Chapter 632

On the way back, I finally slowly figured out Xiaoye's phone call.

The Evil Flood Dragon is the illegitimate daughter of the South Sea Dragon King.

The illegitimate daughter's maternal bloodline is that of the Yellow Carp.

Although the Evil Flood Dragon is evil, she ultimately has the potential to become a flood dragon.

Once she successfully transforms into a flood dragon, the South Sea Dragon Clan will gain another great general.

Who cares how she cultivated herself?

If the Heavenly Dao has accepted her, why should the South Sea Dragon Clan care so much?

Of course, facts prove that the Evil Flood Dragon is just an Evil Flood Dragon; the Heavenly Dao did not accept her, and she died at our hands—mine and Liu Junyan's.

After the Evil Flood Dragon's inner core is used by Li Qingying, it will inevitably have a series of effects, even changes, on Li Qingying's body.

In the future, if Li Qingying truly succeeds in washing the marrow, transforms into a flood dragon and then a dragon, the South Sea Dragon Clan can also accept her, after all she carries the genes of the South Sea Yellow Carp clan.

This is the point where Xiaoye successfully moved the South Sea Dragon King.

Using an illegitimate daughter doomed to never successfully transform into a flood dragon nor return to her ancestors, exchanging her for an adopted daughter who carries the clan's genes and has the potential to become a flood dragon and dragon, this deal is still quite profitable.

Sacrificing one Evil Flood Dragon to achieve a three-way win—why not?

One must say, Xiaoye's mind works fast.

I understood, and sincerely said: "Xiaoye, thank you for your timely help today; I also thank you in advance on behalf of Sister Li Qingying."

Zhong Susu laughed: "He just has a few more wicked ideas, a sharper tongue, didn't exert much effort; Xiao Jiu, you don't need to be so polite."

Liu Junyan said: "Whether we should thank or not, we still need to thank; if you hadn't shown up in time, given the South Sea Dragon King's momentum then, we would likely have ended up fighting."

"We can't fight." Xiaoye said firmly, "That old geezer's conduct is improper; he won't make a big fuss, at most he'll just force you to hand over the inner core."

I said: "We came for the inner core; we won't let go easily, so it's still a stalemate."

And Xiaoye's appearance is the breakthrough that breaks the stalemate.

Everything is just right.

Zhong Susu reminded: "No matter what, we must fulfill our promises; if Li Qingying can survive this calamity, this adoptive father may have to be acknowledged."

This matter has both advantages and disadvantages.

If Li Qingying truly acknowledges the South Sea Dragon King as her adoptive father, her status will rise, but correspondingly she will have to serve the South Sea Dragon Clan, inevitably leaving her no choice.

Zhong Susu deliberately brought this up to give us a preventive shot.

As a result, Xiaoye didn't mind; he reached out and pinched Zhong Susu's clean nose tip, saying: "What's there to fear? Li Qingying has the Linghai Dragon Clan behind her, plus Āyàn and Xiao Jiu to back her up; that old thing wouldn't really dare force Li Qingying to do something heinous."

Zhong Susu snapped: "A Xiao, you're now the Linghai Dragon King—can't you behave properly? The mischief you did when you were young, you're still proud of it?"

"That's called losing one's cap in anger for a beauty." Xiaoye was of course proud, "Back then, if I had retreated even a step, Susu, I would really have lost you."

As he spoke, Xiaoye already hooked his arm around Zhong Susu's waist, brought her into his embrace, and lowered his head to kiss her forehead.

Zhong Susu blushed and punched him, whispering: "Pay attention to your image when we're out, okay?"

Xiaoye just laughed, not feeling anything at all: "Āyàn and Xiao Jiu aren't outsiders."

Back then, Liu Junyan was driving, I sat in the passenger seat, and the two of them were in the back.

My face was a bit red.

No embarrassment, only envy.

The feeling of childhood sweethearts, no matter how many storms they weather, remains constant; this is something most people cannot obtain even if they seek it.

As for Xiaoye and Zhong Susu, they have defended their love.

Soon, they will have the fruit of their love.

That's great.

We sent Xiaoye and Zhong Susu back to the Linghai Dragon Clan.

As the car drove all the way along the seaside to Wufu Town, I kept leaning against the window, looking at the western river surface.

Liu Junyan turned his head to look at me several times, but he didn't speak.

He understood how much I was enjoying this moment of tranquility and peace.

He couldn't bear to disturb me.

Returning to Wufu Town, we rushed straight to the Bai Family Clinic; everyone was there.

I took out the inner core and handed to Bai Shulan.

When Bai Shulan understood how this inner core came about, her expression was indescribable.

Hui Moqiong was quite excited; he didn't expect our actions to be so swift.

Bai Shulan drove us all out, leaving only Bai Jingmo; the two of them must work together to fuse the inner core into Li Qingying's body.

We stood guard outside, and incidentally told Hui Moqiong about the South Sea Dragon King.

Hui Moqiong's heart was entirely on Li Qingying; he only took in roughly: "As long as she's alive, we'll talk about later things later."

That night passed quite slowly; every minute and second was agony for Hui Moqiong.

After all, I was pregnant; early on I felt drowsy, and on top of that, exhausted from fighting the Evil Flood Dragon, I soon fell asleep leaning in Liu Junyan's arms.

I slept uneasily and had a strange dream.

I dreamed of Jin Wuya; in the dream he was trapped in a narrow, dark place, constantly calling for help.

Crackle!

I was startled awake by the earth-shaking thunder; Liu Junyan grabbed me in a hug, his big hand holding the back of my head, repeatedly comforting: "It's fine, it's fine, Xiao Jiu, just thunder."

Not only the thunder, but a torrential downpour also followed.

The rain relentlessly pounded the doors and windows, coming in waves.

Hui Moqiong glanced at the weather forecast, and the whole person became agitated: "It's already past five; today's forecast said no rain, so why is there suddenly such a heavy downpour?"

Outside, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled.

Actually, there's no need to say it; everyone knows what this foretells.

Hui Moqiong also understood; he felt uneasy, and deep down he could hardly believe this moment would come so quickly.

Only when Bai Shulan walked out of that door did Hui Moqiong rush over immediately.

He rushed into the room.

After a moment he rushed out again.

He grabbed Bai Shulan's shoulders with both hands and demanded, 'Where is Qingying? What did you do with Qingying?'

Bai Shulan calmly said, 'She left.'

'Left?' Hui Moqiong almost shouted, 'Where did she go?'

Bai Shulan stared at Hui Moqiong and said, 'Don't go crazy; you know what I mean.'

Hui Moqiong finally released Bai Shulan; I opened my mouth to say something to him, but he turned and dove into the rain curtain.

He transformed into a large rat and raced westward.

We immediately gave chase, but his speed was too great; we reached the Pearl Plate River bank and then ran along the shore toward Ling Sea.

By the time we caught up to Ling Sea, we just saw the large rat swimming desperately against the current.

Several hundred meters ahead, a huge red carp rose and fell in the waves, also swimming upstream.

I urged, 'Āyàn, quickly call Fifth Lord Hui back—he can't catch up to Sister Qingying.'

The red carp will go from Ling Sea into South Sea, then out to Outer Sea, then swim upstream all the way to Yu Gate Entrance.

The hardships of this route, the thunderstorms and heavenly fires along the way, are what Li Qingying must endure.

No one can take her place, and no one can accompany her.

Hui Moqiong couldn't either…