by Dragon King
He was still not sure about Zhao Haoran’s attitude toward the engagement between Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi.
“I haven’t found a good solution for this matter yet. As far as I know, only grandmasters of the Soul Formation Realm have the power to transplant dragon cores,” Zhao Haoran said after he saw Zhao Guang’s gaze.
“Soul Formation Realm cultivators…” Zhao Guang and Hao Ren were both stunned.
There were less than ten Soul Formation Realm cultivators living in the mortal world, and they were rarely seen.
Besides, the human cultivators and dragon cultivators had entered a cold war hundreds of years ago. The grandmasters of the Soul Formation Realm could live as long as the world, enjoyed the same dazzling lights as the sun and the moon, and could get any treasures in the world they wanted…
Xie Yujia!
Zhao Guang immediately thought of Xie Yujia.
Only she had the contact of a Soul Formation Realm cultivator, but it was hard to say if the grandmaster would be willing to help or not.
To some extent, Zhao Yanzi was Xie Yujia’s disciple and thus had some connections to this grandmaster. “If she could help…” Zhao Guang began to hope.
“Even I have never seen a grandmaster in the Soul Formation Realm, let alone you guys,” Zhao Haoran said.
Even in the fiercest battles during the war between the cultivators a few hundreds of years back where Nascent Soul Realm cultivators appeared one by one, none of the Soul Formation Realm cultivators showed up.
After all, if they had joined the war, the situation would totally change since the heavenly dragon on the side of the Dragon Tribe would be forced to participate as well. It would have escalated into a great war involving both earth and heaven.
“If the elemental attribute of the dragon core didn’t change due to your unique cultivation technique, I would have cut open your dantian and taken out of the dragon core before planting it into Zhao Yanzi,” Zhao Haoran continued with his eyes locked on Hao Ren as he stood up.
His cold gaze seemed to have the power to pierce Hao Ren, and his words and intention were almost the same as Zhao Kuo’s.
Zhao Kuo stuck with kindness and mercy while Zhao Haoran honored strength. In this world, there was no right and wrong; there was only strong and weak!
“If you can’t reach Dui-level in a month, I’ll dig out the dragon core from your body,” Zhao Haoran said calmly.
Hao Ren’s cultivation technique was unique, but it didn’t mean that Zhao Haoran had high hopes for him.
Although the dragon core had experienced some changes in Hao Ren’s body while he absorbed the five-elemental essence, it could still be put back into Zhao Yanzi’s body.
The only drawback of this plan was that Zhao Yanzi would need lots of elixir pills to improve her physique, and she wouldn’t be able to reach a very high realm in the future.
For Zhao Haoran, the top priority was his granddaughter, not Hao Ren.
“Father…” Zhao Guang tried to dissuade him.
“Before the time limit, you are still a member of the East Ocean Dragon Clan. If anyone from the West Ocean Dragon Clan dares to touch you, I’ll slaughter them all! If any of the elders dare to utter any objection, I will kill them immediately!” Zhao Haoran glared at Hao Ren and emitted his overwhelming suppression.
Hao Ren was forced back half a step by that aura alone!
“But… If you can’t reach Dui-level in a month, I won’t show any mercy. I’ll take your life myself!”
Thud! Thud!
Zhao Haoran marched out of the office with the walking cane in his hand.
Before Zhao Guang left with his father, he looked back at Hao Ren helplessly.
This was Zhao Haoran, overbearing, protective, and fierce!
He didn’t kill Hao Ren right now because he realized that Hao Ren had reached Zhen-level in a short time with a stable foundation; he knew Hao Ren had the potential of reaching higher realms.
As to if Hao Ren could actually reach Gen-level first and then Dui-level in one month, Zhao Haoran didn’t care!
In fact, even the most gifted dragon cultivator couldn’t achieve such a fast elevation speed!
After Zhao Haoran and Zhao Guang left the office, the murderous spirit remained in the room.
Even the mosquitoes in the room hid in one corner, too afraid to move.
Standing in the office, Hao Ren thought back to the gaze of Zhao Haoran, knowing that the old dragon king, who had been a fierce warrior in battles, wasn’t bluffing about killing him.
Ruff… It was lunchtime, and Little White was asking to get out of Hao Ren’s necklace to take a walk near the library.
Even though he wasn’t at the school, Hao Ren let it out.
However, when Little White rolled onto the carpet and glanced at the chair which Zhao Haoran had sat on, it immediately shot back into Hao Ren’s necklace.
Even Little White, a Bin-level demon Beast, didn’t dare to face the strong murderous spirit!
354 Fight Back!
When Hao Ren returned to the lobby on the first floor, he saw Elder Lu, Elder Sun and Elder Xingyue standing in the hall.
Here outside of the dragon palace, Elder Xingyue was wearing a long, black dress and a suit jacket, looking fresh and beautiful.
Short and lean, Elder Sun was dressing in his usual traditional Tang suit. Beside him, White-haired and white-eyebrowed, Elder Lu looked straight and tall in a suit, his everyday outfit.
Standing together, the three of them looked like the figures on the cover of a fashion magazine.
“Elder Sun, Elder Lu, Elder Xingyue!” Hao Ren greeted them while he walked toward the gate.
“We’ll drive you back to school,” Elder Sun said with a genial smile.
“Oh? Have you been waiting for me?” Hao Ren was a little surprised.
“Yeah. Elder Lu and I will go to South Ocean and North Ocean respectively, and Elder Xingyue will return to East Ocean. We’ll drop you off first,” Elder Sun nodded and said.
Since they couldn’t fly in the city, they had to travel in a car like ordinary people.
Hao Ren didn’t refuse Elder Sun’s offer and followed them out of the building.
Their car was still the spacious and luxurious Bentley.
Hao Ren had noticed that Elder Xingyue, Elder Sun, Elder Lu, and Premier Xia who was stationed in the dragon palace were close to each other, and they stood firmly with Zhao Guang.
Therefore, they were closer to Hao Ren than the other elders.
“I’m afraid the old dragon king will turn the world upside down this time,” Elder Sun said while he drove.
“Now we’ll see how North Ocean and South Ocean react to his challenge,” Elder Lu nodded and said.
Elder Xingyue frowned, but she remained silent.
The times have changed. Without Zhao Kuo, East Ocean was less powerful than before. Although Zhao Haoran was fierce, he was old, and South Ocean and North Ocean each had several mid-tier Qian-level cultivators
“In the past 200 years, the growth of the Dragon God Shrine has been faster than we expected, and it now has almost the same strength as that of the four ocean dragon palaces. If they get involved, the situation will get more complicated,” Elder Lu continued.
The Dragon Tribe established the Dragon God Shrine after the human cultivators moved to Fifth Heaven to prevent making the same mistakes the human cultivators had made. The function of the Dragon God Shrine was to prevent the dragon cultivators from killing each other and thus giving the human cultivators the opportunity to defeat them.
The main tasks of the Dragon God Shrine were to watch the human cultivation sects on and above Fifth Heaven as well as to regulate the behavior of the dragon cultivators from all the forces.
Since the Dragon God Shrine was an organization established by all five-elemental dragon clans, it would select the best cultivators from the entire Dragon Tribe. That was why it had grown so fast. In only 200 years, its overall power was equivalent
to if not exceeded that of the four ocean dragon palaces which had been around for thousands of years.
If it intervened in the conflicts between the four ocean dragon palaces, the situation would get trickier.
“How is Su Han’s injury?” Elder Sun asked abruptly.
“She has not fully recovered yet. By sending Qin Shaoyang here, the Dragon God Shrine intends to keep an eye on our East Ocean,” Elder Xingyue finally spoke.
In the past, Su Han was the inspector of East Ocean City, so the East Ocean Dragon Palace didn’t feel that much pressure from the Dragon God Shrine. However, the arrival of Qin Shaoyang cast a shadow on the complicated situation in East Ocean City.
Everyone including Hao Ren knew that Qin Shaoyang favored the West Ocean Dragon Palace, which meant that Dragon God Shrine was leaning toward the West Ocean Dragon Palace as well.
However, Zhao Haoran’s return broke this new balance.
Right now, the East Ocean Dragon Clan would take on the North Ocean Dragon Clan, the South Ocean Dragon Clan, the West Ocean Dragon Clan, and even the Dragon God Shrine to fight back!
It gave up the option of diplomatic negotiations entirely and went directly to war!
“The old dragon king has his plans. Let’s wait and see.” With that, Elder Xingyue closed her eyes and placed her hands together into a cultivation gesture, entering the state of cultivation.
She took any time she had to cultivate, even in a car. Her passion for cultivation was almost the same as Su Han’s.
While the car drove forward, Elder Sun and Elder Lu stopped their discussion. After all, they were about to travel to North Ocean and South Ocean to issue the notice of war, a mission they dreaded.
When the car drove into East Ocean University, it immediately drew the attention of the passing by students.
While the students couldn’t see through the darkened windows of the car, Hao Ren who was sitting in the car could see their amazed glances
“Elder Xingyue, please tell Su Han that we all hope that she could return soon,” Hao Ren said to Elder Xingyue suddenly.
“Ok. I’ll tell her,” Elder Xingyue said lightly.
Hao Ren hoped that Su Han could come back to teach, although it meant nothing to her.
However, without Su Han, the campus of East Ocean University lost some of its appeals.
The car stopped at the entrance of Academic Building D, and Hao Ren got out of the car. Some students immediately glanced at him.
After today’s incident, he would be at the center of attention again.
“Well… Whatever…” Hao Ren sighed slightly and waved at the three elders in the car.
He could imagine that with his family background exposed, love letters and fangirls would swarm to him.
However, Hao Ren wouldn’t linger in the school at this stage since his goal was to reach Gen-level and even Dui-level!
Only after he had become an official inspector would he understand the mysteries of the Dragon God Shrine.
He had to appear at school each day and take classes, telling the world that he was still alive! Otherwise, Zhou Liren and others would report him missing to the police.
“He is the guy who takes Little White to the library every day…”
“Right. I didn’t know he comes from such a rich family and has a Bentley driving him to and from school…”
“I told you that Little White is of a precious breed…”
“In fact, he’s quite handsome. Coming from a rich family, he would make a good boyfriend…”
Some girls gossiped in the shadow of the building while they watched Hao Ren get out of the car.
With his acute hearing, Hao Ren immediately heard their words. He smiled and ignored them as he walked toward his dorm.
“Come on and catch up with him, Little Yu. Go confess; I think he has a good impression of you…”
“What are you talking about? I just said he was ok…”
The girls hesitated and then walked toward Hao Ren.
However, when they followed him to a path in the little forest of the school, Hao Ren already disappeared.
The girls looked at each other, wondering how he could run so fast.
Meanwhile, with a red energy sphere around him, Hao Ren released Little White from his necklace and shot toward Fifth Heaven on its back.
It seemed like that was the only way to get rid of those girls. Otherwise, they might even follow him to his house by the sea.
When he went up to Fifth Heaven to cultivate, the counter attacks Mingri Group prepared were unfolding.
Returning with Zhao Haoran was a professional acquisition team that Zhao Yanzi’s Second Uncle had established overseas. The team was comprised of top experts in acquisition operations, and they could easily destroy the West Ocean Dragon Clan’s domestic businesses one by one with the abundant funds they brought with them.
The on-land businesses that the West Ocean Dragon Clan had managed for more than ten years with great effort would be dismantled in a few days!
Zhao Haoran had been a veteran in the international capital market, and he wouldn’t show mercy in the first business counter-attack after his return.
It was night, and the surrounding buildings were all dark. However, Mingri Group’s headquarter was as bright as day. All the employees were working overtime, cooperating with Zhao Haoran’s team to unleash attacks on Conqueror Group!
Meanwhile, on Fifth Heaven, Hao Ren had finished half a day of cultivation.
The valley was silent except the light snoring of Little White who was lying at the entrance of Hao Ren’s cave abode.
Hao Ren leaped over Little White and came down the steep mountain like a martial arts master, leaving no traces behind him.
In the fields, the spiritual herbs were growing well. On some of the herb leaves were a tiny layer of condensed dew, and some pretty flower buds were trying their best to absorb the surrounding mist.
Thud… Light footsteps came from one side of him. Hao Ren turned and saw Xie Yujia was walking from her cave abode to the field with the night pearl in her hand.
Under the warm light of the night pearl, Xie Yujia had a holy aura around her. At the sight of Hao Ren, she was surprised as well.
“You’re here too?” she said in a low voice.
“Yeah. I came up to cultivate. Did you borrow Zhen Congming’s flight dharma treasure?” Hao Ren asked.
“Yeah. I didn’t want to trouble you and Little White every time.” Xie Yujia nodded.
Hao Ren knew Zhen Congming’s dharma treasures were easy to use even with weak cultivation strength. Besides, Zhen Congming had rearranged the array formation here, and it was easy for him to give Xie Yujia a key to the protective array formation.
“It’s not safe for you to come to Fifth Heaven alone. Next time you want to come up, remember to ask me to come with you,” Hao Ren said.
“Ok…” With the night pearl in her hand, she slowly squatted to check the growth of the spiritual herbs.
Obviously, she was also taking a break from cultivating in the middle of the night and came to check on the spiritual herbs as a way to relax.
“Today… someone sent a Bentley to get you; who was it?” Xie Yujia asked casually while touching a spiritual herb which would curl up its leaves like a mimosa with her finger.
“Oh, it was Zhao Yanzi’s grandpa. He returned from abroad and wished to see me,” Hao Ren explained.
“Oh. How did the meeting go?” Xie Yujia asked.
“It went well.” Hao Ren said with a smile.
“It caused such an upheaval. You can’t imagine how many girls are talking about you,” Xie Yujia said in a low voice as she walked to check on another spiritual herb,
The valley was pitch black, but the moon and the stars were bright above the mountaintop. The night pearl only illuminated Xie Yujia’s face, and it was a pretty sight.
In the past few days, she had taken the Foundation Building Pills each day and had pushed her realm from level
8 to level 9 of the Qi Refinement Realm.
Of course, if the cultivators on Fifth Heaven or Sixth Heaven knew that she took level 4 Foundation Establishment Pill each day, they would be green with jealousy.
“By the way, Zhen Congming is in love,” Xie Yujia looked back at Hao Ren and said.
Pu… Hao Ren almost choked on his breath.
355 Natural Treasures of the Herb King Valley!
“What happened?” Hao Ren inhaled deeply and asked.
“I don’t know the details. It’s just that he wants to buy gifts for a girl in the class next to his, and he looked quite nervous about it,” Xie Yujia said.
Hao Ren was speechless; after all, it was quite rare for Zhen Congming to offer gifts to someone.
“Well, I’ll continue with my cultivation. Zi has reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, and I’ll work harder to catch up!” After waving at Hao Ren, Xie Yujia walked back to her cave abode.
“You’ve always been working hard…” Hao Ren thought to himself.
Stomping lightly on the ground, Hao Ren leaped up over ten meters with ease before landing on the rocks on the side of the steep hill, and he returned to his cave abode within seconds.
While human cultivators relied on dharma treasures and techniques, the dragon cultivators put more emphasis on physical strength and realms. That was why the dragon cultivators practiced weapons such as sword and spear and learned proficient skills in using them.
Thanks to the fundamental boxing techniques, Hao Ren was now so agile that he could easily leap onto the steep hill.
Otherwise, with the range-attack method offered by the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll, he wouldn’t try to temper his body.
Wang Xi, the Dui-level cultivator who once fought with Hao Ren, used his physical strength at close-range combat. Fighting only with dharma treasures and powerful techniques from hundreds of meters away was not the battle style of dragon cultivators.
That was because the higher realm the dragon cultivators got, the more difficult it would be to break through. They had to increase their combat ability by making use of their great physical strength.
When Zhao Haoran fought in the great war, he killed dozens of masters in the Nascent Soul Realm with his fierceness. Among those cultivators, only a few fought him for several days and nights, and the others were killed by him instantly with just one attack.