Dragon King's Son-In-Law

by Dragon King

  “Here, here, here!” Yu Rong put his hand in the air and answered three times in a row. He looked at Hao Ren with a strange expression. “This guy is something else. Not only did he get the principal’s granddaughters’ interests, but the teachers also give him special treatment. When can I get even half of what he has… Either one of the twins would work for me…” he thought.

  Hao Ren was confused himself. He rushed to class today since he had missed two days of classes. However, everything was fine once he mentioned his name…

  He had no idea that the note from Lu Qing put a special mark beside his name on the list of all his teachers. The teachers all knew that special treatments should be given!

  Not only Hao Ren, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili also had this kind of special treatment. However, their gold stars were in the teachers’ hearts instead of on the name list!

  It was public information that the twins were granddaughters of the Vice-Principal, Lu Qing! Everyone could see how much Lu Qing cared for them since he had always consulted the teachers for their performances. He also arranged for them to stay in the comfortable post-graduate apartment on campus!

  ‘White Tiger’ started his class energetically, but Hao Ren still felt weird about receiving special treatment. He was able to do other things in class before, but he had to listen carefully now since he felt like ‘White Tiger’ kept looking in his direction.

  “Ren, are you really becoming Mr. Lu Qing’s grandson-in-law? Even ‘White Tiger’ has to let you be,” Cao Ronghua sneaked over and whispered.

  They couldn’t think of any other reason why the teacher would be so nice to Hao Ren. Students had been late to his class before; a guy from Class One was two minutes late to class last week, and they enjoyed the show of him being scolded brutally by ‘White Tiger’ when he entered the classroom. It had only been a week, and there was no reason for White Tiger to change so much in terms of temper.

  “Maybe he is in a good mood today. Stop talking, or you may have to suffer once he catches you!” Hao Ren said.

  Cao Ronghua closed his mouth immediately as he saw ‘White Tiger’s’ eyes scanning over. He didn’t dare to p*ss ‘White Tiger’ off since he was not Lu Qing’s grandson-in-law.

  Hao Ren remembered what Su Hao had said in the cafeteria today. Indeed, since he had just gotten back from the Nine Dragon Palace, he was very interested in going again.

  Even if Su Han was hiding something from him, she wasn’t the type of person who would trick him into trouble. Plus, there might be some huge secrets inside of the Nine Dragon Palace.

  Hao Ren wasn’t sure if it were reasonable to assist Su Han in there as her Assisting Inspector.

  He was a little anxious. Once he noticed that White Tiger wasn’t paying close attention to him anymore, he logged onto QQ with his cell phone.

  There weren’t many people online, but Zhao Yanzi’s lightened icon caught his eyes.

  Hao Ren sent her a message after thinking for a bit. “You are on QQ in class!”

  After quite a few minutes, Hao Ren’s cellphone lit up with her response. “So are you!”

  “Nah, I’m taking a nap in my dorm.” Hao Ren didn’t want to admit that he was not paying attention in class.

  Zhao Yanzi didn’t answer, and Hao Ren couldn’t help but send another message over. “How are you doing today!”

  “How bored are you? I am in my Science Laboratory Class!” Zhao Yanzi replied.

  Hao Ren thought to himself, “Science Laboratory Class must be the one where they create small things.” However, he decided not to bother her again.

  “Ren, which pretty girl are you texting?” Zhou Liren sneaked over.

  “Get out of here!” Hao Ren blocked him with his hand while the phone in his other hand flashed again.

  “I am a little dizzy today. You don’t need to come over and tutor tonight,” Zhao Yanzi sent another message on QQ.

  “Go back home and rest if you are not feeling well,” Hao Ren replied immediately.

  “It’s fine. So annoying!” Zhao Yanzi answered, shutting the conversation down.

  “Damn girl. She just doesn’t want to study tonight.” Hao Ren thought as he shrugged and put the tutoring materials on his desk away.

  Xie Yujia sensed that something was happening in the back and suddenly turned to them.

  Zhou Liren was just bothering Hao Ren as he looked to the front and said, “Did you realize that Xie Yujia looks prettier than before? Did she put on some makeup?”

  “How would I know!” Hao Ren rolled his eyes at him.

  But the moment Xie Yujia turned back, Hao Ren felt like she did have a unique aura.

  “I feel like she got prettier too, but her outfit looks the same,” Yu Rong added a few seats away.

  Hao Ren pulled his Nature Essence and looked at Xie Yujia; he didn’t notice any signs of cultivation technique.

  It was strange for her to obtain a better aura just in a few days without cultivation.

  She was naturally a beautiful girl; if it weren’t for the Class President position which put her in charge of a lot of things, she would have been a quiet and charming girl all along. With her originally attractive temperament and some makeup, she would be a man-killer in the future.

  Hao Ren got more confused since Xie Yujia hadn’t been in touch with him lately as if she was busy with something.

  If it were before and she realized that Hao Ren had been missing classes for a few days, Xie Yujia would definitely be calling him and asking him what was going on.

  (TL NOTE: Hey guys, here are the two chapters for today! What do you guys think? Did MC and Su Han enter the Nine Dragon Palace in the future?)

  220 Stuff Is About To Happen

  While the students were still around after White Tiger’s class, Xie Yujia dashed to the podium. “Class Two, Please Stay!”

  Zhou Liren and the guys stayed where they were. Students from Class One left the classroom as they peeked at her curiously.

  “This Sunday will be our school’s Basketball Team’s first game in the National College Basketball League. Zhao Jiayi from our class will be the main player on the Basketball Team. I am hoping that we could go to Sanmu University in Xinan City to cheer for them as a class activity. Um… I will rent a bus, and I will cover the travel expenses. Let me make a list of who is going now,” Xie Yujia said on the podium in a crisp voice.

  Although they had heard about this class activity the week before, it was still exciting for the guys to find out about it from Xie Yujia. Since she was covering the travel expenses, it showed that she hoped everyone could be a part of it.

  “How about this; I will call your names in order, and you can let me know if you are going or not,” Xie Yujia took her notebook out and continued.

  She was wearing a little silver-grey jacket with a silky V-neck shirt underneath. The outfit made her look fresh and energetic. However, it was very similar to what she had on before.

  “Class President! Can we go over on Saturday and spend the night there?” Yu Rong cried out from the back row.

  “Yes, Class President! We want to spend the night!” A few other guys shouted as well.

  Xie Yujia looked at them with the notebook in her hand. “How many of you want to go over on Saturday?”

  Shoo, shoo, shoo… The guys raised their hands as if they had an agreed on it already.

  Xie Yujia thought about it and turned to the few girls in the class. “How about you girls?”

  “I have plans for the weekend already. I’m not going,” Wang Jia said.

  “I have no issues,” Ma Lina said. A few other girls said that they could go as well. At last, only Wang Jia, who didn’t get along with Xie Yujia, decided not to go.

  “Ok, I need to confirm with you guys one by one as well. If there aren’t too many of us, I’ll just book a smaller bus. Are you going, Yu Rong?” Xie Yujia’s crisp voice, as well as her bright eyes, gave others a feeling of perfection.

  “Yes!” Yu Rong said immediately.r />
  “Xu Yandong!

  “Yes!”

  “Huang Jianfeng!”

  “Yes!”

  As Xie Yujia called out their names, everyone gave a clear answer. If she had asked them all together, everyone would have said yes. But when the time comes, they might not show up. Xie Yujia was very careful and detailed with things like this.

  The list was finalized. Besides five guys who had plans for the weekend, most guys promised to go.

  “Since you want to go on Saturday, I will book the bus and hotel tomorrow. Let’s get a budget hotel which is cheaper, and I’ll assign two people to a room according to your dorms. You can rearrange later on,” Xie Yujia said.

  The guy got more excited at this remark. Although they got to see each other in the dorms, it was a completely different feeling to ‘travel’ to another city and stay in a hotel.

  “You can give me the money for the hotel when you get your rooms, and I will take care of the travel expenses. That’s all for now. You are dismissed!” Xie Yujia put her notebook away and smiled.

  “She really looks prettier than before. Could it be the glow of love?” Zhou Liren asked as he looked at Xie Yujia.

  Hao Ren lifted his head slightly to check her out, and he could sense ‘bright sunshine.’ However, he rolled his eyes at Zhou Liren’s ‘glow of love’ remark.

  Xie Yujia went back to her seat to grab her stuff before she left the classroom with Ma Lina. After Lin Li from Class Three lost her title as the most popular girl in the school, Xie Yujia became more popular in the Program.

  Hao Ren knew that many of the guys in their program liked Xie Yujia, but they were too shy to let her know. Also, they got scared once they learned that her brother was Xie Wanjun. However, once Xie Wanjun left for the States, the braver guys would probably start pursuing her.

  Hao Ren went to his other classes with the guys as the day passed by quickly. The classes in the day finished around four or five in the afternoon, but Hao Ren didn’t have much interest in the two theory classes in the evening.

  Buzz…

  Hao Ren’s cell phone vibrated.

  “We will come with you to the big class tonight, Gongzi!” Lu Linlin’s text suddenly showed up on his phone.

  “They are so energetic…” Hao Ren thought for a bit and replied, “Next time. I have something to do today.”

  “We wanted to eat dinner with Gongzi,” Lu Linlin sent another message.

  Hao Ren was speechless as he replied “The same thing. Let’s do that a couple of days later.”

  “Alright, come to find us in two days, Gongzi. We have something important to discuss with you,” there came another message from Lu Linlin.

  “Something important?” Hao Ren dialed her number when he got to the school gate.

  “Gongzi!” Lu Linlin sounded very cheerfully on the phone.

  “What do you mean by important things?” Hao Ren asked.

  “Humph, Gongzi hasn’t talked to us for a few days now,” Lu Linlin complained in a soft voice.

  “No… I am busy lately. What did you mean by important things?”

  “I’ll let Gongzi know in person. Um? Sis, you want to talk to Gongzi as well?” Lu Linlin was suddenly interrupted.

  Soon enough, Hao Ren heard Lu Lili’s nervous voice through the phone, “Ah, there’s nothing much. I just want to hear Gongzi’s voice since it’s our first phone call.”

  Hao Ren laughed as he found Lu Lili cute.

  “Ok. I’ll go see you guys in a few days.” Hao Ren hung up as the bus was approaching, and he then got onto the bus.

  “If I am going into the Nine Dragon Palace, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili should be two very powerful teammates,” Hao Ren thought.

  The bus went toward LingZhao Middle School as Hao Ren called Zhao Yanzi, “Is school almost over?”

  “Just finished. Why?” Zhao Yanzi answered with a slightly tired voice.

  “You caught a cold?” Hao Ren asked immediately.

  “Maybe a little,” Zhao Yanzi probably heard the noise of the bus and asked, “You are coming to my school?”

  “Yeah, I’m picking you up.” Hao Ren put the phone away.

  The sky was a little gloomy as if it was about to rain. It was a bit chilly, so Hao Ren closed the window of the bus and started to cultivate the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll.

  At this moment, he suddenly saw the Nine Dragon Palace amongst the grey clouds above the city. It was about the same size as East Ocean City!

  221 What Can Do I with You…

  Like an ancient city, the huge Nine Dragon Palace hovered in the clouds.

  Around it, there were no magnificent array formations or seven-colored light beams. However, flashes of black lightning bolts bounced around it, showing that it was full of energy.

  Hao Ren rubbed his eyes to make sure it was not an illusion. Then, he looked around and found that other people on the bus were all doing their own things; chatting, texting, listening to their MP3s, oblivious to the ‘ancient city’ in the sky.

  On the street, people quickened their steps, afraid that the rain would come at any minute. Some had umbrellas, and some carried their bags; no one looked up.

  Suddenly, Hao Ren understood. It was like the stealth energy sphere that cultivators built before starting a fight; the Nine Dragon Palace had a natural energy sphere around it, making it invisible to ordinary people.

  Only people who had reached Kan-level could see the huge Nine Dragon Palace.

  Hao Ren withdrew his Nature Essence and looked up. Sure enough, there were only dark clouds in the sky which were, in fact, the result of the appearance of the Nine Dragon Palace. The huge palace had blocked the sun!

  The bus arrived at the stop near LingZhao Middle School. Hao Ren got off the bus and found that the students had just been dismissed from school.

  Probably due to the rain clouds in the sky, many cars were parked at the gate, waiting to pick up students. The most eye-catching vehicle was a dark grey Rolls-Royce Phantom.

  It was parked right in front of the school gate!

  Hao Ren glanced at the Rolls-Royce on his way to the school gate. The driver was a mid-aged man in his 40s; he had an imposing figure and was wearing a chauffeur’s uniform and gloves, and there was a shallow scar on his face.

  The chauffeur looked like a retired army officer, but Hao Ren lightly activated his Nature Essence and saw a mighty deep blue light!

  Water elements! A member from one of the Four Ocean Dragon Clans!

  Seeming to have sensed Hao Ren’s probing gaze, the chauffeur glanced around and locked his eyes on Hao Ren.

  Instantly, Hao Ren was immobilized as if he had fallen into an ice hole. The chauffeur looked at Hao Ren up and down before slowly moving his gaze away.

  “Qian-level! This man is at least on Qian-level!” Hao Ren concluded because this man emitted an aura that was almost as strong as Zhao Yanzi’s Third Uncle’s.

  “Why is a master cultivator acting as a chauffeur?!”

  Hao Ren was wondering about it when a dashing figure walked into his sight.

  Zeng Yitao, in a high-school uniform, walked out of the school gate!

  Ignoring the amazed gazes of the middle-school girls, he got into the Rolls-Royce Phantom that was parked at the school gate.

  “He… Is studying at LingZhao High School?”

  Hao Ren’s heart lurched with an ominous feeling.

  East Ocean University was not far from LingZhao Middle School, but the High School Department and the Middle School Department were only divided by an artificial lake!

  The purpose of Zeng Yitao’s appearance in LingZhao High School was apparent.

  “Uncle Black Wolf, let’s go,” Zeng Yitao lay down on the back seat and told the chauffeur, tossing his bag onto the spacious seat in the car.

  Without a word, the man named Black Wolf started the Rolls-Royce Phantom smoothly.

  He was sent by Oldman Zeng to protect the Crown Prince in East Ocean City. If Zeng Yitao
didn’t suddenly want to come to study in East Ocean City, he would have been sent to track down Zhao Kuo and investigate if Zhao Kuo had indeed succeeded in passing the Heavenly Tribulation. If not, he was ordered to kill Zhao Kuo in the wilderness.

  The dark grey Rolls-Royce Phantom drove off.

  In her sky-blue middle-school uniform, Zhao Yanzi appeared at the gate. Little Ling was with her.

  After saying goodbye to Little Ling, Zhao Yanzi stood at the gate and looked around on her tiptoes.

  Hao Ren walked over immediately. “Hey!”

  Seeing Hao Ren, Zhao Yanzi’s eyes brightened. Then, her face fell, and she said, “Who told you to come and pick me up?”

  Hao Ren pursed his lips. “I was going to your home for dinner anyway, so I offered to pick you up on my way there.”

  “Humph!” Zhao Yanzi unbuckled her backpack and tossed it into Hao Ren’s arms.

  Hao Ren caught it and found it quite heavy. He carried it on his back and found that the straps were a bit tight for him.

  “You’re disgusting.” Walking beside him, Zhao Yanzi wrinkled her nose in disgust when she saw Hao Ren carrying her pink school bag on his back.

  “It’s your bag you are disgusted about,” Hao Ren said. He saw some middle-schoolers pointing at them, and he knew that they were taking him as Zhao Yanzi’s boyfriend from City North First High School.

  Ignoring him, Zhao Yanzi kept walking with her head lowered.

  Hao Ren found something was not right with her flushed face, and he stopped and grabbed her arm.

  He placed his palm on her forehead before Zhao Yanzi could stop him, and the nearby middle-schoolers began to whisper to each other when they saw this intimate act from him.

  Hao Ren felt burning heat against his palm, so he stared at her and said, “You have a fever!”

  “It’s nothing!” Zhao Yanzi slapped down his arm and continued walking, but her steps were not stable; it felt like she was going to fall at any moment.

  This was ridiculous! She should have gone back home to rest!

  Hao Ren pulled her over and held her in his arms before walking to the sidewalk to hail a taxi.