Chapter 857 - Where to Find Him? (1/2)

Shun Tao and Qiang Yan exchanged a glance and then went over to the Heavenly Emperor's palace. Just as they had imagined, Rong Su was anything but thrilled when he heard about the situation.

”Hmph. Why would I bother to help him? If he can't even defend himself against a few humans, then the dragons should thank us for helping them to get rid of him.”

Qiang Yan repressed a sigh. ”I don't think that they'd appreciate that.”

”Well, then they should keep an eye on him themselves. Why should we do it?”

”Because they are our allies.” And he happens to be the fiance of your son … Qiang Yan kept the latter to himself and only gave a strained smile. He had feared that this might happen but he had hoped that his brother-in-law would be willing to work through matters on account of the relationship between their races.

”Then tell them to pay attention to him. We're not doing it for them!”

Qiang Yan furrowed his brows. He really wanted to argue but he didn't even know where to start. His brother-in-law obviously wasn't willing to give in. ”Well, if that's your final decision.”

”It is! That guy can't expect to rely on us all the time!”

Qiang Yan raised his brows. When had Longjun ever relied on them? Normally, he was just doing whatever he wanted and didn't even care about their opinion. Well, reminding his brother-in-law of that surely wouldn't help the situation.

He sighed and nodded. ”Very well, then we'd better not disturb you any longer.” With that, he turned and pulled Shun Tao out of the palace, slowly accompanying him back to where they had come from. ”What now?”

”Now, my hands are tied so you'll have to figure out another way.”

Qiang Yan nodded slowly. ”But what way?”

”Well, you can still go and inform the dragons.”

”But what use will that be? They'd be in the same situation as him! And Longjun is the strongest fighter of his race. It's not as if they could help him. They might drag him down instead.”

Shun Tao pursed his lips. ”Not necessarily.”

”Mn?”

”I mean if you go and notify the two that are currently guarding the crown prince's body, yes, they wouldn't be of much help. But doesn't the dragon race still have a senior Xin Lan? Even though Longjun is officially considered their strongest fighter, I'm pretty sure he'd still lose out to him.”

Qiang Yan nodded. ”That's true.” But to be honest, who wouldn't? That Xin Lan was the only person alive who wasn't affected by the curse so his strength was off the charts in comparison to others. He simply didn't have a weakness like everyone else. Furthermore, he had lived for so long that the experience he had gained over time was probably more than all the Heavenly Guards together had. And even the current Longjun was a child to him.

Speaking of which … Legend had it that he had been a staunch supporter of the past dragon king. From the beginning of his reign until the very end, he had always been there. It had probably been one of the reasons why Longjun Jinde had been able to reign for so long.