"Damn it!"
"No matter what, we have to capture that damned traitor Ao Hong and bring him back!"
Candle Dragon was furious. He had met Ao Hong many times and knew that he was an extremely ambitious man. Though his strength was only average, he constantly dreamed of surpassing Ancestor Dragon and had repeatedly asked Candle Dragon for the Ancestor Dragon Pearl.
But he had never imagined that Ao Hong would dare to openly betray the Dragon Clan and steal the Ancestor Dragon Pearl, as well as fragments of the Innate Dragon Gate and Dragon Transformation Pool.
Red Dragon's eyes were filled with killing intent as well. "That unfilial descendant truly deserves no forgiveness! But how did he manage to put Shenlong into such a deep sleep?"
Ao Hong was merely a Great Golden Immortal, while Shenlong was a Primordial Golden Immortal, with strength comparable to a Quasi-Saint who had severed two corpses. Ao Hong could not possibly have ambushed Shenlong on his own.
"Someone must have helped him!"
A faint glint flashed through Yinglong's eyes. "To keep Shenlong and us old relics from noticing, the helper must at least have been a Quasi-Saint or a Primordial Golden Immortal. It may even have been some Sage coveting the Dragon Clan!"
"Could it have been Saint Tongtian?"
Red Dragon frowned slightly. "He had only just moved his dojo above the East Sea when Ao Hong pulled something like this. It is hard to say that he had absolutely nothing to do with it!"
"Not likely!"
Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea, shook his head. "Saint Tongtian cultivates the Sword Dao and has always conducted himself uprightly. He would rather take from the straight path than seek through crooked means. He should disdain using such methods!"
Suddenly, inspiration struck him. "Could it have been those two Sages of the West? When Saint Tongtian gave his sermon this time, I saw Saint Zhunti on Golden Ao Island. That was highly unusual! And I recall that when Saint Zhunti came to the East Sea to mooch off us in the past, Ao Hong had contact with him!"
"That is very possible!"
Shenlong could not help but speak. "The reason I failed to notice Ao Hong stealing the treasures was not because I had fallen unconscious, but because I entered a strange dream realm while my spirit was wandering the myriad worlds! Even if I fell asleep, my origin Great Dao would continuously release mirage qi and create illusions. Without a cultivator proficient in the Law of Dreams helping him, Ao Hong could never have dispelled my Mirage Illusion and infiltrated the Dragon Clan treasury!"
Upon hearing this, Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea, seemed to think of something. He immediately said, "Several juniors from my West Sea Dragon Clan line joined the Western Teachings. I seem to recall them mentioning that Daoist Jieyin, the Sect Master of the Western Teachings, was studying a method of Attaining Dao through Dreams, turning illusion into reality!"
"Then it was most likely those two!"
Candle Dragon sighed helplessly. "The Dragon Clan is like a slab of fatty meat now. Everyone wants a bite. Those two Sages are determined to revive the West, so they must have set their sights on the Dragon Clan's foundations!"
"This is going too far!"
Red Dragon trembled all over, his aura shaking the void without end. "The West suffers, but does the Dragon Clan not suffer as well? Can Sages really do whatever they please?"
"Watch your words!"
Yinglong hurriedly interrupted him. "This is only our speculation. We have no solid proof. Our most urgent task is to find a way to reclaim the Ancestor Dragon Pearl and the fragments of the Innate Dragon Gate and Dragon Transformation Pool from that traitor Ao Hong! That is the matter that concerns the survival of the Dragon Clan!"
"Furthermore, Ao Guang must continue carrying out the matter of befriending Saint Tongtian. At this point, the Dragon Clan must find itself a backer as well!"
As he spoke, Yinglong looked at Candle Dragon again. "Among the Dragon Clan, you are the most skilled at divining Heavenly Secrets. Have you calculated where that traitor Ao Hong has gone?"
Candle Dragon shook his head. "Someone has concealed the Heavenly Secrets for him, so I cannot calculate it either. But given Ao Hong's ambition, he likely would not submit to another. He is determined to surpass elder brother, so he probably would not join the Western Teachings!"
"Search!"
Shenlong immediately gave the order. "Have the Dragon Clans of the Four Seas, along with the aquatic clans dependent on us, search for him! Ao Hong must be captured and brought back!"
"Anyone who can provide Ao Hong's whereabouts will be rewarded with an Innate Spiritual Treasure by the Dragon Clan!"
Clearly, Shenlong was enraged to the extreme. The theft of these three supreme treasures had dealt the Dragon Clan a blow even greater than the losses inflicted by the Demon Clan last time.
"Yes!"
The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas all nodded.
Red Dragon, Yinglong, and Shenlong even disregarded their injuries and directly left the East Sea to search throughout the Primordial Wilderness for the traitor Ao Hong.
"What is the East Sea Dragon Clan up to?"
Such a massive commotion from the Dragon Clan naturally could not be hidden from the neighboring Jie Sect. Xuan Qing also sensed something unusual from the East Sea Dragon Clan's actions.
Good news never leaves the house, while bad news travels a thousand miles.
Before long, he heard that a traitor had emerged within the Dragon Clan. Not only had he stolen the Ancestor Dragon Pearl, but he had also stolen fragments of the Innate Dragon Gate and Dragon Transformation Pool.
Xuan Qing could not help sighing. "A fortress is often breached from within!"
A thousand-mile dam collapses from an ant hole!
The Dragon Clan itself had probably never expected that the fatal blow would come not from the menacing Demon Clan, but from a traitor arising within its own ranks.
Xuan Qing had heard of those treasures as well. The Ancestor Dragon Pearl contained the Essence of the Great Dao of Ancestor Dragon. If refined by the Dragon Clan, it could directly create a Quasi-Saint.
As for the Innate Dragon Gate and Dragon Transformation Pool, both were treasures created when Ancestor Dragon founded the Dragon Clan by imprinting them with his own Great Dao. They could help other aquatic clans transform into dragons and help the Dragon Clan strengthen its bloodline power.
Everyone Becomes a Dragon!
To spread the Dragon Clan's bloodline throughout the Primordial Wilderness, so that all living beings beneath the heavens would take pride in being dragons.
That had been Ancestor Dragon's grand aspiration!
Unfortunately, his ambition had been completely buried by Demon Ancestor Luohu. He, Primordial Phoenix, and First Qilin fought a great battle, only for Demon Ancestor Luohu to reap the benefits in the end!
Not only did the Dragon Clan fail to become the overlord of the Primordial Wilderness, it also suffered devastating losses and became tainted with endless Karma.
"I am not good at finding people!"
Xuan Qing frowned slightly and carefully considered it. "But King Pan's inheritance contains the Curse Killing Technique. If I can obtain something tainted with Ao Hong's aura, I might be able to use the Curse Killing Technique to locate him!"
Logically speaking, the Dragon Clan's affairs were none of his concern. But the Dragon Clan's old ancestors had declared that whoever provided clues about Ao Hong would receive an Innate Spiritual Treasure!
He was tempted too!
Although he possessed several Innate Spiritual Treasures, none of them suited the authority of the Wind God. As a result, he rarely used the Wind God authority.
His Wind God authority had come from Yu Jiang, who had been slain by Ancestor Dragon. All of Yu Jiang's spiritual treasures had also been taken away by Ancestor Dragon, who killed him.
Besides, the Dragon Clan had vast resources. It surely possessed Innate Spiritual Treasures of the wind attribute.
That was why he was paying attention!
"I need to ask Ao Guang!"
With their previous friendship, Xuan Qing made his way to the East Sea Dragon Palace with ease.
"Fellow Daoist Xuan Qing, is this true? Are you really confident that you can find that traitor Ao Hong?" Hearing that Xuan Qing had a way to track down Ao Hong, Ao Guang was immensely excited as well. "Rest assured, the Dragon Clan will never go back on its word! If you can find Ao Hong, the Dragon Clan will let you choose any one Innate Spiritual Treasure from our treasury!"
"I am seventy percent confident!"
Xuan Qing did not make an absolute promise. "Of course, that is assuming the Dragon Clan can provide something carrying Ao Hong's aura!"
"We have it!"
"I will fetch it immediately!"
Ao Guang immediately rose and headed toward the rear of the Crystal Palace. Ao Hong had lived in the East Sea for so long, so there was naturally no shortage of items carrying his aura.
The Dragon Clan had also tried tracking him with secret techniques. Shenlong had even considered using those items as a medium to forcibly drag Ao Hong into the Mirage Dream Realm he had constructed.
Unfortunately...
All of it had ended in failure!
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