936: Chapter 937 Master? Why are you here again?

Refuse him? Scold him? Drive him out?

What about the favor of the nine aperture spirit nurturing pill? If there were a need for even more difficult Medicinal Pills in the future, who else could she turn to?

This boy's potential was so terrifying it was simply unprecedented; offending him was definitely not a wise move...

All sorts of thoughts shifted in an instant, battering Long Yu Old Ancestor's stable Dao Heart of over two thousand years.

She opened her mouth, but those words of reprimand ultimately failed to escape.

On her peerlessly beautiful face, the frost remained, but a rare trace of panic and helplessness flickered deep within her eyes.

She abruptly turned around, her back to Yao Delong, leaving only a figure that appeared cold and aloof but was actually experiencing a surge of inner turmoil.

There was silence for a full three breaths.

A voice that was still cold, yet clearly lacked confidence and even carried a nearly imperceptible hint of teeth-gritting, rang out from behind her to Yao Delong:

"...Hmph! Glib-tongued! Your cultivation Foundation is still shallow, yet your heart is higher than the heavens!"

"Is the Body Integration realm something to be trifled with? What 'Dual Cultivation to prove the Dao'... do not engage in such pipe dreams!"

"Do not mention this matter again! As for your favor in helping this Old Ancestor with Alchemy..."

Long Yu Old Ancestor's voice paused for a moment, seemingly trying her best to calm her churning emotions, before she spoke quickly in a tone that was almost "charitable":

"Fine! Since you look down upon these external items, this Old Ancestor will not force them upon you! Consider it that I owe you once!"

"If you have a request in the future, as long as it does not violate the sect rules or moral principles... this Old Ancestor... will grant it to you as I see fit!"

After saying this, she didn't even wait for Yao Delong's response and abruptly swept her sleeve!

Boom!

The power of space suddenly enveloped Yao Delong!

"This is no place to linger; you go out first!"

In the next moment, Yao Delong only felt his vision blur as he was moved by an irresistible yet gentle spatial power,

"Sent" out of Long Yu Old Ancestor's Core Treasury, returning once more to the outside of the Lotus Pond Dao Palace main hall.

Yao Delong rubbed his nose, the meaningful smile at the corner of his mouth becoming even brighter.

Martial Ancestor's reaction... was truly interesting.

That momentary panic, the reprimand made while forcing herself to stay calm, and finally that expulsion that carried a hint of "fleeing in panic"...

Tsk tsk, an iceberg Old Ancestor who had lived for a thousand years—when her mortal heart was stirred, she was actually a few points cuter than a young girl.

"Tsk... her face turned red... her ears turned red too..."

"She didn't fly into a rage and slap me to death on the spot... and even said 'if there's a need in the future'?"

"Hehe... there's a chance!"

"No rush, no rush." He gave a light chuckle, his figure turning into a streak of light that tore through space, instantly disappearing from the spot.

Deep within the Lotus Pond Dao Palace, the Chaos Treasury.

Within the empty space, only Long Yu Old Ancestor remained.

She stood with her back to the entrance, that cold and transcendent figure rarely showing a hint of stiffness.

In her palm, that Eighth Order Peak Treasure Pill, engraved with five pill patterns and flowing with the nine aperture glow,

Continued to emit a heart-shaking pill aura, nourishing her Primordial Spirit, yet it also felt like a red-hot iron, making her mind restless.

Yao Delong's words about "Dao Companion" and "Dual Cultivation to prove the Dao"

Echoed repeatedly in her Sea of Consciousness, each time stirring up even stronger waves.

Having cultivated for over two thousand years, she was cold and ethereal, single-mindedly seeking the Dao, viewing love as a cage and discarding it like a worn-out shoe.

When she first entered the Dao, there was no lack of Prodigies and talents among her pursuers, and there were even those who could establish their own Peaks and be called Venerables or Old Ancestors.

But at that time, her heart was higher than the heavens, and in her eyes, there was only the struggle for the Great Dao.

Those so-called Prodigies, in her view, were nothing more than mediocre people with delusional thoughts!

As her cultivation deepened and her status grew more prominent, she took charge of the Lotus Pond Dao Palace, her prestige weighing down on the region.

Those who dared to express their feelings to her had long since vanished. And she had long since grown accustomed to this lonely, lofty coldness, accustomed to having the Great Dao as her companion.

Matters of love between men and women? They were nothing more than insignificant dust on the long road of the Dao.

But now...

She looked down, gazing at this Treasure Pill in her hand that was enough to let her break through the Body Integration Peak Bottleneck.

This boy, although his words were reckless, his actions were impeccable. This favor of Alchemy was a literal heaven-sent fortune!

Moreover... what he said... didn't seem entirely without reason?

She was not entirely ignorant of the way of Yin-Yang Harmony.

On the contrary, she primarily practiced the Sunset Glow Illuminating Yin-Yang Art and had a very deep understanding of the principles of Yin-Yang's mutual generation and restraint and the intersection of Origins.

If there really were such a Dao Companion with a supreme Origin, high Dao attainment, and a special Physique, and if both their Origins could perfectly harmonize...

Under that kind of Yin-Yang intersection and Dragon-Tiger union, the boost to both parties' Dao attainment would probably... truly be immeasurable!

A trace of an unprecedented, indescribable heat quietly crept onto her peerlessly beautiful cheeks.

Having lived for so long, she had never thought such matters would ever involve her.

"Absurd!" She reprimanded herself in a low voice, attempting to dispel those fanciful thoughts.

But that thought was like a vine, quietly sprouting and growing.

Help him cultivate?

Help him Breakthrough to the Body Integration realm?

With her vast Origin at the Body Integration Late Stage Peak, supplemented by the guidance of the Yin-Yang Law...

She suddenly gripped the jade bottle tightly, her fingertips turning slightly white from the exertion.

Upon that Dao Heart, which was as cold as ten-thousand-year Profound Ice, a clear crack named "conflict" appeared for the first time.

After a long time, a light sigh with a complex meaning echoed faintly in the silent treasury:

"Forget it... the Great Dao is before me, why trouble myself? I shall use this pill to break through my realm first..."

She forcibly suppressed her churning emotions, and with a flash of her figure, she disappeared from the spot.

The urgent matter at hand was to use this Treasure Pill, which condensed that boy's painstaking efforts, to charge at that Body Integration Peak realm that had trapped her for hundreds of years!

As for that boy... hmph! We shall discuss it another day!

Luoxia Peak, Yao Delong's courtyard.

The streak of light descended. Just as Yao Delong stepped into the range of his Immortal Cave, his footsteps paused.

Beside the white jade stone table in the courtyard, a familiar figure emitting a cold moonlight aura was sitting quietly.

Who else could it be but his Revered Master, Leng Yuekui?

Yao Delong's heart skipped a beat, and a thought subconsciously surfaced:

'Could it be that Martial Ancestor filed a complaint so quickly? Surely not?'

He calculated quickly in his mind, but his face remained impassive. He even walked over with a few points of well-timed "surprise" and "helplessness":

"Revered Master? Why have you come again, my senior? The threshold of my small courtyard is about to be worn flat by you."

Leng Yuekui seemed to be somewhat lost in thought and was startled awake by Yao Delong's voice.

She didn't coldly reprimand her disciple's glibness as usual; instead, her brows were tightly furrowed, and her face was covered in an unprecedentedly heavy layer of solemn frost.

"Delong!" Her voice was low and murderous, like cold iron clashing, "In the Xuan Ye Dynasty, something big has happened!"

Yao Delong's heart tightened slightly, and his face showed a well-timed look of confusion: "Something big?"

"The Nine Nether Sect and the Sun Moon Divine Cult have gone to all-out war!" Leng Yuekui spoke extremely fast, every word permeated with cold Killing Intent.

Yao Delong's brow twitched, and he understood instantly:

'As expected! The death of Mad Extreme Demon Lord, a high-level member of the Heavenly Demon Sect, became the perfect fuse!'

'It seems the Heavenly Demon Sect has completely dropped all pretenses and doesn't even bother to hide anymore!'

More importantly, from Leng Yuekui's words, it was clear that whether it was the Nine Nether Sect or the Heavenly Demon Sect behind the Sun Moon Divine Cult,

Neither seemed to have found the true cause of death for Venerable Dry Bones, Permanent Nothingness, or even Mad Extreme Demon Lord!

This pool of water is even murkier than I anticipated!