Chapter 1546: Ancestral Scale

"Great Ancestor."

When Heavenly Emperor Zhen heard Li Luo greet her with such reverence, her cold and imperious demeanor turned much softer. She then took a closer look at the good-looking youth with a head of grayish-white hair and even smiled.

"Your name is Li Luo? You're a good child," Heavenly Emperor Zhen said with a nod, then she stretched her hand out and grasped Li Luo's arm. Her palm was cool and the scales on it seemed to be alive and breathing.

When the two of them made contact, Li Luo felt all of his blood shake violently and a draconic roar could be heard faintly coursing through his entire body. His eyes then revealed a violet-gold color, giving him an air of inscrutable mystery.

"Good... the Heavenly Dragon bloodline runs strongly through you." Heavenly Emperor Zhen's expression turned elated and a look of fondness surfaced in her eyes. Indeed, the most important reason why she had shown up through the spatial rift was because she could sense the strong Heavenly Dragon bloodline within him.

The bloodline originated from her and was extremely pure and dense, to the point that it could even resonate with her own. If she wasn't personally certain that Li Luo was a human, Heavenly Emperor Zhen might have even suspected that he was a young Heavenly Dragon taking human form.

"This is truly someone from my, Zhen Fu's, bloodline. It's much purer than the ugly rabble from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li," Heavenly Emperor Zhen proclaimed happily.

Li Jun felt a little awkward anddryly coughed. "You can't say that. They are all your descendents, and all of them do respect you as the Great Ancestor from the bottom of their hearts."

Heavenly Emperor Zhen pouted but didn't say much. Her personality was direct and haughty. When she came out of seclusion all those years ago and found out that Li Jun had used the blood connection to create an entire lineage that was related to her by blood without her knowing, she was fuming! And that hapless fellow had even accrued countless wives and concubines and was living a happy life. As a result, Heavenly Emperor Zhen didn't look upon the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li's descendents with much favor. She was also from the Heavenly Dragon clan, and few members of her so-called descendants were able to awaken a Heavenly Dragon resonance, which caused her to look down on them. After all, the Heavenly Dragons even looked down on ordinary members of the Dragon Race.

When Heavenly Emperor Zhen had set her eyes on Li Luo, she confirmed that he was the person with the purest and densest Heavenly Dragon bloodline in the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li, with the exception of Li Jun. Those that were worthy enough to make her admit that she had a blood connection with the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li could be counted on one hand. Li Luo was clearly one of them now.

Heavenly Emperor released Li Luo's arm and inspected his grayish-white hair. "Little Luo, your hair is very similar to your Great Ancestor's. As expected of someone who has inherited my bloodline."

On the other hand, Li Luo felt awkward in his heart. The reason his hair was this color was because he had lost a large amount of blood essence after he had refined his first acquired resonance. When he managed to recover his blood essence later, he was too lazy to make any changes to how he looked and thus kept it this way. It frankly had nothing to do with the Heavenly Dragon bloodline... However, if the Great Ancestor believed that was the case, then Li Luo wouldn't correct her.

He merely smiled and responded, "Great Ancestor, the Heavenly Dragon's bloodline has helped me escape danger multiple times. If I were to compare our bloodline to the others in the world, it would definitely stand at the top. If we had to compare your Heavenly Dragon bloodline to that of the other Heavenly Dragons, I'm sure yours would stand at the pinnacle as well!"

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"This little brat truly knows how to flatter someone." Heavenly Emperor Zhen couldn't help but break out into a smile. The way she looked at Li Luo turned even fonder. He wasn't only good-looking, but his bloodline was dense. She could see the amazing potential he possessed and how his future achievements would be limitless. Only such a descendent was worthy of her acknowledgement.

She was simply a direct person. If she didn't like someone, she wouldn't even spend the energy to glance at them for a second. And those that she liked would be fawned over by her.

It might seem willful, but as a Heavenly Emperor, she could do as she wished.

Thus, the stubborn Heavenly Emperor Zhen stretched out her large palm, revealing a violet-gold dragon scale. There were primordial runes engraved upon it and it emanated an ancient aura.

"Little Luo, this is a gift from your Great Ancestor. This is a piece of my oldest scale, which was shed when the Dragon Race came into being. It is also known as the Ancestral Scale. You can't reject this gift. If you're ever faced with grave danger, you can use this scale to block a single attack from a King Stage expert," Heavenly Emperor Zhen explained. "This object also represents me. Whenever the experts of the Dragon Race encounter you, they will treat you with friendliness and will not dare to act presumptuously if you show it to them."

Li Luo was ecstatic to hear this. Something that could block a King's killing move? The power of the Ancestral Scale was terrifying! It was like having an extra life. Furthermore, it would also allow the Dragon Race to treat him amiably. If he met a strong expert of the Dragon Race in the future, he would simply need to show this object and he would be treated with great honor? The Great Ancestor was truly generous.

Li Luo quickly and respectfully received the Ancestral Scale. "Thank you, Great Ancestor, for your kind gift."

Heavenly Emperor Zhen smiled sweetly and waved him off. She then turned towards Jiang Qing'e and asked, "So this is your wife? Come, I'll give you one as well." She then took out yet another Ancestral Scale as a gift for Jiang Qing'e.

Jiang Qing'e was taken aback as she had not expected this either. Though she wasn't as thick-skinned as Li Luo and planned to reject it.

However, Li Luo hurriedly cut in. "This is an elder's gift, so it cannot be declined."

Jiang Qing'e then helplessly glanced at him before respectfully receiving it, replying courteously, "Thank you, Great Ancestor, for the treasure."

Another smile surfaced on Heavenly Emperor Zhen's cold face before she coldly snorted and glared at Li Jun.

In the past, she could not bring herself to get close to members the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li, and she had often come to disagreements with Li Jun because of that. However, she had her own pride and strength of character and was unwilling to compromise. Thus, she could only pretend to not acknowledge some of Li Jun's emotions and thoughts. Now that she had encountered an excellent descendent, she would naturally reveal her most tender and familial side. This was also her way of saying to Li Jun that it wasn't because she looked down on his descendents, but rather that they were simply too poor in quality! If the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li could truly produce an exceptional heir, then why wouldn't she lavish them with attention? After all, the relationship between them couldn't be faked.

Li Jun could only shake his head powerlessly.

At this point, she raised her head, her gaze focused on a young maiden. She stretched her hand out and beckoned, causing the girl to appear before her.

She had originally been hiding in the perimeter, but upon being summoned, she was left in a daze, unsure if this was a good or a bad thing.

When Li Luo saw the person who had been brought over, he was left speechless. It was Li Hongyou!

Li Hongyou's expression was pale. It seemed that facing Heavenly Emperors Li and Zhen directly was a daunting prospect, and she weakly looked to Li Luo pleadingly as her mind blanked out. Li Luo then rushed over. He didn't know why Heavenly Emperor Zhen had brought her over, but he supported Li Hongyou by her arm and stood before her.

"Ancestor and Great Ancestor, her name is Li Hongyou. She's also from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li."

Li Jun nodded.

Meanwhile, Heavenly Emperor Zhen looked on with interest and inspected Li Hongyou from head to toe before saying, "This little girl doesn't have to worry. More importantly, did you awaken the Pharmacist Jade Dragon resonance?"