Whatever happened, he had to find a way to gather the Cold Li Dragon King's remains for burial. As for how he had died and what exactly had happened in the Heavenly Court, there would always be a chance to settle accounts with them later.
According to Ao Han, quite a few Dragon Princes possessed that ancestral reversion secret technique, so those Dragon Princes should all have some of Ming's remains.
Walking along the seabed, looking at the desolate sea sand and sparse clumps of kelp, Cui Jiuyang could not help feeling a little bleak.
Partly because of Ming's tragic death, and partly because of himself.
He had already reached the Six Extremes, yet when something like this happened, he still could not charge in as he pleased and make the culprits kneel on the ground and sing "Conquered."
Just when would he no longer have to disguise himself and conduct this sort of undercover investigation?
He continued onward and soon encountered a Dragon Palace officer patrolling the outskirts. After a simple inspection, the officer let him through.
Only a few short days had passed since he last left the Dragon Palace, but the patrols around it had already been strengthened considerably.
From three hundred li out all the way to the barracks beside the Dragon Palace, he underwent no fewer than five inspections. Three were military checkpoints manned by Dragon Palace officers, and only two were simple checks by patrols.
This showed that the Dragon Palace had made thorough preparations for the Dragon Princes' arena tournament...
Whether those preparations would actually be of any use was another matter. Cui Jiuyang had already frightened off two highly capable Dragon Princes, so presumably the battles later staged at the White Jade Plaza would be much less spectacular.
Cui Jiuyang entered the