CHAPTER 679: CHAPTER 136: ALLIANCE

Compared to Yue Jinghua and Long Rui whose conversation was in full swing, Ji Yun and Qing Zizhu in another cell of the Water Dungeon were far from being at ease.

The two were coincidentally locked in adjacent cells, and both had been pampered since childhood. It wasn’t just the Water Dungeon they hadn’t experienced, they hadn’t even suffered from cold before.

Earlier, the pair, as if possessed, had followed Yue Jinghua into the Water Dungeon. After being locked up for just one night, they were complaining incessantly, cursing all the ancestors of the National Guardian General Residence.

"I’m freezing to death, what is this water, it can literally penetrate into the bones. Hey, I say, your cultivation is worse than mine, how come you appear to be all calm and composed," Ji Yun’s teeth were chattering from the cold as he glanced oddly at Qing Zizhu.

It was only after entering the Water Dungeon that he realized it was sealed off by a special Dark Array and even slashing with Dark Power was futile.

"Private collection, if it weren’t for the fact that you’re my good brother, I wouldn’t share it with you," Qing Zizhu waggled his eyebrows, tossing over a few fire-red objects.

When Ji Yun caught them, he took a closer look and they turned out to be Fire Lotus Seeds.

Fire Lotus Seeds come from a type of spirit wood and contain rich Fire Attribute Dark Power.

After swallowing one, Ji Yun felt as if he had drunk a shot of strong liquor, and his entire body immediately warmed up.

"No wonder you are the Young Master of Yanyue Chamber of Commerce, you really do have quite an inventory of treasures. But wait, I remember when we were brought in here, our storage bags were taken away and we weren’t allowed to bring anything," Ji Yun said, feeling itchily frustrated.

That bastard Long Jiuzun, truly making it so no one can live.

"That thing isn’t mine, it was given to me by that female mercenary surnamed Chi," Qing Zizhu hesitated, before he was locked in the Water Dungeon, Chi Xi had followed him and before entering the cell, she stuffed a few Fire Lotus Seeds she had hidden in her waistband into his hands.

"That old woman’s? No way, I saw that her cultivation isn’t that great, and she’s a woman too. Why didn’t she keep it for herself? You know, people with average cultivation, if soaked in this bitterly cold water for ten days, would be completely ruined," Ji Yun exclaimed loudly.

Qing Zizhu’s mouth twitched involuntarily, and he tightly clenched the remaining few Fire Lotus Seeds in his palm.

"I’ll give them back to her," he suddenly got excited, stood up and walked over to the side of the Water Dungeon, only to realize there were no guards watching over the Water Dungeon at all, apart from hearing some noises from the adjacent cell, the condition in other cells was utterly unknown.

"Save your energy, none of us can get out for ten days. I’ve checked, this Dark Array is very clever, it looks transparent like a mirror, but unless it’s broken from the outside, it’s impossible for anyone inside to get out," Ji Yun felt much warmer after consuming the Fire Lotus Seed.

He said this and unconsciously looked outside the Water Dungeon.

Outside the Water Dungeon was a cliff, and beyond the cliff, there was a roaring sea.

The view was monotonous and rather dull, Ji Yun only glanced casually.

But just with that casual glance, his eyes suddenly fixated.

"Hey, am I seeing things, or did it look like a big guy just swayed near the cliff?" Ji Yun blinked, but when he looked carefully again, he saw nothing but the waves crashing against the cliff, stirring up a flurry of spray.

"You must be seeing things because you’re hungry; this food is barely edible. Stop your pointless chatter. After the way Long Jiuzun has schemed against us, are we just going to let it go?" Qing Zizhu turned back to look as well, only seeing the dark cliffs and a few clumps of wild grass under the night sky.

"Let it go? Of course not, it’s just that..." Ji Yun had matured quite a bit from the recent events.

He harbored intense hatred for Long Jiuzun, yet his father, Ji Jie, had emphatically forbidden him from confronting the National Guardian General Residence.

Long Jiuzun’s cultivation was astonishing, and with Long Ao stationed at the National Guardian General Residence, it truly wasn’t a place someone of Ji Yun’s frivolous background could provoke.

"Just what? You’re not still hung up on Long Rui, are you?" Qing Zizhu said discontentedly.

"Nonsense, even a dead man could see that Long Rui is utterly devoted to Yue Minzhi. I’ve given up. Losing to a Double Dragon Knight isn’t too shameful," mentioning dragons, Ji Yun recalled his own ill-fated Bat Dragon.

Not thinking about it was one thing, but once he did, he placed all his resentment on Long Jiuzun.

"If that’s the case, then let’s join forces and deal with Long Jiuzun first. Not to hide it from you, my father told me some time ago that the Imperial City has long been dissatisfied with the Long Family, and someone from the palace has even been arranged to supervise Long Jiuzun, waiting to catch him red-handed and then..." Qing Zizhu made a throat-slitting gesture.

"Is that true? Who is this person who even oversees Long Jiuzun?" Although Ji Yun was discontent with Long Jiuzun, he still respected his strength, the Empire War God was not to be underestimated. "I didn’t know before, but it seems now that it must be one of the Yue brothers, either Yue Minzhi or Yue Jinghua," originally, Qing Zizhu thought it was Yue Minzhi, as he was the heir of the duke’s household, but later started to think it could be Yue Jinghua.

"It has to be Yue Jinghua. That man is cunning as a fox, even more so than a fox. If anyone can handle Long Jiuzun, it’s him," Ji Yun muttered.

"Then let’s team up with Yue Jinghua first, take down Long Jiuzun, and then turn back to bring down that kid," after discussing with Ji Yun, Qing Zizhu decided to temporarily set aside their grievances with Yue Jinghua in favor of dealing with Long Jiuzun first.

While everyone in the Water Dungeon harbored their own schemes, a storm was also brewing at the base of the Sea Defense Army.

In the past three days, Long Jiuzun and Yue Minzhi had respectively inspected the local defensive arrangements, and also learned about the problem of Sea Beasts at Fandi Port.

With unresolved conflicts from before, they had severe disagreements on the strategy for defense.

The crux of the discord was about attack and defense, and poor Captain Ya Lei was caught in the middle, displeasing both sides.

"Rather than sit and wait for doom, it’s better to strike first," Long Jiuzun insisted on his view, thinking that the ongoing issues with the Sea Beasts were because the Sea Beast King had not been killed.

Setting sail to kill the Sea Beast King would solve the problem.

"Know yourself and your enemy to win every battle. We need to first fully understand the situation of the local Sea Beast King before acting," Yue Minzhi believed that a more conservative approach was safer. He thought the Sea Beasts that had attacked recently were just the tip of the iceberg, and the truly dangerous Sea Beasts had yet to appear.

"Since you want to be a turtle hiding its head, then go ahead and hunker down in the port with your Dragon Riders. I, as the young general, will take a Sea and Air Ship to the open sea first thing tomorrow morning," Long Jiuzun decisively made up his mind, determined to lead his troops to encircle and suppress the Sea Beast King the next morning.