"Dragon Ancestor?!"
Everyone attending the birthday banquet saw the peerlessly beautiful woman in a black dress standing quietly before the Old Dragon Emperor. They sprang to their feet in unison, eyes wide and faces full of disbelief.
Several sea-folk dignitaries were so shocked they couldn't even maintain their human forms. With a bang, they reverted to their original forms, their enormous bodies throwing the entire Dragon Palace into chaos.
Ao Ling was renowned throughout the Eastern Sea, and portraits of her were widely circulated. Those qualified to attend the birthday banquet were all prominent figures in the Eastern Sea; every one of them had seen her portrait.
Among the deep-rooted sea-folk clans, some of whose ancestors had included demigods, there were even records of demigod ancestors being defeated by Ao Ling.
The Phoenix Ancestor had also publicly announced at the founding ceremony of the Demon Nation that she and the Dragon Ancestor were both wives of the Qilin Immortal.
With one identity layered upon another, how could anyone not be shocked?
"Good heavens, she looks exactly like the figure in the ancient painting. She really is the Dragon Ancestor!"
"How could the Dragon Ancestor have appeared here?!"
"Is this the thing the Three Mountains Daoist said was connected to the Dragon Ancestor?!"
"Connected to her? This is far more than that!"
"Truly worthy of being the leader of us Eastern Sea humans—he actually found the Dragon Ancestor, who had been missing for three hundred thousand years!"
"Ancient cultivators are emerging one after another. The great age has arrived!"
Listening to one exclamation and compliment after another, Mr. Listen-to-the-Sea and Venerable Six Harmonies wore bewildered expressions. Each slapped himself, then turned to look at the Dragon Ancestor, who was still standing there.
Was the poison from this Taixu Immortal Grass really