In addition to Meng Zhang Shenjun, many dragon clans felt that they had already shown great restraint. There were more than twenty of us against one of you, and you still refuse to bind your hands and wait for when?
Hongwu is not so fragile, but Mengzhang has been fishing and drilling through the ice hole, wearing away this "shell" to the brink of collapse. The final blow was imminent until Kong Xuan arrived on the scene, leading to a standoff where neither side would give in. This resulted in a major crack forming in the shell of Hongwu, which was akin to an eggshell.
It was huge, a thousand times larger than the hole Mengzhang had initially anticipated.
Facing the prospect of making a great mistake, the "middle child" among the nine sons of the dragon race, Yazi, had a black killing sword in his mouth made of malevolence and anger.
"Kong Xuan! Watch as I capture you today!"
The "Fifth Son," a dragon beast resembling a lion that can spew flames in the chaos, roared, "Second Brother, wait! Watch what I can do!"
"Brothers, let me handle this remnant of the Phoenix Tribe!" As the sixth son and the strongest among them, who was also a fast-moving dragon turtle, Bada held his claws and charged out first.
The valiant actions of Yazi, Suanyi, and Bada inspired even more of the dragon clans to surge with battle intent. Dragons and phoenixes had a deadly grudge against each other, and they looked at the hole in astonishment before turning furiously into their original forms and surrounding the scene from multiple directions.
"You all? Can't you calm down for a moment? Ahh, I'm so angry, it's enough to make me ache in the liver!" Mengzhang was so angry his liver hurt.
He realized that his three younger brothers lacked experience. They were often arranged by the ancestral dragon for training in the ancestral dragon hall and protected too well. As soon as they left Hongwu and were affected by the chaotic qi, their character flaws were amplified, and their destructive tendencies grew stronger. The solution to this situation was actually easy: as long as they defeated Kong Xuan, they could break free from it.
He weighed the pros and cons, could he persuade the elite dragon clans? Could he persuade Kong Xuan? It was impossible. Better to quickly capture Kong Xuan and then discuss the matter of repairing the damage.
He sighed and charged forward as well.
Ao Guang was shot twice by the howling Yan Huang among the mortal people who were thirsting for dragon blood. To show his dedication to public welfare, or to win sympathy, he staggered back to Ling Xiao's treasure hall with arrows stuck in his shoulders and a trail of dragon blood dripping behind him. Without paying attention to his own injuries, he succinctly reported the news of the Ancestral Dragon's disappearance to Hao Tian.
The officials of both the civil and military in the hall were greatly startled. Those who knew the gravity of the situation, like the phoenix, the lamp of wisdom, and the turtle spirit, were truly shocked. Those who didn't understand at all, seeing their colleagues so amazed, did their best to feign shock to not expose their ignorance. However, their expressions were a bit exaggerated.
Hao Tian was already furious, staring at Ao Guang with an expression full of dissatisfaction, what are you all doing here?
Now that such a big mess has been made, the "additional money" is no longer effective.
Ao Guang was spitting blood continuously, his robe drenched in dragon's blood, looking utterly disheveled to the extreme.
Really, he is the leader of a faction and he can understand Hao Tian's anger. Many times, the aquatic creatures of the East Sea have angered the Jiejiao, making him extremely angry. In the end, they had to come and clean up the mess, and as the leader of the East Sea Dragon King, he had no choice but to do so. However, understanding does not mean he has to bear this burden himself. He is too weak to carry this burden on his own shoulders.
Hao Tian glanced at the phoenix, this is the grudge between our dragon and phoenix races, go and deal with it?
The phoenix shook her head repeatedly, her attitude was resolute. "What does this have to do with me? The dragons won't listen to me either. No way, I won't go!"
After pondering, Hao Tian also realized that the Phoenix did not have enough prestige to intimidate so many dragon clans.
Even Yuan Feng would be ineffective, let alone the Phoenix.
He felt his head throbbing with an immense pressure. It's not like the old days when Gonggong crashed the Buzhou Mountain, at that time all the saints had just become saints and were relatively united. Now what is it like?
He didn't believe he could mediate the conflicts among the immortals. On the contrary, the more chaotic the immortals were, the more opportunities he would have.
He waved his sleeve and withdrew to the hall.
He then pointed to Ao Guang: "Accompany the emperor to Tu Shu Palace."
After pondering for a long time, he decided to seek out the Taiyang Laozun. "You are the first disciple of the Taoist scripture and the saint of the Taiqing Palace. What should we do about this matter? Let you come up with a plan."
The edge of the East Sea's gate.
Beneath Yuan Feng's immortal volcano, countless refined souls of the phoenix clan who longed to undergo a nirvana but could not are suppressed. The East Sea's sea eye that the Ancestral Dragon suppressed has long formed an area that is not a world but is similar to one.
In the common view of Taoist and Buddhist sages, it is believed that the sea eye leads to chaos. There are sea eyes in the bottom of every sea in the world, with the difference being only in size. The largest and most important sea eye is found in the East Sea.
For so many years of Hongwu's operation, no matter whether reasonable or not, it has its own set of effective ideas and systems.
The East Sea is considered the final convergence of all rivers and lakes in the world. Through the sea eye, Hongwu utilizes the flow characteristics of seawater to expel various negative things, such as malice, animosity, anger, and even demonic energy that is harmful to Hongwu, using the Taoist rules and regulations.
It's not all discharged at once, the sea eye here is a bit like wastewater treatment. After several processes, the final residue is discharged into Hongwu.
Hongwu is too vast and contains too much negative energy, leading to the fact that this outlet cannot be too small, otherwise it would be clogged, but it also cannot be too large. If it were too large, it would cause more seawater to flow out, leading to an imbalance in the Five Elements of Hongwu and significant loss of qi.
The role of the Ancestral Dragon is manifested here. When the waste disposal is slow, he stretches his limbs and expands the sea eye. When it's too fast, he uses his own enormous body to make the sea eye contract to a limited extent. Now, this key position has suddenly become vacant.
When the East Sea is in chaos, it has a significant impact on the Jiejiao. In just under half an hour, more than one hundred Jiejiao disciples were severely injured because of the expansion of the sea eye and the imbalance of the five elements within the East Sea area.
Wu Dang Shenmu traversed many caves, warning all disciples to refrain from cultivation now.
Duo Bao, Jin Ling, and Zhao Gongming came to inspect the depths of the sea eye.
The Zulong Palace is located at the very top of the sea eye, at this point there were many dragon children and grandchildren yelling that they wanted to replace the Ancestral Dragon to plug the sea eye, however, their strength was too weak and their bodies too slender. The endless negative energy from Hongwu swept over them, those who were slightly stronger could still survive with their lives intact, while those who were weak enough were directly shattered into residue.
Duo Bao the Taoist felt that these dragons were utterly brainless. They were indeed brave, but the problem was that they were only adding to the chaos. Was this the time to show their courage?
"Master, let the senior brother handle it." Jin Ling Saint-Mother knew that her cultivation was not as good as Duo Bao and relinquished the leadership at this time.
Duo Bao did not hesitate to take the initiative, ignoring those dragon clans who still carried an air of arrogance, he used eighty-one imitations of prenascence spiritual treasures to set up a Luotian Grand Array, coupled with his own exquisite and refined strength close to Saint power, temporarily replaced the Ancestral Dragon, slowing down the continuous expansion of the sea eye. However, this was not a long-term solution.
