CH 113

Fifty Dragons (3)

The ox cart drove slowly towards the Dragon Manor. Sitting on the ox cart, Mu Wanwan’s mind was filled with the news she had just bought for two medium-grade spirit stones—

The nine-tailed fox clan’s youngest princess, Jiu Qing, fell in love at first sight with Ao Xue fifteen years ago at a banquet held jointly by the dragons and daemons. Back then, both of them were only at Rank 3. Everyone thought Ao Xue was really lucky. The nine-tailed fox clan didn’t agree to the match, but couldn’t do anything to Jiu Qing, so they let them be.

Ao Xue has always had the humble attitude of “I am undeserving of this”, and the two were once very sweet after the marriage.

But it couldn’t be helped that Jiu Qing’s talent was much better than Ao Xue’s. Ten years after their marriage, she jumped two ranks in a row and became the youngest Rank 5 powerhouse of the nine-tailed fox clan. At that time, Ao Xue had only just reached Rank 4 with much difficulty.

Actually, if two people sincerely loved each other, these differences wouldn’t matter if they’d talked to each other about them. But as a dragon, Ao Xue has always kind of looked down on the fox clan, the nine-tailed fox clan included. However, because of Jiu Qing’s beauty, talent and status in the nine-tailed fox clan, he kept everything to himself.

Five years ago, Jiu Qing went with some seniors in the clan to explore a secret realm left by the predecessors of the daemon clan where they encountered danger. The seniors in the clan were almost all wiped out, and she was unfortunately seriously injured.

The nine-tailed fox clan fell from grace in almost half a month. As for her, her strength was damaged, she was afflicted by a curse, and was disfigured.

After that, Ao Xue revealed his true colours. In the first two or three years when Jiu Qing became disfigured, he had still been able to suppress himself. But after spending all his fortune to buy Jinjiang grass for Jiu Qing, and still failing to restore her appearance, he became thoroughly sick of her.

He took a concubine, and when there was one, a second was bound to follow. After that, he became more and more unrestrained, and his reputation as a philanderer grew by leaps and bounds.

The dragons had no issues about it. Mister Long had never been one to know about or care about such things, so things gradually evolved into the situation it was today.

These things were no secrets, but as they were related to a Rank 5 powerhouse, there was the asking price of two medium-grade spirit stones.

After listening to the whole story, Mu Wanwan sighed. Jiu Qing thought she had married to love, but unexpectedly, the person she fell for turned out to be such a scumbag. She probably hadn’t divorced him because she didn’t have a choice.

After knowing what happened to Ao Xue’s wife, apart from feeling sympathetic, Mu Wanwan also thought selfishly about herself.

Jiu Qing was disfigured because of the curse, but had gradually stopped buying Jinjiang grass over the years. Mu Wanwan guessed that it was because it was too rare, and the price was too high, so even a person like Jiu Qing couldn’t use Jinjiang grass all the time.

Now, her curse has been mostly lifted, but her appearance has yet to fully recover. She might need elixirs that could remove the curse.

Uncle Zong had said that the spiritual plants she cultivated had the effect of eliminating curses. If the elixirs she made had the same effect, perhaps she could find a way to strike a deal with Jiu Qing with her elixirs and suppress Bai Shuiyao before she could exert her female lead aura.

Moreover, the camel that had starved to death was still bigger than a horse. Even if Jiu Qing’s life wasn’t good now, it should still be easy for her to get rid of Bai Shuiyao, who has not yet fully gained her husband’s love.

It was for this purpose that Mu Wanwan would spend spirit stones to buy the information about Ao Xue’s wife.

The question now was if she could refine elixirs that had the effect of removing curses for not.

Mu Wanwan squeezed her sleeves and looked that the manor that was getting closer and closer, full of thoughts of wanting to become stronger quickly.

If she really becomes an alchemy master, perhaps she could escape from this restrictive life where she had no freedom.

……

While Mu Wanwan was returning to the manor, Mister Long, who had already been waiting for a long time, was starting to panic.

According to his previous experience, his wife would usually return before noon.

However, it was already afternoon, and she wasn’t back yet.

Had she encountered danger outside?

Or did that bad dragon, Ao Qin, go to give her trouble? No, probably not. Ao Qin should be busy with the negotiations lately, so he wouldn’t have the time to care about her. After all, to Ao Qin, his wife was just a tool to be Mister Long’s chongxi bride, though of course, that wasn’t the case for Mister Long himself.

Mister Long’s mind was a mess. Countless thoughts flashed through it, each of which made him extremely worried.

He had turned into his half-dragon form and was sitting up on the bed. His stern gaze fell on the door behind the feather chirp, and the draconic pressure made Mengmeng, who was still a baby bird, so frighted that it did not dare to move, even though Mister Long’s furry ears were exposed and quivering now and then from worry, which made the feather chirp feel like rubbing them very much.

Mister Long had already maintained this posture for a very long time. It was because he had absorbed many spirit stones today that he could remain conscious for the time being.

All he wanted was to see her happy expression when she saw the jade bangle when she came back, but she still hadn’t returned.

Mister Long couldn’t stand it anymore. He was maniacally anxious, and his lips were tightly pursed as he looked forward to the courtyard door being pushed open in the next second.

The author has something to say:

Mister-waiting-for-his-wife-Long, “Why isn’t she back yet has something happened I’m so worried if something has happened to her what should I do why am I so useless I can’t even go to look for her what if I go to look for her and she comes back to find that I’m not around would she be worried about me could it be that she despises me and wants to abandon me boohoohoo wife hurry and come back I’m so worried… (10,000 words have been omitted here)”