The situation had completely reversed. Wan Gu, who had been toying with his prey like a cat with a mouse, was now tense and carefully observing the giant dragon before him.
Originally, Shui Ao was evenly matched with Wan Gu. And now that his opponent had revealed his true form with a berserk buff, a real fight might end with Wan Gu losing.
Even if he couldn’t win, he couldn’t lose face.
Wan Gu glared viciously at Shui Ao.
“This matter has nothing to do with your Dragon Clan. I hope you won’t meddle carelessly. Otherwise, my Demon Clan is not to be trifled with!”
The giant dragon exhaled a breath and replied,
“The Demon Clan has always been the mortal enemy of all living beings on the Heavenly Profound Continent. It is only right for me to intervene.”
As the words fell, a beam of light shot from the dragon’s mouth.
Wan Gu’s expression darkened. He shot out a chain from his hand, clashing with the beam.
“Mm…”
Wan Gu let out a muffled groan. In that试探, he had lost. That damned old dragon had actually advanced in cultivation. He was inferior in skill, but he couldn’t show it.
“Hmph! Today is just my unlucky day.”
Wan Gu’s gaze fixed on Chu Jiujiu and Qin Mu.
“Next time we meet, I won’t be so merciful!”
With that, Wan Gu’s figure vanished.
After throwing out those harsh words and then fleeing, this move left Qin Mu a bit dumbfounded.
The dragon in the sky glanced at Qin Mu, then turned to Chu Jiujiu.
“Your Excellency the High Priest, we should leave this place quickly.”
If Shui Ao hadn’t fought the Demon Clan many times in the ancient era, he wouldn’t have been able to find this place. This world could be said to be the Demon Clan’s last bastion. Otherwise, after the end of antiquity, when all races set aside their grudges to fight the Demon Clan together, the Demon Clan would have been either annihilated or reduced to a rare species.
Hidden in this world without lingqi, ordinary experts wouldn’t dare to enter casually.
After Qin Mu and the others passed through the space, they saw Aunt Lu, Miss Ruoshuang, Miss Mengyu, and Lu Shuanger standing before them.
“Master!”
Seeing Chu Jiujiu injured, Lu Shuanger was shocked. Her master was a Transcendence Stage Great Power! Could it be that a Great Ascension Realm Ancestor had made a move?
Lu Shuanger rushed to her master’s side to check her injuries. Seeing the woman who was both mother and master in such a state, her eyes filled with tears.
Seeing her disciple’s concern, Chu Jiujiu smiled gently and patted Lu Shuanger’s head.
“Alright, alright. Shuanger is a grown woman now. I’m fine.”
On the other side, Lu Qian saw that Mu’er was safe and immediately stepped forward quickly, with Qin Ruoshuang and Qin Mengyu following close behind.
“Mu’er…”
Seeing the three of them hurriedly checking his injuries, Qin Mu said,
“Aunt Lu, Miss Ruoshuang, Miss Mengyu, I’m fine. Thanks to Senior Chu risking everything to protect me, otherwise it might not have ended well.”
Seeing that Qin Mu was unharmed, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Qian looked at Chu Jiujiu, and at the same time, Chu Jiujiu’s gaze met hers. Their eyes locked.
Lu Qian spoke first.
“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Chu, for protecting Mu’er. I, Lu Qian, will remember this debt.”
Hearing the name of the beautiful woman before her, Chu Jiujiu was startled. She hadn’t expected the Head of the Seven Stars Sect to come personally.
“You’re too polite. If anything, I should thank Young Master Qin as well.”
As Lu Qian began talking with Chu Jiujiu, on the side—
“Mu’er, come, take this pill first.”
Qin Mengyu’s heart ached seeing her younger brother covered in injuries again.
“Mu’er, your cultivation level.”
At that moment, Qin Ruoshuang spoke. She had just noticed that her brother’s cultivation had dropped back to the Qi Refining Stage.
“Miss Ruoshuang, there was nothing I could do. The situation forced me.”
Qin Mu then briefly explained what had happened inside. Of course, he had to keep the matter of the Divine Dragon Senior a secret. The fewer people who knew about his existence, the better.
However, what Qin Mu didn’t know was that quite a few people already knew about the Divine Dragon. But they probably hadn’t expected that the legendary Primordial Being, the Divine Dragon, would reside inside a human at the Qi Refining Stage.
Hearing about Mu’er’s ordeal inside, Qin Mengyu clenched her silver teeth.
“The Demon Clan again! One day, I will make them pay!”
Qin Ruoshuang said nothing, but from the cold look in her eyes, she probably felt the same as her sister.
Still, Qin Mu was incredibly lucky. In the Heavenly Profound Continent, everyone knew of the Demon Clan, but after their defeat at the end of antiquity, they had been greatly weakened and rarely appeared before the world. Even if they did, it was only a few.
It was rare enough to encounter them once. But Qin Mu? One might think he was a demon himself, the way he ran into them so often.
“Hehe, so this is Young Master Qin.”
The dragon that had sent Qin Mu back transformed into a human form: a white-bearded old man. But his beard was ridiculously long, almost dragging on the ground.
“Greetings, Senior. Thank you for your help.”
Qin Mu bowed.
“You’re welcome, young friend. My surname is Shui.”
“Greetings, Senior Shui.”
Shui Ao pulled a piece of paper from his bosom. On it was the pattern on Qin Mu’s arm.
“Young friend, would you mind letting me take a look at this pattern?”
“Of course not.”
With that, Qin Mu revealed his arm.
Shui Ao’s eyes widened. He stepped right up to Qin Mu and carefully examined the pattern.
“Senior Shui, have you seen something?”
Qin Mu looked at Shui Ao, who was practically pressing his eyes against his arm. To be honest, it was a bit unbearable. He could clearly feel the old man’s breath on his skin. If it had been a beautiful lady, he wouldn’t have minded, but instead it was an old man. It felt weird.
Seeing Senior Shui so close,
‘Just don’t go and kiss it, old man, or I’ll explode on the spot.’
After examining every stroke from beginning to end, Shui Ao stroked his astonishingly long white beard and let out an “Mm.”
“It seems, young friend, that you have some connection with the legendary Divine Dragon.”
As soon as he said that, Qin Mu felt a crack, like glass shattering.
Not long ago, he had thought that the fewer people who knew about the Divine Dragon Senior, the better. That was why he hadn’t even told Miss Ruoshuang or Miss Mengyu. And now this white-bearded old man took one look and blurted out two words: “Divine Dragon.”
Qin Mu was stunned. Without the slightest warning, his biggest secret had been casually spoken aloud.
“Divine Dragon?”
Qin Mengyu looked puzzled.
Qin Ruoshuang wasn’t familiar with those two words either, but then again, she wasn’t interested in anything other than her younger brother.
Qin Mu could only pretend to look confused. The secret of the Divine Dragon Senior was too important. Who knew if this white-bearded old man, upon learning that the Divine Dragon’s True Blood was inside him, would suddenly go berserk and try to seize it?