Uncovering Zi Yan's Origins, with Zi Yan as the Treasure Hunter

"Ancient Void Dragon?" Zi Yan tilted her little head and searched her memory, but naturally found nothing.

It was hardly her fault. She spent her days at Jia Nan Academy either eating or sleeping. Even if the academy had records on the subject, she had never had the patience to read them.

"That girl's true form is an Ancient Void Dragon!" Yao Lao's voice rang out in Xiao Yan's mind, unmistakable surprise in his tone.

He had traveled the continent in his youth and had naturally heard of the Beast Region's three great Magical Beast races: the Nine Netherworld Python, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and the most mysterious and powerful of all, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

"Then... do you know where my family is?" Zi Yan looked up at him. Her voice held a cautious glimmer of hope, threaded with a sadness she could barely hide.

From the moment she had hatched, she had lived alone in this world, never meeting a single relative who shared her blood.

With no family beside her, she had been forced to forage for food with her own small hands since she was little, and she had suffered plenty of bullying along the way.

If Su Qian had not taken her back to Jia Nan Academy, she might still be wandering some forgotten corner of the world.

That was why she wanted so desperately to grow up, to learn who she was, to find her family and ask them face-to-face why they had left her here alone.

The fragile hope in her eyes softened Xiao Yan's heart. He reached out and gently rubbed her head.

For once, Zi Yan did not dodge his hand. She sat still, as docile as a little animal.

"I do know a little about your origins. Most of