Nie Kong was utterly speechless until he exited the Dragon Temple. It was true that Long Mei Xian and Long Xue Chan were the daughters of Long Tiangong, but Long Yi was not his biological son; he was the son of a clansman whom Long Tiangong had adopted.

As for the mother of the sisters Long Mei Xian and Long Xue Chan, her name was Lin Yun, a beautiful woman of very common origins from the Shatu Empire. Over thirty years ago, the Dragon King, feeling restless, traveled to the Tianling Continent and was fleeing pursuit when he met the eighteen-year-old Lin Yun.

Somehow, Long Tiangong, who had lived for several hundred years, developed feelings for her. He stayed with her in the Shatu Empire for a few years, and it was during that time that Lin Yun revealed her spiritual body constitution.

For the Dragon Spirit clan, difficulty in procreation mainly stemmed from the low conception rate among female Dragon Spirits; the situation for males was slightly better. As Long Tiangong spent more time with Lin Yun, pregnancy became an expected outcome.

However, just a few months into Lin Yun’s pregnancy, Long Tiangong received a spiritual message from his clan and had to rush back to attend to matters. His absence lasted nearly half a year.

When he returned to the Shatu Empire, Lin Yun had tragically died during a difficult childbirth, leaving behind only a pair of lovely twin daughters. Long Tiangong, as the Dragon King, dared not reveal to his clan that he had illegitimate daughters with a mortal human.

Thus, through Long Tiangong's machinations, Long Xue Chan and Long Mei Xian became the children of a pair of Dragon Spirit clansmen stationed far away. Long Tiangong felt extremely conflicted about the two girls; he loved them, yet he also resented them for causing Lin Yun’s fatal difficult labor.

Consequently, he had only watched over them from afar all these years. It was precisely because of this complex emotion at play that when Snake Tooth demanded to marry them, Long Tiangong, though furious, did not offer firm opposition for the sake of the greater good of the Dragon Spirit clan.

Only when he sensed his daughters' aversion and hatred toward him did the Dragon King finally realize his error. This story was intensely melodramatic.

After learning the tale from Long Tiangong, Nie Kong felt a complex mix of emotions, unsure whether to pity him or to share the sisters' loathing for him, for taking out his anger over Lin Yun’s death on his daughters. While such bizarre things were not unheard of, they were exceedingly rare.

However, this incident also demonstrated the depth of Long Tiangong’s affection for Lin Yun. Still, Nie Kong was deeply curious: how did Long Tiangong, a Dragon King of the Dragon Spirit clan who had lived for hundreds of years, and Lin Yun, an ordinary woman not yet twenty, come together?

They were worlds apart. It was true that the love between a man and a woman could transcend limits of age and status.

In his past life, he had seen young women of eighteen marry men in their seventies or eighties, nearing the end of their candlelit years. Moreover, although Long Tiangong was ancient, he still appeared as a distinguished, handsome middle-aged man, so it was perhaps understandable that Lin Yun fell for him.

What was strange was that Long Tiangong had been a super-expert who reached the Ninth Grade of Tianling for many years; his heart should have long been like a still pond, so why would he become entangled in romantic matters again? Unfortunately, Long Tiangong was vague about the details of those past events, and Nie Kong didn't press him for more.

What troubled him now was whether he should tell Long Mei Xian and Long Xue Chan the truth. If he had known that lingering longer at the Dragon Temple would lead to such trouble, Nie Kong would have fled long ago.

In Nie Kong's opinion, the best approach would be for Long Tiangong to show them more affection and care from now on. This would naturally spark their curiosity, and in time, revealing Long Tiangong's relationship with them would seem a natural progression, not too abrupt.

With some prior mental preparation, they might not be too devastated. "Master." A sweet call suddenly rang out.

Nie Kong quickly looked over and saw the Pingting sisters standing side-by-side at the foot of the mountain, twenty to thirty meters away, waving cheerfully at him. Seeing their sweet smiles, Nie Kong's heart instantly cleared.

He decided to leave this mess for Long Tiangong to worry about; he certainly wasn't going to clean up his blunders. With that thought, he quickly traversed the void in a single step, appearing beside them.

Leading the two young girls, Nie Kong constantly employed the 'Void Merge' technique, his figure flashing rapidly through the island's forests, returning to Long Xue Chan's residence, the Dragon Valley, in the blink of an eye. By then, the setting sun was sinking, and the distant horizon where sea met sky was bathed in an exceptionally brilliant and magnificent glow of rosy clouds.

At the entrance, Long Xue Chan stood, clad entirely in fiery red. Her fair cheek was flushed pink by the evening glow, and beneath her soft skin seemed to flow a gentle luster, like an overripe peach that made one yearn to bite.

Seeing Nie Kong appear with Long Ping and Long Ting, Long Xue Chan’s captivating face instantly blossomed like a hundred flowers, momentarily stealing the beauty from the entire Dragon Valley. "Little Brother Nie Kong!" In an instant, a flash of crimson light appeared, and Long Xue Chan’s flower-like delicate face was right before Nie Kong’s.

The seductive, alluring sound of her voice still lingered in his ear when her ruby-red, moist lips sealed his own. Her soft, slender tongue danced wantonly inside his mouth like a nimble snake.

Nie Kong was somewhat surprised by Long Xue Chan’s ardor. With just a flicker of thought, he fully reciprocated, his arms wrapping around Long Xue Chan's soft waist, tightening his grip as if intending to fuse her graceful body into his own.

Thus, their two bodies pressed