Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 355 - 355 342 Dragon Palace

355: 342 Dragon Palace 355: 342 Dragon Palace Boom!

Wherever the sword light passed, everything was being destroyed, turning into the purest form of innate Qi, swirling around Jiang Chen.

Taichu, is innate Qi.

Hence, when the power of the Taichu divine sword bursts, it annihilates everything around it, converting it all into innate Qi.

Under the circular sword light, the great array was disintegrating, array patterns were shattering, the void itself was collapsing, even the fierce beast’s corpse showed signs of turning into innate Qi.

“Die!”

At that very moment, the Taichu divine sword flew out from Jiang Chen’s hand, transforming into a white strap of cloud, crossing hundreds of meters in an instant, straight into the forehead of the fierce beast.

All of it was embedded into the beast’s body, leaving only the handle of the sword outside.

Boom!

As if something shattered, the fierce aura that had just risen from the corpse of the fierce beast immediately dissipated, like a deflated balloon.

The remaining life force within it was extinguished.

The Taichu divine sword entered the body, exterminating all, and the corpse of the fierce beast had returned to peacefulness, successfully surpassed by Jiang Chen physically.

At this point, Jiang Chen stepped forward, calmly pulling out the Taichu divine sword, then he reached out, retrieving a shiny pearl from the beast’s forehead.

The Vast Sea Pearl, a fragment of Chaos Treasure Chaos Bead, is a medium Innate Spiritual Treasure harboring twenty-two innate divine prohibitions.

Within it exists a dimension, where a vast ocean resides.

It can condense the essence of the innate water to assist in practice or summon a vast ocean to confront enemies.

A great treasure indeed, I believe after the Tao is able to devour it, it could restore to the Innate Spiritual Treasure of high-quality.

Indeed, the more we progress, the harder it is for the Tao to recover, requiring more fragments of Pangu Axe and shards of Chaos Orb.

Twelve pieces of Pangu Axe fragments, along with a medium Innate Spiritual Treasure formed from a fragment of Chaos Orb, barely add an innate divine prohibition to the Tao, promoting it from high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure to top-grade.

This…

Tao has quite the appetite.

However, after Tao’s promotion to the top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, there should be quite a few changes.

Apart from that, the projection of Pangu should become a bit more mysterious.

Casually tossing, after giving the Vast Sea Pearl to Tao to devour, Jiang Chen stopped paying it attention.

Even for Tao, to fully refine a medium Innate Spiritual Treasure requires considerable time.

Jiang Chen certainly had no time to keep an eye on it.

Simply collected Tao and waited until its promotion was complete, and then it would not be too late to check it out.

After dealing with the Tao, Jiang Chen started cleaning the battlefield.

Indeed, there wasn’t much to clean up.

Within tens of miles, apart from the fierce beast’s corpse, everything else was destroyed by the Taichu divine sword, turned into an innate Qi.

First, he waved his hand to collect the innate Qi around.

Then Jiang Chen came to the corpse of the fierce beast, and using the divine ability of Sumeru Mustard Seed, he collected it.

A complete corpse of a fierce beast of Taoist Master level is indeed rare, its value is not lesser than a high-quality Innate Magic Treasure.

No matter it is used in refining pills or refining artifacts, it holds great potential.

If it really comes to it, letting Tao devour the corpse of the beast, can also provide Jiang Chen with quite a few Golden Pills.

After confirming there was nothing left out, Jiang Chen immediately turned into a stream of light, heading quickly towards the distance.

The Dragon Whale hadn’t escaped far, it’s perfect time to capture it.

How dare it steal from Jiang Chen?

It has to leave its life behind.

…

……

A moment later, Jiang Chen, looking at the magnificent and beautifully grand palaces in front of him, suddenly stopped.

A smile spread across his face.

“Dragon Palace?”

“The Dragon Whale is actually related to the Dragon Palace?”

“This is great!

With this as an excuse, it’s a wonderful opportunity to knock on the old Dragon King.

The Dragon Clan is rich, I believe I can extract a lot of benefits.”

Thinking this, Jiang Chen’s smile grew even brighter.

Even if the Dragon Clan acts against any other people, even if they are at fault, they could end it with a simple apology.

But it’s different when it comes to Jiang Chen, because Jiang Chen is part of the Jiang Family.

In the past, when the Imperial Princess died accidentally in the Eastern Sea, the relationship between the Human Race and the Dragon Clan became tense, and conflicts erupted repeatedly.

Later, after the mediation of several Great Divine Transcendents and the resurrection of the Imperial Princess by Emperor Fuxi, the relationship between the Human Race and the Dragon Clan returned to normal and became allies.

At the same time, as the Human Race ruler, and the main force during the Human-Dragon conflict, the Jiang Family, also reached an agreement with the Dragon Clan at that time.

People of the Dragon Clan have no reason to act against the people of the Jiang Family, similarly, people of the Jiang Family cannot act against the Dragon Clan without reason.

It wasn’t made clear what the consequences of violating the agreement would be, but the agreement was formed by the Flame Emperor and the Ancestor Dragon.

As it has to do with these two, one could imagine how severe the consequences of violating the agreement would be.

So, once it is confirmed that the Dragon Whale is from the Dragon Clan, Jiang Chen can surely gain a lot of advantages from the old Dragon King, as it was the Dragon Clan who violated the agreement first.

…

Walking straight up to the main gate of the Dragon Palace, Jiang Chen didn’t pause.

He completely ignored the surrounding guards and boldly strode into the Dragon Palace.

“Audacious!”

“Who dares to break into the Dragon Palace?”

Seeing Jiang Chen so arrogant, the shrimp and crab soldiers on both sides of the gate were immediately enraged.

Their spears and halberds crossed, blocking Jiang Chen’s path, not allowing him to enter.

Meanwhile, a shrewd aquatic creature guard quickly ran into the Dragon Palace, apparently to notify someone of the situation.

These aquatic soldiers were exceptional, and although they still retained their half-human, half-monster appearances, they had all attained the realm of Immortal Dao, embodying the level of heavenly immortals.

They silently stood outside the entrance, holding long halberds, large axes, or long spears.

Each of their weapons gleamed brilliantly with sacred lights and were top-notch divine weapons.

If put in the human world, they would cost cultivators their lives to obtain.

Just observing the atmosphere around these aquatic soldiers, apart from their appearances, there wasn’t much difference between them and the guards outside the South Heavenly Gate.

Their cultivation levels and weapons were all on par.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen wasn’t sure whether to lament the weakness of the Heavenly Court, or the strength of the Dragon Clan.

Shaking his head, Jiang Chen continued to walk forward.

He was above quarreling with these guards.

With a mere glance, he rooted all of them to the spot, then directly walked into the Dragon Palace.

At this time, inside the Dragon Palace, a middle-aged man dressed in royal robes and wearing a purple gold crown, exuding luxury and magnificence, laughed heartily.

He lifted his golden cup and drained the cup of the fine spirits in one gulp.

“Dear friends,” he said, “I invited you all here today just for a gathering, to enjoy yourselves.

Let’s eat and drink well, or else you’ll say that this old dragon is stingy!

Ha ha!

Ha ha!”

This middle-aged king was none other than the East Sea Dragon King, Ao Guang, an individual of unfathomable strength.

At that moment, he was hosting a banquet in the Dragon Palace, and all the guests he invited were well-acknowledged experts of the proximate region.

None of them were less than Great Luo Golden Immortals.

The seats below the main one were occupied by today’s esteemed guests of the East Sea Dragon King.

There were roughly a dozen guests, and most were dressed in Daoist robes.

However, the styles of these robes varied greatly, some with Daoist crowns and others with updo hairstyles…

The Dragon Whale that had been pursued by Jiang Chen was among these guests, yet it hadn’t been invited by the Dragon King.

Instead, it happened to pass by the Dragon Palace, saw that a banquet was being held, and came uninvited.

It was well known that the Dragon King was hospitable.

This Dragon Whale carried the bloodline of the Dragon Clan and had a background in the Mystic Sect; thus, even when it came uninvited, the Dragon King did not drive it away, but instead added a seat for it.

The Dragon Whale was quite shrewd.

It thought that if the array couldn’t trap Jiang Chen and he escaped, by hiding within the Dragon Palace and under the protection of the Dragon King, that brat wouldn’t dare to charge in.

Sun Wukong might not know about the Dragon King’s formidable strength, but how could the seasoned Great Luo Golden Immortals of the Eastern Sea remain ignorant?

He was one of the rare extraordinary figures in the Three Realms, not much weaker than the Immortal Elder from Nanji.

After arriving at the Dragon Palace and becoming a guest of the Dragon King, the Dragon Whale finally let its guard down.

Now that it had become a guest of the Dragon King, the Dragon King was bound to offer full protection.

If word got out that the Dragon King couldn’t even ensure safety for his guests, then he might as well forget about keeping his name intact in the Three Realms.

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Listening to the music from afar, Jiang Chen naturally guessed that a banquet was being held in the Dragon Palace again.

He couldn’t help but feel a hint of bitterness: “Clearly, the old Dragon King is living quite comfortably, holding banquets every day as if they never get tiring.”

In truth, the life of the East Sea Dragon King was the true immortal’s way of life.

With time to spare, gather a group of friends, invite them to the Dragon Palace for a party.

Eating, drinking, and being merry, how carefree that is.

That’s how an immortal should live.

Unlike Jiang Chen, who constantly travels to and fro for cultivation resources, tirelessly plotting against others, he was living an utterly exhausting life.

Luckily, Jiang Chen was here to make a nuisance of himself today.

No matter the outcome, he would ruin the old Dragon King’s party.

The Dragons have deteriorated so much, they are not considering intensive cultivation, but instead, they are immersing in the hedonistic and joyous life, all day long, without any intention for improvement.

This cannot continue, as an ally of the Dragon Clan, Jiang Chen felt obliged to encourage them to improve.

Is constant partying necessary?

Wouldn’t it be better to focus on cultivating diligently?

Envy twisted Jiang Chen’s expression, he was determined to ruin the Dragon King’s banquet.

His body emitting a strand after strand of malicious intent, it sent a chill down the elderly Dragon King’s spine.

“Report…”

Before the Dragon King could further think about the situation, a prolonged shout echoed from afar.

Immediately, a Yaksha rapidly dashed into the grand hall.

Damn it!

Seeing this, the Dragon King instantly realised that something was amiss.

At the same time, the Dragon Whale at the lower seats couldn’t help but sense a bad premonition in its heart.

Oh no, the array really failed to trap him!

And, does he dare to break into the Dragon Palace?

Isn’t he afraid the Dragon King might kill him with a single slap?

Does he actually believe that having an Innate Spiritual Treasure makes him invincible?

The East Sea Dragon King has been prominent in the Four Seas for many years, how could his arsenal lack an Innate Spiritual Treasure?

PS: An ear infection is making my ear hurt terribly.