With Three Chi Seven's help, however, Cui Jiuyang soon located the formation's innermost core node. With its supply of spiritual power now insufficient, the Sea-Heaven Grand Formation had also developed many snags in its operation.
Three Chi Seven darted nimbly around inside the formation, releasing wisps of sword qi that seeped into its nodes.
Soon, using that sword qi, Cui Jiuyang altered some of the formation's runes, destroyed others, and inscribed new ones.
Once he had finished modifying the Grand Formation, he recalled Three Chi Seven and stood there at his leisure, waiting for Ming to emerge from underground.
As the spiritual energy slowly rising from the ground grew dense again, Ming appeared aboveground along with it.
He looked somewhat weak now, and even the dragon qi around him had thinned considerably.
Cui Jiuyang chuckled and teased him. "Well, well, no point boasting about past glories! You only froze one spiritual vein for a little while, and look at you. You look like a few she-dragons sucked you dry."
Ming was an honest fellow. A little embarrassed by Cui Jiuyang's teasing, he said,
"My cultivation has indeed regressed a great deal, but what does that have to do with she-dragons? In ancient times, the Dragon Clan had no marriage system. I often did that with many she-dragons in succession, and I never felt tired."
The earnest way he discussed these things actually left Cui Jiuyang, a virgin, feeling rather awkward.
A loser like him, rich in theoretical knowledge but with absolutely no practical experience, certainly could not compare to someone with a fulfilling life like Ming, who had once been a Dragon King.
He coughed a few times and dropped the subject. "I've broken through the Sea-Heaven Oneness. It can still hold off the troops outside, but it won't stop