As Ao Haiping departed, Liu Nanfeng paid him no mind.
Instead, he smiled and asked, "What would you two like to drink?"
"The usual, a cup of clear water for me," the Old Dragon King turned and said with a smile to Su Jinxiu beside him.
"A latte for me," Ao Jiangyue stated with a cool voice.
This time, she did not just ask for a cup of clear water like the Old Dragon King.
Su Jinxiu got up and went to the bar, while Liu Nanfeng smiled and said to the Dragon King, "I never expected Your Majesty the Dragon King to possess the bloodline of the Wind Spirit clan, truly rare."
Dragon King Ao Xingyun was startled upon hearing this. How did Feng Zhirun know about his Wind Spirit bloodline?
This matter was extremely secretive; even his children did not know.
The reason Feng Zhirun said it was rare was because the Wind Spirit clan was naturally formless and shapeless, drifting across the four seas, sustained by consuming qi. As they had no physical form, it was difficult for them to combine with demons or humans, let alone give birth to new life.
Furthermore, the Wind Spirit clan had no gender. Reproduction was neither oviparous nor viviparous, but rather through the interaction of heaven and earth and self-division to continue the race, belonging to asexual reproduction. They were a very miraculous race.
Therefore, Liu Nanfeng was quite surprised that the Dragon King possessed the Wind Spirit bloodline. How did the Wind Spirits and dragons combine? Liu Nanfeng could not imagine that scene at all.
"Master Feng is truly insightful," the Dragon King said verbally, but his gaze was thoughtful as he looked at Liu Nanfeng's eyes.
Ao Jiangyue, standing beside them, looked up at her father.
Seeing her curious gaze, the Old Dragon King smiled and said, "This is not a secret that cannot be spoken."
"My mother was originally a Dragon Princess. One day, while watching the sunrise at Jiaoshan in the East Sea, she inadvertently inhaled a Wind Spirit into her abdomen. Through the interaction of heaven and earth, I was born. Due to the Wind Spirit bloodline, my body was naturally formless and shapeless. By chance, I leaped through the Dragon Gate, washed away my Wind Spirit bloodline, and thus revealed my form, transforming into a true dragon. However, I never expected that even so, Master Feng could still detect my Wind Spirit bloodline."
The Dragon King also found it strange. After leaping through the Dragon Gate, one's non-Dragon bloodline should have been washed away to transform into a dragon, so it should not be possible to detect his possession of the Wind Spirit bloodline.
Liu Nanfeng smiled without explaining, because the Dragon Gate was not for washing away bloodlines at all.
It was like human genes, with dominant and recessive genes.
According to Liu Nanfeng's guess, the so-called Dragon Gate was probably meant to make the Dragon clan's genes fully dominant, while making the genes of other races recessive. This was why, after transforming into a dragon, one would still retain the abilities belonging to other bloodlines; because they were hidden, it did not mean they were gone.
At this moment, Su Jinxiu brought over a cup of coffee and a cup of clear water.
"Thank you," the Old Dragon King expressed his gratitude with great demeanor.
Ao Jiangyue, however, said nothing, merely nodding slightly at Su Jinxiu to express her thanks.
The Old Dragon King picked up the cup and took a sip before setting it down. He looked at Liu Nanfeng and asked with a smile, "Actually, I have always been curious why Master Feng stole my Dragon clan's supreme treasure back then. If it was for Miss Zhu, with your relationship with my son, you only needed to say a word, and I would have agreed..."
The Dragon Gate was a supreme treasure for the Dragon clan, but for other races without Dragon bloodlines, it was actually quite useless.
Therefore, the Old Dragon King had never understood why Feng Zhirun had stolen the Dragon Gate back then.
Seeing the Old Dragon King's inquiry, Liu Nanfeng was also a bit bewildered. He had not truly awakened Feng Zhirun's memories, so how would he know?
He could only smile and replied, his mind racing to figure out how to answer.
Just then, he heard the Old Dragon King say, "Is it related to the Heavenly Palace?"
Liu Nanfeng continued to smile. He had no idea why the Old Dragon King would say that.
But in the eyes of the Old Dragon King, he thought Liu Nanfeng had tacitly agreed.
He continued, "The Dragon Gate was originally an item of the Heavenly Palace. It is said that the Lord of the Heavenly Palace, in recognition of my Dragon clan's merit in protecting humanity and their difficulty in reproduction, bestowed the Dragon Gate."
Liu Nanfeng was somewhat enlightened upon hearing this, realizing the Dragon Gate had such an origin.
Just as he was about to speak, he felt something and turned to look outside the shop. He saw Ao Haiping returning along the river.
He then turned to Su Jinxiu and said, "We are closed for the day. Have everyone go home."
Su Jinxiu nodded upon hearing this. Some matters were indeed not suitable for ordinary people like them to be involved in.
Hearing that they had a day off, Song Haitang and the others were a bit surprised, but they were very happy to have paid leave.
They could also tell that the boss and his wife definitely had something going on, likely related to the guests who had just arrived, so they didn't delay, picking up their things and leaving directly.
At this moment, Ao Haiping also walked in from outside the door.
Su Huamei directly walked up, closed the shop door, and then waved her hand. A scroll enveloped the outside of the shop, concealing the interior completely. However, from the outside, it appeared to be just a closed coffee shop, quite ordinary.
"This is the incomplete Dragon Gate."
Ao Haiping, walking up to Liu Nanfeng, impatiently beckoned, and the remaining one-third base of the Dragon Gate appeared before everyone.
The massive stone tablet crashed onto the ground, causing the earth to tremble. The originally beautiful and smooth ground was directly smashed into a deep pit. Su Huamei, who was following behind, muttered discontentedly.
Liu Nanfeng, however, paid it no mind. He got up and walked towards the Dragon Gate stone tablet, reaching out to gently caress it.
The Dragon King watched Liu Nanfeng with curiosity, unsure of what he was about to do. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Liu Nanfeng's eyes burst forth with a layer of golden light, followed by countless halos appearing layer by layer, floating around his eyes and between his brows. Numerous mysterious runes flowed on them, making it look as if he were wearing a peculiar pair of glasses.
Ao Haiping watched this scene with even greater astonishment. He did not expect Feng Zhirun to have this trick up his sleeve.
At this moment, the secrets of the Dragon Gate were fully revealed to Liu Nanfeng.
Countless pieces of information fed into his mind. The Dragon Gate was the supreme treasure of the Dragon clan and a unique existence, hence his information was also a unique existence.
However, as it was only half a section, this information was naturally incomplete. But as long as the remaining stone tablets were recovered, this information would be completed.
And finding the stone tablets was very simple, at least for Liu Nanfeng, especially after knowing some of the information.
Because at this moment, the entire world appeared to Liu Nanfeng like a book, and all things in the world were like the content on the pages of the book. Therefore, to find the stone tablets, one only needed to search the book for similar content.
This was precisely why Liu Nanfeng had asked Su Jinxiu to bring him to see the Dragon King.
Seeing Liu Nanfeng gazing at the stone tablet, his eyes gleaming, lost in thought, the Old Dragon King had actually been maintaining his energy, staying vigilant. As soon as anything abnormal happened, he would immediately act to reclaim the stone tablet. Even though only one-third remained, it was not to be lost.
Su Jinxiu and Su Huamei, the two sisters, were also nervous and vigilant, subtly protecting Liu Nanfeng.
Fortunately, at this moment, Liu Nanfeng said softly, "Found it."
Then the strange phenomena subsided.
The Old Dragon King, upon hearing this, eagerly pressed, "Where?"
"In..."
Just as Liu Nanfeng was about to speak, Su Jinxiu interrupted him, "Wait, what about the Yunmu Grass we talked about?"
Since Feng Zhirun's memory had not been restored, she was now relying on the Dragon King's Yunmu Grass.