Simultaneous travel: City, infinite evolution

Chapter 446 The Iron Needle that Stabilizes the Sea Hollows Out the Dragon Clan's Dragon Gate [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

He cast a water-repelling spell and followed the underground water veins of the Water Curtain Cave to the East Sea Dragon Palace, where he found the Old Dragon King.

Watching Sun Wukong wield his weapons, Chen Hong simply smiled and kept the peace, thinking it best to show off his muscles first.

All he had to do was follow Sun Wukong and reap the benefits.

It's reasonable and justifiable for the junior brother to bear the consequences while the senior brother enjoys the benefits.

Anyway, Sun Wukong had the Buddhist sect's backup plan, but he himself didn't.

Sun Wukong tried out many of the weapons that the old Dragon King had brought up, and said with a look of disgust that the weapons were all too light.

The old Dragon King stroked his beard, looking somewhat helpless.

These opportunistic monkeys are really giving me a headache.

"Old Dragon King, I've heard that your treasure trove contains not only countless weapons, but also countless ores and metals, and an endless array of corals, pearls, gold, agate, and jade."

"I am but a humble weapon refiner; may I perhaps have the honor of seeing the Dragon King's treasure vault?"

The Dragon King of the East Sea was about to vomit blood.

Who is this person?

The monkey just wanted to get a weapon.

This human is really something, directly eyeing his treasure vault. How ruthless!

But under the threat of Chen Hong and Sun Wukong, the old Dragon King had no choice but to take them with him.

After opening the treasure vault, the old Dragon King's heart bled.

He was forced to personally cancel the restriction under Chen Hong's threatening gaze.

Then, countless rare ores, eighteen kinds of weapons, armor, countless coral beads, luminous pearls, gold, agate, and jade were all taken away by Chen Hong.

Since we've already offended them, we might as well go all the way and offend them to death.

Chen Hong emptied this entire treasure trove.

Anyway, a cunning rabbit has three burrows, and he didn't believe that the old Dragon King only had one treasure vault.

Taking his treasure trove is nothing.

Under the old Dragon King's heart-wrenching gaze, Chen Hong happily embraced him.

"The old Dragon King is indeed generous and magnanimous; he truly deserves to be my good neighbor."

"I'm loyal to you, so I won't take your other treasures."

The old Dragon King was startled, realizing that this was a shrewd one, unlike the monkey.

Indeed, humans are cunning creatures.

The old Dragon King harbored resentment in his heart.

The losses this time were greater than expected.

"Hahaha, Wukong, didn't you want a weapon?"

"I remember that the Old Dragon King had a piece of the 'Sea-Stabilizing Divine Iron' that Yu the Great threw down to measure water."

This belongs to my human race. It's not unreasonable for me to give it to my junior brother, is it?

Under Chen Hong's compelling gaze, the old Dragon King could only answer with tears in his eyes, feeling utterly defeated:

"Not too much, not too much at all."

"That's good, that's good." Chen Hong had a look on his face that said, "You're very sensible."

Sun Wukong was overjoyed, "Hahaha, thank you, senior brother, thank you, old Dragon King, for parting with it."

"No, no." The old Dragon King was so frustrated he felt like vomiting blood, so he could only lead the two of them to retrieve the divine iron.

The monkey was overjoyed when it saw the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff).

After shrinking, it starts to play.

It caused a major earthquake in the Dragon Palace.

After Chen Hong had finished playing around, he said to the Dragon King of the East Sea:
"By the way, Old Dragon King, we are all good neighbors, why don't you invite one of your younger sisters to visit our Flower Fruit Mountain?"

Chen Hong pointed to the most beautiful of the dragon girls.

"It's her."

"Caifeng?"

"No, no." The Dragon King of the East Sea shook his head like a rattle.

"This is my most beloved daughter, Immortal, please don't go too far."

Seeing the old Dragon King's eagerness to protect his own cabbage, Chen Hong couldn't help but think to himself, "She's clearly a dragon girl, but he insists on giving her the name of a phoenix. Is it because the old Dragon King coveted a certain phoenix but couldn't have her, so he named her out of unrequited love?"

Although he was inwardly complaining, Chen Hongming still smiled broadly on the surface, putting his arm around the old Dragon King's shoulder, looking like two good buddies.

"Hehehe, Old Dragon King, I'm just inviting her to our Flower Fruit Mountain as a guest, not kidnapping her. What are you worried about?"

Chen Hong patted the old Dragon King on the lower back with a grin.

"I just have some research to do and I need her help."

I promise that once it's done, I will return her intact and reunite her with you. How about it?

"Still saying it wasn't kidnapping?" the old dragon king thought to himself, but he had no choice but to face reality.

Without strength, there is no voice.

The old Dragon King could only helplessly beckon his seventh daughter over and give her some instructions.

“Caifeng, go with the immortal and do him a favor. Just make sure you don’t do anything ‘rude.’ Afterwards, come back and your father will reward you handsomely.”

The old Dragon King specifically emphasized the word "rude".

She didn't want to offend Chen Hong, nor did she want any scandal to break out.

Ao Caifeng was incredibly clever; she understood the implied meaning and burst into tears.

As if she were truly about to summon a dragon to subdue a demon, she cried so heartbreakingly that Chen Hong was utterly speechless.

"Why are you crying?"

"Do I look like some kind of frivolous person?"

Ao Caifeng and the Dragon King of the East Sea actually nodded. Chen Hong rolled his eyes; he didn't want his reputation ruined, so he could only explain:
"I just want to understand the body cell and genetic structure of dragons and study their innate supernatural abilities so that when I use transformation techniques, I can become a little more like them."

Ao Caifeng and the Dragon King of the East Sea had expressions that seemed to understand but not quite.

Sun Wukong quickly demanded a set of armor, which distracted the two dragons.

The Dragon King of the East Sea had no choice but to summon the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas to put together a dazzling set of armor.

The monkey donned his armor and, looking majestic, returned to Flower Fruit Mountain with Chen Hong and Ao Caifeng.

By studying Ao Caifeng's divine dragon body, Chen Hong quickly figured out the divine dragon bloodline and physical structure of this world.

It can transform into a divine dragon, possessing the innate supernatural power to summon wind and rain, and can condense [Innate Ren Water], possessing the innate supernatural power to control thunder.

However, in Chen Hong's opinion, the dragons in this world were still a bit too weak.

Whether it's physical strength or bloodline abilities, they're all rather ordinary.

Chen Hong even doubted whether they truly possessed the bloodline of a dragon.

Chen Hong traveled the world, studied all the dragon template data, and soon created a large number of dragons from all over the world in his own cave.

He then released these dragons to roam freely in his own celestial realm.

If you're craving something sweet, you can roast some dragon meat and eat some dragon liver, right?

That treatment was even better than that of the Jade Emperor.

Although the Jade Emperor and other immortals in Heaven often eat dragon liver and phoenix marrow, those are specially cultivated fleshy dragons and phoenixes, and cannot be considered true dragons and phoenixes.

These are the countless dragon species born from the little white dragon's pee.

True dragons are relatively rare in the Three Realms. Even if the dragon race declines, the Heavenly Court will not actually treat true dragons as food, as that would be too insulting.

The Four Seas Dragon Clan is, after all, a regional lord, and the Heavenly Court will give them some face to some extent, and won't really force them to rebel.

The Four Dragon Kings were all slippery fellows, like mudfish, and not as bad as they seemed on the surface.

Regardless, Chen Hong is capable of creating a free-range dragon race within his own grotto-heaven.

If he eats real dragon meat, that's his own skill, and I doubt the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas would dare to object.

Chen Hong was incredibly intelligent. He studied Ao Caifeng and the Four Seas Dragon Clan every day, and in less than a month, he had seen through all of the Four Seas Dragon Clan's secrets.

Chen Hong thoroughly studied everything about bloodline, dragon soul, dragon body, and dragon pearl.

Chen Hong also received the Dragon Clan's inheritance from Ao Caifeng and other dragons.

This includes dragon-related techniques, methods to purify dragon bloodlines, methods to evolve other scaled creatures into dragons, methods to absorb water elemental energy, methods to temper the dragon body, methods to occupy rivers, lakes, and seas, methods to condense incense and dragon god authority, methods to condense dragon pearls, and methods to open up dragon pearl spaces.

There are all sorts of martial arts techniques.

There are even inheritances of skills such as alchemy and weapon crafting.

It must be said that the dragon race has a profound history.

Even Chen Hong gained something from observing and comprehending the lineage's heritage. His foundation became more solid and terrifying, his knowledge became more extensive, and his skills became more widely, deeply, and uniquely applied.

Chen Hong even went to the Yellow River to find the Dragon Gate placed by the Dragon Clan and to study and analyze it.

I have mastered the refining method of [Dragon Gate].

This is a magical artifact that allows carp and other scaled creatures to cross the Dragon Gate, modify their bloodline, and evolve into dragons.

Besides the True Dragon Water Element Law mentioned above, the most important thing is the various True Dragon Essence Blood and even the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood in the Dragon Gate.

These are the secrets to enabling carp to leap over the dragon gate and ascend to the heavens in one step.

Therefore, this special spiritual treasure of Longmen did not attract the covetousness of immortals and gods, since it was of no use to them.

They are not like those who have been tainted with dragon blood. Even if they have mastered the refining method of the Dragon Gate, they do not have the essence of true dragons to supply the evolution of mortals.

Even if it were possible, wouldn't that be contributing to the growth of the dragon race?

What is a useless thing for the immortals and gods of the Three Realms is not so for Chen Hong.

Chen Hong casually crafted a dragon gate and tossed it into the cave.

They disliked the inefficiency and homogenization of the "carp leaping over the dragon gate" analogy.

Chen Hong directly combined gantry technology and cloning technology to mass-produce Shenlong on an automated assembly line.

These divine dragons can be used as food reserves or allowed to roam freely in their own grottoes and the four seas.

Chen Hong did not want all the creatures of his Four Seas to evolve into divine dragons, as that would lead to too much homogenization.

Chen Hong wanted a diverse range of ideas and free evolution.

Thanks to the efficient production and breeding in Xinlongmen, Chen Hong was able to finally eat real dragon meat.

With quality similar to that of the White Dragon, Chen Hong also secretly observed the Heavenly Court's method of raising dragon liver and phoenix marrow, learning its essence to make the true dragon meat even more delicious.

True dragons at the level of the White Dragon could only become prey for Chen Hong, a truly tragic situation.

Inspired by the Dragon Gate, Chen Hong created a series of magical artifacts that could mass-produce mythical beasts, including the Golden Crow Gate, Taotie Gate, Phoenix Gate, Qilin Gate, Bai Ze Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Kunpeng Gate, Vermilion Bird Gate, and White Tiger Gate.

These mythical beasts were naturally data templates obtained by Chen Hong from his travels and observations throughout the Four Continents and the Northern Seas.

Although the mythical beasts in this world are generally not very powerful, they have enriched the biodiversity.

This will broaden Chen Hong's recipes.

Deciphering the secrets of their bloodlines also allowed Chen Hong to transform into these divine beasts and possess their innate supernatural abilities.

Moreover, Chen Hong also gained a lot of knowledge about their racial heritage.

While Chen Hong was traveling all over the world collecting mythical beast templates, the monkey was not idle either.

The monkey was a restless creature and extremely vain. In front of the other monkeys, he couldn't help but show off, making a triumphant return home.

Sun Wukong was clad in a dazzling array of precious armor, which made him look incredibly majestic.

He then took out the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel), threw it on the ground, and amidst shouts of "Big Big Big Big," the Ruyi Jingu Bang grew larger and thicker, reaching straight to the heavens and earth, like a pillar of heaven.

In the end, it actually grew up to the sky and pierced into the Heavenly Court of the Ninth Heaven.

In Chen Hong's observation, these nine heavens are actually higher-level dimensional spaces, or rather, cave worlds that exist in relation to the greater universe.

Moreover, its level is quite high, at least reaching the level of a small world, or even a small thousand world, which is many times more powerful and mature than Chen Hong's cave heaven.

(End of this chapter)