The Dragon Clan's Expectations

Huang Ting finally caught his breath and explained, "Brother Zhang Shuai, Patriarch Ao Yan ordered the entire Dragon Clan to mobilize and search the dangerous lands throughout the Primordial World for all kinds of rare spiritual materials you need for cultivation. The Scorching Sun Desert is rich in Profound Moon Lunar-Ice Crystals. We had searched here for several days, but who would have thought we would run into the demon kings of the Shaking Mountain Ape and Peacock clans? They have long been blood enemies of the Dragon Clan. Seeing that we were few in number, they harbored evil intentions and sought to kill us all."

Zhang Shuai was stunned upon hearing this. He had never expected that Huang Ting and the others had ventured so deeply into this deadly place and fallen into danger because they were searching for cultivation resources for him. This was no small kindness.

Looking at the six battered and wounded people before him, Zhang Shuai knew that the search for Profound Moon Lunar-Ice Crystals could only be set aside for now.

He immediately decided, "So that's how it is... I've implicated you fellow cultivators this time. This is not a place to linger. I'll take you back to the Ten-Thousand Dragons Nest at once!"

With a sweep of his sleeve, a gentle yet vast force enveloped Huang Ting and the other five. He then activated the Void Star-Encompassing Mirror, and his figure vanished from the blazing desert.

In the next instant, everyone appeared at the Dragon Clan's Ten-Thousand Dragons Nest.

Huang Ting and the other five each returned to their cave dwellings to enter seclusion and heal their injuries, while Zhang Shuai headed straight for Dragon Emperor Hall to meet Patriarch Ao Yan.

Inside the secret chamber, Zhang Shuai and Patriarch Ao Yan sat