When Yasenia left the room, she saw her girls look at her with a complicated expression. Angel pitter-pattered forward and hugged Yasenia's waist, burying her face in her chest while looking up, feeling aggravated. Yasenia was slightly surprised and hugged her baby back. "What's wrong, Baby? Did someone bully you?"
Angel pouted and spoke in a sweet and spoiled tone. "Your attack hurt me! You almost blew up the formation room!"
Yasenia was somewhat startled, but beyond that, she needed to make her pouty baby smile again! She leaned down and picked her up, using her tail and arms as support. Then, she rained kisses on Angel's adorable face while smiling. "I am so sorry, baby. How about these kisses, eh? Do you feel better?"
Angel closed her eyes slightly as she giggled and happily received Yasenia's affection.
Tatyana approached and asked with curiosity. "That attack at the end, did it come from the inheritance?"
Yasenia stopped kissing her pretty girl and rubbed their cheeks together while answering Tatyana. "It did come from it. I wasn't expecting to have a flash of inspiration when I went all out. During the mixing of my energy, cores, and my current comprehension of the Celestial Intent, it feels as if I've cracked the inheritance's barrier forcefully."
Tatyana chuckled. "That's great. I am sure those two Gods will be quite pissed when you show off. What more is there in the inheritance?"
The dragoness frowned and looked deeply into her soul world. Her soul World was a cosmos filled with planets, stars, and other celestial bodies. At this time, there was a strange temple in the middle of her soul. This temple had large words at the entrance that read: "Primordial Palace."
Yasenia explained this to the others, making Mirrory ask with clear surprise. "Huh? Did you just say Primordial Palace?"
The surprise in Mirrory's voice was too clear for Yasenia to miss, and she looked over. "Yes. That's what is written at the entrance. The temple seems to have three floors, but I can't even open the lowest one. The [Shattering The Heavens] skill is written on a stele by the entrance, and the giant door leading into the Primordial Palace also has some profundities that I can't understand…"
Mirrory started to ponder and she muttered. "But… How could they leave such a thing as an inheritance? Weren't these Ancient Ruins lost in time…?" Nobody interrupted and allowed her to think. "Yasenia, can you draw the doors? I can perhaps crack them down."
Yasenia kissed Angel's glutinous cheek and placed her down. Then, she took out a large white canvas and a few brushes. She was not too proficient in drawing, but that was taking into account her Spiritual Levels. Recreating an image like a photograph was not a big problem, taking into account her hand-to-eye coordination and her powerful mind.
Then, Yasenia started to draw the [Primordial Temple]'s door's outline. "Hm… I won't draw the things outside of the door. If you want a complete image, give me a week to paint it. There are too many details on the walls."
Mirrory nodded and looked on curiously. "No problem. I can wait."
The dragoness painted the door. However, when her hand was about to draw the symbols on the door, her hand paused.
"Hm? Is there something wrong?"
Tatyana asked, confused. Wasn't it just copying things? Yasenia's skill was more than enough to do it without pause. However, as Tatyana and the others were curious, Yasenia spoke with a strange expression. "I… can't seem to draw them?"
Question marks popped in everyone's heads. The dragoness clarified, her face full of wonder and doubt. "When I try to draw the symbols, my hand doesn't move. I mean, I am currently trying to draw it, like actively thinking of moving my hand. However, I can't move my hand!"
Everyone was stunned on the spot. What was happening?
Yasenia looked at her own trembling hand, and she poured her entire will into moving the tips of her fingers. Sadly, she was unable to do it. Her hands felt as if they'd been frozen in space.
Mirrory sighed. "As expected."
Her words caught everyone's attention, and Mirrory explained. "There are some things in which profundity reaches realms beyond comprehension. If this is truly the [Primordial Palace], the words on the doors must've been carved with Laws or higher powers…"
Tatyana asked, her face filled with confusion. "Higher powers? Aren't laws the base blocks of the universe? There is a power beyond laws?"
Mirrory shrugged. "I've been alive for a very long time. However, my strength wasn't as powerful as now until a few million years ago. In terms of knowledge, I am slightly above Valeria but far from knowing everything. The reason I know more is not even my age but that my previous master was a Saint."
Everyone was speechless, and Yasenia complained. "Don't you always act as a 'Know-it-all'? Why are you suddenly saying this?"
Mirrory smiled faintly. "I know more than all of you. That's a fact. However, I've been wrong a few times, haven't I?"
Tatyana clicked her tongue and mocked. "Being the Truth Mirror and actually spreading misinformation, quite the thing you are."
Mirrory rolled her eyes.
Yasenia sighed and glanced at the floating palace in the middle of her soul. She pondered, her eyes looking strange. "Is this why they didn't want to share the inheritance with me? Or is there a more profound truth?"
Tatyana sneered. "Those two have different plans!" Then, she paused and frowned. "Speaking of that, at this rate, my main body won't be able to stay by your side when you break through. Things can get a bit more dangerous…"
Seeing the hint of worry between Tatyana's elegant eyebrows, Yasenia smiled softly and hugged her. Her soft body made Tatyana's heart relax as a sigh escaped her mouth. Looking up at Yasenia's gorgeous smiling face and doting golden slit eyes, Tatyana smiled. "I know. I know. But even if you don't want me to worry, that's impossible."
Yasenia kissed her lips softly while laughing. "Good that you know."
Then, Yasenia separated and muttered. "Well, for now, I don't think I will be able to do anything else with that thing. There is one more stele on the outside that I have yet to decipher, but it seems to be a defensive skill from the images engraved on it."
"Defensive?" Angel blinked and smiled. "That's good! You don't have many defensive skills."
"I usually don't need them." The dragoness smiled.
Everyone was somewhat speechless, but they couldn't help but agree with her. Yasenia's battle style involved overwhelming the enemy with barrages of attacks until they were crushed—she was like torrential rain slamming against a soft sand structure.
Angel pondered and asked. "What is our plan now?"
"Wasn't there a tournament for profession-masters? You girls can participate in them and get some treasures."
"But…" Angel was somewhat doubtful. "Won't we get into trouble if we go out? The Mo family is looking for us, right?"
The dragoness shrugged. "Who knows? Regardless, we can't just stay here for two years until the Secret Realm opens, right?"
Tatyana commented. "Speaking of the Secret realm, it seems that we won't be able to accompany you."
"Huh?"
This news came out of nowhere, startling Yasenia. Tatyana took out a letter from her spatial ring and passed it to Yasenia. "This arrived when you were cultivating."
Yasenia opened it and read it. The letter came from the people of the Long family. It seemed that they had 10 slots to enter the Secret Realm, and therefore, Yasenia could only take one of them while the other nine would be used for their juniors. Yasenia frowned. "This… Can't they give us all of the slots? My combat power is high, but my knowledge in formations and other aspects is vastly inferior to all of you." Yasenia scratched her head. "A Secret Realm can't be passed with just brute force. Especially so when I am supposed to enter the ruins of a long-lost clan."
Tatyana chuckled. "Well, you are not as strong as the girls, but your proficiency on each of the paths is not bad. Having learned to the point that you are useful assistants for all of them, you could be considered an ordinary genius in all the paths."
Yasenia was still unconvinced. "Me? A genius in professions? Perhaps in blacksmithing, I have some talent. However, other than cooking, I am a failure compared to my dears!"
Angel blinked and smiled. "Then, aren't we a failure in cultivation since we can't catch up to you?"
Yasenia did an instant 180. "How could that be!? You are all super geniuses. I am just an outlier! A weird thing! Baby, don't belittle yourself. You will probably be able to catch up to me or surpass me in the future!"
Angel didn't know whether to laugh or cry. 'What's with this double standard? If Yasenia was not good enough, she was ordinary, but if we were not, Yasenia was still the problem?'
A gentle but helpless look appeared in Angel's eyes. She sighed and nodded. "Sure, sure. Whatever you say."
Tatyana blinked while looking at Angel and smiled faintly. "It's strange to see the mature you appear from time to time."
Angel blushed. "What do you mean? I am a mature woman with a child!"
Tatyana realized. "Right, you are a MILF! A petite, big-breasted MILF! A fan favorite."
Angel glanced at Tatyana strangely. "A what?"
"Don't bother." Tatyana grinned. Then, she glanced at the dragoness and looked at her up and down. "So, what are your plans?"
Yasenia chuckled. "Cultivate and see if I can increase my Soul Cultivation to the peak in one year. With my soul foundation and knowledge from the other paths plus my Black Hole Energy Core, I feel that it is possible." She added. "I will need a lot of dual cultivating, though. I wonder if you girls can hold on."
Tatyana's eyebrows raised at the challenge. "Are you underestimating me? If I use my own Dual Cultivation techniques, I can make you forget about walking for a week!"
The dragoness chuckled. "But in that way, I won't be able to practice cultivation properly, right? So you can only receive and not counterattack~."
Tatyana was speechless. In that case, she was actually in danger. Yasenia's "attack power" in that regard was monstrous as well!
Yasenia's eyes glinted, and she glanced at the maids at the side. Her lips arched slightly and she smiled. "If you girls can't hold on, I'll need to use other means to quench my thirst."
The maids were stunned on the spot while the girls looked at Yasenia strangely. Angel asked, confused. "Didn't you want to have a child before that?"
Yasenia smiled wryly. "I never expected for someone as fertile as me to have trouble having children. That's why I gave that condition back then. However, I've already had a child with each of you, so it could also be considered as keeping the promise."
Nobody denied it. After all, they knew that Yasenia had been keeping this promise for the last 70 years. Even after 70 years of constant trying, Yasenia's stomach was as flat and smooth as before.
Yasenia sighed and shook her head. "Well, it's not like any of them can impregnate me. In our group, only Andrea and Valeria can."
Tatayna blinked and chuckled. "Zephyrith and Vairon as well."
Yasenia looked at her mother speechlessly. "Do you want me to steal Sierra's wife and mate with a male dragon?"
Tatyana continued smiling, but her eyes were cold. "Of course! After you do that, though, I'll have to snip your extra limbs. So, you should choose cleverly."
Yasenia couldn't help but sweat. "Why bring it up, then?" Then, she shook her head and grabbed Angel with her tail, walking away with a blinking little girl hanging by her tail.
"Huh?"
Yasenia's seductive voice reached her. "It's time for Baby to be pampered~."
Angel's face blushed, and her heart started to speed up.
Four months later, the time for the small tournament had arrived.