Wei Jiao, standing next to him, stared wide-eyed. The decorations here were right up the dragon race's alley. Although Wei Jiao was usually carefree, he also really liked sparkly things.
The two walked and looked around. Although there were checks along the way, they were not strict. No cats or dogs sneaked into the dragon's nest two thousand meters underwater to cause trouble.
Upon arriving at the banquet hall, Ah Jiang stared blankly at the endless western horizon.
Wei Jiao led her around and around until they arrived at a banquet area decorated primarily in ice blue.
"Cousin, where have you been? Mrs. Long has been looking for you."
A brightly dressed little girl called out in a clear voice.
Wei Jiao led A Jiang to a seat and said, "You sit here first. My grandma is looking for me. I'll go check on her and come right back."
"Sister, where did you find this little monster? We don't know anything about him. What if the Dragon Palace of the East Sea blames us?"
"Look at her, she's such a cute little girl, what kind of bad person could she be? Stop nagging me here, go play by yourself."
“Wei Jiao, this is where you went wrong. You went out to play and made the old lady worry. Now you’ve brought along a woman of unknown origin. What if she loses her composure at such an important celebration? Wouldn’t our North Sea Dragon Palace lose all face?”
A beautiful woman in palace attire appeared before the three of them.
She was slender, beautiful, with many sequins on her face, porcelain-white skin, and adorned with jewelry.
"Liu Lan, I don't want to argue with you today. You'd better stay away from me."
"Hehe, this is really something. The troublemaker of Qinghai Lake doesn't want to argue anymore."
Not wanting to cause trouble for Wei Jiao, A Jiang tugged at her sleeve: "Wei Jiao, why don't I go back first?"
"Don't go. Let's see who dares to mess with you today. Liu Lan, if you want to fight, I'm ready."
"Hmph, rude. No wonder you're from the countryside. Don't you know what kind of occasion this is? You're always arguing and fighting. You're really disgracing the North Sea Dragon Clan."
A-Jiang frowned and looked over. A girl dressed in watermelon red was walking towards them. She had a sharp horn on her nose, and it was hard to tell what kind of monster she was, but she must be of high status to be involved in this dispute.
"Wei Jiao, thank you so much for showing me the magnificence of the Dragon Palace today. It has truly broadened my horizons. Especially these dragon princesses, each one of them is incredibly eloquent. When I get back, I can tell my fellow demons about what happened today, so they can also witness the princesses' charm."
A-Jiang smiled innocently: "Wei Jiao, you must tell me the names and life stories of these princesses so I can spread the word. We haven't seen such amazing people in our area for a long time."
"Haha, alright, I'll have a good talk with you later, especially about Princess Huiyan who arrived last."
"Huiyan? Is it the 'hui' of wisdom and the 'yan' of smoke and dust? Why is it called that?"
"Her original name was Broccoli, which means an orchid of the Western Dragon Clan, but she felt it didn't sound good, so she changed her name to Huiyan."
"Haha, that's interesting, but it's like wisdom is as fleeting as smoke, it feels like it could be blown away by the wind. Should we revise it again?"
"Hahaha, Ah Jiang, you really are... hahaha!"
Ah Jiang smiled without saying a word. She wasn't one to be quick-witted, but today she might have caught the urge to say a few more words.
If Xiao Songjing and Tao Pianpian were here, I probably wouldn't have needed to take action.
"You guys are so noisy, you know? It's true, having too many women is a real nuisance!"
A young man dressed in light pink brocade robes walked over, his face showing disgust, but he clearly wanted to join the battle.
Wei Jiao's face clearly showed disgust, and the others also looked unhappy upon hearing this.
“Ao Run, you’ve already been rejected twice. If you offend us again, you’ll never be able to find a wife for the rest of your life.”
“I would rather stay single for the rest of my life than marry a woman like you. You have no feminine gentleness or grace whatsoever; you are all shrewish women.”
Ah Jiang was amazed. Was this a clown sent by the monkey?
Her opinion of the demon had changed considerably; she had single-handedly turned the tide of the battle.
"What are you looking at, you shorty!"
Ajahn realized that his opinion of him had changed too quickly.
After a while of this noise, the sound of musical instruments filled the banquet hall, and some dancers gracefully entered, signaling the start of the banquet.
A Jiang followed Wei Jiao to sit in the North Sea Dragon Clan's seat. This seat wasn't considered very close to the front, as the heavens and the demon race had also sent distinguished guests to offer their congratulations.
Therefore, when the eleventh prince of the East Sea Dragon Clan appeared, from A-Jiang's perspective, he could only see a silhouette from afar.
It was too far away; even with the excellent eyesight of a cultivator, it was useless. All that could be discerned was a tall, slender figure with a fair complexion, black hair, and brightly colored clothes.
A-Jiang asked Wei Jiao in a low voice, but unfortunately she couldn't see clearly either. Her eyesight was astigmatic, and her vision was blurry when looking at people and things in the distance, even worse than A-Jiang's.
Wei Jiao reigned supreme in Qinghai Lake, but after a thousand years of cultivation, he still hadn't transformed into a dragon-like creature. This made him a bottom-of-the-barrel existence among the entire aquatic race. As such, he had no interest in paying attention to the legendary academic genius and simply lowered his head to drink wine and eat the delicacies on the table.
The Dragon King and his wife of Qinghai Lake spoiled their only daughter, Wei Jiao, because she was sickly as a child.
Although Wei Jiao was born as a dragon, he did not transform into a dragon even after a thousand years of cultivation.
Dragons face great difficulty in cultivation, as there are no readily available techniques. Instead, they rely on the innate talents inherited from their bloodline to cultivate and comprehend on their own.
Moreover, the spiritual energy in the world is gradually becoming scarce. Even though dragons have long lifespans, not many can break through the bottleneck in their cultivation. Few can become true dragons, and it has been tens of thousands of years since anyone has become an Yinglong.
But this didn't stop her from running rampant; she practically turned Qinghai Lake upside down. Despite being an older single woman, she showed no self-awareness and didn't take her spiritual practice seriously. Her parents, feeling they couldn't control her, sent her to her grandfather's place in Beihai.
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