Chapter 686: Gathering of the Dragon Kings
o foolish to think that Su Han would be Hao Ren’s girlfriend"Alright then, tonight I’ll go with you and settle things with Huang Xujie," she continued.“What's there to explain” Unexpectedly, Hao Ren's...Chapter 686: Meeting of the Dragon Kings
"Mm, I'll go and take a look." Hao Ren followed the girl towards the entrance of the library.
The East Sea University's library was built grandly. In front of the main gate of this large library was a small square; descending via terraced steps led to a large square.
At that moment, far on the big square were parked luxurious cars. Elder men or middle-aged gentlemen, accompanied by some "attendants" holding umbrellas, walked down the steps one after another towards the main gate of the library.
Hao Ren channeled his spirit energy and, through Inspector's black token, saw that these elder men or middle-aged gentlemen were all formidable Dragon Sect practitioners.
Wood-element, earth-element, fire-element, water-element… except for no golden element practitioners seen, the four elemental Dragon Sect practitioners were all there!
The Dragon Sect practitioners who had come over received invitations from juniors and thus prepared themselves before flying here from elsewhere. Due to it raining in the East Sea City area, they could not disturb ordinary people so they changed to vehicles and then arrived at East Sea University.
Zhao Guang already knew beforehand that many representatives of the Dragon Palace were heading towards East Sea City, thus he came to the library entrance to welcome these guests proactively.
Many of the Dragon Sect practitioners studying in East Sea University were the nephews or children of various Dragon Palaces' elders or branches of current Dragon Kings. Hence, this group that arrived included the elders, princes and even some Dragon Kings from different Dragon Palaces!
Lu Qing stood by Zhao Guang's side as he watched the long procession of cars enter through the school gates. A large number of Dragon Sect practitioners walked up the semi-circular steps; Lu Qing smiled with satisfaction.
How many years had it been since the East Sea Dragon Palace lost its true leadership position…
Now, there was a feeling akin to tributary states coming to pay homage!
Zhao Guang stood at the entrance and saw that the Dragon Kings from various Dragon Palaces were approaching from several directions. He simply stayed put without proactively going over to greet any of them.
Seeing Lu Qing accompanying Zhao Guang out, President Liu thought Zhao Guang was heading back home and wanted to see him off, but then he suddenly saw a large number of people walking up the 180-degree steps from multiple directions; he froze in place.
Naturally, more surprised were the students.
As the best university in a thriving city, they often saw good cars appearing in their campus, but never such an assembly of luxury cars!
Varieties of Dragon Palaces had some ventures in the human world. Even those remote Dragon Palaces invested in certain cities!
Right now, all appeared as normal people in society; over half were chairmen of several companies! Or perhaps fathers and elders of certain chairmen!
Hundreds of students from the Calligraphy Society who had eaten box meals rushed to the outside of the library upon hearing the news to welcome their seniors.
What was originally a school club activity suddenly turned into a grand event!
Hao Ren stood by Zhao Guang's side and saw many students braving the rain to walk down the steps, welcoming their seniors.
Then they escorted their respective seniors to the library entrance for introductions to Hao Ren. Soon enough, Zhao Guang and these guests had all become acquainted with each other's identities.
The Dragon Sect was divided into five branches, with water dragons being the most numerous.
Every five years, the four-sea Dragon Palaces would convene the dragon kings of rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans to hold a conference to discuss major matters concerning the Water Dragon clan, determine development directions, and allocate resources.
Every ten years, the main leaders of the Five-Branch Dragons across the land would gather for the "Dragon Clan Conference" to deliberate on the most important events in the entire dragon clan and engage in exchanges and communication. Of course, such conferences were always attended by golden dragons.
However, Donghai Dragon Palace had always lacked interaction with the other small dragon palaces of its lineage. There were mutual estrangements between the five lineages of dragons, and even though there was a Dragon Clan Congress held every ten years, it couldn't change this situation.
The only time there would be close contact and interactions was among dragon palaces with the same lineage. As for the rest, it was limited to some relative exchanges between dragon palaces that were geographically adjacent.
During the Dragon Clan Congress held every ten years, the major events of the Dragon Clan were discussed, and each dragon palace or lineage would stand firm on their own interests. Such formal occasions did not facilitate communication.
But Hao Ren's club activities provided an opportunity for informal meetings between different regions and dragon palaces!
In just a year, Donghai Dragon Palace had rapidly risen to prominence and was clearly the leader among the Four Seas. The other dragon palaces wanted to interact with Donghai Dragon Palace but couldn't find a reason. Similarly, Donghai Dragon Palace didn't have any reason to invite these unfamiliar dragon palaces as guests.
Hao Ren solved Zhao Guang's dilemma!
The ground floor of the library had a teahouse where these distant representatives could engage in conversation.
There were over five hundred members in Hao Ren’s calligraphy club, and he personally greeted 35 dragon kings as they arrived! It showed how eager these dragon palaces were to discuss development and cooperation with Donghai Dragon Palace!
More cars continued to arrive. Lu sisters and Xie Yujia came over to help with the reception.
The arriving guests' dragon palaces were scattered across all directions, but if they could establish connections, it would form a network of relationships!
"Uncle!"
Wearing school uniforms and holding umbrellas, Zhao Yanzi, mixed in the crowd, arrived at the library entrance.
She tapped Hao Ren with her umbrella handle and then quickly realized Zhao Guang was nearby. She hurriedly stuck out her tongue and hid behind Hao Ren.
Recalling that Hao Ren had planned to hold a club activity today, she took advantage of the school's lunch break to come over for fun. However, it turned out too "exciting"...
Two elementary students in black Western-style uniforms and little umbrellas walked up the steps.
In the rain, Wu Luoxue’s face was flushed red; her small shoes were slightly wet but shone more brightly.
Under her mother's guidance, she excelled at playing music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Therefore, despite the rain, she came to see Hao Ren's club exhibition on calligraphy.
Zhen Ciming didn't need to be mentioned; wherever Wu Luoxue went, he followed as a little tag-along.
"Let’s go inside!" Outside was bitterly cold. Zhao Yanzi pulled Hao Ren by the wrist and dragged him into the library.
She wanted Hao Ren to accompany her in viewing the exhibits; naturally, she felt sorry for Hao Ren standing outside in the cold welcoming guests.
Zhen Ciming helped Wu Luoxue shield from rain and carefully collected her umbrella so she could enter the library. But Wu Luoxue seemed ungrateful, with no signs of gratitude on her pretty face; instead, she stared at Hao Ren’s ink writings by the entrance for a few seconds before continuing to view other calligraphies.
The invited calligraphy masters from the schools were already entranced by the array of calligraphy works. Although these contemporary calligraphers couldn't compare with ancient ones, their appreciation skills far surpassed most people.
It was precisely because of this that they could see the exquisite details in these calligraphies and became more absorbed as they observed them, almost wanting to collect each piece individually.
In ancient times, practicing calligraphy involved focusing on energy; dragons from Hao Ren's club were not lacking in energy. So their calligraphy was naturally beyond comparison with ordinary people’s.
The number of people in the library was increasing. According to Hao Ren's instructions, members who had invited their seniors into the library lined up at the entrance and began limiting the entry of students.
The principal stood right outside the door. He did not have any objections to what the club was doing. With the Calligraphy Club’s capabilities, even if they used the entire library for a day, he wouldn't have objected! If anyone dared say anything bad about the Calligraphy Club, he would be the first one to stand up for them!
Very quickly, a long queue formed outside the library.
The students under umbrellas wanted to see the magnificent sight of a thousand calligraphic works inside the library! This was unprecedented enthusiasm ever since Donghai University had been established!
In the hall, the Dragon King and the Dragon Kings gathered together, while Elders stood in groups as well. They couldn't wait to exchange ideas.
Their juniors were all studying at Donghai University and even in the same school club. This made them feel a sense of closeness, and they had some common topics to discuss initially.
Wu Luoxue nibbled her little finger as she raised her smooth head to examine each piece of calligraphy one by one. The raindrops wetting her hair on the back of her neck made her look even more beautiful, while her soft arms were as white and translucent as jade.
Hao Ren looked at her and understood why Zhen Ciming had feelings for her. Indeed, Wu Luoxue was both intelligent and cute, which meant that Zhen Ciming's taste wasn't bad after all.
"Hey," said Zhen Ciming as he nudged Hao Ren with his elbow. "Don’t stare at my girlfriend."
Hao Ren helplessly glanced at him. He thought to himself, she hasn't agreed to be your girlfriend yet, has she This brat already had such possessive feelings towards her even though he hadn't won her over...
"The piece of cloth you showed me yesterday—I later looked it up online and found out that its name is the Wishing Cloth. Ancient cultivators didn’t have popular soul-bound treasures like today’s cultivators; their treasures were usually carried around with them, and they used this kind of wishing cloth to go along with them," Zhen Ciming said after turning Hao Ren's gaze towards him.
"Hmm... What else" asked Hao Ren.
"Your little shield is also an ancient treasure, so it likes to be cleaned by the wishing cloth," said Zhen Ciming as he rolled his eyes at Hao Ren. "Later on I checked a few very old ancient books and found a technique."
Zhen Ciming tossed a piece of pale yellow paper that contained fifty characters in a short set of techniques.
Hao Ren took the paper away and looked at Zhen Ciming's proud expression. He knew this guy was not very good with his mouth, but he actually did help quite a bit.
Xie Yujia needed a flying treasure; giving her this white cloth would be perfect if she could use it according to the techniques.
Wu Luoxue stared at one large piece of calligraphy for a while before walking over several steps to look at another small seal script. Zhen Ciming hurriedly followed after and stood close by, whispering in her ear.
Hao Ren looked down at his watch; he thought why weren’t Mom, Dad, and Grandma coming yet
"You did pretty well," said a voice suddenly beside Hao Ren’s ear.
Hao Ren quickly turned around to see that Ye Zilong had appeared without anyone noticing him standing next to Hao Ren.
He wore silver-rimmed glasses and was very refined; there wasn’t even the slightest trace of a dragon aura on his body. Who would have thought that he was actually the fourth-ranked leader in the Dragon God Temple...
"Teacher Ye is too kind," said Hao Ren with a smile. "All this was due to Teacher Ye's support."
Ye Zilong tilted up one corner of his mouth and gave an amused smile, as if he saw through Hao Ren’s immature trick.
He did not understand why the temple lord had promoted Hao Ren to a Fourth Tier Reviewer. Actually, Third Tier Reviewers were enough for someone at Hao Ren's level, but the temple lord’s words to them nine sub-temple lords made him think deeply—cultivators who could make an Exquisite Heaven Treasure willingly follow them are beyond your understanding.
Ye Zilong had entered cultivation through martial arts and never used any treasures in battle except for the Dragon God Temple's hunting treasures. Amongst the other eight sub-temple lords, five of them owned Exquisite Heaven Treasures.
The Chamber Master's words made them realize Hao Ren's uniqueness, causing the eight Vice-Chamber Masters to pay some attention to him.
How could the dragon kings and elders conversing in low voices happily have known that a Vice-Chamber Master of the Dragon Deity Temple stood among them!
The Dragon Deity Temple oversees the celestial dragons. If they knew one of their vice-chamber masters was here, perhaps they would stop talking immediately.
"That... spatial break card..." Hao Ren looked at Yue Zilong and deliberately prolonged his voice.
“Humph, used them all up again” Yue Zilong pushed his glasses up and glared at Hao Ren.
"This trip to the Sea of Demons isn't just for fun," Hao Ren replied while raising his hand with five fingers spread out.
Yue Zilong gritted his teeth, took out five spatial break cards from his Ring of Infinity and placed them heavily in Hao Ren's palm. Even though he was a vice-chamber master of the Dragon Deity Temple, giving away five spatial break cards at once caused him some regret, as each one required great effort to draw.
However... Since their chamber master seemed quite fond of this boy, giving Hao Ren another five spatial break cards would be like making a preemptive investment in their relationship.
Hao Ren chuckled and stowed the spatial break cards into his Spatial Pocket Dimension. If it were just regular items, he wouldn’t have asked Yue Zilong for them; however, these spatial break cards were indeed useful, so getting a few extra would be good for protection.
"Song Qingya! Song Qingya!"
Suddenly, the students in the hall screamed out.
Hao Ren turned to the door and saw the celebrity Song Qingya wearing a deep blue belted overcoat walk into the room.
Several assistants were with her, carefully maintaining order around her.
"The activity by the East Sea took longer than expected. I happened to not have returned yet. When I heard about your club activities from Ah Zi, I decided to come take a look. Will it disturb you" Song Qingya smiled and walked over to Hao Ren, speaking in an elegant manner.
Her gaze glanced at Yue Zilong beside Hao Ren with a simple smile but didn’t pay much attention—she couldn't imagine that the person by Hao Ren’s side was one of the nine vice-chamber masters of the Dragon Deity Temple.
"It's great to have Qingya Sister come support us," said Hao Ren.
“There are quite a few people here,” Song Qingya surveyed her surroundings and tapped an assistant beside her, “I also brought along a calligraphy piece of mine; I wonder if it can be hung up.”
The assistant took out a scroll from their bag and slowly unrolled it—it was a beautifully crafted small regular script.
In truth, Song Qingya had come to add to the festivities but hadn't expected so many dragon cultivators here—this was an unexpected joy for her.
Song Qingya's sudden appearance with her own calligraphy work naturally stirred up a commotion among the students in the library.
After all, just a few autographed photos of Song Qingya had kept Xu Ke from showing his face on campus for days. How precious would her calligraphy pieces be then!
Hao Ren waved a hand and asked a club member to take Song Qingya’s piece of calligraphy and hang it up prominently.
“When autumn comes in mid-September, my flowers bloom after all others wither,” Song Qingya noticed a nearby inscription and slightly frowned, "This one carries quite a heavy sense of killing intent."
"Xu Ke, your grandpa’s here!" A freshman shouted out inside the library.ly knew how they mixed around with the Dragon King there.Seeing the state chancellor’s expression and words made everyone want to laugh.Zhao Guang could only smile helplessly. Hao Ren's display of pow...