“Seems like things have gotten a bit out of hand….”

　　With such loud movements, both the golden crow who’d been concentrating on flying and the lotus girl became alert and exchanged glances. They noticed an immense amount of curiosity and interest in each other’s gaze as well as a desire for gossip, so they raised their ears and looked towards Fang Xing with glinting eyes. Fang Xing was already annoyed, and when he noticed these two, he glared back at them while holding the sea-snake beast’s head with one hand.

　　The lotus girl acted as though nothing had happened. “Don’t look at me, this place is only so big. Where else can I go?”

　　“I didn’t hear anything,” the golden crow replied as well, “you guys continue….”

　　Fang Xing drew in a deep breath and didn’t bother with these two; instead, he coldly narrowed his eyes and tightened his grip on the sea-snake beast’s neck a bit until she was unable to say anything else. “Don’t try to make such a scene in front of your little grandpa here. Although everything seems to be a bit unexpected, I’m not someone who’s afraid of trouble. You said I caused harm to the princess? What exactly is the harm you speak of? If there are problems, I’ll resolve them for her!”

　　“You… you want to help resolve her problems?” the sea-snake beast shouted with a hoarse voice while gazing at him with hatred, “Who do you think you are…?”

　　“My name is Fang Xing, the first man to bed her,” Fang Xing responded seriously. “I still can’t hear about it?”

　　“Fang Xing?” The sea-snake beast’s eyes widened in disbelief. “You’re… you’re the little demon of Jambu?”

　　“Drop the ‘little’, will you! I’ve already slept with a woman; I’m not ‘little’ anymore!”

　　The sea-snake beast had clearly heard Fang Xing’s name before, and likely more than once at that. After hearing Fang Xing admit to his own name, she closely inspected him for a long while without letting even a single strand of his hair escape her notice, until she looked to the golden crow as though for confirmation. After a very long time, she finally raised her head and smiled. “If I had known it was you, I wouldn’t have been so unwilling back then….”

　　” I am reluctant, so you better f*cking hurry and talk proper business!”

　　Although she was being cursed at, the sea-snake beast wasn’t angry at all. She paused for a moment before finally saying, “You’re actually Fang Xing…. Aiii , I’ve heard of you before. You do indeed have something very extraordinary about you, but it’s just too unfortunate that your cultivation level is currently too low, otherwise you might really be able to help the princess resolve her problem….” When she looked and noticed Fang Xing was losing patience, she quickly added, “Don’t be impatient, let go of my neck and I’ll tell you!”

　　Fang Xing wasn’t worried about her playing any tricks, so he let her go as she requested.

　　The sea-snake beast rubbed her neck with a short pause before she began speaking, “You’ve guessed it right. Whether it was in the Azure Seas or after coming to this Thousand Stream Seas, the princess has never had a man before. Hmph, given the pure blood flowing inside her and how honorable she is, ordinary men aren’t enough to even help hold her shoes. They would need to accumulate several generations’ worth of karma to even have the chance to speak with her, so who would be eligible to touch her?”

　　Fang Xing’s brows creased once more when it seemed she was going off track, but the sea-snake beast fortunately managed to get back on topic. “All the Red Conventions in the past had us sisters doing the work on behalf of the princess. With the little clam Zhu’er’s charming spell, not many people discovered the truth, and even if a few questioned it, they were all killed by us so there wouldn’t be a single opportunity for them to spread nonsense outside. All of this was to taint the princess’s name and make the Azure Seas think she’d completely given up on herself. Furthermore, it would cause sinful clouds to rise above the palace and cover up the phenomenon of the moon-chasing dragon every three years….

　　“For a pure-blooded female dragon, as long as they have not been wed, the moon-chasing dragon will first appear at age thirty-three and then reappear once every three years afterwards to demonstrate it’s time for them to choose their husband. Every time, their lust will become extremely difficult to control and only those who have studied the Icy Heart technique of the Dragon Palace would be able to suppress such lustful desires. However, the princess’s Icy Heart technique was altered when she was at the Azure Seas—not only did it not have any power to suppress her desire, it would actually make her desire even worse. It was extremely damaging to her path of Dao….” While she continued to speak, the sea-snake beast looked at the Fusang Wood in front of her and sighed. “Precisely because of this, the princess had to endure a great amount of torment every time the moon-chasing dragon appeared. Only after going through great effort was she able to find this Fusang Wood, and she didn’t hesitate before sealing herself in Yin ice to suppress her desires. It was all for the sake of returning to the Azure Seas one day… and killing that bi*ch….”

　　“Bi*ch? What bi*ch?” Fang Xing reflexively asked.

　　At that moment, Fang Xing suddenly noticed a group of clouds filled with extremely loud thunder. The entire sky was covered in dark clouds and the sea water rose upwards as the heavens and ocean filled up with murderous intent and changed completely. Two presences—each over dozens of feet in length—could faintly be seen in the distant sky from time to time, alongside the aura of soldiers that seemed to cover the entire sky.

　　“You came very quickly,” the dragon girl’s angry shout rang out at the same time. “Have you been watching me nearby this entire time?”

　　“No, the princess is in danger!” The sea-snake beast didn’t have time to answer Fang Xing and stood up in panic.

　　Fang Xing’s face darkened. “Goldy, let’s go back to have a look!”

　　“But it’s too risky for us to go back now…” the golden crow replied, seeming unwilling

　　“I can’t worry about risks anymore; that woman is clearly in trouble!”

　　The golden crow was speechless at this. “She was trying to kill us just before; isn’t it better if she gets in trouble? What do you want to accomplish by going back?”

　　Fang Xing angrily slammed his palm against the golden crow and cursed, “What the f*ck do you know? Not even my fourth uncle the flower thief picked the flowers of virgins….”

　　“Virgin?” The golden crow was surprised, but he showed a smile and quickly turned back as though he understood everything Fang Xing had left unsaid. As for Fang Xing, he stood up on the golden crow’s back and began forming a hand seal at an extraordinary speed. A pale blue mist began to appear around him, and it didn’t cover only him, but even the golden crow, lotus girl, and sea-snake beast were covered inside without any hint of their aura leaking outside. It was as though they’d all disappeared into thin air, and if someone were to search for them with spirit sense at that moment, it would be as though they’d all disappeared and had left this realm altogether.

　　Such a seal was one of the skills Fang Xing had obtained from the unnamed technique he’d received from the black Sword Embryo. He hadn’t studied it for long, however, and although its effects were extremely potent, the amount of Qi it used up was likewise extreme. He wasn’t willing to waste his Qi on such a skill under normal conditions, and it was only now that he felt his reserves of Qi were enough to make use of it.

　　The golden crow was extremely trusting of Fang Xing, so much so he didn’t even bother worrying about how Fang Xing would mask their traces. The golden crow actually didn’t understand how profound and mysterious this skill was, whereas the lotus girl was slightly surprised and thought to herself, ‘Wow, he even knows the secret skill of the Great Demon Ancestor….’

　　Once they’d gotten within a hundred or so miles, they no longer dared to get any closer and instead hid in the vast skies. Two groups of people were facing each other in the skies ahead of them, all of them adorned in silver armor. Two leaders stood at the front, the first a youth wearing a blood-red cape and wielding a lance who was handsome but extremely cold, and opposite him a scholarly-looking youth in light blue robes who was holding a painting scroll. The second looked as though he wouldn’t be able to endure even a little gust of wind, and he also covered his mouth from time to time to let out a few light coughs.

　　These two had a dozen or so silver-armored beast soldiers, and at the area between them was a woman in a white dress. The woman was tall with long hair hanging down her shoulders, bare feet, and an extreme beauty that was as cold as ice. It was none other than the master of the Colored Glass Palace, Ao Yinzhu.

　　“Eldest Sister, both Sixth Younger Brother and I have already seen you, what are you still doing trying to flee?” The red-caped youth showed a smile as he advanced closer to the dragon girl. “Mother Her Majesty misses you very much and has specifically asked us to invite you back to her two hundred and seventieth birthday celebration. From the looks of it, you probably don’t have much to pack from this dump of a Colored Glass Palace, so why not just come along with us now? What is there that you cannot find in the Azure Seas anyway?”

　　“It’s not like it’s her three hundredth, so what’s the hurry? I’m still busy. When I have the free time, I will naturally go and pay my respects to… Mother, Her Majesty!” The dragon girl’s expression was incredibly solemn, and when it came time to mention the word ‘mother’, she’d paused slightly and her eyes had shined with a cold light.

　　“The heavens and earth are so great, but the greatest of all is filial piety. You haven’t shown filial piety to Mother during all these years, and now even when Mother misses you, you’re still unwilling to go back. What do you make of the honor and etiquette of our Dragon clan?” the red-caped fifth prince sneered. “Eldest Sister, it seems today is not a good day for you. I heard you’ve formed the golden core; even if I—your fifth younger brother—am your opponent, it won’t be seen as me bullying you….” With that, he took a step forward and grasped his right wrist with his left hand, clearly intending to fight.

　　“What is the hurry, Fifth Big Brother? Once you start, there won’t be much of her left….” The blue-robed man looked at the dragon girl’s graceful figure, and there seemed to be sinister look in his eyes as he spoke to the red-caped man. He showed half a smile and turned to the dragon girl before continuing, “Eldest Sister, to be able to form the golden core despite leaving the Azure Seas without a hint of money and despite being forced to cultivate in such a harsh environment here, I—your sixth younger brother—admire you greatly. Achieving such a cultivation level must have been very difficult, so why would you want to force Fifth Big Brother to attack? Wouldn’t it be such a huge waste if your body wasn’t left intact?” He licked his lips and smirked. “It’s best you come back with me….”

　　“We are siblings, why would it be necessary to resolve a problem through battle?” The dragon girl tried to convince them to a compromise. “If we were to truly fight, I may not be the opponent of the two of you together, but you would certainly have to pay a price. Besides, the order of seniority is the most important part of the Dragon Palace, and I am still the big sister for the two of you, so to speak. The two of you pushing me like this is perhaps not in line with etiquette either….”

　　“‘Big sister’….” The blue-robed man laughed when he heard this, “You want to be our sister too? What a pity. Although we do have the same father, we weren’t born to the same mother. If you want to be our ‘big sister’, shouldn’t you ask whether Mother Her Majesty would agree first?”