"True Lord Lingyuan?!"
The disciple who had hurried over looked startled to find Jiang Sheng seemingly waiting for him.
Jiang Sheng smiled. "Did Patriarch Xuanming send you to find me?"
The disciple nodded quickly. "Yes, True Lord. Patriarch Xuanming asks that you see him at once."
After speaking, the disciple could not contain his curiosity. "True Lord, how did you know I was coming?"
Jiang Sheng laughed. "Just a sudden feeling that someone would come looking for me, so I waited here to see. And here you are."
"Enough chatting. Let's go see Patriarch Xuanming."
Jiang Sheng followed the disciple to Daoist Lord Xuanming's cultivation grounds in Penglai. The moment he entered, he saw an unfamiliar figure seated beside the patriarch.
The figure wore a ceremonial crown and robe. Sky-blue dragon patterns adorned the sides of the crown, while the robe bore an image of an azure dragon covering the sea. Two antler-like horns rose from the man's forehead. The fluctuations of his aura unmistakably belonged to the Mahayana Realm, and Jiang Sheng could faintly sense the Purple Edict fortune of a Heavenly Court emperor upon him. An azure-dragon crown, a sea-covering robe, a Mahayana aura, and a Heavenly Court Purple Edict—taken together, they told Jiang Sheng who this man was: the Dragon King who ruled the East Sea.
What Jiang Sheng did not understand was why the East Sea Dragon King had suddenly come to Penglai.
Though puzzled, Jiang Sheng did not ask. Since Patriarch Xuanming had summoned him with the East Sea Dragon King present, the matter surely concerned the East Sea Dragon Palace.
Sure enough, Daoist Lord Xuanming smiled when Jiang Sheng arrived. "Lingyuan, you're here. Have a seat. This is the current East Sea Dragon King, Ao Guang."
Ao Guang. Hearing that familiar name again, Jiang