"So, you need to gather the Purple Carp Clan and the Carp-Jiao Clan in the East Sea. They have great potential. You must teach them the True Dragon Path!" Ye Qin said to Ao Ling.
"Mm, Brother Xiaoyao, are you leaving? I..." Ao Ling had wanted to say that she would travel with Ye Qin, but then remembered her ideals and the reason she had first set out to adventure. For a moment, the words reached her lips but could not be spoken.
"Hehe, Ling'er, don't worry. Once I find Yingzhou, I'll return to Xiaoyao Island. By then, I can build a Spatial Rift leading to Xiaoyao World here, and come back whenever I want. And once the True Dragon Realm of Xiaoyao World is opened, you'll be able to reach my side through Xiaoyao World whenever you wish!" Ye Qin comforted her.
"Really? That's wonderful! I'll definitely work hard to cultivate the True Dragon Path. Just wait—when we meet again, I'll be much stronger. I haven't even cultivated one ten-thousandth of the True Dragon Path yet!" Ao Ling said happily.
Before leaving, Ye Qin called Xuan Kong and Xuan Ling to his side.
"Master, give me a hug!"
Xuan Kong and Xuan Ling were, respectively, a highly intelligent spirit monkey and an Innate Fire Crane. By a fortunate coincidence, they had overheard Ye Qin's path of transformation and awakened very early. Yet for all these countless years, they had not cultivated any techniques, merely allowing the Primordial World's Spiritual Energy to temper their bodies.
This had been intentional on Ye Qin's part. At the time, the foundation of his own Xiaoyao Supreme Dao had not yet formed, and the Dao methods he had absorbed were incomplete. He had intended to give Xuan Kong and Xuan Ling powerful cultivation methods,