Gu Yuena's Treasure, Li Qinglian's Future Potential

"I left a wisp of divine consciousness inside."

"If you encounter a genuine life-threatening danger, I'll be able to sense it from a great distance. I can even communicate with you at the limit."

Gu Yuena's voice softened slightly.

Li Qinglian lowered his head and looked at the silver-white ring in his palm. Under the sunlight, it gleamed with a warm luster, while the dark-blue mist within its setting seemed to churn silently.

He fell silent.

He understood the weight of this ring better than anyone.

A dragon fang from the Silver Dragon King, a beloved personal possession she had carried for tens of thousands of years, with a wisp of divine consciousness sealed inside.

"Sister Na, don't tell me you're trying to keep an eye on me?"

Li Qinglian carefully played with the ring.

They said every part of a Dragon Clan member was a treasure. Li Qinglian had truly broadened his horizons today. Even a single tooth was this formidable. Besides, space was among the many attributes Gu Yuena controlled.

"Hmph. Is that how you see me, you little brat?"

Gu Yuena raised a brow and folded her arms across her chest again, returning to her lazy yet proud demeanor.

"Just assume I want to keep an eye on you. If you don't want it, give it back?"

Gu Yuena held out her hand.

"...I was just joking with you."

How could Li Qinglian possibly return something that had already fallen into his hands?

"Alright. Since you'll be traveling through the human world, a good spatial treasure will make things much more convenient."

Gu Yuena bent down, her silver-white hair falling and brushing over the back of his hand.

She took the ring from his palm and gently slipped it onto his ring finger.

It fit perfectly.

"Mhm, it looks nice."

She examined it for a moment and nodded in satisfaction.

Li Qinglian lowered his head to look at the silver-white ring on his ring finger, his fingertips lightly tracing the fine dragon-scale patterns across its surface.

"Sister Na."

He suddenly spoke.

"Mm?"

"Once I become a god, I'll give you an even better one."

Gu Yuena froze for a moment. Then her silver eyes curved into two beautiful crescents, and the corners of her lips rose uncontrollably.

"Then I'll remember that."

She reached out and ruffled his short black hair.

Her fingertips lingered briefly over the pale white gleam at the ends of his hair. The tenderness in her eyes flashed by before being hidden beneath her haughty older-sister act once more.

"Alright, stop getting sentimental here. If you're going to travel the continent, you'll need some useful equipment. I casually put a few things in the Dragon Abyss Ring. Go back and take your time looking through them."

Li Qinglian lowered his head and glanced at the silver-white ring, sending his spiritual power inside.

Within the vast space, quite a few items had been arranged neatly.

There was also a neatly folded silver-white outer robe.

He paused, then looked up at Gu Yuena.

She must have prepared this long ago. Otherwise, Gu Yuena could not possibly have prepared a piece of clothing for a man.

She had already turned away, standing with her back to him as she gazed over the lake. Her tone was casual.

"That outer robe is woven from my scale powder. Ordinary blades, fire, and water cannot harm it. Wearing it will at least make you less likely to die."

"I'm not worried about you. You're an investment in my future. If something happens to you, I'll lose money."

Gu Yuena paused, then added.

Looking at the silver-white figure by the lake, Li Qinglian suddenly felt something lightly strike a corner of his heart.

He smiled, adjusted the ring, and said nothing more.

Within the tranquil forest.

Li Qinglian and Gu Yuena sat together.

The two of them looked out over the still lake without speaking again.

The breeze drifting through the woods carried the faint, lotus-like fragrance from Gu Yuena's body, leaving Li Qinglian briefly entranced.

"Sister Na, once I become the ruler of the God Realm, I'll release the Golden Dragon King and let you devour him so you can become the Dragon God again."

"Are you serious?"

Gu Yuena raised her beautiful eyes. Seeing the sincerity in Li Qinglian's gaze, she smiled, breathtakingly beautiful.

"Mm."

Li Qinglian nodded.

By definition, both he and Life belonged to the beast race, so they should actually treat soul beasts better.

"Do you know how strong the Dragon God was? At the Dragon God's peak, even if five of your paramours came, they still wouldn't be able to defeat him."

"The Dragon God willingly split itself apart. It merely used the Asura God's sword to cleave itself in two. If the Dragon God had been unwilling, no one in heaven and earth could have restrained it. Not even if the Five Supreme Gods joined forces."

"If I became the Dragon God, would you trust me?"

Gu Yuena stared intently into Li Qinglian's eyes.

"Of course I would. Sister Na has treated me so well. You wouldn't harm me, would you?"

Li Qinglian knew what women liked to hear and immediately adjusted his attitude.

At a time like this, what Gu Yuena wanted was Li Qinglian's stance and feelings, not some rational analysis.

Gu Yuena was both the Silver Dragon King and a woman. Moreover, the Gu Yuena of the original story was more emotional than rational. In other words, to Gu Yuena, she was a woman first and the Silver Dragon King second.

"Hmph. I finally understand why human women always complain so bitterly about you men. You men truly aren't good for anything!"

Gu Yuena turned her head aside, her peerlessly beautiful face slightly flushed.

Faced with Li Qinglian's sweet talk, she found that these words from human women suited her current state of mind better.

"How could that be?"

"Even if I, Li Qinglian, were the worst person alive, I could never harbor ill intentions toward my Sister Na."

"I'm still counting on Sister Na to protect me in the future."

Li Qinglian smiled.

Then his gaze turned sharp.

"Sister Na, I know you won't believe anything I say. But I've already found my Dao—a broad road leading straight into the heavens. My future will absolutely not be weaker than the Dragon God's. So I won't fear the future you who becomes the Dragon God either!"

"This is the foundation of my promise to you!"

Li Qinglian was very confident in himself.

Pure Heart Eyes, the Life Dao, Reincarnation... these were all techniques.

Using the fortune of the Human Clan to become a god—this was the Dao.

To Li Qinglian, his techniques were already extremely powerful, and his Dao was gradually becoming clear.

As the undisputed overlord of this era, the Human Clan was bound to produce a super powerhouse. Borrowing the clan fortune of the Human Clan's rise, why would Li Qinglian be inferior to the Dragon God?

"You really are ambitious!"

Gu Yuena looked at the youth before her.

The current Li Qinglian could be crushed to death with a single finger from her.

Yet he dared to say such audacious words right in front of her.

Only when Li Qinglian could stand as Gu Yuena's equal would the two truly become friends and share a relationship without suspicion.

And Li Qinglian was working toward that.

"Sister Na, why are you looking at me like that?"

Li Qinglian transferred the resources from his storage Soul Tool into the Dragon Abyss Ring, then casually took out a jug of wine and gulped it down.

He had noticed Gu Yuena's gaze and always felt that the way she looked at him was somewhat strange.

"Li Qinglian, have you ever realized that you're actually quite charming?"

Gu Yuena pinched Li Qinglian's chin between her thumb and forefinger, suddenly leaning close as she spoke in a breath as fragrant as orchids.

Those silver dragon eyes seemed to carry a trace of greed.

"Sister Na, stop teasing me."

"We've said everything that needed to be said. I think it's time for me to go back."

Li Qinglian gave a soft snort.

Her body pressing against his had made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

That figure really was... huge.