022: I'm Not That Bad Either!

Yu Yuanzhen was no longer surprised by purple lightning descending from the heavens.

Dugu Bo had been struck by it once before, so he was no longer surprised either.

But Kong's reaction at that moment left both men stunned.

After Kong was struck by the purple lightning, nothing happened to him. Instead, he sat down cross-legged on the spot and summoned his martial soul, Engulfing Lightning!

As Yu Yuanzhen and Dugu Bo stared in a daze, a third Soul Ring actually appeared on Engulfing Lightning!

It was a Purple Soul Ring, though somewhat different from ordinary Purple Soul Rings. There was a tomoe pattern on its surface.

The moment Dugu Bo saw Kong's martial soul and Soul Rings, he went numb. His first two Soul Rings were both purple?

Good heavens, no wonder he was someone who would be punished by the gods for even making contact with them!

After examining them closely, Dugu Bo realized that Kong's Soul Rings seemed to be different from ordinary ones.

After thinking about it briefly, Dugu Bo shook his head. Wasn't it perfectly normal for them to be different?

The first time Kong had blanked out, the Treasure Land here had vanished.

The second time Kong had blanked out, a bolt of purple lightning had descended from the sky and allowed him to condense his third Soul Ring.

Dugu Bo was exceptionally clever. If Kong could not communicate with gods, Dugu Bo would wash his hair while standing on his head!

About half an hour later, Engulfing Lightning's third "Soul Ring" had stabilized completely, and Kong's Soul Power Level broke through to Level 31 at that very moment...

Yu Yuanzhen and Dugu Bo both kept silent about what had happened here. They neither spoke of it nor asked about it. Dugu Bo had not even mentioned it to Dugu Yan.

That day, he and Yu Yuanzhen had witnessed a miracle of the gods!

Yu Yuanzhen's breakthrough to Level 98 was not widely announced. Even Yu Luomian and the others did not know about it.

Likewise, Dugu Bo joining the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as Vice Sect Master was not widely publicized, as though it had never happened.

Within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, only a few elders knew of it.

Five years later...

The young man looked helplessly at the older girl beside him, sighed, and said, "Sister Yan, we really aren't suitable for each other. I already have someone I like."

He had yellow hair and pale purple eyes. A Raiden's Tomoe rested between his brows, hidden beneath his bangs. A faint melancholy surrounded him, giving him something of the air of a brooding, handsome young man.

"Impossible, Kong. Since you were six, is there a single girl you've met that I don't know?"

"Rather than letting girls like them have you, wouldn't it be better to let me have you?"

"I'm not that bad either!"

The speaker was Dugu Bo's granddaughter, Dugu Yan. She had long black hair and had grown into a graceful young woman, with a figure...

Under Dugu Bo's matchmaking, the two had known each other for more than five years.

"Sister Yan, don't be like this."

Kong felt a headache coming on. He really was not a scumbag!

What he hated most were scumbags!

"Sister Yan, I'm only twelve. Let's talk about this later."

In the end, Kong surrendered beneath Dugu Yan's pitiful gaze.

Dugu Yan looked Kong up and down. If he had not said his age, his height of around 1.78 meters truly did not make him look twelve.

Standing beside Dugu Yan, Kong was about the same height as her. The two were quite well-matched in looks.

At first, Dugu Yan had not felt anything for Kong at all. After all, he was a full martial soul awakening cycle younger than her.

A whole six years!

But Dugu Bo kept taking her to play with Kong every few days. As time passed, and because soul masters matured relatively quickly, Dugu Yan fell for his looks and stayed for his talent in less than two years...

Kong felt that the official "plot" was about to begin, so he finally came out from the Back Mountain of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, intending to go out and take a look.

Who would have thought that Dugu Yan would somehow get wind of it and insist on leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with him?

They had known each other for so many years that Kong could not bring himself to simply drive her away. As a result, Dugu Yan confessed to him today!

Good heavens, I thought of you as a brother, but you...

Dugu Yan linked her arm through Kong's and smiled brightly.

"Sigh..."

Kong sighed, preparing to find a place to stay with Dugu Yan.

Honestly, Dugu Yan was excellent in every regard, but there truly was someone in his heart!

Literally.

He was only afraid that one day, what fell from the sky would not be energy, but actual lightning!

At the thought, Kong could not help shuddering!

He still remembered when Ei had asked him what Wife-sama meant...

He had managed to hide it from the Shogun, but not from Ei!

Ei Wife had lived for thousands of years as a demon god. Was she really that easy to fool?

What Kong never expected was that after Ei learned of it, she merely said lightly, "Traveler, do you want to marry me?"

At the time, Kong didn't know whether his head had gotten hot, but he answered directly, "Yes!"

What followed was three whole minutes of silence.

"Husband."

Kong: "???"

No matter what, he had never imagined that Ei Wife would actually agree to this marriage...

Even now, Kong still felt like he was fucking dreaming.

"My wife is Raiden Ei, the Thunder God Baalzebul!"

In truth, Ei's favorability toward Kong had already reached the maximum. Otherwise, she would never have responded to Kong across planes.

In Ei's memories, Kong had been the one to bring her out of the Plane of Euthymia. Kong had helped her find another path toward eternity. Kong had accompanied her beneath the Sacred Sakura. And Kong had also...

The reason Ei had fallen silent for three minutes after learning that Kong wanted to marry her was because she had been stunned.

Having shut herself away in the Plane of Euthymia for five hundred years, she had no real concept of time anymore. Regaining her senses after only three minutes—one hundred and eighty seconds—was already quite fast.

Just as Kong's thoughts ran wild, two waves of Soul Power came from nearby, snapping him out of his daze.

"Rose Hotel?"

Looking up, Kong froze.

Dugu Yan also looked up, and golden light immediately flared in her eyes!

Young man, you're not being honest!

Without a second thought, Dugu Yan dragged Kong toward the Rose Hotel.

Kong: "..."

Sister Yan, this is a misunderstanding. Do you believe me?!

Kong thought miserably.

He had really only sensed two waves of Soul Power, which was why he had looked over in confusion!

Who the hell knew it would be such a coincidence?!

The moment they entered the lobby, Dugu Yan stopped in her tracks. Were two soul masters actually fighting here?

One was a blond young man with heterochromatic eyes. The other was a young-looking boy with black hair and an ordinary appearance.

"Dai Mubai, Martial Soul: Evil Eye White Tiger, Level 37 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Grandmaster. Please advise."

"Tang San, Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass, Level 29 Control Type Battle Soul Master. Please advise."

Dai Mubai and Tang San paid no attention to Dugu Yan and Kong, who had just entered. At that moment, their eyes held only each other...