Chapter 215: Dragon Emperor: Kid, I entrust my daughter to you!

"Child, I am your father!"

"Within your body flows the power of blood that is the same as mine, of the same lineage, and from the same source..."

The colossal creature's giant mouth slowly opened, and excited words spilled out from it.

Upon hearing this, Ziyan bit her red lip lightly with her pearly teeth, her gaze turning toward Gu Fei beside her, her small hand gripping Gu Fei's hand tightly, looking very flustered.

Watching Ziyan's actions, a hint of panic even appeared in the pupils of that colossal creature.

"It's alright!"

On Gu Fei's side, sensing Ziyan's nervousness, he gave her a reassuring smile.

"Before we came, hadn't you already made up your mind..."

"Whether he is your father or not, you will know once you go and feel it for yourself!"

Gu Fei encouraged Ziyan.

Hearing Gu Fei's words, Ziyan finally hesitated no longer; she held Gu Fei's hand and took a few steps forward slowly.

When she reached close, she stretched out her other hand and touched the thick, cold metallic scales of the colossal creature before her.

The moment they made contact, brilliant golden light suddenly surged out from both of their bodies at the same time.

Finally, at the point of intersection, the two streams of golden light merged together perfectly.

Faintly, an extremely terrifying pressure spread outward.

"You..."

Staring blankly at the perfectly merged golden light, Ziyan's eyes fluctuated violently.

"You really are my father..."

"But, you are clearly still alive, why, why have you let me be an orphan for so many years..."

Ziyan stood stubbornly before the colossal creature, and as she spoke, tears were uncontrollably welling up in her eyes.

The scene of meeting her family was what she had longed for most in the depths of her heart.

Now, having truly seen it, she could not suppress the grievance in her heart.

For so many years, she had always considered herself an orphan, yet she never expected that her father had been alive and well all along; why did he abandon her back then?

"My fault, my fault!"

"I shouldn't have coveted the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion; it was all that scoundrel Tuoshe Ancient God, he set a trap for me, causing me to be trapped for so long!"

Seeing the crystalline tears flowing down the corners of Ziyan's eyes, the colossal creature was clearly somewhat panicked; its incomparably massive body was trembling slightly at this moment due to being too agitated.

"Trapped?"

Hearing the colossal creature's words, Ziyan raised her head to look; on its body, there were clearly no chains or anything of the sort?

"Ziyan, your father isn't lying to you!"

"He truly cannot leave this place!"

Gu Fei seemed to have guessed what Ziyan was thinking and hurriedly helped explain.

"Really..."

Ziyan nodded silently; as for Gu Fei's words, she trusted them unconditionally.

【Zhu Kun generates suspicion, jealousy, and worry, Emotion Value...】

"Kid, who are you? Why do you know that this Empress is trapped here?"

Listening to the conversation between Ziyan and Gu Fei, the colossal creature seemed somewhat jealous and, at the same time, suspicious, because Gu Fei knew too much.

"This junior is Gu Fei, a friend of Ziyan. As for why I know you, Dragon Emperor, are here, it is a long story!"

Gu Fei replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Through the emotion value feedback just now, Gu Fei also understood the Dragon Emperor's thoughts.

Gu Fei did not feel it was wrong; after all, as a father, it was very normal to worry that his daughter might be deceived.

"A long story, why don't you tell me then?" The Dragon Emperor continued to press.

"Brother Gu Fei already said it's a long story, why do you have to keep asking?"

"Besides, you have no right to interrogate Brother Gu Fei... Over these many years, have you fulfilled your responsibilities as a father?"

Hearing the Dragon Emperor interrogate Gu Fei in such a tone, Ziyan was immediately displeased. At this moment, she looked quite indignant.

As she spoke, tears continued to well up from the corners of her eyes.

"Child, stop crying, stop crying. It was all my fault before; it was I who failed to fulfill my responsibilities as a father!"

"From now on, whatever you want me to do, I will listen to you entirely. If you don't believe me, I can swear an oath right now?"

Seeing Ziyan like this, the Dragon Emperor felt very self-reproachful and hurriedly comforted her.

However, his comfort did not work.

Ziyan was still very sad.

Tears flowed down in torrents.

"Gu Fei kid, hurry and help me persuade her!" Having no other choice, the Dragon Emperor had to pin his hopes on Gu Fei at this moment.

He could see that Ziyan relied on Gu Fei heavily, trusting him almost without reservation.

This kind of relationship was definitely not as simple as ordinary friends.

Perhaps, in the future, Gu Fei would become his son-in-law.

"Hmm!"

Facing the Dragon Emperor's plea for help, Gu Fei nodded lightly, then turned his gaze toward Ziyan.

He gently wiped the tears from Ziyan's face and said softly: "Ziyan, your father didn't ignore you. For so many years, he has been trapped in this dark, sunless place, unable to get out, and he has suffered quite a bit..."

"Your father must be even more miserable and missing you even more..."

Gu Fei's words could be said to have touched the hearts of this father and daughter.

At this moment, the scene fell instantly silent.

When Zi Yan looked at the old Dragon Emperor, her eyes also revealed a sense of heartache.

"Father, I don't want you to do anything; I just want you to be able to leave this godforsaken place!"

Zi Yan said with a determined look in her eyes.

Her tone earlier was just an emotional outburst, not that she was truly blaming Zhu Kun.

She also knew that Zhu Kun felt very guilty about all of this, and furthermore, Zhu Kun had been trapped here for endless years, lonely and solitary.

"Child!"

Seeing Zi Yan call him father.

A touch of tenderness appeared in the old Dragon Emperor's eyes.

"Leave this place..."

However, facing the second half of Zi Yan's sentence.

He suddenly became silent again.

He appeared very helpless.

"Child, back then, because I coveted the Gudi Baozang, I was schemed against by the Tuoshe Ancient God. You should also know the strength of a Dou Di expert; if no one comes holding the complete Emperor Jade, I will never be able to escape this place..."

A moment later, Zhu Kun explained with great helplessness.

"The complete Emperor Jade?"

Zi Yan's gaze was solemn; she also knew some of the continent's secrets.

That Emperor Jade had long since been divided into eight pieces, held in the hands of the various Ancient Races.

To want to gather them together again, how could it be easy? "Senior, that Emperor Jade appeared on the continent a thousand years ago and was obtained by the Xiao Clan!"

"But very quickly, people from the other Ancient Races found out and surrounded the Xiao Clan together; they would not allow the Xiao Clan to monopolize the treasure!"

"Forced by the pressure, the Xiao Clan divided the Emperor Jade into eight, with each Ancient Race keeping one piece. To want to gather the Emperor Jade again..."

Gu Fei explained some of the situation to the old Dragon Emperor.

"The Ancient Eight Clans each hold one piece?"

Hearing this, the old Dragon Emperor also understood that the hope of gathering them again was slim.

If he could get out, perhaps he would have some chance of seizing the Emperor Jade, but without the Emperor Jade, he could not leave this place; it was an unsolvable dilemma.

(End of this chapter)