Hearing a familiar voice.
Chen Nan suddenly shivered.
He once thought he was hallucinating.
Although he was very familiar with that guy, Qinglong.
But.
Qinglong was in the mortal world.
And he had already arrived in the underworld.
How could Qinglong's voice appear in his mind?
The next moment.
A phantom of a green dragon appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.
It was precisely Qinglong.
No!
To be precise.
It was the mental imprint left by Qinglong in his mind.
It had been imprinted in his Sea of Consciousness when he came to the underworld.
It was just that he had suffered a severe injury just now, which activated the mental imprint left by Qinglong.
"As long as you call me Grandpa Dragon, I will help you deal with this guy." Qinglong said with a playful smile.
Chen Nan said righteously, "Am I the kind of person who fears death, Chen Nan?"
"I'm telling you."
"No!"
"If you want to take advantage of me, you'd better give up."
"Right."
"Yes."
"Even if you don't suppress this Xuanwu."
"But for the sacrifices and contributions you've made for all beings in the three realms."
"And for your help to me."
"Wouldn't it be natural for me to call you Grandpa Dragon?"
Qinglong was stunned.
After a moment, he laughed, "Not bad, not bad, you're still as shameless as ever!"
"I can help you."
"But..."
"You have to agree to one condition."
"Otherwise, I'll wait until you're about to die to help you."
He was threatening Chen Nan.
Chen Nan couldn't help but ask, "What condition?"
Qinglong cleared his throat and said somewhat awkwardly, "When you return to the mortal world, you must not blame me for anything I've done."
Chen Nan shivered, "Holy crap, you didn't control my body to do anything heinous, did you?"
Chen Nan's soul had entered the underworld.
But his physical body remained in the mortal world, controlled by Qinglong.
Qinglong said angrily, "What kind of dragon do you take me for? How could I use your body to do anything heinous?"
Chen Nan breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as you haven't done anything heinous, I can forgive what you've done!"
"Remember what you said today!" Qinglong said, "Open your mouth, I'm coming out!"
Chen Nan felt disgusted.
He thought of Monkey King's words inside Princess Iron Fan.
When he heard that line as a child, it felt normal.
But as he grew older, he realized it had a different meaning...
"Sister-in-law, open your mouth!"
"I'm coming out..."
"Yuck!"
"So dirty!"
Even so.
Chen Nan still opened his mouth!
The next moment.
Qinglong's phantom spewed out of his mouth.
It transformed into a giant dragon that appeared beneath Chen Nan, with Chen Nan perched on its head.
"Wow!" Seeing Qinglong's phantom, Di Ting's eyes lit up. It pushed its body forward.
"Ah~~~"
Bai Yu was immediately sent flying, disappearing who knew where.
Then Di Ting, wagging its tail, came before Qinglong, its eyes full of excitement, "Brother Dragon, long time no see, how have you been lately?"
It was very powerful.
It was the number one divine beast in the underworld.
But in the entire Three Realms.
It could only rank fifth.
As for the first place...
It had to be Qinglong.
So.
When the fifth saw the elder brother groveling.
Was there something wrong?
Qinglong's eyes flashed with a cold light, and his voice was filled with endless anger, "Fifth, do you know that the Three Realms have become like this all because of you?"
"Why did you lie back then?"
His angry voice echoed through heaven and earth, making the river roar.
Di Ting tucked its tail between its legs, lowered its head, its eyes filled with humiliation and self-reproach, "Brother Dragon, I know you blame me for not telling the truth back then."
"But the journey to the West was planned by Tathagata."
"Including all the hardships and tribulations encountered along the way, they were all planned by Tathagata."
"You know this too."
"I belong to Buddhism, so how could I disobey Tathagata's decree?"
As he said this, its body trembled uncontrollably.
Misty water vapor also appeared in its eye sockets.
Qinglong sighed, "Although I'm very displeased with what you did in the past, when you mention Tathagata and not Buddha, I know that you are also very disappointed in him!"
Di Ting was dejected, "A word of disappointment to the fallen gods and beings."
"And to that poor monkey..."
"Dragon Dragon, what are you two talking about?" Chen Nan frowned, asking curiously, "Did the shattering of the Heavenly Court and the fall of the gods have something to do with the journey to the West?"
Qinglong was about to speak.
Xuanwu in the river let out a slightly pained cry, "Who are you?"
"Why do I feel like we've met before?"
"Do we know each other?"
"Who am I?"
"Why am I here?"
"Why do I feel like there are so many blanks in my mind?"
"Who stole my memories?"
Its emotions surged.
The river water flowed backward towards the sky.
The deafening roar caused the void to shake.
If it weren't for Qinglong stabilizing the void.
The void would have been annihilated.
A trace of helplessness appeared in Qinglong's eyes, "I never thought that even you would suffer such an injury."
Back then, the four brothers were all heavily injured.
Qinglong had no choice but to turn into an egg.
As for Zhu Que, Xuan Wu, and Bai Hu, their whereabouts were unknown.
Who knew that when they met again.
Things had changed.
Not only had the other party forgotten him.
He had even forgotten who he was.
Xuanwu asked painfully, "Who am I?"
Qinglong sighed softly, "You're my son, you tortoise!"
*Pfft!*
Chen Nan almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
Was it appropriate to be so flippant at this moment?
Xuanwu's pupils trembled violently.
A simple sentence awakened its buried memories.
Many unfamiliar memories flashed in its mind.
But those memories were difficult for it to accept.
It couldn't remember the names of the familiar faces in those unfamiliar memories.
But it felt as if they were its very close friends and relatives.
However...
All those people died tragically before its eyes.
Its emotions surged, and it roared at the sky.
The deafening sound made Di Ting's fur stand on end.
With its current strength.
It was not enough to contend with Xuanwu.
Qinglong's eyes were filled with grief, "That battle is not over yet."
"Those old friends who left us have a chance to return."
"We still have hope!"
Xuanwu's eyes were filled with bitterness, "Is there really hope?"
Qinglong: "The hope of all of us."
"Lies with this young man on my back."
"He is our... last hope." With that, a green light flashed in Qinglong's eyes, and it imprinted the events of the God Realm into the depths of Xuanwu's Sea of Consciousness.
Instantly.
Qinglong completed Xuanwu's incomplete memories.
Allowing it to know who it was.
Upon learning of its identity.
Xuanwu's eyes were filled with sadness, "Although he has gained your approval, I have never believed that your judgment is correct, nor should you expect me to hand over the Water Element Law to him."
Qinglong said in a low voice, "What do you mean?"
Xuanwu looked at Chen Nan, "If you want me to give him the Water Element Law, he must pass my assessment."
Qinglong asked, "What kind of assessment?"