Chapter 264: Chapter 264: I have waited for you for a thousand years_1
At this moment, the group reached an old man who was pulling a mill just like a donkey.
Because he was too exhausted, the old man was moving at a slow pace.
Bai Yuanming picked up a whip and lashed it across his back.
"Crack!"
A stripe that looked like a centipede was drawn in blood on the man’s back, causing him to grimace in pain, yet he did not dare make a sound.
The ferocious look on Bai Yuanming’s face, he scolded the old man, "Pull faster for me, dare to dawdle again, and I won’t whip you to death!"
This act, of course, was performed for the four people who had just entered the village.
Dragon Servants are those who hold whips, Dragon Slaves are those who receive them.
After leaving the mill-pulling old man, Bai Yuanming asked Qin Feng, "Have you made up your mind? When the Black Dragon God gives you the choice, do you want to be a Dragon Servant or a Dragon Slave?"
"Only an idiot would choose to be a Dragon Slave. Being a Dragon Servant is much better, I can hold a whip and lash any Dragon Slave I want. Whoever displeases me, I’ll whip them to death!"
Qin Feng, of course, would not actually become a Dragon Servant; he said this only because he wanted to meet the Black Dragon God.
"Let me remind you, after you meet the Black Dragon God, be sure to show your loyalty to him.
The Black Dragon God values abilities, but he values loyalty even more.
An unfaithful person will never be entrusted with important tasks by the Black Dragon God, and they can only become Dragon Slaves, toiling like oxen and horses for a lifetime."
Bai Yuanming led the four of them to the entrance of a black structure, the Black Dragon Hall.
The Black Dragon Hall was billowing with black smoke, rolling thickly as if it were on fire.
"Once we enter the hall, you must kneel and pay respects to the Black Dragon God, and shout ’Long live the Black Dragon God Monarch.’
"Understood."
After receiving Qin Feng’s affirmative answer, Bai Yuanming took the four into the Black Dragon Hall.
At the entrance of the hall, there were four black wooden columns, made from Millennium Ebony.
On each column coiled a black python.
As Qin Feng and the others walked to the entrance of the hall, preparing to go inside, the four pythons simultaneously raised their heads and hissed at each of them.
"They are here to pay respects to the Black Dragon God Monarch."
With those words, Bai Yuanming pulled out four toads from his pocket and gave one to each python.
The pythons then retracted their heads and resumed coiling around the ebony columns.
After entering through the hall doors, Qin Feng asked, "Do you have to feed them toads every time you come here?"
"They are the guardian serpents, not too greedy indeed, a single toad each time is enough to appease them, no need to fret over it too much.
Once you become Dragon Servants, I will teach you the rules for entering the hall. Only by following the rules will you be able to freely come and go in this hall.
If you don’t follow the rules, once you step through these doors, you will be walking on eggshells; every step could harbour a deadly trap."
The group walked into the grand hall.
Atop a black throne sat a woman dressed in a black royal robe, with exquisitely beautiful features.
Upon seeing this woman, Qin Feng was immediately shocked.
Incredulously, he asked the woman, "Are you the Black Dragon God Monarch?"
The woman glared at them, roaring like a queen, "Have you not knelt to pay your respects?"
"Kneel? Even for my wife, I only kneel when necessary. You are not my wife; why should I kneel to you?"
"How dare you!" erupted the Black Dragon God Monarch. "You dare to make a jest of my person?"
The Black Dragon God Monarch looked up to the ceiling and called out coldly, "Little Blackie, come down and teach him a lesson!"
A big black head peered down from the ceiling. It had a horn on its head.
If it wasn’t the Black Dragon, then who else could it be?
Qin Feng realized that the Black Dragon wasn’t the Black Dragon God Monarch; the real Black Dragon God Monarch was the beautiful woman sitting on the throne.
As for the Black Dragon in Suolong Cave, it was controlled by the Black Dragon God Monarch, even named Little Blackie.
Little Blackie?
That name, no matter how he heard it, sounded like an eunuch!
The Black Dragon opened its dusky large mouth, revealing a set of sharp teeth like steel knives, fiercely threatening, and bit at Qin Feng.
Qin Feng leaped, mounting the neck of the Black Dragon, and with his left hand, he grasped its horn, while patting its hefty body with his right hand.
"Slap!"
Then, he clamped his legs together.
"Giddy up!"
This operation was not very harmful, but extremely insulting.
The Black Jiao was a dragon, and with the growth of one more horn, it could transform into a full-fledged dragon.
At this moment, however, it was being ridden by a mere mortal, who was treating it like a horse.
How could the Black Jiao stand for such humiliation?
"Moo..."
After uttering a cry, the Black Jiao swung its tail, attempting to perform a "Dragon Swings Tail" maneuver to knock Qin Feng off.
But as soon as its thick tail came over, Qin Feng caught it.
Simply catching its tail wasn’t enough; Qin Feng also tied the tail into a knot, a tight one at that.
"Moo..."
Its tail was tied in a tight knot, but it could still use its mouth!
The Black Jiao bit towards Qin Feng again.
This time, Qin Feng didn’t jump aside, but instead used both hands to grip the Black Jiao’s mouth, twisting it to 180 degrees.
"Crack... crackle..."
The Black Jiao’s mouth seemed to be on the verge of tearing apart.
After twisting it, Qin Feng let go of the Black Jiao, but its mouth could no longer close properly and hung open.
To prevent the Black Jiao from causing trouble,
Qin Feng tapped a few points on its body, sealing its acupoints.
Thus, the Black Jiao lay still as if it were dead, not moving an inch.
Qin Feng’s series of actions stunned the Black Dragon God Monarch.
She stared at Qin Feng and asked, "Have you inherited the ’Xuanhuang Medical Classic’?"
"What ’Xuanhuang Medical Classic’? I don’t know what you’re talking about!" Of course, Qin Feng denied it.
How could he disclose something he hadn’t even told his wife to the Black Dragon God Monarch?
"Is your surname Qin?" the Black Dragon God Monarch continued to inquire.
Qin Feng could answer this question, so he nodded and replied, "Yes."
"I’ve been waiting for you for a thousand years, and now you show up, you bastard!"
Suddenly, the Black Dragon God Monarch rose to her feet, moving swiftly like a gust of wind, floating over to Qin Feng.
"Slap!"
A hefty slap landed on Qin Feng’s face.
Not too light, but not too heavy either.
Qin Feng’s face didn’t swell up from the slap, but rather showed a faint redness.
This confused Qin Feng, who looked bewilderedly at the Black Dragon God Monarch and asked, "Why did you slap me?"
Instead of explaining, the Black Dragon God Monarch countered, "What do you think?"
"What do I think? I have no idea! I don’t even know you, why would you just slap me for no reason?"
"Think about it yourself!"
Xue Xiaochan exploded with anger; she pointed at the Black Dragon God Monarch and demanded fiercely, "What right do you have to slap my husband?"
Now it was the Black Dragon God Monarch’s turn to be confused.
She looked at Bai Yuanming and asked, "What she referred to as ’husband’, what does that mean?"
"Your Highness, what she referred to as ’husband’ means ’lord and master’."
"Lord and master? You’re saying he’s your lord and master?" The Black Dragon God Monarch pointed at Qin Feng and asked Xue Xiaochan.
"Yes! He is my lord and master."
"I’ve waited for you for a thousand years, and you dare to take a mistress?" the Black Dragon God Monarch pointed at Xue Xiaochan and commanded Qin Feng, "Kill her right now!"
