Chapter 294: Accepting the Marriage with Long Xuan, Refining the Horned Dragon's Legacy Treasures

Look at how beautifully Fang Longye puts it. Clearly, he is afraid of offending Yang Jian and losing his own life, yet he claims he is afraid of causing trouble for Yinglong Laozu~

"Hmph!" Upon hearing Fang Longye's words, Yinglong Laozu's expression sank again, and she said with dissatisfaction: "Little brat, do not push your luck!"

"Still retreating? According to what you say, does my little Xuan'er have to enter your house as a concubine?"

If Yinglong Laozu was only feigning anger before, then she was truly a bit angry now.

Originally, the fact that Long Xuan went from being a proper wife to being an "Ehuang" or "Nvying" already made Yinglong Laozu wish she could toss this philandering scoundrel back into the furnace to be remade.

And now he was talking about taking another step back.

Bringing up the very thing one shouldn't, how could Yinglong Laozu not be angry? Fang Longye gave a sheepish smile and repeatedly said he dared not.

"Rest assured~" Yinglong Laozu restrained her anger and said peacefully: "I am clear about the things you worry about. You can rest assured, absolutely no one will come to take revenge on you."

Fang Longye curled his lip in secret; you say there won't be revenge, so there won't be? You make it sound as if you were that three-eyed fellow's mother.

It seemed she had seen through his thoughts.

Yinglong Laozu shook her head and smiled: "Like this~ since you want to emulate Ehuang and Nvying, how about I set aside this old face and propose this marriage to that Erlang Shen for you?"

It seems Yinglong Laozu is quite clear about my past movements!

However—

What do you mean I want to emulate Ehuang and Nvying?

Fang Longye complained incessantly.

He had finally realized that these big shots who have lived for so long are truly more shameless than the last.

But come to think of it, Yinglong Laozu's proposal is actually quite good.

With her as an elder going to propose, he would not have to fear the obstruction of Yang Jian, that sister-obsessed man.

"Then, Laozu, this junior would like to ask one thing," Fang Longye glanced at Long Xuan and said: "Who is to be Ehuang, and who is to be Nvying?"

It is said that Ehuang and Nvying are both proper wives, with no distinction between major and minor. But why is it called Ehuang and Nvying, and not Nvying and Ehuang? It is evident that there is still a distinction in rank.

Just like the Eastern Palace Empress is clearly of a slightly higher rank than the Western Palace Empress.

But as soon as these words left his mouth, before Yinglong Laozu and Long Xuan could react, the Qiantang Longjun standing to the side immediately flared up.

If not for the Dongting Dragon Lord pulling him back tightly, Fang Longye's face would likely have been blooming with peach blossoms already.

Feeling the rage of Qiantang Longjun and the emotions of the Dongting Dragon Lord, which were like a volcano building up, Fang Longye's hair stood on end.

He also knew that saying this would definitely offend people; after all, the other party had already retreated so much on the surface. But if he didn't ask clearly, he wouldn't be at ease in his heart!

Although he guessed it was highly likely that Long Xuan should be "Nvying."

But what if Yinglong Laozu was too proud and insisted on competing for the rank?

Wouldn't Yang Jian skin him alive? And he still expected them to marry their sister to him?

"This~" Yinglong Laozu pondered for a moment, while in her heart she had already cursed Fang Longye to a pulp.

How did she not notice before that this kid was missing a screw in his head? He was quite clever before~ how is he acting like a fool now? Fang Longye's brain had also gone haywire for a moment. He hadn't considered at all how Yinglong Laozu could answer this—to directly forgo the "Ehuang" position and confirm he only wanted the "Nvying" position? That would mean the other party would have no face left!

The bystander sees more than the player.

Seeing Yinglong Laozu stumped by Fang Longye, Long Xuan, who had been silent, spoke up: "Laozu, I have heard that the Three Holy Mothers are female immortals who descended to the world during the near-ancient period; even just in terms of age, I should call her elder sister~"

"To be sisters with the Three Holy Mothers is Xuan'er's good fortune. Who is Ehuang and who is Nvying, what does that matter?"

She certainly knows how to play the part.

As she spoke, she deliberately filled her eyes with tears, perfectly portraying the image of a forbearing woman considering her husband.

This caused Yinglong Laozu a wave of heartache.

"Xuan'er is still the most understanding~"

Yinglong Laozu stroked her back with one hand while raising her eyes to glare fiercely at Fang Longye.

Sensing the deep meaning in her eyes, Fang Longye naturally stood up and thanked her insincerely: "Many thanks to Laozu for bestowing this marriage upon this junior~"

This expression of gratitude was equivalent to agreeing to the arrangement Yinglong Laozu had made for him.

This immediately made Yinglong Laozu beam with joy, her voice like the warmth of the early sun, flowers blooming on every branch, as she said: "As long as you remember my painstaking efforts~"

She smoothed her hair with her hand, looked at Fang Longye, and said gently: "Do not blame me for interfering in your future; you carry the hopes of my Dragon Clan, and this palace cannot help but consider things more carefully~"

What else could Fang Longye say?

Naturally, he nodded in agreement.

"Right!" Yinglong Laozu seemed to have remembered something and said: "What about that set of armor you just received? Take it out; while we have time, I will help you refine them. Then you can put them on and let me see."

Fang Longye did not know why Yinglong Laozu had taken such an interest, but since someone was helping him refine Spirit Treasures, he naturally would not refuse.

He immediately took out the few Supreme Spiritual Treasures he had just received.

The Gold-Thread Eight-Treasure Sky-Piercing Crown, the Horned Dragon Four-Image Universe Armor, the Sun and Moon Radiance Washing Vault Robe, plus a pair of Cloud-Ascending Escape Lotus Silk Boots.

From head to toe, everything was complete.

Each piece was a Supreme Spiritual Treasure with forty-five layers of divine prohibitions perfected~ in an instant, the treasure light was misty and shimmering, reflecting off one another, filling the entire palace.

"Gold-Thread Eight-Treasure Sky-Piercing Crown, Horned Dragon Four-Image Universe Armor, Sun and Moon Radiance Washing Vault Robe, Cloud-Ascending Escape Lotus Silk Boots?"

Qiantang Longjun let out a cry of surprise, and the look he cast at Fang Longye was filled only with envy, jealousy, and hatred~ "Mother God, aren't you being too biased? This brat hasn't done a single thing, and the moment you meet, you hand out four Supreme Spiritual Treasures?"

Qiantang Longjun became indignant.

"And this set of armor, I have been coveting it for a long time, and you wouldn't even let me touch it~ yet today you just gave it to him like this?"

He originally didn't care about his mother giving away treasures. It was just a greeting gift from an elder to a junior, which was not worth mentioning to him.

At most, the greeting gift for this brat would be a bit better than for other juniors.

But he hadn't expected it to be so much better.

This set of armor belonged to the Horned Dragon Great God, who was once as famous as his mother, and it was a set of battle armor meticulously refined by him.

Later, the Horned Dragon fell, and this set of battle armor fell into his mother's hands; he had been coveting it for a long time.

What right or merit does this mixed-blood brat have?

Fang Longye felt the burning gaze of Qiantang Longjun and his heart tightened.

This was because, during the banquet earlier, that group of Dragon Princes and grandsons had all revealed the treasures they had received.

Holding them in their hands, they vied with one another in showing them off.

He, however, remained unmoved, and the reason he had quickly put them away was that the divine light enveloping the treasures had not yet dissipated.

Four Supreme Spiritual Treasures, all at the perfection level—even if they were not Innate, they were far too eye-catching.

No, "eye-catching" was an understatement.

Just looking at the expression and reaction of Qiantang Longjun, he could imagine how much jealousy and hatred he would have invited from others had he revealed these spiritual treasures back then.

The Dragon Clan bloodline possessed a trait of greed; every one of them was a person who valued wealth as much as their own life.

Fang Longye did not want to be targeted by others.

Hearing the indignation of Qiantang Longjun, Yinglong Laozu struck his head with a Jade Ruyi, causing him to cry out in pain.

"You lazy wretch, how dare you say others haven't done anything? Even if they had no merit and committed no faults, that is still better than you causing trouble and making a scene all day long without a shred of decency!"

Yinglong Laozu brandished the Jade Ruyi and scolded him with a laugh.

"Mother Goddess, you are going too far! I, too, have shed blood and suffered wounds for the Dragon Clan."

"Not to mention the distant past, let's just look at the present."

"For the sake of the deal between you and the Jade Emperor, I am here in this Dongting Dragon Palace, forced to be a prisoner for hundreds or thousands of years for no reason!"

Qiantang Longjun began to voice his grievances.

"Pah!"

Yinglong Laozu turned the Jade Ruyi in her hand slightly, and a wondrous sound rang out as she struck Qiantang Longjun on the head again, raising a bright red bump.

"You brat, you're asking for a beating!"

"If it weren't for the fact that among all your brothers, you are the most capable of causing trouble, would such a good thing fall upon you?"

Yinglong Laozu scolded him in a delicate voice.

"Furthermore, you only need to put on a show of facing the wall and repenting for a few hundred years to obtain that pile of benefits; how dare you say I, your ancestor, am biased?"

"If you think I am biased, give back that Innate Spiritual Treasure, the God-Binding Lock, in your hand." Upon hearing this, Qiantang Longjun immediately assumed a posture of hugging himself, looking extremely vigilant, before realizing that this was useless against his own Mother Goddess.

Only then did he give a sheepish smile and return to normal.

He was just about to say something.

But he saw Yinglong Laozu beckon, and the chain in her hand shone with great brilliance, emitting Innate divine might; with a series of twists and knots, it bound him tightly.

"Mother Goddess, this child was wrong! Please stop joking with me!"

Yinglong Laozu laughed softly: "Who is joking with you! Just stay like this and reflect properly."

"Big Brother, save me! Quickly help me plead with Mother Goddess!" Seeing that begging for mercy was useless, Qiantang Longjun looked toward Dongting Dragon Lord and called out.

But he saw that Dongting Dragon Lord remained unmoved, acting as if he had heard nothing.

He was as clear as a Mirror in his heart; his Mother Goddess had always liked to tease Qiantang, and every time they met, she had to find an excuse to torment him a little.

It was not that she was truly angry with him.

Why should he bother?

On Fang Longye's side, his heart stirred.

Looking at the Golden Lock wrapped around Qiantang Longjun, he had a sudden realization.

Wasn't this the Golden Lock that had locked Qiantang Longjun to the jade pillar? He hadn't noticed before, but it was actually an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Long Xuan covered her mouth and laughed: "Uncle, I was wondering why you never let the lock leave your body! I hadn't noticed that this Golden Lock was actually an Innate Spiritual Treasure?"

"This must be one of the benefits the Jade Emperor promised you, right? The Jade Emperor is quite interesting; he used a punishment to send the benefits to you."

After some clamor, Yinglong Laozu left Qiantang Longjun aside, returned to the main topic, and told Fang Longye to get ready.

Subsequently, she pointed a slender, jade-like finger, which landed on the spiritual treasures Fang Longye had brought out.

A mournful cry was heard.

These four Supreme Spiritual Treasures, which had originally exuded an ancient, grand, and awe-inspiring aura, had their Restrictions wide open, looking like a young girl who had been stripped bare.

Left to be kneaded and molded by others.

Seeing this, Fang Longye could not spare the time to be surprised and hurriedly refined them with his heart.

His essence, energy, and spirit merged with the opened Restrictions like water and milk, and in the end, he actually refined these four Supreme Post-Heaven Spiritual Treasures with ease.

A feeling of being able to command them like his own arms surged into his heart.

"Come!"

Fang Longye could not help but let out a loud shout.

The 'Golden Silk Eight-Treasure Heaven-Piercing Crown' landed on his head of its own accord, and the 'Horned Dragon Four-Image Universe Armor' replaced the armor he had originally been wearing.

On his feet were the 'Cloud-Ascending Escape Lotus Silk Boots', with divine winds swirling around them, following him and emitting an incredible sound.

The 'Sun and Moon Radiance Washing Vault Robe' draped behind him like a cloak, rustling like a gale.

"Good, good, good!"

Yinglong Laozu watched, nodding in praise incessantly, causing the ornaments on her hairpin to jingle.

"This is the kind of fine lad my Dragon Clan should have!"

One could see that his armor, cloak, and boots were all of the same style, with silver-white as the base and golden silk forming the patterns all over his body.

His entire person was as elegant as jade, heroic and extraordinary, holding a divine spear in his hand, radiating awe-inspiring power.

"Hmph! Casting pearls before swine~"

Qiantang Longjun, who was tied up like a dumpling on the side, curled his lips and muttered.

It was not out of jealousy, either.

Although he was hot-tempered by nature, he was, after all, a Taiyi Golden Immortal only one step away from the Daluo realm; he still possessed the discernment he ought to have.

This new favorite of the Mother Goddess was indeed no mere showy ornament, but he truly did not suit the nature of this set of armor.

He could tell that although Fang Longye practiced both Dharma and body, and had even polished his physical shell to an unimaginable degree within the Golden Immortal Realm.

He did not fundamentally follow the path of close-quarters combat. Although he was also skilled at it, it was a state of having no shortcomings.

It did not mean he was truly keen on close-quarters combat.

In essence, he lacked the iron-bloodedness that someone walking the path of close-quarters combat should have.

However, who could blame him when the Old Ancestor doted on him? Thinking of this, Qiantang Longjun wanted to cry; who could have imagined that once this brat arrived, he would fall out of favor!

Long Xuan, sitting upright before Yinglong Laozu, also felt a flash of brilliance in her eyes.

Clothes make the man, and a saddle makes the horse.

Unexpectedly, set off by this armor, this guy had lost his usual roguish and dissolute air, and actually looked quite pleasing to the eye.

Fang Longye maintained a solemn expression, keeping a straight face and appearing awe-inspiring, while inwardly he was checking himself with his divine sense, feeling quite pleased with his own appearance.

"I feel like I've become a few degrees more handsome again~"

"Sigh! How distressing~"

"If those young ladies among the immortals, demons, spirits, and monsters saw this, wouldn't they be absolutely infatuated with me!"

Just as he was feeling pleased with himself,

he suddenly felt a stinging pain all over his body; it was this set of armor, including the cloak tied around his neck, that had sprouted barbs, piercing into his flesh and blood.

They began to suck his blood in a continuous stream.

Damn! While he was bewildered, a strand of information emerged from this armor and landed in his heart, and he understood instantly.

So that's how it is~

At the same time, the words of Yinglong Laozu also reached his ears: "Do not panic. These four Spirit Treasures come from the Jiaolong of the past; they are the armor equipment that the Jiaolong forged for himself."

"They can be said to be born as one."

"There is an inexplicable connection between them; combined, the four are enough to rival a top-tier defensive Spirit Treasure with forty-eight divine prohibitions."

"It is just that for you, a latecomer, to make them achieve this, it is not enough to simply fully refine the divine prohibitions within."

Fang Longye nodded to indicate he understood.

To put it plainly, these four Spirit Treasures were actually equivalent to a set in the games of his past life! When a whole set of equipment is combined, it can add defense points.

It was just that this set of armor was forged by the Jiaolong of the past for himself, and it was filled with the Jiaolong's imprint.

To fully control this armor set, it was not enough to just refine the divine prohibitions. The legacy treasures had spirits; one also had to obtain the recognition of the legacy treasures.

And what kind of existence was the Jiaolong?

Just as Yinglong was not only an end point for the evolution of the current Dragon Clan, but also the divine name of Yinglong Laozu.

The Jiaolong was the same.

The original Jiaolong was not a grade name in the ordinary evolution route of the Dragon Clan, but a Daluo Dragon God among the Dragon Clan.

Back then, he had even been mentioned in the same breath as Yinglong Laozu. In fact, in the classics he had read, the evaluation of Him was even above that of Yinglong Laozu.

It was just that this Dragon God had already fallen in the Middle Ages, so his fame naturally could not compare to Yinglong Laozu, who had lived to the present world.

Even now, the name Jiaolong had been categorized by Yinglong Laozu as a grade name in the Dragon Clan's Bloodline evolution route.

However, this did not mean that this Dragon God was a weakling among the Daluo.

On the contrary, the Daluo Dragon God Jiaolong had only fallen after killing a Great Divine Ability user, which was equivalent to perishing together with a higher-level being.

Even if that Great Divine Ability user had only just stepped into that realm and was not considered strong among the ranks of Great Divine Ability users.

It was enough to show how formidable this Great God Jiaolong was back then.

Therefore, even if it required obtaining the recognition of this armor equipment to truly control it.

Fang Longye had no impatience at all.

On the contrary, he was even more delighted.

After all, the greater the difficulty, the greater the reward. (End of this chapter)