In a magnificent palace somewhere in the Dragon Palace, a woman in a pale yellow dress sat in front of a dressing mirror, gently adjusting her hair.
A short while later, there was a rapid knocking at the door of the sleeping quarters.
"Meng'er! Meng'er! Are you inside?"
The woman was slightly taken aback. She stepped forward to open the door and saw another woman in yellow standing outside, who looked a little older than her.
"Big sister? What brings you here at this hour!"
The woman addressed as "elder sister" frowned slightly, observed for a while from the hallway, and then went into the room and closed the door.
"Meng'er! Did you send someone to provoke Seventh Sister's young husband?"
The young woman smiled upon hearing this, turned around and went back into the house. "Big sister is joking. Why would I bother with Seventh Sister? She's the darling of the Beihai family..."
"You're still lying!"
The woman behind her followed, her expression quite serious. "That little guy is very clever. He caught your men in no time!"
"Yeah?"
The woman raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise flashing across her face. "But it doesn't matter, he can't trace it back to me!"
"You! What am I supposed to say to you? Seventh Sister and Fifth Sister are having a good fight, why did you have to go and get involved!"
"Oh dear, why are you in such a hurry, elder sister!" The woman called Meng'er smiled slightly. "I didn't do anything major. I just saw what happened a few days ago and suddenly had the idea to add fuel to the fire! Tsk tsk tsk, now everyone knows that the Fifth Prince Consort and the Seventh Prince Consort are going to have a competition. How exciting!"
After a moment of silence, the eldest sister finally spoke: "You... also want to compete for the blood of the Ancestral Dragon?"
"..."
After he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room suddenly fell into a deathly silence.
The young woman looked somewhat awkward and coughed twice. "What are you talking about, sister? This Ancestral Dragon Blood doesn't belong to anyone. Anyone can get it once they go to the Ancestral Dragon Land. Of course I want it too. What's so strange about that?"
"But this isn't fair competition!" The eldest princess took a deep breath. "They're already fiercely competing; you don't need to interfere! If you get yourself into trouble, it'll be a losing proposition..."
Hearing this, the young woman's face dimmed slightly. "So, you mean I don't have the ability to compete with them, right, elder sister..."
"That's not what I meant..."
"If you have no fear, then why be timid and afraid of offending people?"
"..."
The two people in front of me are Princess Zhulin, the eldest princess of the Dragon Palace, and Princess Zhumeng, the fourth princess. They are sisters born of the same mother.
However, unlike the other princesses, their mothers, though also powerful sea demons, did not have a strong maternal clan to back them up.
Therefore, in terms of backing alone, they are indeed no match for Zhuli and Zhulei.
Zhu Lin sighed, "I myself have no chance left, and I am indeed afraid of the consequences of losing. But if you were truly confident in competing with them, why would you need to resort to these methods..."
"Since we've decided to fight for it, why bother with the methods? Besides, I'm not as ruthless as Fourth Sister; I just stirred things up a little..."
"But……"
"Alright, sister! What's done is done, so let's not dwell on these trivial matters. Don't worry, my man is good at escaping; we can't catch him using ordinary methods, and he won't bring trouble onto us!"
"At this point, there's no other way..."
...
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Before they knew it, the day arrived that Shen Yunhao and Cao Lei had agreed to have their competition.
During these three days, Shen Yunhao behaved himself and stayed in his palace without going anywhere.
However, for some reason, the maid Bing'er always seemed to be looking gloomy...
Early that morning, Mei Yu'er appeared at the palace gate. Seeing Shen Yunhao about to leave, she frowned and said, "You really like to cause me trouble. Wouldn't it be better to just stay in the Dragon Palace and enjoy your retirement?"
"aunt……"
This time, when Shen Yunhao saw Mei Yu'er, he not only didn't feel guilty, but instead greeted her with a smile.
"I was just having some fun with that guy, winning or losing didn't matter!"
Mei Yu'er shook her head, "It doesn't matter to you, but it might not matter to others!"
Shen Yunhao smiled, not minding at all, and simply asked, "Auntie, you seem to be in such high spirits today, are you going to watch the battle too?"
"What's so interesting about two little ones sparring? I just came to remind you..." Mei Yu'er gave him a deep look, "Don't lose Li'er!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yunhao's heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that Mei Yu'er has already figured something out?
"Don't worry, don't worry, I will protect Li'er and won't let her get hurt in the slightest!"
"Hmph! Don't be stubborn if you can't beat them. Lanlan will keep an eye on you for me, they won't dare to do anything!"
"Thank you, Auntie!"
After Mei Yu'er left, Shen Yunhao immediately turned around and pinched Bing'er's cheek behind him, "Today we're all counting on you, Bing'er..."
For some unknown reason, the girl's face flushed, and in the end, she bit her lip, thinking, "I'll accept having a master like you!"
The location originally agreed upon with Cao Lei was the sea, but the actual battleground was later set on a small island.
The reason for choosing the small island was not because Shen Yunhao was afraid of the other party's abilities as a sea creature, but mainly because... Shen Yunhao did not want too many "outsiders" in their battle.
The underwater city of Dragon Palace is not large, and news travels quickly. Within a few days, the news that the two were going to fight had already spread like wildfire.
If the battle were to take place at sea, there would likely be plenty of onlookers watching from afar.
While complete secrecy cannot be achieved on an island, it is certainly much better than at sea.
When Shen Yunhao arrived on the island with Bing'er, the burly man had been waiting for a long time...
Cao Lei was the only one who did not see any other members of the Dark Sea Tiger Shark clan.
"Hey! You're here so early. Why don't you have breakfast first?"
Cao Lei ignored Shen Yunhao's teasing, glanced at Bing'er behind him, and sneered, "Choosing such a sneaky spot, I thought you were afraid of losing face and wouldn't bring anyone with you!"
"We still need to bring some insurance, just in case you kill him, we need someone to witness it, right..."
"I'm not that stupid! Killing you would only bring me a lot of trouble, it would be completely useless!"
"Yeah...it's completely useless except for causing a lot of trouble..."
Shen Yunhao murmured softly, then turned to look at Bing'er, "Go and watch from the side, don't forget what I told you beforehand!"
"Let's get this straight, you have to win before I can figure out a solution... If you lose, or get beaten half to death, I'll have no choice but to take you back with me!"
After saying this, Bing'er quickly stepped aside.
Shen Yunhao then took out the Guixue Sword and activated the frost patterns on it with his spiritual energy.
"Let's get started, and finish this quickly! I'm in a hurry!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Lei's aura suddenly burst forth, and a strange scale armor covered his body.
He clenched his fist, his tone menacing.
"But... I really want to beat you up!"
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