Chapter 155
With the incident of the black dragon as an interlude, Lu He and her husband, who had originally not intended to return to the Shan Kingdom, both began to consider a trip back.
“It seems I have to go and see your grandmother, the Empress. She must know more about the inside story than I do. If I can help you, I will also be more at ease.”
Just with the jade pendant left by their ancestor, which had summoned a black dragon, and with the other party repeatedly saying that Lu Dieqing was the successor of the Xuanqing Sect, that ancestor of theirs must have been no simple person.
Lu He became flusttered, anxiously thinking of going back as soon as possible.
Lu Dieqing and Zheng Xuening exchanged a glance and did not stop her.
Because they did indeed want to contact the Shan court.
Although in these years, the Chaoying Kingdom had been strong in arms and horses, and could be considered the leader among these countries, those court secrets, which involved cultivators, were only known by the descendants of that time.
Seeing Lu He already beginning to pack her luggage, spinning like a top in her anxiety, Zheng Xuening spoke in time.
“No rush, Auntie. You and Uncle will be returning to the Shan Kingdom. I will have someone send you back. But what’s most important now is to first think clearly about what you should do after you go back, and then we can discuss it further.”
“This matter is of great importance. I must also, in the name of the Chaoying Kingdom, write a letter to explain the stakes.”
Zheng Xuening spoke unhurriedly.
Only then did Lu He calm down a little, and she slapped her head.
“Look at me… ai, you’re right. We have to discuss it first.”
She also knew that this matter was of great importance, and that it was not something that could be taken seriously just by her saying a few words to her mother, the Empress.
Lu He settled down, pulled Bai Ming to pack their things, and said to Zheng Xuening, “We’ll prepare first, so we can set off at any time without delay.”
Lu Dieqing looked at the figures of her parents packing their bags and soft things, and her nose inexplicably tingled.
“Ningning… I… I’m a little dazed. I don’t know what to do.”
She had thought that she could handle many things.
But when she really saw her parents going back to the Shan Kingdom, she suddenly wanted to cry, and felt sad.
Like a little chick that had just come out of its shell, seeing its mother leave, her heart was inexplicably filled with reluctance and conflict.
“What you need to do now is… let me hold you.”
Zheng Xuening, without another word, pulled the girl into her arms, stroked the top of her head, her tone gentle.
“How can things be done in one go? What’s more, it’s a big matter we’re discussing.”
“Uncle and Auntie have their own tasks to be responsible for when they return to the Shan Kingdom. You and I also have ours. Now that the cultivation legacy here is probably broken, and it was only by a stroke of luck that the two of us obtained the legacy and began to cultivate.”
“While we still have spirit stones on hand, you and I will first raise our cultivation as much as possible. This way, when the descendants of the other dynasties come later, our words will have more credibility.”
Hearing this, Lu Dieqing nodded obediently. Her misty almond eyes became a little more determined, and she had found a backbone.
She nuzzled into Zheng Xuening’s embrace, her voice a little delicate.
“It’s a good thing I have you, otherwise I wouldn’t know what to do.”
It always felt that no matter how big a matter was, as long as Ningning was by her side, it would become not so big.
The girl’s dependent gaze was wet and soft. Seeing it, Zheng Xuening’s heart was filled with complex emotions.
She both hoped to be relied on by her little rabbit forever, but she also did not want to see the other so worried and afraid.
It would be best if this girl were happy every day, without any worries.
…
When it was time to meet the black dragon as agreed.
Today happened to be another big, sunny day with no dark clouds. The sky was extremely bright, so much so that when the black dragon flew over from the wild, it was so obvious.
All the common people in the capital had noticed the huge figure flying in the sky.
This was even more astonishing than the thunder and lightning last night.
“Are you afraid?”
Zheng Xuening touched Lu Dieqing’s palm and found that the other’s small hand was a little cold.
The latter shook her head. “I’m not afraid. Senior black dragon seems a little clumsy. And besides, you’re right here by my side. What am I afraid of?”
Zheng Xuening chuckled softly and did not speak again.
Seeing that the dragon had already flown in front of them, Lu Dieqing cupped her two small hands around her lips, forming a small trumpet, and shouted at the sky, “Senior black dragon, we’re here!”
The two of them were standing at the city gate, waiting for the black dragon.
Last night, they had already seen the other cause such a big commotion in the capital. They did not want any more accidents to happen.
The crowd at the city gate had been dispersed in advance, so that when the black dragon landed in advance, besides Lu Dieqing and the other, there were only the guards who were guarding the city gate and were secretly watching them.
What had the guards at the city gate not seen? But they had never seen a dragon.
No one dared to breathe too loudly, and no one dared to speak, but they couldn’t help but keep their peripheral vision on the direction of the black dragon.
“There really is a Dragon King… the weather is changing…” a guard who had just been on duty accidentally mumbled, and immediately drew the angry gazes of the colleagues around him.
—Don’t talk!
What if you anger the Dragon King, and he pokes a hole in the sky again, and brings down a great wind, a heavy rain, and lightning and thunder all at once?
The city wall was silent.
The guards all stood like sculptures, their eyes on their noses and their noses on their hearts, not daring to look around.
Lu Dieqing, however, took out a box of pastries from her storage ring and handed it to the black dragon.
“Senior black dragon, have a taste of the mortal world’s snacks.”
When the black dragon saw the snack box, its eyes lit up, and its dragon tail almost whipped a hole in the ground.
Fortunately, there were no pedestrians passing by here now, and there were no residential houses nearby, so it would not cause any houses to collapse or casualties among the common people.
“To be attentive for no reason, you humans have ill intentions.” After drooling a few drops, the black dragon immediately widened its dragon eyes and looked at the two girls with wariness.
To think that back then, when it was still in its infancy, because it was greedy, it had eaten a medicinal pill from a Xuanqing Sect disciple, and had then been forced to enter the sect to repay its debt.
It had been working conscientiously for seven hundred years, and the debt had not yet been paid off. It was really unjust.
Clearly, the two girls in front of it were both of mortal origin. If not for the restrictions of the heavenly dao here on its strength, which made it unable to easily harm people, the two of them together would not be its opponent. It had no reason to be so wary.
But before, its whiskers had been cut off several times by Zheng Xuening. Now that it saw these two people showing kindness to it, its heart went cold first.
Mainly, when these two little girls smiled at it, it was inexplicably reminded of the appearance of the Xuanqing Sect’s sect master.
Anyway, when it was time to use it, the black dragon would first smile and give it a stick, or then give it three or two jujubes.
The black dragon was not smart to begin with, and it knew this itself, but anyone who had been used for seven hundred years would have grown a bit of a brain.
Now its head was a little itchy, as if a new brain was growing.
The black dragon refused to be fed with delicious food, and the look in its eyes as it looked at Lu Dieqing and the other was a few degrees more wary.
“This dragon will warn you, don’t try to get any ideas from me. Taking people away is the meaning of the Xuanqing Sect. Every injustice has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. You can’t blame this dragon.”
Its voice was a few degrees louder.
Lu Dieqing and Zheng Xuening exchanged a look and realized that this black dragon’s emotions were unstable at the moment, and it was not a good time to get information.
So it was Zheng Xuening who spoke.
“You’ve misunderstood, senior black dragon.”
“We just want to ask you some things about the Xuanqing Sect, that’s all.”
The black dragon was a little unconvinced.
“Really? Just that?”
Then why did its sense of crisis keep popping up?
One had to know that ice dragons like them, who were blessed by the heavenly dao, were born with a bloodline inheritance and memory, and were closest to the heavenly dao. They would have some premonitions.
It just inexplicably felt that of these two girls, one smiled with a carefree and brilliant look, and the other either didn’t smile, or her smile was terrifying. Either one would affect its dragon path.
It seemed that this mission of picking someone up would not be completed so smoothly. There would be many changes, and it would have a very profound impact on itself.