Hei Qing was quite surprised by Xiao Heng. This young man was even stronger than he had imagined, and seemed to be improving at an astonishing rate.
What amazed him most were the two Ancient Void Dragon corpses. They truly seemed to have been refined by this man—and perfectly refined at that. Xiao Heng indeed carried a faint aura of an Ancient Void Dragon.
But he was clearly a pure human! That alone was strange enough. Such a person seemed never to have appeared in history before.
Even the descendants of unions between humans and Ancient Void Dragons did not seem to be like this.
"Brother Xiao Heng, may I ask something presumptuous? Did your parents or ancestors perhaps have Ancient Void Dragon blood?"
Xiao Heng froze for a moment, then understood what Hei Qing meant. He shook his head. "No. I'm a pure human. As for this aura..." Xiao Heng paused briefly before continuing, "You can consider it a fortunate coincidence."
"Oh, I see!" Hei Qing nodded slightly upon hearing this and did not press the matter. Everyone had their own secrets. He had neither the need nor the right to get to the bottom of every question.
The three traveled through the Space Passage. Come to think of it, this was Xiao Heng's first time covering such a long distance over such a long period while opening a Space Passage as he went.
Still, with his current control over space, it was not particularly difficult. There simply had never been any need to do so. Besides, traveling freely through space could easily lead to losing one's direction. Once one became lost in the void, even a Dou Zun would be helpless. The only reason they dared travel this way now was because Hei Qing was leading them. He