Beauty, Come Pour Me Some Wine
Wushuang's dance was gradually drawing to a close.
Her movements grew faster and faster, her fair, jade-like hands weaving gracefully as her skirts fluttered.
Her misty, limpid eyes seemed about to speak, yet held back, and her whole figure was as hazy and ethereal as a flower seen through fog.
Slightly drunk, Ye Xuan decided to stoke the fire.
If he wanted to speak seriously with this dragon king, he first had to break through his psychological defenses.
"Beauty, come pour me some wine."
The moment he said that, a flash of killing intent appeared in the eyes of Dragon King Ao Guang of the East Sea.
How dare this man named Wuming humiliate him so?
Not only had he made his daughter dance for his amusement,
he also wanted her to go over and pour him wine. Was he trying to humiliate the entire East Sea?
Ao Guang wanted to say something, but Wushuang stopped him with a look.
He could only watch helplessly as his daughter went to pour Wuming wine.
The old Dragon King's face turned as black as could be, and he bitterly hated himself for being a coward.
But all he could do now was endure, or the entire Four Seas Dragon Clan would suffer a calamity.
His daughter had understood this too, which was why she had swallowed her humiliation and stopped him.
The Dragon King could not help but smile bitterly.
The Dragon Clan-when would it truly rise again?
Ye Xuan looked at the beauty beside him, who was smiling radiantly despite her disgust.
Then he looked at Ao Guang, whose face was black as could be.
A look of disdain appeared on Ye Xuan's face.
Ao Guang really was a ninja turtle.
He could even put up with this!
No wonder the Dragon Clan had fallen so low as to become food.
That Haotian of the Heavenly Court flaunted his status by eating dragon liver and phoenix marrow.
He often used them to feast the great powers of the Primordial World.
The dignified Dragon Clan, once incomparably prosperous in ancient times, had fallen to such a state. It truly was a sad and lamentable sight.
If the Ancestral Dragon saw what the Dragon Clan had become, what would he feel?
With Wushuang attending him, after several rounds of wine and dishes, Ye Xuan grew even drunker.
He kicked over the table in front of him.
Then he rose to his full height.
Wushuang, who stood beside him, jumped in fright and hurriedly fell to her knees, her face ashen.
Ao Guang, seated below him, did the same, hastily dropping to his knees in alarm.
Such was the terrifying might of a Great Luo!
"Ao Guang, the current Human Emperor sent me here with the intent to kill!"
"But I see you have shown some sincerity, so I have a few words for you."
"His Majesty the Human Emperor is deeply dissatisfied with what your Dragon Clan has done. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
"If you cannot quell the Human Emperor's anger, his army will arrive in an instant and leave neither chicken nor dog alive in your East Sea!"
His tone was utterly calm, but boundless domineering might rippled out in all directions, leaving Ao Guang trembling with fear.
Ao Guang's heart sank. As expected, the Human Emperor had sent this envoy to call him to account.
"Reporting to you, Immortal, this old dragon knows his sins are grave and is ashamed to face His Majesty the Human Emperor, but this old dragon truly had no choice."
"This was all Haotian Shangdi's decree! This old dragon would never dare defy the Heavenly Emperor's decree!"
Hearing this, Ye Xuan could not help sneering. As expected, Haotian Shangdi was stirring up trouble behind the scenes.
The Dragon King was indeed a coward who bullied the weak and feared the strong to an exceptional degree.
Haotian Shangdi had nearly slaughtered the Four Seas Dragon Clan to extinction, yet they still obeyed his orders. It truly was pitiful.
"The current Human Emperor bears the will of heaven and earth and the destiny of all things. He is the sovereign of heaven and earth, and all living beings fall under his rule. Your Dragon Clan should likewise be under the Human Emperor's command."
"Why did you disobey the Human Emperor's edict and instead obey the decree of that bullshit Haotian Shangdi?"
"Do you dare show disrespect to the sovereign of heaven and earth? If you do, your dragon head will roll!"
The barrage of rebukes drained the color from the Dragon King's face.
"Immortal, spare my life!"
"Immortal, spare my life!"
Then he hurriedly spoke:
"This old dragon truly has grievances he cannot voice. That Haotian Shangdi relies on the support of Dao Ancestor Hongjun and has always been cruel and lawless!"
"At the slightest displeasure, he slaughters members of my Four Seas Dragon Clan and serves them as delicacies to the other saints, who also show him some deference."
"How would my Four Seas Dragon Clan dare defy his decree?"
By this point, Ao Guang was weeping bitterly.
The Dragon Clan had long since lost the prosperity it enjoyed in ancient times.
Now they were nothing but fish on Haotian Shangdi's chopping block!
The gods and buddhas filling the heavens had all eaten dragon meat, to one extent or another, at Haotian Shangdi's feasts.
It was simply an unspoken understanding that dragon meat was delicious.
How could the Dragon Clan, scared out of its wits long ago, have the confidence to resist?
Hearing this, Ye Xuan fell silent.
Since the Dragon-Han Calamity, true dragons, true phoenixes and true qilin had long since disappeared.
The dragons, phoenixes and qilin that still existed in the Primordial World were nothing but false breeds possessing part of their bloodlines.
The Phoenix Clan and the Qilin Clan had long since been utterly defeated and become species on the brink of extinction. Only a tiny number remained active in the Primordial World, and most of those had become mounts for great powers.
Though the Dragon Clan still had the four seas as its foundation, it too had become food for the gods and buddhas of the heavens.
Seeing the great power named Wuming fall silent,
Dragon King Ao Guang of the East Sea hurriedly said:
"Immortal, I beg you and His Majesty the Human Emperor to take pity on my Dragon Clan's plight. Please show us mercy, and my Dragon Clan will be eternally grateful!"
Hearing this, Ye Xuan sneered.
"And you still call yourselves the Dragon Clan? I think the Dog Clan would suit you better."
"You've truly opened my eyes, groveling to such an extent."
Hearing this, the East Sea Dragon King bowed even lower.
His body also began to tremble.
Killing intent boiled up in his heart.
But in the end, he suppressed it with all his might.
The Immortal before him was a Daluo Golden Immortal.
Even with the full strength of the East Sea, they might not be his match. If he took one wrong step,
he could very well bring calamity upon the entire East Sea.
Looking down from above, Ye Xuan watched Dragon King Ao Guang of the East Sea kneeling on the ground.
An unreadable look appeared in his eyes.
"When I set out for the East Sea, His Majesty the Human Emperor said that if the Dragon Clan were willing to bow its head and submit, he would lend it a hand. What do you think of that, Dragon King?"
Hearing this, Dragon King Ao Guang's body jolted.
Disbelief appeared in his eyes.
If the Dragon Clan submitted to the Human Emperor, he would lend them a hand?
Seeing the East Sea Dragon King's doubtful expression,
Ye Xuan smiled coldly.
"Yesterday, an earth-shaking event took place. I wonder if you have heard of it, Dragon King?"
Hearing this, a complicated expression appeared in the Dragon King's eyes.
He naturally knew what had happened yesterday.
Yesterday was Saint Nuwa's birthday. The Human Emperor had gone to offer incense, only to fall victim to Saint Zhunti's plot and desecrate Nuwa.
But the Human Emperor had exposed it with a single statement, after which Nuwa and the Human Emperor had gone west together to confront Zhunti.
The Human Emperor had enumerated Saint Zhunti's crimes, leaving him speechless.
Nuwa and Saint Zhunti had even fought a great battle.
In the end, the Ancestral Dragon's corpse had inexplicably reappeared in the world.
Now that the Human Emperor's envoy had brought it up again, what was his intention?
The Dragon King turned to look at Wuming.
But he found that the mysterious expert was wearing a strange smile.