When Ao Ren added enough cinnabar and rushed to Lingji Mountain to bring rain, he found that water mist was rising in Lingji Mountain and the thunder and fire had been extinguished.

Ao Ren stood on the clouds with a frown on his face. At this moment, the judge of Yanlai Lake Prefecture flew over to Ao Ren and bowed, "Lord of the Prefecture."

Ao Ren looked at the judge and asked, "Have you put out the fire?"

The judge quickly replied, "How could I possibly possess such skill? It was the lord, King Jiangdu Guangyuan, who was passing by on his imperial chariot. He saw the raging thunder and fire and sent down rain and dew to extinguish the flames."

"What?" Ao Ren was shocked when he heard this. "King Jiangdu Guangyuan? Where is he?"

The judge quickly pointed to the layers of golden clouds ahead and said, "It's above those golden clouds."

Upon hearing this, Ao Ren said nothing, immediately straightened his appearance and flew forward, arriving on the golden cloud where King Jiangdu Guangyuan's carriage was.

"This is where Prince Guangyuan of Jiangdu stays. Who are you?" As Ao Ren approached the golden cloud, he was stopped by two true immortal generals.

Ao Ren quickly bowed and said, "I am Ao Ren, the water god of Yanlai Lake. I heard that Prince Guangyuan's imperial carriage was passing through here, so I came to see him."

Upon hearing this, the two divine generals made way and said, "Since you are the Water God of Yanlai Lake, please come in."

"Thank you." Ao Ren bowed to the two generals and thanked them. Then he stepped directly onto the golden cloud and came to the front of King Jiangdu Guangyuan's carriage.

A giant turtle lies on the golden clouds, like a small mountain, and on the back of the giant turtle is a golden palace with auspicious clouds. There are divine generals guarding inside and outside the golden palace, which is extremely majestic.

Although he hadn't seen King Jiangdu Guangyuan, Ao Ren knew he was seated high up in the golden palace, so he immediately approached the giant ao and bowed, saying, "Ao Ren, the water god of Yanlai Lake, pays homage to His Majesty King Jiangdu Guangyuan."

King Guangyuan of Jiangdu, whose real name in the human world was "Qu Yuan".

After Ao Ren saluted, a majestic voice slowly rang out from the golden palace: "Thunder and fire are spreading across Lingji Mountain. Have you received the decree to send rain?"

Upon hearing this, Ao Ren's face darkened, and he bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I was in retreat at the time and didn't receive the decree. However, upon hearing the news, I immediately ordered the Water Palace Judge to lead the water generals to stop the fire from spreading. After concluding my retreat, I immediately rushed here to send rain to extinguish the fire, but I didn't expect that the thunder fire had already been extinguished by Your Majesty's rain."

At this point, Ao Ren immediately bowed his head and said, "Prince Guangyuan has boundless magical powers, cares for the people, and is compassionate. I admire you deeply."

Facing Ao Ren's flattery, King Jiangdu Guangyuan did not accept it, but said calmly: "The thunder and fire here have been extinguished. You will stay here to clean up the mess and prevent the thunder and fire from reigniting."

Ao Ren immediately bowed and said, "Yes, I will obey your command."

"Let's get going and return to the palace." After a while, a loud and majestic voice was heard from the golden palace. The next moment, the golden cloud where King Jiangdu Guangyuan's carriage was located began to move slowly and flew towards the east.

Ao Ren stood in the clouds, watching King Jiangdu Guangyuan's carriage depart. He then turned and said to the Water Palace Judge beside him, "You and the water generals will stay here to deal with the aftermath. Don't let the thunder and fire reignite."

The judge respectfully accepted the order, then asked, "Should we report back to the Southern Heaven Prefecture's decree now?"

Ao Ren said, "Report back and tell them that the thunder and fire on Mount Lingji have been extinguished."

"Yes," the judge humbly nodded, but inwardly, he felt a growing disdain. It was clearly Prince Jiangdu Guangyuan who put out the fire, yet he was claiming the credit himself. … Any immortal official receiving a decree was required to report back after completing their task, but Ao Ren clearly wasn't going to explain the situation in his report, instead wanting to take the credit for putting out the fire himself.

"He's lost his mind," the judge thought to himself. "You're really brave, trying to take credit for Prince Jiang Du Guangyuan's work?"

After the judge received the order, Ao Ren returned to Yanlai Lake. Then the judge reported to Nantian Prefecture according to Ao Ren's instructions.

But coincidentally, after King Jiangdu Guangyuan sent rain to extinguish the thunder and fire on Lingji Mountain, he had already reported it to the Nantian Palace. So when the reply letter from Yanlai Lake Water Palace reached the Nantian Palace, Xuanling Tianjun and Master Baizhen had already received the imperial edict from King Jiangdu Guangyuan.

King Jiangdu Guangyuan is one of the 'Four Dukyuan Kings', his status is second only to the Four Sea Gods, and he ranks as one of the 'Twelfth-Class Gods' among the super-grade immortal officials in the Heavenly Court.

Fang Jian and the Heavenly Sovereigns of the Four Continents were ranked among the super-grade "Eighth Grade Gods", so after King Jiangdu Guangyuan put out the fire, he naturally had to report to the Southern Heaven Palace.

"Prince Guangyuan of Jiangdu has just reported that the thunder and fire on Mount Lingji have been extinguished, and he has also noted the time of extinguishing the fire. Now Ao Ren, the water god of Yanlai Lake, has submitted another report, and the time is two quarters later than that of Prince Guangyuan of Jiangdu." Master Bai Zhen said, holding the report from the Water Palace of Yanlai Lake.

Xuanling Tianjun was a man of great stature. Upon hearing this, he immediately understood that something was amiss, so he said to the messenger Xiang Yuan, "Lead the heavenly soldiers to the lower world and summon the water god of Yanlai Lake and his water palace judge to report to you."

The messenger immediately came out and bowed to Xuanling Tianjun, saying, "I will obey your orders."

Ao Ren returned to the Water Palace of Yanlai Lake. He had just sat in front of the Bagua furnace for less than an hour when he heard a commotion outside the hall. Then the Water Palace judge and several water generals ran into the hall with pale faces.

Ao Ren stood up suddenly, but before he could open his mouth to scold, he saw a heavenly general leading dozens of heavenly soldiers in golden armor and helmets rushing into the hall.

"Ao Ren, the water god of Yanlai Lake." The messenger Xiang Yuan walked up to Ao Ren and shouted.

Ao Ren swallowed the scolding words in an instant, then blinked. As an immortal official from the Southern Continent, he naturally knew Xiang Yuan, the messenger from the Southern Heavenly Prefecture. At this moment, his expression suddenly became cautious, and he said with a bow, "I am Ao Ren. I wonder what instructions the messenger has."

Xiang Yuan said calmly, "The Emperor has issued an order, ordering you to immediately go to the Scarlet Cloud Palace to appear before him and make your report."

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