The man under the tree was also shocked; such a large person falling like that...

He quickly channeled his magic, and two streams of water swirled around, carrying the enormous body down slowly. At the same time, he chanted a spell, transforming her into a human form, which leaned against the tree trunk.

She was still groggy when she looked up at the person in front of her. The man had a handsome face and strong features, and he was looking at her with a smile, which made her heart pound wildly.

Her eyes and heart were so full that they couldn't hold anything anymore, giving her an illusion of time—it seemed like a long time had passed, yet it also seemed like only a moment had gone by.

She wanted to say something, but it seemed she had a thousand words to say but didn't know where to begin. She just opened her mouth, waited a while, and then asked, "Who are you? What's your name?"

The man put his index finger to his lips, tilted his head to listen, and whispered "Shh."

Then he stepped forward, grabbed her, and leaped upwards, hiding in the treetops. His movements were swift, like a streak of light, and the patrolling guards didn't notice him at all.

Wei Jiao felt a surge of heat rising to her head, her face flushed, and her heart pounding. She had never encountered anything like this in her more than a thousand years of life, so she was quite at a loss.

"I am Shuoyuan."

A pleasant voice spoke in her ear. Because it was so close, she could feel the vibration coming from her ear, and a strange tingling sensation spread throughout her body.

Shuoyuan, the eleventh son of the dragon, possesses the body of a true dragon and is nine hundred and eleven years old.

There is one of these enormous trees in each of the four directions of the Crystal Palace. It is a forbidden area for the aquatic creatures of the East Sea, guarded and patrolled, and rarely visited by anyone.

This tree bears a fruit called the Shadow Fruit, which grows out of thin air in the middle of the branches without flowers or stems, and emits a seven-colored light when ripe.

If one probes into it with water-based magic, a mirage-like illusion will appear before one's eyes. Moreover, these are all scenes that do not currently exist in the world, possessing infinite mysteries. Cultivators often use them to observe and comprehend the Tao.

However, it has a limited duration and disappears after one use. It is also indistinguishable from the outside.

However, only dragons of pure blood can pluck it, so although it is an important place, it is not strictly guarded. Shuoyuan came here to "take" this.

Wei Jiao only learned about these things later. After the guards left, Shuo Yuan picked three Shadow Fruits, put them in his Qiankun Bag, and then left with her.

Three days had passed since the chaos caused by A-Jiang. The Dragon Clan could not find A-Jiang, so they traced the source back to Wei Jiao.

The Dragon King inquired carefully, but Wei Jiao and A Jiang were just strangers who had met by chance, so he couldn't say anything.

The Dragon King was both disappointed and angry.

The Dragon Palace suffered such great losses, but gained absolutely nothing.

He looked at Wei Jiao in front of him, and a surge of anger gradually rose within him.

Someone has to pay for my losses.

"Oh right, I remember she stamped my passport."

At this moment, Wei Jiao suddenly spoke.

Several days had passed, and she was drunk that day, so she forgot about it for a while.

"What stamp?"

The dragons present were all completely bewildered.

Wei Jiao scratched his head: "I remember she said that after she stamped the document, she could summon me to help her fight."

"What does the seal look like, and where is it stamped?"

“It’s a small white mark.” She held up her wrist. “It’s on my wrist.”

The demons looked over and saw that there was nothing on her wrist.

"Your Majesty, do you know anything about magical artifacts?"

The Dragon King stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and then shook his head.

"Can you use this seal to feel the connection between you? Can you sense her location or send her a message?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Jiao carefully sensed the meaning.

After calming down, she did indeed feel a connection from afar.

She opened her eyes in surprise.

"You can sense it?"

All the demons were curious, and even the eleventh prince nearby looked at her with curiosity.

Wei Jiao was a little shy.

"I can sense it, but it's very, very far away, and I can't get in touch with it."

The dragons sighed.

"You should stay in the Dragon Palace for now. If the gods summon you, we will convey our greetings from the East Sea Dragon Clan immediately."

"And ours too, ours."

So Wei Jiao settled down in the East Sea Dragon Palace.

The current Dragon King of the East Sea is nearly six thousand years old, but he has yet to break through the limits of a true dragon and cultivate into the form of an Yinglong. Although he still has a long lifespan, if he cannot break through within a hundred years, he will have no choice but to give up and take his wife to the Dragon Tomb.

Therefore, the Dragon King takes this opportunity very seriously. If he cannot break through, he will have to consider the issue of a successor.

The most popular candidate to become the next Dragon King is the eleventh son of the dragon.

Wei Jiao wandered around the Dragon Palace garden at will. For the past few days, she had been thinking about the day she first met Shuo Yuan.

A strange surge of excitement welled up inside him. Shuoyuan was simply too wonderful; even his act of "taking" the Shadow Fruit seemed so endearing, giving him a vibrant and lively aura.

Right, of course he'd "take" the entire Dragon Palace, which would all be his afterward, not to mention a few fruits.

The Dragon Palace garden is very large; a few courtyards to the east lead to Shuoyuan's residence.

These past few days, she's been wandering around there from time to time, and when she can't sleep at night, she'll sneak out and climb onto someone's roof.

However, this time she learned to shrink her body in the past; otherwise, a dragon lying on the roof would not only be frightening but would also cause the roof to collapse.

And so, having seen his back, his profile, his head bowed and his smile, she quietly and carefully kept them all in her heart, savoring them when she was alone.

She felt that she might have gone mad, or perhaps she was bewitched; in any case, she had lost all reason and only wanted to find ways to stay by his side every day.

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