"No matter which path we take, we have to stay alive," Zi Yun said softly.
"Mm. When are you leaving?" Lin Dongxue asked.
"In a little while."
"Wait until daybreak," Lin Dongxue urged. "Use the Pill Alliance's resources to find an Earth Abyss Passage leading to the Dragon Clan.
I'll leave at daybreak too."
"All right." Zi Yun did not refuse.
The two sat by the lake until dawn before getting up and heading to Clear Sky Peak.
Rao Baoyue knew both women had close ties with Tang Yan and treated them warmly. Upon hearing Zi Yun's request, she wasted no time, immediately consulting the intelligence hall and pointing Zi Yun toward a route.
After thanking her, Zi Yun bid Lin Dongxue farewell.
Lin Dongxue entrusted Little Dot to Rao Baoyue and left the Pill Alliance as well.
Watching the two white steamed buns racing wildly around her courtyard, Rao Baoyue could not help recalling when she first met Tang Yan, and another wave of sadness washed over her.
Zi Yun flew northwest for two days, arriving at a valley where she found the Earth Abyss Passage marked by the Pill Alliance.
Taking a deep breath, she leaped into the passage.
Whoosh!
It was like passing through a long waterway. When she emerged, a wasteland greeted her eyes.
With a thought, she assumed her dragon form.
Her purple-gold scales glittered like gemstones in the sunlight, radiating a noble aura.
Her enormous body soared into the sky. She cast a spell and soon sensed the presence of her own kind. Letting out a dragon roar, she sped east.
Before long, she stopped beside a deep pool in a valley.
Splash!
A Black Dragon surfaced from the water.
Spiritual Qi wreathed the pool, and there seemed to be a precious treasure beneath