Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 281: Did the King Just Gain an Extra Dad?!

The first-generation Human Emperor suddenly came to his senses. He vanished on the spot, intending to chase after Ning Xuan.

However, the instant he moved, the traps sprang.

BANG!

He was instantly blown to pieces!

Shit, there really were traps! Good thing I'm just a consciousness, or I would have been in big trouble just now!

The thought flashed through his mind as his consciousness reassembled and continued its charge.

Suddenly, the first-generation Human Emperor's scream echoed!

"Damn it! What bastard designed this trap?! It can even hit a consciousness!"

"And why the hell is it targeting me?! Why didn't it stop Ning Xuan?! Fuck, what an idiot!"

The traps felt quite aggrieved. They were objects, not people. Ning Xuan couldn't even touch them, so what the hell were they supposed to do? As for this foul-mouthed weakling… he had it coming!

Mired in frustration, the first-generation Human Emperor finally burst out of the Secret Vault. It was a good thing he was currently a consciousness. Otherwise, even if he had not died, he would have been skinned alive!

"You little brat, what are you standing around dazed for?! Where's Ning Xuan?!"

Upon emerging, the first-generation Human Emperor "saw" the King of Dong Cang.

"Ancestor, you…"

The King of Dong Cang had barely started speaking when the first-generation Human Emperor cut him off. "I'm asking you, where is Ning Xuan?!"

The King of Dong Cang replied innocently, "Wasn't he with you?"

BOOM!

The void trembled and distorted.

The first-generation Human Emperor went completely mad! This was the royal palace! It was supposed to be an impenetrable fortress! But look what had happened. Ning Xuan had slipped away right under their noses!

An utter disgrace! This was an utter disgrace!

"After him!" the King of Dong Cang snapped back to his senses, his expression grim as he ordered the pursuit.

This ancestor of mine is so unreliable, and he's even shifting the blame! What am I supposed to do? I have to take the fall and get the job done!

"Stop!" the first-generation Human Emperor bellowed. "Chase my ass! The traps in the Secret Vault are useless against him! He managed to play me for a fool with just a single Dao Body! So what if we catch up?"

As he spoke, his voice grew somber. By the time he finished, the King of Dong Cang seemed to envision a white-haired, hunched old man on the verge of collapsing at any moment.

The first-generation Human Emperor's divine might was gone!

"Ancestor!"

A sudden sorrow overcame the King of Dong Cang. He knelt and burst into tears. Seven hundred years of effort, and what awaited him was not revival, not a rise to power, but the end of an era!

「Meanwhile, outside the high walls of the royal palace.」

"Hey, Junior Brother, it sounds like someone is crying in there," Wawa said to Ning Xuan after listening intently.

Yuan Yurong added, "It sounds like the voice of the King of Dong Cang!"

After Ning Xuan had led them out earlier, he had found an excuse to disappear. At first, Yuan Yurong thought it was to get rid of her. But soon, the disheartened young woman realized she might have overestimated her own importance. Ning Xuan had other matters to attend to; his disappearance had nothing to do with any dislike for her!

With that realization, Yuan Yurong became even more enthusiastic, serving the other three ladies with the utmost diligence! She played her role as a handmaiden so well that even Yun Wangshu began to warm up to her. This was especially true when Ning Xuan reappeared. He merely glanced at her without comment, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief. Since Ning Xuan wasn't sending her away, she naturally had to perform well.

"Yikes! For real?! Isn't he the King? Why is he crying? Could it be he found out I secretly sat on his Dragon Throne?" Wawa piped up.

Ning Xuan was absolutely floored. The other three women also couldn't help but smile.

Wawa, having a kind heart, hesitated for a moment before suddenly shouting at the top of her lungs, "Stop crying! I just won't sit on your Dragon Throne again! It wasn't comfortable anyway!"

Her clear voice instantly resonated throughout The Capital.

In a flash, almost everyone turned their gaze toward the royal palace.

"What's going on?!"

"Someone sat on the King's Dragon Throne, and he cried about it? Good heavens! Am I hearing things?"

"Damn, damn, damn! I remember that little girl said she wanted to sit on the Dragon Throne! She actually did it?!"

"That's not the point! The point is the King was bullied so badly he started crying!"

"..."

The story of the crying King spread from The Capital like a hurricane, sweeping across all of Dong Cang and even the entire Yuan Ling Continent! And the further it spread, the more outrageous the rumors became!

"Did you hear? The King saw a fairy who sat on his Dragon Throne, and he cried with excitement!"

"I heard a fairy descended from the heavens, and it turns out she was the King's mother in a past life! The King invited her to sit on the Dragon Throne and then started crying!"

"Nonsense! It was clearly Ning Xuan who brought the King's mother back, but she insisted on leaving with Ning Xuan. The King couldn't stop her, so he cried out of frustration!"

"What does that mean? The King got a new dad?!"

"And this 'dad' is younger than his own son! If that were me, I'd probably kill myself! It's no surprise he cried!"

"..."

As the tale twisted with each telling, the final version took shape. Nothing else mattered. The story became that Ning Xuan was, in fact, the father of the King of Dong Cang! The King wanted Ning Xuan to take him along, but Ning Xuan refused, so he cried his eyes out.

"AAARGH! NING XUAN, YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR!!!"

When the King of Dong Cang, deep within his palace, finally heard these rumors, he nearly demolished the entire royal residence in a fit of rage.

And then... there was no "and then."

Even the first-generation Human Emperor had fallen prey to Ning Xuan. Besides fuming with impotent rage, the King of Dong Cang could do nothing.

「In a teahouse.」

PFFT—! Cough, cough, cough...

Upon hearing a storyteller present the final version of the rumor, Ning Xuan sprayed a mouthful of tea all over Yuan Yurong's face!

Instantly, his party became the center of attention. A group of one man and four women was already eye-catching enough, and many had been stealing glances. Now, they could stare openly.

And then, they all felt the urge to beat Ning Xuan up.

They watched in disbelief as the fairy-like woman he had just sprayed with tea completely ignored the mess on her own face. Instead, she immediately took out a clean white handkerchief and began to gently wipe his lips.

Damn it! This guy is a beast! Such a beautiful fairy was being ordered around like that! He's simply not human!

Well... man, if only I could be him.

Everyone hated Ning Xuan to death, yet every man there wanted to be him! Unfortunately, they could only dream.

Especially when someone spoke up, having seen through Ning Xuan's disguise.

"You... you're Ning Xuan?!"

Of course, the only reason he could see through it was that Ning Xuan's disguise was laughably perfunctory. After all, Ning Xuan had never intended to hide his whereabouts. His disguise was only done at Yuan Yurong's suggestion, and she was the one who applied it.

In her words, "Young Master is too outstanding. If you don't disguise yourself a little, the consequences could be very serious."

Si Lanyi and Yun Wangshu hadn't cared either way. But when Wawa heard that countless women might start following them, she refused to allow it. She even personally took part in disguising Ning Xuan.

But now, with a wipe of the handkerchief, Ning Xuan's disguise vanished completely.

This left everyone stunned.