Big brother is going to get a good scolding! On the other side, Jin Dashi is narrowing his eyes, waiting to see the show.

  "This, of course!" Ao Guang's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but nod his head in embarrassment. When Gui Chengxiang came out, he didn't look very pleased, but he brought with him over a dozen brocade boxes. Opening them up revealed coral, pearl, jade, and other precious treasures that shone with dazzling brilliance.

  "Big promotion, big brother's reward, hurry up and get to work!"

  "Thanks, big brother!" Jin Dasheng that guy came over and looted everything, putting it all into the immortal bag.

  "Big brother, your family is wealthy and prosperous. These things are nothing to you, just a drop in the ocean. As your younger brother, I'm poor. Do you have any magic tricks or something that can help me out?"

  This guy! The Dragon King's heart is crying out in distress, but he can only force a smile and say with bravado: "Of course!"

  After saying that, he ordered Gui Chengxiang to take out one by one the treasures, all of which were treasures from the East Sea Dragon Palace.

  Huang Shiren looked at the weapons in front of him with some disappointment. Although they were all treasures, their quality was too low, it seemed that Donghai had really declined.

  "This fork is too light!"

  "This knife is too soft!"

  "This hammer is not bad, but still too light!"

  Huang Shiren picked up his treasures one by one and threw them out one by one.

  "Big brother, isn't there a decent guy in Donghai?" Huang Shiran taunted.

  The Dragon King is so arrogant! This guy is so domineering! He really doesn't put the East Sea in his eyes!

  "Your Majesty, why don't you try using the Dinghai Divine Needle? It will surely suppress his tongue!" The Turtle Prime Minister suggested in a low voice from the side.

  Huang Shiren's ears perked up, and he heard it loud and clear. He was overjoyed in his heart: Ah, mother, I've been circling around for half a day, just waiting for you to say one sentence.

  "Brother, I have a treasure in the East Sea, but I'm afraid you can't handle it." Ao Guang burst out laughing.

  "Big brother, there's nothing in this world that I can't handle. Bring it here and let me see."

  "Brother, this thing cannot be lifted or carried, you must go and see it for yourself."

  Two people left Crystal Palace and came to the bottom of the East Sea, suddenly seeing a million golden lights!

  The Dragon King pointed at the treasure light with a pleased expression: "Younger brother, look! That's the one that shines!"

  Huang Shiren walked up to it, and between the heavens and the earth, there was an iron pillar that supported the sky, as thick as a fighting arena and one hundred zhang high! He walked up to it, stretched out his paws, but couldn't wrap them around it.

  "My dear brother, this object was originally a piece of heavenly iron from the time of chaos. Later, Da Yu controlled the waters and refined it into this staff, using it as a probe to measure the sea, hence its name 'Dinghai Shen Zhen'. It weighs 13,500 catties and is the greatest treasure of my East Sea!" The Dragon King said with a flourish.

  For thousands of years, Ao Guang's greatest hobby has been collecting treasures. This Dinghai Divine Needle was originally just an ancient iron block. Da Yu used it to control the floodwaters, but it was just a tool. It was discarded here for thousands of years, and even the Dragon King didn't think much of it. He said this on purpose to humiliate Huang Shiren.

  Huang Shiren naturally knew the preciousness of this thing. As a joke, this Dinghai Shen Zhen was actually a real innate spiritual treasure!

  "It's a bit too thick and long, it should be shorter and thinner, only then is it good to use!" Huang Shiren laughed.

  That treasure, indeed thinned out a bit in an instant.

  "More details, the better!"

  The treasure is really well-behaved and has indeed become more refined.

  Huang Shiren grasped the club, carefully measuring it. The two ends were two gold hoops, and in between was a segment of tungsten steel with an inscription: "As-you-wish Golden Hoop Club, 13,500 catties."

  "Be more careful, my treasure!"

  The golden hoop rod suddenly became two feet long and bowl-mouthed thick, just right for his hand!

  Good Old Huang, holding the stick in his hand, let out a loud shout, and wielded this 13,500-catty stick to dance with golden light flying wildly, dancing the Crystal Palace of the Eastern Sea into a state of turmoil.

  "Thanks a lot, big brother!" Huang Shiren turned the golden hoop stick into an embroidery needle and stuck it in his ear, laughing with a smile.

  Alas, seeing it like this, although heart aching, what can be done?

  A group of people returned to the Crystal Palace, Huang Shiren was delighted and said: "Big brother, you are a kind person, I am poor and can't even afford to buy armor, can you give me a set of armor?"

  The Dragon King was really made to bleed in his heart, and he secretly thought: I didn't expect that the iron rod with a dull face every day would turn out to be a treasure. Today, I was swept away by the East China Sea, and I couldn't bear it anymore. Let my three younger brothers also share some bad luck.

  Xiang Ba smiled and said: "Younger brother, I don't have much to offer from the East Sea, but my three younger brothers should have a lot."

  Ao Guang stood up and ordered the drum to be beaten and the bell to be struck. Before long, Ao Qin, the Dragon King of the South Sea, Ao Shun, the Dragon King of the North Sea, and Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea, arrived hastily with their sleeves rolled up.

  Ao Guang told the three dragon kings about the situation, and they naturally didn't dare to neglect Huang Shiren. They also had a mind to make friends with him, so they offered their treasures one after another.

  The North Sea Dragon King Ao Shun presented a pair of lotus silk cloud-stepping boots, the West Sea Dragon King Ao Reng presented a lock-plate golden armor, and the South Sea Dragon King Ao Qin presented a phoenix-winged purple gold crown. All were first-class treasures, with a radiant glow that made Huang Shi-ren extremely delighted, and he quickly put them in his sleeve.

  I took this golden hoop rod, and also shaved off this suit of armor. Later on, that Sun Monkey Sun Wukong won't be able to show his face, will he? Huang Shiren didn't know why, but thinking about it again, suddenly thought that the Sun Monkey hasn't been born yet.

  "Big brother, I'm asking you, have you ever heard of Mount Huaguo?"

  "I've heard enough, what's on your mind, young brother?"

  "Is there a spiritual stone left by Nüwa on the mountain?"

  Ao Guang shook his head: "That Huaguo Mountain is close to the sea, with beautiful scenery, I've been there too, and didn't see any Nüwa Ling Stone."

  This is strange! The spiritual stone left over from Nüwa's repair of the sky must still exist now, but it's not on Mount Huaguo, so where did it go?

  Huang Shiren was just curious, if he got that Ling Stone, maybe he could still see Sun Dasheng.

  It's too early. Huang Shiran shook his head.

  "Brother Xian, what are you doing?" Ao Guang was confused.

  "It's nothing. Just asking casually." Huang Shiren chuckled and said, "Big brother, I have to go back now. The leader of the Tongtian Sect has ordered me to be on Jin'ao Island, and if I sneak out and return late, I'll get punished."

  "That virtuous brother had better hurry back." Ao Guang couldn't wait for this guy to be locked up and thrown into prison.

  Satisfied with their gains, Huang Shiren took Jin Dashi and left Donghai. Ao Guang and the others saw them off to the coast before returning.

  Let's not talk about how Ao Guang returned with his tail between his legs. Let's just say that Huang Shiren and Jin Daxing, those two scoundrels, had a great time on their trip to the Eastern Sea, making a fortune and having the time of their lives. They didn't want to return to Golden Turtle Island and suffer, so they flew off on a cloud, traveling wherever they pleased. After several days, they arrived at a large mountain, where the two brothers were getting hungry and irritable. They went hunting, and Huang Shiren took out some fresh meat from his golden ring finger and roasted it over an open flame. The two brothers ate until their mouths were dripping with oil.

  "Big brother, your Ruyi Jingu Bang can be big or small, it's really amazing. Why don't you take it out and change its shape a bit, so I can have a good look?" Jin Dasheng was very curious about the golden hoop rod.

  "Good! Then listen to the great promotion!" Huang Shiren took out his golden hoop rod and was about to show off.

  Who would have thought that this playful trick would bring about a disaster! ### Second update is coming! Brothers, can you still collect and recommend? Thanks!