Ye Lingling Joins the Battle

"It's fine! This little dragon will go through fire and water for my lord!"

Xiao Kong once again confirmed that he had made the right choice.

What Tang San, the God King? What Dragon God or Silver Dragon King?

They were not even half as good as his lord.

Could they have come up with such an idea?

Could they have done it?!

In truth, the system Yu Yuan had proposed already seemed perfect to Xiao Kong.

After all, his own original idea had merely been to support his lord in becoming the new Dragon God.

Then show the soul beasts some favor.

After Yu Yuan proposed the new Divine Realm,

Xiao Kong had wondered whether they could build a space station and move all the soul beasts up there, occasionally tossing down some of the surplus population.

But unexpectedly, Yu Yuan came up with yet another idea.

Though it still sounded like it had problems, Xiao Kong believed that his lord and he would solve them.

My lord and I are invincible!

"Ha, going through fire and water is the Golden Dragon's job. Don't steal it."

Yu Yuan did not know whether to laugh or cry as he watched Xiao Kong's fighting spirit flare up.

Well, that counted as a good thing.

Yu Yuan had actually sensed the pressure Xiao Kong carried for a long time.

After all, he was the same sort of person—someone who liked shouldering burdens alone.

Although Xiao Kong was always fooling around, he truly had been planning a way out for the soul beasts.

Even if, at the very beginning, it had only been about making the soul beasts Yu Yuan's dependents.

But what else could Xiao Kong have done?

The previous Dragon God had been a complete disaster, and even the Silver Dragon King he had split off was a complete disaster.

It was already impressive enough that Xiao Kong had managed to come up with a barely workable solution.

But now, it felt like he had finally brought out his fighting spirit.

"I've decided. In the future, I'm definitely going to hollow out Dragon Valley!"

Xiao Kong declared with high spirits.

Uh...

That fighting spirit seemed a little off.

Had Xiao Kong become addicted to digging up graves?

"There's no need for that. When all is said and done, every problem comes down to one thing."

Yu Yuan did not have overwhelming power!

For now, he could only come up with clever little tricks.

Once I'm fully grown, I refuse to believe I can't turn Douluo Continent into a kid-friendly world with my fists!

When that time comes, everyone will go play soul beast battles!

Compete for the title of strongest soul beast trainer.

Thinking about it, Yu Yuan felt that there was not enough time again.

What a pain!

His cultivation speed was still a little too slow.

But there was no helping it. With multiple ultimate attributes, it was already good enough that his soul power could still increase slowly.

"Rest assured, my lord. This little dragon has absolute faith in you!"

Damn it, once we establish contact with the soul beasts over there, they'd better know what's good for them.

Every last resource they have will be handed over to me, Xiao Kong. I'll scrape the land bare too.

What a bunch of trash. Such a waste.

Xiao Kong had fallen into a certain arrogant state because of his fighting spirit.

Perhaps this was his true personality?

After all, back then, he had dared to provoke the Fire Dragon King. Even after being hunted down, he had enjoyed every second of it.

Just like Yu Yuan, he was a madman to the bone.

Otherwise, he would not have returned to this era.

"Alright, let's put this matter aside for now. Modifying this contract alone will be difficult."

Who knew how long the research would take? Just thinking about the number of reversions the research would require gave Yu Yuan a headache.

Wait?

Wasn't I supposed to be relaxing by thinking about this?

Why does my head hurt even more now?

Fortunately, Xiao Kong took the initiative to handle all the preliminary research.

Let the world witness the true worth of a dragon clan sage working at two hundred percent capacity!

Unexpectedly, Dugu Yan did not sneak over that night.

Thus, exhausted Yu Yuan enjoyed a rare night of peaceful sleep.

Xiao Kong, on the other hand, had already begun his analysis without sleep or rest.

In his words, he was a spiritual body now, so he would not die from lack of rest. Delaying his lord's grand plans was the real problem.

Yes, the usual formulaic loyalty.

So by the time Yu Yuan woke up the next day, Xiao Kong had already completed the first draft.

"So fast?"

Yu Yuan realized that he had still underestimated Xiao Kong's research abilities.

This was too ridiculous.

"It didn't go all that smoothly, my lord."

What Xiao Kong brought out was only a semi-finished product.

"I did not input any data for calculations, and some functions have not yet been installed."

It had to be said that the complexity of the Spirit Contract exceeded Xiao Kong's expectations.

If he had not researched it before, even he could not have produced a first draft so quickly.

"It's fine. We just need to find someone to test it on."

There was no shortage of experimental data anyway, since he could revert if something went wrong.

But who should he find?

Yu Xiaogang?

That felt a little too good for him.

Still, it was a good chance to see whether Luo Sanpao on his side could yield anything else.

Anyway, if it benefited him, Yu Yuan could just revert afterward.

Come to think of it, can that trash really reach Rank 30?

Don't tell me he'll need one of my immortal herbs too.

Even thinking about it after reverting made Yu Yuan feel sick.

Seeing that Xiao Kong was still excited, Yu Yuan felt that he needed rest.

"Alright, don't rush. Xiao Kong, you should go rest for a while."

After all, Xiao Kong would still have to modify the Blood Refining Technique that might be given to Yu Xiaogang later.

And researching the Spirit Contract all night surely took a great deal of mental energy. What if Xiao Kong suddenly dropped dead one day? Would Yu Yuan not have to revert to save him?

Wait, can a spiritual body drop dead from overwork?

Xiao Kong had wanted to persist, but upon hearing Yu Yuan's order, he went to rest with peace of mind.

Yu Yuan, meanwhile, returned to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for everyone.

When Ye Lingling got up early, what she saw was Yu Yuan cooking beneath the morning light.

Thinking of Yan'er's request last night, Ye Lingling, who had been prepared to refuse today, suddenly could not make sense of her own feelings.

Yu Yuan's domestic charm at this moment exerted an unimaginable attraction on Ye Lingling.

"You're awake? Want to taste it first?"

When he saw Ye Lingling standing at the kitchen entrance, Yu Yuan noticed that she was not wearing her veil today. Though she had lost some of her cool and distant air, he felt closer to her instead.

Thinking so, Yu Yuan greeted her first and gestured for her to try the breakfast.

"...All right."

Ye Lingling agreed in the end.

But she was too embarrassed to let Yu Yuan feed her. Instead, she served herself a bowl, tasted it, and gave her opinion.

"The flavor is a little too light."

"Is that so? Let me try."

Without the slightest concern, Yu Yuan took the bowl from Ye Lingling's hands and drank from it directly.

"Mm, it does seem a little light."

Then he continued cooking.

Meanwhile, Ye Lingling was wondering whether the boy had done it on purpose.

How could he so naturally use the same bowl as her?

Ye Lingling, who had barely managed to maintain her expression, finally broke when she discovered that Dugu Yan had appeared at the door at some point.

Yan'er, weren't you still asleep?

Of course I was pretending.

Dugu Yan watched her best friend, who was about to lose her composure, with a teasing gaze.

Hehe, my senses after my martial soul evolved are first-rate.

You made so much noise getting up. Did you really think I wouldn't notice?

I just didn't expect you, Ye Lingling, who looks so aloof, to choose such a method.

Dugu Yan had originally thought she would need to persuade her a little more.

With her familiarity with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling unfortunately understood the meaning in her eyes.

So she could only hurriedly drag Dugu Yan out of the kitchen.

"I'll ask one last time. What you said last night wasn't a joke?"