Chapter 3
Above the auspicious clouds.
Fuguang pinched his fingers to calculate the number of heritage characters he had obtained from various clans:
"I already have two thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven types!"
"The Great Dao has three thousand, neither excess nor deficiency is right."
"The number three thousand is the very best!"
"These remaining three types of heritage characters must be chosen from the Three Innate Clans!"
Lowering his hand.
Fuguang's gaze was piercing:
"Next, it is time to visit the Three Innate Clans!"
At this thought.
Fuguang turned the direction of the auspicious clouds, heading straight toward the East Sea nearby.
Before long.
As the sole Golden Crow in the Primordial World, possessing the high-speed divine power of the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation technique, Fuguang arrived at the East Sea.
Transforming directly into a golden rainbow, Fuguang entered the East Sea.
An Innate Divine is immune to water and fire.
After entering the East Sea, Fuguang encountered no obstruction all the way to the exterior of the East Sea Dragon Palace.
Even as a former ancient overlord.
Even though it has rapidly declined nowadays due to bearing monstrous Karmic Retribution.
The foundation of the Dragon Clan remained quite substantial.
The East Sea Dragon Palace was indeed magnificent and resplendent, and from afar, one could still glimpse a fraction of its former glory as an overlord.
Glancing at the Dragon Palace.
Fuguang inwardly sighed with emotion at the wealth of the Dragon Clan.
Then,
transmitting his voice via divine power:
"Fuguang of the Sun Star comes to visit the Dragon King of the East Sea. I wonder if the Dragon King has spare time to receive me?"
While stating his origin.
Hum—
A trace of Daluo aura manifested around Fuguang. It was not intense, carried no oppressive might, and showed no offense.
This was merely to inform the Dragon King inside the East Sea Dragon Palace that he was not a weakling who could be easily manipulated at will.
Traveling outside,
being steady, cautious, and somewhat modest was never wrong.
Yet this did not mean Fuguang would let people think he only understood reason while knowing nothing of martial force.
Inside the Dragon Palace.
The Dragon King of the East Sea, who had been embracing concubines, drinking fine wine, and watching numerous glamorous clam-maid and dancer performances, instantly sobered up upon hearing Fuguang's words and sensing that trace of Daluo aura.
He hastily stood up:
"Taoist Fuguang of the Sun Star?"
"The mighty figure whose reputation has soared across the Primordial World over this past Yuanhui?"
"Quickly accompany this king out to invite him inside!"
Over this past Yuanhui,
although Fuguang had a clear objective and did nothing outside of it, his reputation had nevertheless begun to spread gradually across the Primordial World in the process of traveling among the Myriad Races.
The reason for this
was that Fuguang was an Innate Divine born from the Sun Star with extraordinary origin.
It was also because, following the previous Tribulation,
now that Hunyuan Golden Immortals had vanished from sight, Daluo Golden Immortals were already the pinnacle of mighty cultivators throughout the Primordial World.
Therefore—
Fuguang's reputation naturally spread step by step.
Before long.
The Dragon King of the East Sea, having tidied his attire and bringing his Prime Minister Turtle alongside him, arrived outside the Dragon Palace and met Fuguang.
Cupping his hands in a salute:
"This humble dragon Ao Guang pays respects to the Exalted Immortal. Unaware of the Exalted Immortal's august arrival, I failed to welcome you from afar. I beg the Exalted Immortal to forgive me!"
Looking at the extremely polite Ao Guang.
Fuguang nodded, smiled, and returned the salute:
"The Dragon King is too courteous."
As the head of the Four Seas Dragon Palaces and the current patriarch of the Dragon Clan, Ao Guang's strength was not formidable.
He was merely at the realm of Taiyi Golden Immortal Consummation.
This was quite normal—
After the Three Innate Clans were punished by the Heavenly Dao, all the ancestors and mighty figures within the clans went to suppress their respective clan foundations and could not possibly emerge into the world unless absolutely necessary.
After the two parties exchanged greetings.
Ao Guang warmly invited Fuguang:
"I wonder what brings the Exalted Immortal here this time? Please enter the Dragon Palace. This humble dragon has already ordered a banquet to entertain the Exalted Immortal!"
Pondering slightly.
Fuguang then spoke:
"The banquet is quite unnecessary!"
"My visit to the Dragon King this time is to borrow the Dragon Clan's Dragon Script for perusal, after which I shall return a favor to the Dragon Clan. I wonder if the Dragon King can grant me this convenience?"
He wanted to borrow the Dragon Script?
Hearing this, Ao Guang felt no surprise—
After all, over the span of a Yuanhui, Fuguang's travels across the Primordial realms to borrow and peruse the heritage scripts of various clans was hardly a secret.
"Since the Exalted Immortal requests it, naturally there is no reason to refuse."
Ao Guang did not decline.
He spoke:
"Please enter, Exalted Immortal. This humble dragon will have someone fetch the Dragon Script right away!"
No matter what Fuguang intended to do with the Dragon Script, it was merely a loan.
Such a favorable opportunity to forge a good affinity with a Daluo Golden Immortal was something the Dragon Clan would never refuse.
Furthermore,
Taoist Fuguang had an extraordinary origin and a profound foundation, clearly making him a powerhouse among Daluo Golden Immortals!
Fuguang was not made to wait long.
Ao Guang respectfully presented the original text of the Dragon Clan's heritage characters with both hands, which were engraved on a strange slab of stone resembling both gold and jade, carrying a faint aura of a wondrous treasure.
Without paying attention to the origin of the stone slab bearing the Dragon Script.
Soon enough,
Fuguang had memorized and comprehended all of the Dragon Clan's original heritage Dragon Script.
Having finished reading,
he directly returned the heritage Dragon Script to Ao Guang.
Fuguang rose to take his leave:
"Many thanks for the Dragon King's generosity!"
"Just as previously stated, the reason for this borrowing shall be repaid with a good harvest of affinity!"
Hearing this,
Ao Guang was all smiles:
"It is already the best outcome if I could be of help to the Senior."
Nodding,
Fuguang had no desire to linger:
"This matter is concluded, and this poor Daoist will take his leave."
Then,
escorted by Ao Guang, Fuguang departed directly from the East Sea Dragon Palace, and journeyed all the way south toward the Undying Volcano where the Phoenix Clan resided.
It took some time.
He obtained the Phoenix Script for perusal from the Phoenix Clan, and viewed the Qilin Inscriptions from the Qilin Clan.
Upon the auspicious clouds.
Fuguang's face was full of anticipation, his spiritual platform crystal clear:
"All three thousand types of heritage characters have been obtained."
"Next—"
"It is time to return into seclusion and deduce heritage characters universally applicable to all living beings of the Primordial World!"
As his voice trailed off.
Hum—
A golden rainbow slashed across the vault of heaven as Fuguang left the Primordial land and sped directly back toward the Sun Star.