Long Jinyu: "..."
"Ahem."
"Well, if it were someone else, I might scold you again and force you to choose between her and the world. But you are very lucky. I am in a good mood today-"
He tilted his head and said, "I happen to have a compromise plan here. Do you want to hear it?"
Long Xiaoyao looked at him without saying a word, but the guard in his eyes had loosened a bit.
Long Jinyu said unhurriedly, "You should also know the current situation. In the future, Holy Spirit Cult and I will have a battle. I can promise you that if she loses to me, I will not kill her."
Long Xiaoyao clenched his fists. "You... what did you say?"
"Are you surprised? Because I am from Shrek, the dean of Yanhuang Lingyun, and a disciple of Mu En. So in your eyes, I should naturally be the one who wants to kill Ye Xishui?"
He took a step forward, "I once read the "bone book" of a powerful undead king. He said-'Death is a gift.'"
"I won't kill her. It's not because of mercy, but because I think death is too cheap for a person who has done so many evil things."
"Leave her alive, let her live to face everything she has done, let her see with her own eyes how many human tragedies she has caused, and let her spend the rest of her life to redeem herself - this is the ending she deserves."
He paused and said, "At that time, if you are willing, you can accompany her through the journey of atonement. This is the only thing you can do."
Long Xiaoyao was stunned in place. "Are you... really willing to keep her alive?"
"I keep my word. The premise is that she can't continue to do evil. You can persuade her to stop before she becomes my enemy. But if you can't persuade her and she still persists, then you can either retreat or stand in my position and stop her for me."
Long Jinyu continued, "Since you have been with her for hundreds of years, I will not ask you to kill her. All I want is that you will not clear the way for her when she does evil. The rest, there will be an end between me and her."
Long Xiaoyao looked at Long Jinyu, looking at his own reflection reflected in those gold and silver eyes, and his whole figure seemed to be frozen.
He spoke softly, "I said before that you wrote down the things on a piece of paper that I couldn't figure out for more than two hundred years. Now I feel that with just one mouthful of yours, you have arranged the rest of my life."
"This is the most rude compliment I've ever heard."
Long Jinyu smiled and said, "But you didn't plan to leave yourself any room - I helped you arrange it, but you worry less. Don't thank me in a hurry. Those just now were concessions to you. Now, it's my turn to add more pressure -"
"Please tell me."
"From today on, you are no longer the chief worshiper of Holy Spirit Cult. Every day you are in that position, you will have one day of responsibility and involvement. Therefore, you must completely draw a clear line with Holy Spirit Cult - with Dragon Emperor Douluo In the name of, you will serve as the 'nominal worshiper' of my Yanhuang Lingyun. If Medical Pavilion is in trouble in the future, you must help. If Mu En is in danger, you must also help."
Long Xiaoyao was silent for a long time. During that time, he seemed to have walked through all the forks in the road in the past two hundred years in his mind.
"I have been in Holy Spirit Cult for more than two hundred years and have seen countless young geniuses. Some are sharp and sharp, and some are deep. But people like you--"
"This is my first time meeting you. You are clearly negotiating terms, but it makes people think that you are thinking about the other party."
"... Okay."
"I promise you."
He raised his hand, and a dark golden Soul Power rune condensed in his palm, hanging between the two people. "I swear in the name of Dragon King Douluo - From now on, Long and Holy Spirit Cult has nothing to do with the position of worship. I only serve as the honorary worshiper of Yanhuang Lingyun in my personal capacity. If your house is in trouble, I will try my best to protect it. If Xishui is an enemy of the owner of Yanhuang Lingyun, Long will never help him."
The rune hung in the air for a moment, then turned into a dark golden light and sank into Long Xiaoyao's palm. It was a Soul Power mark - written with Soul Power, the origin of Dragon King Douluo. It was not an ordinary promise, but an oath engraved into Martial Soul.
He put down his hand. "Is this... okay?"
Long Jinyu looked at him, nodded. Then he stretched out his hand. "It's a deal."
Long Xiaoyao looked at that hand—slender, white, with distinct knuckles, like someone who had been holding a pen for a long time.
He was silent for a moment, then stretched out his hand and shook it.
"It's a deal."
The moment their palms touched, a gentle Soul Power wave swayed from the place where the two of them met.
The morning breeze happened to come from that direction, blowing Long Xiaoyao's gray beard and hair and Long Jinyu's silver hair at the same time.
The more I stood aside, the coldness in his green eyes finally melted away a little. "Long Xiaoyao, your words are the most sober you have been in these two hundred years."
Lan also floated over, crossed his arms across his chest, and looked Long Xiaoyao up and down. "You can't tell. I thought you would hold on till the end."
Long Xiaoyao did not answer her words and turned to look at Mu En. The latter was standing a few steps away with a smile on his face.
"...Mu En, you have gained a good disciple."
"I feel ashamed to say it, but I actually deceived him."
Mu En said, "However, after that, I have been under his care."
Long Xiaoyao said nothing more. He still held the hand, this time with a hint of solemnity in his tone. "Dean Long, if that day comes - I hope you won't break your promise."
"A gentleman's words are hard to follow."
Long Jinyu let go of his hand and took half a step back, his smile not diminishing.
"Dragon Emperor Douluo, since you are now half one of us, next time you come to Shrek, don't be sneaky, just enter through the front door openly. After all, you are now my worshiper Yanhuang Lingyun. If you spread the word, it won't be an embarrassment to you."
Long Xiaoyao was speechless for a moment by these words. After a moment, he actually laughed, "... You care more about me than I do."
"Okay, I've said all that needs to be said, and that's all for today."
Long Jinyu stretched and turned to look at Yu, "Sister Yu, let's go back? We haven't had breakfast yet."
Yu Yu pressed her eyelashes lightly, and when she raised them again, the smile in her eyes dangled like broken gold. She was about to raise her hand--
The sky suddenly became dark.
The color of the entire sky darkened within a few breaths. The sunlight was still there, but it became thin and distant, as if separated by an invisible film.
The wind stopped.
All the birds in the forest fell silent at the same time. A few deep whimpers of Soul Beast were heard in the distance, and then disappeared.
The grass blades on the grass began to tremble slightly, a fine rustling sound seeped out from the ground, and the air became heavy and stuffy.
Yu's footsteps were suddenly fixed, and his green eyes narrowed slightly.
The smile was still on the corner of his lips, but his eyes were already cold.
Lan swept out almost at the same time, cutting in front of Long Jinyu silently. The wind at her fingertips moved, and a very fine air flow swirled out, carrying a chilling chill.
Long Xiaoyao and Mu En were shocked and raised their heads together.
In the center of the sky, the densest piece of Dark Cloud slowly opened a gap. The light revealed made people instinctively want to lower their heads.
Three figures emerged from the gaps in the clouds.
The leader was tall and tall, with black hair and golden eyes, and a face as cold as iron. He was dressed in black robes and flew in the clouds. He walked very slowly, and every time he took a step, the clouds under his feet would roll to both sides, as if the heaven and earth were making way for him.
Half a step behind, a huge shadow as majestic as a mountain followed. Its dark golden fur glowed with an attractive luster in the dim light. Its eyes were like two ghost fires, slowly sweeping over everyone below.
On the other side was a lanky and haggard figure, with a dark green body and a gray-green mist covering Entanglement. His cloudy eyes rolled around and finally nailed Long Xiaoyao and Mu En.
The three figures hovered a hundred feet high in the sky, facing a few people on the ground. They did not land, nor did they release their pressure - but the entire northern foothills of Star Dou Great Forest fell silent the moment they appeared.
Long Xiaoyao's eyebrows moved slightly.
Most of his Soul Power has been exhausted, but even so, he can still make a judgment immediately: any one of the opponent's three beasts alone is enough to make the continent tremble.
Mu En looked calm, his eyes tightly locked on the golden dragon eyes.
The invisible weight in the air more than doubled the moment they appeared.
At this time, a voice seeped out from the gaps in the sky, carrying an almost natural majesty:
"You guys are so cheerful. They came to visit me Star Dou Forest early in the morning without even saying hello."
The pair of golden dragon eyes fell on Long Jinyu and stopped.
Long Jinyu did not avoid the scrutinizing gaze, but said lightly, "Beast God Di Tian, what kind of wind brought you here?"
"You are making such a big noise on the border of our Star Dou. If I pretend not to know, it will make it look like there is no one in the Star Dou."
"It's just a discussion, don't be nervous."
"Discussion?"
Di Tian's golden dragon eyes moved away from Lan and fell back to Long Jinyu, "This is the first time I have seen a human Limit Douluo being suppressed into such a 'sparring'."
His tone was calm when he said this, but something was stirring deep in his golden eyes.
He saw it.
Dragon Emperor Douluo's full blow was easily defused by the cyan figure.
It's not because of the Soul Power gap, it's because of "personality suppression." A Limit Douluo Martial Soul cannot hold its head high in front of another existence.
This reminded him of the night Mingdou Mountain Range, when he had experienced the same thing.
Now the same feeling came again, but this time the pressure was from a different person, and he was more understated than that night.
"Okay."
Long Jinyu said calmly, "Di Tian, tell me what you have to say. The core area of Star Dou Forest is still some distance away from here. You came here specially just to say hello, right?"
Di Tian looked at him and was silent for a moment. "Young Master Dragon Valley, I have no ill intentions. We are both descendants of the Dragon Clan, so we should be somewhat close to each other. I just want to remind you that the 'Dragon Emperor' and 'Dragon God' Douluo are both the pinnacles of the human race. Neither of them are in the best condition here today."
He didn't finish his words, but the meaning had already surfaced.
"Young Master Xiaolong, in my opinion, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Xiong Jun took a step from behind Di Tian, "Dragon God Douluo's broken body, apart from Shrek, can't borrow Golden Ancient Tree, I'm afraid it won't even be as good as Titled Douluo. Dragon Emperor Douluo suffered a lot from the battle just now, and now he can't even stand still--"
He grinned, revealing a row of white fangs, "Eradicating the two humans Limit Douluo will bring no harm to us Soul Beast Clan. If you are willing, Star Dou Forest can join forces with you. Then -"
His bear eyes were filled with undisguised murderous intent.
Ten Thousand Demon King didn't speak, but he moved slightly to the side and forward, which was a position where he could take action at any time.
Lan stood in front of Long Jinyu, not moving, but the wind beside him had begun to rotate slightly.
Yu's green eyes looked at Di Tian calmly without any movement, but the invisible pressure in the air was getting heavier day by day.
Long Jinyu looked at Di Tian and smiled. The smile was very shallow, so shallow that the arc was almost invisible.
"Are you testing me?"
"That's right."
Di Tian said calmly, "We want to see whose side you, a descendant of the dragon clan, are on."
Long Jinyu laughed, "I don't stand on either side. I stand on the side I want to stand on."
"These two people have a relationship with me. One is my teacher, and the other just agreed to be my Medical Pavilion worshiper. You said you wanted me to kill them--"
He snorted coldly, "Do you think I am such a stupid person?"
Xiong Jun's eyelids twitched. Ten Thousand Demon King's position did not change, but the support point of the half step was quietly retracted by half an inch.
Di Tian chewed on these words, and then nodded slowly. "... I understand, I will not interfere in this matter again."
He suppressed his surging thoughts and spoke again, "However, Young Master Long, I have already seen the power of the Jade Crown next to you once in the Mingdou Mountain Range. Today, I saw another Crown take action with my own eyes, which makes me more convinced of one thing."
"What's the matter?"
Di Tian lowered his eyes and looked at him. "His Majesty Jade Crown said before that after you wake up, you will go to the core area of Star Dou Forest in person to settle a relationship. I don't know if this sentence still counts now?"
Long Jinyu tilted his head, as if he thought seriously for half a second, and then raised the corners of his lips slightly. "Of course."
"Then it's better to choose a day than to hit it."
Di Tian's voice dropped half a degree, "My master has been waiting for a long time. She hopes to meet Young Master Long."
He spoke very calmly, but as soon as the word "Lord" came out, even Xiong Jun and Ten Thousand Demon King on the side lowered their heads. There is only one person in this world who can make Di Tian respectfully call "Lord".
Long Jinyu took another look, nodded slightly, and gave a "reassuring" look in return.
"Okay."
Long Jinyu looked away, "But I have two conditions."
Di Tian didn't rush to ask, he was waiting in mid-air.
"First of all, I haven't eaten yet this morning. If Star Dou Great Forest only treats guests with blank stares, then I won't go."
Di Tian's brows moved slightly and said, "This... we had expected it. Before we came, we had Bi Ji and Zi JI prepare the banquet."
"Not bad, quite thoughtful. Then the second thing -"
Long Jinyu turned his head and glanced in the direction of Long Xiaoyao and Mu En, "I, the two teachers and the worshipers, will keep them here. I'm afraid that Star Dou Forest and Ferocious Beast will be too enthusiastic. So - I will send them back first, and then follow you."
Di Tian remained silent.
But Xiong Jun couldn't bear it anymore.