Ice Empress reached over and pinched Xue Tianyu's waist, muttering under her breath.
"Have you stared long enough?"
Xue Tianyu casually slapped Ice Empress's hand away and looked straight into Gu Yuena's eyes.
"So the Co-Lord of Soul Beasts is such a beautiful woman."
"You're much easier on the eyes than that black dragon up there who only knows how to roar."
Hearing his utterly unrestrained teasing, Gu Yuena did not lose her temper.
She slowly rose to her feet.
Her silver gown clung to her perfect curves, rippling in layers with her movements.
"Your name is Xue Tianyu, correct?"
Gu Yuena's voice was pleasant, carrying a distinctive ethereal quality.
"The fact that the two from the Far North were willing to follow you proves that you are extraordinary."
As she spoke, she slowly descended from the throne.
"However, what interests me is how a human like you earned the recognition of the Ice and Fire Dragon King."
Xue Tianyu folded his arms across his chest.
"Just luck, that's all."
"I made a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in Sunset Forest. They found me pleasing to the eye, so they gave me their power."
Xue Tianyu delivered this lie—one not even a three-year-old would believe—as naturally as could be.
A glimmer of interest flashed through Gu Yuena's purple eyes.
"The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well."
"So that was where they fell."
Gu Yuena stopped only a few steps away from Xue Tianyu.
A cold, faint fragrance drifted into Xue Tianyu's nostrils.
"No matter what method you used, you now possess the origin power of the dragon race."
"In a sense, you can already be considered half a soul beast."
Xue Tianyu snorted and cut her off without the slightest courtesy.
"Stop right there."
"I'm a pure-blooded human."