Ao Ling

"Oh no! Brother Lu is gone!" Seeing Lu Yang fly off with the dragon pearl, Man Gu fell into a fluster. Meng Jingzhou rolled his eyes, not the least bit worried about Lu Yang's safety. That rascal Lu Yang could summon Eldest Senior Sister externally and was shielded by an immortal internally; hell would freeze over before anything truly happened to him. The Dragon Clan, however, had no knowledge of what lay behind the scenes. With Lu Yang and the dragon pearl vanishing together, the matter had far exceeded what they could handle. "Report this to the Palace Master at once, and let the Palace Master decide!" *** Dao Seeking Sect, Tianmen Peak, the Discussion Hall. Yun Zhi was convening a routine meeting to discuss matters that needed handling recently. The eight elders were seated in attendance, while Daoist Lord Hanhai sat in as an observer. Halfway through the meeting, Gan Tian barged into the hall and delivered a letter that had just arrived from the East Sea into Yun Zhi's hands. Yun Zhi opened the envelope and swept it with her divine sense, her expression turning somewhat peculiar. "Junior Niece Yun, has an emergency arisen?" the Great Elder asked. Were it not urgent, Gan Tian would never have burst in during a meeting. Yun Zhi gave no verbal explanation. Instead, she channeled her magical power to project the contents of the letter into the center of the hall, allowing everyone to see. The eight elders all wore equally peculiar expressions. "Nephew Lu Yang snatched the dragon pearl, and they want someone from our Dao Seeking Sect to go to the Dragon Palace to discuss what should be done?" "What kind of reading comprehension is that? Going by the letter's description, the dragon pearl clearly snatched Nephew Lu Yang away!" In truth, the Dragon Palace had not known how to describe what occurred either, leaving the letter's phrasing quite vague. Considering that Lu Yang had Yun Zhi backing him, they could not rule out the possibility that he possessed some extraordinary method to snatch the dragon pearl right under the noses of a crowd of Body Integration dragons. Of course, none of the Dao Seeking Sect members had only just met Lu Yang. Although he frequently used the truth to deceive people, recklessly wielded his Acting Sect Master authority to challenge opponents above his grade, measured salt in seconds when cooking, set up the Ancient Heavenly Court to swindle demonic cults, and constantly practiced bizarre spells... Lu Yang had never gone around sneaking and robbing. Therefore, the dragon pearl had undeniably abducted Lu Yang. "What kind of origin does this dragon pearl have to actually go around abducting people?" "What do we do? Who's going?" The eight elders looked at one another in dismay. Aside from Old Ba, none of them had a particularly stellar reputation in the East Sea; the last thing they wanted was to head there, fail to find Lu Yang, and end up trapped themselves. "Lu Yang is the hope of the Dao Seeking Sect. We cannot leave him to his fate. I'll go!" The Great Elder took the lead, setting an example. The other seven elders chimed in one after another in agitation. A clear, youthful voice rang out: "Enough, stop bickering. I shall go." The eight elders turned to look. It was Daoist Lord Hanhai, who had been sitting in the entire time without uttering a single word. "I once said that if Lu Yang ever ran into trouble, I would protect him once. This Daoist Lord cannot break faith with others; it is time to fulfill that promise." Seeing the Patriarch personally intervene, the eight elders felt thoroughly reassured. With the Patriarch taking the field, Lu Yang would definitely be safe and sound. Seeing Daoist Lord Hanhai brimming with confidence, Yun Zhi found it improper to dissuade him and could only let him proceed. "Then we shall trouble the Patriarch." Daoist Lord Hanhai burst out laughing. "A trivial matter!" *** "Where is this?" Lu Yang looked around blankly. Verdant mountains, clear waters, and lush green grass carpeted the ground as far as the eye could see, resembling an untouched paradise. Moments ago, he had been clinging tightly to the dragon pearl with howling wind blasting into his mouth—how had he ended up here in the blink of an eye? The Immortal Fairy popped out of Lu Yang's body, clicking her tongue in wonder. "This is the internal space inside the bead."