Linley was currently walking outside the door. His power had risen after the Ancestral Baptism, so naturally, he was quite happy.
“He’s calling for me?” Linley, hearing the shout, couldn’t help but be puzzled.
However, Linley still turned to look behind him, only to see the bald Elder’s face was completely red, and even his eyes had turned scarlet. The man now looked like a rapacious wolf. Linley couldn’t help but grow cautious, while at the same time, he opened his mouth and spoke, “Elder, please let me know what you need?”
“Emanuel, what’s going on?” The handsome youth said.
What’s going on?
Only now did Emanuel awaken from his excitement and regain his clarity. His face returned to normal, and he looked at Linley in front of him. In his heart, he knew: “The appearance of the Azure Dragon ring of the ancestor cannot be made public. I can’t let this Garvey learn of this.”
Emanuel was a member of the Assembly of Elders of the Azure Dragon clan.
He himself was a fourth generation member of the clan, and had lived for countless years. However, in terms of status, quite a few members of the Azure Dragon clan were higher than him.
“If the appearance of the ancestor’s Azure Dragon ring was made public, there’s no way it would become mine.” Emanuel’s thoughts whirled about in his mind, and then he made up his mind, laughing coldly in his heart. “Fortunately, this Garvey had never met the ancestor, and doesn’t know what the Azure Dragon ring looks like.”
Their ancestor, the ‘Azure Dragon’, as a Sovereign, naturally didn’t meet very often with his descendants.
In the Azure Dragon clan, only the sons and daughters of the Azure Dragon, those second generation members, were very close to the Azure Dragon. The third generation members had met him a few times as well. A few fourth generation members had met him as well. As for the others…only a very few genius-level clansmen had been granted an audience by the ancestor.
Garvey had never even seen the ancestor. Naturally, he didn’t recognize the Coiling Dragon ring.
After all, those who joined the Assembly of Elders had reached the Seven Star Fiend level, but that didn’t mean they were born very early on.
“Emanuel, what are you thinking about?” Garvey asked.
“Oh. There’s something I wish to discuss with Linley.” Emanuel said with a laugh.
Linley couldn’t help but grow puzzled. “I’ve never met him. What does he want with me?”
“If you want to chat with him, then just chat with him here.” Garvey laughed, but Emanuel shook his head and said solemnly, “Garvey, I have something very important I wish to discuss with Linley. Garvey, please go back on your own for now. Let me speak with Linley alone.”
“Not only do you want to chat, you want to chat with him alone?” Garvey was rather curious now.
Emanuel couldn’t help but frown.
“Fine, fine.” Garvey laughed. Since Emanuel had made the request, it wasn’t convenient for Garvey to persist. “Then I’ll head out first. Right, Emanuel. We need to have a good discussion regarding the upcoming visit of the Indigo Emissary. I’ll wait for you outside the hall. Hurry up.”
Emanuel immediately beamed. “Fine. I’ll just chat right here in the hall. After I’m done, I’ll immediately come out.”
“Right.” The handsome youth, ‘Garvey’, grinned towards the puzzled Linley. “Kid, work hard. I’ll be waiting for you to join us in the Assembly of Elders.” As he spoke, he left the private room, closing the door as he left.
“Hmph, hmph, now that Garvey is gone, the ancestor’s ring will be mine.” Emanuel couldn’t help but feel excited. As he viewed it, this Linley was just a God. Even if a God had a ‘soul-protecting Sovereign artifact’, Emanuel could use a material attack to kill Linley. Naturally, he would then acquire the Sovereign artifact.
“Linley.” Emanuel smiled in a very warm, friendly manner.
“Elder.” Linley was highly suspicious. Why did this person want to speak with him alone?
As the saying went, men of talent were men of courage. Linley had fused three profound mysteries and fused with the ‘black stone’, and was very formidable to begin with. After the Ancestral Baptism, his one and only weakness, soul defense, had been improved upon significantly.
He had no fear of a Seven Star Fiend. Naturally, he was able to face this Emanuel calmly.
“Crackle…” Emanuel immediately set up his ‘Godrealm’, surrounding the entire private room with it.
Linley’s face couldn’t help but change. “Elder, what are you doing?”
Emanuel just smiled. “The conversation between us is very important. That’s why I set up my Godrealm, to prevent others from eavesdropping.”
“Elder, might I ask what matter you have to discuss with me, Linley?” Linley’s attitude remained very meek and humble.
“Linley, first take a read through the book we just gave you.” Emanuel smiled.
Linley was deeply puzzled, but he still flipped through that book discussing the history of the Four Divine Beasts clan. In front of Emanuel, Linley pretended to be astonished while flipping through it, but in his heart, he was pondering. “Previously, Emanuel had me leave, but now, suddenly, he asked me to stay. And have a private conversation? What is this about?”
While pretending to read and pretending to be astonished, he continued to ponder.
Linley currently had five souls, and so he could focus on doing five things at the same time. This pretense was thus quite simple for him.
“There’s nothing about me that should have attracted his interest.”
As Linley closed the book, he looked towards the bald Emanuel, then pretended to be ‘astonished’ and said, “Elder, our ancestor was a Sovereign? And all four Sovereigns died? How is this possible?”
“This is the truth.” Emanuel said with certainty. “Linley, you now understand the danger our clan is in.”
“Right. I understand.” Linley’s face was solemn.
This wasn’t a pretense. Linley was indeed very worried for the clan’s situation. After all, those eight great clans were staring at them like hungry tigers.
Emanuel said solemnly, “Linley, our Four Divine Beasts clan is facing this enormous crisis. Currently, what we need are true experts! True experts, aside from their own innate power, also need good divine artifacts. Linley, tell me, am I right?”
Linley nodded in agreement. “Divine artifacts are indeed important.”
Emanuel looked at Linley. “Linley, you have a Sovereign artifact, right?”
Sovereign artifact?
These words struck Linley like a bolt of lightning. The look on Linley’s face couldn’t help but change as his head trembled. Only Bebe and Delia knew about his possession of a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact.
Linley immediately regained his clarity.
“Elder, you are joking with me.” Linley stared at Emanuel.
Emanuel let out a chuckle. “Linley, in front of me, you can stop pretending. I’ll tell you this – I am a fourth generation member of the Azure Dragon clan, and I have personally met the ancestor.
“So what if you have?” Linley was extremely cautious right now.
Emanuel looked towards Linley’s finger, and Linley’s face couldn’t help but change. Emanuel laughed. “Linley, I’ll tell you that the ring you have on your finger is the ring which the ancestor previously wore, a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact…the Azure Dragon ring!”
“Azure Dragon ring?”
One thing after another flashed through Linley’s mind like lightning. In the blink of an eye, Linley understood so much.
“I had always suspected that the previous owner of this Coiling Dragon ring is a Sovereign. So it was my own ancestor. Right. Ten thousand years ago, the ancestor died, and the Coiling Dragon ring was thus lost.” Linley now completely understood. “And that drop of blood which allowed my body to transform…so it was the blood of the ancestor.”
The blood essence used to refine this Sovereign artifact was, without question, the blood of the Azure Dragon himself.
That drop of blood had caused Linley’s blood to become very pure as well.
“No wonder there were three drops of water-type Sovereign’s Might. The ancestor himself was a water-type Sovereign.” Linley now completely understood what Emanuel wanted, and he looked at him. “This Emanuel had met with our ancestor, and so most likely he had seen the Coiling Dragon ring and was able to immediately recognize it.”