"Get up. You are making me very uncomfortable," Zi Yan said to the five people, including Hei Qing.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Hei Qing called out upon hearing this, stood up, and then bowed slightly to Zi Yan, requesting, "Then, Your Highness, shall we return to our clan now?"
Hei Qing had now found the Royal Bloodline, and the most urgent thing was to bring Zi Yan, who owned the Royal Bloodline, back to East Dragon Island. Delay could lead to unforeseen changes.
After all, they were still outside the islands. People from the other three islands might find out about them and come to cause trouble or intercept them.
Of the four islands, only East Dragon Island had no royal bloodline or imperial bloodline.
Upon hearing this, Zi Yan looked at Xiao Tian again. Having spent so much time together, Zi Yan always let Xiao Tian make the decisions when it came to things that required thinking, and she would just do whatever Xiao Tian said.
*Using my brain? I will never use it in my life; my fists are far more effective than my brain.*
"Well, you should go back with them. It will be good for you in the future." Xiao Tian patted Zi Yan's head, feeling a little reluctant, but the benefits outweighed the drawbacks for Zi Yan.
"Are you not coming with me?" Zi Yan asked Xiao Tian after hearing her words.
"We will not go. Besides, we still have the Sound Transmission Stone, so we can stay in touch. We will come see you then; I want to prepare a gift for you."
Upon hearing about the gift, Zi Yan's eyes lit up. Everyone knew that anything Xiao Tian made was a masterpiece. "What gift? Can I know right now?"
Zi Yan pretended to be innocent and looked at Xiao Tian.
Xiao Tian shook her head. "I already said it is a gift. How could I tell you now? But this is extremely important for you in the future."
Xiao Tian was determined to defeat such a thing; he would kill anyone who stood in his way.
Seeing Xiao Tian's expression, Zi Yan gave up the idea of asking further questions, but the anticipation in her eyes did not diminish at all. "Then it is settled. You cannot lie to me. Let us pinky swear."
Zi Yan extended her pinky finger and shook it a few times. Xiao Tian also extended her pinky finger and made a pinky promise with Zi Yan. Finally, their thumbs were pressed together.
Zi Yan leaped towards Xiao Tian, wrapping her legs around him. "I will not go back to say goodbye. Xiao Ling and Xiao Meng will definitely cry their eyes out later."
When Hei Qing saw the two of them like this, she pretended not to notice and looked up at the sky as if there was something interesting there. The other four did the same.
"Yes, I will talk to them about it later."
Zi Yan nodded emphatically.
**Smack!**
Zi Yan gave Xiao Tian a big kiss on the cheek. "You absolutely have to come see me. I can tell I will be super bored."
Xiao Tian thought to herself, *You will definitely be bored then. You will be incredibly busy learning a ton of things.* But Xiao Tian did not say it aloud. If she had, Zi Yan definitely would not have gone back.
For someone as active as her, this was simply the greatest torment.
"You must come find me." Zi Yan nestled in Xiao Tian's arms, her eyes slightly red, her voice full of reluctance.
"I promise I will definitely come find you, but you had better study the abilities of the Ancient Dragon clan carefully. If you do not learn them well, I will spank you."
"I will definitely study hard. Once I have mastered it, I might even surpass you. Then you will be in for a beating, hmph!"
Zi Yan sniffed, her eyes fixed firmly on making a grand vow.
"Yes, yes, I will wait then." Xiao Tian touched Zi Yan's face, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then gently comforted Zi Yan.
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As Xiao Tian and Zi Yan bid each other a reluctant farewell.
In the endless Void Realm, somewhere unknown, there was an island much larger than East Dragon Island.
Inside a massive building at the very center of the island, there were several high platforms. On one of these platforms sat a throne embroidered with the dragon motif. Seated on the throne was a middle-aged man dressed in a dragon robe. His face was always adorned with a smile, which made one feel as if bathed in a spring breeze, and he appeared extremely kind.
But looking into his eyes, this kindness had a very fake feel to it, confirming that the middle-aged man was not a truly kind person; it was all just a facade.
He looked at the intelligence in his hand and let out a sneer. "The last surviving member of the Royal Bloodline? How laughable. Do you think this will change the fact that East Dragon Island has no Royal Bloodline and is the weakest party? How ridiculous."
"The next time the four islands meet, it will be my chance to unify the Ancient Dragon clan. The Southwest Dragon Island should also continue to play its role."
The middle-aged man had a kind face, but his eyes were like those of a venomous snake, as if everything was within his calculations.
*I orchestrated the split of Dragon Island to weaken the power of each faction, thus giving myself a greater chance to ascend to that position.*
Meanwhile, news of the royal bloodline also reached two other very similar islands.
The two middle-aged men inside, both wearing crowns, both gave disdainful smiles, as if they had seen some huge joke.
"Why not just wait to die? You bunch of old fogies."
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Inside a quaint-looking secret room on East Dragon Island, an old man opened his eyes, thinking to himself, *The news should have arrived by now. I imagine you are all quite disdainful of it. Hei Qing, you had better hurry up and bring your Highness back; we do not have much time left.*
This person was the old man previously known as the Grand Elder in the Purple Gold Temple.
The news of the royal bloodline orphan's existence was deliberately leaked by him; the previous dragon roar could not be concealed from the spies on the other three islands within East Dragon Island.
He deliberately released this smokescreen to make them spread false information.
The Purple Gold Temple also had the ability to find other royal bloodlines, but they were different from pure royal bloodlines. Of course, most people could not perceive this difference unless they were old monsters.
If they knew that Dao was a descendant of the Dragon Emperor, the three islands would definitely attack East Dragon Island at all costs.
Only by spreading false information could they gain the favor of the Dragon Emperor and buy time for the bloodline to grow.
Because the appearance of the Dragon Emperor's bloodline would definitely disrupt the balance. As soon as the news was released, those who left the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would be summoned back, and even the people on other Dragon Islands would have their beliefs shaken.
Most importantly, the royal bloodline could suppress the bloodlines of other people, even members of the royal family.
Moreover, the pure Ancient Dragon bloodline could unleash a Dou Technique, the Dragon Slayer Sword.
The direct lineage of the Dragon Emperor's bloodline was undoubtedly the closest to the purest bloodline, or even the purest bloodline. Who dared to guarantee that it was not?
This was the method that the Ancient Dragon race feared the most, and it was also the exclusive method of the Dragon Emperor. Unless one's strength far surpassed that of an Ancient Dragon wielding the Dragon Slayer Sword, any Ancient Dragon was as fragile as tofu under this sword.
Before the Dragon Slaying Sword, no Ancient Dragon could muster the thought of resistance.