Overseas, Four Seas Sect.
With the fall of Tian Qiu, the location of the East Island Dragon Palace was now in complete chaos. The soaring demonic qi almost completely submerged the entire Dragon Palace.
Suo Huan's previous encounter was by no means an isolated case.
Over the years, the overseas region could be said to have suffered under the Dragon Palace for a long time. In order to gather resources, the True Dragon clan had practically scoured the overseas region, not letting go of anything usable.
It was just that previously, the Dragon Palace had Tian Qiu, a Foundation Establishment Perfection True Dragon, suppressing it, which kept it as steady as Mount Tai.
But now, Tian Qiu was dead.
Then don't blame everyone for turning hostile. Moreover, the wealth of the True Dragon clan was known to all. Who didn't want to fish in troubled waters and seize the opportunity to rob them fiercely?
At worst, flee to the inland after robbing.
After all, the law doesn't punish the masses.
Everyone had a fluke mentality in their hearts: I'll only grab a little. The Dragon Lord might not care after he returns. Maybe I'll be fine if I hide inland.
Spirit Treasures, Dao Arts, Divine Abilities.
Like a tidal wave, they crashed onto the Dragon Palace, but in the end, they were all eliminated by a grand formation rising into the sky, instantly turning into nothingness.
At the same time, figures flew out from within the Dragon Palace riding escaping lights, manifesting their true forms. Among them were shrimp soldiers and crab generals, as well as True Dragon blood descendants. There were even one or two old dragons at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment. At this moment, they presided over the grand formation and quickly stabilized the situation, preventing a complete collapse.
"Who dares to offend my Dragon Palace!?"
"Courting death. Are you not afraid that the Dragon Lord will return and settle accounts one by one?"
"Hold the grand formation!"
For a time, the entire Dragon Palace was in a chaotic mess, while the other three forces of the Four Seas Sect tightly closed their mountain gates, obviously choosing to turn a blind eye.
"That is the Dragon Palace's grand formation..."
Lu Yang watched from afar, a look of apprehension on his face. It was indeed a force with a Perfected Lord presiding over it. With a grand formation standing here, no one could break in at all.
Naturally, Lu Yang wouldn't openly join this great chaos. Instead, he took the "secret path" mentioned by Suo Huan, located on a remote island about ten thousand meters away from the Dragon Palace. On the island was a specially established teleportation formation that allowed direct entry into the interior of the Dragon Palace through a back door.
"The Dragon Palace still allows such a secret path?"
Facing Lu Yang's doubt, Suo Huan smiled calmly: "Senior may not know, but this secret path was originally for the private use of the Dragon Palace internally to go out."
"Private use to go out?" Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Exactly."
Suo Huan explained: "I am not clear about the specific details, but I accidentally discovered that this place was a secret trading location between the Dragon Palace and the Dao Court."
Trading with the Dao Court?
Lu Yang rubbed his chin upon hearing this. He wasn't worried about Suo Huan lying to him. After all, having entered the Myriad Spirits Banner, it was impossible for him to lie without being discovered.
Soon, as Lu Yang and Suo Huan walked into the formation, a visible formation light pattern spread out. Lu Yang then saw the scene before him change for a while. In the blink of an eye, he had arrived inside a remote palace hall. Outside the hall, dense sounds of killing could be faintly heard.
"we really came in!"
Lu Yang became increasingly surprised. For such a secret path to bypass the Dragon Palace's mountain-protecting grand formation and enter the Dragon Palace meant its secrecy level must be extremely high.
Otherwise, with the Dragon Palace currently in great chaos and isolated from the outside, such a secret path should have long been cut off by the True Dragon clan.
And since it wasn't cut off, it only proved that this secret path was rarely known. Perhaps only the Dragon Lord and Tian Qiu, the Crown Prince, knew about it.
With this thought, Lu Yang immediately beckoned with his hand.
The next second, a handsome young man with prominent horns appeared beside Lu Yang. It was impressively Tian Qiu, who was thought to have fallen by everyone outside!
After all, he was a Foundation Establishment Perfection True Dragon.
Given the frugal style Lu Yang developed in the Saint Sect, he naturally had to make full use of everything and everyone. How could he just let him reincarnate like that?
Refining him into a banner spirit was only proper; it could even be considered bestowing a karmic affinity upon him.
"What is this place?"
"A secret hall set up by Father." The Banner Spirit Tian Qiu explained honestly, "Normally, I would be here, responsible for negotiating with the Jiangdong Dao Court..."
"Negotiating what?"
"Negotiating the matter of True Dragons joining the Dao Court."
Tian Qiu spoke a shocking secret as soon as he opened his mouth: "Father has always wanted to return to the inland. For this reason, he had contact with both the Jiangxi Pure Land and the Jiangdong Dao Court."
"However, because the Jiangxi Pure Land is too evil, even Father kept his distance. So in the end, Father decided to cooperate with the Jiangdong Dao Court. The Dao Court allows us to return to the inland as totems guarding the nation and regain control of the Jiangdong waters, but we must give up the fated status of being the noble scions of heaven and earth..."
Soon, Lu Yang understood the cause and effect.
In short, the Tianwu Imperial Family of the Dao Court had always coveted the True Dragon clan's status as noble scions of heaven and earth—the fate of reaching Foundation Establishment upon adulthood—and wanted to claim it for themselves.
So they wanted to recruit the True Dragon clan.
To this end, the conditions proposed by the Dao Court were quite generous: being totems guarding the nation, resting alongside the nation, and even granting a certain degree of autonomy.
The two sides had even reached a preliminary cooperation.
As early as a hundred years ago, the Dragon Lord secretly sent a batch of young dragons to the Dao Court to manage water areas separately. It was considered an experiment, and the result was that both sides were very satisfied.
Its a pity that plans couldn't keep up with changes.
Originally, there would have been further cooperation, but due to the appearance of Martial Uncle Chong Guang, the world's Perfected Lords went into seclusion, so this cooperation naturally came to nothing...
Lu Yang memorized this potentially useful intelligence in his heart while using his Divine Ability to conceal their figures. Then, letting Tian Qiu lead him and Suo Huan, the three drove straight in, walking unimpeded to the deepest part of the Dragon Palace. Finally, they stopped in front of a palace hall shaped like a coiled dragon.
Dragon Palace Treasury!
The entire palace hall looked like a coiled dragon, and the main gate was a dragon head with tightly closed eyes. Its silent posture exuded a wordless oppression.
"This place was also set up by Father."
Tian Qiu whispered: "Before this, even within the entire True Dragon clan, only I could enter because my bloodline is the best; I am Father's second son."
"It's just that now..."
Speaking of this, Tian Qiu couldn't help but look troubled.
To retain the state of being alive, a living person had to enter the banner voluntarily. Since he was killed by Lu Yang before entering the banner, it was naturally impossible to retain his bloodline.
"its alright."
Lu Yang smiled easily upon hearing this. He was also a True Dragon now. With the talent given by [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], his bloodline would absolutely not be inferior to Tian Qiu's.
With this thought, he took the initiative to stand in front of the Dragon Palace Treasury's gate.
The next second, the dragon head gate trembled suddenly. Then, the tightly closed eyes opened abruptly, casting a beam of brilliant light onto Lu Yang.
Immediately after, the dragon head gate moved.
Accompanied by a heavy muffled sound, the dragon head slowly opened its bloody maw, revealing the scene within—impressively a piercing treasure light!
"Hiss!"
In an instant, Lu Yang and Suo Huan, one after the other, with quick eyes and hands, skillfully covered up all the treasure light, letting none of it escape outside.
Mine, it's all mine!
At this moment, Lu Yang had only one thought in his heart:
Move it away! Move it all away!
The True Dragon clan has always respected bloodline above all. Now that the Dragon Lord is in seclusion and Tian Qiu is dead, in terms of bloodline, I should be the orthodox heir of the Dragon Lord!