The vast sea of clouds stretched without end. From the tower, the mist within changed shape a hundred times in an instant, flowing without cease. Brilliant sunlight streamed through the gaps, leaving everything pure white and flawless. Only a single black line wound and swam through it, black scales reflecting the sky's light and occasionally flashing with sunset hues, strikingly conspicuous.
Yu Ci had been staring unblinkingly at that black line—Shan Gu. His burning gaze seemed to alert the fish-dragon as well. With another sweep of its long body, two golden lights tore through the clouds and met Yu Ci's eyes.
The golden light was fiercely dazzling, and Yu Ci could not help narrowing his eyes. In that instant, he knew that Shan Gu was completely different from before.
Shan Gu recognized this old acquaintance. Its long body coiled slightly, then it shot over like lightning.
At close range, Yu Ci saw more clearly. Two forked golden horns rose from the fish-dragon's fist-sized head, seemingly transparent, light flowing within them. More striking still, the structure of its face had changed drastically. Its snout protruded forward, whiskers drifted beside its lips, and when its mouth opened, cold light flickered within. Most important of all, where there had once been only two blurry fine lines, two slits had opened. Golden light flowed nimbly inside them, sharp as arrows when fierce.
Was this the final touch of becoming a dragon?
Not bad at all!
Yu Ci reached out, as he had before, to touch Shan Gu's head. The fish-dragon dodged, but then thrust its entire long body into the tower, circling around him again and again. Ignoring Shan Gu's size, the fish-dragon now resembled a large dog, repeatedly sniffing at its target. As for whether it was friendly or hostile—well, beauty lay in