funbook-pk Chapter 599 Meeting
Chapter 599 Meeting
Jiang Li understood immediately. Yes, she couldn't say it aloud, or the Mirror Spirit would hear her.
She turned to Xie Buli and the other three, and solemnly said, "This matter must be kept absolutely secret; you must keep your mouth shut."
"Yeah, we get it."
The four children nodded vigorously; the matter was of great importance and naturally could not be known to outsiders.
"Let the Dingguo Army and Tianji Regiment lead their troops to tell everyone that your father is alright, but he needs to go into seclusion to recuperate."
Jiang Li instructed them to handle the follow-up matters.
She wrote another secret memorial to Nangong Qinghe, reporting that the demon had been imprisoned and would no longer cause trouble for the world.
She then asked Nangong Qinghe for leave, explaining that Xie Chang'an was seriously injured and needed to recuperate in seclusion, and that she also needed to protect him.
The daily affairs of the Dingguo Army will be temporarily handled by Xie Buli and Xie Buqi, while the Tianji Camp will be temporarily managed by Xie Wuyou and Xie Wuchou.
After handing the secret report to Jifeng, Jiang Li hurriedly returned to the Dragon Palace.
Now, Xie Chang'an's sea of consciousness has become the battleground between the Soul-Seizing Insect and True Man Chonghua. She has to guard him to prevent any accidents from happening.
Xie Chang'an stared at her intently: "Little fox, we don't have much time left in this realm."
"Yes, Gou Chonghua said the same thing."
Xie Chang'an was both amused and exasperated: "After returning to the Upper Realm, I became one with him."
Can we remove the word "dog"?
Jiang Li chuckled and said, "I'll consider it after he kowtows to me three hundred times."
Xie Chang'an held her hand and pleaded, "Believe me, I will always protect you from the wind and rain and remain faithful to you."
"Ah."
Promise me you'll never leave me, never forget me.
Don't leave me, and never forget me.
Jiang Li looked into his affectionate eyes and nodded emphatically: "Okay."
Xie Chang'an smiled and said softly, "In the future, I will definitely take good care of you and treat you like a precious jewel, so that all the female cultivators in the Tianyan Realm will envy you."
Jiang Li rolled her eyes. Come on, she'll probably be the public enemy of all the female cultivators in the Heavenly Flame Realm by then.
Then she remembered something else, "Where's that piece of metal?"
She remembered that when they left Huichang Canal, the fragment of the Reincarnation Mirror was still in Xie Chang'an's hands, but after he fainted, Jiang Li discovered that the fragment had disappeared.
Xie Chang'an suddenly realized, "That's right, where are the fragments?"
He opened his palm. "Before I fainted, I was holding it in my hand. Perhaps the Mirror Spirit took it back?"
Jiang Li pondered, "It's possible. When the egg hatched, there were strange phenomena in the sky, so the dog spirit must have come."
After the Soul-Sucking Insect left, the fragment was ownerless, and the Mirror Spirit could naturally retrieve it.
"So, your only task is to completely eradicate the Soul-Eating Worms."
“Yes.” Xie Chang’an nodded.
Jiang Li was a little dazed. Were they about to say goodbye to this small world and return to their respective sects?
There is always a feeling of unreality.
"I think I've forgotten something?" Jiang Li scratched her head.
"Sister, you've forgotten about me! But I'm here!"
An angry voice came from under her sleeve.
Xie Chang'an asked in surprise, "Who is this?"
Jiang Li chuckled and held her wrist out in front of him: "Who else? Egg, of course."
Xie Chang'an looked closely and saw a miniature green dragon coiled on her slender, snow-white wrist, glaring at him with its beard bristling.
"This is... an egg?!" Xie Chang'an was stunned.
After the egg hatched, Jiang Li said it was a little small. Xie Chang'an thought that a baby dragon would naturally not be big, but he never expected it to be so small!
"Little Tanuki, are you sure this is a dragon and not an earthworm?"
They actually called him an earthworm!
Egg was furious. With a roar, an enormous phantom dragon head suddenly appeared before Xie Chang'an. Its eyes, like copper bells, seemed to be able to spit flames, and its mane stood on end in anger.
Xie Chang'an laughed and said, "A dragon's head and a snake's tail?"
He added insult to injury, "Its tail isn't even as big as a cauliflower snake's."
The angry dragon's head vanished in an instant, and Egg shrank back into Jiang Li's sleeve, wailing, "Waaah, I didn't want to be this small either..."
Jiang Li laughed and said, "Alright, alright, is the Dragon King of the East Sea still crying? Our Egg is going to hold his coronation ceremony. I'll have Master Zhang choose an auspicious day."
Egg murmured, "Mingzhu..."
Will Mingzhu be disappointed to see him like this?
Jiang Li said, "Mingzhu and the others are still at Dongping Lake, waiting for me to pick them up. Don't you want to see him?"
After Xie Chang'an imprisoned the Soul-Sucking Insect in his sea of consciousness, Jiang Li instructed Mingzhu and the other merfolk to return to Dongping Lake via the Huichang Canal, and she would come to pick them up after she had finished dealing with the follow-up matters.
Seeing the strange phenomenon in the sky, Mingzhu naturally knew that the egg had hatched, and she was now waiting to see him with great excitement.
Dandan was conflicted; he wanted to see Mingzhu, but he was also afraid that Mingzhu would be disappointed when she saw him.
Xie Chang'an comforted him, saying, "It's not your fault that you're small. You've persevered for over five hundred years in that kind of environment, which is already quite remarkable."
Jiang Li also said, "That's right, Dandan, you've already tried your best. When Mingzhu sees you, she'll only feel sorry for the suffering you've endured, she won't laugh at you."
Upon hearing this, Dandan felt both touched and warmed, and her eyes welled up with tears: "Brother, sister, I understand."
He raised his tiny dragon head, brimming with pride, "So what if I'm small? No matter how small I am, I am still a true dragon! All aquatic creatures under heaven must bow down and submit to me!"
Jiang Li said with relief, "That's the right way to think. A gentleman is open and honest, and there is nothing he cannot reveal to others."
Sure enough, when Mingzhu saw this "mini dragon", she was filled with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, and lost countless pearls.
"Ao Ming, you've finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel! Now that you've hatched, your father and mother can rest in peace!"
He knew perfectly well that the reason why Egg was so small was because it had been starving for over five hundred years!
"I will find more rare and precious herbs in the future to nourish you properly and help you grow up quickly!"
Dandan was so touched that her eyes welled up with tears again: "Mingzhu, thank you..."
After the dragon and the shark embraced and wept bitterly for a while, Mingzhu went to visit Xie Chang'an.
Upon learning that Xie Chang'an had used himself as bait to imprison the Soul-Seizing Insect within his own sea of consciousness, Mingzhu felt both admiration and deep emotion.
"Your Highness has sacrificed yourself to save the world; please accept our bow!"
Mingzhu led the merfolk in a respectful bow to Xie Chang'an.
"I'm fine. I'll leave the rest of the Huichang Canal matters to you all." Xie Chang'an smiled slightly.
Seeing his tired expression, Jiang Li said, "Brother Chang'an, you should rest well. Mingzhu and I will discuss the matter of Dandan's coronation ceremony."
"Okay, go ahead and do your work, don't worry about me."
Xie Chang'an sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.
Jiang Li instructed the Rejuvenating Vine and the Gold-Eating Grass to guard him well, then called to Mingzhu and Dandan, "Let's go to the front hall for a meeting."
Upon arriving at the front hall, Mingzhu had Dandan ascend the throne. He led all the merfolk to kneel down and respectfully perform the grand ceremony of the sea tribe.
"Your subordinate, the Pearl of the Merfolk, pays respects to His Majesty the Dragon King of the East Sea! May Your Majesty enjoy a long and prosperous life, with the seas forever secure and your power extending throughout the four seas!"