The moment the man finished speaking!
Boom!
Boom! Boom!
Without warning, everyone he had brought along exploded like firecrackers being set off!
Feng Xian was stunned too!
Had these people been struck by divine retribution?
The next second, a figure suddenly appeared before him.
Feng Xian racked his memory, but couldn't recall ever meeting this person!
What's more, he had never known anyone so powerful!
"Thank you for saving my life, sir. May I ask your name..."
"If you want to know, take this and go to Misty Cloud Mountain in the Jia Ma Empire on the Northwest Continent!"
Xiao Xuan tossed him a Jade Tablet, then vanished once more!
Feng Xian was left staring in confusion.
"The Northwest Continent? The Jia Ma Empire?"
"Big Brother Xiao Xuan, where are you taking me?"
Zi Yan looked up at Xiao Xuan.
"Are we just going to watch you kill someone, save someone, then kill someone else and save them too?"
"That's so boring!"
Zi Yan was a little unhappy.
She was almost out of the pills she'd brought!
"I'm taking you to find something that can help you grow up faster."
"Where is it?"
"In a very well-hidden place!"
Xiao Xuan remembered that the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit was in an ancient ruin somewhere in the Beast Domain of the Central Plains.
With Zi Yan, Xiao Xuan searched and traveled through the spaces of the Beast Domain.
Meanwhile.
In the Void Space somewhere in the Central Plains!
An immense island floated in the boundless void!
On a mountain peak on the island!
Three figures stood!
One of them said gravely, "Did you sense it? This... this seems to be the Dragon Emperor Bloodline!"
"Thousands of years! I never thought... I never thought we'd sense the Dragon Emperor Bloodline again!"
The white-robed elder beside him was so moved that tears welled in his eyes.
"Heiqing, go out and find this lord who bears the Dragon Emperor Bloodline. I'll leave it to you."
"Rest assured, Elder Zhu Li. Heiqing will see the mission through!"
Heiqing accepted the order, turned, and plunged into the Void Space, disappearing from sight.
"I hope Heiqing can safely bring this Dragon Emperor back to us!"
Elder Zhu Li's expression was grave.
The black-robed elder nodded. "Indeed. Our Ancient Dragon Island has been divided for so many years, and sealed away for just as long. We truly need a Dragon Emperor to lead us!"
"Otherwise, the Dou Qi Continent will soon forget that our Ancient Void Dragon Clan even exists!"
The East Dragon Island had sensed the appearance of this Dragon Emperor Bloodline, and naturally, so had the people of the Three Dragon Islands of West, South, and North!
For that reason, several elders from the Three Great Dragon Islands gathered together—a rare occasion.
They discussed what to do.
Qian Xuan of North Dragon Island said gravely, "Everyone, what do you make of this Dragon Emperor Bloodline that's suddenly appeared, even though it should have vanished thousands of years ago?"
Xia Ao of West Dragon Island frowned. "Could the Old Dragon Emperor have returned?!"
He had heard the Old Dragon Emperor was a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint, a true top powerhouse on the continent!
The Ancient Void Dragons of that era had been so powerful largely because he had held them together!
Ever since he mysteriously disappeared, the strength of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had declined considerably.
"I don't think so. He's been gone for thousands of years. He may well have perished long ago!"
Man Yan of South Dragon Island thought it over, then firmly shook his head.
If the Old Dragon Emperor were still alive...
Why hadn't he come back?
Did he not want to come home?
After discussing it for a while, they all agreed that this newly appeared Dragon Emperor Bloodline was most likely descended from the Old Dragon Emperor's offspring, left behind all those years ago!
It might not be very powerful!
Now was the perfect time to kill it.
The representatives of the Three Great Dragon Islands reached an agreement at once. They decided to join forces for the time being and find the Ancient Void Dragon who possessed the Dragon Emperor Bloodline.
Then kill him!
Afterward, they would gradually devour East Dragon Island!
And settle the question of supremacy!
Of course, since they could sense the bloodline, they realized that the people of East Dragon Island must have sensed it too!
So the Three Dragon Islands of West, South, and North each sent two Peak Dou Zun powerhouses to intercept and kill the target!
Who could possibly stop them?!
Skeleton Mountain Range!
Deep within the Beast Domain's hundred-thousand mountains.
It was said the place got its name because countless beast bones had been discarded there.
The air was thick with the faint stench of rotting flesh.
Zi Yan wrinkled her nose, crossed her arms, and grumbled, "Ugh, it stinks. Why are we here? There's nothing fun about this place."
"I told you, I'm taking you to find something good that'll help you grow!"
Xiao Xuan was at a loss too.
Zi Yan pointed at the stark white bones below and said with disgust, "Don't tell me you're planning to stew those bones and make me drink the soup. Ugh... I'd rather die!"
"..."
Xiao Xuan was at a loss for words.
He tore open space and brought Zi Yan into the ruin.
When they appeared again, they were already deep inside a forest.
Xiao Xuan turned and asked with a smile, "Zi Yan, can you sense it now?"
"Huh! I... I think I can smell the faintest trace of medicinal herbs!"
Zi Yan's pretty nose twitched slightly.
Delight appeared on her little face.
"Hehe, you really didn't lie to me!"
Xiao Xuan shook his head helplessly.
Soon, they arrived before a huge stone door.
Xiao Xuan casually pointed, blasting the stone door into powder!
Zi Yan rushed inside, unable to wait another second!
Xiao Xuan followed close behind.
"Wow! Now this is a good place!"
Zi Yan cried out. Countless little stars already sparkled in her eyes.
She was practically drooling!
She hadn't expected that behind the stone door lay not a stone chamber, but a forest made entirely of all kinds of precious medicinal herbs!
The energy was rich—exactly what Zi Yan needed!
"Slurp!"
Zi Yan wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and shot into the pile of herbs. She grabbed them at random and stuffed them into her mouth!
She looked like she hadn't eaten in ten days!
Xiao Xuan said, "...These things are mine. Your things are still farther inside!"
"Big Brother Xiao Xuan... you're so stingy. There's so much... what's wrong with me eating a little?"
Zi Yan grumbled around a mouthful, her hands never slowing.
Xiao Xuan could only laugh helplessly.
With a wave of his sleeve, he swept all the herbs into the Heavenly Tomb!
Zi Yan opened her mouth and bit at the herbs in her hand, only to bite at empty air!
She ended up biting nothing at all!
Zi Yan puffed up angrily. "Big Brother Xiao Xuan, how could you do that? I almost bit my own hand!"
"Enough, enough. Let's go! The real good stuff is inside!"
"If you dare lie to me... I... I'll bite you to death!"
Zi Yan brandished her claws and made a show of it.
"Fine, fine. If you can bite through me, go ahead."
After that, along the way, Xiao Xuan only collected medicinal herbs and pills that contained energy.
As for Dou Techniques and cultivation methods, he didn't take a single one.
He didn't need them.
They reached the center of the forest and found an altar!
On the altar stood a small tree as thick as a thumb, coiled like a giant dragon! A fruit of gold and purple hung from its branches!
One could just make out a tiny dragon, shrunk countless times over, on one half of the fruit!
On the purple half, a phoenix spread its wings and danced!
"Why does that fruit feel so familiar?" Zi Yan murmured.
The fruit suddenly shone with a burst of light!
Then a voice rang out.
"Heh heh, after thousands of years, I've finally waited for you, my kin!"
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