Within the grotto-heaven, a strange scene unfolded.
Ye Jingcheng said nothing, and neither did the Earth Dragon Demon King.
The two simply stood facing each other from afar. Beneath the sunlight, both figures seemed somewhat transcendent.
Everyone found it rather strange, wondering whether the blood pact had failed.
But the blood pact failures they remembered had not looked like this.
Yet anyone observant enough could see that the Earth Dragon Demon King was still trembling faintly—a rare sight—and countless thoughts flickered through its eyes.
Ye Jingcheng could already sense the Earth Dragon Demon King's thoughts constantly shifting from fury to calm, then from calm back to fury.
In the span of merely dozens of breaths, that shift had repeated itself over a hundred times.
This alone showed that the Ye Family's precautions had truly been necessary.
The Earth Dragon Demon King might not have harbored any intention of harming the Ye Family, but if it became a demon emperor, broke free of the beast tide, and entered the mountains or an island to become a demon emperor ruling one domain, the Ye Family truly would have had no way to deal with it.
At last, the Earth Dragon Demon King glanced at the Twin-Headed Turtle, seemingly recalling that the Twin-Headed Turtle had only recently joined the Ye Family. A trace of annoyance flashed through its eyes before it finally looked at Ye Jingcheng.
After staring for a long time, it could not help but lower its proud head.
Only after a long while did it squeeze out a sentence.
"You truly are the most talented of the Ye Family!"
The Earth Dragon Demon King spoke blandly, then descended to one side.
It assumed the appearance of cultivating.
Yet Ye Jingcheng knew that the Earth Dragon Demon King was still struggling