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Chapter 124, Section 123: [Going to Sea, Entering the Dragon Palace]

"Lin Suling has long admired the countless treasures in the Dragon Palace of the East Sea for many years!"

If I do attend the Dragon King's banquet, please, Princess, never forget your promise.

Chen Sheng's words greatly surprised the Turtle Prime Minister and the eldest princess.

It should be noted that the Dragon Palace has been inviting this person for twenty years.

But he has always been insincere with the people of the Dragon Palace and has never revealed his intention to go there. Why has he suddenly changed his attitude today?
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Turtle's smile widened, and he stepped forward.

"Abbot, have you encountered any difficulties on earth lately?"

Seeing that the other party had fallen into the trap, Chen Sheng pretended to sigh and told a set of lies he had just made up.

"Alas! This land is ultimately human territory."

I've been running this business on Liangzhe Road for twenty years, and it's only with great difficulty that I've achieved what I have today. But with such a large operation, it's inevitable that there will be areas where I can't manage things properly.

Half a month ago, one of my little demons gave itself away in front of the monks of the major Buddhist sect, Xianfeng Temple, which made them realize the problem and tracked it down.

Xianfeng Temple is a major sect with a fourth-level terrestrial immortal in charge. How could my mere third-level cultivation be taken seriously?

After discovering that I had secretly subdued all the minor demons in Liangzhe Road, Xianfeng Temple gave me a month to lead all the demons to join their ranks, or they would destroy my sect.

Lately, I've been filled with fear and unease. If the Prime Minister and Princess hadn't come ashore to find me today, I fear I would have gone to the Dragon Palace to search for you!

"Hiss, this person's influence is related to His Majesty's incense supply on the shore. Now that Xianfeng Temple has intervened, it has created a hidden worry for His Majesty's cultivation path."

However, if we could seize this opportunity to obtain Lin Suling's title of Demon King, it wouldn't be a bad thing!

Upon learning of this, Prime Minister Turtle was both surprised and delighted, and quickly said...

"Abbot, do not panic. You are a member of my East Sea Dragon Palace. When you encounter such a disaster, my Dragon Palace will take care of you."

The princess chimed in.

"Although my father cannot go ashore, as a fourth-order demon king, he is not afraid of the Immortal Peak Temple."

"If you go to them in person to ask, I can definitely help you resolve this matter."

"Is that really so?" Chen Sheng also showed a look of joy.

The two demons and one person present each had their own ulterior motives. The two demons wanted to lure Chen Sheng into the Dragon Palace first, plotting to seize his position as the Demon King; Chen Sheng, on the other hand, was just looking for an excuse to sneak into the Dragon Palace and find out about the situation of the Dragon King of the East Sea.

With both parties sharing the same goal, they naturally hit it off and the atmosphere quickly became lively.

In the heat of their conversation, they decided on the spot to set off to pay homage to the Dragon King of the East Sea.

Just leave.

The two demons and one person immediately took to the clouds and flew side by side toward the East Sea.

During his ascent, Chen Sheng also secretly did something else: he used a third-tier substitute doll to replace his Yin spirit in taking charge of his body, and used the [Size As You Wish] to shrink his Yin spirit, which was already at the fourth tier, and hide it in the seabed acupoint of his physical body.

[Illusion] is a third-tier Dao technique. Although it can conceal one's cultivation level in front of the Turtle Prime Minister and the First Princess, it is difficult to deceive the eyes of the East Sea Dragon King.

Among all the major acupoints in the human body, only the Periphery acupoint is the root of the eight extraordinary meridians and the place where the flow of vital energy in the body is most chaotic, thus having a very good effect of concealment and detection.

Chen Sheng concealed the Yin spirit within, and with the aid of a substitute doll for deception, he was certain the Dragon King of the East Sea wouldn't be able to discern his true form. Having secretly accomplished all this, they arrived at the boundless, azure East Sea.

Chen Sheng followed the two demons into the sea, quickly navigating through the sunlit shallow waters and swimming past clusters of colorful fish of all sizes.

In just a short while, they entered the dark, deep-sea zone, three hundred feet below the surface.

At this depth, sunlight can no longer penetrate the sea surface, and all that remains is the oppressive, dark, boundless ocean.

If an ordinary person were to come to such a sea, they would inevitably be filled with fear, unable to see anything in the pitch blackness, with neither sky nor earth above them.

Chen Sheng was no ordinary man. He secretly used the [Minor Dragon Binding Hand Seal] to subdue the discomfort in his heart and continued to sink nearly a thousand feet into the sea with the two demons. Then, a light appeared before his eyes.

It was a crystal palace located in an underwater mountain range.

Transparent glazed tiles, each with a bright luminous pearl placed beneath them; pillars carved from giant clam shells support the palace's dome; towering crimson corals form a continuous vermilion palace wall; and within a white jade archway based on the carapace of a giant tortoise, sparkling doors carved from a single piece of crystal open.

Shrimp soldiers and crab generals, transformed into half-human forms, walked on the colorful floor tiles, carrying spears and forks; beautiful maids carrying trays moved through the curtains woven from water plants.

What appeared before Chen Sheng was a bustling crystal dragon palace.

"Abbot, we have arrived at the Dragon Palace of the East Sea."

"Please proceed slowly into the palace and admire the underwater scenery and the beauty of the demon realm of my Dragon Palace. I, this old tortoise, must go ahead and inform His Majesty of the joyous occasion of our distinguished guest's arrival."

As he spoke, the Turtle Prime Minister took the lead and swam into the Dragon Palace.

Only the eldest princess remained by Chen Sheng's side, explaining the scenery of the palace as they walked deeper into it.

During this process, the dragon girl also transformed from a human into a half-demon.

Two short dragon horns sprouted from her forehead, and two small tufts of silver scales grew on her cheeks. The sparkling hair ornaments in her black hair added a touch of nobility to her elegant face.

Even the dress that used to cover her up completely has been transformed into a figure-flattering ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress).

Whether intentional or unintentional, a large expanse of her smooth, white skin was partially exposed, almost blindingly so.

Chen Sheng readily paid close attention to the princess's obvious advances, which elicited giggles and laughter from her, causing her to tremble and her breasts to swell.

The two strolled around the garden, which was filled with various corals and had strange aquatic flower buds, for about half an hour before a servant came to inform them that Chen Sheng should come to see him.

After passing through a series of crystal corridors, Chen Sheng arrived at a spacious hall also made of crystal, where he finally met the Dragon King of the East Sea.

It has a dragon's head and a human body, a blue face and green hair, and eyes like copper bells. It wears a plain white imperial robe and sits on a crystal-carved dragon throne. Even when sitting, it is five zhang tall.

Behind the throne trailed a long, blue dragon tail, and a group of smaller mermaid maids were combing the messy mane on the dragon's tail.

On either side of the main hall are the aquatic officials of the Dragon Palace.

A shark demon with layers of sharp teeth, an electric eel demon whose body crackled with electricity, an octopus demon with eight tentacles, a transparent sea squirt, a gigantic blue whale demon... all transformed into half-human forms, sat behind a table, and coldly stared at Chen Sheng, their guest.

The Dragon King of the East Sea, who was the ruler of this place, burst into loud laughter as soon as he saw Chen Sheng.

"Lin Suling, I heard you've come to your senses and want to become my son-in-law?"

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)