White Dragon · Connor

"What is going on?"

Gu Yue, still wearing her apron, held a freshly washed plate in her hand.

She stared at Na'er, who was sitting upright on the sofa with one hand hooked around Qian Jue's arm, and felt an inexplicable fire surging within her.

"Uh, let me introduce you. This is Na'er, my childhood friend, so to speak."

Though they had only met once.

Qian Jue braced himself to make the introduction for Na'er. Seeing the cold light flickering in Gu Yue's violet eyes, he felt as if needles were pricking his back.

The atmosphere was rather strange.

It felt just like one of those old-fashioned dramas from his memories, where a husband brings his mistress home, only to be caught by the wife who was busy preparing a loving dinner for him.

"Hello!" Gu Yue set down the plate and walked up to the pair. "I'm Gu Yue, Xiao Qian's senior sister."

Na'er lifted her chin, met Gu Yue's gaze, and smiled sweetly. "Hehe, nice to meet you, Sister Gu Yue. I'm Xiao Qian's fiancée."

She had felt a bit intimidated seeing her original self, but it seemed that as long as Qian Jue was by her side, her courage grew.

Let me face my fear head-on!

Silver Dragon King, I am not afraid of you.

If you have the guts, try making a move in front of Xiao Qian.

Their gazes locked. Because they originated from the same source, they were close enough to achieve a resonance of thoughts.

"You lowly dragon beast, I voluntarily conceded to win you the bet and grant you freedom, yet you have the shamelessness to try and hook my man. Go find your beloved Brother Wulin and stop hovering around here."

"Pah, it is clear that I have a prior engagement with Qian Jue. If that madwoman Long Yeyue hadn't meddled, I, the childhood friend, would be the most suitable person to be by Qian Jue's side."

Gu Yue scoffed at this and retorted, "Saying all that is useless. I was the one who helped Xiao Qian when he needed companionship the most. Besides, have you heard of the great laws of the human world?"

"What laws?"

"The childhood friend can never defeat the newcomer."

"Then I suppose I am a newcomer childhood friend."

The two were bickering in their mental space. Qian Jue couldn't hear them; he could only watch as Gu Yue and Na'er stared each other down.

The scene was bizarre.

"Ahem, ahem."

Qian Jue cleared his throat, putting an end to the endless war of words.

"Gu Yue, have a seat. You must be tired from washing the dishes; take a rest."

Gu Yue smiled faintly, sat down on Qian Jue's right, and said softly, "I'm fine, not too tired."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Seeing that Qian Jue was ignoring her, Na'er tugged on his sleeve.

"Xiao Qian, I'm going to register at the academy tomorrow. I want to go to school with you."

"You'll have to ask Teacher Wu about that yourself; I can't make that decision."

Na'er blinked. Wu Zhangkong? Such a familiar name. Could it be that useless disciple of the Red Dragon old man?

It didn't matter anyway. With her talent, could a mere East Sea Academy really refuse her?

"Miss Na'er, since you've decided to report to the academy tomorrow, you should get some rest early and prepare your enrollment documents."

Gu Yue pulled Qian Jue slightly toward her, creating a small distance from Na'er. "Xiao Qian and I still have to practice our martial soul fusion. Please excuse us."

Na'er was quick; she grabbed Qian Jue's left arm and smiled.

"Why is Sister Gu Yue in such a hurry? If we're going to practice, wouldn't it be better for the three of us to do it together? My Silver Dragon Spear is of much higher quality than that of the silly boy playing with daggers over there, and it's more compatible with Xiao Qian in terms of dragon attributes."

Xie Xie, who was watching from the sidelines, was caught in the crossfire for no reason and looked displeased.

"Wulin, how did you teach your sister? Does she not know how to speak properly?"

Tang Wulin didn't even look at him, retorting directly, "I don't think there's anything wrong with what Na'er said. Among the people in this villa, aside from Zhang Yangzi who has nothing to do with the dragon clan, it seems your dragon attribute is the lowest."

Good grief, I stick my neck out for my brother, and you stab your brother in the back for your sister?

You thick-browed, big-eyed scoundrel!

Faced with the cold, hard truth, Xie Xie had nowhere to vent his frustration. He could only cross his arms over his chest and turn his head away, refusing to look at them.

On the other side, the tug-of-war between the two women continued.

"Let go."

"You let go first."

Caught in the middle, Qian Jue didn't know what to say.

A mere Na'er, and she dares to fight me for him?

Gu Yue gripped Qian Jue's arm and channeled her soul power into it.

Feeling the pressure surge, Na'er quickly launched a counterattack.

"So you think you're the only one who can use soul power? Come on, let's see who's stronger."

With a flash of silver light, Na'er also unleashed her soul power.

The moment the two streams of soul power flowed into Qian Jue's body and merged within him—

Whoosh!!!

In the next second, the entire living room was filled with an intense, multicolored radiance. Nine distinct colors lit up, enveloping the three of them.

"Awoo—!"

Following a dragon's roar, a familiar dragon might erupted once more.

Xie Xie dropped straight to his knees with a thud, while Tang Wulin fared slightly better, though the bloodline within him surged violently.

Wang Jinxi, who had been lying upstairs asleep, woke up instantly. His Bone Dragon King martial soul manifested on its own, startling him so much that he hurriedly grabbed Zhang Yangzi and headed downstairs to see what was happening.

"What's going on?"

"So noisy..."

As soon as Wang Jinxi reached the bottom of the stairs, he rubbed his eyes as if he had seen something truly unbelievable.

"Wait, where did this little girl come from? And she's a bit too cute..."

The figures of Qian Jue and the others had vanished from the sofa, replaced by a small, adorable girl with white-to-purple gradient twin tails and large blue eyes, looking incredibly dazed and cute.

Unlike an ordinary little girl, however, this one had two curved dragon horns atop her head, and a silvery-white dragon tail trailed behind her skirt on the floor.

"If I told you this was the Captain and Gu Yue, would you believe me?" Xie Xie said with a bitter smile.

Wang Jinxi walked forward, circled the 'little dragon girl' once, and then nodded.

"It's the Captain's aura, no doubt about it... but how did the Captain end up looking like this?"

In the end, it was 'Qian Jue' who spoke up to explain:

"This form seems to be a martial soul fusion skill between me, Gu Yue, and Na'er. As for why it looks like this, it might have something to do with me."

Qian Jue scratched his head awkwardly, looking at the reflection in the mirror, feeling quite helpless for a moment.

He currently looked very similar to a female character from an anime he had loved in his previous life, with only minor differences.

Perhaps when the form was determined after the martial soul fusion, his subconscious had taken the lead and chosen Kanna as the appearance, as there were very few silver dragon girls in his memory.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, Gu Yue and Na'er could share Qian Jue's vision, and naturally, they saw the appearance of their fused martial soul.

Too cute...

Gu Yue covered her nose, feeling as if she were about to have a nosebleed inside the Sea of Consciousness.

Na'er stared blankly at that face, muttering something under her breath.

"Pretty, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it feels like what my daughter with Xiao Qian would look like in the future."

"Nonsense, it's clearly my daughter with Xiao Qian!"

Qian Jue couldn't stand the bickering in his head anymore, and perhaps out of annoyance, he shouted:

"Stop arguing! Can't you just have one each?!"

The Sea of Consciousness fell silent at once.