The scene before Qiao Suinian's eyes began to shatter and change, and soon she reappeared in that starry sky.

However, this time, no dragons appeared before his eyes. The boundless starry sky was completely silent, and Qiao Suinian could even clearly hear his own breathing.

"Hello? That little blue dragon from last time, are you still there?"

Qiao Suinian chose the same pillar as last time, intending to find the little blue dragon from last time and ask about the dragon bones.

After all, Qiao Suinian had no idea how to control this newly emerged power; the only improvement it brought was increased physical strength.

But he felt that the dragon ball he fused with was definitely not that simple, and the dragon bone's function was certainly not just to improve physical fitness.

He doesn't know how long it would take him to figure it out on his own, so he might as well come and ask inside the Dragon Pillar.

But no matter how Qiao Suinian called out, no living being responded to him. It was as if he was the only living being in this starry sky, and a huge sense of loneliness washed over him.

Anyone who has ridden in a space rocket knows that being in the starry sky creates a powerful visual impact and puts immense psychological pressure on you.

After his calls went unanswered, Qiao Suinian simply left.

Not long after he left, a dragon with an entirely ice-blue body cautiously peeked out from behind a desolate star.

"Phew! That guy's finally gone! I must remember Uncle Long Yao's words and never have anything to do with him again!" Long Ran muttered to himself.

"You mean you can't have any contact with anyone?"

A voice suddenly rang in Long Ran's ear, startling her so much that her dragon scales stood on end. She turned her head and was met with Qiao Suinian's sunny and cheerful smiling face.

"You! Didn't you already leave?" Long Ran was a little confused.

“Yeah, but there’s more than one me.” Qiao Suinian shrugged. Another Qiao Suinian walked back from a distance, but as soon as he got close, he turned into a phantom and disappeared.

"You lied to me again!" Long Ran glared angrily at Qiao Suinian.

"Why did you say 'again'?" Qiao Suinian looked at the not-so-bright dragon with a half-smile.

"You made up those stories that even a three-year-old wouldn't believe to fool me last time, do you think I didn't know? Do you think I'm stupid?" Long Ran glared at Qiao Suinian.

"So you already knew all that, and you still gave me the Dragon Ball? Aren't you just being stupid?" Qiao Suinian retorted.

"You're talking nonsense! I'm not stupid! My dad says I'm super smart! A really smart one! I just didn't know you, a human, could absorb the Dragon Balls, otherwise I wouldn't have given them to you!"

Long Ran snorted, clearly very dissatisfied.

"Smart? You think you're smart?" Qiao Suinian couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Obviously, you have no idea what the Dragon Balls are for, otherwise you wouldn't have used them to play pranks!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Long Ran instantly bristled. "Of course I know the function of the Dragon Balls, I just didn't know that humans could absorb them!"

"The Dragon Ball is the most precious treasure of our dragon race! It can purify the bloodline of our dragon clan, making the bloodline revert to its ancestral form and become even purer, and can even allow a serpent to evolve into a true dragon!"

As Qiao Suinian listened, his brows furrowed slightly. What Long Ran was talking about was the effect of the Dragon Pearl on the dragon race. He wasn't a dragon, so this information was of no use to him.

"What if a human absorbed the Dragon Balls?"

"Humans absorbing Dragon Balls?" Long Ran felt a little guilty, and his voice immediately lowered. "I don't know either... Since my dragon race has possessed Dragon Balls, there has never been a precedent of them being absorbed by humans. This thing is a treasure passed down through generations in my dragon race."

"Do you know about dragon bones?" Qiao Suinian pressed.

"Dragon bones? What color are dragon bones?" Long Ran blinked her big eyes, revealing a clarity untouched by the pollution of knowledge.

"Dragon bones come in different colors?" Qiao Suinian was taken aback.

"Of course there are different kinds! The most common dragon bones are white, usually only those of dragons with impure bloodlines have white dragon bones; as long as it is a pure-blooded dragon, the dragon bones will be as clear as amethyst and as hard as a rock; the next level up is the bright red dragon bones, as vivid as blood! The blood and energy are as vast as the ocean! And if it is a direct descendant of the Dragon Ancestral Dragon, then it is a golden dragon bone! Unique!"

"The reason why our dragon race's physical body can stand out among all races is because of the support of our dragon bones!"

Long Ran, as if reciting a familiar story, began to explain to Qiao Suinian, pointing out his own dragon claws.

Qiao Suinian also silently remembered that the Eighth Elder had said that he had perfectly fused with the dragon bone, but he didn't know what color the dragon bone on his body was.

Logically speaking, his dragon bones, which came from the fusion of dragon pearls, shouldn't be of too low a rank.

"Wait!" Long Ran suddenly realized something was wrong. "You're trying to trick me!"

Long Ran immediately covered her mouth and glared at Qiao Suinian.

"You actually figured it out? You're truly exceptionally intelligent!" Qiao Suinian exclaimed in surprise.

Even if Long Ran was stupid, she could tell that Qiao Suinian was mocking her. Enraged, she lashed out with her dragon tail at Qiao Suinian.

"Get out of here! You big liar! You lied to me again!"

Qiao Suinian raised his hand to block, but he felt as if he had been hit by a mountain. The huge impact sent him flying!

The starry sky before his eyes began to shatter, and Qiao Suinian, who was originally standing in front of the dragon pillar, was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing into a wall of the Qiao family before finally coming to a stop.

"Damn, that stupid dragon was way too ruthless!"

Qiao Suinian felt like his whole body was about to fall apart. If he hadn't possessed the dragon bone, he estimated that Long Ran's tail would have killed him instantly.

"What happened to you? Why did you suddenly fly out? What's inside the Dragon Pillar?" Qiao Chuyang asked, dislodging all the rubble.

He did not risk touching the dragon pillar, but instead stayed by his side to observe Qiao Suinian's changes.

Qiao Suinian gave a bitter smile, her expression extremely sour.

“Uncle, there is a guardian in this dragon pillar. He is stronger than me. I fought him for a long time, but I still couldn’t defeat him.”

"I originally intended to offer the secrets of the Panlong Pillar to the Qiao family, but unfortunately, I was outmatched... Damn it!"

Qiao Suinian gritted his teeth and slammed his fist into the ground, his face full of resentment, as if blaming himself for his lack of ability.

"A bit stronger than you? No problem! I'll make a move!"

A hint of secret joy flashed in Qiao Chuyang's eyes. Clearly, he didn't understand the principle that one should look at a person with new eyes after three days of separation, and still thought that Qiao Suinian's strength was the same as before.

If Qiao Suinian can't handle it, can't he?

Qiao Chuyang stared intently at the dragon pillar before him. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes as Qiao Suinian had instructed, and then slowly placed his hand on the dragon pillar.