Immediately Zhu Kun appeared beside him and started speaking to her in a hurry, becoming extremely worried seeing that his child was crying.
"Child, stop crying, stop crying. It is all my fault. I shouldn't have left you alone. Now, Father will listen to you no matter what you say in the future. I can swear if you don't believe me!"
He wanted to touch her, but his guilt couldn't allow him to; he felt very uncomfortable seeing his baby daughter crying, and he couldn't do anything to stop it.
On the other hand, Zi Yan's crying voice became even louder hearing her father's words.
Shen Yi silently walked away in order to give them some space, as it is a reunion after thousands of years.
He appeared in a faraway place and sat down cross-legged in the void with a fallen heart flame floating in front of him; it is melting the items inside its core slowly.
Meanwhile, the father's and daughter's expressions calmed down, and they started talking.
Zhu Kun asked a lot of questions about her growth in these years; he felt more and more guilty after learning about his daughter's growth experience. She grew like a wild beast, looking for low-level medicinal herbs everywhere; even her bloodline was sealed.
After learning that Shen Yi refined the pills for her and even refined the eighth-rank pill, which unlocked her bloodline till the eighth tier, he was surprised and then glanced in the direction of Shen Yi.
"This little guy is extremely talented, a nine-star Dou Venerate and an eighth-rank alchemist… Even those ancient clans can't give birth to such talent in thousands of years."
He praised looking at Shen Yi, especially since he can see through his young age, which surprised him the most; seventeen years are nothing in the eyes of a void ancient dragon clan like them, but if someone has such high achievement in such a small duration, then it's no less than a miracle in their eyes.
Zi Yan beside him also nodded and spoke in admiration and pride.
"Brother Shen Yi is really talented; he has also created a lightning alchemy method, different from the common flame alchemy."
Zhu Kun raised his brow, looking at his baby daughter praising the boy and looking at him with admiration, and also her prideful gaze as if all of his achievements were hers… He felt a tingle of jealousy and then sighed in his heart.
'Damn brat, how dare he abduct my daughter? Wait… I will teach him a lesson.'
He decided in his heart to settle the account with Shen Yi later, then he glanced at Zi Yan and started asking other questions.
…
Soon time passed,
A few months passed,
Shen Yi was sitting calmly in the void, controlling the six different-colored molten liquids, including the soul jade liquid.
While both Zhu Kun and Zi Yan were looking at him, Zhu Kun rubbed his cheek and muttered thoughtfully, "Although melting the metal was easy, how will he fuse these hybrid attribute items into one?"
The next moment, Shen Yi answered his question with his action; immediately, two soul clones appeared and stood beside him, surprising Zhu Kun.
"High Heavenly State… So that's how it is. It seems I underestimated this child."
He muttered with a smile while rubbing his beard. Meanwhile, Zi Yan was looking at the liquids and asked curiously, "I wonder what kind of weapon he will create."
Each soul clone grabbed two of six treasures in their hands and then merged them using all kinds of lightning; even the original body started merging the remaining two treasures.
"Force technique! Force Fusion!!!"
Immediately a strange force field spread around, compressing and forcing the molten liquids in their hands. Slowly the microparticles inside this treasure liquid fused.
After a while, only three molten liquids remained.
The two soul clones and the original body then used the soul power and released them toward midair in control; the three liquids fused and shaped into the shape of dark wings and a sword blade.
'He succeeded, but what kind of technique did he use in order to fuse them? It looks as if the very essence of those hybrid treasures has been fused.'
Surprise and doubt flashed through Zhu Kun's eyes as he witnessed the process of fusion; even as a Dou Saint, he couldn't decipher the mystery of the force technique used by Shen Yi.
Immediately the dark wings and sword flew toward Shen Yi; the wings merged back with his back, while the sword blade combined with the handle made from the world tree branch and was sheathed inside the thin scabbard made from the same branch.
The soul clones disappeared, and Shen Yi opened his eyes, grabbing the sword in his hand. At the same time, dark wings spread around him, merging with the void behind him.
Blop!!!
His figure silently flickered and appeared in front of Zhu Kun and Zi Yan; he glanced at Zhu Kun and saluted, "Senior."
Zhu Kun nodded while rubbing his beard and praised, "Very good, it seems you are a good refiner besides being an alchemist."
Shen Yi smiled and accepted his praise, and then he glanced in the direction of Zi Yan. "Now that you have reunited with Senior Zhu Kun, do you want to leave with me or stay here?"
Zi Yan and Zhu Kun both were startled; especially Zhu Kun noticed that Shen Yi asked Zi Yan's opinion instead of his, and he secretly nodded in his heart.
'This kid is really considerate about my baby daughter; it seems he is not that bad. Anyway, I can't keep her here, nor can I leave this damn barrier zone.'
Zhu Kun thought to himself, and then he looked at his daughter; pain flashed through his eyes.
Just as Zi Yan hesitated, looking at her father, Zhu Kun coughed and asked solemnly, looking at Shen Yi,
"Shen Yi, Zi'er told me that you know a lot of secrets about this continent. I don't know how you know such secrets, but can you tell me about the Void Dragon ancient clan? You told Zi'er that it is divided into factions and my royal bloodline is hunted by them."
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