You Still Say You're Not a Primordial Great Expert!

"Really hits the spot."

"Alright, now that you're full, tell me where you came from."

"Hmph, hmph~~~ I am Ao Xin, Daughter of Ancestor Dragon, destined to inherit the position of Dragon Clan Lord. Valley Master, I will remember the kindness you showed in offering Merit Ingredients. From now on, you will be an honored guest of our Dragon Clan..."

Smack—

Qin Xi gave Ao Xin's little head a chop, interrupting her.

Could this Little Dragon Girl have eighth-grader syndrome? He had never heard that Ancestor Dragon had a daughter, and becoming the Dragon Clan's ruler was even more absurd. By the time of Journey to the West, the Four Seas Dragon Kings had practically become people anyone could push around.

As for "Merit Ingredients"?

Don't think you can fool me just because I have no cultivation.

I eat sweet potatoes every day, but I've never seen myself ascend to immortality.

"It hurts..."

Ao Xin covered her head with her little hands and pouted.

It had clearly only been an ordinary tap. With her current Early Earth Immortal cultivation, coupled with the Dragon Clan's naturally powerful physique, it should not have hurt at all.

Yet before the Valley Master, those abilities seemed to have no effect whatsoever.

"Forget it. I won't ask about your origins either."

"As long as you don't cause trouble, you can stay in The Valley for a while."

"Since the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation, I have lived in seclusion here. In the entire Primordial World, this is the only safe place. Even if Primordial Phoenix and First Qilin came knocking, it would be useless."

"..."

Qin Xi drained the last drop of wine, a faintly tipsy look on his face as he spoke.

He could not guarantee anything else, but within the Heavenly Dao Dojo, let alone Primordial Phoenix and First Qilin, even the future Six Sages of the Primordial World or Hongjun, who had fused with the Heavenly Dao, would be equally useless.

Ao Xin froze slightly. Primordial Phoenix and First Qilin were beings capable of matching Ancestor Dragon, their strength at the pinnacle of Quasi-Sage!

Yet the Valley Master clearly had no fluctuations of mana around him, and his physique looked frail beyond measure. Still, he was so confident. That ordinary hand chop earlier had even made her feel pain.

Combined with those incomparably precious "Merit Ingredients"...

All at once, Ao Xin seemed to think of something. Light flashed in her lively eyes.

Could it be...

The Valley Master was a legendary Primordial Great Expert?!

He simply did not wish to involve himself in the war between the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans, so he had secluded himself here several epochs ago.

"Sen... Senior..."

"What senior? I've merely lived a little longer. I'm actually very weak—I can't even beat a Shrimp Soldier."

Qin Xi laughed dumbly and waved his hand.

He knew his own strength very well. Once he left the Heavenly Dao Dojo, the aftershock of any random battle could kill him. He had no right to be proud or complacent.

Naturally, Ao Xin did not believe Qin Xi's "modesty" in the slightest.

If the Valley Master truly had no strength, how could he possess "Merit Ingredients" and pay no heed to Primordial Phoenix or First Qilin? He even had the Jade Rabbit Clan serving under him.

Although the Jade Rabbit Clan had extremely poor innate foundations, and it was nearly impossible for more than a few Human Immortals to emerge among them.

Yet this transformed Jade Rabbit beside her clearly radiated an aura comparable to a Dragon Clan Great Luo Golden Immortal. Ao Xin did not believe that was merely an accident.

Right!

The Valley Master must have wanted to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, unwilling to have his peaceful life disturbed, which was why he refused to admit his identity.

If she forcibly exposed the Valley Master's identity as a Primordial Great Expert and dragged him into the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation, it would surely provoke his displeasure. If this peerless expert then joined the Phoenix or Qilin Clan's camp, the loss would outweigh the gain.

"..."

Looking at Ao Xin's expression, Qin Xi more or less knew what this Little Dragon Girl was thinking.

Though she was a dragon, she was ultimately just a child who had only recently been born. She did not yet know how to hide her emotions. She clearly did not believe what he had said.

These days, no one even believed the truth. It was truly too hard.

I really am not a Primordial Great Expert!

"Um..." Ao Xin looked somewhat reserved.

"There's no need to be so reserved. You can treat me as an older brother," Qin Xi said gently.

"May I ask what the Merit Ingredients we ate earlier were?"

"?"

"Ah, ah, ah, I was just a little curious. If that was offensive, then just pretend I never said anything..."

As if realizing something, Ao Xin hurriedly added.

A treasure like "Merit Ingredients" would incite countless people to fight over it anywhere. If she asked about its origins right away and the Valley Master mistook her for someone coveting it, that would be bad.

"Sweet potatoes are a high-yield, highly adaptable food crop."

"Sweet... potatoes?"

It was a very ordinary name, nothing special about it. She had not even heard of it before.

As Daughter of Ancestor Dragon, Ao Xin had possessed remarkable inherited knowledge and intelligence from birth. Naturally, she knew of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots.

Green Lotus, Peaches of Immortality, Ginseng Fruit, Yellow Middle Plum, Green Willow, Bitter Bamboo, Gourd, Immortal Apricot, Fusang, Five-Needle Pine!

Yet she had never heard of "sweet potatoes."

"I've also planted potatoes, corn, rice, wheat, highland barley, sugarcane, apple trees..."

Qin Xi listed them as if they were family treasures.

These were all rewards he had obtained after choosing to "live in seclusion in the mountains and forests." There were seventy or eighty kinds in total, perhaps.

Though they were merely ordinary ingredients, after the Human Race came into being, they could at least solve the problem of food. They would no longer need to live in fear while hunting for sustenance.

"Are all of these the same as sweet potatoes?!"

"Yeah, they're all ordinary ingredients. They taste pretty good, though."

"???"

There were at least seventy or eighty kinds of Merit Ingredients of the same grade, yet the Valley Master possessed all of them!

At that thought, Ao Xin felt dizzy. Just how enormous a fortune was this? It was enough to support the rise of an entire clan. Whichever clan obtained these could pin the other two clans to the ground and beat them senseless.

After all, who could withstand the large-scale cultivation of mid-level forces at the Golden Immortal and Taiyi Golden Immortal levels?!

And these precious "Merit Ingredients" were merely ordinary ingredients in the Valley Master's eyes. Then if they were "precious ingredients"...

Ao Xin did not dare imagine it. They were probably enough to rival the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots, perhaps even more effective than them.

Valley Master, and you still say you're not a Primordial Great Expert!