That figure stood in the sea of flowers, speechless and equally silent, looking at Ao Fan.
More than a year had passed, and she was still as unchanged as she had been in the past. Her skin was like jade, and she wore a set of white dress and a white veil. Long, black, silky hair fell from behind her, hanging there like a waterfall.
Under her curved willow eyebrows, her large crystal and soulful eyes looked at Ao Fan, her agitated nose slightly wrinkled, and her pair of rosy lips spat out a few words, "Brother, it's been a long time."
Yes, a long time, more than a year!
Ao Fan's heart was as complicated as a mess, but his heart was filled with an unconcealable joy, the joy that only comes from seeing one's closest relative. He hurriedly walked forward and gently held little Ling'er in his arms.
Everything, in the absence of words!
On the day Ao Fan successfully learnt Elder Blood Peak's dharma, it was also the moment when Little Spirit Child was brought to that nameless hall to carry out her training. For more than a year, Xiao Ling'er had never stepped out of that hall, and could only cultivate day and night without stopping. In today's day, she was already at the peak of the first level of the Mortal Realm, and was actually just one step away from stepping into the second level of the Mortal Realm, which was the same situation as Zi Yu.
However, she was only eight years old.
Recently, because the Phoenix Clan was about to come as an envoy, Little Ling'er, as the only princess, was also requested by the Dragon Emperor to attend the banquet, thus she was released early.
After coming out, the first thing Little Spirit Child did was to come to the Sea of Flowers to meet with Ao Fan.
Inside the hall where Xiao Ling'er had been cultivating for more than a year, the fluorescent deep blue light was still shining, and countless beads were emitting white light. In the centre of the grand hall, a crystal dragon statue still stood.
Next to the crystal dragon statue, two figures stood. A figure with an upright posture and a heavy aura, wearing dazzling golden robes, was the Dragon Emperor. The other figure, a woman with a soft body line and wearing a white palace dress, was Imperial Mother Fang Xue.
Under Fang Xue's soft eyebrows, a pair of mature eyes revealed a few hints of delight. She smiled faintly and said to the Dragon Emperor, "Have you heard the news that came from the men just now?"
The Dragon Emperor frowned slightly, his pair of thick eyebrows almost coalescing together as he said indifferently, "The Phoenix Clan will be coming in three days, naturally, this Emperor has heard it."
Fang Xue shook her head and looked straight at the Dragon Emperor, saying, "You know, I'm not talking about this matter."
The corner of the Dragon Emperor's eyebrows raised, his eyes slightly cold, but he did not speak.
Seeing this, Fang Xue lightly opened her vermilion lips and said, "In the news that came in just now, it was very clear that that child Ziyu went to the Dragon Valley."
"So what." The Dragon Emperor calmly said.
"There, he met Fan'er, who had been diving in Dragon Valley, and the two even exchanged blows." Fang Xue looked at the Dragon Emperor and said, "In the end, it wasn't Zi Yu of the Upper Order Divine Beast bloodline that won, but rather, it was Fan'er of the Lower Order Divine Beast bloodline that won."
The fact that upper rank divine beasts were absolutely stronger than lower rank divine beasts was a situation that had been recognised since ancient times. There were only a handful of lower-ranked divine beasts that could be stronger than higher-ranked divine beasts, and these divine beasts, in the end, without exception, possessed astounding strength.
Just like today's Blood Peak Elder!
"What are you trying to explain?" The Dragon Emperor suddenly coldly lowered his voice and said.
Fang Xue maintained her calmness and said, "You've seen that child Ziyu, he definitely belongs to the outstanding kind among his peers. Yet now he has lost, it's not that he isn't strong enough, but that Fan'er, who bested him, is stronger."
The Dragon Emperor took a deep breath and listened as Fang Xue continued to speak.
"From this, it can be seen that that child, Fan'er, must have cultivated very hard in recent years to achieve this. He's arduous enough, hard enough, undaunted by difficulties and obstacles, and endures all the things that normal people find hard to endure, so it's obvious how good his mindset is. Apart from his bloodline, he is good at everything. This kind of him will definitely have a great future in the future."
"But there have been no successive generations that have lowered their bloodline yet sat in the Dragon Emperor position." The Dragon Emperor said sarcastically.
Fang Xue denied, "I didn't expect you to pass the throne to him, I just expected you to treat Fan'er better. He is also your and my child in any case, and has good skills nowadays, is he not qualified enough to get your approval?"
Fang Xue was plain and unassuming, not attaching importance to most things, but very much attached to her feelings. Her biggest wish now is that Ao Fan can get the Dragon Emperor's approval, so that she doesn't have to be obviously a family member, but like a stranger on the roadside.
The light from the crystal dragon statue waved over the Dragon Emperor's majestic face, making his expression most clearly revealed. He faced the other side of the snow, said word by word: "This emperor is aware of some of Ao Fan's things, I heard that he has followed the blood peak to learn the dharma, so that he can have the present achievements. You know, blood peak is also red dragon, his law naturally very suitable for Ao Fan practice, Ao Fan so can cultivation greatly increased, the force pressure peer."
Fang Xue immediately denied, "For all living beings, although the cultivation method is important, it is not the first place. The most important thing is still the heart, just as it was for Fan'er."
"Heart?" The Dragon Emperor let out a cold snort, feeling rather ridiculous in his heart as he said under his breath, "You still expect him to become the next Blood Peak? Do you not think that he can go through the same experiences that Blood Peak has had again?"
"No, he can't." The Dragon Emperor sank his voice down and said, "All the experiences that Blood Peak had in the past, even I wouldn't dare to say that I can go through them again, let alone Ao Fan? He can't!"
"You don't even have confidence in your own child?" Fang Xue barely managed to remain calm as she continued, "Regardless of whether or not Fan'er can become a figure like the Blood Peak Elder, he is currently a genius among his peers in the end, and his cultivation speed is extremely fast, so he will still be able to maintain the momentum for a long time in the future. You should be proud of him instead of taunting him and looking down on him."
"Be proud of him?" The Dragon Emperor finally laughed out and said disdainfully, "What's the point of cultivating faster even before the Dao Realm? How many geniuses, when they were in the Mortal Realm, had their cultivation paths travelling by leaps and bounds in a single day, reaching the peak in just a few years. But when they were at the Dao Realm, they struggled every step of the way, and there were even those who couldn't even step into the Dao Realm."
Geniuses, it was never difficult to define, and situations such as the one the Dragon Emperor was talking about were indeed very common in the world.
"Do you think that Fan'er can only maintain his cultivation speed in the Mortal Realm, but not in the Dao Realm?" Fang Xue took a deep breath and slowly said, "As I said, what a living being ultimately needs to cultivate is a heart, and this is precisely what Fan'er possesses ..."
"Stop laughing!" The Dragon Emperor spoke out abruptly, stopping Fang Xue from continuing on. He said icily, "What Ao Fan can ultimately achieve, I will know from the moment he comes out in his lifetime."
After saying that, he no longer paid attention to Fang Xue and walked straight towards the north side of the hall.
On the east and west sides of the hall, there was a row of candlesticks each, burning with various colours of strange fire. On the south side, there was the door for entry and exit. On the north side, it was originally just a wall with the Nine Stars into Dragons diagram on it. After the Dragon Emperor approached, the biggest star in the nine stars pressed down, the whole wall immediately issued a "click" sound, slowly moving up, and finally revealed a dark tunnel.
Deep in the dark tunnel, is the Dragon Emperor's unique clean secret room, only in a bad mood, he will enter.
Seeing this, Fang Xue in the back slightly sighed and walked out of the hall.