You're not qualified to know at your level [Seeking Follow-up]

"Leng Yaozhu? Fine, I'm coming."

Putting down the Soul Guidance Communicator, Long Yuan frowned, a rare sight for him. Leng Yaozhu's arrival had truly caught him off guard.

"Long Yuan, what's wrong?" Seeing the strange expression on Long Yuan's face, Gu Yuena asked with curiosity.

Long Yuan thought for a moment and decided there was no harm in telling her. "I used some special methods to secure an identity within the Spirit Pagoda. I'm currently the Deputy Pagoda Master of the East Sea City branch. But not even a few days have passed, and Leng Yaozhu has already arrived, specifically asking to see me."

He added, "Leng Yaozhu holds the title of Heavenly Phoenix. She is a rank 99 Limit Douluo and also a Deputy Pagoda Master of the Spirit Pagoda. How about this: when the car comes to pick me up, you come with me. You wanted to get a foot in the door with the Spirit Pagoda, right? This is a good opportunity."

Long Yuan was aware of Gu Yuena's plan. The Spirit Pagoda controlled all artificial soul spirits and the critical Spirit Ascension Platform, making it an essential piece of her puzzle.

"Alright, let's go." Gu Yuena set down her chopsticks and left the shop first.

Long Yuan watched her leave, a sense of something being wrong dawning on him.

Damn it, she didn't pay the bill!

Just as Long Yuan intended to chase after her, the owner stopped him. "Sir, you haven't paid yet."

"Sigh, how much is it? Just tell me." Long Yuan rubbed his brow in resignation.

Outside the door, Gu Yuena watched with a beaming smile as Long Yuan paid the bill.

"Good, daring to scheme against me? I see your backside is itching for a lesson!" As soon as Long Yuan stepped out and saw Gu Yuena laughing heartily, he reached out to grab her.

Gu Yuena tried her best to resist, but she was ultimately no match for the power of his stats and was caught in one go.

"Smack--"

A crisp sound rang out, leaving Gu Yuena, who had been struggling, frozen in place. The next moment, a crimson flush instantly flooded her cheeks.

She stomped her feet in embarrassment. "You, you..."

Gu Yuena never imagined that in such a public place, he would actually dare to...

"Hmph, see if you dare to scheme against me again." Long Yuan clapped his hands with satisfaction.

Little sisters were creatures that would tear the roof off if they weren't disciplined for three days. It was best to discipline them early, otherwise, one would regret it later when being called a "middle-aged loser" and having their "gold coins exploded."

Gu Yuena became obedient immediately, allowing Long Yuan to hold her hand without causing any more trouble.

"Let's go, time to meet that Heavenly Phoenix Douluo." After getting out of the car, Long Yuan acted like a gentleman, shielding the top of the door frame for Gu Yuena and helping her down.

Gu Yuena curled her lips. "All this superficial stuff, what's the point?"

Long Yuan replied with a straight face, "Don't you think this adds a sense of ritual?"

"Fine, if you think it's good, then it's good." Gu Yuena was completely out of ideas.

Lu Kening was still in charge of the front desk today. She had already spotted their arrival and greeted them from afar. "Greetings, Pagoda Master Long."

"Lu Kening? I thought you wouldn't be working part-time after school started. Are the upper grades that free?"

"How could they be? Today is just for registration; classes don't officially start until tomorrow," Lu Kening said playfully, sticking out her tongue.

"You're here to see Her Excellency Heavenly Phoenix, right? She's in my father's top-floor office. You can just head straight up."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work."

Long Yuan waved his hand and pulled Gu Yuena toward the soul guidance elevator.

While waiting for the elevator, Long Yuan said, "That person just now was Lu Kening, the daughter of East Sea City Spirit Pagoda Master Lu Fengnian, and a fifth-year student at East Sea Academy."

"Why are you telling me this?" Gu Yuena muttered.

Though she said that, she subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

She instinctively pondered the relationship between herself and Long Yuan.

Siblings? Partners? Or... lovers?

They were born from the same Dragon God, originally one entity, but since they had been birthed, they were two independent individuals. Even if the Dragon God bloodline were to be re-nurtured, the new Dragon God would be their own creation, not the previous one.

However, precisely because of this, Gu Yuena felt a natural sense of closeness to Long Yuan. That was why she hadn't been angry when he did that to her earlier, but rather felt a bit shy.

No, no, no, I can't keep thinking like this!

Gu Yuena shook her head, dispelling the thoughts in her mind. Just as Long Yuan said, there was still plenty of time; she would think about it later.

Long Yuan knocked on the door, and after receiving a response, he pushed it open and walked in.

Inside the office, Lu Fengnian was sitting in a guest chair, while a woman occupied the seat that originally belonged to him.

She appeared to be around twenty years old, with a complexion like jade and a temperament like fire—passionate yet exquisite, possessing a beauty that could topple cities, and filled with a sun-like vitality. Her figure was graceful and tall, like the most beautiful ornament.

"Greetings, Your Excellency Heavenly Phoenix." Long Yuan greeted her indifferently and pulled Gu Yuena to sit down; fortunately, there were plenty of chairs in the office.

A flash of surprise crossed Leng Yaozhu's eyes. The other party's attitude was beyond her expectations. Usually, the juniors who met her were extremely respectful and didn't even dare to breathe loudly. Even Qiangu Zhangting, the grandson of Qiangu Dongfeng, was respectful and polite to her. None were like Long Yuan, who treated her as if she were a passerby, offering a light greeting and leaving it at that.

From Long Yuan's perspective, she was just a Limit Douluo, and a newly broken-through quasi-demigod at that, nothing to fear.

Even if his divine sense was still weak at this moment, divine sense was still divine sense; the difference of one step was the difference between heaven and earth.

Leng Yaozhu glanced at them twice, but her attention was quickly drawn to Gu Yuena at his side.

As the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, she possessed the Heavenly Phoenix True Fire and was extremely sensitive to fire elements.

Logically speaking, as long as there were no other Super Douluo-level powerhouses with fire attributes present, the surrounding fire elements should have been drawn to her. Yet, at this moment, a significant portion of the fire elements in the vicinity were circling around that girl instead.

"Interesting." Leng Yaozhu grew serious in her heart.

Originally, she had only stopped by to see what kind of caliber Long Yuan, the person recommended by Lu Fengnian, possessed. After all, that secret genius cultivation project concerned the Spirit Pagoda's layout for the coming decades.

Take Lu Xingyu, for example; he was a member of this project, and the Spirit Pagoda had only included him after confirming that he was destined to become a Super Douluo in the future.

"Long Yuan, it is a pleasure to meet you." Leng Yaozhu spoke first. "I heard you come from a hidden family, but I have traveled across the Douluo Continent for many years and have never once heard of such a family."

Her meaning was simple: she believed Long Yuan had fabricated his identity.

Before coming, she had already checked Long Yuan's background. The Golden Dragon martial soul could be considered one of the absolute strongest, known as the Progenitor of Strength and possessing the attribute of Ultimate Strength.

If there were a family that passed down the Golden Dragon martial soul, there was no reason for not a single piece of information about them to have leaked out.

Long Yuan put away his smile, his tone calm yet beyond reproach: "At your level, you are not yet qualified to know."