Chapter 336: Dragon Spits Mist

Great King immediately contacted Zhu Ti, asking her to coordinate sending someone to Youzhou dock to meet him; Great King wanted to land at Youzhou.

Zhu Ti nodded, not taking it seriously, "Send Xiao Zao and the personal guard's mounts over, okay?"

Great King shook his head, "I want a convoy, I want an honor guard!"

Chief Steward was surprised; Great King was very pleased, "By the way, pick up my Grand Censor too! He hasn't taken office yet; I want to show my sincerity."

Chief Steward nodded, understood.

Managed to trick Xie Yuan.

On the return trip, the headwind reduced speed, giving Chief Steward time to operate.

Waiting for the Canglang Hao to dock at Youzhou pier, an even more impressive honor guard than when Great King went was already in place.

The Canglang Hao's gangway directly connected to the Youzhou pier; Great King had Xie Yuan go first off the ship, insisting on pulling his mister along to disembark together.

Xie Yuan naturally couldn't walk with him, so he shifted his position, ending up alongside Xiong...

Xiong was very wary of him, "That's my spot!"

How dare you be so close!

So Wei·Ni climbed faster and faster, pressing hard against Great King's back, almost knocking him down the stairs...

Great King was used to it; he steadied himself strongly and continued walking as if nothing happened.

Xie Yuan:...

This guy really can achieve great things.

After them come Bai Ze, Ling Yin, Chang Li, then the Wei brothers, Great King's personal guard, and the people from the Northern Border Academy.

Seeing the dock's display, Lu Xin and his senior brother exchanged a glance behind them and took a deep breath together.

The dock was crowded, yet unusually silent.

Great King waited at the dock in full ceremonial attire; the troops that came with the convoy were fully armored Eagle Riders.

A large squad of black-armored men led black horses, standing stiff in the wind; truly, aside from the wind sound, there was no noise at all—not even a sound from those horses! Lu Xin struggled to keep his expression, unconsciously holding his breath, his whole body unable to breathe smoothly! Just say how stressful this formation is!

Compared to that, the outfit they set out from Youzhou in that day was down-to-earth.

As soon as Great King stepped onto the dock and hadn't even steadied himself, the cavalry dropped to one knee in salute.

Holding their straight swords, the movements were neat and uniform, even the angle of their lowered heads was the same. Great King marveled for the ten-thousandth time, a review of the troops is truly a great invention!

Great King looked at the people, then at the vehicles and horses, and was extremely satisfied with the Chief Steward's ability to get things done.

Zhu Ti always could precisely grasp his meaning.

Having seen our impressive display, Xie Yuan will from now on, wherever he goes and whoever he sees, think it's just a ragtag troupe!

Just as he was admiring, he heard the breathing of the soldiers standing nearby become irregular; Great King followed their gaze backward—it must be his 'dragon' about to appear.

"I just said, I always feel the dock is missing something!"

Usually, when the sea beside Youzhou's shore suddenly surges violently, the Youzhou locals know what's coming.

Next, as if a long whale cry came from ancient times, it successfully drew everyone's gaze toward the sea.

After a series of splashing sounds, the clam beast raised its massive body, a zhang-long body slowly emerging from the water, its pair of green vertical pupils staring straight at Great King.

You finally showed up!

You thinking of abandoning me, huh?!

It didn't come over, but his sperm whale friend became even more enthusiastic; this guy rushed straight to the shore, lifting his head bigger than a boat, and let out another long cry.

You've finally come back; we went out looking for you all around!

"Mister, please wait a moment!"

Great King happily ran to the shore, stretching out his arms to touch the sperm whale's big head.

"Long time no see! I've missed you so much~"

The sperm whale shoved its head hard into Great King's hand, as long as you don't abandon me, as long as you return, that's fine!

It happily let out a sharp cry; the personal guard that followed Great King over almost all covered their ears, except Great King was unaffected.

He petted and petted, unable to let go, "You look great too—not skinny, no new barnacles, still just as cute!"

The two were chatting back and forth; his older cousin, who had just seen a dragon and a whale for the first time, was about to faint, "Old Two, am I just seasick or what is this?"

Wei Shen followed his brother's widened eyes over, "Oh, you saw it? Look carefully at that thing standing in the sea—doesn't it look especially like the dragon in the books?"

Wei Ke nodded honestly: "It also spat mist. The color is off—blue-green, not gold or black."

Wei Shen gave his brother a thumbs-up: "You're still the impressive one; when I first saw it, I wasn't as calm as you."

Wei Ke exhaled: "Turns out it wasn't an illusion."

Wei Shen: "Hahaha, look at those commoners still kneeling..."

Wei Ke looked over and discovered that, besides them, the commoners blocked by the soldiers in the distance were still kneeling honestly on the ground.

"Your Highness..." He might really not be an ordinary person.

Long time no see, Great King had to shed a bit of blood; after playing enough, he rummaged and produced two medium-grade beast-feeding pills.

He threw it to the sperm whale; the guy excitedly opened his huge abyssal mouth to catch it, his tail vigorously slapping the sea surface, kicking up a huge wave.

Actually, Great King doubted it could even taste anything; that pill is tiny.

That clam's pill—Great King made a throwing motion, constantly staring at his clam beast, not bothering to keep his aloof demeanor; he flicked his tail and darted over, then brought its ever‑raised big head close; when Great King really threw the pill, it quickly opened its mouth to catch it beautifully, swallowed it, and excitedly sprayed a big mist at Great King, drawing another gasp from the shore…

Today we scored!

Saw the dragon spit mist up close!