Splash Effect
Upon being enlightened by the value of such a scale on his hand, Ye Ming was dumbfounded.
'Damn, I worked so hard writing a bunch of word counts on Earth, but this tiny little scale is worth more than my entire tribulation.' For some reason, he felt angry that such a valuable item was just something taken off from Elder Dragon.
He browsed through his sea of memories and realized a scale from the Elder Dragon was no different than the fingernails of a human.
In other words, it was regrowable and completely negligible if losing a few. Naturally, when he meant losing a few, he meant clipping and trimming the fingernails that grew too long.
The more he thought about it, the more infuriated he was at the Elder Dragon.
'This damn slumbering Elder Dragon is rich just by removing one scale. Why do I have to suffer while this old bastard gets to enjoy life?' An insidious thought quickly arose from Ye Ming's mind.
His devious expression startled the Elder Dragon. As for Qing Lan, she cleverly chose to remain still and be on standby.
At the very least, she knew the devious intent wasn't directed at her.
'Forgive me Elder Dragon, but I'm invisible here.' Qing Lan completely turned a blind eye to the Elder Dragon's plight.
Although the Elder Dragon secretly peeked at her and even tried to use the sound transmission to communicate with her, Qing Lan feigned deaf.
'Oi, you're not really going to let the Young Master torture this old bone, right?' The Elder Dragon cried inwardly. Nothing was more frustrating than having an opponent you cannot harm or disobey at all.
"Ahem, are the two of you thinking that I'm ignorant?" Ye Ming suddenly cleared his throat and glared at the Elder Dragon. "Does it look like I don't know sound transmission? You can forget about asking Qing Lan for help when she's under me."
"..."
Helpless, the Elder Dragon went to his knees, kissed his forehead on the ground, and pleaded for mercy.
"Young Master, please forgive my offense."
"Oh, so you know what your offense is, right?"
"Yes, I shouldn't have rudely spoken to the Young Master."
That was the only thing Elder Dragon believed to be his mistake.
After all, who in this entire world dared to be disrespectful to Ye Ming aside from Ye Xuan occasionally? But even then, Ye Xuan still needed to tread carefully because the biggest and baddest boss in this world was actually Ye Qing Lei.
Anyone who offended Ye Qing Lei could just kiss their life goodbye. Without even needing to lift a finger, anyone who was a subordinate of Ye Qing Lei would hunt after them. Additionally, Ye Xuan wouldn't forgive anyone who dared to slight his beloved wife.
This was also the story of how he, the Elder Dragon became trapped in this pool and offered up his essence to nurture the younger generation.
He was haughty and arrogant in the past. Therefore, when he encountered Ye Qing Lei who had entered his hideout and kindly asked for a few of his scales.
He snorted and told her to scram in response to such audacity. How dare she enter his territory unannounced and even dare to request such a thing?
Yet never did he anticipate that his remark had reached the ears of many. Within a few days, he was besieged and thrashed horribly before being presented as a gift to Ye Qing Lei.
Since then, Elder Dragon had been subdued by Ye Qing Lei and dared not go against her.
The fear of being tied up, his cultivation nearly crippled, his scales being threatened to be ripped apart bloodily, and becoming a puppet. All of these combined could be achieved by a single command of Ye Qing Lei.
"Enough with your kneeling and pleading for mercy." Ye Ming snorted coldly. "Take off your scales and craft an armor for me so that I won't feel any pain during the cleansing. I'm sure you won't complain about that, right?"
Startled, the Elder Dragon could only smile bitterly.
Did he dare to refuse this Young Master?
Ye Qing Lei was gentle in nature, but this Young Master clearly screamed unreasonably and arrogantly.
"I shall do it right away." Elder Dragon quickly got up and was about to peel off his scales.
"Hold up. Go back down to where you come from to peel. Does it look like I want to see an old bone peeling off their scales?" Ye Ming exclaimed and turned his attention to Qing Lan once again to heal his eyesight.
"Ugh, so many protagonists would have encountered a sexy dragon, but I have the luck of meeting an old bone. Qing Lan, do I have any fortune or am I just straight-up unlucky forever?" He pouted and hugged her thighs to complain.
"Young Master's fortune is unparalleled." Qing Lan cleverly responded, not minding his action a bit.
Meanwhile, the Elder Dragon nearly puked out blood and received a backlash from hearing such a statement.
Was it his fault that he was born male?
And what did he mean by old bone?
'This Elder Dragon is still young at heart. I just want to be addressed as Elder because it sounded cool and held more seniority.' The Elder Dragon cried inwardly in frustration. This was a really hateful moment, but one he couldn't do anything about.
As he sulkingly transformed back into his majestic dragon form, he dove straight inside the pool, causing a big splash.
The splash was big and loud, with the intent of dowsing Ye Ming in the process.
Instantly, Qing Lan's eyes narrowed and she extended her silk which quickly expanded and blocked the droplets of liquid.
Once the splash effect was resolved, Qing Lan turned around and asked, "Are you alright, Young Master?"
"Yeah, I'm alright, but you should stay in your current position and don't move. I'm trying to record this scene to my memory." Ye Ming rubbed his chin softly.
Confused, Qing Lan glanced down at her clothes, only to realize it was drenched, wet, and transparent. "Right… the cleansing pool liquid is special. I can block off the surface liquid, but not the essence."