The First Round Ends, and Xiong Meng Returns to the Heavenly Court for Help (Two Chapters in One)

Compared with this dragon prince, whose face was as fair as jade yet lacked none of a man's vigor, Sun Wukong's looks really were a little unpresentable. Still, that was fine. I, Bai Suzhen, am not the sort of snake who judges by appearances. I'm not that shallow.

Bai Suzhen thought this to herself, then shifted her gaze away from Sun Wukong and back to Ao Bing on platform five.

On platform nine, Sun Wukong froze when Bai Suzhen turned away and stopped meeting his eyes. What's wrong with the little white snake? Is there something interesting over there? he wondered.

Bzzz! Just then, space rippled, and the referee responsible for this platform appeared. He shouted, "The winner... Sun Wukong!"

Whoosh! As soon as he finished, a beam of immortal light shot out and landed on the Light Screen overhead. The nine hundred and ninety-eight names in section nine gradually vanished, leaving only Sun Wukong's.

"The winner, Ao Bing!" Just after the information on the Light Screen had been updated, another shout rang out from platform five. Another beam of immortal light shot out, and the Light Screen changed again. The names in section five gradually disappeared, leaving only Ao Bing's.

"Ao Bing? His surname is Ao?" Hearing the shout, Sun Wukong looked up at the Light Screen and frowned. He was no longer the impulsive monkey who had known neither the height of heaven nor the depth of earth. After his ordeal in the Netherworld and fifty years of instruction under King Dizang, he had gained a basic understanding of the Primordial World. For instance, the Dragon Race's royal family all bore the surname Ao.

A referee had just announced Ao Bing as the winner, meaning a dragon born into the Dragon Race's royal family had won. Recalling his