"Alas, heaven envies the talented!"
Long Xuan searched almost every corner of the Dragon Hall but found no trace of Ling Fan.
Finally, he gave up.
He piled up a cenotaph for Ling Fan with a few stones.
"What are you doing?" Lu Rui asked.
"Leaving him a memento. He died too tragically, his remains are nowhere to be found," Long Xuan said.
Lu Rui: "..."
Both fell silent.
They quietly collected the treasures in the Dragon Hall.
Their hearts were heavy.
Even though they obtained treasures far beyond their imagination, they couldn't be happy.
High-grade Emperor Weapon, Sky-Breaking Dragon Horn.
High-grade Emperor Weapon, Dragon Pattern Vacuum Sword.
High-grade Emperor Weapon...
High-grade Emperor Pills, Dragon Blood Marrow Cleansing Pill, Nine Dragon Soul Sculpting Pill, Heavenly Gang Spirit Refining Pill, Dragon Extreme Essence Augmenting Pill, Myriad Dragon Soul Purifying Pill...
Any one of these rare treasures, if released in Jinzhou, would be enough to stir up a bloody struggle.
As for mid-grade Emperor Pills and mid-grade Emperor Weapons, there were even more!
The wealth of the Dragon Clan's miserly hoard was beyond imagination.
The treasures were piled up like mountains, eventually becoming a monotonous number.
Finally, the two had collected almost everything.
Only the Asura Dragon Emperor's skeleton, as vast as an ancient mountain, still occupied the Dragon Hall.
"Let's go, Senior Sister Lu. Old Fan is probably really dead."
Long Xuan said with a touch of sadness.
"Alas."
Lu Rui's heart was a mix of emotions, and she sighed softly.
As the two were about to leave.
Suddenly.
In the vast void of the Dragon Hall, a spark of light ignited.
Like a tiny firefly flying out in the endless night.
But soon, this spark began to erupt.
And in the blink of an eye, it swept across billions of spaces, finally forming a sea of fire that spread throughout the entire Dragon Hall, crackling and roaring.
That flame was terrifying.
Even from a distance.
Lu Rui and Long Xuan felt the terrifying heat washing over them.
They had no doubt that even a single spark touching them would cost them half their lives. It was a flame potent enough to incinerate a sixth-tier Xuan Emperor.
Long Xuan couldn't help but exclaim, "What's happening now!"
"Why did it catch fire?"
Lu Rui remained silent.
A absurd thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
Even she couldn't believe it.
"You say, could this be caused by Fan Lin..." Lu Rui blurted out inexplicably.
"Wait!"
Lu Rui's words reminded Long Xuan.
Long Xuan suddenly recalled that when Ling Fan attempted to collect the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal, he had transformed into a terrifying ball of flame, very similar to the current terrifying flame spreading throughout the Dragon Hall.
However.
The flame before them was clearly more terrifying.
"Could it really be Old Fan!"
As soon as Long Xuan finished speaking.
The boundless sea of flames twisted and churned violently, as if some formidable existence was about to break free from it.
Boom!
The boundless flames suddenly rolled back.
Before the astonished eyes of Long Xuan and Lu Rui, the flames that spanned billions of spaces rapidly collapsed, finally forming a human shape.
Within the raging inferno.
A human body began to condense.
Terrifying vital energy surged towards the heavens.
Every inch of his flesh and blood radiated a vigorous life force as robust as the flames.
And every inch of his flesh and blood was reborn in the raging flames, crystal clear, as if tempered into supreme divine gold, not like human flesh and blood.
As the last spark disappeared into his body.
This figure was completely revealed before Long Xuan and Lu Rui.
"Fan Lin!"
They both exclaimed.
Their hearts were utterly shaken.
"Old Fan, aren't you dead?"
Long Xuan slapped himself twice, suspecting he was dreaming.
"I did die once."
Ling Fan walked down through the void step by step.
He smiled calmly, his gaze deeper and more distant, filled with an ancient, unadorned charm that returned to simplicity after experiencing prosperity.
"However, I have been reborn. My flesh and blood body has completely merged with the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal. This is what is meant by breaking and then establishing."
As he spoke.
Ling Fan grabbed the void with his palm.
A domineering and immensely heavy dragon seal appeared in his hand.
It was precisely the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal!
With a thought.
The Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal disappeared into Ling Fan's body again.
"Holy crap!!!"
"You refined the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal... Old Fan, you are truly a god." Long Xuan couldn't help but say.
"You curse when you praise someone?" Ling Fan said with a dark expression.
"Haha, I was too excited, it just slipped out!" Long Xuan scratched his head.
"Then you are now comparable to the Heavenly Emperor!" Lu Rui tried her best to remain calm, but her slightly trembling voice betrayed her shock.
"The words 'Heavenly Emperor' are not so easily attained."
Ling Fan shook his head faintly.
"This Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal is only a semi-finished product. Strictly speaking, it's not even a high-grade Emperor Weapon, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to refine it. It's just that its material is special, and its potential is infinite, which has indeed brought me immense benefits."
Lu Rui sighed, "It's truly incredible, no wonder you're so monstrous!"
Monstrous?
Ling Fan: "..."
"Have you two collected most of the Asura Dragon Emperor's treasures? Wait for me, I still need to take away its skeleton. If I can refine its skeleton, my physical body will be able to advance further."
Ling Fan's body floated up.
This time.
The resistance he encountered while collecting the skeleton was reduced by countless times.
Even this skeleton, as vast as an ancient mountain, seemed to willingly submit to him.
A moment's thought made it clear.
Ling Fan was now equivalent to the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal.
Myriad dragons submitting, the co-lord of the dragon race was no joke.
Rumble!
The entire skeleton rose from the ground with earth-shattering roars, flashed, and entered Ling Fan's body.
The Dragon Hall instantly became empty.
Lu Rui and Long Xuan were already numb with shock.
"Don't just stand there, let's go. There's still a Heavenly-grade Dragon Vein! Although I can't take it away, I can use the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal as a container to take as much as I can. The rest, I'll collect later."
Oh.
Long Xuan and Lu Rui nodded mechanically.
Now, no matter what astounding feat Ling Fan performed, they would not be surprised, only find it natural.
...
Above the underground Dragon Cave.
The figures of Ling Fan and the other two appeared in a desert region of Jinzhou's northern territory.
This trip to the underground Dragon Cave.
Gave Long Xuan and Lu Rui a sense of having lived through an era.
The two of them had gained immense benefits in the Dragon Hall. Now, Long Xuan's cultivation was at the half-step sixth-tier Heavenly Emperor level, his Dragon Clan bloodline had further strengthened, he possessed a high-grade Dragon Clan Emperor Weapon, and was supported by countless Dragon Clan treasure pills. Even if he encountered a sixth-tier chosen one, he could contend.
As for Lu Rui.
Her current cultivation was infinitely close to the two true disciples, Yu and Dian, of the Tianyi Sect, and she could break through to the sixth-tier Xuan Emperor level at any time.
With the immense treasure trove and resources of a ninth-tier Dragon Emperor as support.
Her return to break through to the sixth-tier Xuan Emperor was a foregone conclusion.
"If I meet that scumbag Gao Ya again when I go back, I'll beat his shit out with one finger!" Long Xuan said spiritedly.