"Is that true? That Great Void Stage cultivator actually slew the Earth Demon Dragon outright?" An aged voice suddenly thundered out, making the entire hall hum!
Inside a lavishly decorated hall, Hongyu was speaking respectfully to a tall old man. His skin was blue and resembled fish scales, three white tufts of goatee adorned his fierce-looking face, and he wore armor shimmering with blue light...
"It is! This junior saw it with his own eyes!" Hongyu said gravely. "But Li Xiaoya has already left the Yellow Ridge Gate! Senior Hao Ling, that fellow probably won't return!" After a moment's hesitation, he took a small green jade bottle from his robes-the very bottle containing the Earth Demon Dragon's essence blood-and respectfully offered it to the blue-skinned cultivator named Hao Ling. "This is the Earth Demon Dragon essence blood refined by the Yellow Ridge Gate! Please have a look, Senior Hao Ling!"
"Hmm? What astonishing bloodline power!" Hao Ling accepted it, opened it, and exclaimed after a glance. Then he murmured, "Incredible! This Earth Demon Dragon truly was extraordinary. Even I could make great use of this essence blood!" Noticing Hongyu's nervous expression, he suddenly returned the bottle and smiled. "Rest assured. Useful as it might be, there's far too little of it! It isn't worth this old man changing his bloodline!"
"Hehe! If you wanted it, Senior Hao Ling, this junior would gladly offer it as a token of respect!" Hongyu laughed awkwardly, reaching out to put the little bottle away...
"What a pity! There's considerable bad blood between this old man and the Yellow Ridge Gate..." Hao Ling paid his actions no mind and frowned. Then, as though remembering something, he declared with absolute confidence, "Still, sooner or later, the Yellow Ridge Gate will be in my pocket, and the