Chapter 498 Hold the Bottom Line

   "Human Emperor is really good at joking as always. I just don't have a good rest, old dragon. I'll be fine if I sleep. It's still early to die." The old dragon king laughed and stood up with difficulty, as if to prove his vitality.

  The old Dragon King sat on the edge of the bed, his beard trembling, his body swaying like a pendulum clock, and he might lie back on the bed again at any moment.

   "I, I can live another two hundred years, two thousand years..."

   There was a stench in the mouth of the old Dragon King, the smell was so strong that even various spices couldn't cover it up.

  As the old Dragon King's mood fluctuated, his body sweated faster and faster, and the maids took turns taking turns to wipe it off.

   "Get out!" The old dragon king felt that the maids were useless, so he was furious, exuding a terrifying aura, and wanted to sweep the maids away.

  Jiang Li showed pity, stepped forward, and gently held the old Dragon King's wrist.

  These maids could not withstand the casual blow of the old Dragon King.

  Jiang Li waved his hand to tell the maids to leave. The old Dragon King is very dangerous now.

   "Old Dragon King, if you want to survive, you must face the reality, the reality that your lifespan is approaching."

   "I said, I can live for a long time!" The old dragon king was afraid of death and refused to admit the reality.

  Jiang Li sighed softly, and left with Li Nian'er, Ao Chengcheng and Mo Ruoyu.

   "I'm waiting for you at the birthday banquet."

  Before parting, Jiang Li only left this sentence, leaving only the old Dragon King in the huge palace.

   On the way back to the birthday banquet, several people were silent.

  Li Nian'er gritted her teeth lightly, feeling that the scene just now overturned her cognition, she murmured in a low voice: "Grandpa Long was not like this..."

  Jiang Li nodded: "Five hundred years ago, I met the old Dragon King when I traveled to the East China Sea. At that time, he was low-key, generous, generous, generous, and kind to others. He didn't judge heroes based on cultivation, and he didn't discriminate against human races. His attitude towards me was the same as that of dragon sons and dragon daughters."

   "But the current appearance is not beyond my expectation."

   Li Nian'er was puzzled.

  Jiang Li looked sideways at Li Nian'er, and continued: "How many people can face life and death calmly, knowing that their time is approaching, and their mentality has changed, it is understandable."

  “Especially those who live for a long time, the longer they live, the more they fear the coming of death. They enjoy the prosperity of the world and know the beauty of it, so they want to prolong their life and continue to enjoy life. In the process, their hearts may become distorted and deformed.”

   "This is the 'Bule Benzao' among the five declines of heaven and man."

   "But no matter what, the old Dragon King has kept the bottom line as a living being after all, and is a respectable senior."

  With the old dragon king’s lifespan of 2,800 years, he must know how to practice the magic way. No matter whether the magic way can help him break through the tribulation period, he didn’t choose to try it, which is very rare.

  Jiang Li has seen too many monks who choose to eat people when their time is approaching.

  Li Nianer nodded half-understood, feeling that Uncle Jiang was talking about the old Dragon King, and seemed to be teaching her something.

  …

  The old Dragon King leaned against the head of the bed in a daze, his eyes glazed over.

  Of course he knew that he was going to die. He knew his body best, better than everyone else.

   But he didn't want to believe it, and he couldn't believe it.

  He knew that he would die one day, but he didn't expect it to come so soon. Obviously, the day of competing for the fifty-second place as Emperor was just yesterday, and he lost to that beautiful girl.

  The old Dragon King stroked his beard subconsciously, stroked it a few times, looked down at the white beard who had no relationship with young people, and realized that he was no longer the proud dragon who was in his prime of life in his impression, but an old dragon head exuding an unpleasant smell.

   "Over two thousand years...Qingluo, has it been so long since I lost to you?"

  The fifty-second generation of emperor, named Qingluo.

  Old Dragon King often falls into hallucinations recently. Back in the era when more than a dozen human emperor candidates competed for the position of human emperor, he defeated other human emperor candidates over and over again, but in the end he could not escape the established fate and lost to Qingluo.

  Even so, the old Dragon King likes to immerse himself in the illusion, enjoy the reunion with old friends, and enjoy the happy time of crying and laughing with friends.

  Over 2,600 years have passed, and all old friends have disappeared in a long time. Even Qing Luo, the only one who broke through the tribulation stage, has perished under the claws of the demons outside the territory.

   Only he is left.

   "More than 2,600 years have passed, and even the old Buddha has sat on the top of Mount Sumeru. The only one who has witnessed my growth is probably Liu Tongling."

  "Old friends are no match for the rolling time, turning into a wave of dust, what more can I ask for."

   "It's ridiculous that I am so old, but I dare not admit the reality. It's just a joke for the younger generation."

   "It's about time, and it's time to attend the birthday banquet."

  The old Dragon King staggered towards the birthday banquet, leaning on a cane.

  As soon as the old dragon king appeared on the stage, the lively banquet instantly became deserted. The smell on the old dragon king was so bad that no spices could cover it up. Anyone could tell that the old dragon king was in a very bad state.

  The five declines of heaven and man.

  All the sea people had the same idea, realizing that the old dragon king was about to die, maybe today is the old dragon king's birthday, and it is also the day of the old dragon king's mourning.

  For the Hai Clan, the old Dragon King contributed a lot. They have all received the blessings of the old Dragon King more or less. Now that they see the old Dragon King, they know that the old Dragon King is really dead.

  The Hai Clan looked at Jiang Li subconsciously, hoping that the supernatural emperor would think of a way, but they saw Jiang Li's face like an ancient well, calm and calm, and they didn't intend to take action.

   All these changes only took a few breaths. After a few breaths, the Sea Clan seemed to be unable to smell the bad smell. They continued to choose to congratulate the old Dragon King on his 2,800th birthday.

   Lively to a higher level.

  They hoped that the old Dragon King left with a smile.

  Dragon King of the East China Sea recited his birthday greetings by heart, stirring up the atmosphere of the scene.

   Then there is the part of congratulating birthday gifts.

   "The Dragon Clan of the East China Sea celebrates Grandpa Long's birthday and presents a set of bronze lotus lanterns, wishing Grandpa Long good fortune all over the world."

   "The Dongjiao Dragon Clan celebrates Grandpa Long's birthday and presents twelve luminous pearls. I wish Grandpa Long a bright and bright future."

   "The Golden Clam Clan congratulates Grandpa Long on his birthday, and presents three drops of the essence of the moon, wishing Grandpa Long a happy sky."

   "The merman tribe celebrates Grandpa Long's birthday, and presents a box of top-quality merman tears, wishing Grandpa Long a good smile."

   "..."

   "Dharmakaya Sect congratulates Grandpa Long on his birthday, and presents a set of practice methods of the real dragon Dharma body, wishing Grandpa Long the real dragon forever."

  The old Dragon King’s eyes were hard to open. After coming to the Shou Xing seat, he kept his eyes closed, half asleep and half awake. He heard Li Nian’er’s clear and vital voice, opened his eyes a little bit, and there was a little greed in his eyes.

  Youth, vitality, what a beautiful vocabulary.

   "I remember you, Xiaoer and the children of Chengcheng's family... Come here and let Grandpa Long take a closer look."

  The old dragon king wanted to wave, but unfortunately he didn't have the extra strength, so he could only bend his fingers a few times as a wave.

  (end of this chapter)