"I wasn't saying the Duó Clan cannot return!" Second Elder Ao Yi said with a smile. "I merely think that, with no elder leading the Duó Clan for so many years, every branch has become scattered and acted on its own. They won't be easy to control..."
The Dragon Palace Ninth Elders possessed strength rarely seen in the world, yet the pace of Dragon Palace deliberations was no different from that of the mortal realm—inevitably sluggish and rife with contention. Xiao Hua naturally had no interest in it. He left the Dragon Palace with Ao Sheng and headed straight for the Smoke Tree.
Seeing Ao Sheng lead him with great familiarity toward the depths of Dragon Island, Xiao Hua frowned and suddenly asked, "Ao Sheng, is this Smoke Tree somewhere you usually come to play?"
"Of course not!" Ao Sheng answered without turning his head. "Who would come play in places like these for no reason?"
"Then how did you know which forbidden ground Ao Zhantian was trapped in?"
"Heh..." Ao Sheng understood what Xiao Hua meant. Turning back, he cast him a look that said, You know, and laughed. "You're a Dragon Master now! Your potential is boundless in the future, so shouldn't I get a little closer to you?"
"That's only secondary, isn't it?" Xiao Hua gave a cold laugh. "You dragons... tsk, tsk. You're simply craftier than thousand-year-old foxes!"
"What are thousand-year-old foxes worth?" Ao Sheng covered his mouth and laughed. "Great Elder and the others count their ages in tens of thousands of years. You can't outmaneuver them! So long as you don't disrupt Great Elder's arrangements, that's enough."
"Of course I won't spoil anyone's plans!" Xiao Hua shrugged. "In fact, I don't want to spoil anyone's business! Right now, I only want to leave Dragon