Inside the Dragon Palace!

Long Ling led Ye Qiu all the way to the main hall where the Palace Master was located.

This is an ancient, black palace, with some mysterious symbols carved on it. It looks very old, and I don't know what they mean.

"Disciple Long Ling greets the Palace Master. Ye Qiu has arrived."

Long Ling bowed respectfully towards the unopened palace gate.

As Long Chen finished speaking, the palace doors rumbled and slowly opened.

"Long Ling, go and help Ye Qiu with the necessary procedures. Ye Qiu can come in alone."

A slightly hoarse, aged voice came from inside the hall.

Ye Qiu glanced inside and felt an unparalleled pressure coming towards him.

Long Ling also sensed it, her face turned pale, and her delicate body trembled slightly.

Ye Qiu, however, remained calm and composed as he walked into the main hall.

However, Ye Qiu was still somewhat alarmed, as the Dragon Palace Master's cultivation level far exceeded his expectations.

Upon entering the main hall, Ye Qiu saw that the hall was very spacious, with only a simple table, a chair, and a futon.

At this moment, sitting cross-legged on the golden futon was an old man in a black robe with a full head of white hair.

The old man was so thin he was skin and bones, his hair was like withered grass, and he was like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to go out at any moment.

But Ye Qiu knew that the old man, who looked to be in extremely poor condition, was no less skilled than himself.

"Ye Qiu greets Senior."

Ye Qiu gave a slight bow.

The old man slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, Ye Qiu seemed to see the sun, moon, and stars, and the deep sea of ​​the universe.

"good.."

The old man slowly uttered two words.

Then the old man said, "I went to great lengths to lure you into the Dragon Palace, and finally I've been waiting for you."

"When did you first learn about me, senior?"

Ye Qiu asked curiously.

Five years ago.

The old man smiled.

Five years ago?

Ye Qiu was startled.

Five years ago, he was just an ordinary person.

Seeing Ye Qiu's confusion, the old man explained, "Your master and I are old friends. He met me five years ago when he took you away, but you were unconscious at the time and did not see me."

Upon hearing this, Ye Qiu finally felt relieved.

Perhaps because the old man and his master were old friends, Ye Qiu felt an inexplicable sense of kinship towards the old man.

Ye Qiu then laughed and said, "It's amazing that you can get along with that old man. I thought he didn't have any friends at all."

"When I met your master, he was only twenty-three years old, in the prime of his youth. Looking back, more than 170 years have passed. Time flies like an arrow, it feels like yesterday, but he and I are both old now."

The old man sighed.

"Wait a minute..." Ye Qiu exclaimed in surprise, "According to you, senior, you and my master are almost two hundred years old?"

“I am 203 years old, and your master should be 199 years old, just a few months shy of 200.”

The old man smiled.

hiss.

Ye Qiu gasped.

He had always thought his master was no more than eighty years old, but he never imagined that he had lived for almost two centuries.

“You don’t need to be surprised,” the old man said. “It’s normal for cultivators to live so long, as they cultivate their bodies and minds. I once met a senior who had lived for over eight hundred years.”

"..."

Ye Qiu was completely speechless.

Living for over 800 years, that's a living history!

Does such a thing really exist?

Ye Qiu was skeptical!

"Young Ye, cultivate diligently, and you will be able to achieve the same in the future. Your talent is no less than that of me and your master."

By the way, once you join the Dragon Palace, the Dragon Palace won't restrict your freedom; you can do whatever you want. But there's one condition: you must complete the tasks assigned by the Dragon Palace.

The old man smiled.

"No problem, no problem. But let me make this clear from the start: I may do a lot of things in the capital. If things get too out of hand and the Dragon Palace can't handle it, just let me know. I can declare that I have nothing to do with the Dragon Palace at any time."

Ye Qiu said seriously.

"As long as you don't kill Emperor Xia, everything else is negotiable."

The old man smiled and spoke with great confidence.

Ye Qiu sensed an unparalleled and powerful confidence emanating from him.

With those words from him, Ye Qiu felt relieved.

"Senior, then I have nothing more to say. Now I want to go and have a look at the Number One Pavilion in the World. We can talk again when we have time."

Ye Qiu smiled.

"Go."

The old man waved his hand.

"Goodbye."

Ye Qiu turned and walked out of the main hall.

Upon arriving outside the palace, Ye Qiu saw some people from the Dragon Palace walking by, both men and women, all of whom would curiously glance at Ye Qiu a few times.

Ye Qiu looked around before stopping two female disciples of the Dragon Palace and asked with a smile, "Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the Number One Pavilion in the World?"

After staring at Ye Qiu for a while, the female disciple in purple asked with a smile, "Are you new here?"

"Um."

Ye Qiu nodded.

“Junior brother is so handsome, let us take you to the First Pavilion,” said the female disciple in purple.

"Okay, thank you."

"Come on, this way," a female disciple in white said with a smile.

But at that moment, a discordant voice suddenly rang out: "Wait a minute."

The two female disciples turned their heads and glanced at each other, their expressions changed slightly, and they hurriedly bowed and said in unison, "Greetings, Senior Brother."

"Um."

The newcomer was dressed in a green robe, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, carrying an ancient sword on his back, and possessed an extraordinary air.

Ye Qiu looked at the newcomer and suddenly remembered Long Ling's words. Long Ling seemed to have said that the person she liked was her senior brother.

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