Dragon King's Son-In-Law

by Dragon King

  This unlocking method was quite aggressive, and Hao Ren almost spat out a mouthful of blood under its great force. However, after the temporary discomfort, he felt refreshed.

  She had purposefully left one opening for Hao Ren to unlock!

  In fact, the old grandma’s push was more a reward than a punishment.

  She knew the early stage of the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll was slow and had just given him a boost.

  Feeling the changes in his body, Hao Ren was pleasantly surprised. While he was walking toward his dorm building, it suddenly occurred to him that if the old grandma had buried in him a huge explosive instead of a small one, he would have died in pieces instead of getting his openings unlocked.

  At this thought, Hao Ren broke out in a sweat.

  He got into the No.7 dorm building and at the doorway of his dorm, he heard the yells of card playing coming from the room.

  Seeing Hao Ren come into the room, they immediately shouted, “Ren! You owe us a meal!”

  “Why?” Hao Ren pretended dumb.

  “To celebrate your victory of winning Xie Yujia! If you don’t treat us a meal, we’ll steal her from you; if you do, we’ll help you protect her from any future harassment from other guys!” They threatened.

  Looking at their excited faces, Hao Ren was exasperated. “Ok, ok! I’ll invite you to supper in a couple of days!”

  In fact, with his current strength, he could deal with any ordinary guy who dared to approach Xie Yujia, and the combined force of the guys in the whole room was no match for his.

  But Hao Ren was touched by the brotherly friendship in the school, and he guessed that was why Zhao Hongyu sent Zhao Yanzi to study in the school.

  After washing up in the bathroom, Hao Ren found Zhou Liren and others were still playing cards. He climbed up to his upper berth to cultivate. The old grandma had unlocked more than ten openings in his Dragon Core with one light strike, and he needed to spend one night to solidify the realm.

  Monday morning came in the blink of an eye. Hao Ren got up and walked to the balcony. Looking up, he found countless cultivators had surrounded the Nine Dragon Palace in the sky.

  It looked like a beehive surrounded by a dense mass of bees.

  “I observed the night sky and felt that something important would happen.” In his pajamas, Zhou Liren walked onto the balcony and stood behind Hao Ren.

  Hao Ren looked back at him and was startled.

  Zhou Liren then changed into his usual teasing expression and leaned close to Hao Ren. “Brother Ren, do you think the twin beauties will make a scene when they find out that you and Xie Yujia are going out?”

  It dawned on Hao Ren that this was the important thing he had referred to. Hao Ren glanced at him in resignation.

  “Brother Ren, do me a favor and give me a chance with the twin beauties, ok?” Zhou Liren leaned closer to Hao Ren and almost dripped his saliva on Hao Ren’s shoulder.

  Hao Ren looked at him, speechless. Maybe in the eyes of the guys, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili ignored them because the sisters liked Hao Ren.

  Hao Ren looked up at the dark sky again and gave priority to the business of the Nine Dragon Palace. He guessed the reason Zeng Yitao had not come to him to get back his natal dharma treasure was that he was preparing to enter the Nine Dragon Palace.

  Today was the day the cultivators would break into the Nine Dragon Palace.

  Hao Ren left the dorm building and went to find Su Han in her office. As if she had known Hao Ren would come, her door was open when he got there.

  “There are more cultivators than any of the times in the past. Most of the cultivators of the sects in Sixth Heaven have come.” Without any ceremony, Su Han got to the point.

  In the sky out of the window, the colorful and glittering Realm Shields were like bees flying around the Nine Dragon Palace.

  “Should we ask Lu Linlin and Lu Lili to join us?” Hao Ren asked her.

  “No. There are too many people who are trying to break into the palace, far more than I expected. I’m afraid I will have too much on my plate if they join us,” Su Han said lightly.

  “When will we do it?” Hao Ren asked.

  “About 10 o’clock,” Su Han answered.

  “What do we do now?” Hao Ren asked again.

  “Cultivate.” Su Han threw him this word before sitting down cross-legged and closing her eyes.

  “Ugh…” Hao Ren choked back his words and sat down on his usual spot.

  The Nature Essence in Su Han’s office was more intense than outside, the result of the array formations she built around the room.

  Hao Ren concentrated on his cultivation, hoping he could unlock the last opening and reach Zhen-level which was a significant milestone. In the cultivation sects, the Zhen Level was the equivalent of the Core Formation Realm.

  However, this one step would take people different lengths of time to reach. It would take some cultivators only a few months or even a few days, but it might also take many years. For some of the cultivators, they would never reach this realm in their whole lives.

  With the aid of the Dragon Core, Hao Ren’s cultivation speed was almost hundreds of times faster than that of an ordinary cultivator. If an ordinary cultivator practiced the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll, he or she would progress like a snail.

  The Nature Essence entered Hao Ren’s body thread by thread; it traveled to the Dragon Core and nurtured it. The Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll was not the fastest technique, but it was the steadiest one!

  Like hearts beating, the 39 openings vibrated at the same time, connecting themselves with Hao Ren’s body.

  Was it the feeling of Zhen-level? The so-called Core Formation was the process of forming a gold core in one’s body. Zhen-level for dragon cultivators the process of fully activating the Dragon Core in the body!

  While Hao Ren was savoring the feelings in his body and trying to find an opportunity to break through, Su Han sitting opposite him said suddenly, “It’s time. Let’s go!”

  With a white flash, Su Han pulled Hao Ren into the high sky in an energy sphere!

  Her expression was grimmer than before as if she was determined to make the trip to the Nine Dragon Palace a great success with Hao Ren as her live map!

  Countless cultivators flying on swords surrounded the huge Nine Dragon Palace. They were all waiting for the best moment to break into it!

  Boom! Su Han released her aura of a middle-tier Qian-level cultivator.

  Nascent Soul Realm! The nearby cultivators of Foundation Establishment Realm and Core Formation Realm were startled and moved hundreds of meters away from them.

  “Qian-level Dragon Cultivator!” Someone yelled.

  Ignoring their comments, Su Han looked back and saw Hao Ren was standing behind her and holding tightly to her arms. Her face turned livid. “Let go!”

  Looking down at the land tens of thousands of meters below him, Hao Ren kept his grip on Su Han’s soft arms.

  “Are you kidding me? You can fly on a sword, but I’ll die if I fall.”

  Under the stare of the cultivators who were hundreds of meters away, Su Han couldn’t keep her composure of a master anymore. She bumped Hao Ren’s chest with her elbow. “Let go and release your spirit beast!”

  “Ugh? Little White?” Hao Ren froze for a moment before letting go of one of Su Han’s arms and taking out the furry Little White from his hidden space.

  “Toss it out,” Su Han instructed.

  “Toss it?” Hao Ren was baffled. Although Little White was shameless sometimes, he still liked it.

  “This little guy is lazy. It has powers!” Su Han lost her temper, though her frown was very pretty!

  Little White looked at Hao Ren innocently, but Hao Ren decided to trust Su Han. He tossed Little White into the sky.

  Ruff! Ruff…

  Little White dropped like a rock!

  “Su Han! Help Little White!” Hao Ren yelled anxiously.

  Boom!

  Dozens
of meters below them, Little White grew large. Flames appeared on its four paws, and it flew up!

  243 Who Dares to Break into the Godly Palace?!

  Little White floated in mid-air with its four paws enveloped by flames before flying to Hao Ren reluctantly.

  “Damn dog! You dared to conceal your power from me!” Hao Ren reached out and gave it a hard strike on its head.

  It shamed all Snow Lions. Hao Ren guessed that Little White must have been tossed out by the other Snow Lions due to its shameless ways. It must have been a lazy and troublesome cub who had a big appetite.

  “After eating so many Essence Replenishment Pills, it’s natural that it has elevated,” Su Han commented lightly before pushing Hao Ren off her sword.

  Hao Ren lost his balance, and he immediately pulled over Little White’s back.

  With a slight drop, Little White was able to carry Hao Ren on its back.

  “Higher-leveled Spirit Beasts need to consume more Nature Essence, which means that it will need more elixirs,” Su Han continued.

  “Ugh…” Hao Ren hesitated for a few seconds before asking, “Can it degrade to its former level?”

  “No,” Su Han answered him coldly.

  Hao Ren was speechless. Although it was quite dashing to ride on Little White, it was quite a burden to feed it properly. It seemed that the one-month stock of elixirs and celestial herbs he prepared for Little White wouldn’t last half a month.

  If the nearby cultivators had known that this Spirit Beast cost him over 40 mid-tier Spirit Stones in half a month, they would have been astonished.

  “Get out of my way!” Suddenly, an overbearing voice sounded nearby.

  Zeng Yitao, the Crown Prince of West Ocean, was sitting on a huge gold weaving shuttle, and he was the one who spoke those arrogant words.

  Standing behind him was Qin Shaoyang who was controlling the gold weaving shuttle.

  “Who is this kid?” The nearby cultivators were about to teach Zeng Yitao a lesson when they found the aura of Qin Shaoyang who was on low-tier Qian-level.

  Nascent Soul Realm! The human cultivators were astonished and backed off hundreds of meters. Even with the background of the cultivation sects, they dared not to mess with a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator.

  In the range of one kilometer, Su Han and Hao Ren, Qin Shaoyang and Zeng Yitao faced each other.

  “Mr. Qin, I remember that you were expelled to the bitter cold Northwest. How come you are here?” Su Han said to Qin Shaoyang sarcastically.

  “Humph. I wanted to ask you the same question. As an Inspector, how dare you try to break into the Nine Dragon Palace without permission,” Qin Shaoyang retorted.

  Su Han’s face fell, not wanting to argue with him. It was evident that Qin Shaoyang favored West Ocean, and she would ignore him as long as he didn’t mess with her.

  Sitting on the gold weaving shuttle, Zeng Yitao reached out his hand and said to Hao Ren. “Give it back!”

  “Come to me when you have the ability to get it from me.” Hao Ren ignored this arrogant young man.

  “You’ll regret it!” Zeng Yitao glared at Hao Ren and said viciously.

  Not caring to argue with Zeng Yitao, Hao Ren steered Little White to another direction to observe the situation.

  This time, East Ocean had sent out a team of senior elders, and he believed that the other Three Oceans did the same. Since the Nine Dragon Palace appeared above East Ocean City, the East Ocean Dragon Palace could send a bigger team than the other three dragon palaces.

  He didn’t see the official teams of the Four Ocean Dragon Clans and guessed that they must be in other areas around the Nine Dragon Palace. Qin Shaoyang must have sensed Su Han with the unique connection between Inspectors, and that was why he came their way.

  Besides the Four Ocean Dragon Clans, some mighty River and Lake Dragon Clans came. On top of Water-Elemental Dragon Clans, the other four Elemental Dragon Clans also sent their teams.

  So many forces were calculating the time and waiting for the perfect opportunity to break into the Nine Dragon Palace when the palace’s defense array formations were at their weakest.

  Therefore, no one would waste their energy on fighting outside of the Nine Dragon Palace; they would wait until they had entered it.

  “Su Han, it seems that the human cultivators are mostly low-leveled?” Observing the surrounding situation alertly, Hao Ren asked Su Han.

  “Right. None of them are above Core Formation Realm,” Su Han answered.

  When Su Han didn’t offer an explanation, Hao Ren had to ask again, “Why don’t they send more powerful cultivators?”

  “Humph! It would be a declaration of war if the human cultivators on Nascent Soul Realm showed their faces below Fifth Heaven! Currently, they are only cultivators on Foundation Establishment Realm with a handful cultivators on Core Formation Realm. Their target is the Nine Dragon Palace. As long as they don’t land on the ground, we’ll tolerate them,” Su Han explained.

  Hao Ren nodded. The dividing line was Fifth Heaven; the dragon cultivators and the human cultivators kept to themselves in peace. Although there were a lot of cultivators on Foundation Establishment Realm and Core Formation Realm here, they didn’t pose any threats. But if Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators appeared below Fifth Heaven, especially in First Heaven that was closest to land, the situation would be different.

  “It’s almost time.” Su Han’s face turned serious.

  Also, the nearby human cultivators began to emit their auras.

  The colorful energy spheres gradually formed patterns.

  Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth; they were emitting different elemental essences.

  Each of the Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators began to move in the sky like a small piece in a game of chess according to their different elemental essences, forming huge array formations in the air.

  Obviously, they were very familiar with such array formations. The Core Formation Realm Cultivators flew up to a higher position and directed the movements of thousands Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators.

  Since they couldn’t place Spirit Stones and Dharma Treasures in the air, the Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators built array formations with their bodies.

  Hao Ren looked around and found that the other groups of human cultivators had all formed huge array formations.

  Each array formation represented one cultivation sect. He counted and found that there were at least 56 sects around him.

  The glittering array formations surrounded the Nine Dragon Palace like pictures that were hovering in mid-air, and it was a magnificent sight!

  Some smaller sects had sent all their Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators, trying to gain a better chance of entering the Nine Dragon Palace.

  “Su Han, should we make a move now?” Seeing the cultivation sects activating the huge array formations, Hao Ren asked Su Han anxiously.

  “Be patient,” Su Han answered coolly.

  Boom!

  Finally, one of the cultivation sects made the first attack with its array formation.

  Hundreds of Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators moved together.

  Colorful light beams dashed toward the Nine Dragon Palace like lasers!

  Boom! The black mist surrounding the Nine Dragon Palace instantly dispersed a bit.

  The force of the array formation built by hundreds of Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators was equivalent to a full-force attack from a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator. However, it only scattered some thin mist surrounding the palace!

  Meanwhile, other array formations began to launch their attacks.

  Boom! Boom… The powerful attacks landed on the outer edge of the Nine Dragon Palace, but the palace was still intact; they only scattered some of the mist around it.

  Since the Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators couldn’t show their faces publicly below Fifth Heaven, the sects had to rely on a large number of Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators to mimic the atta
ck of a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator.

  Under the repeated attacks, the Nine Dragon Palace finally shook slightly.

  “The large number of human cultivators are saving us energy,” Su Han said while looking at the group attacks on the palace coldly. She slowly turned to face Hao Ren and continued, “The defense array formations of the Nine Dragon Palace are not stable, and a small crack will appear in it. I will bring you in through one of the cracks, and you must follow me closely!”

  Sitting on Little White’s wide back, Hao Ren nodded.

  When the human cultivators were attacking the Nine Dragon Palace in groups, the dragon cultivators would take the opportunity and slip in. That was why the dragon cultivators tolerated the presence of the human cultivators in First Heaven!

  Qian-level and Kun-level dragon cultivators would be the first to enter!

  Boom! Boom…

  Almost 20,000 Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators were attacking the Nine Dragon Palace together, and their force combined was the equivalent to a dozen Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators. They continued their attacks, trying to break a crack in it.

  In fact, the Nine Dragon Palace was basically a huge Xumi Space. If the array formations in it were not stable, a crack would appear.

  Finally, beams of white light began to leak from the bottom of the Nine Dragon Palace.

  “Move!” Pulling Hao Ren after her, Su Han flew toward one of the cracks, and Little White followed closely.

  Without hesitation, Zeng Yitao and Qin Shaoyang also shot toward the nearest crack!

  After two more attacks, the Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators followed the Core Formation Realm Cultivators, flying toward the cracks nearest to them.

  It was the moment to enter the Nine Dragon Palace.

  “Oh, I forgot to tell you that Demon Beasts run wild in the Nine Dragon Palace. It will be very dangerous in there,” Pulling Hao Ren behind her, Su Han suddenly turned her head and said.

  “F*uk! Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” Hao Ren shouted.

  He knew that he had been tricked by Su Han once again.