"System, I'll use my secondary profession level as the area in which I surpass Gu Yue."
Lu Li chuckled and said calmly.
[Congratulations, Master! You have won decisively in your contest against Gu Yue's secondary profession level, with an eight-to-one advantage.] [Congratulations on completing the long-term quest: Dragon King Conflict.] [You will randomly obtain affinity with any attribute.] [Ultimate Life Attribute Affinity]
The system's voice rang out.
As soon as the mechanical voice sounded, he didn't feel where the affinity came from. Perhaps the life attribute in the surrounding area wasn't strong enough.
Maybe it would come in handy later.
Lu Li shook his head, turned, and quickly left the Blacksmith's Association. He clearly had no intention of staying there any longer.
Keep forging? Obviously not. He wasn't particularly interested in forging, and now that he had Supernatural Comprehension, he would have plenty of time to max out his forging skills later. Why rush now?
As for Four-Word Battle Armor...
With his status as a Spirit Envoy of the Spirit Pagoda and his standing in the Blacksmith's Association, all he had to do was wait.
"It's this room."
"I want to know who the blacksmith in this room was."
Not long after he left, a blonde girl led the receptionist over and asked excitedly.
Beside her stood a man who looked to be in his forties, with a valiant air about him.
"Well..."
"President Mu Chen, Miss Mu Xi, the other person didn't leave a name. We only know his surname is Lu, and that he's a Level Three Blacksmith..."
The staff member who had brought Lu Li over earlier shook his head, looking flustered.
"Level Three Blacksmith...?"
"Are you sure the person who made that sound was a Level Three Blacksmith?"
Mu Xi looked bewildered and asked instinctively. A melody that beautiful and graceful couldn't have come from a mere Level Three Blacksmith.
"His surname is Lu?"
Hearing that and recalling the familiar voice, Mu Chen immediately had an idea who it was.
"Xiao Xi, that high-ranking blacksmith isn't someone you can meet. Give up on the idea."
He smiled at Mu Xi and said lightly.
As he spoke, he couldn't help sighing inwardly:
Kid, I can't believe you slipped past me this time. If your senior brother finds out you had time to come to Eastsea City, he'll probably be furious...
Mu Chen was far from calm. There was no other reason: the other person was the only genius in the blacksmithing world with a chance of becoming a Divine Craftsman in his twenties!
The ceiling of the genius world, Holy Dragon Douluo, Lu Li!
"..."
Meanwhile...
In the forest on the outskirts of Eastsea City, Gu Yue stood alone beside a lake.
A shadow suddenly appeared behind her, then knelt respectfully at her side.
"My Lord!"
The black-robed man spoke with utmost respect. He was powerfully built, and his upright, unyielding face was filled with undisguised loyalty.
He was none other than Di Tian, the strongest expert in the Star Dou Great Forest and the Beast Clan's foremost powerhouse—once the leader of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts and renowned throughout the world ten thousand years ago—the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King!
He had many titles to his name, but before the person standing before him, he had only one humble role: bodyguard.
"Di Tian, the Golden Dragon King Bloodline inside Tang Wulin hasn't awakened yet. I'll keep a close eye on him over the next few days. As for you..."
"When there's a suitable opportunity, go and test him. Remember, don't expose my existence."
"Then I'll be able to see whether he really is that person's descendant, as I suspect."
Gu Yue spoke calmly, a hint of gloom in her eyes. The Golden Dragon King was dead, so how could his bloodline have fallen into the mortal world and ended up inside an ordinary person?
Hah. Tang Wulin. The surname Tang, a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and a sealed Golden Dragon King Bloodline. His identity is certainly hard to guess!
"The Divine Realm has vanished, and the Golden Dragon King has died. Now the Golden Dragon King Seal has appeared in a boy surnamed Tang with a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul..."
"Tang San, it's you, isn't it?"
Gu Yue sneered. She was a peerless genius, but even an ordinary person could see something suspicious about this.
This was undoubtedly all that person's doing.
That supreme God King who had attained Dual Godhood twenty thousand years ago, then forcibly altered the fate of the Son of Destiny and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion ten thousand years ago—the Sea God and Asura God, God King Tang San!
As for Tang Wulin's identity, he was probably that man's own son, whose talents he had deliberately altered as a test.
After all, hadn't that man done the same thing ten thousand years ago, when he stole the Beast Clan's fortune and the Golden Dragon Bloodline?
"Thirty thousand years have passed. Whenever the fortune of the Douluo Continent appears, someone from the Tang Family sticks their nose in. But this time..."
"I won't let your plan succeed, Tang San."
Her face was murderous. If she ever got the chance, she would personally cut him to pieces!
"My Lord, what about Lu Li, the Golden Holy Dragon King? He suddenly came to Eastsea Academy, and I can't quite make sense of it either."
At that moment, Di Tian couldn't help asking.
Lu Li of the Spirit Pagoda was the greatest genius in the world. Di Tian had paid special attention to him ever since he took the person before him, then disguised as Na'er, back home.
He was the greatest genius in the human world. At only eighteen, he had already become a Titled Douluo. His Martial Soul bloodline was even superior to that of the Golden Dragon. In the entire Dragon Clan, only the person before Di Tian had a bloodline talent that could surpass his. He was far stronger than Di Tian.
Someone like him barely seemed human. It was as if he were the reincarnation of some mighty Dragon King, born in this era to emerge from seclusion and do his part for the Dragon Clan.
If he had been anything but human, then after recovering her memories, his lord would already have been eager to recruit him, make him an honored guest of the Dragon Clan, and perhaps even bring him into the clan's great plan to restore its glory!
Even so, Lu Li still held an important place in his lord's plans for the human world.
"Big Brother Lu Li?"
Gu Yue glanced at him, not quite understanding what he meant.
Wasn't that just how he was? He'd been the same when he went to Aolai City. His visit to Eastsea City was probably no different.
"My Lord, there's something I'm not sure I should say."
"Back then, Lu Li left Shrek City to gain experience. How was it that he just happened to meet you?"
Di Tian shook his head, his eyes gleaming with wisdom. He didn't think it could be that simple.
"Hmm...?"
Gu Yue frowned. What was there to make such a fuss about? Wasn't it just because they were fated to meet?
He had a Golden Holy Dragon King Martial Soul, and happened to encounter her while she was suffering from amnesia in Aolai City. That was all.
But seeing that Di Tian seemed to have a genuine theory, Gu Yue nodded to let him continue.
"My Lord, what are the odds of that happening by chance?"
"His Martial Soul just happens to be one of the Dragon Clan's top Dragon King bloodlines, and he just happens to meet you. Now he's even appeared in Eastsea City."
"We came to Eastsea City for the Golden Dragon King Bloodline inside Tang Wulin. What about him? It can't be that he knew we were coming and followed us here, can it?"
"He..."
"He's probably after the Golden Dragon King Bloodline too."
"Just like three years ago, when he somehow followed the bloodline's guidance and met you. Coming to Eastsea City to make a greater breakthrough isn't out of the question either."
Di Tian's expression was resolute as he spoke earnestly.
"..."
Gu Yue froze. She'd thought Di Tian's theory was pure speculation, but when she thought about it carefully, there might be something to it.
Why did Big Brother Lu Li show up every time? And his Martial Soul was the Golden Holy Dragon King, of all things!
What was that?
It was a top Dragon King bloodline that had never appeared in the world!
It was the true sovereign of the Golden Dragon Clan. Its bloodline power was no weaker than the Golden Dragon King's; the only difference was that the latter possessed the Dragon God's divine source power.
And what she needed most...
Was precisely the bloodline essence inside the Golden Dragon King!
"Di Tian, if you're right and Big Brother Lu Li came here to obtain the Golden Dragon King Bloodline inside Tang Wulin..."
"Then it seems..."
"I'll have to compete with him for it!"
A determined glint shone in Gu Yue's eyes. Her voice carried a hint of disdain as she spoke slowly.
Perhaps she truly did care for him deeply, and saw him as the only person among humans she could trust. But when it came to bloodlines...
She would keep that firmly in her grasp. That was her bottom line.
As for him, the Golden Holy Dragon King was already one of the Dragon Clan's top figures. In the future, it would be enough to make him her best—and only—companion beneath her.
Gu Yue's eyes filled with anticipation. When she restored the Dragon God's might and made all humanity submit, she would make him kneel before her like a queen!
Of course, it was still too soon to talk about that. She could think about it after she used Leng Yaozhu to reconnect with him...
"Big Brother Lu Li."
"You don't want to put me in a difficult position, do you?"
Gu Yue smiled as she thought to herself.
"..."
"Why does my back feel a little cold?"
Elsewhere, on his way home, Lu Li frowned unconsciously, a hint of confusion rising in his heart. Then he shook his head.
That makes no sense. I haven't made a name for myself in Eastsea City yet. Even that Lingdang, who's always quick off the mark, couldn't possibly have found out this fast.
As for everyone else, could it be Gu Yue?
She's still just a child!
"..."
Gu Yue: Who said I was a peerless genius? Come out here! Is there anything wrong with a genius like the Golden Holy Dragon King becoming the one beneath me and above all others in the Dragon Clan? Speak up!
Lu Li: "..." (smiling without a word)
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