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Zhao Guang helped up Chancellor Xia, his hands trembling.

This was an old minister from Zhao Haoran's era, loyal to both Zhao Haoran and the East Sea Dragon Palace. He had witnessed Ah Zi's birth and watched her grow bit by bit. Although Ah Zi did not often return to the East Sea Dragon Palace, he waited like an elderly person guarding his home, always hoping she would come back and taking good care of her.

Zhao Yanzi, living beside Zhao Guang, found it hard to understand Chancellor Xia's nurturing mindset. Even Zhao Guang slightly overlooked this diligent old minister.

Chancellor Xia could unleash the power of a Heavenly Dragon but he wasn't at that realm himself.

The moment he lifted the seal, he had foreseen his fate. The previous dragon king, Zhao Haoran, left the East Sea Dragon Palace, and the meaning of his continued life in the palace was to shield it from one calamity.

Zhao Haoran was a brilliant leader. When he handed over the East Sea Dragon Palace to Zhao Guang, he had anticipated all possible dangers that might befall the palace.

Chancellor Xia could unleash Heavenly Dragon power but unless it was a critical moment of life and death for the East Sea Dragon Palace or when its restricted area was breached, he couldn't use this strength at will.

Even if the East Sea Dragon Palace were to clash with the West Sea Dragon Palace and Zhao Haoran personally joined in the battle, Chancellor Xia still had to hide his true capabilities.

This was Chancellor Xia's loyalty as an old minister and a pact between Zhao Haoran and him. From a handsome and upright man to an aged and frail elderly person, Chancellor Xia waited for this day.

Shouldering hundreds of years of loneliness, he had to endure until this day came. The highlight in his gloomy life was the lively Zhao Yanzi growing up bit by bit. Each time Zhao Yanzi returned to the Dragon Palace, she seemed taller and more beautiful to Chancellor Xia.

The happiest period for him was when he went to the city of Donghai for a few days. It was his first time leaving the East Sea Dragon Palace, his first time stepping onto land, and his first encounter with urban prosperity—a small act of unauthorized absence from duty.

Afterward, even though Zhao Guang and Hao Ren often let him visit the city to relax, he no longer dared to leave the palace.

Having seen the appearance of the mainland, he was content. He had to stay in the East Sea Dragon Palace, guarding against formidable enemies like today who could destroy the dragon palace.

"Sigh..." Zhao Hongyu looked at Chancellor Xia with a sorrowful expression and let out a long sigh.

She thought back to her wedding day when Chancellor Xia, in charge of internal affairs in the dragon palace, was bustling around, acting like both an overseer and an elder.

However, Chancellor Xia's current state—with his meridians severed and clearly beyond saving—was heartbreaking.

"Chancellor Xia!"

Hao Ren's clear voice suddenly came from above.

Zhao Hongyu looked up to see Hao Ren leading Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi rushing over in a hurry.

"Grandpa Xia..." When Zhao Yanzi saw Chancellor Xia's face turning black and noticed that his hunchback had disappeared, she froze for half a second before quickly landing beside Chancellor Xia.

Hao Ren used his spiritual energy to stabilize Su Han inside the Dragon God Hall. The three pills began to take effect gradually, so the nine deputy hall masters immediately took Su Han into the Dragon God Hall for treatment.

Seeing that Su Han hadn't woken up but was not in immediate danger and worried about the situation at the East Sea Dragon Palace, Hao Ren hurriedly flew there with Zhao Yanzi and Xie Yujia.

Xie Yujia originally wanted to stay behind in the Dragon God Hall to accompany Su Han. However, she thought that perhaps she could help here at the East Sea Dragon Palace as well, so she followed Hao Ren over.

But when they reached the back mountain, it was too late; the demonic aura containing Xu Ke's residual soul had already escaped.

"Zi Zi... Princess..." Chancellor Xia’s face was already very pale when he saw Zhao Yanzi appear. His face turned slightly red with a sense of relief.

"Grandpa Xia..." Tears flowed down Zhao Yanzi's cheeks uncontrollably.

She didn't have a deep relationship with Chancellor Xia, but whenever she returned to the Dragon Palace, he would always carefully attend to her. He was an excellent elder. Although Zhao Yanzi appeared spoiled and unreasonable on the surface, in reality, her heart was very soft. Seeing Chancellor Xia like this made it impossible for her to control her tears.

Xie Yujia saw that the faces of these elders around Zhao Guang were not good; she knew they had all been poisoned by the demonic aura and quickly distributed detoxifying pills.

Now, the highest-grade medicinal pills she could refine were sixth-grade pills. In her storage bracelet, there were also quite a few fifth-grade pills prepared.

The elders who had been supporting themselves with spiritual energy received Xie Yujia's fifth-grade detoxifying pills like treasures and hurriedly swallowed them, showing signs of the demonic aura in their bodies gradually retreating.

Fifth-grade medicinal pills were already rare in this world. They could almost be called divine pills. Claiming they had the effect of bringing the dead back to life would not be an exaggeration.

However, if it weren't for these elders from the East Sea Dragon Palace who had previously consumed divine pills brought out by the Nine Dragons Palace and thus greatly strengthened their physical constitutions, almost no one could have survived after being struck by demonic aura.

Xie Yujia saw that Chancellor Xia's body was weak and wanted to treat him but found herself short of sixth-grade pills since she had already given them all to Su Han. Fifth-grade pills seemed unlikely to save him.

"Young Master Hao... take care of... Princess Zi Zi..." Chancellor Xia looked at Hao Ren, then slowly said his last words.

Hao Ren grasped his hands and tried to inject spiritual energy into them but found that all the meridians in Chancellor Xia's body had already ruptured.

Chancellor Xia was originally a peak Heavenly level expert. He used the Primordial Yang Sword hidden on his back to suppress his cultivation for hundreds of years. Today, he suddenly released it, unleashing the power of the Celestial Dragon... but as a result, all his meridians had been internally shattered.

"Grandpa Xia, don't die, please don’t die..." Zhao Yanzi finally realized how much Chancellor Xia cared for her and grabbed his wrist, desperately shedding tears.

“Let me try!”

Xie Yujia saw everyone's tragic expressions and stepped forward to press on Chancellor Xia’s forehead, injecting several life-and-death talismans into him.

The Life and Death Talisman, named for "life and death," controls the lifeline and主宰生死。

The Life Talisman draws on the vitality of heaven and earth, while the Death Talisman activates their killing intent.

When a dozen or so Life and Death Talismans were struck into Chancellor Xia's body, the silver death talismans dispersed the black demonic aura within his body, while the golden life talismans continuously absorbed the qi of heaven and earth.

The barely breathing Chancellor Xia suddenly felt that his meridians were slowly repairing themselves!

His complexion turned rosy again, but in contrast, Xie Yujia's face paled.

Xie Yujia had hardly ever tried this method before: by embedding Life and Death Talismans into a cultivator’s body, one could control their life and death.

This was an extremely powerful technique. Only Qingfeng Loose Cultivator could wield it at will. It was precisely because of such abilities that those Core Formation stage cultivators dared not easily provoke Qingfeng Loose Cultivator.

Once hit with dozens of Life and Death Talismans, one's life and death would truly be under the control of Qingfeng Loose Cultivator!

"Yujia!"

Hao Ren saw Xie Yujia’s face turn pale and quickly grabbed her left hand, inputting a continuous stream of spirit energy.

The Wuxing cultivation method he practiced had some similarities with Xie Yujia's Life and Death Talismans. However, Xie Yujia's practice was also in harmony with the Two Instruments transformations of heaven and earth, making it even more profound than Hao Ren’s Wuxing Sword Technique.

Zhao Guang, Zhao Hongyu, and all the Dragon Palace elders were surprised to see Chancellor Xia’s condition gradually recover.

Boom!

Xie Yujia suddenly withdrew her right hand from pressing on Chancellor Xia's forehead. This was as far as she could go with her Life and Death Talismans.

"Thank you, Mr. Hao and Miss Xie for saving my life…" Chancellor Xia bowed while attempting to kneel down in gratitude.

Hao Ren pulled the weakened Xie Yujia up and supported Chancellor Xia.

Zhao Yanzi saw that Xie Yujia was swaying, so he quickly wrapped his arm around her shoulder to support her.

"Chancellor Xia, it’s good to know you’re safe…" Zhao Guang sighed in relief. "Let's head back to the Dragon Palace to rest."

"Your Excellency Dragon King, I can truly say that I was brought back from death. There is a favor I wish to ask..." Chancellor Xia struggled to stand and said.

"Chancellor, please speak freely," Zhao Guang looked at him seriously.

Prime Minister Xia hesitated for a few seconds and said, "My dragon pill has already disintegrated. Even if I survive in the future, I will just be an ordinary person. It's unlikely that I can fulfill my duties as Prime Minister of the Dragon Palace anymore. I... want to try living as a regular human."

Zhao Guang nodded and said, "Since Elder Lu and Elder Sun have identities in Donghai City, let’s...

"I only wish to be an ordinary human," Prime Minister Xia immediately added.

Zhao Guang looked at him and understood what he meant.

Prime Minister Xia had truly been exhausted from working tirelessly for over seven hundred years in the Donghai Dragon Palace. With Zhao Haoran having passed away, his responsibilities were fulfilled, and he no longer wished to manage any matters concerning the dragon palace.

"Elder Lu, please escort Prime Minister to land," said Zhao Guang with a sigh.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Prime Minister Xia bowed towards Zhao Guang before turning around and bowing again to Hao Ren and Xie Yujia. "Thank you, Young Master Hao and Miss Xie."

He was finally going to live on land as an ordinary human, never to return to the Donghai Dragon Palace. Of course, he would never reveal any information about it.

With the elixirs from the dragon palace, he could regain his appearance at around thirty years old. Perhaps he might have his own descendants, but his grandchildren wouldn't know that their grandfather had once been Prime Minister of the Donghai Dragon Palace and a powerful being who temporarily possessed Heavenly Dragon strength.

Hao Ren silently watched as Prime Minister Xia followed Lu Qing into the depths of the dragon palace, like an overworked old man leaving a company he'd worked at for decades.

Suddenly, Hao Ren shivered and thought of his grandmother.

Taichi Cave Master could investigate all sorts of information. Since several golden dragon cultivators had found his seaside villa last time, the Taichi Cave Master should also know about his family situation!

Seeing the waves churning near where the Donghai Dragon Palace was located, Hao Ren immediately rushed to the seafloor, but didn't think that the Taichi Cave Master might come to his house!

Bang!

Hao Ren stepped on an air sword and took off.

During Su Han's tribulation, the Taichi Cave Master suddenly attacked, disrupting the dragon god temple and nearly destroying the Donghai Dragon Palace. Hao Ren was busy saving both Su Han and the senior disciples of the Donghai Dragon Palace, almost forgetting about his grandmother and parents who were unrelated to the cultivators!

Ordinary dragon clan cultivators wouldn't attack ordinary humans no matter how much they fought or competed; however, the Taichi Cave Master in his transformed state as a dark dragon was beyond the control of the Dragon God Temple.

In Hao Ren's mind, his parents and grandmother were unrelated to this world, so he nearly forgot about them!

Whoosh... Hao Ren burst out from the sea surface and immediately flew towards the villa district by the seaside.

The glass doors of his house on the ground floor had all shattered!, fittingly called the "Beauty Society."These girls treated Hao Ren with extraordinary respect; even senior year seniors addressed him as "Brother Hao," which made other girls feel that Hao Ren was sh...