Gu Yuena stared at Qian Xunji, who was so close he was pinning her down, and wanted to push him away.
But the moment she managed to shove him back even a little, an endless reluctance surged through her body and into her mind.
Gu Yuena was utterly confused.
She was the Dragon God's successor!
She was a God King!
She was the Lord of Soul Beasts!
As the leader of the Soul Beast Clan, at the very least, she shouldn't be indulging her instincts.
Gu Yuena's resistance flared again.
But Qian Xunji quickly crushed it, turning it into a stream of water that melted into the lake.
Qian Xunji teased, "Silver Dragon King, is this how you treat the one who saved your life?"
"If it weren't for me, who knows when you'd have woken up—maybe not until the Year of the Monkey."
"Isn't that right, Silver Dragon King?"
Gu Yuena fell silent. It wasn't that she didn't want to argue back; she simply couldn't.
Her instinctive senses kept her from forming a single coherent sentence for the time being. All she could do was moan and whimper without end.
By the time Qian Xunji and Gu Yuena left the Lake of Life together, night had completely fallen over the Star Dou Forest.
Gu Yuena had been silent for a long time. She had no choice but to accept the truth: while she was asleep, she had become Qian Xunji's woman.
Yet she knew next to nothing about him. She couldn't help asking, "Now you should tell me who you really are, shouldn't you?"
"Don't try to fool me with that story about the Fire Dragon King. You're not him. At the very least, your soul's aura is different." Gu Yuena was certain of it.
"Silver Dragon King,