Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 167 - 166: God of Ice (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Ao Pan, a Dragon God of the Four Rivers, held a high position and weighed heavy responsibilities. He was one of the legitimate gods of Heaven and Earth, to whom the spirits of all creatures offered their incense.

The surname Ao indicates that Ao Pan originated from the orthodox Dragon Clan. Yes, Ao Pan was indeed the eldest son of the East Sea Dragon King and the Dragon Queen, a true descendant of the ancestral dragon lineage.

Ao Pan deserves his title as the eldest son of the East Sea Dragon King. Of the younger generation in the Four Seas Dragon Clan, he is the oldest, strongest and most promising, a role model for the rest of his kin.

A typical overachiever, leaving others envious.

The Dragon God of the Four Rivers held a position and a status in no way inferior to the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas. To some extent, he may even surpass them.

Ao Pan’s achievements have undoubtedly brought great honor to the East Sea Dragon King.

Of course, his becoming the Dragon God of the Four Rivers was not only due to his own excellence. It was also inseparable from his background.

Not because he was the son of the East Sea Dragon King, but because he was the disciple of the Great Ancient Yinglong.

Yes, the Yinglong mentioned here is the same one that helped Emperor Xuanyuan defeat Chiyou, serving as his main warrior deity.

As a disciple of Yinglong, Ao Pan’s background was very significant, quite a bit more so than his status as the son of the East Sea Dragon King.

In the early days of the Primordial Times, Yinglong descended to the mortal world to aid Da Yu in controlling the floods, taking his disciple Ao Pan with him.

Ao Pan was granted the title of Dragon God of the Four Rivers by Emperor Xuanyuan, the reigning Heavenly Emperor of the time, due to his meritorious service during the flood control period.

It was at this time that he met Jiang Xuan, the wielder of the Dragon-slaying Divine Sword.

Yes, the holder of the Dragon-slaying Divine Sword.

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"Elder, I have nothing to do with this. It was all the work of Ice Yi. I only just found out and quickly rushed over here."

"Elder must know that Ice Yi is a Great Ancient deity born from the Yellow River. He is a river god by nature. Since ancient times, he has controlled the Yellow River all the way till now."

"Although I am nominally the master of the Yellow River, compared to him, I am still far inferior. It would be easy for him to stir things up in the Yellow River without me knowing."

After offering his respects to Jiang Xuan, the Dragon God of the Four Rivers quickly explained himself, hoping to clear his involvement in this matter.

Poor Ao Pan had thought that the position of the Dragon God of the Four Rivers, with its high status and powers, would bring a lot of benefits. But he soon discovered after assuming the position that it was like a deep pit full of problems.

The Four Rivers are the Yangtze, the Yellow, the Huai, and the Ji (Yangtze River, Yellow River, Huai River, and Ji River).

The ancient Sovereigns of Mankind worshipped at the famous mountains and great rivers, offering sacrifices to the Five Sacred Mountains and the Four Rivers, manifesting the importance of the Four Rivers.

These four rivers, with their long history, existed even before ancient times and have nurtured countless powerful beings. The Yellow River’s Ice Yi, the river god, is one of them. Besides him, there were many other prominent figures.

With so many important figures in the Four Rivers, you can imagine how uncomfortable Ao Pan, the nominal lord of the Four Rivers, felt.

He could control none of them, and definitely couldn’t defeat any of them. As a result, he couldn’t even stay within the Four Rivers and had to settle down in Poyang Lake.

It was a frustrating life for this Dragon God.

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"Don’t be nervous. I know this has nothing to do with you, little dragon. With your limited abilities, you couldn’t have reached such a degree." Jiang Xuan said with a smile, seeing Ao Pan a bit flustered.

"Whew..."

Hearing this, Ao Pan couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. He was afraid Jiang Xuan would think he was behind all this and give him a stabbing.

Seeing Ao Pan’s scared appearance, Jiang Chen was speechless. He wondered what the elder had done to him that made him this terrified.

After all, Ao Pan is a Great Luo Golden Immortal, yet he lacks the demeanor of one. For a moment, Jiang Chen felt that his image of the mighty Golden Immortal had crumbled.

However, that’s not important. What is important is that the Dragon God of the Four Rivers just mentioned that the black hand behind the scene is Ice Yi, the god of the Yellow River.

This god, Jiang Chen had not met, but he had heard of his name. In the various texts of the Hundred Schools, there are many accounts related to him.

Of course, most of them don’t portray a good image.

The Ice Yi God, an innate divine spirit nurtured by the Yellow River, is a natural Water God. He is said to have a fish tail and a human body (a merman) with silver hair and luminescent Liuli-colored eyes and scales.

In short, he’s very handsome and famously lustful.

This god is extremely powerful, but his character isn’t very good. His occasional flooding of the Yellow River demonstrates his violent nature.

However, in ancient times, it was because he messed around during Da Yu’s flood control that he was severely punished by two significant figures and subsequently quieted down. So it’s surprising to see him targeting the Human Race again now.

However, his coming back is one thing, but why did he cover up the Heaven-and-Earth changing event of the Yellow River rerouting and became an enemy of the Human Race?

Jiang Chen was puzzled by this.

"Is it the Yellow River God? Why would he do this?" Jiang Chen decided to ask directly.

Before Jiang Xuan could answer, the Dragon God of the Four Rivers interjected: "What else could it be? It must be a grudge against the Human Race."

"In ancient times, when Ice Yi saw the beauty of the Luoshui River God, he asked her father, the Emperor of Heaven, for her hand in marriage. But the Emperor knew Ice Yi was a playboy, so he flatly refused."

"Because of this, Ice Yi harbored resentment!"

"Later, when Emperor Xuanyuan ascended to heaven, my master Yinglong was appointed to control the wind and thunder, the rain, and all the water immortals, water gods, and river gods."

"The supreme god who governs the four seasons, controls Mount Zhongyue, controls the middle earth, controls the water of the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Han River, the Huai River, the Ji River, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and presides over the three hundred and sixty worms."

"With this command from Emperor Xuanyuan, Ice Yi became an underling to my master, and he couldn’t bear it. So he challenged my master out of arrogance and was easily defeated."

"Because of this, his hatred for the Human Race deepened."

"After that, during Da Yu’s flood control, he caused trouble again and was repeatedly defeated by the Human Race’s masters, which led to him losing one eye."

"This man’s hatred for the Human Race continued to grow."

"In the Pre-Qin period, he offended both Confucianism and Taoism and was humiliated by both."

Having said this, Ao Pan fell silent.

In fact, the grievances between Ice Yi and the Human Race were not just limited to these events. Ao Pan merely touched upon a few representative incidents. For instance, the matter of the River God’s marriage, he did not mention.

But even so, after hearing Ao Pan’s account, Jiang Chen should have understood the origin of Ice Yi’s grudge against the Human Race.

After listening to Ao Pan’s narration, Jiang Chen could not help but feel a surge of anger: "This Ice Yi really deserves to die, daring to oppose our Human Race over and over again."

Speaking of this, he couldn’t help but turn to Jiang Xuan and asked: "Old Ancestor, since Ice Yi is so arrogant, why wouldn’t the experts of our Human Race kill him?"

Seeing that Ao Pan had revealed the identity of the person behind the scenes, Jiang Xuan also didn’t hide anything and explained to Jiang Chen: "There are mainly two reasons for not killing him."

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