"Ahem, I just didn't think of it right away. This one's on me, and I'll buy you a few more cups while I'm at it."
Gu Yue blinked, her face full of innocence.
"If I drink that much coffee, are you trying to keep me awake tonight? And then do something else while I can't sleep?"
Yu Longyue almost sprayed out the mouthful of coffee he had just taken.
In the end, he coughed and couldn't help saying:
"What would I do? We're only thirteen. That wouldn't be appropriate."
They ought to be a little older, at least. Wasn't it nonsense to talk about that now?
Besides, she hadn't even grown up yet. Would that count as pedophilia?
No, no.
To his surprise, Gu Yue rolled her eyes again.
"Just where did your mind go? I meant, could it be that you want me to drink more coffee so I can't sleep or enter meditation easily, and then you can secretly cultivate behind my back to outwork me?"
"I didn't expect your mind to turn filthy at such a young age. But then again, as a disciple of such a distinguished clan, you must have plenty of women approaching you of their own accord, right?"
Yu Longyue: "..."
Seeing him like that, Gu Yue couldn't help bursting into laughter. She quickly said:
"I'm joking. I know you usually keep away from women. Speaking of which, you're a level fifty Soul King now?"
Gu Yue seemed to have noticed something different about him.
"Even your presence seems to have changed."
"Just got lucky, that's all."
"Then why didn't you answer my question just now?" Gu Yue changed the subject again and pressed him. "Could what I said be true? Do a lot of women approach you of their own accord?"
Yu Longyue calmly drank his coffee.
"Yeah."
"Did you say yes?"
"You seem awfully nervous." The corners of Yu Longyue's lips rose slightly.
"I was just curious what kind of woman you like. Don't misunderstand." Gu Yue turned her head away and said softly, "And while I'm at it, let me remind you: even if you're talented, indulging in women will make you fall and waste that fine talent of yours."
Yu Longyue took a small sip of coffee. "Thanks for the reminder, but I didn't. I turned them all down."
"Why?"
"...Why do you ask so many questions? Or did you want me to say yes?" Yu Longyue was speechless. He really couldn't see through a woman's thoughts.
"I just want to know why you turned them down."
"As a clan disciple, I naturally received training in dealing with seduction." Yu Longyue finished his coffee and gently set down the little cup. "I won't fall for a beauty trap, and seduction doesn't work on me. Besides, I can see at a glance why ordinary people approach me."
Gu Yue nodded, her expression seeming to relax a little.
Then she asked:
"Then can you tell what I'm after?"
As soon as she asked, Gu Yue seemed to regret it a little, but words once spoken couldn't be taken back.
"You?"
Yu Longyue gave her a surprised look, seemingly unsure why she had asked.
It was probably because of her bet with Na'er.
From her perspective, he had never used the Golden Dragon King's power, so she probably didn't know he carried the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
As for whether the Seven-Colored Divine Dragon's presence within him could help conceal his Golden Dragon King Bloodline, he didn't know either.
"That's hard to say."
"What do you mean, hard to say? Don't leave me hanging." Gu Yue puffed out her cheeks slightly, looking somewhat dissatisfied and more like an ordinary girl.
"Haha, it really is hard to say."
After spending the evening shopping with Yu Longyue, Gu Yue returned to her residence late at night. She pushed open the door and turned on the light, only to find several figures standing before her.
"My lord."
The man at their head wore a long black robe, with a strand of golden hair hanging beside his cheek. The moment he saw Gu Yue, he dropped to one knee.
The figures behind him knelt as well.
"Did you find anything?"
Gu Yue closed the door, then unhurriedly put away everything she had bought on the street, arranging it neatly piece by piece, while eating the candy Yu Longyue had bought her.
"My lord, it would be no exaggeration to call the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan one of the strongest human powers. We truly dared not investigate too deeply, for fear of being discovered."
Ashamed, the man lowered his head, not daring to look at Gu Yue.
"There are at least two people at or above the Limit Douluo level in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. One of them has a terrifying presence. His cultivation is lower than mine, but with the support of human technology, I... am no match for him."
"Besides, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon belongs to the Thunder Dragon lineage. Even though my bloodline is superior to his, I can hardly affect him."
"More than five thousand years ago, you drove away a Thunder Dragon that had just evolved into a Thunderbolt Sacred Dragon." Gu Yue chewed her candy, looking expressionlessly at the man before her.
"The information has now been found. With nowhere else to turn, it went to a human city and stayed with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
"Di Tian, you really are something."
At that, Gu Yue let out a cold laugh.
"You drove a true dragon with immense potential over to the human side-a dragon that could absorb heavenly lightning, evolve to the level of the Thunder Dragon King, and hold its own against the Dragon God to some extent."
Gu Yue was so angry at what he had done that she actually laughed.
After speaking, she shook her head. Forget it. From beginning to end, she had never really counted on them to accomplish anything.
After all, when their strength had held an absolute advantage early on, they had somehow led their people into a situation where they were facing extinction.
They were incapable to begin with, so no wonder she had to step forward herself. If they were capable, why would they need her?
"My lord, Lord Dragon God once laid down a rule that Thunder Dragons must not be allowed to survive. We were only following that rule..." Di Tian said hurriedly, lowering his head even further. "My lord, as you know, although Thunder Dragons can absorb heavenly lightning, the lightning element is among the most violent of all elements, and it possesses the power to destroy heaven and earth. If it had reached the Thunder Dragon King level, I'm afraid the Star Dou Great Forest would have suffered grievously."
"I acted against that Thunder Dragon with the Star Dou Great Forest in mind..."
"Then let me ask you: how is the Star Dou Great Forest now?" Gu Yue's expression grew colder.
"Uh..."
"The Dragon Clan is on the verge of extinction. With one less true dragon, there's really no getting it back. Our people are about to be wiped out, and you're still following rules?"
Gu Yue took a deep breath and felt a sense of powerlessness.
"Tell me, if that Thunder Dragon had stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest and lived until now, when I awakened and returned, what level would it have evolved to?"
Sweat poured down Di Tian's face, and he dared not answer.
"Di Tian, you cost us an ally who would have reached at least the Dragon King level-a Dragon King at least as strong as you," Gu Yue said calmly. "Now it has run to the human side and is helping humans grow. If it becomes a Soul Spirit, it could even help a human rise to a level of strength and cultivation above yours. Passed down from generation to generation, it would steadily help humans produce one powerful expert after another."
"As expected, when you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no surviving it."
Di Tian pressed his forehead heavily against the ground.
"I know my crime... Please punish me, my lord."
"Sigh, let's leave this matter here. There's no need to investigate that Thunder Dragon's whereabouts any further, and don't go near the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan again." Gu Yue waved her hand.
"Then... we're not going to do anything about that Thunder Dragon?" Di Tian asked in confusion.
"You've already driven it into becoming our enemy, and you still want to do something about it?" Gu Yue glared at him, and Di Tian dared not say another word.
"All of you, leave. There are too many powerful experts in this city. It's not easy for you to show yourselves, so don't get discovered."
"Yes."
After they left, the first person who came to Gu Yue's mind was Yu Longyue, and she smiled.
"So it's with you. That's fine... it suits you."