After flying for who knew how long, he finally found the place he had been looking for.
He looked over the pitch-black seabed and decided the location was about right, so he simply set down the small island in his hand.
When he entered the island again, a streak of golden light appeared in his hand.
The golden light gradually rose into the air.
Like a small sun, it stood above the island.
"Xifu and Xiao Wa, you two, stop staring and go back to cultivating. Once you reach the Golden Immortal or Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, you will have completed your training and can leave this place. So work hard!"
After offering some encouragement, Cheng Yue headed toward his great hall.
He prepared to cultivate.
While he was hiding from people here,
Eastern Emperor Taiyi, along with the Dragon Race and Demon Race, was stunned elsewhere.
All the Demon Soldiers he had sent out had died.
That was not good news.
"Could the Dragon Race have discovered them and attacked directly?"
He immediately began making preparations. When he looked toward the South Sea, his eyes were filled with viciousness.
"Dragon Race, you dared to kill several thousand of my Demon Soldiers. This grudge has been forged."
He then flew straight toward the South Sea.
Yinglong had been summoning the Dragon Race members back.
But when one group returned, they were still badly shaken.
They were even carrying a white dragon.
When the East Sea Dragon King saw this, he rushed over and immediately asked about the situation.
"Daughter! What happened to my daughter?!"
As he spoke, killing intent began to rise.
He even had the urge to charge straight into the Demon Race and fight them to the death.
Among that group of dragons, a small gray dragon swam out and respectfully spoke from the side.
"Today, the princess led us in searching the sea for the place where that Great Power resided. Unexpectedly, we were ambushed by the Demon Race. We were preparing to send the princess away when she accidentally entered the place where that Great Power lived."
"After the Great Power saved the princess, he came out and pointed once. Every member of the Demon Race was killed."
"Now, the entire South Sea is covered with Demon Race corpses."
The East Sea Dragon King had still been faintly radiating killing intent, but the moment he heard about the Great Power's residence, he froze.
"You found the place where that Great Power resides?"
At those words, the dragons before him all nodded.
"But Senior said at the time that we were not to reveal where he lived. He also told us to leave quickly."
The East Sea Dragon King felt somewhat helpless.
"Do you still remember where that Great Power resides?"
The Dragon Race members exchanged glances, then shook their heads.
They had already been terrified, and when they returned, the sight of corpses covering the sea had made them forget where they had been.
Now that they thought carefully about it, they had forgotten exactly where it was.
One of them could not help saying,
"We were too panicked at the time and forgot the location."
"We can remember the general area, but that Great Power's residence cannot be seen with the naked eye. We have forgotten the exact location."
The East Sea Dragon King sighed. Just as he was about to say something, a furious roar came from outside.
"Dragon Race, get out here! You wiped out several thousand of my Demon Race. I will avenge this grudge today! The Dragon Race will be destroyed!"
Hearing that, the East Sea Dragon King looked outside, then at his unconscious daughter.
An idea immediately came to him, and he headed outside.
But Yinglong stopped him. With a sigh, he said,
"Let me handle this. I should be able to hold him off for a while. Once I go out, all of you should flee this place as quickly as possible."
His eyes were filled with grim determination.
He had never imagined that the Dragon Race would fall to such a state.
But the East Sea Dragon King shook his head and looked at Yinglong.
"Ancestor, the Demon Race was completely wiped out. They must have angered that Great Power. Why don't we borrow the tiger's might and use it to scare him off?"
Yinglong frowned. What kind of foolish idea was that?
If they used that method and angered that Great Power, the Dragon Race would have to face an existence even more terrifying than the Demon Race. Their end would certainly not be pleasant.
He immediately rejected the idea.
"What if such a Great Power takes his anger out on us?"
The East Sea Dragon King stepped forward and knelt directly on the ground.
"Ancestor, if that Great Power comes to demand an explanation, I will leave the Dragon Race and shoulder all the blame alone. Senior presumably will not make things difficult for the Dragon Race."
Yinglong was stunned.
"How can you be sure he will not do anything to the Dragon Race?"
The East Sea Dragon King looked at his daughter.
"Senior saved my daughter this time, so he must hold some goodwill toward the Dragon Race. Otherwise, he would not have saved her. Though Senior has a fearsome reputation, he has never committed any evil deeds. He should not be as the outside world claims."
At those words, the South Sea Dragon King nodded from the side.
"Ancestor, this senior is not as the outside world says. After he came to the South Sea, he even preached the Dao on the island. However, there was an array outside it, and we could not enter."
"Moreover, after that Great Power arrived, he twice triggered Heavenly Dao merit to descend. He should not be a person of great evil."
In the end, Yinglong gritted his teeth and looked at the East Sea Dragon King.
Then he said,
"Fine. I will gamble with you. If you come through this unharmed, you will be a hero of the Dragon Race!"
The words "hero" meant nothing to the East Sea Dragon King.
All he cared about was whether the Dragon Race lived or died.
What he cared about was whether his children lived or died.
With that, the East Sea Dragon King and Yinglong flew outside.
By then, the expressions on both their faces had changed. Their faintly smug smiles were utterly convincing.
They then looked at the furious Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
Yinglong spoke first.
"I wondered who it was. So it is the three-legged golden crow that took form on the Sun Star."
"What are you doing in my South Sea?"
Hearing that, Eastern Emperor Taiyi looked directly at the two of them and spoke.
"What am I doing here?"
"You killed several thousand members of my Demon Race, and now you ask what I am doing here?"
Yinglong smiled and waved his hand.
"The Dragon Race did not kill them. If you must blame someone, blame your Demon Race for not knowing their place and disturbing a Great Power's cultivation. Otherwise, their corpses would not be floating across the South Sea."
A Great Power?
A hint of mockery appeared in Eastern Emperor Taiyi's eyes.
"Do not try to pin this on someone else. What Great Power could there possibly be in the South Sea?"
Hearing that, the East Sea Dragon King naturally spoke with pride.
"Earlier, we heard that Nuwa caused a commotion in the Purple Heaven Palace. Her master's lineage was so formidable that even Sages had to fear it. Yet you people do not know that this Great Power is in the South Sea?"
As soon as he heard that, Eastern Emperor Taiyi was terrified.
When Nuwa had caused an uproar in the Purple Heaven Palace, she had already been a Quasi-Sage during the first lecture.
Her master's lineage was incomparably mysterious; even Sages could not provoke it.
He had never expected that person to be in the South Sea.
Could it really be that his people had disturbed this Great Power's cultivation?
His eyes shifted, and even the movement of his hands stopped.
Then the East Sea Dragon King gritted his teeth and dropped another bombshell.
"By coincidence, my disappointing daughter met that Great Power and was accepted into his sect. She came to the South Sea this time to search for that Great Power's sect, but who would have thought that you people would follow her here and disturb his peace? That Great Power was displeased, and with one finger, he left several thousand Demon Race corpses floating here. Does Fellow Daoist Eastern Emperor also wish to test that person's temperament?"
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