CHAPTER 523: CHAPTER 465, XIAO JIN’S STASH EXPOSED

"Not as good as the Dragon Palace of the East Sea?" A flare of annoyance lit up in Ao Qin’s heart. If the East Sea wasn’t good, why would you come to my West Sea? Go cause trouble in the East Sea!

In a rush to send Sun Wukong away, Ao Qin immediately asked, "Great King, what brings you to my West Sea?"

Sun Wukong leapt onto the Dragon Chair, scratching his head and ears, and cried out, "I, Old Sun, have returned from studying abroad and haven’t yet found a suitable weapon. Everyone says that the Dragon King’s palaces are not without treasures, so I specifically came to request a Divine Weapon."

Ao Qin lamented, "Great King, when they say the Dragon Palace is not without treasures, they’re talking about the Dragon Palace of the East Sea. This here is the West Sea Dragon Palace, the poorest sea area of the Four Seas. We truly don’t have any Divine Weapons."

Sun Wukong’s mind immediately conjured the words of the East Sea Dragon King and his earnest admonitions. He asked subconsciously, "If the West Sea is the poorest, which sea area is the richest?"

Ao Qin answered immediately, "It is the East Sea. The East Sea possesses many Ancient Treasures, far surpassing the other Three Seas. The Great King can go to the East Sea to request them."

Sun Wukong’s eyes darted around. It was exactly as the East Sea Dragon King had said. He snickered, "Old Sun just came from the East Sea, and there were no Divine Weapons there."

Ao Qin angrily said, "Aoguang is deceiving you. I will go with the Great King myself, and we will definitely find a Divine Weapon for you."

Sun Wukong crossed his arms and provoked with a weird grin, "Old Dragon King, your tricks are all too clear to my Brother Dragon. He had already told me beforehand. You would definitely try to deceive me with lies. Don’t think of making a fool out of Old Sun. Why would I believe you?

Stop the nonsense, bring out all your West Sea Divine Weapons, or I will never leave you in peace.

I know all about your West Sea treasures—White Horse Sky Shrieking Spear, Dragon Slayer Treasure Saber, Heavenly Sweeping Stick, Netherworld Hook. Bring them all to Old Sun."

Ao Qin’s face stiffened. White Horse Sky Shrieking Spear, Dragon Slayer Treasure Saber, Heavenly Sweeping Stick, Netherworld Hook—what are these? Rage burned within him. Damned Aoguang, spreading rumors about my West Sea again.

With a pained expression, Ao Qin said, "Great King, I truly don’t have the treasures you mentioned!"

Sun Wukong, leaping in front of Ao Qin, grabbed his arm and sneered coldly, "You think you can fool me with such clumsy lies? How clever do you think I am? Lie again, and you’ll face my fist."

Ao Qin took a deep breath, cursing Aoguang and his entire family. How shameless could they be to resort to such tactics?

Aoguang had intentionally diverted trouble to the West, but how could I let him succeed?

A sharp gleam passed through Ao Qin’s eyes as he said, "Great King, if you don’t believe me, I can take you to the treasury to see for yourself. Then it will become clear that Aoguang is the most cunning and shameless among the Four Seas."

Sun Wukong, pulling on Ao Qin’s arm, hurriedly shouted, "Let’s go! To the treasury now!"

Ao Qin led Sun Wukong to a grand hall, saying, "This is the treasury."

Sun Wukong urgently cried, "Open it! Open it quickly!"

Ao Qin placed his hand on the Divine Palace but before he could activate the opening spell, the palace doors thunderously cracked open a little.

Ao Qin stiffened all over. ’I haven’t even made a move, so why did it open?’ A bad feeling rose in him. Putting more force on his hand, the doors of the Divine Palace thunderously swung open, and he hurriedly stepped inside.

Sun Wukong also hopped in following him, looking around and confusedly shouted, "Old Dragon King, didn’t you say we were going to the treasury? Where is the treasury?"

The entire grand hall was empty; not a single treasure to be seen, and the walls were full of holes and dilapidated.

Ao Qin’s body stiffened as he looked around furiously and bellowed, "Who is it? Who stole from my treasury?" His eyes instantly reddened, and he glared angrily at Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong lifted his head proudly and declared, "I, Old Sun, stand upright and just between Heaven and Earth, disdainful of engaging in petty thefts."

Ao Qin shouted angrily, "What happened to my treasury?"

Sun Wukong replied irritably, "How would I know?"

Looking at Ao Qin with suspicion, he said, "Could it be that you didn’t want to give me the Magic Treasure, so you used this broken house to fob me off? I just asked you for a Divine Weapon and your treasury gets stolen; how could this be a coincidence?"

Ao Qin, no longer paying attention to Sun Wukong, paced around the hall, attempting to find any clue. However, the thief had done a very clean job, destroying all Arrays that might have retained any traces. Clearly, the thief was very familiar with the treasury and had planned this for a long time.

After searching for a while, not even the slightest trace of a third party was found, as if all the Magic Treasures had disappeared into thin air.

...

In the East Sea, Aoguang sneaked into his private underground treasury, joyfully extracting one Magic Treasure after another from the Qiankun Small World, his face flush with elation - he had truly struck it rich.

...

Whirr~ The door to the treasury suddenly opened, and footsteps echoed.

Aoguang froze mid-motion, still bent over grabbing Magic Treasures, his forehead breaking out in cold sweat. This is my private vault; how could anyone enter?

Dragon Mother stood on the step, looking down at the pile of Magic Treasures, and sneered, "Aoguang, you’ve really grown some guts!"

Aoguang quickly stood up, turning around and laughingly said, "My Lady, let me explain. These treasures were actually saved up by me, intending to surprise you."

Dragon Mother descended the stairs, speaking sternly, "This treasury has been here since a thousand years after we got married. Have you still not prepared your ’surprise’ after millions of years?"

Aoguang, panic-stricken, exclaimed, "How did you know?"

"Did you think you could hide your little schemes from me? I did not touch your treasures before because I truly did not care for what was inside, but now..."

Dragon Mother reached out her hand, and a huge Spiritual Pearl flew into her palm. She wiped a speck of dust off the pearl and said, "Dragon Vein Spirit Pearl, our Dragon Palace of the East Sea has only two of these, where did this come from?"

Aoguang felt utterly dejected, realizing that the vault he had maintained so carefully for millions of years was under his wife’s scrutiny all along.

Dragon Mother asked sternly, "Where did all these Divine items come from?"

Aoguang replied feebly, "They’re Magic Treasures from the West Sea’s treasury, I borrowed them."

Dragon Mother frowned slightly, and said, "The Dragon Palaces of the East, West, South, and North Seas are supposed to be brotherly. Did you harm brotherly ties just for wealth?"

Suppressing her anger, she said: "Aoguang, I have misjudged you."

Desperately, Aoguang cried out, "My Lady, please calm down, hear my explanation. I am almost certain that the West Sea has allied with Western Buddhism and are no longer our kind of dragon. This was a warning to the West Sea!"