Feng Yuan’s first move was to take the entire dragon clan with him.
Now, for the dragons to leave, they needed the clan leader’s approval.
Feng Yuan, however, wanted to take the clan members along as well.
“Let’s go! It’s so much fun outside, way more fun than here!”
Feng Yuan was still trying his best to coax the golden dragon clan leader.
However, despite his childish voice chattering on for ages, the golden dragon clan leader remained unmoved.
“Roar.”
You can go if you want.
The golden dragon clan leader himself rejected Feng Yuan’s proposal.
But he didn’t stop the other dragons.
“Roar, roar!”
Clan leader, come with us! We’ll still listen to you even when we’re outside.
“Roar, roar.”
Yeah, clan leader, let’s go together!
Although the dragons often got beaten up, they still held great respect for their clan leader.
They all pleaded with him to go with them.
Yu Yi’s waist was a bit sore. He glanced at Wu Jin. Immediately, Wu Jin landed in front of him, serving as a seat.
With a place to sit, Yu Yi rubbed his waist while posing a soul-searching question: “When you go ashore… do you take your dragon form or your human form?”
Yu Yi didn’t know much about dragons.
This was his first time seeing so many of them.
He wasn’t even sure if these dragons could transform into human form.
“Roar.”
Of course, we can.
The red dragon was the first to respond.
After answering, he transformed into a handsome man.
Yu Yi: “!”
Yu Yi watched as the other dragons also transformed one after another.
The human forms these dragons took on all possessed heaven-defying good looks.
Yu Yi was stunned.
“You dragons… are all so good-looking.”
As soon as he said this, Yu Yi felt a pair of eyes fixed on him.
He lowered his head and, ignoring the crowd, began petting the black dragon beneath him.
“Don’t be jealous! You’re the most handsome! I thought you were handsome from the first moment I saw you. I figured you were destined to become a dragon. See, you have the looks of the dragon clan!”
Yu Yi’s string of reassurances made the group of single dragons wear expressions that looked as if they’d been force-fed dog food.
While the dragons were watching Yu Yi and Wu Jin’s lovey-dovey display, Feng Yuan’s chubby little hand patted the golden dragon’s head.
“Uncle Golden Dragon.”
Since the golden dragon hadn’t told him his name, Feng Yuan still called him Uncle Golden Dragon.
“Can you turn into a human?”
Feng Yuan was curious about the golden dragon’s human form.
After Feng Yuan asked his question, the other dragons thought back carefully and answered honestly, “The clan leader has never taken human form before. I don’t even know what he looks like.”
“I don’t know either.”
“Clan leader, can you show us your human form?”
“Roar.”
Get lost!
The golden dragon roared impatiently, then swam away with the little cub on his back.
“Yuan Yuan!”
Yu Yi was the first to react. He patted Wu Jin, urging him to give chase.
The other dragons also transformed back into their dragon forms and chased after them.
The group of dragons swam and swam.
Before long, the golden dragon, having left the others far behind, had reached the shore.
He tossed the little cub onto the bank and was about to turn and leave.
Feng Yuan’s hands were quick. He grabbed onto one of his scales.
“Don’t go.”
Feng Yuan tried to make him stay. “Uncle Golden Dragon, please come with me!”
The golden dragon looked at his chubby little hand.
After a long pause, the golden dragon used his claw to gently pry the small hand away.
As for the scale Feng Yuan had just grabbed, the golden dragon ripped it off directly and stuffed it into Feng Yuan’s chubby hand.
Feng Yuan: “!”
Feng Yuan stared at the blood-stained scale, his heart aching as he reached out to touch the wound.
“It hurts.”
“Roar.”
Your dad will come to pick you up soon.
With that, the golden dragon turned and left.
The dragons who had chased after him also saw their clan leader.
The golden dragon leaped high into the air, granting them permission to live among humans.
But he also set a rule for them: they must not harm humans.
After setting the rule, the golden dragon tried to leave again.
But this time, he still didn’t manage to get away.
A massive phoenix blocked his path.
“You’ve kept my cub for so long. Now, it’s time to give me an explanation!”
Feng Qi was about to explode with anger.
The thought process of this dragon clan was simply bizarre.
His little phoenix cub had actually been snatched and raised in a dragon’s den.
Were these dragons that desperate for a cub?!
Feng Qi immediately recognized the golden dragon as their clan leader.
If there was anything to discuss, it had to be with the leader.
The golden dragon had no intention of talking.
He gazed calmly at Feng Qi. The dragon and phoenix faced off in the air. Seeing that their clan leader was there, the dragons that had followed paid no mind to the sky, completely carefree.
They gathered around Feng Yuan on the shore.
Having been away from the human world for so long, these dragons felt a mix of longing and hesitation.
“Baby, why don’t you come back to the sea with us?”
“Yeah. I know how to catch shrimp now. I’ll catch lots and lots of shrimp for you to eat.”
“Baby, don’t you want to see the baby whales anymore?”
Under the watchful eye of the great phoenix, the group of dragons began to secretly coax the cub again.
Feng Yuan: “…”
Feng Yuan shook his head.
He had worked so hard to get here. He didn’t want to go back into the water!
“No.”
“Yuan Yuan wants to go home.”
As he spoke, Feng Yuan spotted his big dad in the distance.
“Big Dad!”
The little one not only saw his big dad but also his grandparents.
“You guys, transform.”
Feng Yuan was afraid the dragons’ appearance would frighten his grandparents.
At Feng Yuan’s urging, the group of dragons all changed into their human forms.
The ones who had rushed over were all family. There were no outsiders.
Li Wei, Li Ting, and the twins, Li Si and Li Wang, had also come.
The twins couldn’t compete with their grandparents.
Frida scooped Feng Yuan into her arms, checking him over repeatedly, terrified that her grandson might have been hurt in some way.
“Grandma, Yuan Yuan is fine!”
Feng Yuan wrapped his arms around his grandmother’s neck. His beautiful, dumpling-like face broke into a smile, his eyes curving. “Yuan Yuan missed you, Grandma.”
“Grandma missed you, too.”
Not a day had gone by that Frida hadn’t missed her little grandson.
She couldn’t imagine what would happen if she lost Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan had brought hope to her and the entire Li family.
She couldn’t afford to lose him.
While the adults surrounded Feng Yuan, the twins were looking up at the sky.
Their attention was captured by the dragon and phoenix above.
“The legends of the East are real.”
Li Si looked up, her eyes narrowing as she watched.
“Is that dragon fighting with Uncle Feng?”
“Mhm.”
Li Wang responded, then pulled out a gun.
He aimed the gun at the golden dragon in the sky.
“Li Wang!”
Li Ting’s sharp eyes spotted the gun and immediately shouted, “Put that gun down!”
Although they were not in their home country but in an uninhabited area where firearms were legal, Li Ting still reprimanded Li Wang, forbidding him from firing.
Li Ting’s reprimand was useless.
Without blinking, Li Wang fired a shot at the golden dragon.
He was trying to help Feng Qi.
Hearing the gunshot, the phoenix in the sky instinctively glanced down.
Although he was engaged in battle with this golden dragon, he had a faint feeling that something was off about him.
This golden dragon was indeed powerful, but the feeling he gave off was very discordant.
It was a feeling he couldn’t quite put his finger on at the moment.
Before Feng Qi could probe any further, the golden dragon that had been right in front of him let out a furious roar and swooped down.
The golden dragon flew directly toward Li Wang.
Li Wang had no favorable impression of dragons whatsoever.
These dragons had abducted his younger cousin. Even if the cub had been returned, did that mean the score was settled?
Watching the dragon close in, Li Wang’s eyes showed not a trace of fear.
He even wanted to press the gun to this dragon’s head.
He was curious.
Could modern firearms take down a dragon?
Offended by Li Wang’s audacity, the golden dragon let out a low roar and swatted him into the sea with a single swipe of its claw.
Feng Yuan, nestled in his grandmother’s arms: “!”
Seeing this, Feng Yuan’s eyes went wide with fright.
Dragons possessed immense strength.
His brother was still a child. He shouldn’t be treated like this!
Feng Yuan grew frantic.
He pointed at the big golden dragon in the sea that was still trying to hit his brother, his childish voice tinged with a sob. “Go save my brother!”
Feng Yuan struggled out of his grandmother’s arms.
He ran to the edge of the sea, watching his brother and the golden dragon in the water.
Li Wang was an excellent swimmer.
Being knocked into the sea by this dragon didn’t scare him. Instead, it ignited a fierce desire to fight back.
He had a dagger strapped to his waist.
Several times, he came close to plunging the dagger into the dragon’s heart.
And because of his actions, the golden dragon grew even more furious.
Seeing the standoff between his brother and the golden dragon, Feng Yuan cried even harder.
The group of dragons who had just turned human hastily transformed back into dragons and went to break up the fight.
“Roar!”
Clan leader, don’t hit the cub!
Although Li Wang was tall and his intelligence could rival many adults, his age was plain to see. In the dragons’ eyes, his still-youthful face made him an out-and-out cub.
Even though this cub looked fierce and his glare was a bit intimidating, he was still a cub.
Their dragon clan was very tolerant of cubs.
“Roar!”
Clan leader, this is the baby’s brother! Don’t kill him!
If the baby’s brother really died, how could they ever face the baby again!
The group of dragons was frantic.
On the shore, the Li family grew frantic seeing their child swatted into the sea by a dragon.
Yes, their child had pointed a gun at the dragon first.
But it was the dragons who had provoked him by kidnapping their Yuan Yuan!
Ultimately, it was the dragons’ fault!
“Let go of my grandson!”
Li Heng immediately boarded an armed speedboat.
Feng Qi also reached out with his claws, trying to pull Li Wang from the water.
But just as everyone was about to rescue Li Wang, the golden dragon pushed him down and plunged deep into the water.
The Li family nearly went mad seeing this.
Feng Yuan’s cries grew even louder.
“Baby, don’t cry! We’ll go down and bring your brother up right now!”
The group of dragons scrambled to chase after their clan leader.
Feng Yuan had wanted to jump into the water, too. But before he could, Li Ting grabbed him by the scruff of his neck.
The sea surface returned to calm. Pinned in the deep sea, Li Wang showed no signs of suffocation.
He could breathe in the sea.
But after realizing he could breathe, he was met with a savage beating from the golden dragon.
The dragon wasn’t trying to seriously injure him.
It seemed more like the golden dragon was teaching him a lesson—a lesson for pulling a gun and a dagger.
Both the dragon and the child were equally stubborn.
Li Wang wanted to kill the dragon the moment he was beaten.
And sensing his killing intent, the dragon would hit him even harder.
Seeing that neither the big one nor the little one would back down, and that baby Yuan Yuan was still wailing on the shore, the group of dragons decided to go all out.
They roared and used their own bodies to block the golden dragon.
The silver dragon grabbed Li Wang and carried him toward the surface.
He thought he had saved this fierce little cub, but the cub showed no gratitude at all.
“Put me back. I’m going to kill him.”
“Roar.”
You can’t kill him!
“Roar, roar.”
Our clan leader is super powerful. None of us dragons can defeat him.
The silver dragon quickly returned Li Wang to the shore.
Seeing Li Wang return, Feng Yuan finally stopped crying.
He toddled over on his short little legs and buried his tear-streaked face in Li Wang’s body.
Li Wang caught him and held him.
Feng Yuan, his face covered in tears, was utterly terrified.
“Brother, Yuan Yuan is scared.”
“Don’t be afraid.”
Li Wang pressed his lips together. He had been about to add that he wouldn’t let that dragon off. But looking at Feng Yuan’s pitiful little face, he swallowed the words.
Soon.
The other dragons emerged one by one.
The golden dragon did not come up.
These dragons floated on the water, looking at them with uncertainty.
The earlier fight had been quite intense.
They had no idea what to do now.
Baby Yuan Yuan had promised to take them along to live together, but now they weren’t sure if he still would.
Li Wang held no goodwill toward the dragons.
He didn’t even glance at the large creatures.
Feng Yuan, however, noticed them: “Come out. Transform. Turn into human form.”
“Roar.”
Okay.
The big dragons came out of the water one by one.
After transforming back into human form, they spoke up for their clan leader.
“Our clan leader doesn’t usually hit children. He never hit Yuan Yuan.”
“That’s right. Our clan leader wasn’t like this before.”
The group of dragons chattered away. Although they were in human form, they were only wearing loincloths made of seaweed.
Feng Qi and Li Sheng couldn’t bear to watch and interrupted them.
“Go change your clothes.”
They had plenty of clothes prepared, enough for each dragon to have a set.
The sea dragons, who had never been ashore, were taken to change.
When they reappeared, they looked even more handsome.
Feng Qi paid little attention to their looks. After all, no one in the world could compete with a phoenix in terms of appearance.
Though Feng Qi had retrieved his son, his mood was far from relaxed.
He couldn’t shake the feeling that the golden dragon was strange.
Li Sheng went to deal with the newly-arrived dragons, while Feng Yuan continued clinging to his brother.
Qin Xun stayed by Feng Qi’s side and tugged at his clothes.
“Uncle Feng, what are you thinking about?”
Feng Qi crouched down and ruffled Qin Xun’s little head.
He shared his doubts with him.
“When I fought that golden dragon just now, for some reason, I felt that he… didn’t seem much like a dragon.”
The relationship between phoenixes and dragons had always been close, and they knew each other’s races inside and out.
A dragon’s fighting style, a dragon’s habits…
A phoenix was very clear on these things.
He had felt a sense of dissonance when looking at that dragon earlier.
He shared this sense of dissonance with Qin Xun.
“Maybe I’m overthinking it.”
After speaking, Feng Qi added, “Since ancient times, aside from flood dragons transforming into dragons, no other race can become a dragon.”
“Alright, don’t overthink it. Go play with Yuan Yuan.”
With that, Feng Qi stood up and led him over to Feng Yuan.
Now that Feng Yuan was back, and Yu Yi and Wu Jin were also here, it was time for their group to head back.
As for the golden dragon still at the bottom of the sea, no one mentioned him.
There had been friction between them and that dragon, so traveling together was out of the question.
Though they intended to leave, they couldn’t depart immediately.
The uninhabited area they were in wasn’t entirely devoid of people. Nearby islands housed some primitive tribes.
Lately, some incidents have occurred in the area.
The team they had hired would escort them out in three days.
“Baby, how long will it take to reach the city you mentioned?”
“Big Dad says it’ll be another three days before we can leave.”
“Baby, what’s the human world like now?”
“It’s very, very lively!”
A group of dragons who had left the sea depths finally managed to reclaim the cub from his doting relatives.
They crowded around the cub, asking all sorts of questions.
Feng Yuan looked at them and patted his little chest, assuring them, “It’s definitely better outside than at the bottom of the sea. I’ll take care of you all!”
“Baby, it’s us who will take care of you! You’re still a baby and need our protection.”
In the dragons’ mindset, cubs were the ones who needed to be cherished and safeguarded.
Having a cub protect them was simply unacceptable. It would make them seem utterly useless.
Feng Yuan tried to soothe these sea dragons while, not far away, the adults had already started preparing dinner.
Feng Yuan grew a bit distracted as he chatted with the dragon uncles.
He caught the tantalizing aroma of food.
It was his big dad cooking for him.
“Do you smell that… It’s so fragrant!”
One of the dragons also caught the scent. He sniffed the air and quickly pinpointed where the cooking was happening.
Feng Yuan’s gaze drifted toward the kitchen as well.
“Just wait a little longer. Soon, we’ll be able to eat.”
“Food on land is much tastier than in the sea!”
“Really?”
“Really! When we get home, I can even teach you how to play video games.”
Feng Yuan stayed with the dragons until the meal was ready.
The sumptuous dinner had the group of dragons gobbling down their food.
They had never tasted anything so delicious!
“I want another bowl!”
“Me, too!”
The dragons’ appetites were impressively large, one outdoing the other. Fortunately, their capacity wasn’t as terrifying as Taotie’s.
The Li family could afford it.
After the meal, everyone was assigned their accommodations, with the children grouped together.
Feng Yuan didn’t go to sleep with his dad.
He stayed with Qin Xun, Li Si, and Li Wang.
After Feng Yuan and Qin Xun entered the room, Li Wang locked the door.
He resumed tinkering with what he had been working on since the evening.
Li Si assisted him by his side.
Qin Xun didn’t pry into what the two were doing. Instead, he opened his laptop and began searching for information on forums.
Besides the forums, Qin Xun swiftly navigated through layers of hidden websites.
He was looking for some information about dragons.
He still remembered what Feng Qi had told him.
Qin Xun searched in great detail.
After what felt like a long time, he finally uncovered some clues.
At the same time, Li Wang abruptly blocked Feng Yuan’s chubby little hand from reaching over.
Qin Xun was busy on his computer, and his brother and sister were occupied as well.
Left to his own devices, Feng Yuan had been wandering around them for quite some time.
He noticed a small metallic object on his brother’s desk, reflecting a glimmer of light under the lamp.
He was a little curious and wanted to pick it up for a look.
“Don’t touch it.”
Li Wang’s voice and action startled Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan stood by the desk, his round eyes showing a bit of fright.
Seeing that he had frightened him, Li Wang lifted him onto his lap so he could get a better view of the desk.
“You can look, but don’t touch.”
“This is a micro-bomb.”
“If it explodes, this place will be blown to bits instantly.”
Li Wang’s mention of the micro-bomb made Feng Yuan’s eyes grow even wider.
“Brother, why are you making a bomb?”
“I’m going to blow up that golden dragon.”
In all his life, no one had ever dared to hit Li Wang like that.
Moonlit: I really feel like that golden dragon is Li Wang and Li Si’s father.
Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152