Inside the treehouse built within the Heaven-Reaching Giant Tree beside the Lake of Life, Di Tian watched as Gu Yuena practically pressed her entire body against Ye Ming's. His brows were nearly knotted together.
But compared to the shock caused by Gu Yuena's earlier words, the two of them being so close barely counted as anything.
A few minutes earlier...
Gu Yuena moved with graceful steps, ignoring the astonished gazes of the surrounding soul beasts as she slowly approached the stunned Ye Ming.
Though she looked like a human girl, she gave off the feeling of an ice mountain that had stood for ten thousand years.
Proud, aloof, beautiful.
The fragility in Gu Yuena's eyes was replaced by icy indifference. She gently raised Ye Ming's chin with one finger, the corners of her lips curving upward slightly.
"My name is Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King split from the Dragon God. From now on, you belong to me."
Ye Ming felt utterly pathetic!
At a time like this, he had actually swallowed nervously and blushed!
Damn it!
The flirting tips he had learned from TikTok were completely forgotten the moment he saw Gu Yuena!
I'm such a Chovy! It's always like this!
Gu Yuena glanced at Di Tian and spoke coldly.
"He is the one chosen by the Dragon God, the hope of Soul Beast Revival."
"The dragon aura on his body is greatly beneficial to me. Being with him will allow me to recover the hidden injuries I suffered long ago as soon as possible."
"To find a way for humans and soul beasts to coexist peacefully, and to break the rule that soul beasts cannot become gods, I will enter the human world together with Ye Ming."
To be honest, Di Tian was not the only one stunned. Ye Ming was even more confused.
By the timeline, this should have been the early period of Peerless Tang Clan. Gu Yuena should not have awakened at this time.
Yet when his twin martial souls awakened automatically, Gu Yuena woke up, transformed into human form without a word, and immediately latched onto him!
And he suspected that Gu Yuena had a split personality!
When they had first met, she had clearly been a cold and commanding beauty. Yet now, Gu Yuena, who clung to his arm, looked exactly like a startled kitten.
If he could not figure it out, then he would stop thinking about it!
He had come to the Douluo Continent, a place countless people dreamed of, and had even become a little dragon man. He should just live freely and do as he pleased!
Ye Ming: I'm no longer human!
Di Tian would not defy the orders of the soul beasts' sovereign. Besides, he believed that as long as his lord had awakened, the soul beast lineage would finally be saved.
In recent years, as the Sun Moon Continent collided and merged with the Douluo Continent, human soul tool technology had advanced with each passing day.
In just a thousand years, humans had slaughtered more soul beasts than they had in the previous ten thousand years.
The habitat area available to soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest was now a full fifth smaller than it had been ten thousand years ago!
If his lord did not awaken soon, the soul beast lineage might truly go extinct.
"My lord, since you intend to enter the human world, why not let this subordinate first find a suitable soul beast for Ye Ming and add his first soul ring to his first martial soul?"
Di Tian rose to his feet and respectfully addressed Gu Yuena. "As for his second martial soul, this subordinate suggests waiting until the soul ring limit he can endure reaches the hundred-thousand-year level before seeking suitable soul beasts in the Far North and the Evil Demon Forest."
For the great cause of the soul beast race, he was willing to offer up his life.
But most of the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest were his companions or subordinates.
He would not be nearly as courteous toward the rulers of other soul beast habitats.
Gu Yuena gripped Ye Ming's sleeve and said softly, with an especially timid air, "Find two dragon-type soul beasts for Brother. He has innate full soul power at level twenty. One should be around ten thousand years, and the other around fifteen thousand years."
"He was nurtured in an egg for ten thousand years, so his physique is already extremely strong. He can fully absorb soul rings at the ten-thousand-year level."
"Also, go speak properly with that imprisoned ice silkworm. Tell it that we will give it a chance to become a god, allowing it to become the first soul ring of Brother's second martial soul through soul sacrifice."
"After Brother becomes a god, he can revive it just as that human who became a god ten thousand years ago revived the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python."
Gu Yuena spoke very gently, yet her words carried intense killing intent. "If it refuses, kill it and take its soul ring and soul bone."
"By your command! This subordinate will find two suitable soul beasts as quickly as possible. I will also make the ice silkworm willingly offer a soul sacrifice!" After saying that, Di Tian withdrew.
He was not surprised that the Silver Dragon King knew about events from ten thousand years ago.
After all, the commotion caused by that human back then had been far too great.
Even though they had remained hidden at the Lake of Life, they had known those matters inside and out.
Ye Ming was moved to tears.
He got two ten-thousand-year dragon-type soul beasts just for logging in!
And there was even the million-year Tianmeng Ice Silkworm!
So this was what it felt like to finally be kept after spending over twenty years on Earth wishing for someone to support him.
It felt amazing!
Who had said there was something wrong with Gu Yuena earlier?
Gu Yuena was absolutely wonderful!
He instinctively tightened his grip on her cool little hand, his eyes full of emotion. "Na'er, you're really too good to me."
"I don't even know how I could repay you."
"Oh?" The fragility in Gu Yuena's eyes vanished, replaced by a trace of icy aloofness.
She looked teasingly at Ye Ming, the corners of her lips lifting once more. "You don't know how to repay me?"
She suddenly leaned close to Ye Ming's ear, her breath fragrant. "Then I thought of a way you can repay me."
"Tonight, I want to... absorb your dragon aura."
Whoosh!
Feeling the softness brush against the tip of his ear, Ye Ming felt as though a cat had scratched at his heart. A flush instantly spread across his cheeks.
He had not expected Gu Yuena to switch personalities so quickly!
And besides!
Gu Yuena was far too good at this. He was having trouble holding his ground.
At that moment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had long been displeased with Gu Yuena, suddenly leaped into Ye Ming's arms. Her little paw shoved Gu Yuena away as she bared her teeth viciously. "Stay away from my little brother! He doesn't like you!"
Ye Ming casually grabbed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion by the loose fur at the back of her neck and tossed her aside. Then, with a solemn expression, he said, "No, little sister. I like her very much!"
Gu Yuena covered her mouth and chuckled, her eyes full of provocation as she looked at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
"Ah!!" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion bared her fangs furiously.
Night fell.
Inside the treehouse built from the Heaven-Reaching Giant Tree, upon the enormous wooden bed woven from vines,
Ye Ming lay in the middle. On his left was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion curled into a little ball, while on his right was Gu Yuena with her head of silver hair.
He felt as though he were playing dead and did not dare move at all.
Yet the fragrance of the beautiful girl to his right, both from her hair and her body, kept flooding into his nose, making his heart itch unbearably.
Gu Yuena lay on her side beside Ye Ming, greedily absorbing the dragon aura radiating from him to recover from her injuries and improve her cultivation.
Seeing that Ye Ming's body was stiff as iron, the corners of her lips rose slightly. From time to time, she used her fingers to stroke the pair of golden and silver dragon horns emerging from his head.
Ye Ming's body trembled, and even more dragon aura spilled out from him.
Gu Yuena giggled happily and whispered into Ye Ming's ear, "You are both a soul beast and a human. You can actually control these dragon horns yourself."
Ye Ming tried it, and sure enough, the pair of dragon horns retracted on their own. There was no longer any sign of him being a little dragon man.
Delighted, he turned his head, only to meet those purple eyes filled with starlight.
Their eyes met, and in that instant, it seemed as though a galaxy flowed between them.
Gu Yuena froze, and an inexplicable blush appeared on her face.
Ye Ming abruptly turned his head away and softly said, "Good night, Yue'er."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly raised her little head. "Why didn't you say it to me?"
"Fine, good night to you too."
"Ah!!"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion shot him a vicious glare, secretly thinking, Little Brother and Aunt Bi and Aunt Zi all have human forms. I want to transform into a human too!
In the middle of the night, Ye Ming kept feeling that something was off.
The left side should have been the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's tiny curled-up body, so why did it feel different?
When dawn came and he looked to his left, he was met by another breathtakingly beautiful face.
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