"This little thing." Qingqing laughed and picked him up from the grass, setting him on her lap and gently stroking his snowy white fur as though petting a cat.
Keke did not resist either. He narrowed his eyes in comfort, his little paws still loosely clutching the spirit fruit. Before long, he curled up in her arms and fell fast asleep, letting out soft snores.
The whole table was filled with warmth.
Just then, Wang Xuan set down his wine cup.
"Your village is remarkable."
The seemingly abrupt remark brought all laughter at the table to a halt.
Everyone turned their eyes toward him. This Ancestral Dragon had always been aloof, yet every word he spoke carried deeper meaning.
"An Ancestral Dragon once dwelled in this village."
"There is an exceptionally pure Dragon Qi here, and it also touches upon deeper mysteries of the laws."
Xiao Chen and Qingqing exchanged a glance, their expressions both somewhat strange.
Dragon Qi? Could he be talking about himself?
"Not me."
Wang Xuan saw through their thoughts at a glance. He shook his head, his words firm and forceful.
"The one who dwelled here should have been a Progenitor Dragon, unimaginably stronger than an Ancestral Dragon."
Taihao's hand, which had been stroking his beard, froze in midair.
Wang Xuan had already confirmed that Ancestral Dragon Village was indeed connected to the One True World.
He even suspected that if any Emperor still existed in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, they could recover their true Emperor-level strength and endure forever simply by finding Ancestral Dragon Village.
If Little Stone Emperor had chosen to break through in this village, perhaps he would not have needed to bury himself and pursue the Dao through a corpse.
"Ancestral Dragon." Taihao leaned forward unconsciously, his expression grave. "What exactly