"All done?" Zhang Menglong asked teasingly while brushing his teeth, eyeing Kong Lan. The guy practically walked out holding his back, but he seemed in great spirits.

"You can't keep this up, you're so young and you're like this already. What'll you do after 30 when it's all downhill?" Zhang Menglong placed a box of Yuan Bang and Shenbao in front of Kong Lan. "One for a boost, two for immortality, Shenbao is great stuff, oh yeah!"

"Brother Zhang, do I look like someone who needs this?" Kong Lan calmly put the items away. "But I do find it interesting and want to take it back for research. I have a friend who might need it."

Kong Lan learned some core knowledge after hanging out with Zhang Menglong for a few days.

Not long after, Qing Luo woke up. Having just transformed into a woman, she still appeared somewhat bashful, leaning gently against Kong Lan like a little bird.

"Qing Luo, let me formally introduce you. This is Zhang Menglong, Brother Zhang, my friend who's been through thick and thin with me."

"I already know," Qing Luo smiled. They had chatted for a few minutes when handing over the reins earlier. "We should hurry back to the tribe. They've probably been worried all night."

"True!" Zhang Menglong nodded and immediately piloted the spaceship back to their tribe.

...

"They're back! The Clan Leader is back!"

A group of young Split-tail Foxes was playing near the tribe and immediately recognized Qing Luo, who had been taken away, along with the two adults who saved Xiao Qian and the others.

Those two actually rescued Qing Luo from Leita, that Demon King! That's a high-level Demon King. Could it be that they are stronger than a high-level Demon King?

"Sister!" Xiao Qian cried tears of joy, throwing herself into Qing Luo's arms. "Sister, I thought I'd never see you again."

"I thought so too," Qing Luo patted Xiao Qian's head. "Thanks to Brother Kong Lan for killing Demon King Leita and saving me. Otherwise, I wouldn't be back!"

"Brother Kong Lan?" Xiao Qian had expected Zhang Menglong to act again, but didn't expect the other seemingly wooden Brother Kong Lan to be so formidable, able to kill a Demon King. It turns out friends of Zhang Menglong are indeed extraordinary.

"What... what happened to our tribe?" Qing Luo noticed the newly transformed tribe. Even though it was just one night, with the most advanced construction robots, it was enough time for remarkable results.

The flimsy houses they had were gone, replaced by French-style villas and buildings. Now there were two tall buildings and three villas completed, which was more than enough for this tribe of just a few hundred people!

Had they arrived a bit later, the fine interiors of these houses would have been nearly finished.

These Demon Beasts had never seen such exquisite buildings! Even the noble adults of the core races couldn't live in such luxurious houses!

"Sister, it's all thanks to Brother Zhang. He used those things to turn these big houses out overnight," Xiao Qian pointed at the construction robots and said.

"Cloud Armor Technique?" Qing Luo looked at the busy robots in surprise. She didn't expect Zhang Menglong to also master the Cloud Armor Technique, a notoriously difficult human skill that takes hundreds of years for an average human to learn. "I didn't realize Brother Zhang was so knowledgeable."

"Half and half, just a Master's degree. Back where I'm from, there are plenty of people who know this stuff. It's something you have to learn from childhood; basic knowledge is crucial," Zhang Menglong rambled on, though he recognized it was Cloud Armor Technique at a glance, showing that Qing Luo indeed was very knowledgeable.

"By the way, Qing Luo, have you seen this?" Kong Lan suddenly remembered the main business. They initially planned to rescue Qing Luo to ask her about his father's information but inadvertently forgot due to falling in love.

Qing Luo carefully took the purple scale, her expression turning much more serious. Her slender fingers traced the scale as if recalling the knowledge in her brain.

"The memory data in my heritage tells me this scale should be the reverse scale of the Rift-sky Azure Beast, one of the top ten noble races of the Demon Beast Dynasty," Qing Luo said. "They are the purest Dragon Clan on the whole Haotian Continent, and also the strongest!"

"Your father is that amazing?" Zhang Menglong was shocked; Dragon Clans are typically the ceiling in fantasy novels, and this was the strongest Dragon Clan.

"Rift-sky Azure Beast, also a Dragon Clan... can't help but wonder if it's related to Rayquaza," Zhang Menglong muttered to himself, but it probably wasn't related.

"Do you know where their tribe is?" Qing Luo continued to ask.

"In the core area of the Demon Beast Dynasty. I only have a rough location since in my generation, the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox bloodline within me is very thin, and much of the ancestral memories have been lost," Qing Luo sighed.

"Strange, Qing Luo, since you used to be able to stand side by side with the Rift-sky Azure Beast as one of the ten noble races of the Nine-tailed Spirit Foxes, how did you end up like this?" Zhang Menglong asked curiously, "Sorry, I may be blunt, but I mean no offense."

"I understand," Qing Luo nodded, "This goes back to over ten thousand years ago. At that time, the ancestor of our Nine-tailed Spirit Fox tribe was an apex Demon Saint, and even races like the Rift-sky Azure Tribe could only stand equal with us. But eventually, the lifespan of the ancestor was limited, and for his own selfishness, he wagered the future of our entire Nine-tailed Spirit Fox tribe."

"How did they gamble?" Zhang Menglong asked curiously.

"We had an ancient spell that used the bloodline of the entire race as a guide, concentrating it on one person, enhancing their gift to an unprecedented level. If successful, the strength of our entire bloodline would rise again as the ancestor broke through. If failed, our bloodline would weaken with each generation until it completely disappeared."

"Wow, that's practically a curse!" Zhang Menglong marveled. However, it took thousands of years for a ceiling race to decline to the foot of Tianwang Mountain, suggesting the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox bloodline was indeed very strong.

"Maybe in a few more years, the remaining thin bloodline of our race will vanish, perhaps devolving into unintelligent beasts."

"Brother Zhang, do you have any way?" Hearing Qing Luo's words, Kong Lan felt heartbroken.

"What do you take me for, Doraemon?" Zhang Menglong rolled his eyes. "But, aren't I your big bro? It's just a bloodline issue, right?"

"Do you really have a way to help them restore the bloodline?" Kong Lan asked out of a slim chance, not expecting Zhang Menglong to actually have such ability!

"Restoration is not possible, but are you interested in a replacement?" Zhang Menglong smiled.

"Replacement?" Qing Luo was stunned. Asking them to abandon their ancestral bloodline was a very difficult decision. But if it meant the continuation of the whole race and the bloodline, she was willing to be the sinner!

Besides, can bloodlines be replaced?

"Wait a moment, I'll be right back!" Zhang Menglong turned and entered the spaceship, then opened the portal to the Super God Academy.

"Yo? Dean's back?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, how's the new world? When will you take us for a tour?"

"Dean, are there many girls in that world?"

"Soon, soon," Zhang Menglong said perfunctorily. "Get me a few students from the gene engineering department, I need some high-grade fox race genes right away!"