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"Dad, are we really going back to the fief?"

Little Pebble's crisp voice rang out on Shi Jin's head.

Shi Jin rubbed his brow; this sentence was so familiar.

Back when he left the Daming Imperial City territory, intending to return to his fief to Cultivate and stabilize his Realm, he was intercepted halfway by Second Elder Ao Ni. By the time Shi Jin returned to the Daming Imperial City, Second Elder Ao Ni was nothing but a corpse.

Then, at Little Pebble's pleading, he stayed in the Daming Imperial City for a while longer, clashing with various Prodigies and experts.

It wasn't until the sudden anomaly in the world that he worried about trouble in his fief and set off again.

Little Pebble nodded, seemingly understanding, then furrowed his little brow and asked, "Then, the strange heavenly changes from some time ago—I heard it was an Immortal descending to the Lower Realm. Is that true?"

At the mention of the strange heavenly changes, Shi Jin's footsteps paused slightly.

He spoke slowly, "That anomaly could not have been triggered by turmoil in the mortal world. It was a transcendent power crossing Realms to pry at the structure of the world, causing the mountains and rivers to tremble and the sea of clouds to collapse. It should be correct."

Little Pebble became excited immediately, blinking his big eyes, "Then what they said about the Immortals preparing to come to the Imperial Dynasty is also true? Dad, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Wouldn't it be better to see what the Immortals look like?"

Shi Jin shook his head gently, "What is there to see? They are just more powerful Cultivators, nothing different. If you want to see one, why not just look at Senior Yuan Chen?"

"Senior Yuan Chen is an Immortal?"

"More or less!"

The two continued to travel at full speed. Just as they crossed a stretch of rolling clouds, the airspace ahead suddenly opened up, and a massive group of figures stood horizontally across their path, blocking their way.

Surrounded by golden mist with overwhelming Dragon Qi, dozens of figures wearing dragon-patterned armor stood in the long sky. Their Auras were formidable and their presence was piercing; it was the group of Dragon Clan experts who had just finished dividing the Immortal Artifacts and were in high spirits.

Golden Immortal Ao Li hovered in the Void Realm, his Immortal robes fluttering, his Golden Immortal pressure looming, overlooking the path ahead. Great Elder Ao Yin, Young Master Ao Xing, and other core clansmen stood on both sides, each looking arrogant and full of Battle Intent, ready to set off for the Daming Imperial City.

Shi Jin's gaze swept over them, instantly locking onto a few familiar faces—the very Dragon Clan members with whom he had entangled and developed grudges several times before.

At this moment, even for the steady and reserved Shi Jin, who rarely showed his emotions, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch violently, and a feeling of extreme helplessness and speechlessness flooded his heart.

He cursed under his breath, feeling deeply aggrieved: My Luck is truly too bad.

To actually bump into the Dragon Clan again!

Little Pebble also instantly saw the crowd opposite. Seeing the other party's gaze looking toward them, he sighed helplessly, "Sigh, sometimes being too outstanding is not good. People are always coveting my body. Dad, I'm going over there. Come pick me up at the Daming Imperial City later."

Shi Jin's eyes turned cold instantly, but he didn't speak.

Without a word, Shi Jin grabbed Little Pebble, turned around, and was about to move sideways to avoid the main road, taking a detour through the side sea of clouds to leave quietly.

But in the next second, two powerful streams of Dragon Qi instantly locked onto his body!

"Stop!"

Two cold shouts exploded simultaneously, sharp and overbearing, carrying an unquestionable tone of command.

Two Dragon Clan half-step mighty figures instantly stepped out of the formation, dragon scales faintly appearing on their bodies, their Auras biting. They directly blocked all of Shi Jin's retreat paths, staring at the father and son with icy, judgmental, and hostile gazes.

"Come here! Our clan's Old Ancestor wants to see you!"

Shi Jin's footsteps stalled suddenly, the chill in the depths of his eyes growing stronger, and the Aura around him sank instantly.

Little Pebble, seeing this, was not panicked at all and looked up at Shi Jin, "Dad, this time they are coveting your body!"

Hearing this, Shi Jin was both angry and helpless. He glared at him fiercely and snapped, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Having no choice, Shi Jin could only suppress his impatience and gloom, restraining his hostility, and under the escort of the two Dragon Clan experts, walked step by step toward Golden Immortal Ao Li.

In the sky, Golden Immortal Ao Li looked down at Shi Jin below, his gaze deep and sharp. His Golden Immortal Divine Sense swept slightly, instantly piercing through Shi Jin's surface Aura and landing on the Bloodline hidden deep within him.

His eyes flickered slightly, and he spoke faintly, his voice distant and majestic, "You have the fluctuation of a Dragon Clan Bloodline on you."

"Are you from the Dragon Clan?"

Shi Jin was expressionless, his demeanor indifferent and neither humble nor arrogant, he replied calmly, "You could say that."

There was no extra explanation, no deliberate attempt to curry favor, his tone was flat and distant, carrying a trace of deliberately maintained detachment.

Yet it was this special, complex, yet explosive Bloodline hidden deep within that made a trace of surprise flash in Golden Immortal Ao Li's eyes.

As a Golden Immortal from the Upper Realm and an ancient Golden Dragon Old Ancestor, his vision was extremely high, and he noticed Shi Jin's extraordinariness at a glance. While this person's Realm of cultivation did not seem top-tier, his Physical Body Foundation was extremely solid, and deep within his Bloodline lay a terrifying mutated power, far exceeding that of ordinary Dragon Clan direct descendants, faintly revealing the potential of a Top-tier Divine Beast.

Golden Immortal Ao Li felt a bit interested and spoke slowly, "Reach out your hand. I will inspect your Bloodline Foundation."

Shi Jin's brows locked tight, his heart filled with extreme reluctance.

But facing the command of a Golden Immortal, he had no way to refuse.

Before he could agree, his body floated into the air involuntarily.

Shi Jin's eyes narrowed. Is this the strength of a Golden Immortal expert?

In the other party's hands, he was no different from a toy.

Golden Immortal Ao Li condensed a wisp of Golden Immortal light at his fingertips and let it fall gently onto Shi Jin's palm.

The Immortal light entered his body, instantly traveling along the Bloodline meridians, piercing through the surface disguise, and reaching the core of his Origin.

In the next instant, a cold, bloodthirsty, mysterious, and blood-colored pattern with endless devouring properties flashed and vanished deep within Shi Jin's Bloodline.

Hum—!

The Golden Immortal light at Golden Immortal Ao Li's fingertips trembled suddenly and was instantly eroded and obliterated by that blood-colored power!

The next moment, this calm and majestic Golden Immortal Old Ancestor's expression sank completely. The interest in his eyes faded away, replaced by extreme disgust and contempt.

"So it is the mutated Bloodline of the Blood Mosquito Clan."

His tone was icy, carrying undisguised disdain, and his voice was full of contempt, "A species of gnat, bloodthirsty and greedy for life, sinister and lowly, surviving by devouring the Bloodline of others—it is not fit for the stage. It truly wastes such a good frame."

Afterward, he glared at Clan Leader Ao Yi, "What is going on with the Dragon Clan now? How can you let just anything pass your lips?"

Clan Leader Ao Yi was silent. Isn't the Dragon Clan always like this?

Young Master Ao Xing added from the side, "This is already considered restrained. Old Ancestor, you don't know about that Yuan Chen; his wives are even more diverse."

Every word and sentence was like a sharp blade, piercing fiercely into Shi Jin's heart.

Shi Jin's muscles tensed suddenly, his eyes instantly covered in a thick layer of gloom and coldness, and the air pressure around him dropped to the extreme.

The Blood Mosquito Clan was the greatest hidden pain of his life, a brand in his Bloodline that could not be erased, and the root cause of him being ostracized by his tribe and despised by the world his entire life.

Ordinary Dragon Clan members despised him and humiliated him, but now even a Golden Immortal Old Ancestor, whom he had only met once, treated his Bloodline background with such contempt and disdain, instantly rousing the humiliation and anger he had suppressed for many years.

He tightly suppressed his surging hostility, his knuckles slightly turning white, saying nothing, but the bone-chilling coldness around him already exposed his extreme forbearance and anger.

Young Master Ao Xing, seeing this, quietly let out a long sigh of relief. The stone hanging in his heart finally landed, and he was secretly terrified.

Just now, when Golden Immortal Ao Li inspected the Bloodline, seeing Shi Jin's thick and terrifying Physical Body and the Foundation of a Top-tier Divine Beast, his heart almost stopped.

He was extremely panicked, afraid that another peer Prodigy with Heaven-Defying talent and terrifying Foundation would appear, another competitor who would crush his peers and rival or even surpass him.

Now that he knew it was just a mixed-blood mutation of the Blood Mosquito Clan, he let go of all his worries.

Young Master Ao Xing secretly curled his lips, unable to help but complain in his heart: Scared me to death. I thought Top-tier Divine Beast Prodigies were now everywhere, and you could encounter one so easily. Good heavens, it turns out to be a Mosquito Clan mutation.

He couldn't help but reflect in his heart: I really don't understand, why are Top-tier talents so cheap now? First Yuan Chen emerged, crushing his peers so they couldn't lift their heads, then every child born is a Top-tier, and now anyone you meet on the road has a Top-tier Divine Beast Bloodline. It's truly impossible to live.

Just as the atmosphere of the whole scene was stagnant and Shi Jin was suppressing his extreme anger, the silent observer, Clan Leader Ao Yi, suddenly narrowed his eyes. Looking at Shi Jin's familiar facial features and familiar Bloodline Aura, memories sealed for many years instantly surged up.

He suddenly remembered an old rumor, stepped forward, and said in a deep voice:

"You... are you that member of the Red Dragon Clan who was completely expelled from the clan by my Dragon Clan two hundred years ago?"

Hearing this, Shi Jin raised his eyelids slightly, his pitch-black eyes indifferently sweeping over Clan Leader Ao Yi, his gaze calm and waveless, without a ripple. He neither admitted nor denied it, remaining silent as before.

Golden Immortal Ao Li, seeing this, became curious and asked Clan Leader Ao Yi faintly, "Oh? What is the matter?"

Clan Leader Ao Yi quickly bowed and explained respectfully, his tone calm as he told the story of the past, "Replying to Great-Grandfather, two hundred years ago, there was a Prodigy in the Red Dragon Clan."

"But he went astray, using the art of devouring to consume the Bloodline of his own clansmen to Cultivate, violating the thousand-year iron law of our Dragon Clan."

"At that time, the Clan Elder Council handled the matter impartially. Considering his youth, they did not take his life, but only abolished part of his cultivation, stripped him of his name in the Dragon Clan genealogy, and completely expelled him from the Dragon Clan territory, never to return for eternity."

The words painted Shi Jin as a traitorous disciple who violated clan rules, went onto the Evil Path, and was justly expelled.

The grievances and rights and wrongs of two hundred years ago were never as understated as others claimed; it was just that no one cared about the right or wrong of the past anymore.

"That was my Innate talent skill! Do you understand what an Innate talent skill is? What do you mean by going astray?"

Shi Jin gritted his teeth.

"Traitor? Mixed-blood?" Little Pebble widened his eyes, looking blank, and turned to look at Shi Jin, "Dad, what are they spouting nonsense about? You are a different species like me!"

Shi Jin raised his hand and gently pinched Little Pebble's head, saying faintly, "Good son, say less."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch."

Little Pebble grimaced as he rolled around in Shi Jin's hand, and powder fell rustling from the crack that served as his mouth.

The other Dragon Clan members immediately turned their curious gazes onto Little Pebble.

"Hiss, strange. It's no different from a stone in a latrine, yet it has given birth to spiritual intelligence."

"Do you think it's possible that a ten-thousand-year-old stone spirit and another ten-thousand-year-old stone spirit... and then pop, gave birth to one?"

"Cackle, cackle, although the possibility is extremely low, don't say, it really looks like that."

Little Pebble glared viciously at the crowd and turned to look at Shi Jin, "Dad, insulting you is fine, but they are actually making fun of me. Teach them a lesson."

Shi Jin glanced faintly at Little Pebble: Teach them a lesson? I can't beat any of the dragons present.

Golden Immortal Ao Li stood in the Void Realm, taking in this scene, his expression indifferent, without a ripple.

The Immortal, Demon, and Monster Realm are vast and boundless. Things like Little Pebble might be a bit rare in the Lower Realm, but they count for nothing in the Upper Realm.

Golden Immortal Ao Li spoke slowly, looking at Shi Jin:

"You, come with me to the Daming Imperial City."

As soon as these words came out, Shi Jin was slightly startled, "Me? What am I going there for?"

Golden Immortal Ao Li's eyes flickered. Although Shi Jin's Bloodline was filthy, this Physical Body was well-trained and had a deep Foundation.

It just so happened that he had obtained a Cultivation Technique to extract Bloodlines. Since the other party was no longer a member of the Dragon Clan, he shouldn't waste good things; it would be perfect to use it to refine Young Master Ao Xing's body.

Consider it recycling waste.

"Just follow along!"

Shi Jin let out a long, heavy breath, his eyes deep, and said indifferently, "Understood."

"Set off."

Golden Immortal Ao Li spat out two words faintly, his voice resounding through the sky, carrying the unique majesty of a Golden Immortal.

As his voice fell, the golden mist in the sky surged again, and the massive Dragon Qi, wrapped in Immortal light, swept rapidly toward the direction of the Daming Imperial City.

Clan Leader Ao Yi, Great Elder Ao Yin, Young Master Ao Xing, and the group of Dragon Clan experts followed closely behind, transforming into their true forms, in neat formation, with a menacing momentum, clearly determined to go to the Daming Imperial City to establish their authority and hold people accountable.

Shi Jin helplessly took Little Pebble and was sandwiched in the formation by the two Dragon Clan experts.

He couldn't even go to his fief...

The airflow in the sky was forcibly torn apart by the Immortal power, and the journey was unimpeded.

But just when they were only a hundred miles away from the Daming Imperial City, a sudden breeze arose in the Void Realm ahead, and a slender figure in plain white stood quietly in the center of the sea of clouds, neither fast nor slow, steadily blocking everyone's path.

The woman had a graceful figure, dressed in plain clothes as white as snow, with gentle and calm brows.

The advancing Dragon Clan formation halted abruptly. Golden Immortal Ao Li's eyes narrowed suddenly, his originally indifferent and calm expression showing a subtle fluctuation for the first time, and the whole person was slightly stunned.

She looked weak and harmless, without a hint of sharpness, but the invisible Dao charm lingering around her was as deep as the sea and as heavy as a mountain, steadily locking the entire airspace.

His Golden Immortal Divine Sense spread out with full force to carefully probe the other party's Foundation, but he could only capture a vast and boundless mist of Dao, unable to see through her true Realm of cultivation at all.

This was definitely not a Foundation that a Lower Realm Cultivator should have!

Golden Immortal Ao Li leaned forward slightly, his tone carrying a bit of surprise and inquiry as he asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

Could it be an Upper Realm expert from another faction who descended to the Lower Realm at the same time as him?

Facing the scrutiny and Golden Immortal pressure of the group of Dragon Clan experts, the woman's expression did not change, and her tone was flat and gentle, neither humble nor arrogant, "Daming Imperial Dynasty, Fortune Spirit."

Golden Immortal Ao Li's pupils shrank, his face completely filled with unbelievable surprise, and he whispered involuntarily, "Fortune Spirit? How is that possible!"

The so-called Fortune Spirit is an Innate spiritual body condensed from the Luck of heaven and earth, without soul or consciousness, without emotion or thought, acting only according to the rules of heaven and earth, ignorant and unknowing, like an object, absolutely without independent spiritual intelligence, let alone the ability to take human form, speak, and act independently.

Yet the Fortune Spirit before his eyes not only had a perfect human form and clear spiritual intelligence, but also spoke calmly, had a mature Heart-Nature, and even possessed a terrifying Foundation no weaker than a Golden Immortal, completely subverting ancient common knowledge!

Clan Leader Ao Yi, seeing this, quickly took a half step forward, lowered his voice, and respectfully reminded, his tone carrying a bit of certainty, "Great-Grandfather, this matter should be true."

He paused, his expression subtle, "There are rumors that in a previous dispute, the Fortune Spirit of the Daming Imperial Dynasty was actually cried into submission by Yuan Chen, calling him 'Daddy' on the spot."

The Fortune Spirit's pretty brows stood up, "You beast!"