Too Much Confidence Is Not a Good Thing, Dragon Girl Zi Yan!

In the void not far away,

Qing Luo, who had witnessed this scene, could not help the corners of his mouth twitching.

"So this is Zi Yan..."

Qing Luo was not surprised because he had encountered Zi Yan here. Rather, he had nearly made a grave mistake...

As a transmigrator,

Qing Luo knew that Zi Yan, the daughter of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, had been discovered by Su Qian of Jia Nan Academy and taken into the academy.

During his time at Jia Nan Academy, Qing Luo had specifically kept an eye out for her,

but he had found no trace of Zi Yan.

This had instinctively led Qing Luo to believe that Zi Yan had not yet arrived at Jia Nan Academy at this point.

Therefore,

when he slaughtered the Black-Corner Region, he had shown no restraint. He had gone all out, using the strength of a One-Star Dou Saint to unleash Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.

Qing Luo had done this

because he wanted to gauge the true combat power of this avatar after obtaining four Heavenly Flames and breaking through to Dou Saint.

He had completely overlooked

why Zi Yan had appeared at Jia Nan Academy...

Now that he had seen Zi Yan in the Black-Corner Region, Qing Luo finally realized

that, judging by the lifespan of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan,

Zi Yan was still in her juvenile stage.

There was simply no way she could have left Ancient Dragon Island on her own.

The Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had been trapped in the Flame Prison World beneath Jia Nan Academy, guarding the Dou Di Cave Mansion.

As the Dragon Emperor's daughter,

Zi Yan could only have appeared at Jia Nan Academy

by following the Dragon Emperor there.

It was even possible that when the Dragon Emperor had been trapped, Zi Yan had still been an unhatched dragon egg.

Otherwise,

there was no way to explain why the Dragon Emperor had been trapped in the Dou Di Cave Mansion for thousands of years, while this little girl was still in her juvenile stage and lacked even the most basic knowledge of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

According to Qing Luo's speculation,

before the Ancient Dragon Emperor had been trapped in the Dou Di Cave Mansion,

he had exhausted all his strength to send Zi Yan—or perhaps a dragon egg—out of the Flame Prison World, relying on the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's innate ability to control space.

He had placed that dragon egg somewhere within a folded space in the Black-Corner Region,

waiting for Zi Yan to hatch on her own.

That was why

Zi Yan, the dragon girl of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, had appeared in the Black-Corner Region...

Of course,

whether Zi Yan had been a dragon girl or a dragon egg when she had been separated from the Dragon Emperor was unimportant.

What mattered was

that Qing Luo, a transmigrator, had actually overlooked such an obvious detail.

If the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had not possessed an innate ability to control space,

then that Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus from earlier

would likely have sent this dragon girl of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan straight to meet her great-grandmother!

If Zi Yan had died,

then Qing Luo's plans to ally with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would have ended before they began. Not only would he have lost any chance of gaining the Ancient Void Dragon's help, he would also have made an enemy at the peak of the Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint realm.

"I've gotten too full of myself..."

The more Qing Luo thought about it, the more alarmed he became.

Ever since he had transmigrated here, Qing Luo had relied on his main body's identity as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and on his foreknowledge of the plot as a transmigrator.

He had always acted freely and recklessly, attacking the moment he met someone and never knowing how to rein in his edge.

Thinking about it now,

many of his previous actions had been rather rash, provoking plenty of unnecessary trouble.

For example,

when he had first entered the Pill Tower,

he had actually started a major fight there over the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

In the end, he had attracted the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Although the outcome had been good,

if Qing Luo had known how to restrain himself,

he could have brought up the matter of the Heavenly Flame after meeting the Pill Tower Ancestor and still obtained it...

There were also the matters involving the Flower Sect and Sound Valley.

When Qing Luo had parted ways with the Pill Tower Ancestor, he had believed that, given the Pill Tower Ancestor's status, persuading those two sects would not be a problem.

But thinking about it now,

that had been nothing more than Qing Luo's wishful thinking.

The situation in the Central Plains was far more complicated than he had imagined.

The Pill Tower was powerful,

but besides the Pill Tower, there was also the Hall of Souls, the Sky Yin Sect, and the Ancient Emperor Clans lurking in the shadows.

For all he knew, some faction might have an Ancient Emperor Clan standing behind it.

Even without an Ancient Emperor Clan as backing,

the Flower Sect and Sound Valley had always kept a low profile. Their restraint was not due to insufficient strength.

On the contrary,

for them to hold the status of two sects and three valleys in a place like the Central Plains, where powerful forces gathered like tigers, the strength of the Flower Sect and Sound Valley was beyond question.

Their low profile was more like a way of avoiding trouble and protecting themselves.

Joining the "Emperor Alliance"

meant standing against the Soul Clan.

Would the Flower Sect and Sound Valley truly risk offending the Soul Clan to join an organization that had suddenly appeared?

Even with the Pill Tower Ancestor persuading them,

the chances of them joining the Emperor Alliance were not high...

Qing Luo was currently in the Black-Corner Region, so even if he wanted to help with the Flower Sect and Sound Valley, there was little he could do.

What had happened had already happened. No amount of further thought would change anything.

What mattered was what came next.

With those previous mistakes as a warning,

Qing Luo recognized the flaws in his own character. From now on, especially when he went to the Xiao Family and faced the imperial daughter of the Gu Clan,

he needed to be cautious with every action and every word.

After pondering for a long time,

Qing Luo turned his gaze back to Zi Yan.

At this moment,

Zi Yan's sobbing had gradually weakened. Her mind had returned to searching for food, and she sniffed around the ground.

Buzz—

Ripples spread through the void.

Qing Luo stepped out of the void and appeared before Zi Yan.

When Zi Yan saw Qing Luo appear,

she instinctively showed the wariness expected of a Magical Beast.

She stared at Qing Luo for a moment.

Then,

she asked, "You were the one who released that fire just now, weren't you?"

Hearing this,

Qing Luo froze for a moment before casually asking, "How did you know?"

"I smelled it. You have the scent of that fire on you. Are you here to return my Purple Leaf Vine?"

Zi Yan tilted her head up.

When she mentioned the Purple Leaf Vine, Zi Yan puffed out her cheeks in anger and said,

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

Qing Luo asked curiously.

"Afraid of you? Why should I be?"

Zi Yan curled her lips and said confidently,

"I can tell that I can't beat you, and I can't run away either. If you want to kill me, there's nothing I can do. If you don't kill me, then you have to compensate me for my Purple Leaf Vine!"

Qing Luo: ...

Hearing Zi Yan's logic,

even though Qing Luo had been prepared, he still could not help feeling dizzy.

What kind of logic was that?

Still,

it fit Zi Yan's instincts as a Magical Beast.

Although Zi Yan was the dragon girl of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, her strength had only just entered the Dou Wang level. If Qing Luo made a move, she would have no chance of escaping.

"Fine. Come with me, and I'll give you food to make up for it."

Qing Luo said with a smile.

Then,

without paying Zi Yan any further attention, he tore open a spatial passage above Maple City and stepped inside alone.

Qing Luo was not worried that Zi Yan would leave.

Because the strong were respected; that was also the rule and instinct of Magical Beasts!

After Qing Luo disappeared,

Zi Yan looked at the spatial passage he had left behind and hesitated for a long while.

In the end,

Zi Yan pursed her lips and said,

"What is there to be afraid of? He owes me. I'm just taking back what belongs to me!"

As she spoke,

Zi Yan quickly followed after him and was swallowed by the spatial rift Qing Luo had torn open.

The next moment,

Qing Luo and Zi Yan appeared above Maple City at the same time.

Hiss—

Seeing the ruins of the massive city below, Zi Yan sucked in a sharp breath.

"Have you been here before?"

Seeing Zi Yan's expression, Qing Luo asked.

"No. I've seen this city from far away before. There was lots of delicious food inside, but I didn't dare come in. Now it's all destroyed. What a pity. If I'd known, I would have sneaked in and stolen some food back then!"

Zi Yan said regretfully.