The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Ao Chong's face turned extremely ugly upon hearing Ao Ming's words.

"Brother, you're talking nonsense! When did I ever stab you in the back?"

"Third brother, do you think I don't know? That year, the sea beasts rebelled. Our previously solid defenses suddenly developed a gap, and the sea beasts stormed in, catching us completely off guard. That gap was deliberately opened by your men."

Ao Chong's lips twitched twice. He remembered this incident; the guard at the breach was one of his men, and it was he who ordered the sea beasts to be let in.

"And that time when the North Sea Dragon Palace came knocking on our door, you secretly sent someone to deliver a letter to them, telling them about the East Sea Dragon Palace's troop deployment and the weaknesses in our formation. Otherwise, with the North Sea Dragon Palace's meager strength, how could they have possibly forced us to that point?"

After hearing Ao Ming's accusations, Ao Chong tried one last time to protest. "You...you're slandering me!"

"Slanderous accusations?" Ao Ming sneered. "Third brother, do you think I don't know about these things? Do you think I've been completely in the dark about your little schemes? I've only tolerated you because you're my own brother. But you, instead of restraining yourself, have become even more outrageous!"

Ao Chong's lips trembled slightly, then he suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter filled with madness: "Good! Good! Good! Since elder brother has put it this way, then I won't hold back anymore!"

He kicked over the table in front of him, smashing glasses and dishes all over the floor, and splashing soup everywhere.

"I did it, I did it all! I opened the loophole in the sea monster rebellion, and I tipped off the North Sea Dragon Palace! So what? This throne should have been mine all along! I'm just taking back what's rightfully mine!"

He pointed at Ao Ting, his eyes filled with malice: "Ask your good son where he went last night! He went to Zui Long Xuan and spent five million spirit stones to buy a courtesan!"

An uproar erupted in the main hall.

All the officials looked at Ao Ting with different expressions.

Ao Ting's face turned pale. He hadn't expected that Ao Chong would use this as a means to attack him.

"Third Uncle, you..."

"What do you mean, 'you'?" Ao Chong sneered. "A man about to inherit the throne, who was out partying in a brothel last night, spending five million to buy a woman, do you think you're worthy of being the Dragon King?"

Seeing this, Shen Yifei cursed inwardly, "This old bastard really won't shed a tear until he sees the coffin."

He stood up, clapped his hands, and everyone was drawn to the sudden applause from the audience.

"Third Prince, you said Ao Ting spent five million to buy the courtesan, yes, that's true. But do you know why he bought that courtesan?"

Ao Chong smiled dismissively, "What else can you do with a woman? A playboy like you only knows how to..."

"Third Prince," Shen Yifei interrupted, "the courtesan His Highness the Crown Prince bought at great expense last night was the daughter of the Lord of the Northern Underworld, whom you kidnapped and sold as a courtesan!"

"Impossible! How could she be the daughter of the Lord of the Northern Underworld? Nonsense!" Ao Chong felt that Shen Yifei was just making excuses for Ao Ting. He had just met a woman in the Northern Underworld by chance, thought she was nice, and grabbed her on a whim. How could she possibly be the daughter of the Lord of the Northern Underworld!

With a thought, Shen Yifei sent a flash of white light into view, and Mo Ran appeared before everyone.

She pulled a black token from her bosom and held it high.

The token was engraved with a coiled silver-white dragon, whose eyes were two blue gems.

"The Northern Underworld Decree!" someone exclaimed.

Ao Ming and Ao Chong recognized this item!

Ao Chong felt a sudden rush of heat to his head, and his whole feeling turned sour.

My luck is just too damn bad! I captured a woman and managed to offend the Lord of the Northern Underworld!

Before Ao Chong could explain, Mo Ran said, "I am Mo Ran, the seventh princess of Beiming. In the land of Beiming, I accidentally discovered unusual activity in the sea demon army, so I followed them to observe the situation and discovered him..."

Mo Ran pointed at Ao Chong, "He colluded with a 10,000-strong army of sea monsters, preparing to attack the East Sea Dragon Palace!"

As soon as Mo Ran said this, the hall became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

All eyes turned to Ao Chong, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

Ao Chong pointed at Mo Ran, "You demones of the Northern Underworld, you stole a token and pretended to be the Princess of the Northern Underworld, accusing me of colluding with sea monsters. What...what evidence do you have?"

"Evidence? Third Prince, isn't Princess Beiming's words evidence?" Shen Yifei pointed at Ao Chong, "The sea monster army will soon arrive in the East Sea, and then..."

"Can't come!" Before Shen Yifei could finish speaking, a person walked into the main hall. He was wearing silver helmet and armor, holding a silver spear with a storage bag hanging from it!

Upon seeing the newcomer, Ao Chong exclaimed, "Ao...Ao Yun!"

Ao Yun walked to the center of the main hall, threw down his storage bag, and a dozen or so heads rolled out of it.

Ao Chong looked down and felt as if all his strength had been drained away. His legs went weak and he almost knelt on the ground.

Those dozen or so heads were the dragon generals he had stationed throughout the Dragon Palace! Eight of them were even the ones he had brought to guard outside the main hall!

The battle just now turned out to be one in which our own men were dealt with.

Upon seeing the ground littered with human heads, one of the officials exclaimed in shock, "Look, sea monsters!"

There were several human heads, each with a blue face and fangs, their eyes wide open in death. These were the leaders of the ten thousand-strong army that Ao Chonghua had hired at great expense.

Ao Chong's face was deathly pale, his lips trembling as he pointed at Ao Yun, "You...you...you killed them all?"

Ao Yun slammed his silver spear on the ground. "A bunch of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, one charge and they're all wiped out. These cowards tried to run away, but I killed them all with one spear thrust each!"

Ao Chong felt dizzy and disoriented; his carefully laid plan had been completely destroyed.

"Third Uncle, look who this is?" A clear female voice rang out from outside the hall.

Everyone turned to look and saw Ao Ying dragging a man who was tied up, holding a rope in her hand, as she walked in.

The man was the Dragon Palace Guard Chief. At this moment, he was only wearing a pair of shorts and lying on the ground like a lump of mud.

Last night, Shen Yifei sent Liu Mengli to give the head guard some serious information, and he couldn't get out of bed all morning.

Ao Chong looked at the guard captain who was slumped on the ground, and his face completely fell.

His carefully arranged chess pieces were removed one by one.

"Ao Ming, do you think you can defeat me like this? You let Ao Ting succeed to the throne, does he even deserve it?" Ao Chong sneered. "Today, I'll kill him. What I can't have, no one else can have!"

He gritted his teeth, formed hand seals, and muttered incantations.

Seeing this, Shen Yifei knew that he was about to activate the poison in Ao Ting's body. He gave Ao Ting a wink, and Ao Ting understood immediately. He quickly covered his chest and pretended to be in pain.

Ao Ming shouted, "What are you doing?"

Ao Chong ignored him and his hands moved faster and faster in forming hand seals. A black aura transformed into a beam of black light that shot straight into Ao Ting's chest.

Ao Ting's body jolted violently, he froze on the spot, his eyes widened, his lips trembled twice, and then with a "thud," he fell straight to the ground.

Shen Yifei looked at Ao Ting's expression,

"This guy acts better than his dad!"