Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 681 Son-in-Law
"You old bat, you still put on airs even when you're on my turf."

An aged voice echoed through the valley. Li Zheng looked in the direction of the voice and saw a pair of blood-red, black wings that blotted out the sky and covered most of the mountain.

"So many years have passed, and you haven't changed at all, have you?" The vampire queen looked at the pair of black wings and sneered repeatedly.

The aged voice paused for a long time before speaking again: "Forget it, so many years have passed, what harm would it do to give you this once?"

call!
The black wings folded, and an old man with hair and beard that reached his knees flew from the mountains. He had two thick dragon horns on his head and looked extremely ferocious.

But he had a very gentle appearance, with kind eyes and a gentle face.

"I'm here. Will you come down with me?" The old man stopped in front of Mo Li and the others. More than a dozen strong men from the Black Dragon Clan bowed respectfully and stood by his side.

"Why didn't you do this sooner?" the vampire queen said proudly. "Fall."

Hundreds of vampires retracted their wings and descended from mid-air into the mountains.

Li Zheng looked around and had no choice but to take Miriel down with him.

Once he had fully entered the mountains, he discovered that there were wooden houses built on the branches of towering ancient trees, forming a sizable town.

One by one, the blood-patterned black dragons stood at the door of the treehouse, watching them.

Upon seeing the old man, the black dragons all bowed in respect.

Li Zheng discovered that Mo Li had indeed been true about one thing: the Blood-Patterned Black Dragon clan would undergo a metamorphosis after their dormant period, but what they would become after the metamorphosis was beyond their control.

Li Zheng saw many blood-patterned black dragons that closely resembled human beings, but they had almost no trace of the characteristics of blood-patterned black dragons.

Many more, however, have left behind some obvious features, such as dragon horns, dragon tails, or dragon claws.

Those with black dragon features are generally slightly weaker than those with a more human-like appearance.

However, their overall strength should not be underestimated. All the blood-patterned black dragons that Li Zheng encountered along the way were full of energy, and both the male and female ones had a fierce aura. Even the weakest one had the strength of a mid-level beginner.

Li Zheng knew that what he saw was not all of them, because all of these black dragons had completed their transformations, which meant that there were still many young black dragons living somewhere in the mountains, or waiting to transform.

"Ancestor." In front of the largest and most magnificent wooden house, a girl with slightly dark skin and delicate features, about seventeen or eighteen years old, bowed to welcome the old man's return.

"Yan Yi." The old man landed at the door and said to the girl, "Go and bring your sister here. Tell her that her family has come to pick her up."

"Yes." Yan Yi looked up at the vampire group that had followed them down, his gaze quickly locking onto Li Zheng and the other two. He then acknowledged and walked away, flying into the denser jungle behind the mountain.

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Li Zheng's eyes. When did Xiaoying become the other party's sister?
The entire vampire group landed between the treehouses, each with a blank expression and unwavering gaze.

The vampire queen waved her hand: "Leave a few people to wait at the door, the rest of you are free to do as you please."

Then she pointed at Danfenglai, who was trying to slip away with the others, and said, "Fenglai, you, Li Zheng, and... that succubus, come with me."

When Miriel was mentioned, Li Zheng saw a very obvious look of disdain flash in the vampire queen's eyes.

Miriel didn't understand why the vampire queen was so hostile towards her. She hugged Li Zheng's left arm, pressed her body tightly against him, and whispered, "She seems to hate me."

Li Zheng replied in a low voice, "I see. Ignore her, just pretend she doesn't exist. Once we pick up Xiaoying, we'll leave this place immediately and return to the outer city."

"Mmm." Miriel nodded obediently.

Seeing the two of them being so lovey-dovey, Danfeng took two steps to the side. The vampire queen said to her with exasperation, "Fenglai, hold his right arm. Don't let that little succubus from the succubus clan get all the benefits!"

Danfeng paused in her retreating motion, her face contorted in bitterness, filled with resistance. Reluctantly, she walked to Li Zheng's side and took his right arm.

The Queen nodded in satisfaction and turned to walk into the wooden house.

Dan Fenglai whispered, "Let me tell you, I'm only doing this to please my great-grandmother. Please don't have any designs on me. I'll never be interested in you!"

Li Zheng was speechless, thinking to himself, "You talk as if I would even be interested in you. Your personality is so bad, you're not even one ten-thousandth as good as Miriel. Anyone who marries you would be incredibly unlucky."

He had made up his mind to find a way to get rid of Danfeng. If he really listened to the vampire queen's arrangement and kept her by his side, he was afraid that he would have a lot of trouble in the future.

Li Zheng noticed that Mo Li and two burly men were following closely behind them, so he slowed down and asked, "What the hell is going on here? Were you lying to me before? Did no one actually want Xiao Ying? Did you just use this excuse to lure me to the Black Dragon Ancestral Land?"

Mo Li glanced at the two clansmen beside him, then looked straight ahead and said, "Don't ask me. This was all arranged by our ancestors. It has nothing to do with me. I know nothing about it."

"None of your business? You know nothing about it?" Li Zheng was so angry his nose almost twisted out of shape: "Do you think I would believe such nonsense?"

"Hehe." The burly man on the left grinned. "Young master, don't make things difficult for Mo Li. She's really just doing what the ancestor arranged."

"I don't care, you tricked me into coming here, so you have to help me settle things... wait." Li Zheng was trying to persuade Mo Li to help him, but halfway through his sentence, he realized what he was saying and looked at the burly man on his left in surprise: "What did you call me? Son-in-law? When did I become your son-in-law?"

Just then, an old man's voice came from inside the wooden house: "Ali, aren't you coming in?"

Mo Li blushed slightly as she thought of something, and walked past Li Zheng into the wooden house.

Li Zheng was even more confused. Why the hell are you blushing over a teapot?
He suddenly realized a possibility, and instantly felt a chill run down his spine, thinking to himself, "No way?!"

Then, he led Miriel and Danfeng to his left and right, respectively, and entered the wooden house.

The wooden house was quite spacious, with several low tables set up. At this moment, the Black Dragon Clan elder and the Vampire Queen sat side by side in the opposite doorway.

There was an empty seat next to them, but it was unclear who it was reserved for.

Mo Li sat on the left, staring blankly at the plates of fruit on the low table.

As soon as Li Zheng and his two companions entered, a black dragon girl standing nearby came over and whispered, "Please come with me, you two."

She called for Miriel and Danfeng.

Dan Fenglai subconsciously looked in the direction of the vampire queen. Seeing her great-grandmother nod, she happily let go of Li Zheng and followed the girl over to sit next to Mo Li.

Finally, I can get away from this annoying guy.

"What should I do?" Miriel asked, looking at Li Zheng.

Li Zheng said, "You go over there too."

Miriel was seated on the other side of Danfenglai, next to an empty seat.

Li Zheng felt increasingly uneasy, sensing that something big was about to happen.

"Young master, your seat is here." Another black dragon girl came over and led Li Zheng to the only seat opposite Miriel and the others.

(End of this chapter)