What exactly was the relationship between Chu Sheng and the Ancestral Dragon?
As soon as those words fell, Lu Yang and the World Honored One both sank into brief silence. The atmosphere froze in that instant. Only after a long while did the World Honored One speak in a distant tone:
"You mean, they were partners?"
Lu Yang wore a grave expression. "Is that possible?"
This speculation would directly lead to a serious consequence, because of the Ancestral Dragon Bloodline! The First Generation Elixir Peak Master's plan could hardly function without its support.
If the Ancestral Dragon and Chu Sheng had been partners—
Then it could only mean that the Nascent Soul Pill plan had been exposed from the very beginning. It might even have been a plan that Chu Sheng had deliberately guided into being through the Ancestral Dragon's hand.
Just thinking about it was terrifying.
Faced with Lu Yang's question, the World Honored One did not answer immediately. Instead, he furrowed his brows and fell into a long silence. Only after quite some time did his brow finally relax.
"Not very likely."
"You do not understand the Ancestral Dragon's strength. If you added Chu Sheng to the equation, they could have swept across the Light Sea back then. No one could have stopped them."
Hearing this, Lu Yang grew curious. "Just how strong... was the Ancestral Dragon?"
"How strong?" The World Honored One smiled. "Before [Other Shore] was established, one only needed to remain at the perfected Golden Core stage to be considered a Dao Lord in the usual sense."
"Yet the Ancestral Dragon was different."
"By today's standards, even in that era before [Other Shore] had been born, the Ancestral Dragon's strength was enough to rival a modern Dao Lord!"
Such a stark comparison immediately made Lu