CHAPTER 379: CHAPTER 371: JUST LIKE SEEING IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES!

Even after living in this world for over twenty years, Chen Qing still missed his past life the most. After all, the life he had lived was not bad at all—successful career, recognized as a leader in his professional field, residing in a villa, driving luxury cars; his parents took pride in their accomplished eldest son. The only regret might have been not having a beautiful wife like Liu Tianxian, but overall, there were no complaints.

Even if given ten thousand choices, he would never choose to come here...

Qi Xiaosheng seemed to be the longest-serving assistant he had. Chen Qing was notoriously a workaholic, the type that everyone in the industry feared encountering—an executive who grinds just as hard. Rarely did young people manage to stick around him for a long time, but that youngster was one of the rare ones.

The price, though, was balding at the age of twenty-six, a clear mark of a strong person.

The model in front of him was identical to Qi Xiaosheng in every way except for the hair. Lush and long, more beautiful than a woman’s, truly a cascade of three thousand graceful strands. Such a refined young man.

As for imprinting his own likeness onto an NPC model, Chen Qing originally forbade it. Yet seeing the balding lad’s deep obsession, he remembered relenting for a moment and allowed that rule-breaking move.

However, he remembered that the latest model hadn’t been updated yet—he hadn’t even gotten a chance to see that guy’s vain self-model before he crossed over.

Seeing it again now, and in such a manner, Chen Qing felt a complex mixture of emotions.

"Your Highness resembles someone I once knew..." Chen Qing answered honestly.

"Audacious!" Two yakshas said in icy tones, "You, a lowly human..."

"Is that so?" Ao Xin’s gentle voice interrupted the two yakshas. Without scolding them, his words made the color drain from their faces as they hastily retreated in terror.

Chen Qing coldly observed this scene. The guy’s voice sounded as gentle as spring water; it must be an illusion technique. Looking closely, it was clear that the respect his subordinates had for him couldn’t be faked for long...

He was definitely not someone easy to talk to.

"Your Highness need not mind," Chen Qing stated indifferently. "My friend doesn’t have the noble fate that Your Highness possesses."

"If Sir knows so many secrets, you should be aware that compared to certain things, where can my Dragon Clan claim nobility?"

Chen Qing smiled and remained silent; the other party was obviously probing him.

Seeing that Chen Qing did not engage, the other party patiently continued, still in a mild tone, "Does Sir wish to see me for some advice?"

"Advice is too strong a word..." Chen Qing, not bothering with the runaround anymore, said, "You will command thirty flood dragons to harness half of the Yun Shells collected by the Bai Yu and take them to a location I designate, handing over the Yun Shells and withdrawing the flood dragons. I’m giving you only three hours. During these three hours, I am allowing you to slowly evacuate from here. But if I don’t receive a message from my subordinates when the time is up, I will burn this Mystical Tortoise to death!"

Ah Bao lowered his head, not daring to speak a word. Half of his shell had been burnt, and he knew very well that this person meant business. The shell of the Celestial Profound Turtle—valued highly by any power—yet he simply burned it without hesitation. Oh, the pain was killing Ah Bao...

"Half?" The two yakshas’ heads shot up. Had this guy gone mad?

The Bai Yu of the Celestial Dragon Palace was an accumulation of wealth collected over more than ten thousand years from the Four Seas, and he demanded half with a single request?

"How violent of you, Sir..." Despite the condition presented, Ao Xin’s response was still calm, his voice gentle, "Half is impossible. My life isn’t worth that much Bai Yu."

"This isn’t about whether your life is worth that much or not," Chen Qing retorted with a sneer, shaking his head. "First, you need to stay alive to safely deliver these items. Why is it that the Mystical Tortoise’s divination says you can only survive if you go to the West Sea? With such a treasure in your possession, trying to go to any other Dragon Palace besides the West Sea, you could die inside!"

Ao Xin: "....."

"We of the Four Sea Dragon Palaces share the same lineage. Sir, your words seem a bit alarmist, don’t they?"

"Am I being alarmist?" Chen Qing scoffed. "Why then did you not head to the Nanhai Dragon Palace, which is more suppressive of the Heavenly Ghost Octopus with the Southern Clear Li Fire at hand? With the Celestial Dragon Palace holding such wealth, how could it be possible, before it was sealed, that they only entrusted such a pure-blooded Dragon King Breed like you to oversee it? Would the other Dragon Palaces really be so at ease?"

"Was it really only Your Highness, a Dragon King Breed, here at the time?"

"The Western Sea’s lineage is thin, and yet you, a noble Dragon King Breed, were sent from the West Sea Dragon Palace. Would the other three Dragon Palaces truly just stand by and watch?"

Weichi Feihong, while listening, also felt that something was amiss. He had learned quite a bit about the so-called Celestial Dragon Palace from Chen Qing’s mouth. It not only housed the heritage documents of the Dragon Palaces from the Four Seas but also the largest Terror Creature Laboratory. Such dangerous things—shouldn’t they be jointly supervised by the upper echelons of the Four Seas? Otherwise, who knows what the other Dragon Palaces might quietly create?

Not to mention the massive amount of Bai Yu!

Just as Chen Qing said, common sense dictates that the Dragon King Breed shouldn’t consist of only the Western Sea Crown Prince!

"So, sir, what do you think would be sensible?"

"Three Dragon Palaces, one candidate from each should be as significant as Your Majesty but not exceed him in power by too much....Hmm...for example, the Fourth Princess Ao Bing from the Eastern Sea, Fifth Prince Ao Yun from the Southern Sea, Fourth Prince Ao Zhuo from the Northern Sea....and so on...."

"You...."

At that instant, not to mention the two Yakshas who were dumbfounded, even the ever-composed Ao Xin could not maintain his composure!

This man....how could he even know this?

The schedules of the Dragon Sons and Dragon Maidens of the major Dragon Palaces were top secret. He could understand if his own family had some leaks, but for him to know about all families....

This man....just who on earth is he?

"Sir seems to know quite a lot!" Ao Xin’s voice gradually became icy, "What else does sir know?"

"I also know that they should already be dead!" Chen Qing, unfazed by the dangerous tone of the other party, said indifferently, "Although the situation was urgent back then, it wasn’t so bad that several Princes and Princesses couldn’t be withdrawn to the Dragon Palace. After all, the Celestial Dragon Palace’s entrance has transport channels for all four Dragon Palaces. Those channels are still intact to this day, which proves there was enough time to evacuate back then...."

"So why wasn’t there an evacuation?" Chen Qing asked with a sinister smile, "Your Highness should know the best, right?"

"I don’t understand what sir is talking about...."

"Then let me explain...." Chen Qing suddenly pointed to the north, "Princess Ao Bing should have died over there, right?"

"Who exactly are you?" Ao Xin’s voice completely chilled.

At this point, the two Yakshas could not comprehend at all. The secrets of those days had happened just a few days before a major disaster, from planning to execution was highly confidential, and those involved were all frozen together within this Celestial Dragon Palace.

Why would this person know?

And by the tone of it, it was as though he had witnessed it all firsthand— even knowing where Princess Ao Bing had died!

Regardless of the other party’s shock, Chen Qing continued his leisurely narrative, "This Mystical Tortoise named Ah Bao isn’t wrong in its divination. Among the Four Seas’ Dragon Palaces, Your Highness can only go to the Western Sea. For the other three, it’s not because of risks along the way, but because actually reaching the insides of those Dragon Palaces would spell real doom for Your Highness’s faction from the Western Sea."

"The Blood Guards, unable to find the other Dragon Palaces’ royal breeds in time, could only use the blood essence stone to revive Your Highness’s consciousness first. At that point, Your Highness only needed to command those Blood Guards to revive your family’s juvenile Mystical Tortoise, who would then figure out this divination."

"Now, as the only remaining royal breed, you head towards the Western Sea without further question."

"What an enthralling story sir has told... it’s as if you saw it with your own eyes!"

Weichi also looked at Chen Qing oddly, seeing that his narrative was indeed as if he had seen it all firsthand....

"Your Highness thinks this is just a story?" Chen Qing said with a smile. "What if we spread this story around below? What do you think, would those Blood Guards continue to follow your commands?"

"Does sir really think you’ll have the chance to tell the story?" Ao Xin’s voice softened again, "Knowing so much, aren’t you afraid I’ll ruthlessly eliminate you alongside this Mystical Tortoise?"

Chen Qing: "Does Your Highness dare to bet? In this pitch-black abyss, with countless Terror Creatures, the Heavenly Ghost Octopus also wandering unpredictably, without this little fellow, can Your Highness’s huge entourage truly make it out safely?"

"And furthermore..." Chen Qing suddenly let go of the Mystical Tortoise, "Your Highness doesn’t really think that just these two Yakshas would be enough to detain me, do you?"