Obsessively Raised by My Doll 157

Chapter 157

Lu Dieqing and Zheng Xuening took the black dragon to a more remote place.

“You are, after all, a born ice dragon, with a tall and large body. The moment you appear, you will make mortals afraid and awestruck. To avoid causing any disturbance to the people, it is better to have you stay here for now.”

Zheng Xuening looked around and said this to the black dragon.

There were few people in this area, and the terrain was remote, with only a few sparse forests. However, there were many animals. When they saw the black dragon coming from afar, they seemed to have a keen sense of smell and could sense that the black dragon was an invincible natural enemy, so they all ran far away.

The moment the black dragon saw this place where not even a bird would shit, and not even a chicken would lay an egg, it was about to make a fuss. It opened its mouth and roared.

“This place won’t do!”

“You mortal emperors all have palaces. How come this dragon doesn’t?”

Speaking of this, it seemed that a certain point had struck the black dragon, making it more and more excited, and it wished it could immediately go and find a small country, drive out those emperors, and occupy their palaces.

Lu Dieqing and the other saw its thoughts, and the two of them suddenly spoke.

“With your huge body, a mortal’s palace is not at all suitable for you. And if you want to build a palace for you, it will take three to five years. Can you stay in this place for so long?”

This one sentence directly made the black dragon wilt.

Its two front claws held its head, unwilling to think about having to go back to the Xuanqing Sect.

To be the king of the mountain outside, which fool would be willing to be a subordinate?

Besides, its status in the Xuanqing Sect…

Sigh, it was better not to mention it.

The black dragon seemed to have been hit hard and no longer clamored for a palace to be built.

Zheng Xuening, however, guided it, saying, “It is only right to build a simple palace for senior to live in temporarily. However… the construction period is slow. After the palace is built here, in the future it will be senior’s former residence…”

Hearing her speak so slowly, the black dragon instinctively felt that there was a trick.

It waited warily for Zheng Xuening and said, on its guard, “But what?”

Usually, before humans made it work, they would first lay a bunch of groundwork, and then add a transitional word, saying “but.”

Those elders and the sect master of the Xuanqing Sect loved to speak like this.

The black dragon had already formed a conditioned reflex.

Lu Dieqing spoke at the right time, appearing even more gentle.

“But, senior black dragon, you see, if your palace is built, this place that has been so hard to come by, if in the future it really encounters a flood and is washed away, wouldn’t that be a pity?”

“You are a dragon and can naturally control the celestial phenomena. For senior’s former residence to be washed away by water, others would not believe it if it were to be known.”

Lu Dieqing observed the black dragon’s expression as she said this.

She and Ningning were almost like one singing the red face and the other singing the black face, just wanting to make the black dragon cooperate a little more in the coming time.

To build the dam more sturdily and give them a little more time and freedom to cultivate?

Speaking of which, to go to such lengths to scheme against the black dragon was really a bit awkward. But there was no way. She did not want to leave her parents just like that.

She and Ningning always had to make more preparations for themselves and the people of their homeland.

The black dragon turned its head and thought seriously for a moment, and inexplicably felt that what Lu Dieqing had said made sense.

That’s right. It was a black dragon that could roll in the water, in the sea, and in the clouds. If the place where it had lived was so easily washed away, it would be a slap in the face to itself.

“Hmph, a mere dam. This dragon can make it with a flick of its tail. Why should you worry?”

The black dragon turned its head, its whiskers almost sticking up to the sky.

This was the good thing about being in the mortal world. Whatever you did, you could make these mortals look up to you.

Seeing that the black dragon had now agreed to build the dam well, Zheng Xuening and the other both sighed with relief in their hearts.

They had also completed the first step of their plan.

The black dragon chose a hilltop, looked around, and said that it would settle here.

It liked a place with open terrain and a view of the distance.

Zheng Xuening looked around seriously and said, “If you want to build a palace, I’m afraid you will have to cooperate with senior black dragon and help to drag over the things the craftsmen need, so that you can save more effort.”

The black dragon’s eyes almost fell out, and its nose was about to breathe fire.

“Let this dragon drag?”

Lu Dieqing held back the urge to laugh and nodded with a serious face.

“Yes, yes, senior black dragon. A mortal’s strength is limited. This hilltop we’ve chosen is far from human habitation. If we let those craftsmen drag the tiles over themselves, who knows how long it will take, and it will be a waste of time. If we have senior black dragon’s help, won’t we be able to finish it sooner? Who knows, in less than a month, you can have a prototype of your own palace.”

This pie was accidentally drawn a little too big.

Let alone building a palace for a dragon, even building a separate palace for an ordinary mortal emperor would take a year and a half. If it were a little more luxurious, it would not be out of the question to build it for three to five years.

Now, to build a palace for a huge dragon, and to have it built in a month, even if it was just a prototype, was a fantasy.

But the key was that the black dragon loved to hear this.

And Lu Dieqing also told it, “We can build a small palace first, a more exquisite one, so that you can shrink your body and stay inside. After a month, we can help you build a large palace properly. In the future, if you come back, you will be able to see it.”

“In this way, senior black dragon will also have a hometown. A hometown with no lack of delicacies and fine wine.”

Lu Dieqing tried her best to draw a pie, and this pie was very big. She even had to put in some effort to hold it up, and needed Zheng Xuening to help her out at the side.

The latter couldn’t help but raise her hand, hold it in a fist, and press it against her lips to hold back her laughter.

Her little rabbit was a bit too cute.

A person who had never lied before, now with her almond eyes wide, trying hard to describe a beautiful prospect for the black dragon, had a certain contradictory cuteness.

The black dragon did not notice the trick, because every word Lu Dieqing said was exactly what it wanted to hear.

“You’re right. Forget it. This dragon will reluctantly go and help out.”

Lu Dieqing and Zheng Xuening arranged for the black dragon’s whereabouts and ensured that the other would stay in this place for a month, and that someone would specially come to bring it food. There would also be craftsmen to build the palace, and the black dragon would have to be a supervisor and watch, so it would not be free to pay attention to them.

“Senior black dragon, for the matter of building the palace in these few days, you will have to put in more effort. Ningning and I only have this one month, and we always have to go around and take a look, to say goodbye to our relatives and friends.”

“After all, we don’t have your luck of being as long-lived as the heavens. When you come back, as long as this mortal small world has not been destroyed, the palace that has been built will still be there. We may not be able to live that long.”

Lu Dieqing was negotiating with the black dragon. Her little face was tense, and she looked very serious, which made Zheng Xuening, who was at the side, really want to rub her face.

The black dragon liked it most when others flattered it and praised it. Hearing this, it raised its head, and every single one of its whiskers was about to stick up.

“Heh, little girl, you’re right. Alright, this dragon will pay more attention to the construction of the palace in this place.”

Seeing it agree, Lu Dieqing and Zheng Xuening both felt a little more at ease.

With the black dragon’s cooperation, the two of them could do things more relaxedly.

And so, for the next few days, the people in the capital of the Chaoying Kingdom discovered that the imperial court had suddenly recruited a large number of craftsmen of all kinds.

Even in the small alley where Lu Dieqing’s parents lived, they heard the neighbors talking about this news.

“I heard that if you go to work, you’ll be given three meals a day, and you can get two taels of silver a month.”

“That’s too good. It’s just that I’m old and have no strength. My old arms and legs can’t do it, or I would have gone to join in the fun.”

“Recruiting craftsmen? That’s good. I’ll let my son go. He just learned how to build a house a while ago, and it’s just the right time for him to put it to use.”

The neighbors usually liked to chat in the alley. When they talked about the things in the capital, they would always talk about the sudden appearance of that black dragon, and the two fairies who had descended from the sky.

“You don’t know, but I heard that the reason they’re recruiting so many craftsmen is to build a palace for that Dragon King.”

“What about those two fairies? Don’t they need to live in a palace?”

“I heard, I heard that one of the fairies is our Chaoying Kingdom’s Royal Highness the Crown Princess…” someone who knew the inside story couldn’t help but interject.

And so, a single stone stirred up a thousand waves. Someone immediately leaned closer, wanting to hear the specific details.

“Is that true?”

“How could I be talking nonsense? Just think, where did the Dragon King fly to that day? Was it our imperial palace? And later, the two fairies cast a spell, and a divine rain fell from the sky to heal us. My back pain that had been bothering me for so many years has gotten much better.”

“Yes, yes, my daughter fell and was injured that day. Later, she was rained on by the divine rain, and her injuries were all healed. Don’t you think it’s strange? Only a fairy could do that.”

“Since it’s to build a palace for the Dragon King, then we have to go, no matter what. To get some of that immortal qi.”

“Those two fairies are really beautiful. When I stood there and looked at them, I thought of a word, ‘national beauty and heavenly fragrance’.”

“Pah, pah, what a fairy looks like, how dare you think so much?”

Amidst the people’s discussion, Lu He and Bai Ming carried their vegetable baskets, lowered their heads and passed through the alley, not daring to make a sound.

They knew their own business.

Those two fairies, they were both from their family.

Lu He and his wife had originally been worried about their daughter, but seeing these common people talk about their daughter and the Crown Princess with such longing, they couldn’t help but be amused.

Rounding up, were they not also the parents of a fairy, and could be considered to have an immortal relative?

When Lu Dieqing and Zheng Xuening returned after they were done, they heard Lu He talk about the fresh news from the street.

“They would never have thought that the two pure and beautiful fairies would be living in our house.”

When Lu He said this, her mouth could not close. It was clear that her spirit was much better than the past few days.

Being praised by her mother like this, Lu Dieqing couldn’t help but be shy and looked back at Zheng Xuening.

The latter quietly held her and leaned against her, her movements full of intimacy and an unconcealed possessiveness.

Lu Dieqing did not notice anything. After all, she was with Ningning every day. No matter how close the two of them were, it was only natural, and she was already used to it.

Lu He, however, noticed Zheng Xuening’s action of leaning against her daughter. She quietly looked away and pretended not to see.

In the past, she had still been worried that Xuening seemed a little more cunning, and that her own daughter’s mind was too shallow, and that the two of them would not be able to go far in the future.

Two women living together, there were, but they were few. After all, they could not have children, and women were more physically frail, and were easily wronged when they encountered trouble.

But Zheng Xuening was the Crown Princess and was going to unify the Chaoying Kingdom in the future. She was naturally a little different from ordinary women.

What’s more… what’s more, the two of them had now both embarked on the path of immortal cultivation.

Since they were cultivators, their lifespans were naturally different from those of mortals.

Lu He privately hoped that Zheng Xuening could protect Qingqing for a lifetime, for hundreds and thousands of years.

They, as parents, would be a pile of yellow earth in a few decades.

She hoped that Qingqing would always have someone to love and someone to rely on. Only then could she close her eyes.