Traveling Through Journey to the West: I Am the Dragon King

Ao Guang was currently overwhelmed with worry. Listening to his daughters arguing, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, stop arguing. We don't even know if that immortal has any intention of forming a marriage alliance with us. What kind of behavior is this, arguing back and forth?"

Hearing their father's reprimand, the three dragon princesses finally shut up.

However, Ao Guang noticed the Fourth Dragon Girl who had remained silent and asked, "Fourth Sister, what do you think? When he first arrived at the Dragon Palace, only you showed him even a little kindness. If you were willing to marry him, I imagine your relationship with him wouldn't be too bad."

Upon hearing this, the Fifth Dragon Girl crossed her arms and snorted softly, saying, "Father has always favored Fourth Sister above all others, even in this marriage opportunity, he always puts her first. Since Father has already decided that Fourth Sister will go, why bother with us and let us have our hopes dashed?"

Seeing that the opportunity had fallen to the fourth sister, the sixth dragon girl deliberately mocked, "Oh dear, Father is thinking of us too. Didn't the fifth sister just say that this is a marriage alliance to apologize? The fifth sister can't bear to see us younger sisters suffer after we marry into the family, so the fourth sister naturally can't bear to see the fifth sister suffer either."

The Nine Dragon Girls quickly chimed in, "That's right, that's right. Since there's going to be hardship, let Fourth Sister bear it for us younger sisters."

The fourth princess was always composed, unlike her younger sisters who were so playful.

The fourth princess said, "Sisters, there's no need to fight over this. If he is truly interested, I will give this opportunity to you."

If someone else had said this, the princesses would have felt that the other person was just saying some high-sounding words to fob them off.

However, the sisters believed the fourth princess without a doubt.

After all, their fourth sister had always doted on them since they were little.

She always lets her younger sisters choose the best things first, and then she buys the last ones left.

The Fourth Princess then looked at the Dragon King and said, "But what if he decides to return to the heavens and avoid worldly affairs in the future? Wouldn't it be a waste of our time to make arrangements here?"

The Dragon Lady then looked at her daughters and said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, it would be better to choose an auspicious day to invite him to the Dragon Palace for a chat. Afterwards, our daughters can personally serve him tea. Your Majesty can then subtly inquire who he has chosen. If he is truly interested, we will betroth that person to him. If he is not interested, then there is no need to bring this up again."

The Dragon King said, "Alas! This is the only way for now."

Time flies, and more than half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the past six months, Yun Chonghua has adapted quite well to his job. His days are carefree and he's enjoying himself immensely.

He patrols the Sishui River daily, and if anyone falls into the water for no apparent reason, he will rescue them.

In the past six months, he has also received a decree from Heaven, and then, together with the gods such as the Thunder God, the Lightning Goddess, the Cloud-Pushing Boy, and the Mist-Spreading Gentleman, he has sent down some sweet rain to benefit the people.

In his spare time, seeing the crops drying out, he even tried to bring rain to the world himself.

Although he can exhale clouds and smoke, and command thunder and lightning, he can also bring a sweet rain to the world.

But since he was alone and had no dragon soldiers or water generals under his command, it was more troublesome and tiring for him to be responsible for several tasks, such as blowing wind, making clouds, sending thunder, making rain, and collecting rain, compared to casting spells with other gods.

But seeing the people happily bowing to the sky after receiving the timely rain, he found it quite enjoyable.

Even if it was a private rain, Yun Chonghua still came according to the farming season. It wasn't just raining randomly.

In the past six months, his Dragon King Temple has also been built on both sides of the Sishui River.

As the temple was built, he also discovered something interesting: the ingenious use of temple statues.

Although the statue did not resemble him at all, as long as it was given the temple name of the Dragon King of Sishui and was consecrated and had its eyes painted, it could be connected to his Sishui Divine Palace and Yun Chonghua's consciousness.

In this way, he could see the mortals who worshipped him and offered him sacrifices through the eyes of the statues in the water palace.

This is similar to a fixed-position surveillance camera.

Of course, if he doesn't want to see it, he can cast a spell to turn it off.

He could even communicate remotely with mortals in front of the statue, as if he were broadcasting through a megaphone.

Although Yun Chonghua felt like a security guard in a monitoring room, ordinary people called this behavior a "miracle."

In return, they received even more fervent worship and more abundant incense offerings.

In addition, this temple with statues has another very interesting use: it can be used as a "teleportation point".

Regardless of size, all temples are connected to the Water Palace.

As long as the statues in the temple are intact and have been consecrated, Yun Chonghua can teleport to any of his temples at any time through the magic array.

For example, on one occasion, a couple committed adultery in front of his shrine, giving Yun Chonghua a "live broadcast."

It's one thing to do something shameful.

But the man found it unexciting, so he dragged the woman up and deliberately made her lie face down on the statue of Yun Chonghua. The two continued their illicit affair on the statue.

Faced with this blatant rudeness, even Yun Chonghua, with his good temper, couldn't hold back anymore.

At that time, he also somewhat understood how Nuwa felt when she saw the "lewd poems" that King Zhou had written in his temple.

So he used the temple's teleportation function to teleport directly there.

Then, hiding outside the temple, they shouted, "Catch the adulterous couple! Having an affair in the Dragon King Temple is outrageous!"

The couple who had come to the temple for an affair were so frightened that they fell off the statue and fled without even putting their pants on properly.

However, they were eventually caught by the temple keeper and villagers who arrived at the scene. The local clan chief personally escorted them to the Dragon King Temple to apologize to Yun Chonghua, the Dragon King, and offered them many sacrifices.

Then, the adulterous couple was punished by the clan chief with "drowning in a pig cage" according to clan rules.

Besides its monitoring and transmission functions, this temple also transmits all prayer documents burned within its grounds to the table in Yun Chonghua's Water Palace.

Although Yun Chonghua only has two Dragon King Temples, his incense offerings are very prosperous because he has blessed the people with good weather and abundant harvests over the past six months. As a result, he receives hundreds of prayer documents every day.

But after seeing those documents, Yun Chonghua was completely overwhelmed. He even felt a bit like laughing and crying at the same time.

This is because these mortals have taken him, the "Rain-Controlling Dragon King," as the "Wishing Dragon."

Some of their wishes were beyond his authority.

For example, if someone is sick, they pray for good health.

Some elderly people pray for the safety and well-being of their children and grandchildren.

The most common reason for seeking wealth is to pray to the Dragon King for blessings to make them rich.

But if you're trying to give gifts and ask for favors, and you haven't even gone to the right department, what are you supposed to do?

However, Yun Chonghua could understand these wishes. After all, he had done similar things quite often in the mortal world.

Whether it works or not, let's give it a try first.

But what made him both amused and exasperated was the people who came to him seeking marriage or even children.

He, the "Dragon King," doesn't even have a wife yet. But the mortals are asking him, the Dragon King, to bless them so they can find wives.

Then there were those who came to his temple praying for children. Seeing these documents left Yun Chonghua speechless.

It wasn't that he didn't want to help; he was simply powerless to do so.

It's impossible for the Dragon King to personally intervene and help their wives get pregnant.

Yun Chonghua's life as an official in the mortal realm was quite pleasant, with these messy documents to pass the time.

Time flies, and soon after the Lunar New Year, it will be almost the second day of the second lunar month.

That day, following the prayers of the believers, Yun Chonghua sent a light rain to both banks of the river to help with spring plowing. He then returned to the Water Palace, only to find that the Turtle Registrar had been waiting at the door for a long time.