Chapter 1292 - 1291: Yue Honghai Saves the Dragon and Returns
After returning from the hot spring, have a lovely sleep.
Alright, Lu Zheng was rather tired; it was the other women who had a nice sleep after the activity.
Early in the morning, Liu Qingyan went to Renxin Hall, while Lu Zheng sat at the table in his home’s living room, drinking yam, goji berry, and jujube porridge, letting out a comfortable sigh.
However, just halfway through his drink, Lu Zheng frowned and looked towards the door.
Soon, a yellow oriole appeared in the sky, resembling a large hawk, then swooped down, transforming into Yu Mingxin who was just separated yesterday.
Before Lu Zheng could open his mouth to ask, Yu Mingxin hurriedly said, "Yue Honghai is severely injured, carrying demonic qi. He is currently at Five Beauties Manor!"
Lu Zheng’s eyes flashed, his body moved, and true qi enveloped Yu Mingxin as he soared into the clouds, flying straight to Five Beauties Manor.
Lu Zheng was faster than Yu Mingxin and arrived at Five Beauties Manor in an instant.
Then he saw a large crocodile, four or five zhang long, lying in the backyard of Five Beauties Manor.
Yue Honghai had revealed his true form!
The large crocodile was a pale blue, surrounded by circles of water ripple patterns, exuding the aura of "Profound Turtle Water Control True Spirit Secret Technique," suppressing the demonic qi constantly emerging from within him.
And this demonic qi took the form of flames, a crimson-black fire scorching Yue Honghai’s internal organs. If it weren’t for his cultivation technique being an Upper Realm secret, and his cultivation also quite refined, he would have been burned to ashes by the demon fire by now.
"Demon fire!"
Lu Zheng’s eyes narrowed; he had seen this demon fire before. It was the fundamental spell transmitted to the Lower Realm by the Fiery Heaven-Destroying Demon Dragon King. Unexpectedly, he encountered it again.
"This is the third time..."
Lu Zheng muttered softly, suddenly feeling a foreboding sense.
Seeing Lu Zheng appear, a glimmer of hope flashed in the crocodile’s seemingly open eyes.
He was too severely injured to transform into human form, or even to leave the river for long, unable to approach Tonglin County or Peach Blossom Plain, so he had come to Five Beauties Manor for help.
Lu Zheng, having also practiced the "Profound Turtle Water Control True Spirit Secret Technique," raised his hand and sent a stream of water element true qi into him, enhancing Yue Honghai’s foundation and stabilizing his injuries.
Then another wave of innate cloud qi probed into Yue Honghai’s body to examine his condition.
"Hmm?"
Lu Zheng raised his eyebrows, watching as the large crocodile opened its mouth wide and spat out something curled together.
"Ah!"
Bai Ting’Er exclaimed, "A dragon?"
Hua Yixing said in a deep voice, "A golden dragon!"
The thing spat out by Yue Honghai was actually a small dragon, two or three zhang long.
This small dragon’s scales were dense, its form yet unopened, and it was a young golden dragon.
The young dragon also emitted wisps of faint demonic qi, with demon fire flickering within its body, covertly rampant, burning its meridians and bones, as if refining it.
The little golden dragon trembled all over, seemingly enduring great pain.
Lu Zheng placed his other hand on the golden dragon’s body, probing its injuries with innate cloud qi.
"Argh..."
A soft roar, the golden dragon opened its eyes, revealing a hint of pain, then seeing the large crocodile beside it, its expression turned to worry.
Lu Zheng nodded, "Don’t worry, you’re safe, and your injuries are not serious."
Patting the gourd, two elixirs appeared in Lu Zheng’s hand. With a wave, they flew into the mouths of the large crocodile and the little golden dragon.
Lu Zheng, with a hand on each, shifted his cultivation technique to "Red Pine Seed’s Left Caution Jade Water Pill Scripture," merging the outer pill into their bodies, then combined with the jade water true qi itself, using internal and external forces to rapidly dissipate the flame-like demonic qi within them.
"Ah... Oh... Hmm..."
The large crocodile opened its mouth wide, uttering various human-like exclamations.
Lu Zheng grinned, patting the large crocodile’s head, "Bear it!"
"Oh..."
The large crocodile closed its mouth, obediently enduring the numbness, trembling all over.
"Aye... Yoo-hoo..."
This time, the little golden dragon groaned, sounding like a male.
The injuries of both were not light. The demonic qi in their bodies could be removed by Lu Zheng, but the injuries themselves were not so easily healed.
At least they wouldn’t die.
"Buzz!"
A soft sound, the jade seal trembled, as more strands of light of fortune entered.
As Lu Zheng withdrew his hand from the large crocodile, it rolled over and turned back into Yue Honghai.
The body shimmered for a few moments, and a full set of cyan clothes appeared on him.
"Thank you, sir. Old Yue thought he might have to say goodbye this time." Yue Honghai bowed deeply.
Lu Zheng shook his head, raising Yue Honghai’s prostrate form with a hand, "It’s nothing. What happened here?"
The little golden dragon next to him also spread its four claws, shook its head, wagged its tail, its body flashed with a dazzling golden light, transforming into a...
A seven or eight-year-old little boy!
The little boy had a round head, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, though his complexion was slightly pale due to his injuries, his eyes radiated innocence and cleverness, still looking quite adorable.
"Thank you, big brother, I’m Golden Dragon Aoqin." The little boy said.
"Wow!"
"It’s a real golden dragon!"
"And a little cutie!"
The girls of Five Beauties Manor gathered around, their eyes glowing, almost reaching out to touch him.
Lu Zheng was speechless, looking at Yue Honghai aside.
Yue Honghai quickly said, "I was returning from East Sea making money, when I encountered this Aoqin crossing the space, suddenly appearing, though a snake demon soon pursued him afterward.
The snake demon’s cultivation was strong, and I dared not stay long, so after rescuing Aoqin, I retreated while fighting, finally killing the snake demon near the coast.
But I was heavily injured, and didn’t dare venture further into the sea to the Dragon Palace, so I brought Aoqin back."
In a few sentences, Yue Honghai explained the situation.
"Quite the coincidence?" Lu Zheng clicked his tongue, marveling at Yue Honghai’s luck.
"Did you actually step in to help, instead of standing by?" Lu Zheng teased.
Yue Honghai stiffened his neck, "I’ve been following the young master for years, already repented and reformed, joining him in doing justice..."
"Speak truthfully!"
"This little golden dragon appeared right ahead of me, almost crashing into my arms, and the snake demon that showed up attacked me too, looking like a murder witness silencing killer." Yue Honghai said honestly.
Lu Zheng nodded, now it made sense.
Joking aside, this little golden dragon didn’t even know them, even he himself might not have acted in such danger, not to mention Yue Honghai?
"But why was it a snake demon." Lu Zheng rubbed his chin, recalling Ao Qian’s past ordeal, "Shouldn’t have it been a demon dragon?"
Yue Honghai blinked, "I passed by the Black Water Profound Snake’s realm edge, so a snake demon showing up is only fitting..."
Lu Zheng’s eyes narrowed, breath halted.
"What did you just say, you passed by the Black Water Profound Snake’s realm edge?"
Yue Honghai nodded, "Yes, there are many snakes there."
Yue Honghai clearly hadn’t realized the gravity of the situation, but Lu Zheng had.
"Black Water Profound Snake..."
Back then, when returning from East Sea, Yue Honghai mentioned the Black Water Profound Snake, claiming the great Dragon Race didn’t wish to provoke this lady snake.
Si Lingxi also brought it up, but when she went to East Sea, she sought out the True Dragon directly, never engaging the Profound Snake.
However, given the Dragon Race once urged her, saying the snake demon beasts in Black Water Profound Snake’s territory were abundant and delicious, this Profound Snake was surely formidable.
"It can’t be..."