Chapter 614 - 15: The Tao Ancestor’s Temple Statue · Sea Dragon King

"You're one of the Dragon Race, so you can talk, right?"

After a brief divination, Li Boyang once more closed the Celestial Eye at his brow, then looked at the sea serpent and asked.

"I… I can… talk…"

No one knew whether it was his nature, or if he'd already been scared out of his wits.

The Shajaro Dragon King's voice was trembling, even his tone was timid and quavering.

"Your voice is actually pretty nice, it's just that this appearance is a bit uncomfortable to look at."

That was Xiluo's snark, and Miaoshan had the same thought as her.

Wearing the face of the Tao Ancestor, yet with such a foppish, frightened bearing and tone, really left one not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"So are you the Shajaro Dragon King right now?"

Ignoring Xiluo's complaint, Li Boyang continued to gently ask.

"Sha… jaro… Dragon King?"

Blinking in slight confusion, the Shajaro Dragon King said, somewhat unsure.

"I think I am, right?"

"Anapadado and the others all call me that."

"That little dragon who came here last time also addressed me that way."

Clearly having sensed the goodwill coming from Li Boyang, the Shajaro Dragon King's voice became much more normal.

Although his volume was still very low, and he still looked that timid, at least he was now able to communicate properly.

"So what on earth is going on?"

Gently lifting the Shajaro Dragon King in her palm, Xiluo couldn't help pressing him.

"Well, this… is a rather long story…"

Not waiting for Li Boyang to start selling the mystery, Xiluo cut him off irritably.

"Then keep the long story short. You know my temper and patience have never been great."

Spreading his hands helplessly, Li Boyang took the Shajaro Dragon King into his own hand, then finally began to speak slowly.

"Everything goes back to the South Sea God·Buyan Huyu back then."

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Back then, under the influence of Wu Yi Shoots the Sky, Buyan Huyu attempted to invade the Hundred Lands Mountain Range and obtain the complete Celestial Human Technique.

During that South Sea calamity, the Mountain People resisted the South Sea's invasion with tenacious resolve.

In the end, that great battle concluded with Li Boyang refining Buyan Huyu's body into the Mutton Fat Jade Purification Bottle to suppress the South Sea Sea Eye.

As an extension of Buyan Huyu's power, sixteen Night Wanderers who had been struck by the Jadeification Insomnia Curse were used as raw materials and refined into the Five Punishments' Severity now in Xiluo's hand.

But everyone knew that aside from those sixteen Night Wanderers, many other Gods in the South Sea had in fact also fallen under the Jadeification Insomnia Curse.

Those sixteen Night Wanderers were merely the ones who stood out among them, survivors who possessed a portion of Buyan Huyu's power.

In order to break free of Wu Yi's Curse—

Buyan Huyu went mad, hunting the South Sea Gods and turning countless Gods into jade statues.

Some of these jade statues sank into the deep sea, some settled in lightless ocean trenches, some were crushed by terrifying ocean pressure.

Only a small portion of the jade statues managed to escape such a fate and were washed ashore by the waves.

Among them was a God who had attained the Way as a sea serpent.

After Li Boyang slew Buyan Huyu, that Sea Serpent Jade Statue began to regain vitality.

As time passed, an Alien Race village along the South Sea coast noticed the marvel of this jade statue, and eventually decided to enshrine it in Li Boyang's Divine Temple.

After all, the idols in Li Boyang's temple were always bizarre and varied.

In comparison, a single Sea Serpent Jade Statue was already one of the most ordinary among them.

Because things like this had happened so many times, even Li Boyang didn't pay much attention to this slightly odd Sea Serpent Jade Statue.

Instead, it was the Alien Race village who noticed that ever since they enshrined this Sea Serpent Jade Statue, the area around their village had become as well-balanced in wind and rain as the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

Not only that, whenever the villagers went out to sea to fish, they would witness the spectacle of sea serpents willingly falling into their nets.

From their initial panic, to later becoming used to it.

The Alien Race villagers gradually grew accustomed to this "prey" that threw itself into the snare, and every time they would pick out the thickest sea serpent among the catch to offer at the Divine Temple.

That Sea Serpent Jade Statue enshrined in the Divine Temple thus came to be respectfully addressed by the villagers as the "Sea Dragon King."

If nothing unexpected had happened, that Sea Serpent Jade Statue would, with time, once again gain Spiritual nature and be reborn as a new God.

Unfortunately, before the Sea Serpent Jade Statue regained its Spiritual nature, the Dragon Race created the Dragon Transformation Platform.

Through the selection of the Dragon Transformation Platform, this Sea Serpent Jade Statue became one of the physical bodies most compatible with the Dragon Race.

However, the Sea Serpent Jade Statue did not become any one member of the Dragon Race.

Or to be more precise, no single Dragon Race being could monopolize the Sea Serpent Jade Statue.

The Dragon Race are the incarnations of the desires of all beings, an Immortal, undying existence.

They originate from the same source, and naturally can also take advantage of the Dragon Transformation Platform's power to merge into a single whole.

It's just that in the vast majority of cases, no Dragon Race member is willing to sacrifice themself to fulfill a brand-new "self."

When exceptions like this do appear, such an existence—born from the confluence of the power of multiple Dragon Race beings—is honored by the other Dragons as a "Dragon King."

Since the birth of the Six Desire Heavens up to now, only eight Dragon Kings have appeared.

The Joyful Dragon King·Nanda, the first Dragon King created by the Dragon Race to oppose the Celestial Beings.

The Virtuous Joy Dragon King·Bala Nanda, brother of the Joyful Dragon King, a Dragon King conceived in order to deal with the Yaksha.

The Nine-Headed Dragon King·He Xiuji, born from nine Dragons merging together to resist the Garuda's predation upon the Dragon Race.

The Poison-Seeing Dragon King·Dachika, the collective will of those Dragons who, bewitched by the Qin Dapo, abandoned everything.

The Great Strength Dragon King·Manas, the mighty Dragon King who single-handedly expelled an Asura incursion.

The No-Heat-Disturbance Dragon King·Anapadado, a naturally born Dragon King from the Dragon Race's birthplace—the No-Heat-Disturbance Pool.

The Blue Lotus Dragon King·Anavatapta, a Dragon King enlightened by the Buddha and born within the Blue Lotus Pool.

As for this eighth Dragon King?

That would naturally be this timid-faced Sea Dragon King·Shajaro.

Each of these eight Dragon Kings has a different origin, but without exception they all represent one united effort after another by the Dragon Race.

Among the Eight Divisions, if not rare, this could be called virtually unprecedented.

The Eight Divisions are all incarnations of desire, undying Demon Kings…

Getting these bastards to work together is harder than killing them.

From this point alone, you can see that the Dragon Race might be the most united among the Eight Divisions.

Especially after the birth of the Dragon Transformation Platform, the vast majority of the Dragon Race wanted to reincarnate into the mortal world, rather than be trapped forever in the Six Desire Heavens.

"So you're saying this was also another reason that Calamity Dragon came to the South Sea?"

"He wanted Shajaro's help, and in the end got cut down by Silver Horn near the Hundred Lands Mountain Range?"

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