Chapter 379: I Am the Rightful Heir of the Long Gong!

Overseas, the Four Seas Gate.

With the fall of Tian Qiu, the location of the Eastern Island Long Gong is now in utter chaos; the demonic qi surging toward the heavens threatens to completely drown the entire Long Gong.

Suo Huan's previous encounter was by no means an isolated incident.

Over these years, the overseas region has suffered under the Long Gong long enough; the True Dragon clan, in their quest to gather resources, has practically stripped the overseas lands bare, leaving nothing usable untouched.

It was only because the Long Gong had Tian Qiu, a True Dragon at the peak of Foundation Establishment, suppressing the area that it remained as stable as Mount Taishan.

But now, Tian Qiu is dead.

Then do not blame everyone for turning hostile; besides, the True Dragon clan's wealth is known to all. Who wouldn't want to fish in troubled waters and seize the opportunity to plunder heavily?

At worst, we plunder and then head inland.

The law does not punish the masses.

Everyone harbors a thought of luck in their hearts: I will only take a little; after the Dragon Lord returns, he might not even care; perhaps hiding inland will keep us safe.

Spiritual treasures, Daoist arts, supernatural powers.

They crashed down upon the Long Gong like a tide, only for a great formation shooting up to the clouds to completely dissipate them, turning them into nothingness in an instant.

At the same time, figures within the Long Gong flew out riding on evasion lights, manifesting their true forms; among them were shrimp soldiers and crab generals, as well as True Dragon bloodline descendants, and even one or two old dragons at the late stage of Foundation Establishment who were now commanding the great formation, quickly stabilizing the situation to prevent a total collapse.

"Who dares to invade my Long Gong!?"

"Seeking death! Do you not fear the Dragon Lord's return and a reckoning for each of you?"

"Hold the formation!"

In an instant, the entire Long Gong descended into chaos, while the other three factions of the Four Seas Gate closed their mountain gates tightly, clearly choosing to turn a blind eye.

"That is the Long Gong's great formation."

Lu Yang watched from afar, his face showing apprehension; after all, this was a faction with a True Lord presiding over it, and with a great formation standing here, no one could possibly attack inside.

Lu Yang naturally would not join this great chaos openly; instead, he took the "secret passage" Suo Huan mentioned, which was located on a remote island about ten thousand meters away from the Long Gong. Inside the island stood a specially established teleportation array that could enter the Long Gong's interior directly through a back door.

"Long Gong would allow such a secret passage?"

Facing Lu Yang's confusion, Suo Huan smiled calmly: "Senior is unaware; this secret passage was originally for internal members of the Long Gong to use for private departures."

"Private departures?" Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Indeed."

Suo Huan explained: "I am not clear on the specific details, but I accidentally discovered that this place is where the Long Gong and the Dao Court conduct secret transactions."

Transactions with the Dao Court?

Hearing this, Lu Yang stroked his chin; he did not worry about Suo Huan deceiving him, for once entered the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, it would be impossible to deceive him without his noticing.

Soon, as Lu Yang and Suo Huan walked into the array, a visible pattern of formation light spread out; as Lu Yang watched, the scene before him shifted, and in the blink of an eye, they had arrived inside a remote palace, while outside the hall, the faint sound of dense shouting and killing could be heard.

"We really got in!"

Lu Yang grew even more surprised; such a secret passage could bypass the Long Gong's mountain-protecting formation and enter the Long Gong, indicating its level of secrecy must be extremely high.

Otherwise, with the Long Gong in chaos now and the inside and outside cut off, a secret passage like this should have been severed by the True Dragon clan long ago.

Since it was not severed, it could only prove that this secret passage was known to very few, perhaps known only to the Dragon Lord and Tian Qiu, who was the Crown Prince.

With this thought, Lu Yang immediately extended his hand and beckoned.

The next second, a handsome young man with prominent horns appeared beside Lu Yang; it was none other than Tian Qiu, who the masses outside believed had perished!

After all, he was a True Dragon at the peak of Foundation Establishment.

And with the frugal and thrifty style Lu Yang had cultivated in the Holy Sect, he naturally believed in making full use of all things and utilizing every person's talents; how could he possibly let him go to reincarnation like that?

He should be refined into a Banner Spirit; this could be considered bestowing upon him a fate. "What place is this?"

"A secret hall established by my father," the Banner Spirit Tian Qiu explained honestly: "Normally, I was stationed here, responsible for negotiating with the Jiangdong Dao Court."

"Negotiating what?"

"Negotiating the matter of the True Dragons joining the Dao Court."

Tian Qiu immediately spoke out a shocking great secret: "My father always wanted to return to the mainland; for this reason, he had contacted both the Jiangxi Pure Land and the Jiangdong Dao Court."

"However, because the Jiangxi Pure Land was too sinister, even my father avoided speaking of it; thus, my father finally decided to cooperate with the Jiangdong Dao Court. The Dao Court allowed us to return to the mainland as a national totem, regaining control of the Jiangdong waters, but we had to give up our status as the noble destiny 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 the noble destiny of heaven and earth, where they reached Foundation Establishment upon adulthood, and wanted to claim it for themselves.

Thus, they wanted to recruit the True Dragon clan.

For this, the conditions proposed by the Dao Court were quite generous: a national totem, sharing the nation's fate, and even granting a certain degree of autonomy.

Both 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 the waters, which was a trial; the result satisfied both sides.'

Unfortunately, plans could not keep up with changes.

'Further cooperation was originally planned, but due to the appearance of Master Chongguang, all True Lords in the world went into seclusion, so this cooperation naturally came to nothing.'

Lu Yang, while committing this potentially useful intelligence to memory, used a supernatural power to conceal his form, then had Tian Qiu lead himself and Suo Huan straight through without obstruction into the deepest part of the Long Gong, finally stopping before a palace building shaped like a coiled dragon.

'Long Gong Treasury!'

The entire palace building resembled a coiled True Dragon, with the main gate being a dragon head with tightly closed eyes, its calm demeanor exuding a silent pressure.

"This place was also established by my father."

Tian Qiu spoke in a low voice: "Before this, even within the entire True Dragon clan, only I could enter, because my bloodline was the best; I was my father's second son."

"But now..."

Speaking to this point, Tian Qiu could not help but show a look of difficulty.

To retain the state of life, only a living person voluntarily entering the banner could do so; since he was killed by Lu Yang and entered the banner, he naturally could no longer retain his bloodline.

"It matters not."

Hearing this, Lu Yang smiled lightly; he was now a True Dragon as well, and the talent granted by the 【Hundred Lives Book】 meant that in terms of bloodline, he surely would not be inferior to Tian Qiu.

At this thought, he stepped forward to stand before the entrance of the Long Gong Treasury.

The next second, the dragon-head gate shuddered suddenly; then its tightly shut eyes snapped open, casting a beam of brilliant light onto Lu Yang.

Immediately after, the dragon-head gate moved.

Accompanied by a heavy, muffled boom, the dragon head slowly opened its blood-filled maw, revealing the scene within: a dazzling, piercing radiance of treasure!

"Hiss!"

In an instant, Lu Yang and Suo Huan, one after the other, with quick eyes and swift hands, expertly covered all the treasure radiance, letting not a single wisp escape outside.

'Mine, all mine!'

In this moment, Lu Yang had only one thought in his heart:

Move it! Move it all!

'The True Dragon Clan has always revered bloodline above all. Now that the Dragon Lord lives in seclusion and Tian Qiu is dead, in terms of bloodline, I should be the legitimate heir to the Dragon Lord!'

(End of this chapter)