Three Clues

"Me and Big Brother?"

"Wouldn't that be going a bit too far?"

Tang Wulin did not think there was anything special about herself. Of course, she knew about Luo Qing's talent.

But how old were they now?

They were expected to face an enemy even the Golden Dragon King found incredibly troublesome. Wasn't that far too difficult for them?

As though seeing Tang Wulin's concern, the Golden Dragon King laughed again. "Hahaha!

"I knew you'd make that expression. You're worried that if I had to start over so many times against this enemy, you and Luo Qing might not be able to defeat it?"

"Let me say it again: you and Luo Qing are extremely important."

"One is the eldest daughter of this era, bound to destiny. The other is hope from beyond this world."

"The efficiency of the two of you working together is far greater than one plus one. Before my strength runs out, I will also give you three pieces of advice."

The golden dragon extended three claws and solemnly looked at the tiny Tang Wulin before it.

"First, the Silver Dragon King can be trusted to a certain extent, but you must never rely on her!"

"Over so many timeline loops, I lost many times because of her utterly disastrous decisions."

Tang Wulin nodded. Though she had no idea who the Silver Dragon King was, she kept the warning in mind.

"Second, strengthen yourself as much as possible, and gradually master the power I left within your body."

"Although my soul is trapped by this concept of time, I have given all my bloodline and physical strength to you.

"However, since you are still too weak to fully control it, I divided it into three awakening stages."

"They will unlock when you reach levels thirty, sixty, and ninety."

Tang Wulin was astonished. Just as she had suspected, her extraordinary strength really did come from the Golden Dragon King.

But the Golden Dragon King said it had given her all the power of its body and bloodline. Was that really reasonable?

"Are you wondering why something so good would fall from the sky?"

The giant dragon narrowed its eyes. Having gone through so many loops, how could it not know the personality of the person before it?

"I'm too tired. This is already my last time."

"If I can't stake everything on this and win this time, there will be no next time."

"So, to win, to completely defeat that so-called will of heaven—even if I am crushed to dust and my soul scatters, I am willing."

"More than four hundred thousand restarts have been too exhausting. From now on, you are the Golden Dragon King of this era... and once this battle is won, it will be time for me to rest."

"As for if we lose? Then there will be no future to discuss—"

Only then did Tang Wulin nod blankly.

Hadn't she seen this plot in a comic before?

A gifted girl encountered a powerful expert at the end of their life, someone willing to stake everything on a single matter, and unexpectedly inherited all of their power and techniques.

From then on, she embarked on the road to saving the world—

"Could I be the protagonist?"

Tang Wulin was still fantasizing when the Golden Dragon King slowly delivered its third piece of advice.

"This world is fraught with danger, but the most dangerous threat is still the Divine Realm. Those gods are mostly led by the Sea God, an apostle of the will of heaven. To people like us who defy the will of heaven, they are blades hanging over our heads."

"Fortunately, after passing through the temporal turbulence, coupled with my arrangements, they have lost contact with the entire Douluo Star and even every plane. They should now have been swept somewhere far away."

"What you need to do is cooperate with Luo Qing, accumulate strength without alerting them, and then try to defeat them..."

The further he spoke, the weaker the Golden Dragon King's voice became.

"It seems I do not have much time left to act. Tang Wulin, you must... must not let... the people of the Divine Realm... discover you... including that so-called Lord of the Plane!"

Finally, as those broken words drifted into her ears, Tang Wulin suddenly sat up.

Luo Qing stood beside her, clearly startled when Tang Wulin abruptly jolted awake from her unconscious dream.

"Wu Lin, what's wrong? Why are you so jumpy?"

Tang Wulin panted heavily, cold sweat pouring from her body, the hair on her forehead plastered to her skin.

"Was that—a dream?"

She lowered her head and looked at her palm, only to discover a golden scale there.

"It's real! All of it is real!"

Tang Wulin directly hugged the stunned Luo Qing beside her.

Luo Qing was completely bewildered by her action.

"Did you have a nightmare?"

Tang Wulin did not speak. She merely buried her head in Luo Qing's chest.

Luo Qing's powerful, surging heartbeat rang in her ears. After calming down for a while, she slowly raised her head.

"Is this the school infirmary?"

Tang Wulin looked around. The walls were all white, and she was lying on a hospital bed.

Luo Qing looked at Tang Wulin worriedly. "Yes. After sparring with Gu Yue, you fell unconscious right away."

"Fortunately, the school doctor examined you with all kinds of equipment for a long time and found that your vital signs were fine. You were just exhausted. They concluded that you had overworked yourself and only needed some rest."

"I stayed by your side. You were unconscious for about two hours."

Luo Qing silently moved his gaze away from Tang Wulin's hand.

He knew exactly what that golden scale meant.

The Golden Dragon King's bloodline had begun to awaken. Had the seal within Tang Wulin been lifted?

Thinking of this, he could only lower his head to inspect her. When he found no strange cracks on Tang Wulin's body, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"If you still feel unwell this time, I can ask Teacher Wu for leave on your behalf."

"You've been pushing yourself too hard lately—"

Tang Wulin shook her head furiously.

"No! On the contrary, I've become much stronger because of this battle..."

"Besides, I don't want you leaving me behind, Big Brother."

Luo Qing smiled at her words. "You... Fine. If you truly think you're all right, I won't say anything more. But remember, don't force yourself."

Afterward, Tang Wulin and Luo Qing returned to the classroom.

By then, it was already the final lesson of the day.

Wu Zhangkong was holding a textbook and writing on the blackboard with chalk.

It listed the different types of soul beasts and their attribute classifications. Although soul beasts were already endangered, this was still part of the required curriculum.

When he saw the two return from the infirmary, Wu Zhangkong said nothing, but the concern in his eyes quietly faded.

"It's good that you're fine. Go back to your seats. School will be over after this class..."

Luo Qing and Tang Wulin returned to their seats and found that Gu Yue's gaze toward them had become increasingly strange.

Gu Yue had something to say. Before the Golden Dragon King helped her escape the Divine Realm, it had given her a manual on elemental control that it had compiled at some unknown time.

It was through this manual that she had used the four primary elements that formed the world to create a large number of secondary elements.

Moreover, she could say with certainty that the Golden Dragon King absolutely did not possess any plant-related elemental abilities.

So it was either a soul spirit, or the Golden Dragon King had been so severely injured that it could only reincarnate and cultivate anew.

If that was the case, why did she look so foolish?