Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

Even Abe no Yoshihisa, the creator of the Great Sun Palace, died in the high temperature of the Great Sun Palace.

It wasn't until the arrival of Orobas that the Kingdom of White Nights was able to change.

There's a saying that goes something like this: those who are best at enslaving people are often humankind itself.

If it weren't for Orobas, this dark reign would likely have continued until today.

After all, whoever controls the Great Sun Imperial Carriage controls the entire White Night Kingdom.

Once the Great Sun Palace is closed, people will once again be plunged into the fear of darkness, while the dragon lizards in the shadows are always waiting to make a comeback.

"Let's go to the Great Day Imperial Carriage."

"Ah."

The Daiichi Mikoto is the center of the entire Fuchishita Palace and also the main residence.

As Jiang Bai drew closer to the Great Day Imperial Palace, he felt its grandeur more and more.

Looking up from the ground, the spire of the Great Sun Palace almost touches the mountain rocks above.

Where is the Coral Jade Branch?

Jiang Bai felt that instead of slowly searching for the shadowy figure, it would be better to first obtain the coral jade branch, then complete the trial that Wu Maozi mentioned, directly ask her what the secret was, and continue to fill in any gaps in his understanding.

As for where that book is, I guess I'll have to ask her to find out.

"It should be underground."

Fuchishita walked directly beneath the Great Sun Palace and examined it.

"This should be an elevator leading down."

Jiang Bai and Ah Mao stood on top together, activated the reins in their hands, and the elevator slowly descended until it reached the bottom.

At the bottom is a space, a flat area built of rock standing on the water, like a closed cage, keeping the dragon lizards inside.

Ah Mao looked around at his surroundings, ignoring the dragon lizards rushing towards them, and looked at Jiang Bai with a puzzled expression.

"Have we reached the very bottom?"

"It shouldn't be. The places I've been to before are quite different from here; the spaces there are much larger."

This place is more like an artificially created breeding ground isolated from the outside world.

"I saw the coral jade branches; those must be them."

These beautiful corals grow on the mountainside and are quite different from the corals we usually see. They resemble leafless trees and have a jade-like texture.

Jiang Bai leaped onto the cliff face and broke off a thick coral jade branch.

He looked at the coral jade branch in his hand, then at the dragon lizards, and didn't feel that the coral jade branch had anything to do with suppressing the dragon lizards.

Moreover, these lizards live in such a small area all day long, and it's unknown what kind of food they eat.

Ah Mao floated in the air with Yuan Shang in his arms, casually knocking down the elemental orbs thrown by the dragon lizards.

He looked down at the dragon lizards gathering below, his eyes expressionless.

"What should we do with these dragon lizards? Should we deal with them?"

"Take care of those who attack us, and leave the rest alone for now."

As soon as Jiang Bai finished speaking, several dragon lizards that were about to emerge from the water sank back down.

A thought struck him: Could these dragon lizards understand him?

Chapter 822 Making a fuss over nothing

Jiang Bai glanced at the dragon lizards below. These dragon lizards varied in size, with the largest exceeding twenty meters in length.

Jiang Bai could hardly discern any emotion or expression from the dragon lizard's scale-covered face; its fierce vertical pupils gleamed coldly in the darkness.

For the dragon lizards living here, their relationship with the humans here has never been one of simple hatred, but rather one of shared space and the survival of their species.

The Yuanxia Palace is only so big. If humans want to develop, they must plunder the living space of the dragon lizards. Naturally, the dragon lizards cannot sit idly by and wait to die.

Humans imprisoned these dragon lizards here, trying to find a way to suppress them. To the dragon lizards, all humans who came here were enemies.

However, each dragon lizard has a different personality; some are assertive, while others are weak; some are aggressive, while others are lazy.

The ones that didn't come out of the water are the lazier ones, and they're also a bit timid.

Since so many of their kind have gone up, it doesn't make much difference whether they come out or not.

If so many tribesmen can't defeat the other side, then coming out would only be suicide.

As for what Jiang Bai said, they really didn't understand it.

After all, the last time people from the White Night Kingdom came was thousands of years ago.

Having not had contact with humans for thousands of years, they naturally could not understand these languages.

Jiang Bai and his two companions floated in the air as attacks from the dragon lizards on the ground relentlessly struck their shields.

To verify his guess, Jiang Bai said a few more words, but the dragon lizards' reaction last time seemed to be just a coincidence.

These lizards constantly attacked them, but they also cooperated and united.

They possess considerable intelligence. Seeing that they couldn't be attacked from the ground, they launched their kin into the air, attempting to tear their enemies apart with their sharp claws.

They continuously draw elemental power from the earth, and when one elemental power fails, they switch to the next.

They even use elemental reactions, all of which indicate that they are intelligent beings.

Ah Mao struck down many dragon lizards, his wind blades slicing through their thick armor plates, and blood flowed down the ground into the pool, turning the water red.

Although the scene looked horrific, not many of the dragon lizards actually died.

If a lizard is seriously injured, something else will protect it, either by taking it into the water or by escaping.

Yuan Shang calmly observed the scene below, then remarked with some emotion, "Although I already knew that the Deep Sea Dragon offspring were quite intelligent, seeing it with my own eyes is still quite shocking..."

Jiang Bai looked at him: "You've done research?"

"It's not really research, just a little bit of understanding."

“I have already told you that before the arrival of the primordial beings, the world was controlled by the Dragon Kings. And these dragon offspring, like the Dragon Kings, are all primordial elemental beings, and the pinnacle of their evolution is the Dragon King.”

Therefore, it's quite normal for deep-sea dragons to be intelligent.

Jiang Bai couldn't help but think of Gudu. As elemental life forms, what is the difference between slimes and dragon lizards?

Is one a primordial elemental being and the other an ordinary elemental being?

"Let's go first."

We've already obtained the Coral Jade Branch, and these dragon lizards are a species that naturally lives here; there's no need to exterminate them.

After leaving the underground of the Great Sun Imperial Palace, Jiang Bai asked Yuan Shang about the story of the Dragon King.

"Regarding those seven dragon kings, is the Rota Dragon King one of the rock element dragon kings?"

I remember Zhongli saying that Ruoduo was the Rock Elemental Dragon King.

However, at the time he only thought that Ruoduo was the "Dragon King" who had evolved to the pinnacle of elemental life, not the seven Dragon Kings who had fought against the Primordial Ones.

"Rotala the Dragon King? You mean the rock dragon from Liyue's lore?"

"Ah."

"I think so. In my memory, the Geo Dragon King should not have undergone a generational change."

"what about others?"

"I don't know..."

Yuan Shang took a deep look at the unclosed passageway leading underground.

Returning to where Wu Maozi was, and starting the hidden trial she mentioned, the three of them followed the teleportation portal to a remote island on the edge of Yuanxia Palace.

The island is not large and is very far from the location of the Great Sun Palace, so it receives no light from there.

However, the island has a lot of buildings, and the whole island has been put to use.

It's hard to imagine what use such a remote island could possibly have.

However, as the trial progressed, Jiang Bai discovered that there were three such islands, all of which were laboratories of the Baiye Kingdom.

They have been studying lizards on these three islands for at least several centuries.

Based on the information found, the people of Baiye Kingdom have conducted in-depth research on dragon lizards.

Each individual dragon lizard is a perfect adaptor, and they are able to evolve corresponding resistance traits according to their environment during their juvenile stage.

Furthermore, they possess amazing learning abilities, and their intelligence can even rival that of a 12-year-old child!

What Jiang Bai cared about most was a prophecy:

The Water Dragon King will be born in human form.

Looking at the prophecy written in the document, Jiang Bai turned his gaze to the two people beside him who might know about it.

What do you think of this prophecy?

“This prophecy was just a prophecy before, but now it has been proven true.” Ah Mao’s words were always surprising.

"Huh?" Jiang Bai looked completely bewildered.

"According to the intelligence of the Fools, the current Supreme Judge of Fontaine, who has been in office for 500 years, is suspected to be the new Water Dragon King."

This message was brought back by a servant, who was from Fontainebleau and had been plotting the Heart of God in Fontainebleau for many years, so she had naturally gathered a lot of information.

"Wow, that's some explosive news!" Yuan Shang reacted dramatically.

"It's quite interesting that a dragon king from a race hostile to humans has become the highest judge of Fontaine..."

Yuan Shang's expression was quite mocking, as if he was enjoying the show.

Jiang Bai really wanted to say, "What's the big deal?"

Liyue was founded by the old man and the Dragon King Rahu together →_→

They're just traitors from the Dragon Clan; don't be so surprised.

Ah Mao reminded Jiang Bai of something:

"The Dragon King is the pinnacle of elemental life, and his strength is terrifying, even comparable to the Seven Gods. If you ever go to Fontaine, you'd better not provoke that Supreme Judge."

With his current strength, if Jiang Bai offends that Supreme Judge, he will have no choice but to run away with Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai's lips twitched. "Why would I be so stupid as to provoke him..."

He doesn't even know what Fontainebleau looks like, and he's already starting to give him a heads-up? Isn't that a bit too early?

"Just a heads-up, so you don't end up asking for trouble later."

"Alright, alright, let's go find the Black Hat... This Abyss Palace seems to have Abyss Mages everywhere, I really don't know where they come from..."

Chapter 823 A Story That Refused to Be Buried

Upon hearing Jiang Bai's complaint, Yuan Shang's lips curled into a faint smile.

"Who knows? Anyway, the Abyss Order is everywhere..."

The black hat remained there as always, but the projection of her past self showed no emotion and was unaware of the passage of time.

"We're back. The trial is complete."

Jiang Bai showed her the credentials provided by the three local officials.

"Congratulations, you can now ask me for some truths! But before that, please remember that these truths are secrets. Revealing them will bring disaster."

Yuan Shang perked up; perhaps he was about to learn a secret that even he himself didn't know.

He kept his identity a secret, partly because he wanted to find the book, and partly because he wanted to hear what Wu Maozi had to say.

Ah Mao crossed his arms and watched the dark figure with great interest, wondering what earth-shattering secret he could reveal.

"Then I'll begin my questions. Why did you leave Yuanxia Palace?"

"There are many reasons for this. The most important one is that the environment of Yuanxia Palace is harsh. Although there is the Great Sun Chariot, it is not exposed to sunlight, and there is also the threat from the dragon lizards... We yearn for the outside world."

"But your departure seems to have a deeper meaning, and the death of Orobas is also unusual."