DLWAV CH64

Just as Fu Mu was busy riding the dragon, with the help of the White Tiger Clan Ancestor and the others, the Righteous Path cultivators who had fainted slowly began to regain consciousness.

They looked at themselves, completely unharmed, and then at the similarly unscathed White Tiger Clan Ancestor and the others. They immediately realized what had happened: “Ancestor, you… you actually defeated those high-level cultivators from the Upper Realm?”

Then, as if remembering something, their expressions changed again.

“Ancestor, that middle-aged man said he was the young Prince of the Northern Emperor’s Manor in the Upper Realm. Now that they’ve suffered such a massive defeat at our hands, they definitely won’t let this go easily.”

“So they will definitely stage a comeback. What should we do then?”

The White Tiger Clan Ancestor and the others couldn’t help but look at each other in dismay.

They really wanted to tell them the truth, but that distinguished person obviously didn’t want his identity exposed.

Otherwise, he would have confessed his identity to them much earlier.

After thinking about it, they simply said, “They won’t have the chance to stage a comeback.”

“And we weren’t the ones who repelled them.”

“A long time ago, Lord Azure Dragon had been constantly trying to send a distress signal to the Dragon Palace beyond the Nine Heavens. Not long after you all fainted, reinforcements from the Dragon Palace happened to arrive. They directly captured those guys and took them away. If nothing unexpected happens, not even the so-called Northern Emperor of the Upper Realm will be able to escape this time.”

Hearing this, the Righteous Path cultivators couldn’t help but stare blankly.

Because wasn’t this a bit too coincidental?

But very quickly, they all grew excited: “This is great! We’re saved.”

“More than just saved—don’t forget, this time, we also completely annihilated the Demonic Path.”

“Thank you, Lord Azure Dragon! Thank you, Dragon Palace!”

“Wait, the Dragon Palace?”

“What kind of place is the Dragon Palace? Does it actually have more authority than the Northern Emperor of the Upper Realm?”

Seeing that they showed absolutely no suspicion, the White Tiger Clan Ancestor and the others couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

They immediately gave them a brief explanation of the situation in the Upper Realm.

And right at this moment, someone rushed in and said, “Ancestor, guess who we found while clearing the battlefield?”

Then, before anyone could answer, the person said impatiently, “Yan Chong—”

“He actually isn’t dead!”

Whoosh!

Hearing this, everyone present was momentarily stunned again.

Although in this battle they hadn’t lost many people and had actually reaped immense benefits, it didn’t mean they didn’t hate Yan Chong.

After all, if the Immortals from the Dragon Palace hadn’t arrived in time this time, they probably would have ended up exactly like those people from the Demonic Path—without even a single bone left behind.

So after reacting, they simply burst out laughing.

“It’s good that he’s still alive. Good that he’s still alive.”

“If he really just died like that, wouldn’t that have been letting him off too easily?”

“Let’s go, let’s go have some fun with him. He’s perfect for testing out my newly learned technique, ‘Myriad Arrows Piercing the Heart’.”

“And my newly bred venomous insects.”

“Alright.”

…

Following the Battle of Black City, the barrier outside the Mingxiao Continent completely vanished. Spiritual energy on the Mingxiao Continent began to recover, and everything began moving in a positive direction.

However, the disciples of the Righteous Path suddenly noticed that the world had changed—

This was mainly reflected in the fact that previously, the elders in their sects or clans had frequently used Ao Ruize as a negative example to lecture them. They would scold them about how Ao Ruize, as the Young Patriarch of the Dragon Clan, instead of thinking about studying hard and practicing bitterly to secure his position through his own strength, only thought about taking shortcuts, relying on a sugar daddy, and completely throwing away the face of the Dragon Clan and the entire Righteous Path.

But now, whenever they brought this matter up again, the sect or clan elders would instantly change their faces. If angered, they would even snap, “If you have the ability, go find such an incredible bowl of soft rice to eat yourselves!”

The key point was that later on, when a Nascent Soul-stage junior brother of the Sword Sect got involved with the Tribulation-stage Third Elder of the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Clan, the elders started jumping up and down, forcing the junior brother and the fox elder to break up, cursing the junior brother for being worthless and bringing shame to the Sword Sect.

Most importantly, not long after, Ao Ruize resigned from his position as the Young Patriarch of the Dragon Clan and directly moved into the Joyous Union Sect.

Surprisingly, the Dragon Clan calmly agreed, and subsequently appointed Long Jingdan as the new Young Patriarch based on Ao Ruize’s recommendation—

One could imagine how shocked Long Jingdan was when she received this appointment.

The Sixth Elder patted her on the shoulder and simply said, “The Lord… Long Ruize said you are very good, and that you will definitely become an outstanding Patriarch in the future.”

Long Jingdan immediately understood.

Since words had reached this point, what else could she say? She only said solemnly, “I definitely will not disappoint his expectations.”

Could she say that the only reason she had chosen to pledge her allegiance to Ao Ruize back then was purely because she wanted to get the method to improve their bloodline concentration?

But now, she had stumbled upon such a massive windfall.

However, she didn’t feel guilty about it either.

After all, she had the capability, didn’t she?

Compared to the jubilation of Long Jingdan’s faction, Long Tiancheng and his group were absolutely devastated, as if mourning their deceased parents.

Although the Patriarch hadn’t pursued the matter of them spreading rumors in the clan and trying to force the clan to hand Ao Ruize over, from that point onward, the treatment they received from the clan plummeted.

And the Dragon Clan was never short of geniuses—especially after the method to improve bloodline concentration was thoroughly popularized among the Four Great Families—

One had to know that the higher the parents’ bloodline concentration, the higher the child’s bloodline concentration would be. Because of this, several decades later, the newborn generation of Dragon Clan children had higher bloodline concentrations at birth than Long Tiancheng and his group currently possessed.

Most importantly, Long Tiancheng and the others didn’t dare to show their faces anymore.

One hundred and fifty years later, when Long Jingdan officially succeeded the position of Dragon Clan Patriarch, Long Tiancheng and his group had long faded into obscurity.

And what the Nineteenth Elder found most unacceptable was that two hundred years later, the Major Town Elder actually really surpassed him and stepped into the Tribulation stage first.

Long Jingdan subsequently crossed out the Major Town Elder’s name beneath the Nineteenth Elder’s name in the genealogy book, added a brand new page for the Major Town Elder, and listed the Nineteenth Elder’s name in the “Father” column—with the character for “Concubine-born” (庶 shu) noted in the bottom right corner.

Just as Ao Ruize had said back then, the Nineteenth Elder would never be able to shake off the title of “concubine-born father” for the rest of his life.

Because of these two incidents, a few decades later, while undergoing his tribulation, the Nineteenth Elder suddenly succumbed to inner demons and ultimately perished under the tribulation lightning.

By this point, Ao Ruize was also preparing to leave this world.

However, before doing so, he still had one more thing to handle—after all, he had accumulated quite a bit of wealth in this world.

Fortunately, dealing with these things wasn’t difficult.

He directly split the wealth into three parts. He gave the largest portion to the Dragon Clan, a smaller portion to the Major Town Elder, and gave the remaining seventy or eighty thousand top-tier spirit stones to the milk dumpling (system) who had been undermining him for two hundred years but had only managed to skim less than seven thousand spirit stones—a thousand of which were low-tier.

—The reason he only gave it that much was because it couldn’t take too many things away from the mission world either.

Suddenly receiving so many things from Ao Ruize, the Major Town Elder simply remained silent for a moment. Then, cupping his hands, he bowed deeply toward Ao Ruize: “Then I wish Your Excellency a smooth journey ahead.”

He wasn’t stupid. At the very least, he wasn’t any stupider than Long Jingdan or Long Tiancheng.

If he hadn’t known Ao Ruize’s true identity at the very beginning, the exceptionally careful and reverent attitude the old Patriarch and the others adopted toward Ao Ruize later on was enough for him to glean some of the truth.

So as early as after the Battle of Black City, he had realized that Ao Ruize wasn’t his son.

But that didn’t stop him from being grateful for Ao Ruize’s support, not to mention that Ao Ruize had also saved their lives.

As for where his biological son had gone, presumably he had already found his own destiny.

Seeing this, Ao Ruize didn’t find it strange. He simply cupped his hands in return, smiled, and said, “I also wish you all the best in the future, and that all troubles stay far away.”

“This is great—”

As soon as they returned to the system space, the milk dumpling’s cheers rang out.

“Congratulations Host, successfully completed the mission, awarded 150 points.”

“Congratulations Host, during the mission, helped the Righteous Path eradicate the Demonic Path, awarded an extra 200 points.”

Then it asked impatiently, “Xiao Ruize, let’s hurry up and start the next mission, right?”

After all, in order to absorb a bit more spiritual energy and skim a few more of Ao Ruize’s resources along the way, it had stayed in the previous world for an entire two hundred extra years.

Ao Ruize was also very satisfied with this past world. After all, the Joyous Union Sect truly had developed a massive variety of small toys, and the user experience was quite excellent. For this reason, he had specially secretly collected a batch…

“Alright.”

Before his voice even faded, his figure vanished from the system space.

Very soon, he regained consciousness.

But in the very next second, his brow furrowed.

Because the instant he opened his mouth, a massive gulp of water poured right in.

Evidently, he was currently in a state of ‘drowning’.

Outside the deep pool, a cameraman carrying his equipment saw this and hurriedly prepared to set down his camera to jump into the water and save him.

However, in the next second, he was pulled back by the assistant director standing nearby.

The cameraman reflexively followed the assistant director’s gaze.

A few meters away, a delicate, handsome young man in his early twenties was already frantically stripping off his clothes.

The cameraman set his heart at ease.

However, inside the live broadcast room, things had already blown up into a chaotic mess.

【…At a time like this, Xia Lewen actually still has the mood to take off his clothes first? Is he really Xia Ruize’s biological younger brother?】

【???】

【Could Xia Ruize’s brain-dead fans use a little brainpower? It’s already autumn, and Xia Lewen is wearing such a thick coat. If he doesn’t take it off before getting in the water, do you want him to drown right alongside Xia Ruize in a minute?】

【And please, Xia Ruize’s brain-dead fans, get one thing straight: considering all the disgusting things Xia Ruize did to our Lele before, the fact that our Lele is still willing to save him should have you shedding tears of gratitude! Yet you actually have the nerve to sit there making snide remarks?】

【Most importantly, if you’re so capable of complaining that our Lele is too slow, then have the capability to tell our Lele not to save him!】

【Oh right, I should remind you of one thing: right now, besides our Lele, who else can save him—】

Seeing this, the assistant director on the side immediately revealed a satisfied smile.

Didn’t this mean they had their trending topic for today?

He immediately found the contact information for Xia Lewen’s manager and sent out a pre-drafted message, telling them they could start hyping up the news about how kind-hearted and beautiful Xia Lewen was.

Little did he know that just as he and Xia Lewen’s manager were mutually flattering each other, the cameraman’s shocked exclamation suddenly rang out beside his ear: “What is that—”

The assistant director subconsciously looked up, only to see that Ao Ruize in the pool had floated up at some unknown point, and was currently drifting toward the shore.

The key point was, his arms weren’t making any swimming motions at all… he was genuinely drifting toward the shore.

The names of several horror movies instantly flashed through the assistant director’s mind, things like The Phantom of the Deep Pool, The Mountain Village Female Corpse…

But in the next second, he saw a massive grass carp head beneath Ao Ruize.

To be precise, a massive grass carp a full two meters long was currently carrying Ao Ruize on its back, swimming toward the shore.

The assistant director: “…”

Xia Lewen, who was still taking off his shoes: “…”

Xia Lewen’s manager, who had immediately ordered people to buy their way onto the hot search trends upon receiving the assistant director’s message: “…”

The viewers in the live broadcast room: “…”

【This fish is so big, a single pot can’t stew it… Wait, no, this fish has become a demon… Wait, that’s not right either, didn’t they agree that there were absolutely no fish in this pool… Even worse, I just realized—Xia Lewen’s brain-dead fans, stop fucking flattering yourselves! It looks like our Ruize really didn’t need your Lele to slowly dawdle over to save him after all!

PS. I bet stewing this fish head would smell way better than catfish or mackerel heads.】

【As a Northerner, I +1 this statement.】

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