756: How does it feel, bro?

Qiong Shuang, the snow-white little dragon who was frolicking and rolling in the pile of treasures, having the time of her life, suddenly felt the ground beneath her vanish. With a "splat," she fell onto the bluestone floor!

She raised her small dragon head and looked blankly at the empty courtyard. Immediately, her large, spirit-filled eyes welled up with intense anger and grievance. She bared her small dragon teeth at Yao Delong:

"Big Brother! What are you doing! My treasures! I just found a glowing night pearl!"

Yao Delong looked at Qiong Shuang's bristling, accusatory manner, feeling both annoyed and amused. He walked over and unceremoniously gave her a crisp flick on the forehead!

"Thud!"

"Ouch!" Qiong Shuang covered her head with her claws, looking aggrieved.

"What 'your treasures'? These are all your Big Brother's!"

Yao Delong glared at her, then, like a magic trick, he pulled out a cold, glinting high-grade heavenly artifact sword surrounded by a frosty aura.

He tossed it over casually, "Here, since you've behaved well, this is your reward! Be obedient from now on, and you won't lack for good treasures!"

Qiong Shuang's eyes lit up instantly! Like the most brilliant stars! That little bit of grievance was instantly thrown to the winds!

"Swish!"

With a flash of white light, the snow-white little dragon disappeared, and in her place appeared a tall, curvy, stunningly beautiful mature woman. She wore clothes as white as snow, with features like a painting, yet carried a hint of charming naivety!

This was Qiong Shuang's human Incarnation.

She caught the ice-attribute Heaven-Grade Weapon, feeling the dense ice power within. Beaming with joy, she held the sword like a prized possession and dashed behind Yao Delong in one stride.

"Hehe, thank you, Big Brother! Big Brother is the best!"

She spoke in a sweet, cloying voice while immediately transforming into an obedient little maidservant. Using her soft, boneless, and slightly cool hands, she diligently began to massage Yao Delong's shoulders.

"Is it comfortable, Big Brother? Qiong Shuang will definitely perform well! If Big Brother tells me to go east, I'll never go west!

If Big Brother tells me to catch a dog, I'll never chase a chicken! Big Brother's word is law!"

Feeling the perfect pressure on his shoulders and the cool comfort, and looking at this eccentric White Flood Dragon—who was a bristling little beast one second and a fawning mature woman the next—Yao Delong shook his head and laughed helplessly.

This Little White Flood Dragon's greedy nature... it seemed to be etched into her bones and would never change in this lifetime!

However, having such a character around was quite interesting.

The setting sun at Luoxia Peak dyed the courtyard in a layer of warm gold. A gentle evening breeze blew, bringing the fragrance of plants. However, just then—

Buzz!

A peerlessly powerful yet deliberately restrained aura, like a silent deep-sea current, descended noiselessly outside the courtyard!

This aura was deep and vast, far exceeding Void Refining, and it carried a faint, inexplicably familiar yet more refined and heavy Profound Yin chill that Yao Delong recognized!

The smile on Yao Delong's face vanished instantly, his eyes sharp as lightning! Although he couldn't completely see through the visitor's Realm,

the essence of this aura... actually had a similar Origin to the "Yin" attribute in the Yin and Yang Origin he cultivated!

Moreover, although the other party was well-hidden, that sense of pressure from a higher life level was still as clear as a lighthouse in the night to his keen perception!

"Who is it?!"

He barked softly, his internal magic power quietly circulating. The clear glow of the taixu primordial spirit crown flickered in his Sea of Consciousness, and the spatial runes of the taiyu flowing light wings on his back also grew slightly hot beneath his skin.

Qiong Shuang's reaction was even more intense! The shoulders she was massaging instantly stiffened, and her previously charming and lazy expression vanished, replaced by extreme vigilance and fear!

She jerked her hands back, almost instinctively retreating half a step. A snow-White Flood Dragon phantom flashed across her body,

and a low, threatening "hiss" came from her throat. Her beautiful eyes stared fixedly at the courtyard gate, like a bristling feline predator!

She felt a fatal crisis from the newcomer that was enough to instantly obliterate her! This was definitely no ordinary Elder!

"Qiong Shuang, don't be rude!" Yao Delong barked softly, pulling the stressed Qiong Shuang behind him while his mind raced.

Someone so powerful, carrying a Profound Yin aura, and giving him a sense of shared Origin... Could it be?!

Before he could go out to check, the space at the entrance of the courtyard rippled noiselessly like water.

A slender figure in pure white, like a Fairy stepping out of the moon palace, appeared silently in the courtyard.

The newcomer's face was peerlessly elegant and flawless. Her skin was fairer than Qiong Shuang or snow, even more warm and delicate than the finest mutton-fat jade.

Her figure was tall and exquisite, with naturally graceful curves. She wore a simple, plain white dress without any ornaments,

which only served to highlight her cold and ethereal temperament. She was like a sculpture of ten-thousand-year-old profound ice, possessing a lofty air of looking down on all living beings and an inviolable majesty.

It was Yao Delong's Martial Ancestor, one of the Grand Elders of the Yin Yang Sect, a Body Integration Late Stage powerhouse—Old Ancestor Long Yu!

Seeing who it was, Yao Delong was also slightly startled!

Why would this elusive and supremely statused Martial Ancestor suddenly condescend to visit his small courtyard in the back mountains?

Could she have sensed the aura of the taiyu flowing light wings?

He didn't dare to be negligent and hurried to bow, his posture extremely respectful: "Disciple Yao Delong pays respects to Martial Ancestor!"

At the same time, he forcefully tugged at Qiong Shuang, who was still baring her teeth behind him.

Tugged by Yao Delong, Qiong Shuang finally snapped out of her immense pressure and fear, realizing that this terrifying existence was actually her big brother's "Martial Ancestor"!

Her face turned pale with fright, and she hurried to follow Yao Delong in bowing, her voice trembling slightly: "Ju... Junior Qiong Shuang pays respects to Senior!"

Old Ancestor Long Yu's cold gaze swept over them, pausing for a moment on Qiong Shuang's identity as a transformed flood dragon, but showed no major reaction.

She lightly raised her hand, and a gentle Profound Yin Power lifted the two of them: "Very well, there is no need for such ceremony."

Her gaze fell on Yao Delong. Deep within her cold eyes, a trace of hard-to-detect surprise and scrutiny flickered. Her voice remained flat but carried a hint of amusement:

"Little Delong, not bad. How long has it been since you advanced to Void Refining?

You obtained a creation dao crown in the Sect's Immortal Mausoleum, and now this aura... it seems you've obtained another creation dao artifact containing the intent of time and space?

Tsk tsk, such Luck and Opportunity. In the thousands of years I have traversed the Azure Cloud World, I have barely possessed two creation-level treasures myself."

These words seemed like praise, but to Yao Delong's ears, they carried an indescribable depth.

Alarm bells rang slightly in his heart, and he quickly put on a humble smile:

"Martial Ancestor overpraises me. This minor achievement of mine is entirely due to the Sect's cultivation, the love of my teachers, and a bit of... Luck. Without the Sect as my backing, how would I have the chance to encounter such treasures?"

Old Ancestor Long Yu waved her hand noncommittally, seemingly too lazy to dwell on such pleasantries. Her visit was clearly for another purpose.

"Alright, brat, enough with the pleasantries." Her tone shifted, and her cold gaze became sharper, going straight to the point:

"The last time you exchanged a Pill Formula with me, that 'nine aperture spirit nurturing pill', I went to see Old Man Han. He said the core of refining this pill lies in the 'Nine Flames Tempering' fire control technique, which cannot be done by someone not proficient in it. You... can you refine it?!"