Chapter 2049 - 2042: Driver, Please Pull Over
"Ready to go back?" Azure Dragon looked down at Zhang Menglong, "I can take you back to Aiville City directly."
"Sure!" Zhang Menglong waved at the Demon Clan, "Goodbye, my friends!"
The members of the Demon Clan squeezed out a smile, suppressing their anger, while they had already cursed Zhang Menglong’s ancestors a thousand times over in their hearts. This damned disaster star was finally leaving their Ice King City.
"Quickly take the Ice Demon Flower back for replanting," the City Lord urged immediately, "Reduce the city’s scale and inform all Demon Clan members to keep a low profile in the coming days. Until we find a new Guardian Beast, we mustn’t stir up any more trouble!"
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"Azure Dragon! Azure Dragon is back!"
"Look, there’s someone standing on Azure Dragon’s back. Who is it? Is it a human?"
"What an honor, to be able to stand on Azure Dragon’s back. Even the City Lord doesn’t have such privileges, right?"
The residents of Aiville City all looked up at the sky. Azure Dragon leaving the Great City of Aiville wasn’t a common occurrence, let alone returning with someone. Everyone speculated about who this person standing on Azure Dragon’s back could be.
"The City Lord has also come out!"
"Could it be that the City Lord is here to welcome that person?"
City Lord Po Jun and Azure Dragon had some contractual perception. Once Azure Dragon entered the Great City of Aiville, Po Jun sensed it immediately. The fact that it returned safely indicated that Zhang Menglong’s mission must have been relatively successful.
"City Lord, I’m back!" Zhang Menglong leaped off Azure Dragon’s back.
"It seems you gained quite a bit this time," the City Lord had already noticed the Wind Thunder Pearl on Azure Dragon. It had lost this object for tens of thousands of years, and now that it was back in its possession, Azure Dragon’s strength had increased by at least thirty percent!
"Gained my ass, we even lost money!" Zhang Menglong grumbled, "This damned mission only gave me a thousand Supreme Crystals, is it charity?"
This time, it seemed people around heard some news. This person had seemingly gone out for some mission and completed it, with a reward reaching as high as 1000 Supreme Crystals.
They had more or less completed some tasks themselves, but at most received only one or two Supreme Crystals. Such a generous reward must have been an ultimate difficulty task!
But the most absurd part was that this human youth actually said that amount of Supreme Crystals was charity! My God, many have fought tooth and nail for just one Supreme Crystal. A hundred Supreme Crystals could help them leave this godforsaken place, and here we’re talking about a full 1000!
"How are the Demon Clan doing?" Po Jun asked, "They didn’t give you too much trouble, did they?"
"Giving him trouble? Ten Demon Clans couldn’t do it," Azure Dragon spoke up before Zhang Menglong could, "This kid almost wiped the entire Demon Clan off the face of the world. The Ice Wing Dragon Bat had already dissolved its contract with the Ice King City."
"Now the entire Ice King City is like a heap of ruins. The entire Demon Clan’s population is likely only around 20 million, with only two to three hundred Dao Realm limit experts, and they still owe this kid 30 million Supreme Crystals."
"What did you say?" Po Jun’s eyes widened. Zhang Menglong alone had reduced a top-level race like the Demon Clan to such a state?
If this sentence didn’t come from Azure Dragon’s mouth but someone else’s, he wouldn’t have believed it no matter what.
"Nothing much, just a bit of dirty money!" Zhang Menglong briefly recounted the efforts of completing the task, leaving Po Jun’s expressions to fluctuate dramatically.
In his concept, the strength of a race was typically determined by power, but he didn’t expect that the decisive factor in Zhang Menglong’s mission completion was actually money!
Who would have thought that he used a large amount of Supreme Crystals and Supreme Weapons to hire so many external reinforcements! Otherwise, relying solely on Azure Dragon, how could he withstand the Ice Wing Dragon Bat?
The strange and ancient treasures Zhang Menglong purchased also played a decisive role. Without that Super Divine Cannon, even if those dozen Guardian Beasts united, defeating the Ice Wing Dragon Bat would have been extremely difficult.
"This time, our human reputation will undoubtedly rise greatly!" Po Jun said.
As a top-tier race, the Demon Clan certainly had many eyes on them. Zhang Menglong alone could turn the entire Demon Clan upside down. Anyone with a bit of sense wouldn’t dare to provoke humans anymore.
"Menglong, it’s been a tough time for you these past few days. Now, rest well in the Great City of Aiville," Po Jun said enthusiastically. It’s well known that to get Azure Dragon to assist, Zhang Menglong had provided the City Lord with quite a lot of benefits. If the City Lord had a daughter, he would have wanted to marry her off to him.
"No, I want to go check on my survival base," Zhang Menglong said, "I’ve been away for a long time, and I still have many friends there."
"How can a survival base compare to our Main City?" Po Jun waved his hand, "Here’s the deal, I’ll decide. You bring all your friends to the Main City, and I’ll give you a piece of land with permanent residency rights, how about that?"
Po Jun’s purpose for wanting to keep Zhang Menglong was simple. A man who can single-handedly take on a race has clearly proven his abilities. Where he resides may even be safer than a group of Guardian Beasts!
Moreover, given Zhang Menglong’s way of doing things, he would undoubtedly bring great financial input to the Great City of Aiville. This was of utmost importance to him; in plain words, he was attracting investors!
"Thank you for your kind offer, City Lord," Zhang Menglong refused without a second thought, "But I prefer my own city, and my Yan Huang City isn’t necessarily worse than the City Lord’s Aiville City."
"Yan Huang City?" Po Jun was taken aback. A little survival base dares to name itself a city?
"I’d love to see your Yan Huang City," Po Jun said, thickening his skin, "Brother Menglong, would you be willing to take me to see it?"
"Why not, let’s go!" Zhang Menglong waved to Azure Dragon in the sky, "Brother Azure Dragon, do me a favor, take me back to Yan Huang City."
Both the City Lord and Azure Dragon showed helpless expressions. Oh boy, Zhang Menglong was now treating Azure Dragon like a taxi!
But truth be told, Azure Dragon had powerful spatial talents, making it an ideal mount. Of course, Zhang Menglong wouldn’t voice his thoughts, just kept them to himself.
Azure Dragon didn’t refuse. Who could blame it? It owed Zhang Menglong such a big favor.
It carried Zhang Menglong and City Lord Po Jun towards Yan Huang City. Within a few minutes, they appeared in the sky above Yan Huang City.
"This..." Looking at the city below, Po Jun was utterly stunned. This was actually a human survival base!
Its size might not compare to the Great City of Aiville, but in architectural style and materials, it was incredibly grand. If you didn’t know, you’d think it was some race’s Main City!
"We’re here," Zhang Menglong patted Azure Dragon, "Driver, please pull over."
Azure Dragon’s eyes widened instantly, "I’m not your mount!"