After the main character who took the blame retired, the female lead quit.

On the way back to the cave, as a party involved and a participant in the entire incident from beginning to end, Long Wanyan knew far more than Xiao Yu, who was just watching the show from the hillside.

That deep pool was extraordinary, not only because its spiritual energy was denser than that of ordinary deep pools, but also because a drop of true dragon blood had dripped into it when the pit was formed.

It is not the blood of a dragon, but the essence of a true dragon, the blood of a true dragon who died far from home and never returned to the demon realm, yet dared to attempt to ascend to immortality by crossing the river.

However, that was hundreds or even thousands of years ago. As time passed, it was absorbed by the underground dragon veins, or by other dragons in the meantime.

The drop of essence blood has now been diluted to about the level of an ordinary drop of true dragon blood.

That ordinary drop of true dragon blood fell into the deep pool, settled at the bottom, and gave birth to this ancient dragon blood tree. The entire deep pool was like a huge, diluted dragon blood.

These two dragons, which roamed here, evolved one of them, one of which even silently reached the peak of the Golden Core realm.

If left unattended, once this dragon at the peak of the Golden Core stage swallows the Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit and breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, it will be able to absorb the diluted drop of dragon blood in the deep pool, and then its bloodline will undergo a transformation, allowing it to reach even greater heights.

At that time, a new dragon that had reached the Nascent Soul stage appeared in the five continents of the world. It is estimated that, driven by its bloodline, it will use this place as a starting point to emulate the true dragon that failed to cross the river and rush towards the demons and barbarians on the other side.

If it were to successfully cross the river, the demon race would possess a dragon at the Refining God Realm or even the Immortal Realm, leading to their great prosperity.

Unfortunately... that's impossible. This deep pool is destined to be connected to that golden dragon, and it is Long Wanyan's opportunity.

It was as if an unseen hand had planned everything, deliberately allowing Long Wanyan to discover the Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit hidden in the deep pool of the Little Azure Sky Mountain Range.

Then, through her, the dragon, a threat to the human race, will be eliminated.

The half-dragon whose head had been blown off by Long Wanyan fell to the bottom of the pool, which inadvertently stimulated the blood of the true dragon floating in the pool, causing it to gather and combine on its body, creating a Nascent Soul Realm dragon.

However, the half-dragon's soul had long since dissipated along with its head, which exploded like a watermelon. Therefore, the dragon blood only restored and healed its body, but it could not cure its dissipated soul.

Therefore, the Nascent Soul Realm dragon mentioned by the system is merely a facade, and its ability to devour Long Wanyan is based on its body's instinct to attract dragon blood.

Without a soul to control the body, relying on instinct, it can only exert the strength of the early stage of the Golden Core realm at best, far inferior to the initial peak of the Golden Core realm of the dragon.

Moreover, even a Golden Core Realm dragon only dares to confidently absorb and refine the true dragon blood after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, yet this small half-dragon absorbed it, although it did indeed reach the Nascent Soul Realm through this leap into the sky.

However, under the onslaught of internal energy, the half-dragon failed to digest the true dragon blood and instead caused its body to burst, thus benefiting the dragon Wanyan inside.

Hearing this series of coincidences, Xiao Yu, nestled in Long Wanyan's arms, shed tears of envy.

This luck.

When will he be as lucky as Long Wanyan?

However, upon further reflection, he realized he still had a whole bottle of true dragon blood in his hand, and instantly felt better.

It's just a drop. The true dragon blood in his hand, even if diluted for a bath, would be of better quality than this drop in the deep pool. After all, it has been washed in the pool for too long and was slowly absorbed by the two dragons' bodies while they were soaking in it. Its quality is definitely far inferior to the bottle of true dragon blood in Xiao Yu's hand.

Inside the cool mountain cave.

The campfire in the center of the cave was still burning brightly, its flames licking at the now completely dark night.

It was already past midnight. Xiao Yu and Long Wanyan had spent two hours traveling back and forth, and before they knew it, it was late at night.

As night fell, the bright moon slowly descended, and large swaths of dark clouds drifted by, blocking the moonlight. The world grew dim, as if shrouded in a thin black veil.

For a moment, the orange firelight illuminated the solid stone walls inside the small cave, making the shadows in the corners appear even deeper, and faintly revealing a warm yet enchanting atmosphere.

Xiao Yu and Long Wanyan, neither of them sleepy, began dividing the spoils.

Although Long Wanyan played a major role in killing the Golden Core Realm dragon and the half-dragon, while Xiao Yu watched the whole thing from the sidelines, Long Wanyan wouldn't have been able to achieve such a feat so easily without Xiao Yu's assistance.

Call ~

Two small, dark objects were thrown at him, and Xiao Yu, who had just lay back on the stone bed, instinctively reached out to catch them.

Then, looking through the orange flames, they saw two Dragon Blood Mystic Fruits, each the size of an adult man's fist.

"Here you go. You've helped me so much, you can't just leave me with nothing. Here are two 300-year-old Dragon Blood Mystic Fruits. Although they're a little smaller than the one I have, they're just right for you at your current Core Formation stage."

The Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit can greatly enhance a cultivator's physique; even eating it raw is quite effective. However, I suggest you go back and find a trustworthy alchemist to refine it into pills, as that will maximize the utilization of the Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit's medicinal effects.

Beside the campfire, Long Wanyan, having disarmed herself and sheathed her blood-red spear, was softly explaining to Xiao Yu. The bright firelight shone on her jade-like profile, and under her soft, silver-gray eyes, she gave Xiao Yu the feeling of a domestic wife giving advice to her unreliable husband.

If Long Wanyan were to become a Daoist partner, she might unexpectedly become a virtuous wife and loving mother, the kind who would take care of everything and obediently wait at home for her tired husband to return. She would also be the kind of wife whose husband is most easily seduced by other women and would be left to cry silently in the bedroom.

But... in reality, judging from Long Wanyan's strength, if her Daoist partner really dared to do that, he would probably be punished by kneeling on the spear shaft for a whole night, and the spear shaft would be red and hot from absorbing dragon blood.

Thinking of this, he quickly snapped out of his daze and banished the thought from his mind.

Long Wanyan had no idea what Xiao Yu on the stone bed was thinking. She paused for a moment in her unhurried tone, then continued to instruct Xiao Yu:

"If you refine one of these two Dragon Blood Mystic Fruits into a pill, you can get at least four or five pills. Four or five pills should be enough for your body to refine. Any more than that and your body will develop resistance, and the effect will be negligible."

Therefore, I suggest you take the other one to the auction house to sell. Nowadays, Dragon Blood Mystic Fruits that are over a hundred years old are becoming increasingly rare, and the price on the black market has already reached one hundred top-grade spirit stones.

Of course, if you're looking to give it as a gift, a Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit would be quite presentable.

Xiao Yu nodded and put the two Dragon Blood Mystic Fruits back into his storage ring; he did not refuse.

Even if he says no, Long Wanyan might force him to accept it, or even throw it into the fire to be destroyed, rather than accept it. She doesn't like owing favors, which can be seen from the fact that the weapon she uses is a spear.

People who use guns are often stubborn.

Lost in thought for a moment, Xiao Yu muttered to himself.

Chapter Fifty-Six, The Essence of Yin (A Long Chapter of 5,000 Words)

Seeing that Xiao Yu had put the two Dragon Blood Mystic Fruits she had given into his storage ring, Long Wanyan's expression softened slightly.

"Ye Ba...do you hate the Qingyun Floating Sect?"

Her eyes remained fixed on the campfire beside her, but she gently asked Xiao Yu a question.

The flames danced and swayed, as if leaping into her silvery-white eyes, which sparkled with dazzling brilliance.

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to realize that the Ye Ba that Long Wanyan had called out was referring to him.

"It's alright, not bad. It's a major sect! How could I dislike it? There are Golden Core elders everywhere. If I don't get along with them, wouldn't I, a Core Formation cultivator, be courting death?"

Xiao Yu replied in a joking tone.

"Is that so? It seems that Qingyun Fuzong has no grudge against you. In that case, may I invite you to become a guest elder of Qingyun Fuzong?"

"Guest? Elder? Me?"

After asking three questions in a row, Xiao Yu widened his eyes, pointed to himself with his index finger, and asked Long Wanyan for confirmation.

"Of course, but... not now. I mean, after you advance to the Nascent Soul Realm, you'll be nominally registered at the Azure Cloud Floating Sect. It's a sinecure, and you'll receive a monthly salary automatically. You don't need to worry about anything, and it won't have any impact on you or your sect."

Long Wanyan said earnestly that when she was swallowed by the Nascent Soul Realm dragon, she saw with her own eyes a silver light pierce through the dragon's body from the outside to the inside, and domineering ice covered the dragon's entire body. It was during this opportunity that she caught her breath, waved her spear, and finally came out of the dragon's mouth.

Compared to his incredible home-field advantage at night, Xiao Yu's natal flying sword's sharpness once again pushed Long Wanyan's limits on ordinary sword cultivators.

Keep in mind that it was the body of a Nascent Soul stage dragon. Although the scales were newly grown and not as hard as those of a real Nascent Soul stage dragon, they were still far from being easily pierced by the natal flying sword of a Core Formation stage sword cultivator.

Xiao Yu's future potential is estimated to be far higher than she expected; he might reach the Refinement of Spirit Realm, no... even the Immortal Realm is a possibility.

As for ascension... that's just a realm people talk about.

At least in all her years, Long Wanyan had never seen a living Ascension Realm expert.

Therefore, Xiao Yu's value in Long Wanyan's heart has increased to another level. She is not very sensitive to this aspect, but she knows that Xiao Yu is a rare talent and must be won over.

If those elders from her sect were here, they'd probably bang their heads against the wall and stop at nothing to get Xiao Yu to join the Qingyun Fu Sect, even if it meant sending him immortal weapons or fairies.

Long Wanyan felt that if she had the shamelessness of the former Qingyun Fuzong sect leader, she probably would have persuaded Xiao Yu to join the Qingyun Fuzong sect long ago.

This method isn't the most effective one right now, but it's the best one she can come up with so far.

As if lost in thought, the flames by the campfire seemed to fall on Long Wanyan's face, gradually turning it slightly red. She looked at Xiao Yu, waiting for his answer.

"Sure, but what if I don't break through to the Nascent Soul Realm? Will that mean my plans are ruined?"

"No, you will. I have high hopes for you. I believe you will catch up with me soon, and maybe by then you will be able to trample me underfoot."

Perhaps recalling the scene from back then, Long Wanyan gave herself a self-deprecating smile.

You think highly of me, huh?

Xiao Yu's lips curled into a slight smile in agreement. After thinking for a moment, he agreed. Anyway, it was just a sinecure that Long Wanyan had mentioned, and besides... he would be coming to Jumo Island later, so Long Wanyan probably wouldn't be able to find him even if she wanted to.

She can't just suddenly appear in front of him one day like Xia Nianmo, that burden, can she?

This is impossible……

With a soft chuckle, Xiao Yu looked at Long Wanyan, whose cheeks were slightly flushed.

Strange... why is her face so red?

"Okay, I'm glad you agreed. It's getting late, so you should get some rest and recover. We'll set off first thing tomorrow morning."

"it is good."

Xiao Yu nodded, closed his eyes, and began to ponder.

I have a feeling that something is not quite right.

The moonlight shining through the gap in the cave ceiling slowly faded, and drifting dark clouds obscured the moon tonight.

Without the moonlight to heal his wounds, Xiao Yu felt a little unaccustomed.

In front of the stone wall, Long Wanyan, as usual, sat cross-legged with her back against the wall to meditate and regulate her breathing.

She composed herself, staring silently at the bright red drop of blood between her brows.

In fact, she had a secret that she had never told anyone, a secret that even her master who raised her did not know. She did not seem to be a pure human. She seemed to have dragon blood in her body. She did not seem to be a half-demon who was a hybrid of human and dragon. She seemed to be a completely new race.

She recalled her reflection in the mirror late at night.

Dragon people...

She grew up in the Qingyun Floating Sect, how could she be related to the Dragon Clan?

She had personally asked her master about this matter.

"Hmm? Yan'er, you finally figured it out. Actually, I picked you up from the trash can... Hey hey... Put the gun down, cough cough... Okay, actually I carried you out of a secret place."

Her master, that old fellow, wouldn't say exactly what kind of secret realm it was, saying that she would be qualified to go once she reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and that she shouldn't ask about it before then.

In short, whether it's a dragon, a human, or a dragon-human.