Dragon King Ao Guang of the East Sea's Gifts
"Was it not a joy to have a friend come from afar?"
"Since you have come, Dragon King, please enter the city and speak with me!"
As Ye Xuan responded,
The immensely dense Human Clan fortune above Chaoge dispersed.
A passage had thus been opened for nonhumans to enter Chaoge.
The Dragon King had also received permission to enter Chaoge.
"Many thanks, Human Emperor!"
Light flashed over his body, and his enormous dragon form vanished in an instant.
In its place stood a tall, powerfully built middle-aged man.
He was none other than Dragon King Ao Guang of the East Sea, ruler of the four seas.
Ao Guang leaped down from the auspicious cloud and appeared in the square:
"I, the old dragon Ao Guang, pay my respects to the Human Emperor!"
With that, he immediately knelt.
"Hiss-"
At the sight, many people could not help drawing a sharp breath.
In terms of status, the Dragon King was far beneath the Human Emperor.
But the Dragon King was a genuine immortal.
He was the one who governed the aquatic races of the four seas.
Yet they had not expected the Dragon King to place himself so low.
He had knelt before he had even seen the Human Emperor.
Even Emperor Yu of antiquity had never received such treatment, had he?
The civil and military officials who had come upon hearing the commotion all looked at one another.
Just then, Ye Xuan strolled out of the Nine-Bay Hall.
Boundless fortune was drawn into motion in an instant. The winds and clouds changed, and dragons and serpents rose from the land!
A breeze swept out from Ye Xuan in every direction, leaving everyone dazed. It was like a baptism of the soul, yet also like a sweeping change in their fate.
Sensing the breeze, Dragon King Ao Guang's heart gave a sudden, apprehensive leap.
The current Human Emperor was indeed extraordinary. Even without any cultivation, he could still make a True Dragon like Ao Guang's heart pound with fear!
"Why stand on such ceremony, Dragon King?"
"You are our guest. Please, rise!"
Ye Xuan strolled over and helped the Dragon King to his feet.
Dragon King Ao Guang was naturally overwhelmed by the honor.
Under Ye Xuan's lead, the assembled ministers exchanged greetings with the Dragon King one by one.
Dragon King Ao Guang returned their greetings politely.
Ye Xuan then led everyone into the Nine-Bay Hall.
A grand banquet was held to welcome the Dragon King.
Only after three rounds of wine and five courses of food did everyone gradually begin to relax.
The atmosphere grew livelier as well.
The Dragon King then asked Ye Xuan:
"Your Majesty, Human Emperor, might I ask where Immortal Wuming is? He-"
Hearing this, Ye Xuan could not help laughing to himself.
Where was there any Immortal Wuming?
Immortal Wuming was none other than Ye Xuan himself.
Ye Xuan also knew Dragon King Ao Guang's main purpose in bringing up Immortal Wuming now.
He simply wanted to know what had become of the Ancestral Dragon's corpse.
"Wuming received my decree and has gone to attend to other matters."
"I believe he will return to Chaoge within a few days."
Although Dragon King Ao Guang of the East Sea was somewhat unwilling to leave it at that, he said nothing more.
Instead, he changed the subject:
"Your Majesty, Human Emperor, I, Ao Guang, have brought some gifts for our first meeting. I hope Your Majesty will graciously accept them."
Hearing this, Ye Xuan grew interested. The four seas had always been wealthy, so the gifts should not be too meager, should they?
Ao Guang reached out and pointed toward the auspicious clouds above Chaoge.
The auspicious clouds that had obscured the mortals' view gradually dispersed, revealing a countless number of enormous iron chests in the sky.
Each iron chest measured more than ten square meters, and they now filled the sky in a dense mass. There had to be at least thousands upon thousands of them.
Dragon King Ao Guang pointed at the iron chests and said:
"These are specialties of the four seas, all of them incomparably delicious."
"They have undergone special processing and are very easy to preserve. I brought them here for the mighty figures of the Human Clan to taste."
With so many iron chests packed densely across the sky, even Ye Xuan could not help laughing in surprise!
So the Dragon King had brought the Human Clan a vast amount of food.
It seemed the Dragon King himself also knew very well just how desperately the Human Clan needed food.
After all, the Dragon King had long aided Haotian Shangdi in ravaging the lands of the Primordial World.
The living beings of the Primordial World had indeed been suffering beyond words.
Now that he had brought so much food, it would help relieve their most pressing need.
With so much food, as well as the grain and provisions Su Hu of Jizhou had sent, Ye Xuan's royal uncle Bi Gan could keep the granaries open and continue distributing grain for a while longer.
At that thought, Ye Xuan nodded.
"Your thoughtfulness is appreciated, Dragon King."
The East Sea Dragon King cupped his hands and waved his right hand.
Light flashed, and a great many chests appeared, densely filling the hall.
Dragon King Ao Guang casually opened one, and this time, its contents were different.
Inside were all sorts of weapons.
Every one of these weapons was suffused with immensely rich spiritual Qi and had clearly reached the level of Postnatal Spiritual Treasures.
"Your Majesty, Human Emperor, although these things are not particularly precious, they are all Postnatal Spiritual Treasures."
"Though their power is ordinary, their advantage lies in their great number."
"I hope these things can be of some help to the Human Clan."
At the sight of these things, the Human Clan's civil and military officials all looked at one another.
They had not expected the Dragon King to be so generous.
First delicacies, and now Postnatal Spiritual Treasures.
Such a vast quantity was enough to show just how sincere Dragon King Ao Guang was.
Did this mean the Dragon Clan truly and sincerely wished to join the Human Clan?
Many ministers could not help looking at one another, each seeing joy in the others' eyes.
Ye Xuan was also somewhat astonished to see so many Postnatal Spiritual Treasures.
It seemed Dragon King Ao Guang had truly paid a steep price this time.
Although these things were nothing much to the Dragon Clan, they were quite useful to the Human Clan.
"You are far too courteous, Dragon King. Your visit alone would have sufficed, yet you have brought so many gifts."
Ye Xuan was quite pleased with the Dragon King's two gifts.
The Dragon King maintained a humble attitude:
"You are too kind, Human Emperor. This is only the Dragon Clan's duty!"
As he spoke, he flicked his right sleeve, and several little snakes of different colors flew out of it. A careful count revealed that there were as many as ten!
The little snakes were all different colors and shone with brilliant light as they flew slowly through the air. They were truly beautiful.
All the civil and military officials present watched curiously, wondering just what these little snakes were.
"Your Majesty, Human Emperor, these are ten exceptionally gifted members of the Dragon Clan's younger generation."
"Led by my daughter Wushuang, they are also presented as gifts to the Human Emperor. Even if Your Majesty ordered them to die, they would not hesitate in the slightest."
As Dragon King Ao Guang finished speaking,
lights of various colors shone from the little snakes' bodies.
In an instant, they transformed into ten exquisitely charming women.
Every one of these women stood out, and every one possessed unrivaled beauty.
The one at their head was none other than Wushuang, the dragon maiden Ye Xuan had once met at the East Sea Dragon Palace, whose beauty eclipsed all others in the four seas!!!
After the ten Dragon Clan women appeared, they gracefully knelt and bowed to Ye Xuan.
At the sight, Ye Xuan did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Dragon King Ao Guang of the East Sea had actually offered up his own daughter too? And brought him ten beauties?
Was the Dragon King trying to use a beauty trap on him?
What kind of man did he take him for?
Was he that sort of lecher?
Ye Xuan truly did not know what to say about the Dragon King's conduct.
But what Ye Xuan did not know was that the Human Emperor's reputation for lust had long since spread throughout the Primordial World.
After all, the Human Emperor had even gone so far as to desecrate Empress Nuwa.
That alone was enough to show just how lustful the Human Emperor was.