After disappearing for ten years, the junior sister made the entire sect kneel down to welcome her.

Luo Huanzhen put his small hands behind his back and strode onto the soft bridge.

Ye Rou followed closely behind.

As Luo passed by Zhao Qing, he clicked his tongue twice.

With a serious, pitiful expression, she said, "Oh dear, it's true what they say, a simp who licks his boots ends up with nothing!"

Having said that, he swaggered forward.

It's laced with sarcasm.

Ye Rou also clicked her tongue twice, just like Luo Zhenhuan, her eyes full of pity for Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing clenched his fist, his face turning even greener.

Zhao Qing stood there, her face a mixture of pale and ashen, like a piece of jade that had been pickled and ruined.

He watched Su Mingyue and Liu Ruoci walk away side by side, and the bitterness in his chest almost overwhelmed him.

But he is no ordinary person—he is Mingyue's future Daoist partner, how could he be defeated by such a trivial matter?

Zhao Qing took a deep breath.

Mingyue was merely using Liu Ruoci.

She needed the help of Medicine King Valley and that piece of Ink Scale Dragon scale, which is why she had to treat that man with a cold shoulder.

Besides, Mingyue and he had already pledged their lives to each other in private.

What is Liu Ruoci anyway? She's just a temporary tool.

Once this journey through the secret realm is over, Mingyue will naturally return to his side.

Thinking of this, Zhao Qing straightened her back a bit more.

He even found his earlier lapse in composure ridiculous—why was he jealous of a mere tool?

After calming himself down, Zhao Qing finally followed the others.

However, he wasn't so eager after that. He deliberately slowed down, putting on an attitude of "I'm very generous and I don't care," and even surprisingly exchanged a few words with Ye Rou.

Ye Rou's lips twitched as she looked at his forced attempt to perform.

Too lazy to expose them.

Three days later, the group finally arrived at the enormous Demon Emperor's palace.

The sight before them made everyone hold their breath.

The walls were still collapsed, and glowing deep-sea moss grew among the ruins, making the whole place look like a dream.

The most awe-inspiring sight is the central stone pillar in the water, which is thicker, larger, and taller than all the surrounding pillars—a majestic, enormous black dragon coils above it, its scales like black jade, each with faintly flowing dark gold patterns.

Calling it a dragon is no longer quite appropriate.

Its appearance is somewhat reminiscent of a six-part dragon, with two small horns already protruding from its head, giving it a mysterious and majestic beauty.

Even though it was just a lingering remnant, the overwhelming sense of oppression made everyone present tremble in their legs.

In its presence, people appear as if they were floating or ants.

Incredibly small.

Liu Ruoci could no longer contain her excitement.

He took a deep breath, gave Su Mingyue a look, and the two of them went inside first.

He took out the jet-black, shiny scale with iridescent colors from his sleeve and held it high.

The scales suddenly lit up in the water, as if resonating with some ancient call. A gentle light poured down from the black dragon's remnant spirit, enveloping Liu Ruoci and Su Mingyue.

The Demon Emperor's lingering spirit slowly lowered his head, his enormous vertical pupils filled with vicissitudes and weariness.

"The scales of the ancient black-scaled dragon..."

Its sound is like the tolling of a bell from ancient times, deep and resonant.

"I have waited here for countless years, but I have never seen my bloodline. It seems that the Ink Scale Dragon clan is indeed extinct."

Liu Ruoci bowed respectfully, saying, "I obtained this scale by chance and dare not claim it as part of my bloodline. I only beg you, senior, to grant us both a great fortune."

The Demon Emperor remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a heavy sigh.

The sigh shook the water, sending pebbles tumbling down.

"Very well. Since you possess the token of our clan, it is the will of Heaven. The treasure beneath this palace shall belong to the two of you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire palace began to shake violently.

A huge crack appeared in the ground, and countless gold and silver jewels, spirit stones, magical artifacts, elixirs and secret manuals gushed out from the ground like a fountain, tumbling and floating in the water, emitting a dazzling light.

Su Mingyue's eyes widened, her mouth slightly open, but she couldn't utter a word.

She had never seen so many treasures in her life.

"These...these are all ours?"

Su Mingyue's voice was trembling.

Liu Ruoci nodded with a smile.

Su Mingyue looked up at him, her beautiful eyes filled with surprise and delight. "Young Master Liu, what virtue or ability do I possess to share such good fortune with you..."

Just then, Elder Danhong made a move.

She stood silently behind Luo Huanzhen and Ye Rou, like a venomous snake that had been lying in wait for a long time.

Just as everyone's attention was drawn to the treasure, she suddenly reached out and pushed the two forward with all her might!

The two flew out like kites with broken strings, crashing heavily into the domain of the Demon Emperor's lingering resentment.

Elder Danhong's scream rang out immediately.

"Luo Huanzhen! You actually want to steal the inheritance and treasures of the North Sea Secret Realm?!"

Her expression instantly shifted to one of deep anguish, and she pointed at Luo Huanzhen, her fingers trembling.

Luo Huanzhen got up from the ground and was shocked to see Elder Danhong's indignant face.

"How did you know?!"

She thought she had hidden it well.

Ye Rou was so disoriented from the fall that she hadn't even realized what had happened, and instinctively moved closer to Luo Huanzhen.

Hearing their conversation, she looked at her junior uncle in shock.

Elder Danhong: "...?"

Su Mingyue: "...?"

and many more.

This script is wrong.

A hint of unease flashed through Elder Danhong's mind, but she quickly suppressed it.

It's okay, it's better to admit it, so she doesn't have to waste her breath.

Su Mingyue, her eyes also red, said, "If you really want something, Mingyue will give it to you willingly if you insist on fighting for it! You don't need to resort to such a sneak attack."

The Demon Emperor's lingering resentment hates greedy humans the most; this little girl is doomed.

Sure enough, the Demon Emperor's lingering spirit's enormous vertical pupils suddenly contracted, and a violent aura exploded from its body, causing the entire palace to tremble.

"Greedy humans," the Demon Emperor's voice seemed to echo from the deepest hell, "daring to harbor greed before me?"

Without its permission.

No one could possibly obtain the racial treasure of the Inkscaled Flood Dragon clan.

It raised a huge claw, its five fingers like hooks, each fingertip gleaming with a cold light, and viciously clawed at Luo Huanzhen's chest.

That was the gesture of tearing out one's heart, exactly as in the legends, fast and ruthless, even a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage might not be able to dodge it.

Elder Danhong and Su Mingyue both held their breath.

It became.

Their plot succeeded!

However, just as the giant claw was less than a foot away from Luo Huanzhen's chest.

Luo Huanzhen reached out with his other hand.

Come out, it's you I've chosen, Little Black~

She lifted the little black cat high in her arms and held it in her hands!