183: I am a human cultivator, will you still pester me?

Having lost his heart, Ao Yan instantly lost his previous bravado.

He looked at his empty chest, his expression slowly twisting from blankness to extreme terror.

"No... no!"

"I don't want to die! I haven't become the Ancient Dragon King yet, I don't want to die!"

"Starfish, save me quickly!"

The giant jellyfish, floating in the seawater and emitting a colorful, shimmering light, watched as Ao Yan lost his Immortal Heart.

She was silent for a moment: "Young Master, this life of mine was given by you."

"Your servant will now return this life to you."

"Oh stars, please break through theConfused of Chaos, guide me to find the Immortal Heart."

Everything happened too quickly; Ao Jiao was suppressing Ghost Face Dragon Nightmare, and as soon as she saw Starfish begin to use the Starry Sky Dao, she quickly got up.

"Stop!"

But Ghost Face Dragon Nightmare used his sharp claws to tightly hook Ao Jiao, preventing her from leaving.

The entire process was incredibly fast, there was simply no time to stop it.

Li Yan personally witnessed that giant jellyfish, its colorful, transparent body, begin to wither like a flower.

He looked at this scene before him in disbelief; Starfish, one of the Four Fiends, actually ignited herself, turning into a torch of stars, guiding the stars!

The enormous jellyfish was visibly shrinking, like a lit candle rapidly melting.

Blind loyalty.

This word popped into Li Yan's mind; he hadn't expected this powerful Starfish to actually sacrifice herself for Ghost Face Dragon Nightmare.

"In this day and age... does anyone still sacrifice themselves for love?"

Li Yan, who was usually indifferent, was greatly shocked when he saw Starfish ignite herself to guide the stars.

He watched as the jellyfish, shrinking to the size of a bowl, completely burned itself out.

Ghost Face Dragon Nightmare's body also began to transform into starlight, being teleported into the Chaos Rift to search for his Immortal Heart.

Starfish, having burned herself out, spoke in a weak voice.

"Young Master, your servant... your servant can only help you this far."

"Before you leave, Young Master, would you be willing to tell your servant..."

"Young Master, have you ever loved your servant, even if... even if it was just a fleeting moment like a shooting star?"

Seeing that he was saved, Ghost Face Dragon Nightmare showed not the slightest bit of guilt.

The moment before he was teleported away, he mocked: "Starfish, you are merely one of my servants."

"I am a Dragon Clan, and you! You are merely a Essence Spirit transformed from a jellyfish."

"Between you and me, there's a world of difference! How could a Dragon fall in love with a pet he raised? Ridiculous!"

Leaving these words, Ao Yan was sent to the Chaos Space by the power of the stars to find his Immortal Heart.

And Starfish, who had burned her life to save him, received only Ao Yan's cold and heartless truth.

In the eyes of the Dragon, this jellyfish was nothing more than a plaything he kept.

It's like humans, would they fall in love with their own cats and dogs?

If they really did fall in love... that would be the 'Ren Shou' district.

Cats and dogs kept in a normal home, no matter how pampered, are still just pets.

For Ao Yan to fall in love with a jellyfish? What a joke!

And Starfish, having received her answer, gradually lost her life force, like trash floating in the seawater, drifting with the ocean currents.

Who would have thought that this bowl-sized transparent sphere was Starfish, one of the Four Fiends?

Li Yan's eyes were calm, but his emotions were a mix of feelings.

He hadn't expected that even before leaving, Ghost Face Dragon Nightmare wouldn't say a few comforting words.

It also quite matched the straightforward nature of the Ancient Dragon Clan; they speak their minds, no matter how unpleasant it might sound, they will say it directly.

Although he couldn't kill Ao Yan, Li Yan felt a bit regretful.

But his purpose for this trip was to obtain the Dragon Clan's secret treasure.

Now the panlong pillar was already in hand, and he had also acquired the Yuan Ye turtle shell, one of the Four Fiends.

The Yuan Ye turtle shell was equivalent to a giant island, which could perfectly serve as a mobile Immortal Mansion.

Understanding the principle of knowing when to stop, he couldn't continue to stay in the Eastern Wasteland Ruins.

After all, White Jade Capital had already sent Yan Poshan down to investigate the situation here, so he had to escape.

"Ao Jiao, let's go quickly!"

Knowing that Yan Poshan was about to arrive at the Eastern Wasteland Ruins, Li Yan dared not delay any longer; if they were caught by White Jade Capital, Ao Jiao might not survive.

"Good!"

Ao Jiao knew that Li Yan had obtained the treasure, and she no longer lingered in battle.

However, before leaving, Ao Jiao carefully brought the bowl-sized transparent sphere to her side.

Li Yan looked at it curiously: "Isn't Starfish dead? Why are you taking her?"

"The Four Fiends don't die that easily. Starfish's true form is a type of Turritopsis dohrnii, as long as she isn't killed, she can live forever."

Turritopsis dohrnii?

Li Yan remembered seeing something about this special jellyfish from the bottom of the sea somewhere before.

When aging or severely injured, as long as it doesn't die, the cells of the Turritopsis dohrnii will reprogram themselves, reverting from the adult stage back to the juvenile hydroid stage, theoretically allowing for infinite lifespan.

Li Yan looked at the small transparent sphere; this sphere pulsed like a heart, thumping~ thumping.

Starfish, having burned everything, had simply returned to her childhood.

Perhaps sensing Li Yan's confusion, Ao Jiao smiled bitterly.

"Starfish and I are old acquaintances."

"She is a very gentle child, too naive, and too obedient to that scoundrel brother of mine."

"Starfish, to repay the life-saving grace from tens of thousands of years ago, has always stayed by my brother's side, but my brother... because of different races, has always been very cold to Starfish, treating her only as a servant."

Ao Jiao, the Dragon, let out a puff of hot air from her nostrils and sighed: "Old friends around me are falling one after another, and there aren't many people I know left."

"Starfish's nature isn't bad, I can't bear to see another old acquaintance disappear."

Having lived to Ao Jiao's age, many acquaintances were already no longer in the world, or had undergone Reincarnation.

For the long lifespan of the Ancient Dragon, tens of thousands of years were merely their youth.

Seeing Ao Jiao take the bowl-sized small sphere, Li Yan said nothing.

However, Li Yan suddenly became curious about one thing, and he asked tentatively.

"Your brother said he had no feelings for jellyfish, even though Starfish was with him for so many years, he could still be indifferent?"

Ao Jiao, swimming back with Li Yan, pondered for a moment.

"I think it's normal. We Ancient Dragon are not Human Race."

"Human Race are promiscuous, they like to mess around with Yao Race and Ghost Race."

"But our Ancient Dragon Clan are only interested in our own kind, very, very rarely intermarrying with outsiders, unlike Human Race Cultivator."

Ao Jiao's remarks made Li Yan feel both helpless and amused.

But what she said seemed to be correct?

Indeed, there were many stories circulating among the Human Race about romances with Essence Spirit and deep interactions with various non-human creatures.

The most common examples were Xu Xian and Bai Niangzi, and also stories of human-ghost relationships that never ended...

After laughing, Li Yan slowly asked a question.

"If I told you I transformed from a Human Race Cultivator, would you still cling to me?"