"At that time, no one or beast will disturb you, so you can shed your skin with peace of mind!"
Zi Lingling said it casually, but this was her extremely solemn promise.
Don't look at the demon dragon now, it's a strong cultivator at the Minor God realm, but when it sheds its skin, it will become extremely weak. Even a cultivator at the Yuan Transformation realm could seize the opportunity to kill it.
Therefore, Zi Lingling's words were undoubtedly a promise to protect the demon dragon's safety.
"Thank you!"
The demon dragon was stunned, and a trace of sincerity flashed in its dragon eyes.
It had originally worried that Zi Lingling and the other two would strike decisively when it was weakest.
Now, Zi Lingling's words had dispelled its last worry.
Zi Lingling nodded at the demon dragon and then said to Zi Guochang and Ye Lingyuan, "Dad, Ye Lingyuan, let's go!"
Zi Guochang smiled brightly and said heartily, "Good! We'll listen to Ling'er!"
Although Ye Lingyuan didn't speak, he walked directly to Zi Lingling's side.
The meaning was obvious: whatever his Ling'er said was what he would do.
The three of them left the demon dragon's cave together.
Long'er looked back at the demon dragon's cave, which was covered in darkness, and said, "Master, although it has been demonized, it is not a bad beast."
"Mmm!"
Zi Lingling nodded.
She thought so too, because she didn't feel any evil intentions from the demon dragon.
This was why she was willing to take the inverse scale without harming the demon dragon.
"It's indeed not a bad beast. At least in the twelve years I've been here, I haven't seen it bully other demonic beasts with its bloodline! This black loach, apart from being a bit arrogant, is quite interesting!" Zi Guochang also nodded and said.
Ye Lingyuan did not participate in the evaluation.
Firstly, he didn't know much about the demon dragon; secondly, at this moment, his eyes, mind, and heart were all filled with Zi Lingling, and he didn't care about other things.
"Arrogant?"
Zi Lingling smiled and said, "Perhaps, this is just its protective coloration!"
The voices of the three people and one beast gradually faded away.
The demon dragon looked up at the sky shrouded in darkness, and a trace of melancholy appeared in its dragon eyes.
Its gaze penetrated time and space, returning to a thousand years ago.
At that time, it was still a supreme five-clawed golden dragon, the most proud genius of the entire dragon race.
With his noble bloodline, he only cultivated silently and never bullied other dragons.
Until later, when he went out to gain experience, he met a human woman.
Without any surprise, he fell in love with that woman.
This should have been an extremely happy event, but in the dragon race, human-dragon love was absolutely forbidden.
Especially since he was a five-clawed golden dragon with an extremely powerful bloodline, regarded by the dragon race as the hope for continuing their powerful bloodline.
And the old monsters of the dragon race had chosen a female dragon with equally powerful bloodline for him.
Because of this, his relationship with that woman was destined not to be recognized by the dragon race.
He pleaded bitterly, but could not move those stubborn old monsters.
In the end, to cut off his thoughts, those old monsters sent people to kill that human woman.
And when he rushed over, the woman only had time to say one sentence—"Ao Xiang, I don't regret falling in love with you!"
Ao Xiang was the demon dragon's name in the dragon race.
"Xi Xi!"
He roared to the sky and wept uncontrollably, but it could not bring back the woman's smiling face.
He just held Xi Xi like that, sitting in the same spot for three days and three nights.
The old monsters of the dragon race persuaded him to return to the dragon race, but he ignored them.
Three days later, he did something that shocked the entire dragon race.
"I, Ao Xiang, am henceforth estranged from the dragon race! From now on, anyone from the dragon race I meet, I will kill without mercy!"
This was his oath at Xi Xi's grave.
From then on, he never returned to the dragon race.
The dragon race sent people to persuade him to return more than once, but he killed them in his anger.
Thus, the dragon race was furious, declared him a traitor to the dragon race, and sent a large number of powerful cultivators to apprehend him.
He was outnumbered and fought and fled all the way, finally being forced to the edge of the dark abyss.
He fought back with all his might, and was eventually driven into the dark abyss.
It was also his fate that he did not die instantly upon falling.
Later, he stumbled his way into the depths of the dark abyss.
From then on, he settled here, and with his pure bloodline pressure, almost no demonic beasts dared to provoke him.
Of course, the reason he didn't go deeper was that he sensed an aura in the depths that would kill him ten times over.
And because of the immense hatred in his heart, he quickly gained control of the demonic energy and dark elements here, and his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.
Later, he wanted to go back to take revenge, but he found that he could only enter but not leave.
In his anger, he cautiously went deeper. He almost died there.
From then on, he no longer dared to set foot there, but slowly calmed down and devoted himself to cultivation.
It wasn't until twelve years ago, when Zi Guochang arrived here, that the silence here was broken.
"Xi Xi!"
Ao Xiang's eyes were full of sorrow.
He subconsciously closed his eyes, and a dragon tear flowed from the corner of his eye, falling to the ground with a crisp sound.
In the past thousand years, his anger from that year had completely disappeared, but his longing for Xi Xi grew day by day.
"A thousand years of life and death, vast and blurry, no need to think, yet unforgettable."
"Xi Xi, it's been a thousand years. Without me by your side, you must be lonely too?"
"Xi Xi, wait for me. I will definitely get out. When that time comes, I will bring you back here, and we will never be separated!"
Although Ao Xiang was talking to himself, somewhere in the Heavenly Origin Continent, a violent tremor occurred.
If Ao Xiang could see, he would discover that it was the place where he had buried Xi Xi a thousand years ago.
"Xi Xi! Wait for me! I have a feeling that that girl is the key for me to get out!"
Ao Xiang said this, and a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes.
He closed his eyes, temporarily locking his longing for Xi Xi in a certain part of his mind, and then began to cultivate.
Shedding skin is a very dangerous process, so he must adjust himself to the best state.
Time flies, and three days pass in the blink of an eye.
Ao Xiang opened his eyes, and a trace of determination appeared in his dragon eyes.
After shedding his skin this time, he would be able to break through to the Great God realm.
"Xi Xi, you must bless me to shed my skin successfully!"
Ao Xiang muttered, then entered the skin-shedding state.
The dragon race's skin shedding is like a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon, a very painful process.
But because of the love and hope in his heart, Ao Xiang did not feel that heart-wrenching pain.
Time passed by the second.
Ao Xiang's dragon body was soon covered in blood, making it unbearable to look at.
Painful expressions also began to appear on his face.