"So it really was you?"
In the dark space, an unknown black liquid flowed everywhere, as black as ink, yet thicker.
As Ao Zhen walked inside, the viscous liquid around her would disperse as if it had a life of its own whenever she moved, but it wouldn't retreat very far, always surrounding her, making her look both frightened and restless.
" The Mother and Child Ghosts Temple. It's disgusting!" Ao Zhen cold, yet filled with genuine disgust.
"It's hard to understand." From the darkness, the Queen's voice came softly. "Shouldn't humans be treated like livestock to you? Why are you reacting so strongly?"
Ao Zhen is a dragon, a member of the demon race. When the dragon race was at its peak, it needed a million people as human sacrifices every year. Not only the Dragon Palace, but any demon force treated humans like pigs and dogs, after all, the demons had too much of an advantage in this world.
To demons, what difference is there between the old, the young, and the children, aside from the difference in taste?
Why should we despise her methods?
"Humans are not livestock!" Ao Zhen said coldly.
"Oh, I almost forgot." The Queen's voice carried a hint of realization. "You received a great favor from the human race back then, and advocated for the abolition of human sacrifice. Hehehe."
Ao Zhen's expression was cold. "Is there a problem?"
"No problem, no problem. In the end, your current state is somewhat related to me."
Upon hearing this, Ao Zhen's gaze turned even colder.
Back then, my family's West Sea Dragon King was heartless and insane. After being betrayed by this woman, for some reason, his mind became extremely twisted. He even set his sights on his own relatives. Both of my sisters were killed. Moreover, he seemed to be trying to take all the female dragons by force. He didn't even spare the highly respected Second Elder. You should know that the Second Elder was of my father's great-grandmother generation!
Years ago, he was secretly sent away by his mother to sneak into the human world. He traveled for seventy years, met many genius martial arts masters, and finally comprehended the Eight Forms of Heavenly Desolation. He returned during the martial arts competition in the four seas, and his skills amazed everyone. He was ranked first alongside the Dragon Prince of the East Sea!
The East Sea Dragon Prince was the widely anticipated next East Sea Dragon King, whose strength far surpassed his peers. However, he was almost knocked off the stage by the little-known West Sea Third Princess. That incident caused turmoil throughout the four seas, and Ao Zhen quickly became the focus of attention among the younger generation. The West Sea was forcibly protected by the Elder Council.
The other person was right when they said that his current situation was related to her. If she hadn't provoked the Dragon King, perhaps this would never have happened, and he wouldn't have spent seventy years traveling in the human world.
But to be honest, she doesn't regret that period of her life. Her experiences in the human world made her realize the strength and preciousness of humanity.
It was precisely because of his own experience that Sihai began to collect a large number of human martial artists and began to pay more attention to the human race. Under his and the Crown Prince of the East Sea Sea's guidance, Sihai began to make good use of the human race, not only in martial artists, but also in the training of sorcerers and other fields. The human race did not disappoint the Dragon Palace. In less than a thousand years, they provided the Dragon Palace with many good things, good spells, and good martial arts. In just a thousand years, the Dragon race broke the stalemate with the Heavenly Python Palace.
If the Earth Spirit hadn't dissipated later, the Dragon Palace would surely have unified the human world and perhaps even established a completely new order.
"How interesting." The Snake Mother laughed as she looked at Ao Zhen in the darkness.
She could tell that Ao Zhen wasn't entirely using the human race. She had also heard that Ao Zhen had protected human forces on several occasions, and that under her influence, human sacrifices were rarely carried out in the West Sea.
But it was precisely because of this that she offended some established forces who loved doxxing, and ultimately joined forces with the Dragon King to support the Third Prince of the West Sea in vying for the next Dragon King.
A demon, after spending decades in the human world, developed empathy for humans.
They, a group of people who should belong to the human world, have instead become demons. How interesting.
The Snake Queen's eyes were deep and mysterious, as if she were recalling some memories from long ago. She did not regret becoming the way she was now, nor would she regret what she was doing. In her view, no amount of suffering was too much for the human race in this world.
"Don't waste your energy," the Snake Mother said softly. "You are indeed very talented, but you are still too young. You can't break through here until you reach the Dragon King Level."
"That's because you're here." Ao Zhen looked around, unable to catch the Snake Mother's voice no matter how hard she tried. It was said that this creature was once a top-tier Heavenly Python, and had even undergone Dragon Transformation; it should have been an extremely powerful being. Why was its style so secretive? Why didn't it even attempt a brief exchange with her?
"Are you wondering why I don't try fighting you?"
"That's certainly what I think. You've been famous for many years, are of the same generation as my father, and your Dragon Transformation is that of a top-tier true dragon bloodline of my dragon race. You shouldn't be without the power to fight."
"Such a warrior's mentality," the snake woman chuckled. "Does having the strength to fight mean you have to fight? I can just trap you. Among your group, is there anything as dangerous as you?"
Ao Zhen fell silent upon hearing this.
Of the troops sent to Jiangnan this time, I am the main fighting force. There are others in Jiangnan who are comparable to me; at least if Yuchi Feihong were here, there might be some hope outside. But Yuchi can't come here easily; what will the outside world do?
In her opinion, it was best not to act rashly, but to contact Ziyue first, and then consider the consequences. She was afraid that the fox would be put in a difficult position, unable to advance or retreat.
Um?
Suddenly, Ao Zhen felt a sense of familiarity well up inside her, and her heart skipped a beat!
Can you determine the location?
The message was brief, yet it surprised her completely.
The Divine Path Style can transmit sound between each other. The closer they are, the less Power of Faith they need to transmit. I tried it myself before with Chen Qing's distance, and even if I used up all my Power of Faith, I couldn't transmit a single word.
The fact that the other party can now communicate means that this guy has probably escaped and is nearby!
"I'm not sure. The black liquid around me is too disruptive; I can't sense its location at all."
After sending the message, Ao Zhen's heart skipped a beat again. The closer the distance, the less Power of Faith is consumed, and the consumption just now was almost certain to be within a thousand feet!
Chen Qing was actually so close to me!
On the other side, Chen Qing was secretly delighted after feeling his faith being depleted!
Judging from the amount he's consuming, he's actually not that far from Ao Zhen!
What he feared most was that the other party would use the Mother and Child Ghosts Temple to pull Ao Zhen into a very remote space, but it seems that's not the case. The other party wants to fuse with Ao Zhen!
But thinking about it, it makes sense. A demon with the talent of Ao Zhen's wouldn't be interested in such a good opportunity; that would be strange indeed.
"Your Majesty," Chen Qing looked at the Empress Dowager, "Could you provide something?"
"What is that?" The Empress Dowager was taken aback.
"The design plans for this palace!"
"Design drawings?" The other person was taken aback. "What do you need that for? If you need a map, I can provide one anytime, but what's the use of design drawings?"
"This is very important!" Chen Qing said in a low voice, "If I'm not mistaken, the four temples outside are not the main temple. The real main temple should be inside the palace, in your Xiao Household's ancestral temple!"
" The Xiao Household's temple is not in the palace," the Empress Dowager said, frowning.
"Are you sure?" Chen Qing suddenly said quietly, "Perhaps it's in the palace?"
"You mean...?" The Empress Dowager seemed to have thought of something, and her expression suddenly became extremely troubled.
" Ghost Temple grow stronger by absorbing fortune and faith. Since the Ghost Domain forces are not publicly known, they don't have much faith. The only way for them to increase their power is by plundering fortune, so those guys are targeting the royal family."
"For the Central Plains, nothing is more important than the fortune of the Dragon Vein!"
Empress Dowager: "."
The two Fang Family met, so I probably won't have time to write the second chapter tonight. This chapter was already a bit rushed and I haven't made much progress. I've thought about it and decided to take a day off. I owe two chapters here, and I originally owed three chapters, plus six more this month with 3,000 monthly votes, so I only owe Shiyi chapters. I'll have to stay home and write diligently during the National Day holiday. This is the only chapter I have today; I'll definitely make up for it later.