"Cough, cough~"
"I'm in so much pain!"
Once the golden elixir entered his stomach, Shi Yu's depleted spiritual power was gradually restored. He struggled to sit up, feeling as if his body had been hollowed out. Sure enough, he couldn't withstand the consumption of using four supreme treasures at once.
"See, Senior Nephew? You suffered because you wouldn't listen to your Third Martial Uncle!"
Tongtian squatted beside Shi Yu without the slightest concern for his image and began lecturing him.
"The Four Swords of Zhu Xian, combined with the Zhu Xian Formation Diagram, formed the Zhu Xian Formation, the foremost killing formation in the primordial world!"
"Senior Nephew, if you had used it, killing a Demon Sage would have been a piece of cake! You could have done it with ease!"
The four immortal swords, wreathed in killing intent, flew around Shi Yu, buzzing as though they were complaining that he didn't know how to appreciate them.
"Hahahaha!"
"Third Martial Uncle, you're joking~"
Shi Yu gave an awkward laugh and scratched his head tactically.
You've got to be kidding. With my Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, could I really set up the Zhu Xian Formation? I probably would have been devoured by the boundless killing intent before I could even send out the third sword.
At this point, the one sitting here probably wouldn't even be me anymore, but just my soul~
"Third Brother, step aside for a moment. Let me see whether my disciple is hurt."
Taiqing came before Shi Yu, and a stream of pure qi entered Shi Yu's body. After checking him repeatedly several times and confirming that nothing was wrong, Taiqing finally let out a long sigh of relief.
The Taiqing lineage consisted, at most, of one master and one disciple, two attendants, and one steward. Oh, right—there was also a cow.
Thankfully, his disciple was unharmed. Otherwise, he would have gone to the Demon Court and held a discussion on the Dao with Di Jun and Tai Yi.
"Senior Nephew, don't take risks like that in the future! Don't make us worry about you." Yuanshi spoke with a solemn expression.
Shi Yu nodded respectfully. "I'll heed your teachings, Martial Uncle."
Yuanshi nodded slightly, but there was still a trace of worry in his eyes. Shi Yu had accompanied the Sanqing from their days in a thatched hut all the way to the present. They had gone through thick and thin together.
Seeing Guang Chengzi and Duobao preparing to speak, Shi Yu immediately raised a hand to signal for them to wait. He had something more important to deal with first.
"Guang Chengzi, go call Huang Long over for me. I want to discuss the Dao with him." Shi Yu slowly rose from the ground and rolled his wrists.
Guang Chengzi accepted the order and left. He couldn't help feeling a little envious of Huang Long. The senior brother treated him so well—he had only just returned, yet he was already going to discuss the Dao with him. Huang Long Junior Brother's cultivation would surely advance by leaps and bounds. As his senior brother, he couldn't afford to fall behind either.
Before long, Guang Chengzi and Huang Long hurried over.
"Senior Brother Shi Yu, why did you call for me?"
Huang Long looked at Shi Yu somewhat guiltily and gave an awkward smile.
Shi Yu smiled faintly as he looked at Huang Long. He said nothing, merely stretching and loosening his muscles.
"Second Brother, Third Brother, I recently finished refining a furnace of excellent Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs. Why don't you go take a look?" Taiqing waved his horsetail whisk and smiled at Yuanshi and Tongtian.
"Sure, Second Brother. Let's go!"
"Let's go together!"
Before leaving, Yuanshi gave Huang Long a look that seemed to say, "Take care." After all, Huang Long was his disciple.
After years of Shi Yu's constant nagging, Yuanshi's views on accepting disciples hadn't changed, but when it came to treating his disciples, he had nearly managed to keep things equal. Huang Long had even received an Innate Spiritual Treasure!!!
When Shi Yu saw that his master and martial uncles had left, he swung a Firestar Mighty Fist into Huang Long's face.
"Whoosh~"
Huang Long turned into a graceful arc and crashed heavily into Sanqing Lake, sending a towering spray into the air.
"Uncle, are you all right?"
Ao Guang leaned over the shore and shouted at the True Person Huang Long, who had sunk to the bottom.
"Senior Brother, calm down!"
Duobao placed his plump body in front of Shi Yu. He was utterly confused about why Senior Brother had hit Huang Long.
"Senior Brother, what are you doing? Huang Long Junior Brother is still..."
Guang Chengzi had originally wanted to say that Huang Long was still young, but then he remembered that Huang Long was practically from the same generation as Ao Guang's uncles, so he swallowed the rest of his words.
"No, that's not right. Huang Long Junior Brother is your junior brother too!"
Guang Chengzi quickly changed his approach. Senior Brother was always most vulnerable to emotional appeals.
"Huang Long, you actually dared to delete part of the letter and deceive your beloved Senior Brother, didn't you?"
Shi Yu shook his stinging palm. Damn, no wonder he's a member of the Dragon Clan. His skin is so thick and his body is so tough. He can really take a beating.
"Senior Brother, what letter?"
"Yeah, Senior Brother!"
Faced with Guang Chengzi and Duobao's questions, Shi Yu handed them the letter the True Person Huang Long had given him back then.
"Can't you recognize the words 'the Demon Emperor personally leads the Ten Great Demon Sages to visit the East Sea Dragon Palace,' Huang Long?" Shi Yu said calmly. Why was he calm? Because he was tired~
After Guang Chengzi and Duobao finished reading the letter, their expressions became extremely grim. Based on what Senior Brother had said earlier, didn't that mean that twenty-one Quasi-Saints had been fighting in the East Sea Dragon Palace at the time...
Senior Brother had actually returned alive and intact, without losing a single body part, and had even killed a Demon Sage. Senior Brother was terrifying beyond belief!!!
Senior Brother, let us worship you! By this calculation, two Demon Sages from the Demon Court had fallen directly or indirectly at Senior Brother's hands!
Duobao turned toward Huang Long, who was still splashing around in the water, and said angrily, "Huang Long Junior Brother, how could you act like this?"
Huang Long climbed ashore, wiped his face, and said with a miserable expression, "Senior Brother, I was wrong!!"
"I just didn't want you to worry too much. Besides, at the time, I thought Senior Brother would be able to handle it with your strength."
Shi Yu snorted. "You thought? You thought?! You thought!"
"If I hadn't had a few tricks up my sleeve, I probably would have died there today."
Shi Yu had thought that, at most, only a Demon Sage would come. Who could have known that Di Jun would lead the Ten Great Demon Sages along too? Was the Dragon Clan holding a team-building event at the East Sea Dragon Palace?
Shi Yu rolled his wrists again and walked toward Huang Long. This time, Duobao and Guang Chengzi didn't stop him. Huang Long had indeed gone too far.
"Senior Brother, punish me as much as you like!"
When Huang Long saw Shi Yu walking toward him, he shut his eyes tightly and assumed an attitude of accepting whatever punishment came his way.
"Whoosh~"
A sound of something slicing through the air passed by his ear, followed by a loud crash behind him.
When he opened his eyes, a tightly clenched fist was only a foot away from his face. Behind him, the water of Sanqing Lake had been stirred into layer upon layer of ripples by the force of the punch, spreading continuously in every direction.
"Huang Long, considering that you betrayed your senior brother, your crime is utterly heinous!"
"As the eldest disciple of the third generation of the Xuanmen, I hereby punish you!"
Shi Yu's voice was low and restrained, as if he were desperately suppressing his emotions.
Hearing this, Huang Long felt somewhat helpless. How long has it even been since I became his disciple? Am I about to be kicked out already...
"I punish you to face confinement in Sanqing Lake for one Yuanhui. Apart from listening to Second Martial Uncle's lectures, you are not permitted to leave without authorization!"
Shi Yu finally announced the punishment. He really was too softhearted, too softhearted—though that only applied to his junior brothers and sisters!
Just like a fist: hard on the outside, soft on the inside.
Huang Long was stunned at first, then overjoyed. He hurriedly expressed his gratitude. "Thank you for your mercy, Senior Brother! Thank you, Senior Brother!"
Guang Chengzi and Duobao also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Huang Long wasn't expelled from the sect, everything was fine.
This entire scene was witnessed by the Sanqing, who had gathered in the Eight Views Palace.
"Eldest Brother, you truly made the right choice in accepting this senior nephew!"
Yuanshi was extremely satisfied with Shi Yu. Not only did he respect his martial uncles and master, he also treated his junior brothers and sisters so well. He was truly a model disciple of the primordial world.
"Senior Nephew's way of handling things is quite similar to mine—broad-minded, generous, and deeply loyal!" Tongtian nodded repeatedly.
Then he joked, "How about this, Eldest Brother? Transfer Senior Nephew to my sect."
Upon hearing this, Taiqing smiled and shouted toward the outside:
"Golden Horn, Silver Horn, Xiao Yue, come see our guest out!"
"..."
The smile on Tongtian's face suddenly froze.
"Eldest Brother, I was only joking!"
"Third Brother, I was only joking too!"
At the foot of Kunlun Mountain
Sanqing Lake
A yellow true dragon swam through the lake. Huang Long had transformed back into his original form and formally become Kunlun Mountain's limited-time display dragon.
"Sigh~"
"Senior Brother truly is benevolent. A senior brother this wonderful couldn't be found anywhere in the primordial world even with a lantern!"
Huang Long alternated between the butterfly stroke and dog paddle, enjoying himself immensely in Sanqing Lake. A dragon still belonged in the water, after all. If he stayed away from water for too long, even his skin would dry out~~
"Oh, right! I absolutely mustn't forget the task Senior Brother gave me!"
Huang Long kept Senior Brother Shi Yu's task firmly in mind. He didn't dare forget it for even a moment.
That task was to use force to drive away anyone who came to become Third Martial Uncle's disciple. If someone could exchange a few moves with him, Huang Long could let them enter the Sanqing Temple.
If he encountered someone he couldn't defeat, he was to call Senior Brother over immediately and have this eldest disciple of the Xuanmen personally test them!
(Thank you, my esteemed readers, for urging me to update. I've never seen so many readers urging an update before! If I've written anything incorrectly, please feel free to point it out. I'll definitely fix it if I see it. Thank you, everyone!)
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