Chapter 311: The Departure and Staying of the Little Immortal

"That's right, King. You are the hope of our future. Besides, all our past kings have been five-clawed golden dragons; this is a matter beyond reproach."

Ao Yuan nodded; though he was burly and rough-looking, he was dying to speak in a cutesy, puppy-like tone.

"As long as you wish, taking over the entire Dragon Race right now is no problem at all."

Ao Fang nodded repeatedly, his eyes filled with excitement as he looked at Xiaoxian.

Being supported so enthusiastically by them, Xiaoxian felt a bit shy at first, but she soon adapted and hit it off with them.

"It's all thanks to my Master for sending me back. You have no idea, we suffered quite a lot and endured many hardships along the way."

After the pleasantries, Xiaoxian finally cast her gaze toward Su Chen with a hint of pride; as expected of her Master, he was truly amazing.

The several Dragon Elders had understood the moment they spoke earlier that it was Su Chen who had escorted Xiaoxian back over a distance of ten thousand miles; if not for Su Chen, it would have been very difficult for Xiaoxian to return.

Instantly, they were filled with gratitude toward Su Chen.

"Thank you for escorting our King back."

Ao Fang looked at Su Chen with admiration. His attitude earlier had not been good, and at the thought of having treated his King's benefactor with such an attitude, he wished he could slap himself to death.

Fortunately, Su Chen was not that petty; he just waved his hand casually to indicate he did not mind.

"Now that I am the King of the Dragon Race, following my Master will be even more secure in the future! Whoever dares to bully my Master, I will take them to beat those bad guys to a pulp!"

Xiaoxian said proudly, her tail wagging happily; rather than a dragon, she looked more like a proud little puppy.

Su Chen could not help but smile; he had not expected Xiaoxian to be so protective of him.

"You are already the King of the Dragon Race. Although Su Chen saved you, you cannot keep following him. After all, you must stay with the Dragon Race and be with us."

Upon hearing Xiaoxian's words, Ao Yuan was the first who could not help but speak up.

"Yes, yes. Although he is your savior, you are the future King of the Dragon Race. If word gets out that you are a human's Spirit Beast, it would not be good for your reputation."

Ao Meng could not help but chime in, explaining the pros and cons very tactfully.

"Does this mean that once I become the King of the Dragon Race, I can no longer stay by my Master's side?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxian suddenly felt she was not as happy as before.

"That is only natural. Our Dragon Race bloodline is noble; naturally, we cannot stay with humans forever."

Ao Fang said hurriedly.

Although the few of them did not speak very clearly, they were mocking Su Chen's status, implying he was not worthy of being Xiaoxian's Master.

It was only because Xiaoxian seemed so close to Su Chen that they did not make their words so explicit.

Lv Luo, listening from the side, was a bit angry. Her Master was the Divine Dragon Great Emperor; hundreds of thousands of years ago, let alone dragons, even people from the Immortal World had to bow down to the Divine Dragon Great Emperor.

Now that they were acting so frivolous and arrogant, who gave them the courage? Luo Shen's expression was also somewhat displeased.

"It is dangerous to stay by our side. You also know that in the Dragon Race, you are among your own kin; it will be safer in the end."

Although Su Chen was infinitely reluctant to part with Xiaoxian, he knew how much Xiaoxian cared for her kin throughout their journey; she had even been willing to burn her essence blood to fight Lanbo to the death after mistakenly believing he had killed her kin.

Given this, how could Su Chen bear to make Xiaoxian choose between the two?

Moreover, Xiaoxian was a young dragon, and the enemy she would face in the future was the Heavenly Dao Great Emperor. Who knew what would happen later? Since he had decided to walk this path himself, it was destined to be extremely arduous.

By comparison, living with her kin would be safer. "But I don't think being with you is dangerous at all, and it's very interesting."

Xiaoxian shook her head desperately, looking at Su Chen with reluctance.

She had been by Su Chen's side since she was born. To her, the people of the Dragon Race were family she had never met, but Su Chen was also her family.

For a moment, she fell into a dilemma.

"Who says so? Besides, your cultivation is so high now, you will definitely be able to protect the entire Dragon Race."

Su Chen said with a smile, "You are all of the same kind; you will surely have more to talk about."

"Although my cultivation is high, Master, you are also very amazing! And you have the Divine Dragon Martial Soul. Although you are not of the Dragon Race, you... you are related to dragons!"

After hearing this, Xiaoxian subconsciously denied it repeatedly.

Hearing this, Su Chen could not help but shake his head, feeling that Xiaoxian was just reluctant to part with him and was trying to force a connection.

As for the four Elders nearby, upon hearing Su Chen say he had a Divine Dragon Martial Soul, the shock on their faces was as if they could swallow an egg whole.

Divine Dragon Martial Soul! Isn't that...

They were all too shocked to speak, only able to look at each other, all seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes.

They never expected that the Divine Dragon Great Emperor they had been searching for for hundreds of thousands of years would appear before them in this way.

They had to know that after so many years without news, they had long since given up, but who knew there would be this unexpected joy, and he had even become their King's Master.

This was truly a fate bestowed by the heavens!

"Xiaoxian, don't be silly. It's not like we won't see each other again; we will have chances to meet in the future. Besides..."

Su Chen could not help but stroke Xiaoxian's head. Before he could finish his sentence, the Great Elder Ao Hong interrupted him with an excited look.

"Besides, I think Su Chen is very suitable to be Xiaoxian's Master!"

Su Chen's words were caught in his throat unexpectedly. He looked at Ao Hong with a puzzled expression; he clearly hadn't been in this state just a moment ago, so why did he change his tune so suddenly?

Ao Hong realized he had been too excited and hurriedly coughed twice, returning to his usual steady state.

"Young Master Su, could we speak in private?"

Ao Hong's voice was steady, but his eyes were filled with excitement; he looked as if he could not wait to swallow Su Chen whole.

This made Su Chen feel a bit creeped out, but thinking that the man was, after all, a Dragon Race Elder, he nodded and followed him.

"What is it?"

Su Chen could not help but ask, "Actually, it's fine for Xiaoxian to stay in the Dragon Race; after all, she might be your Dragon Race's..."

"It is also fine to follow you."

Ao Hong's face carried a hint of joy, and even his address changed from 'you' to 'you (honorific)', fully demonstrating his respect.

This instead left Su Chen completely baffled. He did not know what medicine this Elder was selling in his gourd. He wasn't planning on making him a live-in son-in-law, was he? Thinking of this, Su Chen said to Ao Hong with a firm expression: "Although Xiaoxian and I have been together for a long time, I will absolutely not give up my dignity!"

These words were spoken with great force, which actually left Ao Hong bewildered.

(End of chapter)