txolops Chapter 69 Wanted
Chapter 69 Wanted
"Should we just ignore him?"
The Jade Emperor pondered, repeating Venus's last words thoughtfully.
Venus flicked his whisk, placed it in his hand, and said earnestly:
"That's right! Your Majesty, you have obeyed the Dao Ancestor's command and reopened the Heavenly Court. Your merit is immeasurable."
"However, my Heavenly Court is short-handed. If it weren't for the filial piety of the Dragon Clan, who are willing to obey His Majesty's orders, my Heavenly Court would have declined even further!"
"Therefore, that great matter is of utmost importance. Compared to that great matter, a mere dragon is nothing. Why should you be distracted by it?"
Venus speaks in a very strange way, and he becomes evasive when it comes to crucial points, like a riddle teller.
However, the Jade Emperor understood and nodded repeatedly.
"You are right, my dear minister. That important matter is the most urgent!"
"However, since there are dragons causing trouble in the human world and have stolen Buddhist treasures, I cannot remain completely silent. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if the Buddha asks about it in the future."
"Alright then, I will issue a decree ordering the local land and mountain gods to capture the dragon. If they can capture it, that would be best. Even if they cannot, I will still have something to say to Buddha."
Venus, with hands clasped, exclaimed, "Your Majesty is wise!"
The East China Sea is boundless and vast beyond imagination.
Occasionally, large fish leap out of the sea, creating towering waves tens of meters high, a truly awe-inspiring sight.
However, not every part of this vast sea is teeming with life.
In a deep trench, life was scarce; not to mention the enormous creatures, even fish and shrimp were rarely seen.
"My lord, how did you know there were such places in the ocean?"
Bai Suzhen leaned against Lin Xuan, looking at the surrounding trench with curiosity on her face.
When Lin Xuan first said he wanted to go to the East Sea, Bai Suzhen prepared herself, thinking that she would have to fight other monsters to seize a cave.
However, things turned out completely differently than she had imagined; Lin Xuan didn't even glance at those places brimming with spiritual energy.
He plunged headlong into the deep sea and ended up finding this place.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as a place where even birds wouldn't poop.
Bai Suzhen hesitated, wanting to persuade Lin Xuan to change locations, as the spiritual energy here was too thin.
Months of training here are not as valuable as a single day of training elsewhere.
However, Bai Suzhen remembered something and swallowed the words back down.
"I understand! My husband must be looking for a secluded spot to refine the dragon energy first!"
"Once my husband has fully refined the dragon energy and transformed into a true dragon, he will inevitably attract a tribulation of lightning."
"Within a radius of a thousand miles, there are almost no traces of other demons, so there's no need to worry about being disturbed by them."
By the time the other demons arrived, my husband had already successfully transcended his tribulation and vanished into the distance!
Thinking of this, Bai Suzhen smiled gently and said to Lin Xuan, "My husband is truly farsighted; I was just being naive."
"Let's settle in now."
Lin Xuan gave Bai Suzhen a strange look, thinking to himself, "What is my wife saying? How am I being presumptuous?"
He settled here not to hide his identity.
Rather, it's because this place is located in the middle of the East China Sea, making it very convenient to travel to various places.
As for why the middle of the ocean is so devoid of life, it's not really that surprising.
In the real world, marine life depends on ocean currents for survival. Places far from ocean currents are essentially deserts in the sea, devoid of life.
This world also has a similar mechanism; places where spiritual energy is abundant are almost always adjacent to so-called dragon veins.
In places far from the dragon vein, the spiritual energy is naturally thin.
Lin Xuan shook his head, not thinking much of it, and asked, "Alright, I'll dig a cave on the seabed and settle down first."
"My lady, why don't you go and meet Xiaoqing? She said she needs to buy some things on the shore before coming over. I don't know why she's so slow."
Lin Xuan threw down a sentence, turned around and dived into the seabed, transforming into a dragon and stretching out its huge claws to dig at the bottom of the sea.
The seabed sediment was stirred up, boulders were broken, and the sea surface was churning.
Giant waves surged into the distance, their roar shaking heaven and earth.
Fortunately, the place was indeed very remote, and even with such a huge commotion, no monsters were alerted.
Bai Suzhen stood in the air for a moment, making sure there were no other demons around before turning around and flying towards the coast.
They had only flown a few miles when they encountered Xiaoqing.
Xiaoqing moved incredibly fast, glancing back every now and then, as if she were hiding from something.
Seeing this, Bai Suzhen became anxious and hurriedly went to greet her, asking:
"What's wrong with you? Did you run into a vengeful bald monk?"
Xiaoqing relaxed considerably after seeing Bai Suzhen, no longer looking around, and patted her chest.
"Sister, don't rush, let me catch my breath first."
Bai Suzhen was speechless. We are snake demons, why do we need to breathe?
Xiaoqing has really lost her mind.
But when she heard Xiaoqing say that, she knew that the situation was not urgent, so she did not ask any further questions and took Xiaoqing to land on the sea.
After several breaths, Xiaoqing finally spoke, but instead of answering Bai Suzhen's question, she asked:
"Sister, guess what I saw on the shore?"
Bai Suzhen was even more helpless. Are you trying to play a riddle with me?
"I can't guess," Bai Suzhen shook her head.
Xiaoqing's eyes widened, and she danced with excitement.
"Sister, you have no idea! As soon as I reached the shore, I saw countless gods searching the mountains and seas, trying to capture us!"
What she said was so exaggerated that Bai Suzhen didn't quite believe it and frowned, saying:
"Countless gods? What are you talking about?"
Although she knew that she and Lin Xuan had indeed made a big commotion, in the end no one was killed.
If Buddhism has lost its dragon energy and is unwilling to let it go, then so be it.
However, judging from Xiaoqing's words, the Buddhist sect was completely silent, while the Heavenly Court was making a big fuss, which made no sense at all.
Xiaoqing pouted when she saw that Bai Suzhen didn't believe her:
"Sister, if you don't believe me, then come with me to the shore and see for yourself!"
Little did Xiaoqing know that her words only confirmed that she was exaggerating.
If it were really that dangerous on the shore, why would she say that? Was she going to take her older sister to deliver goods to her door?
Bai Suzhen secretly rolled her eyes, but instead of pointing out the flaw, she nodded and said:
"How could I not believe you, sister? It seems the Heavenly Court has truly gone mad, sending countless gods to capture us."
"Come with me to find your brother-in-law now, and tell him that he absolutely must not return to the shore during this time, and that he should focus on refining that dragon energy!"
She pulled Xiaoqing along and set off again, returning to the place where she had parted ways with Lin Xuan.
Bai Suzhen was not gone for very long, less than half an hour in total.
But when she returned, Lin Xuan had already dug the cave.
They even used the excavated soil and gravel to fill in a small island, which appeared abruptly on the sea surface, bare and quite ugly.
Bai Suzhen glanced at the island and noticed that Lin Xuan was standing there. She flew over and asked in confusion:
"Husband, why did you add an entire island? Won't that attract attention?"
Lin Xuan turned around and smiled, "My wife, although I am a Blackwater Poisonous Dragon and entering the sea is like coming home to me, you and Xiao Qing are not water snakes."
"I'm afraid you'd be uncomfortable living in the sea with me for too long, so I specially created this island."
"As for attracting attention... the East Sea is so vast, and there's absolutely no spiritual energy here. I doubt any cultivators will pass by for decades. Who could possibly notice us?"
Bai Suzhen was moved and stared into Lin Xuan's eyes without saying a word for a long time.
If Xiaoqing hadn't made a sound to interrupt her, Bai Suzhen didn't know how long she would have kept staring.
"Ahem! Sister, wake up first, we haven't gotten down to business yet!"
"Brother-in-law, guess what I saw when I got ashore this time?"
Xiaoqing resorted to her old tricks again, exaggerating her words once more.
Lin Xuan glanced at her and said nonchalantly, "It's the Heavenly Court that issued a warrant for our arrest, right?"
Xiaoqing was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Brother-in-law, how did you know?"
Lin Xuan shrugged, summoned the system panel, and glanced at a notification.
[You caused a great flood, resulting in disaster in Hangzhou, and the Heavenly Court's favor towards you has decreased.]
Your reputation in Heaven is -100.
The Heavenly Court has issued a warrant for your arrest.
You cannot accept quests issued by Heavenly Court characters; you will be attacked if you enter Heavenly Court territory.
[Warning! The Heavenly Court is powerful; please repair your relationship with it as soon as possible!]
Lin Xuan had received this notification long before he seized the dragon energy, but he was too lazy to pay attention to it.
That "-100 reputation" may seem scary, but it's actually nothing.
In the game "Myth", you can turn your reputation into a positive number by doing just two simple tasks.
Even if you do nothing, your negative reputation will gradually decrease to zero over time.
It will just take several years.
This little bit of negative reputation isn't worth the Heavenly Court making a big fuss about. They probably won't even send out a single heavenly soldier. They'll just issue a random order and let the local earth gods handle it.
Of course, for Lin Xuan now, the Earth God is not so easy to deal with.
If even the Heavenly Court didn't take it seriously, how could these local earth gods care?
Seeing that Lin Xuan didn't answer, Xiao Qing continued, "Brother-in-law, don't underestimate that wanted notice! The Heavenly Court is serious this time!"
"Countless land gods and mountain spirits are searching for our whereabouts!"
Xiaoqing had suffered too many losses at Lin Xuan's hands, so she dared not talk nonsense anymore and finally told the truth.
Bai Suzhen, standing to the side, was both amused and annoyed, and glared at Xiaoqing.
Lin Xuan, on the other hand, thanked Xiao Qing very earnestly: "Thank you for reminding me, little sister. I understand."
Xiaoqing puffed out her chest proudly when she heard Lin Xuan say that:
"Hmph, it's good that you know that."
"Alright, I'll go check out the island first, find a good spot to build some houses, and you can have your private conversation with your sister."
After saying that, Xiaoqing skipped away, and Lin Xuan watched her retreating figure, shaking his head and smiling.
Bai Suzhen sensed something amiss and asked softly, "Husband, did you already know that the Heavenly Court wouldn't actually take action?"
"How...how did you know?"
In the past, Bai Suzhen would never have asked such a question. Although her husband was a genius, he did not have any background.
It's simply impossible for them to know anything about the Heavenly Court.
But she could see that Lin Xuan was confident and not flustered at all, and even seemed to be teasing Xiao Qing, so she couldn't help but ask a question.