Long Yu the Old Pervert

Long Yu told Gu Yuena all about his External Soul Bone and the effects of his first, second, and third soul skills. He felt that Gu Yuena was someone he could trust, and she would never be his enemy.

Not now, and not in the future either.

Even if he became a god in the future and Gu Yuena charged into the Divine Realm, he would not oppose her. Given the enormous favor Gu Yuena had shown him today alone, he would never harm her.

Gu Yuena was very happy. Part of the reason was that her lord's strength had improved even further.

The other reason was that Gu Yuena roughly understood that if a human told her the effects of his own soul skills, it meant she had become worthy of her lord's trust.

This was a small step in their relationship, but a great step toward the future revival of the soul beast race.

Gu Yuena smiled. When a peerless beauty of her caliber smiled, it was as though heaven and earth lost all color; she became the center of the world.

Long Yu was entranced as well. Honestly, if they were comparing looks alone, Gu Yuena was truly the most beautiful woman Long Yu had ever seen.

Of course, once one's looks reached a certain level, it became a matter of temperament.

And Gu Yuena's temperament was different from Bibi Dong's, Qian Renxue's, and Hu Liena's. She was like a celestial maiden descended to the mortal world, untouched by worldly dust.

"A-Yu, what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Gu Yuena asked with a smile. Her lord looked so cute when he was spacing out.

"No, it's just that you look far too beautiful when you smile. I was captivated for a moment," Long Yu said "honestly."

"Beautiful? What is that? Is it useful?" Gu Yuena asked, widening her violet eyes.

In her understanding, strength was the most, most, most important thing. As for the beauty Long Yu spoke of, Gu Yuena did not feel much about it right now.

Moreover, as Gu Yuena had always lived among soul beasts, no soul beast or human had ever told her she was beautiful. She truly had no feeling for it, or rather, no concept of it at all.

But this Lord Dragon God seemed to care greatly about it, which made her somewhat curious.

"Of course it's useful—very useful! Although it can't directly increase your strength, it gives people a sense of pleasure. For example, just looking at you now makes me feel very comfortable and happy." Long Yu nodded.

Long Yu turned into an old pervert the moment he opened his mouth, but unfortunately, their Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, had no idea.

"As long as A-Yu is happy, that's enough. When Gu Yuena sees A-Yu happy, Gu Yuena is happy too." Gu Yuena smiled again.

Long Yu blanked out once more, but he quickly came back to his senses and asked, "What do you plan to do next? Return to Lake of Life and continue recovering from your injuries?" Gu Yuena shook her head.

Then she said, "A-Yu, didn't you say you would have a way to treat my injuries in six years? I plan to stay with you for these six years. With my strength, humans will not discover me, and I can protect you as well. Recovering six fewer years at Lake of Life is truly insignificant compared to twenty thousand years."

Gu Yuena naturally had her own thoughts in saying this. In her view, if she stayed with her lord, perhaps she could gradually change his original way of thinking and persuade him to agree to revitalize their race.

As for the enormous disparity in strength between the soul beast race and the human gods that Long Yu had mentioned before, Gu Yuena chose not to think about it for now.

She believed that the current Lord Dragon God could completely change those disadvantages. She did not know why she trusted Long Yu so much, but her instincts told her that Lord Dragon God could do it. What she needed to do now was win Long Yu over.

Future events proved that Gu Yuena's instincts were correct! "Let's not, Gu Yuena. I'm about to go to Spirit City. That place is the holy land of soul masters across the entire continent, and it also contains the inheritance sites of two human gods. If—just if—your aura is sensed by the Divine Realm, I'm afraid you'll be..." Long Yu did not finish his sentence.

Long Yu was speaking the truth as well. The inheritance sites of the Angel God and the Rakshasa God were both there. If she was exposed, what would he do then?

Fight? He definitely could not win. Could he only stand by and watch Gu Yuena die before his eyes?

Besides, the Rakshasa God on the other side was the godhood his teacher would inherit. It seemed he had no choice at all.

Although Gu Yuena had helped him immensely, Bibi Dong, his teacher, still held a far more important place in Long Yu's heart.

"Human gods?" A cold glint flashed through Gu Yuena's eyes, though it quickly vanished.

"A-Yu, but if I cannot go protect you, I truly worry about your safety," Gu Yuena said.

"Don't worry about that. The human faction I belong to can be called the strongest existence on Douluo Continent. You do not need to worry about my safety at all."

What a joke. As the disciple of His Holiness the Pope of Spirit Hall, who would dare attack him openly?

"Is that so? Then A-Yu's safety does not require my protection." Gu Yuena spoke softly, her voice carrying a trace of loneliness.

Seeing this, Long Yu sighed. It seemed his heart was still too soft, especially when he could not bear to see a beauty of this caliber sad and dejected.

Long Yu: I'm being such an old pervert.

The lock on his hometown's door: Please stop showing off—you're making me rust!

After thinking for a while, Long Yu finally said, "How about this? In about two years, I should leave Spirit City. At that time, I'll apply to my teacher to go out and train. Then I'll come to Star Dou Great Forest and train here with you."

The graduation requirement for Spirit Hall's advanced class was to reach Level 40 or above. Long Yu was currently Level 32 and eight years old.

Long Yu estimated that he would reach the Soul Ancestor Soul Power Level within two years at most. By then, he could graduate and would have some ability to protect himself.

If he acted cute with his teacher a little, it probably would not be a problem.

At around the age of ten, he would leave Spirit City and train in Star Dou Great Forest for about a year. When he advanced to Soul Ancestor, he would seize the Shrek Seven Devils' enormous opportunity from the original story—the immortal herbs.

At that time, he would have Gu Yuena accompany him. With her power over space, would it not be a matter of seconds?

After absorbing the immortal herbs that would be of immense use to him, he would preserve the rest for now and give them to whoever around him needed them, then slowly distribute the herbs later.

Then he would have Gu Yuena accompany him to Shrek Academy in Soto City. He would deal with Tang San and Grandmaster, breaking apart the original Shrek Seven Devils.

Even if Tang Hao came, Long Yu could just cling to Gu Yuena's thigh.

Wasn't you, Tang Hao—the famous Clear Sky Douluo—renowned across the continent? Then he would see how Gu Yuena crushed him.

Just imagining it... hehe.

Without realizing it, Long Yu had already begun taking Gu Yuena into consideration. He could have asked someone from the Elder Hall to deal with Tang Hao, but he did not.

Even Long Yu himself had not noticed this subtle change in his thinking.

There have been a lot of things going on these past few days, so I haven't been able to write much. I'll owe you for now. Many thanks for everyone's recommendation votes and for Malignant Loneliness's reward once again. There will be extra chapters too; I'll make them up later.