Chapter 115: Ao Cheng

Something is up.

This old man most likely knows that old grandmother.

"Senior, do you know the old grandmother?" Zhang Xingyu asked weakly.

The old man nodded: "I am her nephew."

The old man fell into his memories.

The old man said his name was Ao Cheng. When he was young, he loved pestering his aunt to make him all kinds of toys.

Later, his aunt married far away into the God Domain, so he saw her less. Still later, his aunt brought his cousin back to her maiden home to visit, and he saw her again. Still later, he heard that his grandfather had executed his cousin, and his aunt went to Thunder Light Island, refusing to see anyone ever again.

He went to Thunder Light Island several times later to beg, but his aunt refused to see him.

After hearing the old man's story, Zhang Xingyu felt a deep sympathy for the grandmother.

This time, he must find a way to find the body of the grandmother's son and bring it back so she could see him one last time.

"Senior Ao, do you know where your cousin's remains are?" Zhang Xingyu asked.

The old man nodded and said softly: "Follow me."

The old man led Zhang Xingyu to a spot under a rock at the foot of the mountain.

A cave was dug into the rock, and inside the cave sat a transparent white crystal coffin.

Inside the coffin lay a skeleton that shimmered with golden light.

This skeleton was not large; the deceased must have been a child of five or six years old when he was alive.

"Cousin, I've come to see you," the old man whispered to the skeleton.

"Aunt sent someone to bring you back so she can see you one last time. You should go with him."

As the old man spoke, he took out a ring and placed the skeleton inside it.

He handed the ring to Zhang Xingyu and instructed softly: "Be careful, don't lose it."

Zhang Xingyu nodded and carefully put the ring away.

Leaving the cave, Zhang Xingyu followed the old man back to the foot of the small mountain.

"Senior, I would like to go up the mountain to take a look and visit the God Palace," Zhang Xingyu said to the old man.

The old man shook his head and refused softly.

"No. The Sea God Palace is where our Sea Clan's ancestors are buried; non-Sea Clan members are not allowed to enter," the old man said.

Tch, you are the Dragon Clan, how did you become the Sea Clan again?

I've heard the little white dragon speak, and he always calls himself the Dragon Clan, never the Sea Clan. In his bones, he has never considered other Sea Clan members his own kind.

"Senior, please make an exception. My reverence for the Sea God Senior is like the surging seawater, boundless and endless," Zhang Xingyu pleaded.

The old man still shook his head firmly: "If you want to enter the Sea God Palace, you must obtain my father the King's approval. Unless you can produce my father's written order, you cannot go up the mountain no matter what."

Stubborn.

Zhang Xingyu cursed inwardly.

Forget it, if I can't go, I won't go.

It's just the Sea God; it's not like I haven't seen one in movies.

Now that I have the grandmother's son's remains, the mission is basically complete.

However, how to get out is a problem.

These Sea Ruins are unfathomable.

With his strength at the early stage of Qi Refining and his thumb-sized body, getting out is harder than ascending to heaven.

While he was pondering, the old man grabbed him and placed him gently on the rock.

"Kid, sit down and keep me company for a while. It's been three thousand years, and I haven't spoken a word to anyone; it's suffocating me," the old man said to Zhang Xingyu.

"Chat about what?" Zhang Xingyu asked.

"Just chat about anything. For example, what is the situation outside now? For example, how did you get here?" The old man looked expectant.

Looking at him, it was like an old bachelor seeing a beautiful girl.

Zhang Xingyu felt a chill in his heart.

But he was a kind-hearted youth and felt very sympathetic to the old man's situation.

Think about it, this old man has stayed alone in this godforsaken place for three thousand years.

This is like being locked in a dark room for three thousand years.

No one to communicate with, only able to talk to himself.

If he were a mortal, he might have developed schizophrenia long ago.

Fortunately, he is a dragon, an old dragon who can cultivate, which allowed him to kill some time and reduce some loneliness.

Forget it, consider it a good deed.

Although chatting with an old man is ten thousand times more uncomfortable than chatting with a beauty.

Thus, Zhang Xingyu began to brag incessantly.

"Senior Ao Cheng, right now, the ruler of the Xuantiandalu is the Immortal King, and the ruler of the sea is your Dragon King. It seems that in the west, there are other Demon Clans. I don't know the specifics. I am also a rookie who has only stepped into the Cultivation Realm for less than a year, so I don't know the major events of the Cultivation Realm. As for how I came here, that's a long story..."

Telling the story took Zhang Xingyu an entire day.

It wasn't that Zhang Xingyu was talkative, nor that he was long-winded.

Every time he told a story, the old man would ask again and again.

For example, how many students are in the Nanhua Immortal Academy, how long are the legs of the Fire Spirit Dancer, how much saliva did the Snake Demon drool, how many dragon scales are on the little white dragon's body.

"Senior, my story is finished. I should go back. Can you send me out?" Zhang Xingyu asked.

Hearing Zhang Xingyu say this, the old man hurriedly stopped him: "Don't go yet. I'm old, and my memory is bad. I've forgotten many of the things you said. How about you say it again?"

Zhang Xingyu was speechless.

"Senior Ao Cheng, right now, the ruler of the Xuantiandalu is the Immortal King, and the ruler of the sea is your Dragon King. It seems..."

Zhang Xingyu, with a dry mouth and tongue, told it again, which took another entire day.

Zhang Xingyu proposed to leave again, only to be stopped by the old man once more.

"Young man, don't be in such a hurry to leave. I'm old, and my memory is bad. I've forgotten many of the things you said. How about you say it again?" The old man said again, his lines exactly the same as yesterday.

Zhang Xingyu fainted.

He rubbed his nose and said to the old man: "Senior Ao Cheng, it's boring to always listen to me. Why don't you tell me your story too?"

"Good."

Hearing Zhang Xingyu say this, the old man immediately became spirited.

Having someone willing to listen to his stories was the best thing ever.

The old man thought to himself, I have lived for over one hundred thousand years, and the things I have experienced are like the stars in the sky, too many to count.

Thus, the old man began to tell his story.

"I was born in the Blue Crystal Palace, my father is the Dragon King, and I am the third eldest. When I was young..."

The old man's story lasted for three days and three nights, and after listening to it, Zhang Xingyu fell to the ground and slept for three days and three nights.

When Zhang Xingyu woke up again, the old man grabbed his arm and said: "Zhang Xingyu, come, let me tell you my story again."

Zhang Xingyu fainted directly.

After a while, he woke up leisurely.

"Senior, the world outside is very exciting. Why would you rather stay here alone for three thousand years than go out?" Zhang Xingyu asked.

"Uh. It's not that I don't want to go out. It's just that I, the old dragon, am not ready to advance to the fifteenth rank. The fifteenth rank is equivalent to your human Mahayana stage. The Heavenly Tribulation during advancement is incredibly fierce. Here in the Sea Ruins, with the help of the Sea God Palace's power, the Heavenly Tribulation cannot find me. If I go out, the Heavenly Tribulation will descend, and I will be blasted until not even a scrap is left." The old man's face turned red, feeling very ashamed when saying this.

Admitting that he wasn't good enough in front of a junior was truly a very embarrassing thing.

"Senior, do you plan to hide in these Sea Ruins for the rest of your life?" Zhang Xingyu stared into the old man's eyes and asked.

The old man's eyes dodged: "I don't want to either. But I will die if I go out, I..." ===== CHAPTER 116 =====