Cat?

Achoo!

Who was cursing Grandpa?

At Omphalos Academy, Ye Qiong leaned back in his chair and rubbed his nose.

As a Soul Saint, he no longer caught colds.

If he was sneezing, someone had to be cursing him.

Ye Qiong guessed it was Tang San and the others.

He had ruined Tang San's opportunity and knocked him and the others unconscious. They would definitely hold a grudge against him.

But Ye Qiong wasn't afraid of them.

He was powerful, and with Tribbie holding down the fort at the academy, no matter what they tried, they couldn't threaten him or anyone close to him.

Besides, earning Star Jade by completing missions was what he needed to focus on.

At that moment, the system panel floated before Ye Qiong.

[Star Jade Balance: 5000]

Seeing this, he immediately opened the Warp interface and lightly tapped it.

Five beams of light flashed in succession. In the final instant of the fiftieth pull, a golden light burst forth.

Another guaranteed pull.

But Ye Qiong narrowed his eyes, watching the silhouette slowly appear on the golden card.

Short silver-white hair, bright blue eyes, a pair of cat ears sticking out from either side of her hood, and a sly smile playing at the corners of her mouth.

Seeing her, the corners of Ye Qiong's mouth lifted.

"So it's her? How interesting."

The next morning,

Ye Qiong went to Tribbie's residence.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Tribbie sitting by the window, reading a book intently.

Sunlight streamed through the window and fell upon her, lending her an almost sacred air.

Ye Qiong stared for a moment.

Noticing him, Tribbie set down the book and turned to look at him.

"Dean?"

Ye Qiong naturally looked away and said,

"Um, sorry for the trouble, but could you take me to Star Luo City? And bring Aglaea along too. I need her with me this time."

Tribbie was a little puzzled, but she still nodded.

"Okay."

Half an incense stick later, a golden triangular gate opened before Ye Qiong.

Aglaea followed him through it.

The two of them landed steadily at the mouth of an alley on Star Luo City's East Street.

Once in Star Luo City,

Ye Qiong looked around.

He soon spotted a shopfront facing the street on the corner.

Aglaea looked at the familiar sign above the shop door, puzzled.

"Dean, what exactly did you bring me here for?"

The shop was part of her family's business. Her family dealt in tailoring, and their shops were spread across the continent.

Ye Qiong took several bolts of silk from his system inventory and set them on the shelves one by one.

"Keep watch here."

Aglaea's gaze fell on the bolts of silk.

"Keep watch for what?"

"A cat."

"A cat?" Aglaea grew even more confused.

Ye Qiong explained, "There's a little thief around Star Luo City who specializes in stealing valuables. And she's never been caught."

Aglaea's brow twitched.

"You want me to catch her?"

"No need to catch her. Just sit tight. She'll come to you."

"What makes you think she'll come here?"

Ye Qiong pointed at the silk.

"Because all the fabrics in this shop use a weaving technique found only in Doloss."

"Doloss?"

Aglaea had never heard of that place.

"It's where she grew up. A small town that was destroyed in a rebellion a few years ago."

At Ye Qiong's words, Aglaea fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"Alright, Dean. You're planning to recruit her into the academy, aren't you?"

Ye Qiong nodded, then turned and walked out of the shop.

"I'm going outside the city. I'll be gone for at least three days, at most five. I'm leaving the shop in your hands."

Aglaea didn't ask anything else.

Now that she understood what she was supposed to do, she naturally had to follow Ye Qiong's orders.

Before Ye Qiong returned,

she had to catch this "thief."

After leaving the city, Ye Qiong headed straight for Star Luo Lake.

It wasn't long before he reached the lake.

The surface was as still as a mirror.

Ye Qiong pulled up beside a pile of rubble on the shore.

He scanned the area, making sure no one was around, then moved the stones aside one by one.

Beneath them, he found a small formation.

Seeing it, Ye Qiong immediately channeled his Soul Power and slapped it.

The formation soon lit up with a flash of white light, rapidly swallowing Ye Qiong's figure.

When Ye Qiong appeared again, he was standing before a passageway.

The passage was dark and narrow. Ye Qiong took out a flashlight he had drawn.

After walking for nearly an incense stick's worth of time,

Ye Qiong finally emerged from the passage, and the space opened up before him.

A vast underground cavern stretched out before his eyes.

Countless crystals hung from its ceiling, gleaming with a faint blue light.

At the center of the cavern lay the enormous skeleton of a dragon.

Its bones were silver-white, still gleaming with a faint, warm luster despite the passage of countless years.

Seeing the dragon bones, a smile finally tugged at the corners of Ye Qiong's mouth.

"Found it."

Ye Qiong walked up to the dragon skeleton and placed his hand directly on its brow bone.

The next second, a warm sensation flowed from his palm into his body.

Soon, he felt his consciousness pulled into a boundless sea of silver stars.

Looking at the scene, Ye Qiong felt a sense of déjà vu.

Wasn't this the scene the Ice and Fire Dragon King had shown him earlier?

In the vision, ancient beasts poured out of the tidal rifts, while the dragon clan rushed forward one after another to fill them.

The Dragon Kings poured their last strength into the barrier. Their bodies crumbled and fell onto Douluo Planet, then sank to the bottom of this lake.

The memories ended there.

Ye Qiong returned from the sea of stars to reality. Looking at the dragon skeleton, he slowly breathed out.

He now knew that these bones belonged to the Space Dragon King.

Its lingering soul, however, had already burned away completely while mending the heavens.

But the power within the dragon bones themselves had not faded.

So Ye Qiong sat cross-legged before the skeleton and channeled his Soul Power, drawing upon the dragon bones.

The next moment, a silver-white light rose from their surface.

The light grew brighter and brighter, finally condensing into a pair of silver-white wings behind him.

External Soul Bone, Dragon Wings of Space!

Learning this, Ye Qiong's lips curled slightly. Then he closed his eyes again and continued absorbing the power.

Star Luo City, tailor shop.

It was already evening. Aglaea was looking down as she tidied a bolt of white satin.

Suddenly, she heard a soft sound at the entrance and quickly looked up.

A young woman was standing in the doorway.

She had short silver-white hair, a pair of cat ears sticking out from either side of her hood, and a long, slender tail behind her.

She wore a light black outfit, with a small blue pouch hanging at her waist.

When her gaze landed on the bolts of silk on the shelves, her eyes visibly lit up.

"This fabric..."

The young woman looked at Aglaea and asked without preamble,

"Is it from Doloss?"

At that, how could Aglaea not know who had come?

The target had appeared.

So Aglaea nodded. "It is."

The young woman's tail stiffened abruptly.

"How did fabric from Doloss end up in Star Luo City?"

Aglaea smiled faintly. "Of course..."