Wang Mu picked up a fruit from the plate, ate it, and said, "I didn't expect you to be from the Dongling Sea Dragon Palace. That's perfect. You can do a favor."
"What favor?" Ao Qing, realizing he could no longer feign ignorance, asked warily. "If you're thinking of asking for a marriage, I can't help you with that. Don't forget about the Great Immortal…"
"Asking for what marriage?" Wang Mu was startled. "Are you talking about that Third Princess? Who would be interested in her? I'm not here to ask for a marriage… Besides, ahem… you know my relationship with the Great Immortal is… well, how could I possibly be here for that?"
Ao Qing fell silent for a mont.
"If you already have the Great Immortal, why would you beco soone else's Taoist couple?" Ao Qing scoffed. "And you have the nerve to say it!"
"I had no choice!" Wang Mu said. "I didn't want to, but think about it: what's the identity, status, and strength of that Taoist couple?"
"The Ascending Immortal Ancestor of the Dan King Sect, a current Ascension Realm powerhouse. I'm well aware," Ao Qing said flatly.
"Right, you know it too," Wang Mu said. "As a re Golden Core cultivator, what could I do? I couldn't even resist! It certainly wasn't my intention to betray the Great Immortal."
Ao Qing thought it over and found it sowhat reasonable. As a re Golden Core cultivator, what could he do if an Ascension Realm powerhouse took an interest in him? It seed… there was indeed nothing he could do. Was he supposed to choose death over submission? Against the thods of an Ascension Realm powerhouse, even choosing to die with dignity wouldn't be possible.
"I just don't understand how a re Golden Core cultivator like you… how could that Ancestor take an interest in you…" Ao Qing struggled for words, finally letting out a helpless sigh.
"Forget about that. Just help with sothing," Wang Mu insisted.
"You're really not here to ask for a marriage?" Ao Qing paused.
"Absolutely not!"
"You've never even seen the Third Princess. How can you be so sure?" Ao Qing felt a little displeased and couldn't understand why the Great Immortal, and even that Ascending Immortal Ancestor, would take an interest in this person.
"She's just a dragon," Wang Mu said, waving his hand dismissively. "How can she compare to the Great Immortal? Ahem, no offense to you, but I have no interest in any princess… I have too many romantic debts as it is…"
"At least you're self-aware," Ao Qing said. "Spit it out. What do you need help with?"
"Actually, I ca here to look for the Five-Colored Divine Gold of the Dongling Sea Dragon Palace," Wang Mu explained. "But I heard it's a Supre Treasure of your Dragon Palace, and I'm not sure how to obtain it. Since you're from the Dragon Palace, could you think of a way to help find out more?"
"Find out more about what?" Ao Qing asked.
"The Five-Colored Divine Gold…" Wang Mu stated.
Ao Qing was taken aback. "You've co to our Dongling Dragon Palace for this?"
"That's right…"
Ao Qing pondered for a mont. "That's probably a bit difficult."
"How difficult?"
"More difficult than becoming the Third Princess's Prince Consort."
Wang Mu was silent.
"Why do you say that?" Wang Mu asked, surprised.
"Years ago, the Great Immortal used the Five-Colored Divine Gold to create the Sea Suppressing Divine Pillar in the Heavenly Sea. There isn't much left now," Ao Qing explained. "Currently, only the Dragon King can use a small amount of it. If you want to obtain this item, the difficulty is roughly equivalent to becoming the Dragon King of the Dongling Dragon Palace."
Damn it, Wang Mu thought. That really does seem even more difficult than becoming the Third Princess's Prince Consort.
"Isn't there any other way?" Wang Mu asked.
"This… I'm not entirely sure…" Ao Qing pondered for a mont. "How about this: I'll take you to see the Dragon King. You can see what he has to say."
"Let's hurry then!" Wang Mu urged.
It really is good to have connections, Wang Mu thought.
Ao Qing observed Wang Mu's sincere expression. Considering it was for the Great Immortal's sake, he decided it would be acceptable to take him to et the Dragon King. Whether Wang Mu could obtain the item or not would be up to him.
They arrived at the court in the rear of the Dragon Palace.
anwhile, the middle-aged man and the middle-aged woman had been waiting anxiously. Before long, they saw their daughter returning with a Human Clan cultivator.
The two exchanged a look, their eyes filled with imnse joy. That was incredibly fast, wasn't it? they thought.
Their gazes swept over Wang Mu like scanners, sizing him up from head to toe.
"Not bad, not bad at all!"
The couple looked at each other, apparently very satisfied with his physique and handso features.
"Excellent, excellent!" the Old Dragon King said with a beaming smile.
What in the world? Wang Mu wondered. So this is the Dragon King? He seems rather approachable, doesn't he?
"Um…" Ao Qing quickly recounted what had happened to avoid any misunderstanding.
"The Five-Colored Divine Gold?" The Old Dragon King mused for a few seconds. "So, it's for this item… This is a Supre Treasure of our Dragon Palace… If you want it…"
The Old Dragon King looked at Wang Mu and Ao Qing, then exchanged a aningful glance with the middle-aged woman beside him.
"Here's the proposal…" the Old Dragon King said with a smile. "Human cultivator, I observe that you have an extraordinary bearing and your cultivation is quite good. If you beco my daughter's—that is, the Third Dragon Princess's—partner, and beco the Prince Consort of our Dongling Sea Dragon Palace, then I can give you so of the Five-Colored Divine Gold."
Wang Mu was speechless.
"What are you talking about?" Ao Qing interjected anxiously. "That Five-Colored Divine Gold is such a Divine Artifact! How can you just give it away as part of an exchange like this?"
"No Divine Artifact, no matter how powerful, can compare to the continuation of our Dragon Clan's Bloodline," the Old Dragon King said, shaking his head. "Little cultivator, what do you think?"
"Um… actually, I already have a Taoist couple," Wang Mu said, his scalp tingling. Is this Dragon King being a bit too nonchalant? he thought.
"A Taoist couple?" Sure enough, the Old Dragon King's expression darkened. "If you already have a Taoist couple, what are you doing here?"
The Old Dragon King looked at Ao Qing, his expression clearly displeased, as if blaming him.
"He just wants the Five-Colored Divine Gold," Ao Qing said, sowhat relieved. "Just tell him how he can obtain it."
"May I ask who your Taoist couple is?" the middle-aged woman asked, continuing to observe Wang Mu. "I feel as though I've seen you sowhere before… What is your na?"
"Wang Mu."
"Wang Mu?" The Old Dragon King was taken aback. "Are you Wang Mu from the Sword Sect, number one on the Heavenly Pride Rank? Wait a mont… your Taoist couple, could she be that Ancestor from the Dan King Sect?"
Wang Mu nodded.
The Old Dragon King's and the middle-aged woman's eyes lit up.
"In that case…" The Old Dragon King burst into hearty laughter. "Then it doesn't matter if you have a Taoist couple…"
"Dragon King, what do you an by that?" Wang Mu asked.
"It ans that if you beco the Prince Consort of my Dongling Sea, I will imdiately give you the Five-Colored Divine Gold," the Old Dragon King said with a smile.
"Ahem… but I already *have* a Taoist couple," Wang Mu coughed.
"No worries, no worries at all…" The Old Dragon King's face was wreathed in smiles. "For us to be connected by marriage to the Dan King Sect's Ancestor would also be a fortunate destiny for our Dongling Sea."
Wang Mu was rendered speechless yet again.
"Wouldn't that be rather unfair to your daughter?" Wang Mu asked, still speechless.
"It's no problem. She can be the junior wife," the Old Dragon King and the middle-aged woman said with a smile. "It won't be a hardship for her."
Wang Mu was utterly bewildered.
Ao Qing was equally astounded.
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