The Sixth King of the Dragon Kingdom?
When did the Dragon Kingdom have a Sixth King?
When did it happen?
Why don't they know?
And isn't the young man in front of them too young?
How could he possibly be the Sixth King of the Dragon Kingdom?
If the Dragon Kingdom sent a new king to garrison City 318, wouldn't the plan their master had been brewing be ruined!
No!
Must escape!
Must pass the news to the master!
In a flash of lightning, the sharp-faced martial artist's mind raced through numerous thoughts.
"Hiss—"
A cold light flashed, like a shooting star.
"Huh?"
"Why do I see my own body?"
"They... they are all dead too..."
"How is this possible... I am a Grandmaster of the Earth Realm..."
The sharp-faced martial artist's mind flashed with this last thought:
"...As expected of a King's strength."
"Clang!"
Chen Jiuyang slowly sheathed his saber. A moment later, soldiers from the Zhenxi Army rushed into the room. Seeing more than a dozen corpses scattered around, with blood gushing from their necks, they were stunned. Then, they instinctively raised their dark assault rifles and aimed them at Chen Jiuyang.
Upon clearly seeing Chen Jiuyang's appearance, these soldiers immediately lowered their weapons, saluted, and respectfully shouted, "The Eighth Company of the First Battalion of the Fourth Regiment of the Second Division of the Zhenxi Army's Martial Soldier Division greets King Qian!"
Chen Jiuyang was slightly taken aback, "How did Zhenxi Army soldiers get drawn here?"
The company commander of the Eighth Company replied, "Reporting to King Qian, this person is a Grandmaster of the Earth Realm from the Indrasen Kingdom. He has repeatedly injured people with his martial arts in City 318 and was a target of our surveillance!"
"His name is Luo Lianba, a mid-level manager in the Indrasen Kingdom's trade company in City 318!"
"...This is going to be troublesome. Once the news of Luo Lianba's death spreads, those people from the Indrasen Kingdom might use it as an excuse to stir up trouble,"
A fully armed soldier couldn't help but say.
Chen Jiuyang smiled lightly and said, "It's nothing. If they dare to cause trouble, I'll kill one for each one that steps out. I'll kill as many as come."
As he said this, a cold glint flashed in Chen Jiuyang's eyes.
When treating the Zhenxi Army soldiers, he learned how arrogant and deserving of death these Indrasen Kingdom martial artists in City 318 were!
Chen Jiuyang saw it with his own eyes and felt it in his heart.
In his eyes, these foreign martial artists in City 318 were ALL DAMN WORTHY OF DEATH!
"You don't need to worry about causing trouble. This matter doesn't need to be concealed. Just report it truthfully to your superiors."
"I'd like to see how many lives they have for me to kill, and how much courage they have to stir up trouble."
Chen Jiuyang's calm words made the eyelids of these Zhenxi Army soldiers twitch.
"Yes, King Qian."
The reason Chen Jiuyang killed someone yesterday was known throughout the Zhenxi Army after a day of dissemination.
They heard that someone had insulted their Zhenxi Army, so he killed them, silencing them.
This was such overbearing and protective behavior, almost like King Gong awakening in the world.
In terms of rank, above General was King. Although they were not under King Qian's command, Chen Jiuyang had just treated all the ailing soldiers in the Zhenxi Army without taking a single cent or a drop of water before leaving. These combined events had given all the Zhenxi Army soldiers a very good impression of Chen Jiuyang.
"...I need to go to King Gong's mansion," Chen Jiuyang glanced at the time, then at the relentless blizzard outside, and said, "Please handle the aftermath."
"Not at all, King Qian, you are too polite." The company commander said respectfully, with a smile on his face.
Then Chen Jiuyang left the room and headed for King Gong's mansion.
City 318 was shrouded in wind and snow. There were almost no ordinary people on the streets, and those who came and went were mostly foreign martial artists.
Chen Jiuyang walked to King Gong's mansion, and the path was unobstructed.
Upon arriving at the backyard of King Gong's mansion, there was an old man wearing a Taoist robe, appearing ancient but in good spirits, who was likely the old Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain. Another old monk, wearing a kasaya and holding a golden alms bowl, also stood there.
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate, this old Daoist Wuwei greets King Qian."
"Namo Amitabha, this old monk Zuokong greets King Qian."
Chen Jiuyang had never heard of these two before, but since the Sword Wielder had called them, they must be extraordinary.
These two respectfully called him King Qian, a title earned through years of meritorious service and fame by the Dragon Kingdom's previous five kings. Although Chen Jiuyang had not yet made great contributions to the country, as a king, he was destined to contribute to the nation in the future. Therefore, both old men respectfully addressed him as King Qian.
Their social status was entirely different from that of the two of them.
Chen Jiuyang looked at the two men and cupped his hands, saying, "Greetings, masters."
Old Daoist Wuwei said, "The Sword Wielder called this old Daoist here, reportedly to treat King Gong. Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate, can King Qian explain what happened?"
"Certainly." Chen Jiuyang meticulously recounted how his soul had left his body and how the National Destiny Dragon Scale had found King Gong.
Old Daoist Wuwei and Old Monk Zuokong's expressions immediately changed drastically.
"Amitabha!" Old Monk Zuokong said with a slightly heavy tone, "King Gong has been seriously injured and unconscious for twenty years. No one ever expected that his soul was captured by that old witch from the Lotus Sect!"
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate!" Old Daoist Wuwei said, "That old monster from the Lotus Sect is beyond our ability to deal with. Unless we open the secret realm and invite the Grand Ancestors to act, leaving the Dragon Kingdom will only make us the sustenance of this old monster."
Chen Jiuyang's heart tightened. It seemed that both Taoism and Buddhism knew that the old monster from the Lotus Sect was real.
Indeed, such orthodox great sects with thousands of years of heritage would surely know more secrets.
"But our destiny is not enough to open the secret realm or forcibly invite the ancestors out. Otherwise, the Dragon Kingdom would be turned upside down, and we would be sinners of the Han people."
"Amitabha, if that is the case, then this old monk knows why the Sword Wielder called us here. Our combat power is insufficient to save King Gong, but we can use Taoist and Buddhist secret arts to lock onto the location of King Gong's soul. The Sword Wielder is currently not in City 318; he should be going to invite reinforcements who can save King Gong."
Chen Jiuyang heard this and asked, "King Gong has fallen into the hands of that man-eating old monster from the Lotus Sect. With the secret realm not opened, who in our Dragon Kingdom can fight that old monster and save King Gong?"
As Chen Jiuyang asked this, Old Daoist Wuwei and Old Monk Zuokong's eyes flickered, and they both replied:
"The Five Great Sacred Lands."
"King Yan."
Chen Jiuyang was inwardly shocked, "The Five Great Sacred Lands?"
"Does King Qian not know about our Dragon Kingdom's Five Great Sacred Lands of martial arts? It's understandable, as the younger generation does not have access to these five hidden sacred lands."
"Thousands of years ago, it was these five hidden sacred lands that jointly forged the Martial Ranking after the Nine Provinces Cauldron was shattered, protecting our Han family's destiny."
"The Five Great Sacred Lands are Kunlun, Shushan, Penglai, the Forbidden City, and Baiyujing."
Chen Jiuyang's heart trembled slightly. Qin Rouyu was taken away by someone from the Kunlun Sacred Land. It had been a long time since they parted, and there had been no news of her whereabouts.
Monk Zuokong said, "Brother Wuwei is mistaken. The Five Great Sacred Lands each suppress fragments of the Nine Provinces Cauldron. If the traces of the sacred lands are leaked, our Dragon Kingdom will experience the great calamity of thousands of years ago again. Therefore, the Sword Wielder is definitely not going to the Five Great Sacred Lands."
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate!" Old Daoist Wuwei said, "Then, in our Dragon Kingdom today, the only one who can fight that old monster is King Yan!"