Yu Tianshuo, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yuan stood in the training grounds, looking at one another. None of them said a word.
In the end, Dugu Yuan couldn't hold back. Looking at Dugu Bo, he spoke first.
"Dad, I know you're younger now, and maybe you want to find me another mother, but someone this age—"
Before Dugu Yuan could finish, Dugu Bo kicked him flying.
This time, though, Dugu Yuan came back quickly. Rubbing his aching stomach, he glanced at Yu Tianshuo, as if a thought had struck him, then turned back to Dugu Bo. His eyes gleamed as he asked, "Could it be that you're finding my little junior brother a child bride, Dad...?"
Before he could finish, Yu Tianshuo swept his legs out from under his senior brother, knocking him to the ground. He clamped a hand over the man's mouth, afraid he might say something even more outrageous.
The reason Yu Tianshuo did this was simple: Na'er, who had been lying in the room, had come outside. She stared blankly at the three of them, her eyes utterly devoid of emotion.
The three of them silently stared at her, and she stared right back. In the end, Na'er was the first to move.
They watched as she walked toward Yu Tianshuo, step by step, wearing a robe that hung loosely on her. When she reached him, she threw her arms around him.
The gesture left all three of them baffled.
It wasn't until a woman's voice sounded in Yu Tianshuo's mind that he understood why she had done it.
"Find somewhere quiet. We need to talk."
Hearing this, Yu Tianshuo's expression stiffened, but he quickly forced it back under control, covering his dismay with a smile.
After telling his master and senior brother that he would look after Na'er, Yu Tianshuo hurriedly led her into the room, with her arms still wrapped around his waist.
Dugu Bo and Dugu Yuan were left staring at each other. Dugu Bo had evidently figured something out, though, and said nothing. The next instant, he vanished from Dugu Yuan's sight.
That left Dugu Yuan standing there, scratching his head in confusion.
Inside Yu Tianshuo's room.
The instant he closed the door, Yu Tianshuo's right hand turned into a dragon claw. In a flash, it seized Na'er by the head.
Before he could do anything else, Na'er's Silver Dragon Spear knocked his dragon claw aside. She leaped backward several times, putting distance between them.
Only then did an exasperated woman's voice ring out in Yu Tianshuo's mind.
"What exactly are you doing?!"
Gu Yue was dumbfounded. She had sent this wisp of consciousness into Yu Tianshuo through Na'er so she could have a proper conversation with him. Who would've thought he wouldn't play by the rules? Instead of talking first, he had attacked her outright.
What Gu Yue didn't know was that the Ice Dragon King had already ambushed Yu Tianshuo once inside his sea of consciousness. Now the dignified Silver Dragon King had entered it too—how could he not be shocked and furious?
His first move had been an attempt to take a hostage, someone he could use to bargain with Gu Yue.
But things hadn't gone his way. He'd failed to take a hostage, and the woman in his mind was now furious.
What Yu Tianshuo hadn't expected, though, was for Na'er to put away the Silver Dragon Spear of her own accord and walk toward him.
Then, while he stood there unable to make sense of it, she took his dragon claw and placed it on her head.
Only after she had done all this did Gu Yue's weak voice enter Yu Tianshuo's mind.
"Now will you talk to me properly?"
With that, she fell silent, waiting for Yu Tianshuo's reply.
After a brief storm of thought, Yu Tianshuo entered his sea of consciousness, deciding to have a proper conversation with her.
But the instant he entered, he couldn't keep a straight face.
Gu Yue sat cross-legged above the sea of consciousness, staring at him with a gloomy look. Meanwhile, the Fire Dragon King was like a wronged little wife, sniffling and sobbing as he complained to Gu Yue about something.
In the end, Gu Yue grew a little annoyed. With a casual flick of her hand, she sent the Fire Dragon King flying.
Yu Tianshuo didn't want to see the sorry creature either. He gave a casual swipe, and a rift appeared right in the path of the Fire Dragon King's flight.
As the Fire Dragon King's screams faded away, the two of them began their first conversation.
Yu Tianshuo seized the initiative and asked outright, "Why did you come here?"
Gu Yue didn't even pause to think before answering, "First, I wanted to see what kind of person could injure Di Tian. Second, I wanted to find out why you could obtain the power of three Dragon Kings."
As she spoke, Gu Yue looked around. In the end, she concluded, "But I still can't tell what kind of thing you are."
At that, Yu Tianshuo's eyes turned as lifeless as a dead fish. He grumbled, "Is something wrong with all of you? Can you stop lumping anything you don't understand in with 'some kind of thing'? That's really rude."
Then Yu Tianshuo's gaze shifted, and he continued, "Besides, after seeing the Fire Dragon King just now acting like a child tattling to his parents, you should already know where I came from."
Gu Yue nodded and said, "At first, I didn't believe that story about some extraterrestrial Dragon God, but now..."
As she spoke, she gave Yu Tianshuo another couple of looks, then nodded again. "Now I believe it. However..."
At that, Gu Yue's eyes suddenly sharpened. Looking at Yu Tianshuo, she said, "I don't believe a word of your story about me joining with a human who possesses the Golden Dragon King Bloodline to give birth to a new Dragon God. He's just a mere human. How could I possibly do something so foolish?"
She tossed her waterfall of silver hair and continued, her eyes full of disdain, "As for your plan to become the Dragon God, I can help you. I can even support you."
Yu Tianshuo was delighted at first, but after hearing Gu Yue's next words, he fell silent in stunned bewilderment.
"Whether you become the Dragon God or give birth to a new Dragon God, there's one prerequisite."
As she spoke, Gu Yue's eyes turned sly, and her tone grew light and breezy. "That is the Golden Dragon King. Once you obtain his power, whether you join with me or I divide my power, either will work."
After saying this, Gu Yue's figure began to blur. Before she vanished, she left him with one last sentence.
"Come find me again after you've fully absorbed the Golden Dragon King."
Only Yu Tianshuo remained in the sea of consciousness, lost in silence.
But a moment later, after confirming that Gu Yue hadn't left behind anything to spy on him or any other trap, he smiled and murmured with a laugh, "Does she think I still don't know what she's really after? A mere verbal promise won't do a thing for me now, foolish Lady Silver Dragon King. Hahahahaha!"
After laughing, he murmured with firm resolve, "I'm the only one who will become the Dragon God!"
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