The Ninth Abyss Venerable was naturally at a complete loss in the face of this situation.
But after he used Zhen Xuan to undo the jade slip's sealing restriction and read its contents, the doubts in his heart vanished.
"So it was the arrangement of that senior. Now it all makes sense."
There were three items within this jade slip. The first two were written intelligence concerning dragon body cultivation, while the last was a dragon-attributed supreme treasure: an Ancient Dragon Horn.
For a Venerable of the Nangong Clan to deliver this item to Penglai Palace at such a time, the meaning could not have been clearer.
In the Ninth Abyss Venerable's view, Chen Yang's choice to avert the Immortal Estate's calamity meant that he had already decided to enter the world. It was only natural that he would come into contact with other peak powers of the Central Region in the future.
As for why he had chosen the Nangong Clan, that was not something he could casually speculate about.
In any case, with the vital intelligence and Ancient Dragon Horn delivered by the Nangong Clan, coupled with the information Penglai Palace's upper echelon had obtained from that Dragon-Slaying Old Daoist, Yang Yuanhong's opportunity for his final dragon body advancement was already a sure thing.
Five days later, the Mystic Armor Venerable returned to Penglai Palace with the two juniors. He immediately completed the handover with the Sea Suppressing Venerable, who brought Yang Yuanhong into the Dragonkin Forbidden Ground.
There, Yang Yuanhong learned from this Venerable of every clue Penglai Palace had sorted out thus far.
The inheritance obtained by the demonic sect's Dragon-Slaying Old Daoist was far from simple. Limited by his talent and comprehension, he had in truth cultivated less than thirty percent of its contents.
Yet