Chapter 462 Thin gifts?!
onsideration."No need,班長you don’t have to involve yourself in this. Just eat." Hao Ren pushed the Three-Yellow Chicken dish towards Xie Yujia.Xie Yujia nodded thoughtfully. She was worried about Hao R...Chapter 462: A Modest Gift!
The area around Zhao Yanzǐ's house along the street was also inhabited by other families. However, all the Mercedes-Benz cars parked on both sides of the road were centered around Zhao Yanzǐ’s front door, indicating they belonged to visitors at her home.
Who could it be…郝仁 and Zhao Yanzǐ were both puzzled and quickly parked their car before rushing towards the entrance.
In Donghai City, under郝仁and Su Han's jurisdiction, no one would dare cause trouble at the Dragon King’s residence on land, right
"Mom!
! I'm back!" Zhao Yanzǐ pushed open the front door and yelled loudly to reassure herself.
"Come in," said Zhao Hongyu from inside.
Zhao Yanzǐ heaved a sigh of relief, took out her keys, and opened the door. She was somewhat cautious—if there were any unusual reactions inside, she would immediately take action to buy郝仁some time for preparation as well.
The room was filled with several dozen unfamiliar people.
There were some elderly folks, as well as middle-aged individuals. Lying on the living room floor were a few heavy-looking large boxes.
"This is my daughter Zhao Yanzǐ and this is the dragon prince consort of the Dragon Palace,郝仁," Zhao Guang introduced.
“What striking figures they both have… A perfect celestial match…”
A wave of compliments washed over them.
郝仁 recognized one of the elders standing beside Zhao Guang as the Wood Element Elder from the Jade Emperor Mountain in the Dragon God Temple’s examination. Accompanying him was the wood cultivator who had been injured before.
The wood cultivator, after a period of recuperation, looked much better compared to when he was initially hurt but still appeared somewhat pale. It seemed that the Wood Element's senior elder from Jade Emperor Mountain felt his disciple’s injuries were not serious anymore and hurriedly brought him over to Donghai Dragon Palace to express gratitude.
"仁, let me introduce them," Zhao Guang walked up to郝仁and pointed at an elderly man with wrinkles all over his face beside the elder, "This is the Wood Dragon King of Jade Emperor Mountain, Cloudy Dragon King. This is the head elder of the Wood Dragon Palace, Elder Song, and this is his top disciple, Wu Yi."
郝仁 bowed and nodded, “Pleased to meet you, Your Majesty.”
The dragon clans across the world are divided into five lineages based on their surnames: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. The Water Dragon lineage is further subdivided into four sub-lineages due to its largest population and widest distribution: River, Lake, Ocean, and Sea.
Therefore, from a hierarchical perspective, the Four Seas Dragon Palaces are merely one level higher than those of rivers, lakes, and seas. They統領四方水龍一族，但與另外四脈的龍族保持同一級彆。
This means that the Jade Emperor Mountain's Wood Dragon Palace is theoretically on par with the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace in terms of status. The Eastern Sea Dragon Palace can put pressure on the dragon palace of Dongting Lake, but it cannot command the wood dragons to do anything.
The dragon palaces of rivers, lakes and seas under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Sea all pay tribute to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace every year, and these dragon kings would appear at the birthday celebrations or major events of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace. However, unless there is a very close personal relationship or they are invited for an important occasion, the wood dragon clan’s dragon kings will never come on their own initiative.
Therefore, the fact that the Jade Emperor Mountain's Wood Dragon修士派出大長老特彆登門拜訪，而且木龍一脈的龍王親自來拜會趙廣，這規格是非常高的。
"No need for formalities," said Cloud Dragon King as he gently supported Hao Ren’s arm so that he didn't have to bend over.
Zhao Guang lightly tugged at Hao Ren and continued, "This is the Azure Leaf Dragon King of the Wood Dragon Palace in Azure Leaf Lake, along with Elders Xi and You."
Hao Ren quickly performed another bow.
"This is the Earth Dragon King of the Longhu Mountain's Earth Dragon Palace, and this is Chief Elder Ye..."
Hao Ren immediately clasped his hands in greeting.
The remaining few seemed to be either disciples accompanying the three dragon kings and elders or less important elders. Zhao Guang did not introduce them, so Hao Ren just bowed respectfully towards each of them.
"Azi, how can you have no manners at all!" Zhao Hongyu saw Zhao Yanzi holding her school bag dumbly standing in the middle, lightly calling out to her.
With a clear voice, Zhao Yanzi shouted out, "Uncle! Uncle! Hello everyone!"
The three dragon kings and elders smiled kindly upon seeing Zhao Yanzi's lively demeanor, without any hint of disapproval.
"Please take a seat," said Zhao Guang as he gestured towards the sofa.
Hao Ren could see that they had just arrived and had not sat down yet.
"Azi, go make some tea!" said Zhao Guang sternly.
Since there were no maids in Zhao Guang’s house, making tea fell on Zhao Yanzi. She put down her school bag with a smile and scampered into the kitchen.
The three dragon kings sat on the sofa in turn, and Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu also sat on another couch.
The remaining dragon elders and disciples did not dare to sit down. Hao Ren observed the situation but naturally would not rashly take a seat either.
"This time coming from afar is mainly to thank the Dragon Palace of Eastern Sea for providing assistance to my disciple Wu Yi during the imperial examination at the Dragon God Temple."
The most elderly-looking Ciyun Dragon King, facing Zhao Guang, spoke slowly.
"We five dragon tribes are of the same origin and should support each other," said Zhao Guang politely.
Zhao Guang was also somewhat surprised at this sudden visit by the three dragon kings. If it weren’t for knowing through the Dragon Palace’s intelligence network that they had already entered the territory of Donghai City, he would have still been handling business matters in Mingyue Group at this time.
"We originally planned to visit the Dragon Palace of Eastern Sea but feared that King Zhao might treat us too grandly. So after discussing among ourselves, we decided to directly come over to pay our respects at your residence," said Ciyun Dragon King as he looked at the other two dragon kings beside him, "The Green Leaf Dragon King of Lake Green Leaf and Heavenly Response Dragon King of Longhu Mountain are also old friends of mine; hence, they agreed to join me in visiting."
"Tea is ready!"
At this moment, Zhao Yanziqu called out crisply. She brought a tray with five or six cups of high-quality Tieguanyin tea and placed them on the coffee table at the center of the living room.
"Please have some tea," said Zhao Guang smoothly.
The three dragon kings each picked up their teacups, took small sips, nodded in appreciation, and then put down their cups back onto the glass coffee table.
"It is an honor for Donghai to host all three dragon kings. Our region of Donghai, Yuhuang Mountain, Lake Green Leaf, and Longhu Mountain are separated by thousands of mountains; we should definitely increase our exchanges."
Zhao Guang said with a smile.
Though his age did not match that of the three dragon kings, his skill in communication was no less refined. The massive arrival of the three dragon kings might be good or bad news for Zhao Guang; he could not afford to speak too hastily.
The Wood Dragon lineage from Yuhuang Mountain still wielded considerable influence among the dragon cultivators in the southwestern region. Places like Lake Green Leaf and Longhu Mountain did not necessarily depend on Yuhuang Mountain’s Wood Dragon lineage but generally aligned with its major interests.
In reality, both Lake Green Leaf and Longhu Mountain were significant forces in the southwest, comparable to Dongting Lake here; each had tens of thousands of cultivators. Moreover, due to fewer water bodies in this southwestern region, these areas were predominantly controlled by Wood Dragons and Earth Dragons—making them even more formidable.
Thus, Zhao Guang’s cautious attitude was quite understandable.
"Hahaha..." Seeing Zhao Guang's hesitation, the Benevolent Cloud Dragon King of Jade Emperor Mountain waved his hand.
The disciples standing behind the sofa immediately opened all the boxes on the floor.
A box full of ten thousand-year-old agarwood, a box full of purple gold sand, and a box full of black pine cones. There was also another box containing an ancient-looking tree root exuding strong spiritual energy... "A small gift to thank the East Sea Dragon Palace for its assistance," the Benevolent Cloud Dragon King stroked his beard. "Wu Yi is a promising young talent nurtured by Jade Emperor Mountain over these past few hundred years. If he were to perish in the imperial examination of the Divine Dragon Temple, it would be a heavy loss for our Jade Emperor Mountain."
Zhao Guang didn't know what was inside these boxes and had some caution at first, but upon seeing the extraordinarily precious gifts, he instantly felt reassured.
He knew that the elder of Jade Emperor Mountain's Wood Dragon Palace brought the other two dragon kings here without any ulterior motives. He hurriedly said, "These gifts are too valuable; how can we, the East Sea, accept them"
Agarwood and purple gold sand were excellent materials for refining treasures. In particular, ten thousand-year-old agarwood was impervious to water and fire. Even a small piece inscribed with an array formation could be made into a jade pendant that would serve as an extremely effective defensive treasure when worn nearby. Moreover, there was整整一箱！
The black pine cone was material for alchemy; of course, if one didn't use it for alchemy and simply soaked it in water to drink, it could also enhance their cultivation power. This was a very effective item for the Water Dragon lineage, and for the Benevolent Cloud Dragon King to gift an entire box, it was indeed a generous gesture!
As for that ancient-looking tree root, without even looking at it, one could tell it was undoubtedly something excellent.
Zhuanyi Zhao, who had secretly moved beside Hao Ren, turned her head to look at him with some excitement in her eyes. Having three dragon kings come to her house specially to present gifts was an unprecedented experience for her.
Usually, when the Dragon Palaces of rivers and lakes presented gifts to the East Sea, it would be done by a Chancellor or Elder on behalf of their palace, with no need for the Dragon King to make a personal visit. However, this Wood Dragon Palace and Earth Dragon Palace were so far away that they had traveled thousands of miles specifically to present such generous gifts!
Moreover, not only had she never seen anything like this before, Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Guang hadn't either!
No matter the weight of these gifts, the fact that three dragon kings personally visited Zhao Guang in East Sea City was a strong signal indicating their desire to be on good terms.
The East Sea Dragon Palace is about to rise again!
"A small gift, Your Excellency Zhao need not be modest," the Benevolent Cloud Dragon King looked up at Hao Ren behind Zhao Guang. "Your Excellency Zhao's son-in-law, Hao Fuzhi, truly stands out as an outstanding talent!"
Clearly, Hao Ren’s performance in the divine dragon temple examination had also been noticed by them, and they were sure to know about him becoming a Third-Rank Inspector.
Zhao Guang smiled contentedly and turned to look at Hao Ren with an expression of affectionate care.
"I have another request. I wonder if Your Excellency Zhao can fulfill it" the Benevolent Cloud Dragon King asked.
“Speak freely!” Zhao Guang said magnanimously.ent hosted by the Eastern Sea!Just as Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu felt suffocating in the chest and were about to withstand no more, a bright blue light shot down and pushed toward Old Zeng with one ha...