Whoosh!
At the bottom level of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, waves of noise erupted from the passage leading to the Magma World.
Immediately afterward, four figures rushed out.
Lu Yunxiao took the lead, with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan at his sides.
Zhu Kun followed at the very back, utterly at ease.
"Yunxiao!"
Upon seeing Lu Yunxiao, Su Qian, Wu Hao, and the others who had been waiting outside all came forward to greet him.
"Yunxiao, did everything go smoothly on this trip?"
Su Qian could not help asking.
"It went smoothly. There were no complications."
Lu Yunxiao smiled faintly, then looked at Zhu Kun behind him and said, "This is Uncle Zhu Kun, the Old Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and Zi Yan's father."
"This is Grand Elder Su Qian. When Zi Yan was stranded outside all those years ago, he was the one who brought her back to Jia Nan Academy. It was because of that that Zi Yan and I were able to meet."
Lu Yunxiao introduced both sides, also mentioning Su Qian's care for Zi Yan along the way.
Sure enough, Zhu Kun, who had initially looked proud and had little interest in acknowledging Su Qian and the others, forced out a smile and nodded at Su Qian when he heard that Su Qian had shown Zi Yan kindness.
He understood the Ancient Void Dragon Clan far too well.
Proud as the clan was, it looked down on most people in the world.
Yet it still repaid kindness.
Or rather, given their pride, they disdained doing anything as disgraceful as repaying kindness with enmity.
The person Zhu Kun owed most was Zi Yan.
Upon hearing that Su Qian had shown Zi Yan kindness, no matter how proud he was, he could