Outside, the Old Dragon, Dragon Mother, and Dragon Son had waited for a long while before they finally saw the doors to the Dragon Daughter's sleeping quarters open once more. Ji Yuan emerged with his brows tightly furrowed. Looking past him, they saw Ying Ruoli still sitting cross-legged where she had been, her divine radiance undimmed.
Ji Yuan glanced back, casually shut the door, and stepped out of the restriction. By then, the Old Dragon could no longer hold himself back.
"Mister Ji, how is Ruoli? Why has her aura become unstable so often when she is so close to becoming a dragon?"
Ji Yuan did not answer at once. Instead, he looked at Ying Feng twice more before sweeping his gaze over Dragon Mother, then sizing up the Old Dragon from head to toe. No matter how he looked, he could not see how this old man before him could once have been as handsome as the Dragon Daughter had described.
"Why do you keep looking at me?"
The Old Dragon frowned as he asked, unable to fathom what Ji Yuan was up to.
Ji Yuan let out a sigh.
"Alas! Ji had thought Ruoli's transformation into a dragon would be smooth sailing, but I never expected matters to be this serious. Something may go wrong during her Water Journey. Failure to become a dragon would be the lesser matter; what I fear is that she may meet her Life's Demise during the Water Journey. Perhaps..."
Ji Yuan trailed off there. The Old Dragon, Dragon Mother, and Dragon Son had already gone pale with shock.
"What? It's that serious?"
Dragon Son Ying Feng was the first to cry out in alarm. Then the Old Dragon seized Ji Yuan's hand, gripping it with tremendous force.
"Mister Ji, is what you