Divine Catnip

"First, you are absolutely forbidden from walking around the dormitory without clothes;

Second, as for the dormitory's hygiene..."

Wang Dong's voice grew weaker as she spoke, leaving Long Yaochen, who was waiting to see a classic scene, feeling rather confused.

What is this tomboy doing?

If she wasn't going to finish, fine, but why was her face starting to turn red?

"Are... are you really my roommate?" Wang Dong stammered for a long time before finally spitting out a sentence.

Having grown up with her Big Uncle and Second Uncle, when had she ever seen a member of the opposite sex with such looks?

This guy was simply far more handsome than that vague figure in her mind!

"What else? You've arrived just in time, go clean up the place for me." Long Yaochen ignored the inexplicable Wang Dong, found a spot that was barely clean enough to sit on, and crossed his legs.

What?

Wang Dong thought she had misheard; this guy actually wanted her, this young master, to do such dirty work?

Looking around, the dilapidated environment made her forget all about his looks, and that innate pride of hers immediately surged up.

"Why should I listen to you?" Wang Dong crossed her arms over her chest, lifting her chin slightly to reveal her fair neck.

"It's simple..." Long Yaochen stood up and walked over to Wang Dong, using his height advantage to look down at her, his tone casual as he said, "I'm stronger than you, so you have to listen to me."

"Huh?"

Wang Dong was so angry she laughed at his words.

In all her years, this was the first time she had met someone even more arrogant than herself.

Fuming with rage, Wang Dong glared with her defiant powder-blue eyes, staring at Long Yaochen, who was half a head taller than her, and said, "Just because you say you're strong, you are? If you've got the guts, let's go down and have a fight!"

Watching the ruffled Wang Dong, Long Yaochen chuckled.

Bullying little kids was his favorite pastime.

This one has a Light attribute, right?

Divinity isn't always a bad thing sometimes...

Long Yaochen ignored Wang Dong's clamoring, simply staring straight into her eyes with his deep, black pupils.

Then, he actively drew out a sliver of suppressed divinity.

Golden light slowly crept over his black eyes.

Wang Dong, who was staring wide-eyed, immediately noticed this glimmer of gold.

In the next second, the anger on Wang Dong's face instantly froze.

In her vision, the dilapidated dormitory and the youth before her all vanished.

Replacing them was a rising Eternal Blazing Sun!

The soul power within her body was actually being mobilized by the light elements, beginning to circulate in a peculiar, recurring path.

Wang Dong's powder-blue eyes were instantly occupied by specks of brilliant golden light. She had completely forgotten who she was and where she was, with nothing left but the endless golden light enveloping her.

"Say it with me..."

Long Yaochen's voice, imbued with divinity, became ethereal, echoing in Wang Dong's mind:

"Praise the sun."

Hum—!

As this divine sound entered her mind, Wang Dong's body reacted instinctively.

Azure light erupted uncontrollably from within her, and a pair of incomparably magnificent blue-gold butterfly wings instantly unfurled behind her back.

The V-shaped light patterns on the wings made them beautiful to the extreme, as if they were not of this mortal world.

But at this moment, this noble Radiant Goddess Butterfly was trembling slightly under the aura of the Eternal Blazing Sun, as if paying homage to a monarch.

Wang Dong's eyes were vacant as she murmured softly, "Prai..."

Just as she spat out a single syllable, a sudden change occurred!

On Wang Dong's forehead, a sea-blue light lit up without warning.

A trident pattern, seemingly carrying endless majesty, flashed across her brow and vanished!

In an instant, the golden light in her eyes faded by more than half.

Wang Dong's consciousness cleared slightly, and she said in a daze, "Where... am I?"

"Tch, what a nuisance..."

Long Yaochen raised an eyebrow, his tone growing a bit impatient.

He certainly knew whose mark that was, but so what?

Little rascal, if you have the guts, come down to the mortal realm and find me.

Roar—!

A dragon's roar echoed as a blazing golden dragon circled him once before joining head to tail behind his head.

In an instant, a dragon-patterned golden halo radiating an aura of ultimate divinity suddenly manifested behind him!

Immediately following, the purple first soul ring at his feet burst into light.

"First Soul Skill, Prayer Light."

As Long Yaochen's emotionless voice rang out, a brilliant golden pillar of light seemed to ignore the obstruction of the building, piercing straight down from the ceiling and completely enveloping both him and Wang Dong!

Within the pillar of light, that sea-blue trident flickered unwillingly.

But under this purest of holy fires, it was like duckweed without roots, gradually dimming and losing its luster in a mere half-second.

Under the baptism of this golden light, Wang Dong's eyes turned completely blazing gold.

Within her golden pupils, a ring engraved with intricate dragon patterns was slowly taking shape.

Looking closely, it was identical to the halo behind Long Yaochen.

Bathed in the divine light, every gesture Long Yaochen made felt as if a god had descended to the world. He repeated in an ethereal tone:

"Praise the sun."

This time, there were no obstacles left.

The dragon-patterned ring in Wang Dong's eyes closed completely!

Her beautiful face lowered slightly, and she repeated in a tone that was devout yet utterly vacant: "Praise the sun."

Seeing this ruffled little kitten completely tamed by his "Divine Catnip," the divine light in Long Yaochen's eyes instantly receded.

He pointed a finger at the broom in the corner and said in a casual tone: "Very good. Now, go clean up the place for me... and remember, don't leave a single dead corner."

Wang Dong retracted her gorgeous butterfly wings, nodded with extreme docility, turned to pick up the tattered broom, and began sweeping the dusty dormitory.

Seeing that she didn't even offer a word of rebuttal, Long Yaochen nodded in satisfaction.

This wasn't some evil art; it could be considered a trait of his martial soul.

After all, a light attribute that could plunge him into a divinity crisis was clearly not normal light.

[Mark of Sun Chasing]

That was the name he had given it.

He hadn't used this ability in a long time, having only tested it occasionally back when his divinity wasn't so severe.

Therefore, he hadn't fully experimented with its specific effects, knowing only that it could strengthen light-attribute soul masters and instill absolute loyalty to the "sun."

It was a pity that it had to be recast every time, and the target's soul power couldn't exceed his own, so its practicality wasn't very high.

But judging by the results, for peers with the light attribute, it was still a dimensionality-reduction strike!

"You take your time cleaning; I'm going to grab something to eat!"

Long Yaochen stretched, glanced at the "young master" who was working hard at cleaning, and walked outside with his hands in his pockets.

Just as he went downstairs, he saw a withered old man lying in the shade of a tree, basking in the sun quite leisurely.

"Your light attribute is quite extraordinary." Mu En didn't even lift his eyelids, his voice drifting into Long Yaochen's ears.

Of course it's extraordinary... otherwise, would that old geezer keep blocking me from going to the Holy Spirit Cult?

Long Yaochen grumbled to himself.

However, he had no obligation to explain.

He flashed a harmless smile at Mu En as he passed by and headed off to eat without looking back.