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At the Dragon Sovereign Temple, Shen Yuan accessed the Dragon Sovereign’s dream state as soon as possible. Bai Xue, thinking she had found an opportunity to escape, tried to persuade the Maine Coon to flee.

Initially, the Maine Coon was reluctant, but after hearing Bai Xue claim that staying here would only be a hindrance, it decided to leave first.

However, just after stepping out of the main hall of the Dragon Sovereign Temple, the Maine Coon noticed that its king and Shen Yuan had both disappeared.

This greatly alarmed the Maine Coon.

It wasn’t worried about Shen Yuan’s disappearance; the Maine Coon believed that there was no one in the world who could harm Shen Yuan, the mortal immortal.

But now, its king was just a kitten and could possibly face unforeseen dangers.

Therefore, the Maine Coon decided to search the Dragon Sovereign Temple, but accidentally found a few monsters secretly observing the temple from outside.

Just as Bai Xue returned from the Dragon Sovereign’s dream state to look for it, the Maine Coon took the kitten king to report this matter to Shen Yuan.

“Monster tribe?”

Shen Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly. Before he could respond, Yu Changliu, who was holding the fish tank, suddenly widened his eyes.

“You said you saw a monster tribe? Are you certain it was a monster tribe and not the Aquatic Tribe?”

Yu Changliu’s voice was hoarse, and his expression showed extreme distress.

The Maine Coon narrowed its eyes at Yu Changliu and replied icily:

“As a Qi Transformation Monster, wouldn’t I know the difference between the Monster Tribe and the Aquatic Tribe?”

Yu Changliu didn’t care about the Maine Coon’s tone, his face was full of fear and anxiety.

“How could this be? How could he have connected with the Monster Tribe so quickly?”

Shen Yuan asked Yu Changliu:

“Do you know the origin of these creatures from the Monster Tribe?”

When Yu Changliu heard Shen Yuan speak, he immediately regained his composure from the previous anxiety and said in a low voice:

“If I had to guess, these creatures from the Monster Tribe might be connected to the loach from Fubo Pond.”

“Loach?” Upon hearing the name Fubo Pond, Shen Yuan was immediately reminded of the original purpose of this trip.

“Are you referring to the Fubo Pond Dragon Sovereign?”

Yu Changliu subconsciously sneered, but soon realized that he was before Shen Yuan, and quickly restrained his expression, saying respectfully:

“Sir, you may not know this, but this so-called Fubo Pond Dragon Sovereign is actually a loach.

When Spirit Energy had only just returned, the loach accidentally entered a secret realm and obtained a Dragon Ball left behind by a true dragon.

After swallowing the Dragon Ball, the loach transformed into a flood dragon, its cultivation advancing by leaps and bounds until it even reached the Qi Training Stage not long ago.

With its powerful cultivation, it occupied the natural spirit pool within Fubo Pond, attracted a group of the Aquatic Tribe, and declared itself the Fubo Dragon Sovereign.”

Yu Changliu’s speech about the Fubo Dragon Sovereign was filled with contempt, even though the opponent was a Qi Training Stage Great Demon.

Actually, this could be understood. Yu Changliu served Yunmeng Dragon Monarch, one of the top real dragons of the Aquatic Tribe. Naturally, he would look down on a flood dragon that transformed due to a Dragon Ball.

However, Shen Yuan became slightly on guard, finding it a bit surprising that Fubo Dragon Sovereign had reached the level of Qi Training Stage.

It was important to know that the Qi Training Stage of the Four Steps of Ascend to Immortality was not the same as the Qi Cultivation Stage in the cultivation stages of Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core in the legends of Shen Yuan’s previous life.

Qi Refinement, also known as Refining Elemental Qi, was the realm transformed by ancient Qi cultivators condensing the Qi of heaven and earth. At the start of the Spirit Energy tidal surge, even the four Pavilion Masters in the Ghost Market who had survived for thousands of years were no more than comparable to the Fubo Dragon Sovereign.

Having the powerful physical strength of the flood dragon clan and the power of the local Water God, Fubo Dragon Sovereign’s strength was definitely stronger than any of the individual Pavilion Masters.

“Why would Fubo Dragon Sovereign send the Monster Tribe here?”

Yu Changliu looked troubled, glanced at Shen Yuan carefully, and still respectfully said:

“Actually, shortly after this loach turned into a flood dragon, it revealed its ambition to replace Dongting Lake and become the first Dragon Monarch of Dongting in hundreds of years.

Several months ago, it came to Yunmeng Village and tried to intimidate me into replacing the statue of Yunmeng Dragon Monarch with its own statue. After being rejected by me, it was infuriated and led the Aquatic Tribe to forcefully invade the Dragon Sovereign Temple.

At that time, it had not yet advanced to the Qi Cultivation Stage, and its strength was equal to mine. However, I was still defeated under the siege of the numerous Aquatic Tribe.

If it weren’t for the Lord Dragon Sovereign opening up the dream state and driving out all the Aquatic Tribe within the radius of Yunmeng Village, I’m afraid the Dragon Sovereign Temple would have already been occupied by the loach.

But after that incident, Yunmeng Village and Fubo Pond had mutual grievances.

I feared that the loach would arrange for the Aquatic Tribe to take revenge on the villagers at any time, so I actively spread the news about the Monster Tribe’s disturbance to warn the villagers.”

“When the loach realized that force was not working, it secretly colluded with human business tycoons, wanting to replace the statue of the Dragon Sovereign under the pretext of building a scenic area.

“In the end, I managed to drive away the wealthy merchant and saved the Dragon Sovereign Temple.”

Yu Changliu sighed as he said this.

“After several fierce battles, I thought that the loach had given up on the idea of seizing control of the Dragon Sovereign Temple.

But not long ago, I heard that the loach has been hosting some sort of Dragon Sovereign Feast, inviting cultivators from the Aquatic Tribe, Monster Tribe, and Human Clan from all over the world. I realized that there might be a problem.”

“Tonight, there are monsters in the village which further confirms my speculation.”

“The dream state of the Dragon Sovereign could use the power of the Dragon Palace Ruins to drive away the Aquatic Tribe, but it does not greatly affect the monsters living on land.”

“He must be preparing to act!”

Yu Changliu’s explanation made Shen Yuan furrow his brows.

Originally, he intended to attend the Fubo Pond Dragon King’s feast, but unexpectedly these issues arose.

Especially since Fubo Dragon Monarch’s goal is to take control of the Water God’s position in Lake Dongting, which conflicts with Shen Yuan’s established goal.”

Thinking of this, Shen Yuan looked at the Maine Coon and said:

“Go and catch all those little monsters!”

Upon hearing this, the Maine Coon’s face lit up with joy, carrying a hint of tiger-like intimidation in its large face.

After removing Bai Xue from its head, the Maine Coon’s figure merged into the darkness and disappeared from the courtyard.

All this happened quickly and quietly. When the Maine Coon emerged from the shadows once more, it had two yellow-furred foxes in its mouth, and a not-small finch gripped in its claws.

After throwing the three small monsters, who were only at the Essence Refining Stage, onto the ground, the Maine Coon said in a low voice:

“Master, all the monsters who were watching this place have been captured.”

Shen Yuan looked at the three trembling small monsters and asked in a flat tone:

“Who instructed you to monitor the Dragon Sovereign Temple? And for what purpose?”

The three little monsters were terrified and didn’t dare to speak.

“Speak!”

The Maine Coon let out a low growl, which frightened the three little monsters to the point that their souls nearly left their bodies.

“I’ll speak, I’ll speak!”

“Please, Mountain Sovereign, don’t eat me. We were sent by Fubo Dragon Monarch!”

One of the fox demons managed to stammer out, through its fear:

“Fubo Dragon Monarch was holding the Dragon Sovereign Feast to welcome all monsters. We came from the Orchard Mountain Range to pledge allegiance to Fubo Dragon Monarch.

Fubo Dragon Monarch promised that if we completed the task of monitoring the Dragon Sovereign Temple, he would accept us, and even help us complete our Essence Refining to Qi Transformation, to become real members of the monster tribe.”

This little monster’s answer was entirely consistent with Yu Changliu’s speculation, proving that Yu Changliu had not lied.

“Why does Fubo Dragon Monarch want you to monitor the Dragon Sovereign Temple?”

The fox demon cast a fearful glance at everyone present and then pointed at Yu Changliu.

“Fubo Dragon Monarch instructed us to monitor this old fellow and stop him from leaving Yunmeng Village tomorrow.”

Yu Changliu was taken aback: “To stop me from leaving, not to lure me away from Yunmeng Village?”

“So said the Dragon Sovereign, but I don’t know the specifics.”

At that moment, the finch monster, who hadn’t spoken up till now, suddenly said:

“I might know some of the truth. If I tell you, can you let us go?”

Both Yu Changliu and the Maine Coon looked to Shen Yuan.

The lives of the three spying little monsters weren’t important at all. Shen Yuan didn’t hesitate to say:

“I promise you.”

The finch monster heaved a sigh of relief and carefully started:

“As a finch, I live in the trees and overheard some secrets discussed by the great demons of Fubo Pond.

At the Dragon Sovereign Feast tomorrow, Fubo Dragon Monarch is planning to gather the power of the Aquatic Tribe and redirect the water of Fubo Pond back into Lake Dongting.

And Yunmeng Village is located between Fubo Pond and Lake Dongting.. Fubo Dragon Monarch plans to take this opportunity to destroy Yunmeng Village and flood the Dragon Sovereign Temple!”