Dragon-Luck Sword Embryo

Ji Yuan had not expected Dong Qian's first act after emerging from seclusion to be visiting him.

The moment she saw him, she rushed forward and hugged him.

Ji Yuan had meant to dodge, but seeing his senior sister weep with joy, he could not bring himself to move away.

He knew Dong Qian only wanted someone to share her excitement and happiness. She had no other intentions.

After the hug, Dong Qian wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and let go, her cheeks faintly flushed.

"Junior Brother Ji, th-thank you," Dong Qian said, her voice trembling.

"You're too kind, Senior Sister."

Ji Yuan sat down nearby and asked with a smile, "How does Foundation Establishment feel?"

Dong Qian sat opposite him. Now that she had succeeded, even the skin on her face seemed firmer, and her earlier gloom had vanished.

"How does it feel?"

Her expression gradually settled. "Honestly, I don't feel all that different. What about you, Junior Brother Ji?"

"Me?"

The question caught Ji Yuan off guard. No one had asked him that since his own Foundation Establishment. Thinking it over, perhaps feeling nothing in particular was normal.

He had managed it just before the Nine Nether Grotto-Heaven opened. Then, the moment he came out, the Profound Water True Person—who should now be called his "dear Sect Master Uncle"—had been waiting to block his way.

Hua Yaoyue had come to his rescue afterward.

So, for Ji Yuan, Foundation Establishment had truly begun to feel real the moment Hua Yaoyue took him as her disciple.

From that moment on, he had known he had someone powerful backing him in the Water Dragon Sect.

"Not much, really. I cultivated all day before Foundation Establishment, and I still cultivate all day now."

Ji Yuan almost added, "What