Su Qing quickly calculated the result.
Indeed, someone was fighting in the sea.
"I wonder what happened; someone is actually fighting in the East Sea."
Su Qing stroked her chin.
Regarding major events that occurred in the East Sea,
Su Qing didn't know much...
After all, the time jumps in Journey to the West are enormous.
Many things are mentioned only in passing, just a few hundred words.
Sometimes, it even skips several centuries without mentioning what happened.
So, regarding the East Sea,
All Su Qing knew was that Sun Wukong obtained the Golden Cudgel from the East Sea Dragon Palace.
As for anything else... she was completely clueless.
Therefore, Su Qing wasn't sure if this battle in the East Sea concerned any major events.
Su Qing pondered for a while, couldn't figure it out, and was too lazy to continue thinking.
As for whether to calculate it, Su Qing also felt it was unnecessary.
Curiosity is one thing, but she wouldn't get involved, so there was no point in figuring it out.
Su Qing turned her head.
She saw Leng Xiang staring unhappily at the dark clouds in the sky.
She couldn't help but ask:
"What's wrong? You seem a bit unhappy."
"Leng Xiang just feels a bit displeased that someone is fighting at our doorstep."
How could Leng Xiang tell the truth about this matter?
So, she just casually found an excuse to answer.
Su Qing nodded slightly upon hearing this, without pressing further.
"That's true... However, what happens outside isn't my concern; I only manage Flower-Fruit Mountain now."
Su Qing looked at the distant dark clouds and said:
"As long as they don't fight their way over here, it's fine."
Although Su Qing was quite far away, she could roughly tell that the combatants were not weak.
After all, they were causing such drastic changes in the weather.
If they fought their way to Flower-Fruit Mountain, she would have to clean up the mess...
That would be a lot of trouble!
Leng Xiang saw that Su Qing didn't press further, let out a slight sigh of relief, and nodded repeatedly.
"Master, should we continue watching here?" Leng Xiang asked.
Su Qing shook her head and said:
"Forget it, I don't feel it's necessary to wait here. Let's go back. Looking at this situation... they probably won't fight their way here."
Su Qing stretched, the lingering laziness from her earlier hot spring soak not yet fully gone.
She still wanted a good nap!
Leng Xiang nodded; she listened to her master in everything.
Even if her master said she wanted to intervene, she wouldn't object.
"Speaking of which... why do I feel sleepy after soaking in a hot spring?"
"Is it because of the sulfur in the hot spring?"
"But I've already cultivated to an Earthly Immortal, haven't I? It shouldn't be."
"Hmm... never mind, it should be fine to soak occasionally."
"Anyway, it's just wanting to sleep... Besides, sulfur isn't realgar... no big deal!"
Su Qing, lost in thought, returned to the Water Curtain Cave with Leng Xiang on her cloud.
Inside the Water Curtain Cave.
The sparrows were already huddled together, fast asleep, seemingly oblivious to the thunder rumbling outside.
Su Qing poked the little fellows' plump bodies...
She couldn't help but wonder what they would look like if they cultivated to human form.
Would they have chubby baby fat?
Seeing that she couldn't wake them, Su Qing didn't bother them further.
She just said goodnight to Leng Xiang and lay down to rest.
After Su Qing fell asleep,
Leng Xiang also returned to the sword to nourish herself.
Outside.
The sea grew increasingly turbulent, and the thunder in the sky never ceased.
Two figures were entangled in battle in the sea.
Upon closer inspection, it was a black and white, a flood dragon and a true dragon, fighting fiercely.
Tens of thousands of shrimp soldiers and crab generals around them... were like leeks, swept away by the waves, wave after wave, completely useless.
Only the black and white figures continued their intense battle.
Then, an old turtle slowly emerged from the water and bowed, saying:
"Please, Princess, don't cause any more trouble. Come back with us, apologize to the King, and yield a little! This matter can then be concluded!"
"If you continue to make such a fuss, you might lose your life!"
The white dragon in the air snorted upon hearing this.
She merely let out a cold snort, saying:
"Turtle Prime Minister, I appreciate your good intentions, but I cannot go back with you! And I absolutely cannot yield to my father!"
"Besides, even if I go back with you!"
"Given my father's temperament, he will likely still hand me over to that Mudfish Demon!"
"Alas... Princess, why must you be so stubborn?" The old turtle sighed deeply and said no more.
He quietly left...
He knew he couldn't persuade her.
So he stopped trying.
After the old turtle left, the two black and white figures fought even more fiercely.
They churned the sea into a muddy mess, and thunder roared incessantly.
They fought from the sea to the clouds, and then from the clouds back to the water.
The flood dragon and the true dragon fought, covered in wounds, blood splattering everywhere...
Gradually, the white dragon began to lose ground.
Most of her scales were dislodged, and many wounds showed bone.
Suddenly, the black flood dragon plunged a claw into the white dragon's abdomen, digging out a pearl.
Just as the black flood dragon was about to crush the pearl,
At the moment of life and death, the white dragon twisted her body violently, exchanging injury for life, and forcibly snatched back the pearl.
Although she still suffered some damage from this, she saved her life...
She retrieved the pearl, then fled eastward without looking back.
And that direction happened to be towards Flower-Fruit Mountain.
"Hmph, don't you dare escape!"
The black flood dragon was furious when it saw the white dragon escaping... towering waves followed it as it pursued the white dragon.
It couldn't let this white dragon escape...
This was its chance to become a true dragon; as long as it captured the white dragon, regardless of life or death,
It would receive a reward from the Dragon King, shed its flood dragon body, and become a genuine dragon.
Therefore, it absolutely could not let this white dragon escape.
The white dragon fled in a panic; she was already no match for the black flood dragon.
Now, with her Dragon Pearl damaged and her essence injured, her strength was less than one-tenth of what it was.
She was even less of a match for the black flood dragon!
So she could only flee...
The white dragon recited a pain-enduring incantation, activating the remaining magic power within her Dragon Pearl, and her speed suddenly increased by several points.
Although she was not skilled in combat, she was somewhat proficient in evasion techniques.
Before long, she had left her pursuers far behind.
The black flood dragon was chasing when it was suddenly stopped by the old turtle.
The Turtle Prime Minister bowed and said: "General Jiao, don't pursue her anymore... no matter what, she was once a princess of the Dragon Palace. If you truly kill her, you might displease the King."
"Damn it! If I can't catch her, it means I've failed! In that case, my chance to transform into a dragon will be lost for nothing, won't it? Old turtle, don't stop me! Let me finish this!"
"General! Alas... I will speak highly of you to the King regarding this matter! Transforming into a dragon is not difficult... but it is not necessarily a good thing either."
The old turtle shook his head slightly, clearly aware of the inside story.
The black flood dragon snorted upon hearing this, transformed back into a black-armored strong man, and said: "I hope the Prime Minister doesn't deceive me!"
The old turtle sighed deeply and nodded slightly.
He had been in the Dragon Palace the longest... how could he not know the hidden secrets?
Everything seemed to be over...
The rain had passed, and the sun was out again.
Su Qing was unaware of what had happened at sea.
After waking up in the morning, her life was as usual, calm and uneventful.
However, at noon, the sparrows who had gone out for a stroll flew back.
They told Su Qing that they had found a strange animal by the sea and asked her to go with them to see it.
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