The Dragon Clan's Attitude, Betting on Ao Yuan

Among the crowd, Jieyin was the happiest, because from the moment he gained sentience, he had been inseparable from Zhunti.

"Haha, junior brother, you've finally taken human form. From now on, if you're asking for a beating, I can just do it."

Zhunti had expected Jieyin to say something like bringing good news, but he never expected him to actually think about beating him up.

Seeing Zhunti's constipated expression, Jieyin burst into laughter again. He said this because of Zhunti's personality, perhaps because his origin was affected by demonic energy, making him very unconventional.

Zhunti ignored Jieyin and instead looked longingly at Randeng, his eyes seeming to say, "Senior brother, I have taken human form. Where is the spiritual treasure you promised me?"

Ran Deng calmly replied, "Don't worry, your magical treasure should have arrived by now."

If I let Ao Yuan return to the Dragon Clan, judging by the time, the Dragon Clan should have already sent people to the West, right?

He turned to look at the guide.

"Junior brother, has anyone visited Mount Sumeru in the past ten thousand years?"

After thinking for a moment, he said...

"About three thousand years ago, Senior Brother, the dragon you released returned to the West and said it wanted to see you. But at that time you were in seclusion repairing the core of the earth veins, so I told it to leave. But it refused and opened up a cave in one of the desolate mountains and settled down there."

Just as the guide finished speaking, a voice rang out from outside the Mount Sumeru formation.

"Ao Yuan of the Dragon Clan has come to pay a visit to Senior Randeng. Congratulations on your restoration of the earth's core and the great merit you have gained from heaven and earth."

Ran Deng looked out through the great formation. It was Ao Yuan, transformed into human form, hovering outside the formation.

"Hmph, I didn't expect you'd actually dare to come back."

Ran Deng snorted coldly and flashed to the outside of the formation to confront Ao Yuan.

"Why wouldn't this junior dare to return? I have already completed all the tasks entrusted to me by my senior."

Ao Yuan spoke in a clear and resonant voice, neither humble nor arrogant.

Randeng unleashed the pressure of a mid-stage Great Luo cultivator, imprisoning Ao Yuan once more and using magic to probe his primordial spirit.

The lotus seed was still present within Ao Yuan's primordial spirit, and its roots were firmly planted on the shackles of karma.

The grayish-white karmic shackles dimmed even further.

"It seems that the Dragon King of the West Sea did not attack your primordial spirit. So, what is the Dragon Clan's intention? Do they agree or refuse?"

Ran Deng was still more concerned about the Dragon Clan's willingness to form an alliance with him.

This will depend on how much damage the karmic shackles inflict on the dragons.

To everyone's surprise, Ao Yuan gently shook his head.

"To be honest, senior, after I returned, I underwent a lot of interrogation and investigation, which confirmed that I am not a spy of the demon race."

Ao Yuan paused, as if recalling his experiences returning to the Dragon Clan.

"Then, when the elders of the dragon clan learned about the function of the lotus seed in my primordial spirit, everyone was extremely excited. Some wanted to form an alliance with you immediately, while others wanted to capture you and imprison you in the dragon clan, forcing you to remove their karma."

Upon hearing this, Ran Deng couldn't help but snort coldly.

"What a dragon race! I had good intentions and wanted to remove the karma of your race, but I never expected that you dragon race would want to capture me and imprison me."

Ao Yuan bent down again, and a rosary appeared in his hand. It was a pale golden-blue color, and judging from its radiance, it should also be a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure.

"However, once they learned that you had advanced to the Great Luo realm, they abandoned the idea. After discussion, they decided to set a time limit of 50,000 years, requesting you to heal five members of their clan each time, and in return, they would reward you with a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure or a spiritual root each time you performed the procedure."

Ran Deng understood that the dragon race still retained some of the arrogance of the three ancient races. But it didn't matter; it was within his expectations.

When the sermons are given at Zixiao Palace, before the demon race establishes the Heavenly Court and eliminates the obstacle of the Eastern King Duke, the first thing they will suppress is the Dragon Race. At that time, the Dragon Race will be begging them to form an alliance with the West.

"A mid-grade innate spiritual treasure is enough for me to make one move. However, when your dragon clan asks me for an alliance with the West in the future, the price will not be this high."

With a wave of his hand, Ran Deng took the innate spiritual treasure into his pocket. This spiritual treasure was called the Blessing Prayer Beads, and it was part of a set with the Blessing Pestle. It could be transformed into 1808 spiritual beads, which had the effect of sealing and suppressing.

He then gifted the blessed prayer beads to Cundi.

"Junior Brother Zhunti, look, this mid-grade innate spiritual treasure has come to me on its own."

Zhunti accepted the Lingbao with great joy.

"Many thanks to Brother Ran Deng for the gift!"

Seeing that Randeng was very dissatisfied with the dragon clan's attitude, Ao Yuanjian still spoke up.

"Don't worry, senior. My father, the Dragon King of the West Sea, was severely injured during the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity. He was originally only able to stay alive thanks to the treasures of his clan. Now, there is new hope. He will soon go to suppress the sea eye and do his last bit of effort for the dragon clan. My opportunity will come then."

A glint flashed in Ran Deng's eyes. Among the dragons, strength is paramount. Now that no Great Luo Immortals are appearing, according to tradition, whoever first advances to the Great Luo Golden Immortal level will become the next Dragon King of the West Sea.

"What benefits would you get from me helping you become the Dragon King of the West Sea?"

Randeng understood what Ao Yuan meant; this was indeed an ambitious dragon.

"What I said before still stands. After I become the Dragon King of the West Sea, the West Sea Dragon Clan will form an alliance with the West. On the other hand, I can help you find the whereabouts of the other Sea-Stabilizing Pearl."

Ao Yuan was, after all, the third prince of the West Sea Dragon Clan, and he had a keen eye. He had his eye on the set of Sea-Stabilizing Pearls because they were a set, and that once the quantity reached a certain level, they might be able to transform into a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been pursuing them so relentlessly.

After pondering for a moment, Ran Deng remained silent. Instead, he used his magical power to summon Ao Yuan and probed into his primordial spirit with his divine sense.

Activating the World-Destroying Black Lotus, a power containing the essence of the World-Destroying Black Lotus was injected into the lotus seed within Ao Yuan's primordial spirit.

Ao Yuan screamed again, but found that the karmic shackles had dimmed even more, and the restraint on his primordial spirit had loosened considerably.

"I was right after all. Senior Burning Lamp really did leave some kind of backup plan in this lotus seed."

Ao Yuan thought to himself, "It's both painful and joyful."

Based on their strength, his eldest and second eldest brothers were already at the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, and had a better chance of advancing to the Daluo realm. However, with this lotus seed, he might be able to get there first.

"Actually, you guessed wrong. I'm not in a great hurry to form an alliance with the West or to get the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl. What I'm betting on is you. I look forward to the day when we can be called fellow Daoists."

The dragons will eventually bow down to him before the Lich War.

As for the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, Randeng also had a clue. After all, according to the original trajectory, Zhao Gongming held twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls. Therefore, the remaining Sea-Stabilizing Pearls should either be in the hands of Tongtian Jiaozhu or soon to be obtained by him, or they could only wait for Zhao Gongming to be born.

A warm feeling welled up in Ao Yuan's heart. In fact, he was not very well received by the West Sea Dragon Clan because he was born to the West Sea Dragon King and a mixed-blood dragon. That's why he was only a four-clawed golden dragon, while the orthodox dragons were all five-clawed golden dragons.

This was the first time he had been trusted by someone.

"Based on what you said, senior, I, Ao Yuan, will certainly live up to your expectations and be the first to break through to the Great Luo Realm."

With a flick of his sleeve, Ran Deng turned and entered the great formation, leaving behind only one sentence.

"Send the first batch of dragons here three thousand years later, and I will inscribe the lotus seeds for them."