As he spoke, he became tearful.
Zu An knew she was faking it, but he couldn't help but say, "Alright, alright, you're acting so convincingly. Do you think I'm the kind of person who takes advantage of others in distress?"
"I think so." Shang Hongyu smiled through her tears, blinking her eyes, which were exceptionally bright and captivating.
Zuan: "..."
The two have been playing this kind of extreme tug-of-war game a lot lately, and they both seem to enjoy it quite a bit.
However, the two had enough tacit understanding to control that line and never crossed the line.
Before they knew it, they had arrived outside the Dragon Palace and felt a faint resistance coming from the water ahead, as if it was preventing them from entering.
At this moment, Shang Hongyu took out a token from his pocket, which was the fake Dragon King's personal possession.
A sliver of clear light shone from the token, and the magic array in the void in front of it seemed to sense something, as the pressure instantly dissipated.
The two successfully entered the Dragon Palace's territory. Shang Hongyu put the token back: "When I was wanted before, the authority of the token I had was revoked. When we get back, you have to order it to be reactivated for me."
"Of course." Zuan was somewhat surprised as he sensed the various faint arrays in the void, each exuding an ancient and profound aura. Even with his current level of expertise in arrays, he could hardly discern the underlying principles. "I didn't expect the array techniques of the Sea Clan to be so advanced."
Shang Hongyu replied, "These are all formations left over from ancient times. Nowadays, the sea races just maintain their operation step by step. The principles of many formations have been lost, and many formations are broken and no one knows how to repair them, so they are just left abandoned and idle."
Zuan fell into deep thought; the sea tribe's foundation seemed to be even deeper than he had imagined.
Moreover, he paid more attention to another point: the sea race was more prosperous and powerful in ancient times than it is now. Many of the magic arrays from that time can still be maintained to this day, and the principles behind them are still incomprehensible to the current sea race.
This is not an isolated case. There are also many ancient legends about the human and demon races, who seem to be much more powerful than they are now.
But this doesn't conform to the laws of development. As civilization progresses, it should become more advanced and developed based on the foundations laid by its predecessors. Why would it regress?
"Greetings, Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Queen!" A respectful voice interrupted Zu An's thoughts.
A group of maids greeted them at the door, indicating that the sea creature ministers and guards had already returned to the Dragon Palace to inform them of their situation.
Zuan couldn't help but glance at the maids. They had exceptionally fair skin and beautiful faces, and he wondered what race they were.
"Stop looking, they're clam maidens," Shang Hongyu said irritably via telepathy.
Zuan was stunned. No wonder the Dragon King went to the Clam Clan to hunt for beauties. If ordinary Clam Clan women are so lovely, then the top beauties of the Clam Clan must be heaven-sent.
He was certainly not a lustful dragon king, and quickly withdrew his gaze, walking towards the Dragon Palace with Shang Hongyu.
Next, the Dragon Palace prepared a banquet to welcome the Mermaid Queen back and to celebrate the couple's reconciliation.
Fortunately, he had already been trained in the relevant ball etiquette during this period. At the same time, Shang Hongyu secretly explained the identities of those ministers to Zu An through telepathy. He handled it with ease, and every detail was impeccable.
Shang Hongyu was initially a little worried. After all, training is training, and real-world practice is real-world practice. No matter how well you train, it's easy to make all sorts of mistakes when you actually go on the field.
But to her surprise, Zuan seemed to have experienced this before, and was so perfect that she couldn't even tell if the other party was real or fake.
Unlike human nobles who enjoy watching dancers perform at their banquets, the nobles of the sea tribe prefer to dance themselves.
Soon it was time to invite a dance partner. A beautiful lady came up to Zuan, lifted her skirt, and with a charming smile, invited him to dance together.
Zuan remembered Shang Hongyu's introduction before. She was the Duchess of the Dolphin Clan, a renowned beauty who was the object of countless men's fantasies.
However, Zuan refused: "On a day like today, I would rather invite the Queen to dance with me."
A burst of good-natured laughter came from the people around him. Although this was not in line with the Dragon King's usual persona, no one would doubt his choice today.
The Duchess was slightly taken aback, but quickly regained her smile: "Of course, I was presumptuous. However, I hope that I can follow in the Queen's footsteps and dance a second dance with His Majesty."
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