The East Sea Dragon King's Son Ao Guang Wants to Join the Chan Sect? The Interception Sect Is in Turmoil: Senior Disciple Brother Is Away, You Must...

"First-generation? Master, what does first-generation mean?"

The dejected Great Peng Bird was somewhat curious.

"Never mind that. You only need to know that your Yin-Yang Great Dao is an invincible path. Why would you need to borrow someone else's Dao?"

Qingyuan sized up the Great Peng Bird. Suddenly seized by a mischievous impulse, he put on a solemn expression and said, "When Yin and Yang fall into chaos, dye the blue heavens with your demon blood!"

"When Yin and Yang fall into chaos, dye the blue heavens with my demon blood?"

As the Great Peng Bird repeated the words, his eyes lit up. His confidence instantly returned, and he raised his head and puffed out his chest. "Master, I understand now. But wouldn't that be too arrogant? Would the Patriarch kill me for dyeing the blue heavens with my demon blood?"

"..."

Qingyuan was speechless. "Shut up!"

"Got it~"

The Great Peng Bird grinned, transformed into his true form—a massive Golden-Winged Great Peng—and carried Qingyuan toward the Kunlun Mountains.

Along the way.

They passed Little Azure Dragon, who was being besieged in the Great River by tens of thousands of demon soldiers.

Qingyuan paid no attention to him.

But the trapped Little Azure Dragon spotted the passersby and looked at them hopefully. "Fellow Daoist, Please Stay Your Steps!!! I am Ao Guang, son of Ao Tian, Dragon King of the East Sea Dragon Clan. If Fellow Daoist saves me, I will certainly repay you handsomely after I escape!!"

Ordinary people would not dare linger upon seeing the banners of the Demon Heavenly Court.

But upon hearing the words "Fellow Daoist, Please Stay Your Steps," Qingyuan's killing intent surged.

A pile of Innate Spiritual Treasures appeared around him, ready to blast the speaker apart.

Yet when he heard the name "Ao Guang," he withdrew his killing intent. He had the Great Peng Bird stop high in the sky and looked down.

There, within the river.

A battered Little Azure Dragon stared up at him with wide eyes full of longing.

"Where did this Golden Immortal come from? Get lost!"

"That Golden-Winged Great Peng from before! Attack together and kill him..."

Voices rose from the Demon Army below.

Then two Golden Immortal figures charged into the air with overwhelming force, only to be casually slain by Qingyuan the next instant. After taking their corpses and spoils, he displayed the Three-Sturgeon Bird's magic treasure and shouted, "The Three-Sturgeon Bird is dead! If you do not retreat now, do not blame me for showing no mercy!!"

Upon seeing the Three-Sturgeon Bird's token.

The tens of thousands of demon soldiers immediately collapsed into disarray and scattered in panic.

Little Azure Dragon took the chance to flee the river and fly into the sky.

He then transformed into a youth and bowed deeply to Qingyuan. "Ao Guang of the Dragon Clan thanks Fellow Daoist for your aid!"

"You're only a tiny True Immortal. Is Fellow Daoist something you can call him? You should call him Senior!"

The Great Peng Bird looked displeased, thinking that this little dragon was far too arrogant and rude.

His cultivation was low, and he had no discernment.

If a mere Early True Immortal called his master Fellow Daoist, what was he supposed to call him?

Rather than admitting fault, Ao Guang raised his head and smiled. "This Fellow Daoist does not understand. I was born of the Dragon Clan."

The Great Peng Bird sneered. "So what if you were born of the Dragon Clan?"

"Do you know that in the more ancient era, the Dragon Clan was a Primordial Overlord? We occupied boundless seas and stood as the foremost among all scaled creatures of the Primordial Wilderness. I was born into the Dragon Clan, and I am also the son of the East Sea Dragon Clan's patriarch. With such status and standing, I naturally surpass many others."

Ao Guang was secretly rather proud.

He cast the Great Peng Bird a haughty glance and smiled. "Fellow Daoist need not be bitter. Some things are yours from birth if they are yours, and if they are not, then they never will be. There is no need for you to envy me."

"Who the hell would envy you? I am Yuanshi—"

"Enough."

Qingyuan stopped the Great Peng Bird and nodded at Little Azure Dragon. "So you are the Dragon Clan's Crown Prince. My apologies for my disrespect. Greetings!"

"It is nothing. At least you are much more polite. Still, I must thank Fellow Daoist for saving my life. However, I left home in a hurry and brought nothing with me. Once I return to the Dragon Palace, I shall put in a good word with my royal father and have him grant you a generous gift in thanks. How does that sound?"

Ao Guang looked somewhat embarrassed.

"You little dragon, first you said you would repay us handsomely, then you said it would happen later. So everything is just talk from you?"

The Great Peng Bird looked furious.

Qingyuan did not particularly care and smiled. "No matter. Meeting is fate. Since Fellow Daoist has nothing on him, it will be fine to meet again another day!"

"You truly are a good person!! Unlike this bird beast, who has no manners at all!"

Ao Guang smiled and nodded. He grandly stroked his beard as though imitating his father.

Only then did he realize he had no beard.

Awkwardly rubbing his chin, he solemnly said, "Fellow Daoist, to tell you the truth, I left the East Sea this time to join the Chan Sect!"

"Join the Chan Sect?"

Qingyuan's expression became somewhat strange.

"That's right. I came to the Kunlun Mountains precisely to join the Chan Sect!"

Ao Guang's face was full of yearning. "The Chan Sect is a great teaching founded by Yuanshi Tianzun of the Jade Purity. Its supreme doctrine expounds the Heavenly Dao and upholds the operation of the Heaven and Earth Rules. It can allow my Dragon Clan to act in accordance with Heaven's will in the Future and gain endless Merit and Fortune Aura, washing away the Karmic Power upon us!"

"Then, in the Future, I will be able to remove all the shackles on my body and gradually step into higher realms!!!"

"Why do you want to join the Chan Sect? Why not join the Interception Sect?"

The Great Peng Bird asked curiously, "Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Sect Master Tongtian, founded the Interception Sect. Its doctrine makes no distinction in teaching and accepts disciples far and wide. Anyone sincerely seeking the Dao may join the Interception Sect. Isn't that better than the Chan Sect?"

"What do you know?"

Ao Guang looked at the Great Peng Bird with the disdainful gaze one might give a country bumpkin. "Anyone can join the Interception Sect, so it must be a complete mess. Cultivation would not be guaranteed either. When that bunch of paupers learns I am from the Dragon Clan, would they not flatter and fawn over me every day? How would I cultivate then?"

"But the Chan Sect is different."

"It only accepts elite powerhouses. Those who can join the Chan Sect are all first-rate powerful beings between Heaven and Earth, destined to become great figures who will stir up storms across the Primordial Wilderness!"

"These are all connections and relationships. If I build good relations with them, it will bring many benefits to the Dragon Clan in the Future!!!"

As he spoke.

Little Azure Dragon even began to laugh.

His face glowed with excitement, and he was full of high spirits, as though he had already seen himself after joining the Chan Sect.

Only Qingyuan and the Great Peng Bird wore increasingly strange expressions.

Seeing their odd looks deepen.

Ao Guang inexplicably felt a wave of anger. Displeased, he said, "What do you know? My royal father said that useless associations do nothing but waste one's time. Only by befriending powerful beings can one ride their momentum and soar upward in the Future!!"

Yet the more serious Little Azure Dragon became.

The stranger Qingyuan's expression grew.

The Great Peng Bird could not help clutching his stomach and bursting into laughter. "Hahahaha, little dragon, you're killing me. This is simply..."

"Shut up!"

Qingyuan stopped him, then cupped his hands toward Ao Guang. "Fellow Daoist truly has lofty aspirations. It is merely that nameless cultivators like us do not understand them. How could ants like us comprehend the ambitions of a True Dragon?"

"We still have matters to attend to, so we will take our leave first. May Fellow Daoist have good fortune!"

With that.

He departed with the Great Peng Bird.

That manner.

Only made Ao Guang more displeased.

"Hmph, you and my royal father both look down on me. Once I join the Chan Sect and become a saint's disciple, let us see how you will have to flatter me!!"

"Once I join the Chan Sect, I will make everyone who looked down on me look up to me, respect me, and curry favor with me. I will make people like you unable to reach my level!"

"Huanglong and I are both from the Dragon Clan. If I want to join the Chan Sect, he should help me out of consideration for our kinship, right?"

"Even if he refuses to help, he should assist me in joining the Chan Sect for the sake of the Ancestral Dragon Pearl, right? I wonder how furious my royal father will be when he learns that I took out the Ancestral Dragon Pearl..."

"Forget it. I will speak of it once I reach the Kunlun Mountains."

"Once I become a Chan Sect Disciple, all of this will be worth it. I will make you understand that you are the ones who truly lack vision..."

Ao Guang gave a soft snort.

He too carefully flew toward the lands of the Primordial Wilderness...

Meanwhile.

After flying several million li across mountains and rivers, Qingyuan and the Great Peng Bird discussed the matter with strange expressions.

"Master, why do I feel that little dragon is even prouder than me? He is only a True Immortal, and merely a dragon with impure blood, not a True Dragon from the True Dragon Realm. How can he say with such certainty that he can join the Chan Sect?"

The Great Peng Bird harrumphed. "That sort of mutt dragon has such low cultivation that I probably would not even bother eating him if I ran into him!!"

"Perhaps he has confidence of his own. There is no need for us to concern ourselves with another's affairs. Let us return to the Kunlun Mountains quickly. We have not gone back for many years, so I wonder how things are at home."

Qingyuan smiled and patted the Great Peng Bird.

In his heart.

He felt that Ao Guang's trip would likely not go very smoothly.

His Second Martial Uncle, Venerable Yuanshi, truly valued one's roots, fortune, and origins.

Put simply, he was extremely picky.

If Daoist Huanglong had not shared some master-disciple affinity with Second Martial Uncle and presented the Dragon Clan's supreme treasure, the Nine Dragon Agarwood Carriage, he might not even have been able to join the Chan Sect.

What was more.

Daoist Huanglong, who had joined the Chan Sect, was still only a Mystic Immortal to this day.

It was said that he had not learned any Divine Abilities or spells.

His cultivation method was merely the simple "Jade Purity Immortal Method."

He did not even possess a decent treasure.

He was a complete Three-Nothing Daoist.

Even Daoist Huanglong received such treatment, so where did Ao Guang, a mere True Immortal, get the confidence to claim that he could join the Chan Sect?

This was simply...

A fool's dream...

Who would have thought that Ao Guang, the East Sea Dragon King who would be timid and opportunistic during the Journey to the West Calamity, had been a youth even prouder than the Great Peng Bird in his younger days...

"Alright, alright, I'll speed up right away. Let's go home!!"

At the mention of returning to the Kunlun Mountains.

The Great Peng Bird was also overjoyed.

He hurriedly increased his speed and charged toward the Kunlun Mountains with all his strength...

Now, within the Kunlun Mountains.

At the summit of a mountain some distance from Shangqing Peak, a massive city gate bearing the three words "Inspection Department" stood as the landmark of this place.

After more than two thousand years of development.

Not only had the number of Interception Sect Disciples doubled again.

The Inspection Department had expanded as well.

From around one hundred people at first, it had now grown to more than several hundred.

Yet today, several thousand registered Interception Sect Disciples had gathered outside the Inspection Department. Their faces were full of anger as they vented their dissatisfaction toward the building within.

"Senior Brother Duobao! Senior Disciple Brother is away, so you must come out and uphold justice!"

"Yes, Second Senior Brother! Ever since the Chan Sect gained some Daoist Randeng, they have bullied us fellow disciples more and more. They often shamelessly use the strong to bully the weak. You have been in Secluded Cultivation all these years, but us junior brothers and sisters have suffered terribly!!"

"We beg Senior Brother Duobao to step forward and preside over this matter!!"

"Senior Brother, if you do not come out soon, the Interception Sect will truly collapse..."

The many Interception Sect Disciples outside the Inspection Department wailed and pleaded for aid.

Their cries caused the plump, towering figure within a great hall deep inside the Inspection Department to open his eyes...