215: Old Dragon King: Boy, I’ll leave my daughter to you!

"Child, I am your father!"

"In you flows the same Bloodline Power as mine, of the same clan, the same origin..."

The massive creature slowly opened its giant mouth, and excited words came out.

Hearing this, Zi Yan bit her red lip with her silver teeth, looked at Gu Fei beside her, and gripped Gu Fei's hand tightly, feeling very flustered.

Seeing Zi Yan's actions, a hint of panic even appeared in the massive creature's pupils.

"It's alright!"

Gu Fei, feeling Zi Yan's tension, gave her a reassuring smile.

"Before coming, didn't you already make a decision?"

"Whether he is your father or not, you'll know once you experience it yourself!"

Gu Fei encouraged Zi Yan.

Hearing Gu Fei's words, Zi Yan finally no longer hesitated. She held Gu Fei's hand and slowly walked a few steps forward.

When she got close, she extended her other hand and gently touched the thick, cold metal scales of the massive creature in front of her.

The moment of contact, a brilliant golden light suddenly surged out from both their bodies at the same time.

Finally, at the point of convergence, the two golden lights perfectly merged together.

Vaguely, an extremely terrifying pressure spread out.

"You..."

Staring blankly at the perfectly merging golden light, Zi Yan's eyes rippled intensely.

"You really are my father..."

"But, you're clearly still alive, so why, why did you let me be an orphan for so many years...?"

Zi Yan stood stubbornly in front of the massive creature, and as she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, betraying her emotions.

What she had longed for most in her heart was this moment of seeing her family.

Now, upon truly seeing him, she couldn't help but feel a surge of grievance.

For so many years, she had considered herself an orphan, but she never expected that her father had been alive and well all this time. Why did he abandon her back then?

"My fault, my fault!"

"I shouldn't have coveted the Ancient Emperor Cave. It was all that scoundrel Tuoshe Ancient Emperor; he set me up and trapped me for so long!"

Seeing the glistening tears streaming down Zi Yan's face, the massive creature was clearly a bit flustered, its immense body trembling slightly from overexcitement.

"Trapped?"

Hearing the massive creature's words, Zi Yan looked up. There were clearly no chains or anything similar on its body?

"Zi Yan, your father isn't lying to you!"

"He really can't leave this place!"

Gu Fei seemed to have guessed what Zi Yan was thinking and quickly helped explain.

"Really...?"

Zi Yan nodded silently. She trusted Gu Fei's words unconditionally.

[Zhu Kun generates suspicion, jealousy, worry. Emotional value...]

"Young Gu Fei, who are you? Why do you know that I am trapped here?"

Listening to Zi Yan and Gu Fei's conversation, the massive creature seemed a bit jealous and also suspicious, because Gu Fei knew too much.

"Junior Gu Fei, I am Zi Yan's friend. As for why I know Old Dragon Emperor is here, it's a long story!"

Gu Fei replied neither subserviently nor arrogantly.

Through the emotional value feedback just now, Gu Fei also understood Old Dragon Emperor's thoughts.

Gu Fei didn't think there was anything wrong with it; after all, he was a father, and it was normal for him to worry that his daughter might be deceived.

"A long story, why don't you tell me?" Old Dragon Emperor continued to press.

"Gu Fei Gege already said it's a long story, why do you keep asking?"

"And, you don't even have the right to question Gu Fei Gege... Have you fulfilled your responsibility as a father all these years?"

Hearing Old Dragon Emperor's questioning tone towards Gu Fei, Zi Yan immediately became unhappy.

She looked quite indignant at this moment.

As she spoke, tears continued to well up in her eyes.

"Child, don't cry, don't cry. It was all my fault before, it was my fault for not fulfilling my responsibility as a father!"

"From now on, whatever you ask me to do, I will listen to you completely. If you don't believe me, I can swear right now!"

Seeing Zi Yan like this, Old Dragon Emperor was very remorseful and quickly tried to comfort Zi Yan.

However, his comfort was ineffective.

Zi Yan was still very sad.

Tears streamed down her face.

"Young Gu Fei, quickly help me persuade her!" There was no other way; at this moment, Old Dragon Emperor could only place his hopes on Gu Fei.

He could see that Zi Yan relied heavily on Gu Fei, trusting him almost unreservedly.

This kind of relationship was definitely not as simple as ordinary friends.

Perhaps, in the future, Gu Fei would become his son-in-law.

"Mm!"

Facing Old Dragon Emperor's plea, Gu Fei nodded gently, then turned his gaze to Zi Yan.

He gently wiped away Zi Yan's tears and softly said, "Zi Yan, your father isn't ignoring you. For so many years, he's been trapped in this dark place, unable to leave, and he's suffered a lot..."

"Your father must be even more pained and miss you even more..."

Gu Fei's words, it could be said, touched the hearts of both father and daughter.

At this moment, the scene instantly fell silent.

When Zi Yan looked at Old Dragon Emperor, her eyes also showed a hint of heartache.

"Father, I don't want you to do anything, I just want you to be able to leave this dreadful place!"

Zi Yan said with firm eyes.

Her previous tone was merely a spontaneous outburst, and she wasn't truly blaming Zhu Kun.

She also knew that Zhu Kun felt very guilty about all of this, and moreover, Zhu Kun had been trapped here for countless years, lonely.

"Child!"

Seeing Zi Yan call him father.

Old Dragon Emperor's eyes showed a hint of tenderness.

"Leave this place..."

However, facing the latter half of Zi Yan's sentence.

He suddenly fell silent again.

Looking very helpless.

"Child, back then I coveted the Ancient Emperor Treasure Trove and was tricked by Tuoshe Ancient Emperor. You should also know the strength of a Dou Di expert. If no one comes with a complete ancient jade, I will never be able to escape from here..."

A moment later, Zhu Kun explained with great helplessness.

"Complete ancient jade?"

Zi Yan's gaze was solemn. She also knew some of the continent's secrets.

That ancient jade had long since been divided into eight pieces, held by various Ancient Races.

How easy would it be to reassemble them?

"Senior, that ancient jade appeared on the continent a thousand years ago and was obtained by the Xiao Clan!"

"However, soon, people from other Ancient Races learned of it and surrounded the Xiao Clan, as they would not allow the Xiao Clan to monopolize the Treasure Trove!"

"Under pressure, the Xiao Clan divided the ancient jade into eight, with each of the Ancient Eight Clans keeping one piece. They wanted to reassemble the ancient jade..."

Gu Fei explained some of the situation to Old Dragon Emperor.

"The Ancient Eight Clans each hold a piece?"

Hearing this, Old Dragon Emperor also understood that the hope of reassembling them was slim.

If he could get out, he might have a chance to snatch the ancient jade, but he couldn't leave this place without the ancient jade. It was a paradox.