#389 - What is awakening (4000 words) - Cultivating Immortality, Starting from Childhood Sweethearts

"How beautiful!" As Zhu Cici and the others arrived at the Coral Sea, their eyes lit up instantly.

This Coral Sea was boundless. Various corals stood on the ground, and all kinds of flowers that could only be found in the underwater Dragon Palace were in full bloom, with colorful schools of fish swimming around.

Zhu Cici felt as if she had arrived in a fairyland.

This was a sight that could never be seen on land.

However, as she looked, Zhu Cici suddenly thought of Xu Ming.

"It would be great if Xu Ming were here too."

Zhu Cici couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

It wasn't that Zhu Cici hadn't thought about asking Xu Ming to come along.

It was just that after yesterday, Zhu Cici was now a little embarrassed to face Xu Ming, so naturally, she was too embarrassed to invite him.

But it doesn't matter!

After participating in the Four Seas Grand Ceremony, she would still have opportunities to interact with Xu Ming, and there would be many opportunities in the future!

"Cici, let's go take a look over there," Ling Bisheng suggested.

When Ling Bisheng saw the sparkle in Zhu Cici's eyes, he knew that they had come to the right place.

Perhaps he could leave a better impression in Cici's heart.

"Then let's go take a look together." Zhu Cici nodded, but she was addressing all of her companions, not just Ling Bisheng alone.

This brought some disappointment to Ling Bisheng's heart.

Ling Bisheng seemed to realize that even if Cici's heart was currently vacant, even if that position was empty, he didn't seem to be Cici's best choice.

Not long after, Zhu Cici and the others arrived at a lake.

Zhu Cici and the others even thought they were seeing things, but indeed, there was actually a lake in this seabed.

To be honest, if it weren't for seeing these schools of fish constantly swimming around in the air like birds, they would have really thought they were on land.

Because in this Dragon Palace, there were mountains and water, which was no different from the land.

By the lakeside, many cultivators were holding fishing rods and fishing.

Fishing in a lake with a fishing rod in the seabed, if this were said, no one would believe it.

Some people were fishing, and some people were selling fishing rods. Many residents of Dragon City were setting up stalls next to the lake, selling some bait and fishing rods, and the business seemed to be quite good.

If it were fishing on land, that wouldn't be anything new, but fishing in the seabed, this feeling was different. Any foreign guest would want to experience it.

Zhu Cici and some others also noticed several sea race members with dragon horns on their heads coming to the lakeside.

Zhu Cici and the others guessed that, if nothing unexpected happened, those should be the royals of the other three seas.

Every Four Seas Grand Ceremony, young people from other oceans would come to participate, both to make themselves known to their elders and to broaden their horizons.

Zhu Cici and her group quickly withdrew their gazes and didn't look at them any further.

However, even though Zhu Cici didn't look at others much, the gazes of others were somewhat unable to move away from Zhu Cici.

Although this mountain lake sea was not lacking in beauties, Zhu Cici was truly too otherworldly beautiful.

Moreover, the kind of aura she exuded made it difficult to take your eyes off her once you noticed her at first glance.

Soon, those royals from other sea regions also noticed Zhu Cici.

Those royals pointed and whispered at Zhu Cici, as if they were saying something.

Zhu Cici didn't care at all.

For a young girl, from a young age, because of her outstanding appearance, she was the focus of attention wherever she went. The young girl had long been accustomed to it.

"Look, those royals from other sea regions are coming over," Fang Yu reminded the companions around her.

Several people looked over, and those dragon race young men and women were walking towards Zhu Cici's side.

The dragon race young men carried a kind of expectation, while the expressions on the faces of the two dragon race young women carried some arrogance and disdain.

Miao Feng and the others could understand the dissatisfaction of these two dragon race young women.

The appearances and figures of these two dragon race young women were already very outstanding, and they were both beauties, not to mention that their identities were also very noble.

From a young age, they had been the focus of people's attention.

But now, suddenly there was a woman who was even more beautiful than them, and she was not just a little bit more beautiful, to the extent that everyone's attention was focused on her.

In their hearts, there would naturally be a sense of displeasure that their light had been taken away by others.

"Are you all from White Deer Academy?" Several dragon race youths walked to Zhu Cici and the others and performed a salute.

"Indeed." Zhu Cici returned the bow, and Fang Yu and the others also cupped their hands in salute.

"May I ask who you are?" Zhu Cici asked curiously, looking at the group.

"Forgive my impoliteness, I am the Third Prince of the East Sea—Ao Jin." The Third Prince of the East Sea introduced, "This is the Fourth Prince of the South Sea, Ao Yin, this is the Second Prince of the West Sea, Ao Tian, and this is my younger sister, Ao Yiner, as well as my cousin, the Seventh Princess of the West Sea, Ao Zizi."

"White Deer Academy, Zhu Cici greets you." Zhu Cici said with a smile, "May I ask if there is anything the matter?"

"There is nothing much, it's just that I have long heard of the great name of White Deer Academy, and I have also heard that there is a Miss Zhu in White Deer Academy who is unparalleled in talent and beauty, and I have long wanted to get to know her.

Today, the Coral Sea is blooming with ten thousand flowers, and we came to the Coral Sea for fun, and then we noticed that you all exuded a strong literary aura.

Moreover, your aura is too outstanding, so we thought about coming over to ask, and we didn't expect it to really be Miss Zhu and the others."

This Ao Jin spoke very politely, and he was also very particular about his words, praising Zhu Cici several times in his extreme language.

In addition, Ao Jin's appearance and image were already very good. If it were other women, they would probably be overjoyed in their hearts.

But unfortunately, he was facing Zhu Cici.

In terms of status, Zhu Cici was not only the only daughter of the First Marquis of Qi, but also the closed disciple of the Dean of White Deer Academy. Compared to this dragon race prince, her status was only higher, not lower.

And in terms of appearance, Zhu Cici was even in the top ten of the Beauty Roll.

So, for these words and flattery of his, Zhu Cici didn't even put them in her heart, and she didn't even care about them at all.

And Miao Feng and the others beside Zhu Cici even rolled their eyes in their hearts.

What does it mean to have an "aura that is too outstanding"?

They all knew that these guys were clearly acting on lust, attracted by Zhu Cici's appearance.

"You are too kind." Zhu Cici said with a smile.

Even though she knew it clearly, Zhu Cici still bowed to express her gratitude.

"Since we have met, if you don't mind, how about we take a stroll together?" Ao Jin suggested.

"Of course, no problem, please." Zhu Cici said generously.

Zhu Cici was the chief official of White Deer Academy, and the other party was a noble from the East Sea, South Sea, and West Sea, so she naturally couldn't refuse, otherwise, it would be disrespecting the other party.

"Miss Zhu, please."

Several people sat beside Zhu Cici, chatting casually, and Zhu Cici didn't need to keep responding. Yuwen Xi and the others would also chat with them.

"Everyone, how about we have a competition?" Ao Yin asked Zhu Cici and the others.

"A competition?" Yuwen Xi and the others asked curiously.

"That's right."

Ao Yin nodded, looking at them and smiling.

"This lake is called the Ten Thousand Fish Lake, and there are many precious sea fish inside. Whenever the Coral Sea is open, the Dragon Queen agrees that everyone can fish for three days.

Of course, it can only be fishing, not catching with nets.

How about we compete to see who catches the most and most expensive fish from now until noon, and the person with the lowest ranking will be responsible for buying lunch, how about that?"

"I think it's possible." Ling Bisheng nodded. In Ling Bisheng's heart, he didn't want to lose to these noble children.

"Let's go, let's go, that old man is selling fishing rods, let's go buy one." Ao Zizi also became interested.

After several people bought fishing rods and bait, they threw them into the lake and started fishing.

"Brother, why do I feel like you guys are so troublesome?" Ao Yiner sat beside her brother, with a hint of boredom in her expression.

She watched the fish fly around every day, and now she's fishing?

She didn't not know the true thoughts of her elder brother and the other two cousins.

In the eyes of these scholars from White Deer Academy, her cousin and the others were actually just being polite to White Deer Academy, and they were interested in Zhu Cici, so they deliberately came to get close.

In fact, what they didn't expect was that the extent to which her brother and the other two cousins wanted to get close to Zhu Cici was far deeper than they imagined!

This time, not only her brother, but also her other two cousins, had received an order, which was to try their best to contact Zhu Cici during the Four Seas Grand Ceremony.

The ultimate goal was to win Zhu Cici's heart and marry Zhu Cici back.

Although Zhu Cici was completely qualified to be a dragon race royal concubine, whether in terms of family background, status, or appearance and strength.

But Ao Yiner felt that her father and three uncles were a bit too serious about Zhu Cici, and she always felt that there was another hidden reason.

"You don't understand this."

Ao Jin looked at his younger sister and shook his head with a smile.

"Miss Zhu has no shortage of suitors. Although our status is indeed not low, but just speaking of being the closed disciple of that person from White Deer Academy, her status is no worse than ours. Pursuing this Miss Zhu is definitely not such a simple matter."

"We need to approach slowly, gradually catering to their preferences; we can't rush things."

Ao Yin'er rolled her eyes at her brother: "Fishing is enough to gain favor?"

Ao Jin smiled: "Why not? Who says it isn't?"

Ao Jin said no more, only watching the calm lake surface.

Compared to Ao Jin's relaxed words, Ao Jin's expression was more like he was expecting to fish up something, something very important!

At the same time, listening to Great Tortoise's advice, Xu Ming headed to the Coral Sea to meet a man named "Mr. North Sea."

Xu Ming asked Great Tortoise, "Who is this Mr. North Sea?"

The Great Tortoise only smiled and said, "You'll know once you get there, Great Xu."

Xu Ming didn't ask any more questions and headed directly towards the Coral Sea.

Xu Ming noticed that many people were heading in the direction of the Coral Sea.

The Coral Sea had its annual Flower Season.

That's right, Flower Season.

Coral Sea was just a collective name.

In reality, the Coral Sea was actually a huge underwater garden. During these days of each year, all the sea flowers in the Coral Sea would bloom, and most of the Dragon Capital's residents would go to see the sea of flowers.

And it just so happened that the Four Seas Grand Ceremony was also taking place at this time, so many foreign guests were also heading to the Coral Sea.

After arriving at the Coral Sea, Xu Ming was indeed amazed.

Even Xu Ming, someone who liked flowers and plants so much, was momentarily captivated.

This Coral Sea was indeed very beautiful.

Many Dragon Capital residents and foreign cultivators wandered through the sea of flowers, the fusion of man and nature resembling a painting.

Xu Ming headed directly towards the depths of the sea of flowers. According to the address given by Great Tortoise, Mr. North Sea lived in the Blue Jade Coral Forest in the depths of the sea of flowers.

Anyway, Great Tortoise said it was quite easy to find.

However, when Xu Ming was halfway there, he raised his head as if sensing something.

In the sky not far away, Xu Ming felt that something was not quite right.

Xu Ming activated his Dao Pattern Eyes and looked towards that place.

Xu Ming's Dao Pattern Eyes had already evolved three times, and coupled with the fact that Xu Ming was now in the Dragon Gate Realm, basically nothing could escape Xu Ming's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Ming frowned.

In the direction less than half a mile away from Xu Ming, Xu Ming saw a thick literary aura swirling non-stop in the sky above the lake.

The literary aura was so thick that drops of ink fell into the lake.

If it were only that, then it would be fine.

From the ground, Xu Ming saw a very strange spiritual power, as if trying to connect with the literary aura.

This literary aura seemed to be awakening something.

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