Jing Xiu had a face of extreme purity and fragility.
She spoke in a soft, gentle voice.
"Hello," Qi Yu greeted her, and Si Qing followed suit.
Yan Hua looked at the West Sea Dragon King with a look of disdain. "You're always bringing your entire family with you. You're only missing everyone from the West Sea."
"Heh heh," the West Sea Dragon King replied with an embarrassed smile. "There's really nowhere else to stay. Sorry to bother you. Once the West Sea Dragon Palace is renovated, I'll invite you all over to play."
Yan Hua pouted.
Chen Xi's face was filled with disgust.
Jing Xiu stood obediently beside the West Sea Dragon King.
The West Sea Dragon King leaned in and said, "Uh, An Nuo, Shao Feng, look, where should Jing Xiu be arranged?"
Shao Feng looked at An Nuo.
An Nuo hesitated for a moment, then looked at Qi Yu. "Sweetheart, where do you want Jing Xiu to stay?"
She didn't know if Qi Yu would like Jing Xiu, so she didn't want to make a decision arbitrarily, and thus handed the task to Qi Yu.
Qi Yu was about to speak.
Jing Xiu looked up at An Nuo with pleading eyes. "Auntie An Nuo, my mother died early. Can I sleep with you?"
Her voice was very weak.
An Nuo's face showed a trace of embarrassment. "Jing Xiu, you're already a big girl. Besides, it's really not convenient for me here. Why don't you stay with Qi Yu and Si Qing?"
Although they had grown a lot, Qi Yu and Si Qing still liked to transform back into their original forms and coil up. Therefore, upon hearing this, Si Qing immediately refused, "It's not convenient. I want to coil up and sleep with sister. She's an outsider, what's she doing with us? It's not convenient, not convenient at all."
Yan Hua said impatiently, "Just find a room and stay there. Or transform back into your original form and coil up to sleep with Chu Xian."
They weren't human, why were they so troublesome?
Jing Xiu nodded, twisting her sleeves with her hands, looking meek and submissive. "I've caused trouble for everyone. I'll just find a room to rest in then."
Yan Hua let out a soft hum, then turned to Qi Yu and Si Qing. "You two come here. Today I'm going to teach you some new Dragon clan secret arts."
Qi Yu let out a cheer.
Si Qing trotted happily behind.
Jing Xiu pretended not to notice, said goodbye to the West Sea Dragon King, An Nuo, and Shao Feng, and went to her room to rest.
Once she was familiar with the location of her room, she cautiously and sneakily made her way to the back garden of the South Sea Dragon Palace.
In the back garden.
Qi Yu and Si Qing were learning the latest secret arts of the Dragon clan.
Jing Xiu stood by, watching quietly with a well-behaved appearance, but her peripheral vision was closely monitoring Shao Feng, who was walking over.
"Uncle Shao Feng," Jing Xiu curtsied to Shao Feng, looking up with her pure face.
Shao Feng glanced at her, nodded, and said sternly, "Why aren't you resting in your room? Why did you come here?"
He was slightly displeased.
What Yan Hua was teaching Qi Yu and Si Qing were the secret arts of the South Sea Dragon clan.
Jing Xiu was from the West Sea Dragon clan.
A sensible person wouldn't sneak over here.
It made him feel like his clan's techniques were being spied on, and he was not entirely comfortable.
However, considering she was the niece of the West Sea Dragon King, Shao Feng didn't say much in the end.
"Uncle Shao Feng," Jing Xiu lowered her eyes, looking dejected. "I envy sister Qi Yu and brother Si Qing. I really want to play with them."
"You can find them after their lessons are finished," Shao Feng said sternly. "Don't sneak around and watch from the side in the future, understand?"
But Ling Ruo, who had already possessed Jing Xiu's body, didn't understand Dragon clan customs at all, nor did she know what secret arts Yan Hua was teaching Qi Yu and Si Qing. So, upon hearing Shao Feng's words, she immediately looked up and asked with longing eyes,
"Can I learn with them?"
Shao Feng frowned. "Haven't you awakened your inherited memories yet? Why are you running over to learn ours instead of learning from your own Ancestral Dragon?"
He remembered that Jing Xiu, the niece of the West Sea Dragon King, had awakened her West Sea Dragon clan inheritance and had become a disciple of the West Sea Ancestral Dragon.
Ling Ruo, hiding inside Jing Xiu's shell, was stunned for a moment.
Just then, the sound of shrimp soldiers and crab generals' footsteps could be heard from outside.
They whispered a few words into Shao Feng's ear.
Shao Feng immediately nodded at them and walked over to say something to Yan Hua and the others.
Jing Xiu was confused.
Not far away, a series of greetings suddenly rang out: "Greetings, West Sea Ancestral Dragon."
Upon hearing this voice, Chen Xi immediately hid behind Yan Hua.
Qi Yu and Si Qing stood by Shao Feng's side.
Jing Xiu turned her head.
She saw a man in red with black hair, red dragon horns, and a long scar on his face striding in from outside.
He saw Yan Hua and greeted him softly, "Yan Hua."
Yan Hua nodded. "Jin Yan."
Chen Xi, hiding behind Yan Hua, darted his eyes around.
Shao Feng led Qi Yu and Si Qing to pay their respects to the West Sea Ancestral Dragon, Jin Yan.
Jin Yan glanced at Qi Yu and Si Qing, then at Shao Feng. He said nothing and his gaze fell on Chen Xi behind Yan Hua. "Are you Yan Hua's tail? Wherever Yan Hua goes, you follow him endlessly."
"I like to follow... What's it to you..." Chen Xi retorted softly from behind Yan Hua.
Jin Yan narrowed his eyes.
Yan Hua frowned, blocked Chen Xi, and met Jin Yan's gaze. His voice was neither light nor heavy. "Jin Yan, stop bullying him."
Jin Yan snorted coldly, withdrew his gaze, and the next moment, he suddenly raised his hand and slapped Jing Xiu, who was standing nearby, across the face.
Ling Ruo, hiding in Jing Xiu's body and watching the commotion, was suddenly slapped. Her head was reeling. She covered her bleeding mouth and trembled as she looked at Jin Yan.
Jin Yan slapped her again, grabbed her hair, and forced Jing Xiu's head up. He questioned her in a sinister voice,
"Jing Xiu, you've only been away from the West Sea for a few days, and you don't even greet me when you see me? Didn't I tell you not to leave the West Sea without my permission? Are you taking my words lightly?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a tremendous pressure washed over them.
Ling Ruo, in Jing Xiu's body, involuntarily knelt on the ground, trembling with fear at Jin Yan.
Yan Hua raised his hand and set up a barrier, protecting Chen Xi, Shao Feng, Qi Yu, and Si Qing within it.
He blocked Jin Yan's oppressive aura.
Qi Yu was stunned. After recovering, she asked Yan Hua in a low voice with some confusion, "Master, Lord Jin Yan is so fierce..."
Si Qing nodded vigorously. "Master, is Jin Yan, as the West Sea Ancestral Dragon, always like this?"
"Yes, he has a very violent temper. He always bullies Chen Xi in the immortal realm," Yan Hua said with a frown. "Later, when he became Jing Xiu's master, he often beat her while teaching her inherited techniques."
Qi Yu and Si Qing transformed back into their original forms and retreated into Yan Hua's sleeves, peeking out from the barrier.
Chen Xi said in a low voice, "How did that bully Jin Yan get out? Yan Hua, can you find a way to send him back?"
Shao Feng also couldn't help but nod. "Yes... he's so brutal, it's so scary."
Yan Hua was stunned by their words.
Chen Xi, Qi Yu, and Si Qing all looked at Shao Feng with disbelief, seemingly surprised that he would say that.
Shao Feng showed a rare embarrassed expression and retorted indignantly, "What are you looking at? Can't I be scared too? Although I already have cubs, I'm still young! It's not strange to be a little scared, okay!"