Dragon King's Son-In-Law

by Dragon King

  He got close to those Nascent Soul Realm cultivators almost instantly, and he broke their defense abruptly and killed them before they could cast any spells or use any techniques.

  Those Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were not used to such swift attacks and died in physical combats despite their great cultivation strength.

  Since Hao Ren was now in the dragons’ circle, he saw Su Han who used a white jade sword, Qin Shaoyang who attacked him using a golden weaving shuttle, Zeng Yitao who fought with him with a long spear, and Elder Sun who owned martial arts dojos. That was why he accepted the practicing of both martial arts and nature essence cultivation.

  After some quick leaps, he returned to his cave abode before sitting down on the stone bed cross-legged to continue cultivating.

  With the Small Cloud Rain Array in the cave abode, Hao Ren could absorb it and turn the essence in the valley into lightning power. When it was not activated, the white and black chess pieces of the array formation that were placed in the stone wall of the cave abode sparkled like stars.

  With these sparks, Hao Ren’s cave abode was lit up and had a mysterious look.

  Lying at the entrance of the cave, Little White was still sleeping. With the abundant nature essence in the valley, it was automatically increasing its cultivation strength while it slept thanks to the demon core in its body.

  “If I can find a proper cultivation technique to nurture the meridians in Little White, it will have a faster elevation process,” Hao Ren thought to himself while he looked at Little White at the entrance.

  The Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll began to circulate essence swiftly in his body.

  Little White lifted its head from its paws and yawned before rubbing its rump on the floor. Hesitating for a few seconds, it finally flew out of the cave abode in a crooked line and landed in the spiritual herb garden before leaving a pile of poop in it.

  Shivering, it immediately flew back to the warmer cave abode after that.

  When the sunlight shone into Hao Ren’s cave abode, a night of cultivation came to an end.

  Like a white arrow, Hao Ren flew out of the cave abode and practiced the fundamental boxing techniques in the thick morning fog in the valley.

  With his Zhen-level realm, each of his punch pierced a big hole in the fog. After some kicks and punches, the surrounding fog backed off ten meters from him.

  Merging the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll into the boxing techniques, Hao Ren’s boxing movements emitted the extra nature essence in his body into the valley.

  He left distinct footprints in the ground while the rocks under his feet were shattered into dust.

  Hacking down the Mount Hua! Hao Ren used one of the strikes in the fundamental boxing techniques.

  Hao Ren launched another palm strike before withdrawing his stance.

  Swoosh… The intense fog in the valley was separated in half for 100 meters.

  Hu!

  Hao Ren inhaled deeply, feeling the swift recovery of his strength all over his body.

  After one night of cultivation, he had unlocked several openings, and the number of openings he had in his dragon core now reached 90!

  Standing at the entrance of her cave abode, Xie Yujia watched in amazement while Hao Ren did his morning exercise.

  Although she didn’t understand martial arts, she knew each of his movements contained sword energies, which could wound enemies with its invisible force. These invisible sword energies were more powerful than visible and solid swords!

  “Ugh?” Hao Ren turned his head and saw Xie Yujia standing at the entrance of her cave abode.

  “You up?” Hao Ren asked.

  “Yeah!” Xie Yujia answered loudly with a smile on her face.

  Last night, she took the last level 4 Foundation Establishment Pill, and she would need to make elixir pills this weekend.

  As with lightning cultivation, one couldn’t make elixirs continuously and must allow the body to rest. With her current realm, the highest-grade pills she could make were level 4 elixir pills which were also the highest-grade elixir pills she could take. With this cultivation method, she could achieve a cultivation speed ten times faster than with the Life-Death Notes!

  “Let’s head back!” Hao Ren’s resonant voice woke up Little White who had been sleeping.

  With a roll, it returned to Hao Ren’s feet.

  Xie Yujia walked into the valley, and her eyes lit up. On the edge of the field, a dense golden fruit grew out of the Power Spirit Grass overnight!

  It was as big as a fist, dangling heavily on the branch with abundant nature essence!

  Quickly, she plucked the mature Power Spirit Fruit. Holding it in both hands, she said, “Hao Ren, eat it now!”

  “What is it?” Hao Ren looked at her in confusion.

  “Power Spirit Fruit. It can increase your nature essence, and it is a much-coveted natural treasure for cultivators who want to elevate their realms!” Flushed with excitement, she said.

  “Then, you should eat it yourself!” Hao Ren pushed her hands back.

  “My realm is too low, so it’s useless for me. The mature Power Spirit Fruit can remain fresh for only one day, and it will rot tomorrow before falling into the soil. If you don’t eat it today, it will be wasted!” Xie Yujia urged him anxiously.

  In fact, she was surprised that the Power Spirit Grass could grow out a Power Spirit Fruit all of a sudden in the fields.

  “Ok. I’ll try it.” Hao Ren was reluctant to elevate his realm with elixirs. However, such an ultimate natural treasure would be wasted if he didn’t eat it.

  After taking the fist-sized golden fruit, he peeled it before devouring it in two bites.

  “How do you feel?” Xie Yujia watched him anxiously.

  She had only heard about the effects of the Power Spirit Fruit from Zhen Congming and didn’t know how it worked.

  “It has almost no flavor…” The moment Hao Ren said this, a surge of intense warmth rose in his dantian!

  Abundant essence spread through his body while Hao Ren’s dragon core was trying its best to absorb the nature essence.

  Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu! Another four openings were unlocked in his body.

  Hao Ren’s complexion turned from red to golden then to white. With a bang, abundant nature essence shot out from the top of his head into the valley.

  With the current storage ability of the dragon core, he could only contain half of the nature essence of the Power Spirit Fruit!

  Boom… His palm released a grey beam of sword energy.

  It seemed like he had broken through to a higher realm!

  Seeing Hao Ren’s eyes shining intensely, Xie Yujia knew he had achieved another breakthrough!

  Hu… Looking down at the peel at his feet, Hao Ren realized that it had merged into the soil without a trace.

  “How do you feel?” Concerned, Xie Yujia asked again.

  “Very good!” Hao Ren said.

  “Good! I almost missed it!” Patting her chest, Xie Yujia said with relief.

  Little White trotted over and sniffed the root of the Power Spirit Grass, finding that it was the spot where it pooped last night…

  “Let’s go, Little White!” Hao Ren nudged its rump with the tip of his feet.

  With a roll, Little White immediately turned into the snow lion form.

  It moved the soil around the root of the Power Spirit Grass with its paw to cover its scent. Then, as if nothing had happened, it carried Hao Ren and Xie Yujia on its back before shooting out of the Ethereal Summit down to First Heaven with familiarity.

  “The Ethereal Summit is indeed full of essence; even the Power Spirit Grass has begun to grow fruit!” Xie Yujia said happily as she sat on the back of Little White.

  “It was probably just luck. Anyway, you won’t need to worry about the lack of materials for making elixirs in the future,” Hao Ren said.

  “Yeah. Zhen Congming will transplant more spiritual herbs in the fields. We’ll have a great garden,” Xie Yujia said,
placing her hands lightly on Hao Ren’s shoulder.

  “With Zhen Congming constantly moving all the spiritual herbs from the herb gardens of the sects on Fifth Heaven, the Herb King Valley will one day become a place that fits its name,” Hao Ren thought to himself.

  “Do you have any problem with the final exams?” Xie Yujia changed the subject and asked Hao Ren.

  “I skipped many classes, but I’ll attend the last few classes before the exams and get the key concepts. I’m sure I’ll pass,” Hao Ren answered without much confidence.

  He tutored Zhao Yanzi tirelessly each day while his own studies were lagged behind. However, with the Dragon God Shrine’s exams drawing near, he had to give up on some of the exams in East Ocean University.

  “You must try to study for the exams; It’s not good for you to fail the courses,” Xie Yujia said.

  “Yeah…” Hao Ren thought of his parents. After all, Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang wouldn’t let it pass if he failed several courses in one semester.

  “If Zhao Yanzi fails her exams as well…” Hao Ren thought.

  “Well, well! I was wondering where you have been. And here you are, sneaking into Fifth Heaven.”

  Qin Shaoyang’s cold voice suddenly sounded behind Hao Ran and Xie Yujia.

  356 Ultimate Force of Nature!!

  Little White turned abruptly, and Hao Ren and Xie Yujia spotted Qin Shaoyang who was hovering in the high sky.

  From the look of him, he was taking over Su Han’s responsibility of patrolling the space below Fifth Heaven and encountered Hao Ren and Xie Yujia on Second Heaven.

  “What do you want?” Hao Ren clutched Little White’s fur and looked at Qin Shaoyang calmly.

  “What do I want?” Qin Shaoyang sneered. “This is beyond the place where mortals can enter. I can punish you for breaking into Fifth Heaven without permission!”

  He had been thinking of a way to take out his revenge on Hao Ren. However, with Lu Linlin and Lu Lili in the school, he hadn’t dared to make a move.

  However, while he was patrolling the grey territory between First Heave and Fifth Heaven, he encountered Hao Ren slipping down from Fifth Heaven!

  “Is it a crime to enter Fifth Heaven?” Hao Ren retorted.

  “I suspect that you are a spy sent by the human cultivators. Come with me to the Dragon God Shrine!” Qin Shaoyang’s eyes suddenly lit up while the golden weaving shuttle under his feet arced across the sky and drew out a golden flash.

  Clap!

  When Qin Shaoyang reached out to grab him, Hao Ren sat on the back of Little White and clapped off his hand immediately.

  “You dare to resist arrest!” Furious, the golden light in Qin Shaoyang’s palm turned white.

  “Little White!” Hao Ren clenched Little White with his legs a little.

  Swoosh! Little White released five-colored light beams with its paws and fled swiftly.

  After missing, Qin Shaoyang raced after Hao Ren!

  Hao Ren knew that, as an assisting inspector, he would probably be framed as a spy if he was brought to the Dragon God Shrine. With the precarious situation the East Ocean Dragon Clan was in, the incident would be a blow to East Ocean!

  Although Little White’s traveling speed was close to that of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, Qin Shaoyang was at Kun-level, which was the equivalent to top-tier Nascent Soul Realm. Fleeing with Hao Ren and Xie Yujia on its back, Little White began a long-distance race with Qin Shaoyang.

  “Trying to escape only proves your guilt. Stop running!” The golden weaving shuttle under Qin Shaoyang’s feet suddenly shot out.

  Swoosh… Prepared, Hao Ren shot out 160 sword energies!

  “Break!” With his nature essence, the golden weaving shuttle, which was Qin Shaoyang’s natal dharma treasure, blocked and bounced off Hao Ren’s sword energies.

  Fortunately, Hao Ren’s sword energies were condensed by his nature essence and were not his natal dharma treasures. Otherwise, he would be spitting out blood from the collision.

  “Little White! Go!” Xie Yujia shouted.

  “Ruff! Ruff…” Little White barked anxiously, but it had reached its top speed. After all, it was only a level 1 spirit beast and couldn’t get rid of a Kun-level cultivator despite its set of flight dharma treasures!

  The golden weaving shuttle paused only a moment due to the sword energies that were blocking its path, and it continued to shoot toward Hao Ren.

  Boom!

  A surge of nature essence rose suddenly.

  Sitting on the back of Little White, Xie Yujia raised her hands and unleashed the Life-Death Notes!

  Yin and Yang, the ultimate forces of nature!

  Sitting on the back of Little White behind Hao Ren, Xie Yujia was the first to face the attack from the golden weaving shuttle.

  However, she didn’t dodge; instead, she spread her arms and met the attack head-on!

  “Withdraw!” Qin Shaoyang immediately murmured.

  The golden weaving shuttle shot past Xie Yujia’s ear, cutting off a few hairs!

  Qin Shaoyang gasped with fear.

  Xie Yujia had a mark on her that was left by a grandmaster in the Soul Formation Realm. If he killed her by accident, that grandmaster would turn him into dust!

  While the human cultivators and the dragon cultivators were two groups that were cautious with each other, the grandmasters in the Soul Formation Realm were the most powerful cultivators standing above both groups; even the dragon cultivators had to give ways to them.

  After all, no rules applied to the truly powerful people!

  Qin Shaoyang was lucky that the old Grandma was not in the mortal world. Otherwise, Qin Shaoyang’s act of cutting Xie Yujia’s hair would be sensed by the old Grandma whose spiritual sense enveloped the entire mortal world.

  In the few seconds that Qin Shaoyang was struck with fear, Little White flew several kilometers away.

  After seeing that Hao Ren turned into in the distance, Qin Shaoyang thought for a moment and continued with his chase. With Xie Yujia sitting with Hao Ren, the situation was a bit tricky, but he didn’t want to let go of this perfect chance to catch Hao Ren.

  Sitting before Xie Yujia, Hao Ren looked back and withdrew hundreds of sword energies, oblivious to the fact that Xie Yujia had blocked the golden weaving shuttle for him. He was wondering why Qin Shaoyang stopped his pursuit.

  He urged Little White to run not because he was afraid of Qin Shaoyang; instead, he was worried that Xie Yujia would get hurt!

  A Zhen-level cultivator could never defeat a Kun-level cultivator. Besides, Qin Shaoyang could launch killing attacks against him in the name of catching a fleeing suspect! Hao Ren could probably withstand Qin Shaoyang’s heavy blows, but Xie Yujia was only a Qi Refinement Realm cultivator…

  The golden light was gaining on Hao Ren again.

  “Little White, take Yujia with you!” Hao Ren leaped up from its back.

  Hao Ren’s nature essence moved under his feet and formed a sword energy which carried him to fly toward Qin Shaoyang’s golden light!

  “Turn back, Little White!” Xie Yujia immediately ordered.

  After a few seconds of hesitation, Little White didn’t want to leave Hao Ren behind and turned around.

  Meanwhile, Hao Ren’s 160 sword energies formed two groups before shooting toward Qin Shaoyang!

  Bang! They gave a severe head-on blow to Qin Shaoyang!

  “Yin-Yang Life-Death Notes!”

  Xie Yujia’s clear voice sounded immediately after.

  White and black light beams swept the fog and mist on Second Heaven and engulfed Qin Shaoyang’s golden weaving shuttle!

  Yin and Yang, the ultimate forces of nature!

  Although she had only the cultivation strength of the Qi Refinement Realm, the Life-Death Notes the old Grandma gave her could unleash the power of the Nascent Soul Realm!

  Qin Shaoyang was a little alarmed when he could no longer sense his natal dharma treasure.

  If he was right, Hao Ren was at Zhen-lev
el while Xie Yujia was in the Qi Refinement Realm. However, he had fallen into their trap!

  Boom! Boom!

  Two groups of sword energies shot toward Qin Shaoyang from both sides.

  Hao Ren and Xie Yujia worked together seamlessly!

  Meanwhile, Little White spat out a fireball toward Qin Shaoyang’s chest. It was demon fire containing Samadhi True Flames!

  In the five elements, fire countered metal!

  Furthermore, the fire was Samadhi True Flames!

  To extinguish Samadhi True Flames, one had to use Qian-Kun True Water or 10,000-year-old Ebony Ice!

  Unprepared, Qin Shaoyang got a streak of his hair and one of his eyebrows burned off! If not for the fact that Little White was only a level 1 spirit beast and Qin Shaoyang had reached Kun-level, the fire would have messed with his meridians!

  “Yin-Yang Life-Death Notes!”

  “Two Dragons Array Formation!”

  “Ruff! Ruff!”

  Three waves of attacks went at Qin Shaoyang again simultaneously!

  Without his natal dharma treasure, Qin Shaoyang couldn’t keep his balance in the high sky. Unprepared, he was struck by the Life-Death Notes, the equivalent of Nascent Soul Ream force, the sword array, the equivalent of Dui-level force, and the fireball, the equivalent of Core Formation Realm force!

  “Gongzi, good attacks!”

  Cheers of Lu Linlin and Lu Lili suddenly sounded near them.

  As Qin Shaoyang was sent flying in the air by the attacks, he heard the Lu sisters and knew that he was defeated.

  Swoosh… The black and white light rings shot toward Qin Shaoyang from their hands.

  The golden bell they gave to Hao Ren was now hanging around Little White’s neck. Sensing Little White’s alerted state, they could track it down immediately.

  However, Qin Shaoyang was already surrounded by Hao Ren’s sword array when they appeared.

  Qin Shaoyang was desperately retreating when his hands and feet were shackled, and his nature essence was pouring out as if a dam was opened.

  “What…are you doing?!” Qin Shaoyang shouted in alarm.