#181 - Why haven't you found it yet?

"Your Majesty, the one thousand one hundred young boys and girls have all been delivered."

The palace maid's voice reached the Dragon Queen's ears.

Only then did that exquisite sculpture stir slightly.

The Dragon Queen slowly stood up.

This clam woman was already quite tall, but the Dragon Queen was a full head taller, about five and a half feet, as tall as Xu Ming is now.

Even wearing this loose imperial robe, she couldn't hide her proud figure.

"Let's go."

The Dragon Queen didn't open her mouth to speak, but her ethereal voice echoed in the garden.

"Yes."

The clam woman nodded, stood up, and led the way.

A quarter of an hour later, the Dragon Queen arrived at a palace in the outer court.

In this palace, a total of one thousand one hundred young boys and girls stood obediently, looking around nervously, appearing extremely frightened.

Beside these young boys and girls were shrimp soldiers and crab generals holding weapons.

"Her Majesty has arrived!"

A light and pleasant female voice echoed in the palace.

The children didn't know what was happening; they only saw the monsters holding weapons all put them down and kneel on one knee facing the door.

For a moment, the children panicked, not knowing whether they should kneel.

The next moment, these children saw a fairy sister even more beautiful than in fairy tales walk in.

Even these children, the oldest of whom were only nine years old, didn't have any concept of male and female.

But they all thought this big sister was really, really beautiful.

"Welcome Your Majesty."

The soldiers kneeling on one knee shouted in unison.

The Dragon Queen ignored them and walked forward with her long legs under her skirt.

The Dragon Queen stood in front of thousands of young boys and girls.

These little ones had a second thought: "This big sister is really, really tall."

The Dragon Queen's amber vertical pupils swept across the faces of each young boy and girl, not missing a single one, as if the Dragon Queen was looking for something important.

But obviously, this unparalleled Dragon Queen didn't find it.

After half an incense stick's time, the Dragon Queen gently shook her head, and the disappointment in her eyes made everyone who saw it, even if it wasn't their business, feel self-blame and guilt.

"Distribute these young boys and girls to various island nations and find people to raise them well," the Dragon Queen instructed the palace maid beside her.

"Yes, Your Majesty," the palace maid responded.

This palace maid was very familiar with the Dragon Queen's instructions.

The batches of young boys and girls sent in the past would all be sent to an island in the Ten Thousand Islands of the North Sea to find a family to raise them well.

In fact, these palace maids were also very puzzled.

They didn't know why their Majesty wanted to find so many young boys and girls, and after finding them, she would only take one look and send them all to other places in the Ten Thousand Islands of the North Sea.

The Dragon Queen waved her hand, and the palace maid and shrimp soldiers and crab generals led the young boys and girls out of the palace.

These young boys and girls would be well raised to adulthood.

But without accident, they would never be able to leave the North Sea.

After thousands of young boys and girls were taken away, the entire palace was empty.

The Dragon Queen walked up the steps at the front, sat on the dragon chair, lowered her head, and her slender, white jade fingers gripped the armrest of the dragon chair.

"Why? Why haven't I found it yet?" The Dragon Queen muttered to herself, feeling extremely confused.

"Your Majesty..." A palace maid walked in and knelt before the Dragon Queen.

"What is it?" The Dragon Queen collected her thoughts and raised her head.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, in a fief of Prince Qing of Wu Kingdom, there is a river called the Yellow Sand River. There is a Flood Dragon in the river, loyal to our North Sea Dragon Palace. We just received news that the Flood Dragon of the Yellow Sand River is dead," the palace maid said directly.

"If it's dead, then it's dead," the Dragon Queen's voice echoed in the palace.

Everywhere in the world, there are Flood Dragons belonging to the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas.

The Flood Dragon of the Yellow Sand River was sent by the Dragon Queen to appease it.

The Flood Dragon of the Yellow Sand River only needed to send a pair of young boys and girls to the North Sea every year, and the North Sea Dragon Palace would give it a certain reward, and that was all.

These matters were handled by subordinates. The Dragon Queen had never seen the Flood Dragon of the Yellow Sand River, and even forgot about it.

The North Sea Dragon Palace wouldn't care what this Flood Dragon did. If it did many evil deeds, the North Sea Dragon Palace wouldn't support it.

So, if the Flood Dragon of the Yellow Sand River died, then it died. It's just that the Stone Family Village near the Yellow Sand River is a relatively important village, and she needs to send someone from the Dragon Palace or appease another Flood Dragon to reside in the Yellow Sand River.

"Your Majesty, actually, there is one more thing," the palace maid continued, "That is, when the Flood Dragon of the Yellow Sand River died, the Nine Dragon Pillars of the Cloud Birth Hall had an anomaly."

The Dragon Queen narrowed her eyes and said in a cold tone: "Why didn't you report it earlier?"

"This servant deserves to die... This servant deserves to die!" The palace maid kowtowed three times forcefully, "At first, this servant only thought there was a problem with the formation. Who knew that the anomaly of the Nine Dragon Pillars has not disappeared even today..."

The Dragon Queen looked at the palace maid, and a murderous intent arose in her heart.

But thinking of someone's words, the Dragon Queen's chest heaved violently, and she suppressed the murderous intent in her heart.

"Deduct half a year's salary and face the wall in the Ice Cave for half a month!"

As the Dragon Queen's words fell, the dragon chair at the front was already empty, but the voice still echoed in the hall.

"Thank Your Majesty for sparing my life, thank Your Majesty for sparing my life!" The palace maid quickly knelt down, turned around, and kowtowed heavily three times towards the door.

The Dragon Queen used spatial magic, and in less than three breaths, the Dragon Queen arrived at a forbidden area in the inner palace.

This forbidden area was set up with layers of formations. In the center of the formation were nine pillars.

The nine pillars were located in eight directions, forming a circle. The center of the pillars was nine grooves connecting the pillars, flowing with blue liquid.

The nine royal female devotees guarding the formation saw the Dragon Queen and quickly knelt down: "This servant greets Your Majesty."

The Dragon Queen waved her hand, ignored them, and walked straight to the center of the Nine Dragon Pillars, looking at the pillar in the southwest direction that was constantly emitting light.

The Dragon Queen stretched out her hand, and her sleeve brushed past the Dragon Queen's fair wrist.

As the Dragon Queen gently pointed forward, that dragon pillar bloomed with a beam of light that soared into the sky, piercing through ten thousand miles from bottom to top, reaching the sea surface, and then impacting the clouds!

The North Sea set off layers upon layers of huge waves. The Dragon Queen closed her eyes. With the fluctuations of the sea currents, the Dragon Queen's dragon robe clung tightly to the woman's graceful figure.

"Splash!"

Suddenly, the beam of light dissipated, the waves fell, the North Sea returned to calm again, and the Dragon Queen slowly opened her eyes.

"Stone Family Village..."

The Dragon Queen kept chanting these three words in her heart, her eyes flickering, and her thin lips pursed tightly.