Chapter 541 Background is hard?

on reaching the entrance of the gymnasium, before even entering, they could hear the screeching sound of shoes rubbing against the floor and loud shouts coming from inside.Through the iron gate, Zhou...The Son-In-Law of the Dragon King Chapter 541: A Strong Background

When Hao Ren entered the office, Yue Zilong was flipping through students' files at his desk. He looked to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, but Hao Ren would never regard him as a young man.

The Dragon God Temple oversees all dragon tribes; as one of the ten temple masters and a peak Heaven Rank cultivator, both his power and strength cannot be underestimated.

When Hao Ren walked in, Yue Zilong pointed to the seat.

Yue Zilong’s office was shared with several other counselors from the college, making it less spacious than Su Han's personal office.

The Office of Mechanical and Automatic College is on the third floor, as well as Su Han's. However, Su Han's office is independent while the principal and vice-principal are on the sixth floor with a larger area. Despite having the strongest power among them, Yue Zilong has the smallest office and holds the lowest position.

The disparity in status between real life and dragon circles is evident everywhere.

"Your performance in the Dragon God Temple's competition was impressive," Yue Zilong said with a smile as he looked at Hao Ren.

He maintained his humility when introduced to the students, which made Hao Ren uncertain about him.

"It was just luck," Hao Ren sat down and replied.

"You quit halfway through the Dragon God Temple’s competition, but we still appointed you a Third-Level Inspector. Do you know why" Yue Zilong asked with a slight pause, "Because we see potential in you."

Hao Ren was moved by this; he suddenly realized that Yue Zilong indeed acted like an advisor.

"Currently, there are three people who know my true identity: You, Su Han, and Xu Ke. Even Lu Qing doesn't know the truth about me," Yue Zilong continued.

"How should I address you" Hao Ren asked him.

"You can call me Mr. Yue because my other identity is concealed," Yue Zilong said candidly.

"Alright, Mr. Yue," Hao Ren followed suit and had to get used to this designation.

"The East Sea Dragon Palace relies more on you each day, the Gold-Element Dragon Clan pays attention to you, and we in the Dragon God Temple have no reason not to value you. Su Han has a good relationship with you, and she is also one of our strongest inspectors.

Yue Zilong faced Hao Ren and continued to speak.

Hao Ren could sense that Su Han held a high status in the Dragon God Temple, but it was only confirmed when he heard this from the Vice-Temple Master's mouth.

"Su Han will be the next Great Dragon cultivator to successfully advance. You are Su Han’s assistant examiner, so we must give you some face," Yue Zilong said again.

Hao Ren nodded and asked, "What about that Xu Ke What's his story"

Several hundred examiners held the power of life and death over ordinary people, while ten temple masters held the power of life and death over the examiners. However, Yue Zilong did not release any pressure, and Hao Ren didn’t feel too much strain.

But when Hao Ren thought about Xu Ke, he recalled that Xu Ke must have felt Yue Zilong's imposing presence because otherwise, he wouldn't have revealed his fear of Yue Zilong in his speech.

"The Gold Dragon Clan has the fewest members but is the strongest. The Four Seas Dragon Palaces do not accept the Dragon God Temple’s jurisdiction, and the Gold Dragon Clan does not either. The structure of the Gold Dragon Clan differs from the other four lineages."

“Oh” Hao Ren showed some interest.

Su Han hadn't mentioned the structure of the Gold Dragon Clan to him before.

"The Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth lineages use a stable family system. The power center is their respective dragon palaces; elders are major officials who can assist the Dragon King’s affairs but cannot interfere with his succession. However, the Gold Dragon Clan uses a master-apprentice system. All children of the Gold Dragon Clan are adopted by the elders after three months based on their potential."

"As for Gold cultivators, they don’t center themselves around dragon palaces and have no ruling Dragon King. The master can take the disciple to practice in remote mountains, live in cities, or rotate through various dangerous places for training. Everything relies on the master's cultivation experience. In this process, a Gold cultivator’s life revolves only around their master and not parents."

"It is also during such processes that if a Gold cultivator fails to grow up and dies either in a breakthrough or while training somewhere, it’s as if they never existed in this world. The master who loses the disciple bears no responsibility and just waits for another child's birth to select and cultivate anew. Correspondingly, a disciple who struggles hard to reach Earth Rank can break free from their master and live independently. Once they achieve Heaven Rank, they have the qualification to take on disciples."

Yue Zilong slowly divulged these matters.

The stronger the apprentice, the more powerful the master's influence would be. And without parental pampering, Gold cultivators accepted stricter training methods.

Hao Ren could roughly understand the meaning of this.

But… not knowing who their parents are forever is also quite tragic, Hao Ren thought next.

"You're thinking that it's sad for parents to never be able to recognize their children, right" Yue Zilong asked.

Hao Ren helplessly smiled and nodded. The Dragon God Temple’s Vice-Temple Master actually knew what he was thinking.

"Jin-se cultivators can know who their parents are, but there is a condition: they must reach the peak level of Gān Rank themselves."

Gān Rank... Peak.

If one does not reach the peak level of Gān Rank, even when their lifespan ends, they will never know who their parents are.

Hao Ren understood.

Peak Gān Rank, Heaven Dragon Realm, Su Han, Jin-se cultivators...

Putting these elements together, Hao Ren suddenly had an idea. Could it be that Su Han's frenzied cultivation has its own reasons

Su Han was raised by the Star Moon Elder from the East Sea Dragon Palace; the Star Moon Elder is not a Jin-se dragon cultivator and naturally does not follow the rules of Jin-se dragon cultivators.

And now that Su Han has grown to such an illustrious status, her parents might have noticed her

"Speaking of this Xu Ke, his master is the cave lord of Mount Zhongnan's Taiyi Cave. The Taiyi Cave is one of the Five Great Caves, and his master has over a dozen disciples. Apart from the newly recruited disciple Xu Ke, all others have already reached Gān Rank and branched out to form their own sects."

Yue Zilong brought up the topic again and continued.

The implication of this statement was that Xu Ke's master is also a very formidable figure whom the Dragon Deity Temple would not easily provoke.

Just like the former Ceng Yitao, Xu Ke has strong backing. However, unlike Ceng Yitao, he is merely a disciple of Taiyi Cave’s cave lord in the Jin-se dragon clan and will not be pampered, so there's no way he could be as arrogant as Ceng Yitao. On the contrary, if Xu Ke's realm were lowly and he died in conflict, his master wouldn't feel particularly heartbroken; only the strong survive, while the weak perish—this is a basic rule of the Jin-se dragon clan.

But then again, this meant that Xu Ke’s master could not be the demon king Yue Zilong was after, and Xu Ke’s master wasn’t in Donghai City either.

"Lastly, let me tell you about my purpose for coming to Donghai City." Yue Zilong looked at Hao Ren. "According to intelligence from the Dragon Deity Temple, there has been a demon king spotted around recent Donghai City. Since I know that you have a demonic beast in its Form Transformation Stage near your side, I suspect this demon king might be related to him."

Seeing Hao Ren’s puzzled expression, Yue Zilong adjusted his silver-rimmed glasses and added, "There's no need for you to cover up or hide anything about this Zhēn Cōngming demonic beast. We have thoroughly investigated him. He came from the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons, was captured by Old Ancestor Guanniu as a medicine-making attendant but ran away to land when Old Ancestor went to the Nine Dragons Palace."

"You... haven't taken Zhēn Cōngming into custody" Hao Ren narrowed his eyes and looked at Yue Zilong.

Zhēn Cōngming is Guanniu's attendant, even West Sea Dragon Palace would avoid him. But this doesn’t mean the Dragon Deity Temple can't handle him; with its status and power, they could easily use the guise of ‘helping to regulate’ as an excuse to detain Zhēn Cōngming. After Ancestor Guanniu comes out from the Nine Dragons Palace, he would return Zhēn Cōngming to be his medicine-making attendant.

Although Zhēn Cōngming has a bad temper with all sorts of quirks, he is still quite nice towards Hao Ren's family. If the Dragon Deity Temple were to lay hands on Zhēn Cōngming, Hao Ren would dare to clash with them too!

"I hope you understand that with Zhēn Cōngmíng's strength during his Shaping stage, he could easily establish himself as a minor demon king in the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons. If he were feeling down, causing chaos would be within his power, and it would bring東海市 to its knees. As for Old Ancestor Qiuniu, he doesn't really care about the lives of these mortals,"

Yue Zilong's gaze passed through his glasses as he looked at Hao Ren.

The Dragon God Temple can restrain dragon cultivators but not demon kings. The lives of mortals mean nothing to a demon king who has already endured the Shaping Thunder Tribulation.

"The demon king that appeared in Donghai City might be Zhēn Cōngmíng's companion or his enemy. If two demon kings were to clash in Donghai City, can you imagine what would happen" Yue Zilong asked Hao Ren again.

Hao Ren felt a heavy weight on his heart; Yue Zilong's words had hit him right there.

The deputy temple master of the Dragon God Temple personally stepping in was to deal with any unpredictable situation. That demon king wandering around Donghai City has yet to make an appearance.

But if...

"I'm giving you two tasks now. First, keep a close eye on Zhēn Cōngmíng's situation. We won't act for the moment, but if there is any change in the situation outside of the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons, I will step in immediately. Second, the forces within Donghai University are quite chaotic. I'm giving you a week to swiftly subdue all the small dragon factions on campus."

Yue Zilong said it calmly.

Hao Ren thought for a moment and nodded, "Alright."

Donghai University had recently seen an influx of dragon cultivators. The original small circle of dragon cultivators already in Donghai University would surely rush to join, leading to chaos among the different groups of cultivators.

Su Han was busy with cultivation and wouldn't want to deal with these trivial matters. However, with Ling Zhao Primary School about to open, Zhēn Cōngmíng is like a magnet attracting another demon king. The self-important young cultivators in Donghai University across from Ling Zhao Primary School might cause trouble.

"As compensation, I will give you three Planar Crossing Talismans," Yue Zilong took out three shimmering talismans and gently tossed them into Hao Ren's hand. "I know that you are active on the Fifth Firmament. These Planar Crossing Talismans can break through any human cultivator's formation and barrier, allowing you to move freely as needed, which may save your life."

"Once everything is resolved, I will find you," Hao Ren put the three Planar Crossing Talismans into his Spatial Ring and said it succinctly before turning around to leave the office.

The key to solving a series of problems seems to be in his hands.

Demon kings coming out of the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons should have many treasures...ed Hao Ren again, jumped up and flew to the roof of another palace. Then with a light leap, he headed towards the Xuan Gong Palace."Who are you" The imperial guards patrolling at night noticed somethi...