The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 1251 - 666: Advancing to Half-step Heavenly Human (Part 1)
"I never thought I’d be falsely accused by the Tianyuan Island Master and Elder Qingmu, who even threatened to hunt me down. I had no choice but to hide away."
As she spoke, she snorted and said indignantly:
"We sisters were born human; our departure or stay should follow our own hearts. How did we become the property of the Tianyuan Island Master and others, not even able to decide whom to follow?"
Upon hearing this, the two dozen magicians nodded like pecking chickens, sharing a common enemy, and loudly condemned the "Ten Elders" for their tyranny and ruthlessness.
Zhao Douan was speechless, thinking to himself, "Are you sure they followed you willingly?"
And not because you used the Charm Skill to lure them?
He sighed softly, too lazy to bother with this, and then said seriously:
"Then why are you all here?"
Li Wushang Dao didn’t answer immediately; she rolled her eyes and giggled foolishly:
"Lord, you sound like you’re interrogating a criminal. Isn’t the Lord going to say why you came to the East Sea? And with Jin Jian too?"
Jin Jian spoke quickly, "The master is here too, to carry out a mission together."
Li Wushang Dao’s face suddenly froze, her wide eyes widened, and her tone elevated a few degrees:
"The master is here too?!"
She suddenly felt a bit guilty, like a rogue misbehaving outside, only to find out the master of the house is coming.
Zhao Douan sighed, raising his hand to point above:
"If nothing goes wrong, the Heavenly Master is currently on the sea, battling Wu Xiankui. The Sea God’s attention should also be on that. We, on the other hand, snuck into the Silent Sea for another purpose."
Wu Xiankui is here too?
A battle of Celestials... Finally, Li Wushang Dao’s expression became grave.
She suppressed her teasing and flirtatious manner, frowning:
"It seems indeed something big is happening. Actually, I don’t know more than the Lord, nor did I arrive much earlier.
A couple of days ago, I learned that the elders of the Thousand Islands wanted to join forces to hunt me down, so I hid temporarily. Due to the blockade of the sea, I simply decided to hide in the Silent Sea, utilizing its covert environment..."
Heh, just hiding?
Probably also eyeing the treasures in the Silent Sea... Zhao Douan didn’t expose her.
Li Wushang Dao continued:
"But after entering the Silent Sea today, I unexpectedly entered this mysterious space. I’ve been to the Silent Sea many times before, and it was never like this.
We were intrigued, so we explored along this direction, and noticed movement from your side. We came to check, leading to our misunderstanding."
She pointed in a direction.
The route differed slightly from where Zhao Douan and his party landed on the island.
Zhao Douan nodded, accepting this explanation, and said:
"Since it was a misunderstanding, let’s not dwell on it. Luckily, no one was harmed. Time is tight now; I plan to head to the Dragon Remains to investigate."
Li Wushang Dao nodded: "I also intend to go."
Hmm... She was curious about the island and also wanted to know Zhao Douan’s group’s real purpose.
With matters clarified, the group simply advanced toward the bones together.
Only then did Zhao Douan look at Jin Jian, and without any pleasantries, asked:
"Where did you run off to just now?"
If Jin Jian hadn’t left, the fight wouldn’t have happened, almost causing trouble.
Jin Jian knew she was somewhat in the wrong, avoiding his pressing gaze, silently carrying her bulging bag.
Tuoba Weizhi walked over, speaking calmly:
"Master, I saw that the bag is filled with picked pearls and treasures."
"...Of course." Zhao Douan felt the urge to hold his forehead. He suspected it; Jin Jian was dazzled by wealth and went searching for treasures in the sunken ships.
At this moment, everyone simultaneously sensed an invisible pressure from the heavens and earth intensifying once again.
The sea surface near the island grew more turbulent.
This meant the battle on the sea surface had likely reached its climax.
Zhao Douan quickened his pace, and soon, the group passed through a coral forest, climbed a slope, and finally saw the complete form of the giant dragon remains, dead for a millennium.
The massive white skeletal remains, several tens of feet in size, were crouched at the top of the slope in a "crouching" position.
The tail followed the curve of the slope downward, while the dragon’s head rested at the top, its eye sockets vast and hollow. The entire dragon’s bones lacked any scales or flesh, with nearly half buried in the soil, becoming one with the slope, or rather...
In a more vivid description:
"The dragon remains seem to be planted right on this slope."
Li Wushang Dao gazed up at the ancient, mysterious creature, muttering softly.
"Look!"
Suddenly, Jin Jian raised a hand, pointing to the dragon’s head, where a faintly glowing plant was faintly growing within the skull.
"It’s the Dragon God Grass!" A magician spoke, revealing the origin.
Is this the holy medicine for healing?
Everyone was stunned, yet no one went to pick it, instead, they all looked at Zhao Douan.
Clearly, everyone knew that the ownership of the Dragon God Grass should belong to the most powerful, Lord Zhao.
But at this moment, Zhao Douan didn’t even glance at the plant, his expression was distracted, staring at the massive skeleton.
Inside his Qi Sea, the Dragon Essence was almost awakened, and in his ears, the illusionary sound of waves echoed.
It was as if a will was guiding him.
In the next moment, under everyone’s gaze, Zhao Douan stepped forward, walking straight toward the skeleton.
At the same time, inside his Qi Sea, a phantom "Divine Dragon" suddenly surged out.
"Ah! It’s a dragon!"
"There’s a dragon on him!"
The magicians exclaimed, witnessing the Dragon Essence spiraling around Zhao Douan and then flying along the huge skeletal remains.
Finally, it plunged back into Zhao Douan’s abdomen and disappeared.
Zhao Douan stepped, walked into the massive chest cavity of the skeleton, suddenly turned and faced everyone, sat down cross-legged, and said:
"I need to retreat for a while, Tuoba, Jin Jian, guard me."
Having said that, he closed his eyes, seemingly falling asleep.
"This..."
Everyone was stunned and puzzled, only Tuoba Weizhi walked forward first, turned to face everyone, and poised in a bodyguard posture.
Jin Jian also withdrew his gaze from the Dragon God Grass with a mighty will, tightly gripping his magic wand, similarly stepping forward, ready to guard.
Li Wushang Dao said speechlessly:
"Why are you both staring at me? Although I fought with him, it was a misunderstanding. Besides, the master is right outside, how could I disturb him? Speaking of which, there are just a few people like us here, no one would disturb him...right?"
Tuoba Weizhi suddenly raised his head, his gaze surpassing the towering trees, casting to the sea:
"Someone is coming."
...
Near the island, on the raging sea waves.
"Boom!"
A wave exploded.
With blue hair and eyebrows, the Tianyuan Island Master broke through the water, standing on the waves in midair, shocked as he gazed at this mysterious sea area.
Immediately, one after another figure burst through the water behind him.
A total of nine elders, all shocked and pleased:
"This place... what is it? Could the legend be true? When the Sea God is angry, will the Immortal Mountain hidden in the Silent Sea open the door to the mortal world?"
There are many legends about the East Sea, especially related to the Immortal Mountain.
"Something’s wrong!" The Tianyuan Island Master was the first to calm down and said:
"I’m afraid the Sea God is unusual this year, and the arrival of Zhang Yan Yi and Wu Xiankui is not for the Divine Dragon Grass."
The woman with a bamboo basket on her elbow exclaimed:
"Are you saying, their purpose is this place?"
The middle-aged man dressed as a fisherman said gravely:
"That Zhao Douan rushing into the Silent Sea, I’m afraid it’s to enter here. Everyone, regardless of what the outsiders’ goals are, but this is our territory, absolutely can’t let these outsiders act recklessly.
Otherwise, if a disaster occurs, they will leave, but we’ll have to bear the consequences."
The other elders also nodded, though their minds varied, some even looking at the island with strong anticipation and greed in their eyes.
Without hesitation, the nine elders quickly landed on the island and swiftly approached the center.
In this place, as cultivators of the Sea God, they were hardly suppressed.
Soon, the nine rushed through the coral forest and reached the bottom of the hill where the Dragon Remains were located, seeing a group of women facing the enemy.
"Ah, it’s that demon!"
One elder pointed at Li Wushang Dao and shouted: "It’s indeed related to her!"
The Tianyuan Island Master stared at the handsome young man sitting cross-legged on the slope top, an inexplicable unease surged in his heart:
"Not good, they probably intend to steal the Divine’s treasures, stop them!"
Li Wushang Dao looked at the nine aggressive elders, his cheeks twitching, turned furiously to Zhao Douan:
"You’re sleeping at such a time!"
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The first update today, 4k, still owe four thousand words...
