If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1200: Let Grand Tutor Yu take Nezha's "script"?
In the four Dragon Palaces of the East, South, West, and North, there is a "Dragon-Summoning Bell". When one Dragon Palace rings its bell, the bells in the other Dragon Palaces across the land will ring in response.

The Dragon King could also add simple messages to the chimes. It had a bit of a modern telephone feel to it.

Today, the Dragon Palace of the East Sea rang its dragon bell once again. The bell tolled urgently, signifying the urgency of the situation.

The four Dragon Kings raced through the "Water God Dimension" in the ocean, and even the Dragon King of the West Sea, who was the furthest away, arrived at the Dragon Palace of the East Sea within an hour.

The four Dragon Kings gathered together, with the Dragon King of the Huai River and the Dragon King of the Yangtze River sitting opposite them.

"You all know that Ao Gang (He Bo) is dead, right?" The Dragon King of the East Sea asked the three Dragon Kings with a solemn expression.

The Dragon King of the North Sea sighed, "How could we be unaware of such a momentous matter?"

He turned to the two dragon kings of the Huai River and the Yangtze River, "Brothers, have you gone to the Heavenly Court to file a complaint?"

Ever since our dragon race pledged allegiance to the Heavenly Court, whenever we encounter trouble, we must never try to bear it ourselves. We must go to the Heavenly Court to plead our case and wail loudly. Don't worry about saving face; make your cries as pitiful and loud as possible, and let the Heavenly Court handle it for us.

Otherwise, what's the point of surrendering water rights to the Heavenly Court and leading the entire tribe to submit to the Heavenly Emperor?

This is a heartfelt truth, and it's also the result of Lao Long's life experience.

To voluntarily relinquish water rights and accept the Heavenly Court's incorporation is indeed cowardly and shameful.

But there are also great benefits. If you have a valid reason, you can go to the Heavenly Court to file a complaint, and the Heavenly Court will not ignore you. If you have no reason, you can also go to the Heavenly Emperor to make a scene and get the Heavenly Court to back you up.

The effect was quite good, and they all developed a path dependency. Whenever something happened, they immediately thought of going to the Heavenly Court to lodge a complaint.

The Dragon King of Huai River recounted how he went to the Heavenly Court to cry and wail, only to be turned away. Then, with a face full of grief and indignation, he said, "We originally planned to bring in the River God and the Dragon King of Ji River."

The two ghosts and the two living dragons, together going to the Heavenly Court to wail, made the scene even more desolate and touching.

But the River God and the Dragon King of the Ji River had just died, and their souls had already been taken away by the Impermanence and imprisoned in the Fengdu Underworld.

The Great Emperor of Fengdu wouldn't let them leave.

The Dragon King of the North Sea was both shocked and furious, and shouted, "Why is Fengdu aiding and abetting the wicked? As fellow deities of the Heavenly Court, they should be on our side and provide us with assistance!"

"Sigh, brother, why don't you understand? The Heavenly Court is afraid of Yu Fengxian, and Taibai Xingjun blocked the door in advance, not allowing us to see the Jade Emperor. How could they let Hebo go to heaven and wail?"

The Dragon King of the Yangtze River sighed, “It’s obvious that we can’t count on the Heavenly Court this time. The Heavenly Emperor is deliberately avoiding us.”

All we can rely on are our own people.

He looked at the four Dragon Kings expectantly and said, "During the last great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods, only my third nephew (Ao Bing, the third prince of the East Sea) died. The four Dragon Kings then gathered at Chentang Pass and stirred up a raging flood to drown the human world."

Ultimately, this forced Lingzhuzi, the dignified direct descendant of the Chan Sect, to return his bones to his father and his flesh to his mother, wasting his immortal bones and ending his life's journey to immortality.

Afterwards, none of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect dared to utter a word.

How majestic and domineering!

Now that Ao Gang and Ao Zheng are dead, this is far more serious than the death of the Third Prince of the Dragon Palace.

Why don't we reenact the grand spectacle of the Investiture of the Gods? Let all the Dragon Kings of the Four Rivers and Eight Streams, the Three Rivers and Nine Branches, the Five Lakes and Four Seas, mobilize together, stir up towering waves, and push the monstrous torrents upstream from the East Sea, all the way to the walls of Xianyang City, making Yu Fengxian the 'second Nezha'!

The Dragon King of the West Sea said irritably, "Is your brain filled with mud? How can you say such nonsense!"

The reason we were able to force Nezha to cut off his own bones and flesh and sever his path to immortality was because we were able to force Li Jing.

Then let Li Jing turn the tables and force Nezha.

If the four of us were to face Nezha directly, do you believe that the demon would, without saying a word, raise his Fire-Tipped Spear and immediately stab a bloody hole in our chests?

In the current Qin Dynasty, who can force Grand Tutor Yu? Even the Second Emperor has to fawn over him and call him "Uncle Father".

If we repeat our old tricks, I fear we'll be surrounded and annihilated by 100,000 elite Qin troops the moment we cross the Yellow River from the sea.

The Dragon King of Huai River said, "Therefore, we must act together. The four rivers and eight streams, the three rivers and nine tributaries, the five lakes and four seas should not only make the Qin court wary in terms of momentum, but also form an overwhelming force in terms of strength."

The Dragon King of the North Sea asked, "Did you receive instructions from the Heavenly Court? If it is a divine decree, we may try our best."

"If you act on your own initiative, without waiting for Yu Fengxian to do anything, the moment we move, heavenly lightning will strike us down and kill us alive."

The Dragon King of Huai River said, "The Star Lord Taibai has personally promised that we can fight to the death."

The four Dragon Kings rolled their eyes. "Can't you understand human language? This is clearly an attitude of indifference."

"It's enough that the Heavenly Court will allow us to fight to the death and won't stop us," said the Dragon Lord of the Yangtze River.

"Not enough, not enough, far from enough! Just because we didn't stop it then doesn't mean we won't hold anyone accountable afterwards." The Dragon King of the North Sea shook his head.

The Dragon King of Huai River said, "You didn't receive any clear instructions from the Heavenly Emperor last time either."

The hatred for killing one's son is irreconcilable; avenging one's son is a matter of course.

As long as we uphold morality, that's enough.

This time, we are even more morally upright. The River God has tamed the Yellow River for millions of years, making great contributions to the development of humanity.

His murder is a tragedy that has caused heaven and earth to weep and earth to grieve, and has aroused the wrath of both gods and men.

The Dragon King of the North Sea waved his hand and said, "It's different, it's different, everything has changed."

Three hundred thousand years ago, the Shang Dynasty failed to unify the Southern Jambudvipa, the secret arts of humans and immortals were not yet mature, and none of the Four Sages of Military Strategy were born.

The generals of the Shang Dynasty only knew about battle formations, but not about military strategy and tactics.

The formation is powerful, but also very passive. If we don't actively break into it, even a formation as strong as the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation can't do anything to us.

If the military formation combines the power of thousands of immortals into one, it can slay Golden Immortals, and killing us would not be difficult.

Even if we ride a raging torrent, our military formations will remain unaffected, like a dragon entering the sea.

Alas, times have changed. Humans are terrifying; their development speed is too fast.

Three hundred thousand years ago, it was common for evil dragons to eat people, and no one could cure them.

Three hundred thousand years later, the high-ranking officials of the imperial court would love nothing more than for our dragon race to eat people.

Only if we break the rules first can they use the pretext of slaying demons and monsters to eat our dragon flesh and drink our dragon blood.

Take, for example, that lowly maidservant, Empress Dowager Zhao.

In order to obtain dragon meat, a special "Dragon-Seeking Bureau" was established to search far and wide for real dragons that had broken the law and violated regulations.

The Dragon King of Huai River was impatient and furious. He shouted, "This won't do, that won't do. Are we just going to let Yu Fengxian kill us all?"
Even the River God is dead. Do you understand what this means?
This means that in Yu Fengxian's mind, there is no dragon in the world that cannot be killed.

She can wipe out the Dragon Lords of the Four Rivers, and she can also destroy the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas!

"Ao Dong, don't be anxious, don't throw a tantrum! Impatience won't solve the problem," said Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea, in a deep voice.

"How can I not be anxious? Ye Jiutian has already led a large group of bloodthirsty 'Qin thugs' to the Huai River."

The Dragon King of Huai River exclaimed excitedly, "When I returned to the mortal realm from the heavens, Ye Jiutian was already shouting in front of the Huai River Dragon King Temple, telling me to return to the Huai River immediately and accept the court's investigation."

The Dragon King of the East Sea asked, "He was just shouting in front of the Dragon King Temple? Did they break into your Dragon Palace?"

The Dragon King of Huai River said, "I have not yet forced my way into the Dragon Palace; I have only spoken to my statue in the Dragon King Temple."

He also wrote a memorial, which was burned at the Dragon King Temple and then delivered to me by the Huai River Official.

Ye Jiutian ordered me to immediately return to the Huai River to fulfill my divine duties as the Dragon King of the Huai River and cooperate with the imperial court in investigating the case of the "collective traitors of the Great Qin Celestial Masters".

In his memorial, he clearly stated, "I am accused of plotting a defection, and now I am even leading Zhong Yuangong and the others to flee in fear of punishment."

"You're not confused, are you really still protecting Zhong Yuangong and the others?" the Dragon King of the East Sea asked.

"How can this be considered foolishness?" the Dragon King of the Yangtze River exclaimed excitedly. "Zhong Yuangong is our friend, and he returned almost all the true maps of the water systems to us. We, the dignified Star Lords of the Heavenly Court and the Dragon Kings of the Four Rivers, cannot even protect our benefactors and friends?"

The four major rivers of China—the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Ji River, and the Huai River—also correspond to the stars in the sky.

The four stars east of the southern wall of Dongjing are called the Four Rivers, representing the essence of the Yangtze, Yellow, Huai, and Ji rivers.

People born into the world with unique destinies may be born with corresponding destiny stars, not to mention the four great rivers that form the foundation of humanity in China.

Therefore, the Four Rivers Dragon Lords are not only water gods, but also possess the status of "Star Lords".

However, other star deities can obtain authority and power from the stars, and their source of power comes from the great river itself.

Ao Guang roared, “Are you all confused? The Jade Emperor has clearly decreed that Qiu Mingzi has broken his promise and committed heinous crimes. He deserves to be executed on the execution platform.”

At this moment, judging the Great Qin Celestial Master who betrayed his oath to Heaven is the will of Heaven.

Yu Fengxian is acting in accordance with Heaven's will, yet you dare to defy it?

The Dragon King of Huai River quickly said, "We were just grieving and indignant that we couldn't protect our friends; we didn't actually take in Zhong Yuangong and the others."

Not only us, it seems that Ao Zheng (the Dragon King of Jishui) also only met Zhong Yuangong once and didn't let him into the Jishui Dragon Palace.

Ao Guang's expression softened slightly, and he pondered, "It's not entirely impossible for Yu Fengxian to become the second Nezha."

As the saying goes, "Heaven will make those it wishes to destroy go mad."

As long as she acts perversely and recklessly, completely standing on the opposite side of morality, and ultimately loses her destiny, incurring the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people, just like the demon child Nezha of yesteryear, then we can follow the will of heaven and become her 'destined tribulation'.

Although she is ruthless and heartless now, she still holds the moral authority recognized by the Heavenly Court.

To confront her head-on would be to defy fate.

The Heavenly Court won't help us; if we rely solely on ourselves, we'll first lose merit. Secondly, who among you is confident you can withstand that golden dragon scissors? How many of us will die?

Everyone here today could die.

Just bear with it, until she reveals a weakness and becomes the target of everyone's criticism.

Then we'll follow the will of Heaven, kick her while she's down, and make sure she dies a horrible death.

The Dragon King of Huai River said, "How long must we endure? Ye Jiutian has already arrived at Huai River."

Ao Guang said, "At least this time, we must be patient with the 'Betrayal of the Oath Celestial Master' case."

As you saw, she forced hundreds of Qi cultivators to take the Ancestral Dragon Qi Pill.

Many of them come from various Taoist sects, so why didn't their masters rush to step forward?
I have no shame, no reason.

They dared to go to Xianyang to confront Yu Fengxian, but Yu Fengxian dragged them out onto the street and publicly recounted the despicable things their disciples had done.

They were also enduring, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for Yu Fengxian to become the 'Demon Child'.

The time will come soon.

The demise of the Qin Dynasty was ordained by Heaven! Now that Chen Sheng has started his uprising, in three years at most, the rebel army will surely conquer Guanzhong.

If Yu Fengxian dared to intervene then, the countless powerful gods and immortals who hated her would have drowned her with a single spit from each of them.

Huai Shui Long Jun frowned and said, "That makes some sense, but the problem is, I don't have the chance to endure it anymore, Ye Jiutian has already arrived at Huai Shui."

"If you don't go back, what can he do? Just start a massacre and wipe out your Dragon Palace's descendants?" said the Dragon King of the North Sea.

"Don't worry, he wouldn't dare, and neither would Yu Fengxian!" Ao Guang said with a sneer. "The Hebo Dragon Palace was massacred because Hebo was the first to kill people, killing dozens of Qin Celestial Masters."

The remaining people were in a bloodthirsty frenzy and couldn't stop themselves.

"Even though you're not in Huai River, they still dare to kill and wipe out entire families. It's a repeat of what happened to my son Ao Bing back then. Yu Fengxian must immediately become a 'demon child'."

The Dragon King of Huai River exclaimed in shock and anger, "You intend to use my entire family as a sacrifice to fulfill Yu Fengxian's immoral ways?"

Ao Guang said calmly, "Of course I don't want your whole family to be killed."

Because we don't need to do anything at all, she will surely lose her way and die within three years.

I'm just telling you a fact: Yu Fengxian isn't stupid; she wouldn't wipe out your entire family for no reason.

You can hide temporarily to avoid Ye Jiutian, who is possessed by the god of death, or you can return to the Huai River immediately.

Back on the Huai River, as long as you put aside your pride and dignity, if Ye Jiutian wants to search, cooperate with him; if Yu Fengxian wants to put you on trial, go to the Xianyang government office to listen to the trial.

Yu Fengxian won't kill you.

"It's better to fight to the death than to be judged by the Xianyang government. At least I'll leave behind a name of bravery and not disgrace my Ao clan of dragons," the South Sea Dragon King said calmly to the Huai River Dragon Lord.

The Dragon King of the Huai River sighed, "I certainly won't go back to be humiliated. Those bastards, if I can't afford to mess with them, can't I at least avoid them?"

The Dragon King of the East Sea said, "I have a villa in the Eastern Wilderness Sea. You may stay there for a while."

The Dragon King of the Yangtze River shouted, "Ao Guang, we've all hidden in the East Sea, are you still afraid of being implicated?"

"Does Yu Fengxian dare to come to the East Sea? If she really dares to come, let's join forces and wipe her out!"

Ao Guang also felt a bit cowardly, and explained awkwardly and helplessly: "Yu Fengxian is a bit of a scatterbrain, so it's not surprising that she does anything."

If she comes to the East China Sea, we can definitely wipe her out if we join forces.

But at what cost?
As Ao Shun (the Dragon King of the North Sea) said before, since we have offered up the water rights and our entire clan has submitted to the Heavenly Court, we should not try to stand out in anything.

If we encounter trouble, we'll personally go into battle and risk our lives, resulting in heavy casualties. What's the point of us seeking refuge in the Heavenly Court?
Let's not take any risks. Let's wait until Yu Fengxian loses her sense of morality and destiny, and until the momentum is there, then we'll add fuel to the fire for the 'destroy Yu Fengxian' campaign.

No disasters or hardships, and even more merit to be gained.

"Big brother is the most reliable! Even the River God is dead. If we fight her to the death, we might really lose our lives."

"We are the backbone of the Ao clan, and we absolutely cannot be harmed," said Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea.

The leaders of the Ao clan reached a consensus: the Huai River Dragon Lord and the Yangtze River Dragon Lord would prepare to head to the desolate sea.

Before setting off, the Dragon King of Huai River received another memorial.

The above is a simple sentence: By the decree of the Heavenly Emperor and the order of the Second Emperor, the case of the Celestial Master's defection is being investigated. The Four Dragon Lords are accused of being the masterminds. If they flee in fear of punishment and abandon their defense, their divine positions may be revoked!

"Yu Fengxian wants to depose me?" The Dragon King of Huai River was both angry and amused. "Has she lost her mind? The Four Rivers Dragon Lords are not underworld gods, what right does she have to depose a righteous god of Heaven?"

Ao Guang frowned and asked, "If Yu Fengxian goes to the Heavenly Court to appeal, will the Jade Emperor accept the case?"
When you went to the Heavenly Court to see Venus, did he give you any clear promises?

The Dragon King of the Yangtze River laughed and said, "That old man clearly stated that the Heavenly Court cannot fully support us, but it will absolutely not kick us when we're down."

Even if we fight Yu Fengxian to the death, the Heavenly Court will not punish us.

Ao Guang breathed a sigh of relief. "Yu Fengxian isn't stupid. If she couldn't do it, why would she write a letter to threaten you? Wouldn't that just make her a laughingstock?"

"Is she trying to bluff me?" the Dragon King of Huai River mocked. "Killing both the River God and the Dragon King of Ji River is indeed frightening."

If you can fool me with just a written report, then I am not qualified to be the ruler of the Huai River.

Ao Guang slowly said, "She will probably smash the Huai River Dragon King Temple and, in the name of the Great Qin Dynasty, terminate the Dragon King worship on both sides of the Huai River."

"Smash it, smash it! I have protected the people of Huaihe for millions of years. Smash my temple and see who suffers." The Dragon King of Huaihe was nonchalant, with a malicious expectation in his eyes.

Half a day later, a mournful wail echoed from afar outside the Dragon Palace of the East Sea.

"Brother, Brother Ao Guang, help! That heartless Yu Fengxian can actually strip me of my divine position! Ahhh, my divine talismans are dissipating, I'm going to lose my control of the Huai River and my divine authority~~~"

(End of this chapter)