Dan Chanyu asked: "The Dragon King believes that Zu Long can represent the Dragon Clan? If Zu Long promised that the sea pearl is in the treasure warehouse of the Crystal Palace, but when the time comes, the Dragon King says there is none, then will I not have run in vain?"
Aoguang was so angry that his beard was bristling: "Our Dragon Clan is different from your Phoenix clan! The meaning of Zu Long is the same as the collective will of the entire Dragon Clan, and we will fulfill it without reservation. As long as you have Zu Long's permission, no matter where that cursed sea pearl is, we will send it to you!"
Dan Chanyu replied: "That's not necessarily true? You said that the meaning of Zu Long is equivalent to the meaning of the Dragon Clan? Is it an equality relationship? If you reverse this statement, then the meaning of the Dragon Clan is equal to that of Zu Long. If the four seas' Dragon Kings gather together and come up with a plan to ask Zu Long, the old gentleman, to cause trouble at the Rhinoceros Cliff, will he really go?"
What does it have to do with the Qilin tribe? If we want to cause trouble, it's at your Phoenix tribe's immortal volcano! Smash all your bird eggs and kill you all!
Aoguang was seething with anger, barely able to contain it, and he waved his hand forcefully, "Do not confuse my words. What I mean is that the Dragon Clan reveres Zu Long as the Supreme Ancestor of our clan, just as the brain of the human race. We are merely the limbs. As long as this Supreme Ancestor gives an order, regardless of what the demand is, we will satisfy it."
Aoguang clenched his fists in anger, his temper close to boiling over. He waved his hand with force: "Do not confuse My words. My meaning is that the Dragon Clan honors Zu Long as our supreme leader, just like the brain of the human race, and we are merely limbs. As long as the supreme brain issues a command, whatever demand it is, we will fulfill it."
Dan Chanyu continued shaking her head: "It's still not right. The Dragon Clan and Zu Long are not one and the same. Zu Long sacrificed himself for you to seal the eye of the sea and left your descendants in the Crystal Palace to enjoy their fortunes. Is this what brains and limbs should get? Have you ever seen any Dragon King who uses his brain to directly face an enemy's sword attack instead of using his limbs?"
Aoguang: "?????"
He was stunned for a moment, and at first it seemed like there was a problem. But after thinking carefully, he realized it was a confusing mess.
He thought carefully.
He felt that there was no point in him filling the sea eye like this; it would turn to ashes in the blink of an eye, and even filling it a thousand or ten thousand times wouldn't sustain for very long.
The sacrifice of Zu Long benefited them, the descendants of the Dragons, and it seems unfair for a leader and an ancestor to enjoy such treatment. However, this was Zu Long's own wish.
He was tangled up in Dan Chanyu's rambling, momentarily speechless with his mouth agape, unsure of what to say.
Fight? Can't afford to fight.
Say? Can't argue.
The pressure had him red-eyed, but the figures behind him did not pursue it further. Aoguang had worked hard to maintain the status quo of the Dragon Clan these years, and it wasn't easy.
A young dragon of the clan, wearing a dark blue robe, stepped into the Crystal Palace.
Numerous aquatic creatures, including Aoguang, knelt down in a row.
Dan Chanyu, who had not seen the other person, but knew the identity of the young Daoist: "I am Dan Chanyu from the Maw Palace. I greet Renzhang Shennun."
Qinglong Mengzhang, Baihu Jianbing, Zhucha Lingguang, and Xuanwu Zhiming—the four deities who have submitted to the Xuanmen school.
Zhucha Lingguang and Phoenix are both direct bloodline descendants of Yuanfeng. They are of the same level, but considering that Dan Chanyu cannot be considered equal to Phoenix, she respects Mengzhang the Dragon King as a junior, considering his experience can be referred to as an enlightened one. In fact, he is not far from sages. There is nothing wrong with her junior respect.
Mengzhang came only in his incarnation, first gesturing to the numerous aquatic creatures in the Dragon Palace to show respect, and then indicating to Dan Chanyu: "Friend, please accompany me."
Dan Chanyu walked with him through the Dragon Palace.
Mengzhang opened the topic directly and said: "The old gentleman Zu Long had me tell you that he had once seen the twelve precious sea pearls you wanted after the creation of heaven and earth. At that time, the pearls were on a mountain called Taizhou. Afterwards, the intensity of battle among the three races increased more and more, and a large number of dragon corpses and phoenix remains fell into the East Sea. Their resentment lingered for a long time. The old gentleman Zu Long opened four sea gates in the Four Seas to vent his overwhelming resentment."
After that, the era of the three races came to an end, and the Daozu Zixiao Palace began its teachings, designating the Eastern Emperor as the leader of all male immortals and the Western Queen Mother as the leader of all female immortals. The Eastern Emperor established a place of practice on Fanghu Mountain in the East Sea, gathering all immortals from around the world. However, he was killed by Di Jun, and Fanghu Mountain was also destroyed thereafter. As a great power of Honghuang, his fall led to a valley without a bottom appearing in the sea floor of the East Sea. The seawater from all four directions surged towards it, dragging Taoyu Mountain, Yuangao Mountain, and Yingzhou Mountain into that underwater valley with immense suction force.
