"Why do you have to talk like that? What do you mean by 'struck by dog shit luck'? It's because I was born with the ability to sense those Heavenly and Earthly Treasures that I was able to find the Human-shaping Grass."
"And all those herbs and elixirs, they were all approved by Su Qian and the others." Zi Yan pouted, clearly unhappy.
Damn it!
No matter what she said, coming from Xu Ran's mouth, it took on a different flavor. How could she, Zi Yan, so cute, be associated with sneaky theft?
"Oh, so it was also me who told you to come and consume the elixirs today?" Xu Ran pointed to the overturned bottles of medicine on the ground.
"That was an accident, who asked you to have so many good things here? I just couldn't help myself for a moment." Zi Yan pursed her lips and hung her head, feeling somewhat ashamed by Xu Ran's words.
"Forget it, I won't hold it against you, off you go." Xu Ran waved his hand dismissively.
These elixirs, for Xu Ran, really weren't anything significant.
It was like pouring water off a duck's back.
"No, you still haven't told me about my identity. How do you know about me? You're not secretly tracking me, are you? Could it be, you're a guard from my family, and you've been protecting me in secret?" Zi Yan guessed naively. That logic seemed quite reasonable to her.
She was born into a powerful Magical Beast family, then got lost accidentally, and her family sent guards to ensure her safety.
Otherwise, how could Xu Ran know even the things from her childhood?
He even knew about her eating the Human-shaping Grass, and being bullied by the Magical Beasts when she was young... This was just too weird.
Or does, Xu Ran practice divination?
"Keep on dreaming. You want me to be your guard? You sure wish for the moon." Xu Ran laughed, rapping Zi Yan hard on the head. This girl sure had some imagination.
"Then what? I'm just guessing." Zi Yan rubbed her head where it hurt, looking at Xu Ran with annoyance.
"You still haven't told me about my origins. You're so powerful; surely you know where I'm from, right? Just tell me, I'll be grateful to you." Zi Yan moved closer to Xu Ran.
"What good is your gratitude to me? You can't give me anything in return. Besides, knowing those things now isn't going to be of any use to you. Once you break through to Douhuang, you will naturally understand."
"I knew you wouldn't just kindly tell me!" Zi Yan stomped her foot in frustration.
Her curiosity had just been piqued when Xu Ran stopped talking.
It was like being choked on a breath of air, extremely uncomfortable.
"Then if you won't tell me, asking about something else should be okay, right?" Zi Yan said helplessly.
"Speak."
"When I was sparring with you, there was always this powerful force suppressing me, which must be bloodline pressure, right? If I'm a Magical Beast, that means you're also a Magical Beast, and one with a bloodline even stronger than mine, aren't you?" Zi Yan had always been curious about this, but it was only now that she voiced her question.
She had perused some of Canaan Academy's records; a Magical Beast like her who controlled several powerful abilities at such a young age surely had a potent bloodline.
And Xu Ran would only become stronger.
"Congratulations, you guessed right," Xu Ran said with a smile.
"Hmph. I knew it. Then I'm not afraid of you. I'm a Magical Beast, you're a Magical Beast; we're the same," Zi Yan said playfully, sticking out her tongue.
Knowing that Xu Ran was also a Magical Beast, she was overjoyed.
At Canaan Academy, she had always kept this secret because, even though she was a Magical Beast, she didn't have close interactions with others.
Now that the academy had another Magical Beast, it naturally made her develop a liking for Xu Ran.
"Second question: Where is my home? Is it in Zhongzhou?" Zi Yan asked expectantly. Zhongzhou was a place coveted by the strong from all over, and powerful Magical Beast families were also in Zhongzhou.
"Mhm," Xu Ran nodded.
"Then, what about my parents? How are they?" Zi Yan asked the question she was most curious about. Being alone since she became conscious, she naturally yearned for familial affection.
"I don't know about your mother. I'm not Lao Wang; how would I know so much? But your father has great prestige on the Continent, and he is extremely powerful; that much I do know. He disappeared on the Continent many years ago, trapped somewhere and temporarily unable to escape." Zi Yan's father, the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor Zhukun, was trapped in the Ancient Emperor's Cave House for thousands of years because he coveted the treasures within and was outsmarted by the Tuo She Ancient Emperor.
Later, when the Ancient Emperor's Cave House opened, he managed to escape and joined forces with Gu Yuan and others in the unsuccessful struggle for the Emperor Grade Young Pill against Hun Tiandi. Afterwards, to deal with Hun Tiandi's advancement to Dou Di, Zhukun revealed secrets about the Tuo She Ancient Emperor to everyone and sent Xiao Yan to receive the Ancient Emperor's inheritance to advance to Dou Di. Upon Xiao Yan's breakthrough to Dou Di, which attracted Yuan Qi, Zhukun ascended to Dou Di and joined Xiao Yan and others on the journey to the Great Thousand World.
And the Ancient Emperor's Cave House was right at Canaan Academy.
In the original story, Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa 'cough cough' under that magma, which was actually caused by the Ancient Emperor's Cave House being there; otherwise, how could such a vast Magma World appear out of nowhere?
Below the magma lay the Ancient Emperor's Cave House.
"What should we do? Is my father really not in danger right now? Where is he?" Bound by blood, Zi Yan suddenly became anxious.
"He's at Canaan Academy."
"Aaah! Xu Ran, you're teasing me again! I'm angry now!" Zi Yan gritted her teeth, clenching her rows of teeth together in a vicious gesture.
"I'm telling the truth. Why would I lie to you? I, Xu Ran, never lie to kids."
"Liar! How could my father be at Canaan Academy? He should be in Zhongzhou, right? Didn't you say his power is immense? How could someone as powerful as him be trapped in Canaan Academy? Your words are full of holes; I, Zi Yan, trusted you so much! Humph, I'm angry! Don't expect me to ever believe you again!"
Zi Yan turned her back, very upset and not wanting to look at Xu Ran.
"Everything I've said is true, but if you don't believe it, that's fine. Anyway, with your dad's strength, he couldn't possibly be in trouble; the worst is just that he's had a hard time in that broken place," Xu Ran said calmly.
"But he's quite lucky already. To achieve that position, one has to take great risks. It's Xiao Xuan who ended up the most miserable; not only did he himself vanish, but he also brought calamity upon his family," Xu Ran couldn't help but sigh.
The path to becoming an emperor is never easy.
"Humph, I'm leaving now, and I'll come find you when I feel better. I'm taking these Elixirs with me, as compensation for you annoying me; consider it a gift you owe me," Zi Yan said cunningly, carefully protecting her Space Ring. As soon as her words ended, she mustered all her strength and dashed towards the outside.
But Xu Ran didn't have the heart to stop Zi Yan; after all, she couldn't escape the palm of his hand.