If you care about benefits, then approach it from a benefits perspective. If you just want to make yourself happy, then stroke your fur the right way.

After a round of interaction, Wen Yan really felt that King Guilong wasn't the kind of guy with a heavy hostile vibe. King Guilong did have a strong bias against the Scorching Sun Department, especially found Cai Qidong annoying as hell.

And yeah, King Guilong truly had this attitude of, "I don't want anything, I just do what makes me happy."

So Wen Yan could only play along.

When it came to talking about the Ghost Servant, King Guilong didn't think much of it and just said it outright.

"At the time, there was this little ghost who said he came on behalf of his master, and asked me if I wanted to become the Water God of some new river.

Tch, what random mutts or cats are these, who dare to say this kind of thing to my face? I squeezed the thing to death on the spot.

The water system in this world, it's all accounted for. Since ancient times, apart from the Four Pollutions, who else can even make it to the next level?

Even the Four Pollutions aren't that stable—Ji River got swallowed up just like that.

None of them know I just love staying here on the West River."

Wen Yan thought to himself, so it was really like that, a spot-on landmine strike.

No wonder King Guilong didn't even bother talking and flipped his lid right away.

The dude just cares about being close to home, just loves his own place, doesn't even think the Four Pollutions are a big deal.

You try to tempt him with something like a new river Water God? Isn't that just begging to get smacked in the face?

As for the new river?

The Divine Land Government hasn't given the nod, hasn't done any planning—where's this "new river" supposed to come from?

No green light from the Scorching Sun Department either, so how could there be a new River Dragon God?

The temple can't even get built, there isn't a single person around—are you expecting creatures in the water to burn incense for you underwater?

"That Ghost Servant, it was the Mountain Lord's. The Mountain Lord has already awakened too."

King Guilong paused for a moment, a bit of disdain in his tone.

"So it was him. How dare he come find me?

That bastard, if it wasn't for him back then, we wouldn't have ended up going dormant so fast.

Didn't he look down on us Acquired Dragon Clan back then?

What? Got himself killed once and now not so arrogant?

Willing to contact us Acquired Dragon Clan now?

Pah, no way. He's still just as arrogant—wants to talk to me and just sends a little ghost to insult me.

Waking up so early, must be even weaker than expected.

From the look of him, that ghostly wretch is bound to get killed again sooner or later."

Wen Yan was a bit surprised. So, the grudge goes way back, huh?

"What happened back then?"

King Guilong, who'd just been swearing, fell silent for a moment and mumbled vaguely.

"That damn salted fish pissed off the Emperor at the time, dragged us into it as well. No matter how bloodthirsty he was, he couldn't compare to the founding Dragon Emperor. Bet he was dumbfounded at the end..."

King Guilong clearly didn't want to talk about it, so Wen Yan didn't push any further.

Now that it seemed like they knew each other and the relationship clearly wasn't good, at least Wen Yan could be sure, with King Guilong's temperament, there was no way he'd cooperate with the Mountain Lord for anything.

Right now, as long as those two don't start fighting, that's enough.

Don't be fooled by King Guilong saying he wouldn't mess around—if it really came to a brawl, he didn't seem like someone who'd hold back once the fight was on. He'd probably just go all out and not care about the details then.

"Why'd you bring that guy up?" King Guilong changed the subject himself.

Wen Yan thought about it, then decided to just tell the truth.

"I heard something—Scorching Sun Department's worried you two might fight, and then the whole thing would get out of hand.

My home is right next door. If something happens, I'd be hard-pressed to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.

So, I wanted to check things out with you.

But hearing what you said now, that Mountain Lord sent a ghost just to humiliate you.

So—what if he did it deliberately, just to piss you off?"

"Huh..." King Guilong's mind shifted. Seemed pretty possible.

After all, back then he just heard that little ghost say a few words and instantly flew into a rage, crushing the unlucky thing on the spot.

"Look here, isn't this possible:

He got you mad on purpose, and next time, to show 'sincerity,' he says he'll meet you in person to discuss things.

You think you'll manage a few sentences before he pisses you off again?

Then you lose your cool and throw down, and you two go at it big time right here.

And when you get carried away, river waters start boiling over, flooding the banks.

If something bad happens, you'll be the one left holding the bag.

Look at that Cai guy in the Scorching Sun Department—he's as ruthless as they come.

If the flood reaches Virtue City and even the memorial archway in the city center gets submerged—

Or if even the Dragon Mother's temple gets flooded—

That bastard Cai would pin you as a traitor, unfilial, a total deviant, and come after you without mercy.

End result: The Mountain Lord walks away clean and you end up everyone's target.

Isn't that possible?"

"Who's a traitor?! Who's unfilial?" At this, King Guilong flew into a rage.

Wen Yan hurried to pacify him.

"See? If the Mountain Lord insults you once, and next time uses things like that to rile you up again, wouldn't you lose your cool?"

King Guilong immediately calmed down, and started thinking it over carefully.

Just now he'd thought Wen Yan was talking nonsense, but now that he thought about it, it actually made sense—he and Mountain Lord never got along, just couldn't stand that guy.

If the Mountain Lord really baits him with a couple of comments, he just might lose his temper for real.

They both just woke up, way weaker than their peak days. If a fight breaks out, things will only keep getting messier.

As a Dragon King, he'd naturally want to use home advantage. Wen Yan might really have a point—things might end up just as he described.

That bastard Cai wouldn't miss this chance either. From what Wen Yan said, Cai was even nastier than expected. If that's the case, he just might tell everyone that King Guilong is a traitor, a disgrace, even dares to flood his own mother's temple.

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