The first rays of morning sunlight slipped through a gap in the curtains and fell gently across Yu Longyue's face.
He slowly opened his eyes, feeling a peace and comfort he had never known before.
A faint, fresh, natural fragrance met his nose-the scent of a young girl's body. It gave him an indescribable sense of reassurance.
Say what you will, pretty girls really do have their own natural fragrance?
Yu Longyue rubbed his eyes. He didn't know why he had slept so soundly, but it was the most comfortable sleep he'd ever had.
What's going on?
Yu Longyue was just about to get up when he discovered that a soft blanket had been draped over him at some point. More surprising still, Gu Yue's delicate body was curled up in his arms.
Her body was soft and warm, and she nestled quietly against him like a kitten seeking warmth.
Gu Yue's breathing was steady and even. She was clearly still fast asleep.
"???"
Yu Longyue hurriedly checked his body to see whether Gu Yue had taken advantage of him while he was unconscious.
After checking little Longyue, he let out a long sigh of relief.
Good, she didn't. Otherwise, my virtue would've been lost.
They both still had their clothes on, so everything was fine.
But Yu Longyue had received an unexpected surprise.
His Soul Power had risen by one level.
He was now at level fifty-five.
Huh?
He had simply slept with Gu Yue, and somehow he had gone up a level?
Is this the bloodline connection between the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings?
Yu Longyue couldn't help looking at Gu Yue's peaceful sleeping face, an inexplicable feeling welling up in his heart.
So is the fondness I instinctively feel for her now because of our bloodlines, or because we've spent the past few years together?
Yu Longyue's expression turned somewhat serious, as though he were giving the question a great deal of thought.
This won't do. I'm the master of this body, so why should I let my bloodline influence and brainwash me?
But... it's hard to say.
Yu Longyue paused, then shook his head. After all, even before he transmigrated, he had quite liked Gu Yue's personality. It was just a pity that she had been completely ruined in the fourth installment.
As he thought back, Yu Longyue couldn't help recalling how he had met Gu Yue in the coffee shop, and how, as soon as he entered the Shrek assessment, Cai Yue'er had given him a hard time and Gu Yue had talked back to her for him, among other things.
As he thought, Yu Longyue looked at her face, which seemed especially soft in the morning light. Her long eyelashes cast faint shadows over her eyelids, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly upward, as though she were having a pleasant dream.
She was just like a pretty girl from a comic.
"I really wonder if the people who called her average have eyes. What part of her isn't pretty? She's a bona fide pretty girl." Yu Longyue shook his head and looked away.
He was just about to tiptoe out of bed when Gu Yue shifted in his arms.
Yu Longyue's body instantly went stiff.
Gu Yue's eyelashes fluttered. A moment later, her eyes slowly opened, revealing a pair of clear eyes.
Her gaze fell first on Yu Longyue, who was just about to leave her behind.
It was like the familiar scene of someone pulling his pants on, getting cocky, and preparing to saunter away.
A faint blush rose unbidden to Gu Yue's cheeks. She abruptly sat up, and the blanket slipped from her shoulders, revealing the neckline of her pajamas. Looking at Yu Longyue, she almost instinctively blurted out:
"Why are you in my bed?!"
From the look of it, she was a hair away from kicking Yu Longyue off.
She held herself back, though.
"My lady, did you lose your memory? You tacitly agreed to let me sleep in your bed last night, all right?" Yu Longyue said irritably. "I'm the one who should be asking you: weren't you cultivating? How did you end up crawling into my arms out of nowhere? Watch it, or I'll accuse you of molesting me."
"Who molested you?"
Gu Yue raised her voice and was about to continue, but stopped abruptly.
As her mind gradually cleared, she finally realized she had actually fallen asleep in Yu Longyue's arms last night.
I... how did I lose control and somehow crawl into his arms and fall asleep?
"Silver Moon Douluo came to check the dorms last night. I saw you were sleeping like a pig and wouldn't wake up no matter how I called you, so I had to use the strength of nine oxen and two tigers to cover for you." Recalling the details of last night, Gu Yue couldn't help continuing, "Then my eyelids seemed to be fighting each other, and somewhere in the dark, something was coaxing me to sleep. Then I fell asleep..."
"When I woke up, I was lying there... with you."
Thinking it over, Gu Yue found that the details hadn't added up, and she'd had no reason to fall asleep. She quickly insisted, "You must have used some trick, you pervert!"
"It had nothing to do with me..." Yu Longyue was about to talk his way out of it when he seemed to remember something.
Last night, after confirming that Gu Yue bore him no ill will and had no intention of making a move against him, he had finally breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to sleep.
Then his chest seemed to have burned for a moment, and he couldn't help reaching up to touch it.
After that, he had fallen asleep, and very soundly and comfortably at that.
Could it be...
Remembering that Gu Yue had also fallen asleep for no apparent reason, Yu Longyue thought of a possibility.
The divine presence inside him that was connected to the Dragon God...
Ever since it had helped him swipe the Golden Dragon King Seal from Tang Wulin, it had gone completely silent. No matter how Yu Longyue searched, he couldn't find that seven-colored holy light hidden in the deepest part of him.
That seven-colored holy light had clearly still been there before he met Tang Wulin.
Now there was nothing at all.
Maybe it was because God King Tang had already helped seal it inside Tang Wulin, leaving only a strand of divine consciousness to guard it. Did the light wipe that out, snatch the seal, and then run out of power?
It wasn't impossible.
"Go on. Why aren't you talking your way out of it anymore?" Gu Yue stared at Yu Longyue with ill intent, interrupting his thoughts.
"Anyway, we've already slept together, so there's no point digging up the past now, right?" Yu Longyue said with a smile.
"You... shameless." Gu Yue clicked her tongue and turned her head away. "Who slept with you?"
"You felt your cultivation improve after we slept together too, didn't you?"
"So?"
"I have a very serious request. Would you consider it?"
"...Go on."
Yu Longyue leaned closer, took both of Gu Yue's hands and held them up, then said seriously:
"Why don't we just sleep together for the rest of our lives? Our Soul Power would improve so quickly that way, and, conveniently, I wouldn't have to work hard at cultivating. I'd have enough free time to eat, drink, and have fun, spending money however I pleased and living it up. Two birds with one stone."
"..."
First grade, class one.
Most of the class was curious about Yu Longyue, who kept his head down.
"Boss, what happened to you?"
Xie Xie, who sat right behind Yu Longyue, couldn't help letting his attention wander during class and talking to him.
"Why does it look like spring has arrived?"
"Pay attention to class." Yu Longyue rolled his eyes and said no more.
Whenever he thought about how he had practically fought a battle in Gu Yue's bedroom that morning, he just...
Well, that was the price of teasing a girl. He wasn't in the right, and he didn't have the face to hit back. If word got out that a seven-foot man like him had actually hit a woman, it would be a real joke.
It didn't matter. Time would prove everything. Once his status changed, he'd be in the right.
After class, Yu Longyue said goodbye to Gu Yue as usual.
Gu Yue looked at him, then suddenly raised a hand and touched his cheek.
Yu Longyue didn't know how to react.
"Does it still hurt from this morning?"
"My body doesn't hurt, but my heart does."
Gu Yue rolled her eyes. "Want me to give your heart a massage?"
"Sure. See you tonight. Oh, right, give me your Battle Armor design-the design for your Battle Armor, I mean."
"Wait, when did I say tonight..." Gu Yue had just taken out her Battle Armor design, but before she could finish, Yu Longyue hurriedly took it and walked off with an arm around Huo Yuhao's shoulders.
"..."
Gu Yue was completely speechless.
Yu Longyue had also made a point of bringing Tang Wulin along.
Somehow, Tang Wulin's talent as the son of a God King had been fully awakened. Especially in the excellent environment of Shrek Academy, his Soul Power had now shot up to level thirty-three.
The school year had only just begun!
He was almost catching up to his dad.
"Wulin, you can easily perform Fusion Forging on Spirit Alloy for One-Word Battle Armor now, right?"
"Of course, Brother Yue. I can achieve a fusion rate of ninety-one percent nearly seventy percent of the time. Are you making it now?" Tang Wulin blinked. "But didn't you say that with your current physical strength, you couldn't make One-Word or Two-Word Battle Armor?"
"It's not for me. It's for your Sister Gu Yue." Yu Longyue glanced at the design for Gu Yue's Battle Armor. "Help her forge enough Spirit Alloy for a set, and then I'll start making it according to the design. Our group will make Gu Yue's One-Word Battle Armor first. All right?"
As long as Gu Yue's strength improved, her design level could improve too. Then she could help him design his Three-Word Battle Armor as soon as possible.
"Of course, Brother Yue. I'll follow your orders." Tang Wulin nodded.
Yu Longyue looked at Huo Yuhao. "What about you?"
"You're the boss. I'll follow your lead." Huo Yuhao nodded as well.
"All right. Gu Yue's Battle Armor comes first, Tang Wulin's second, and yours third, Haodong... That way, you can all catch up overall, then work toward Two-Word Battle Armor in the same order. After that, you can start helping me make my Three-Word Battle Armor... What do you think?"
"No problem. It's a reasonable arrangement. We'll follow your lead."
"Good. Then let's start putting everything we have into making Gu Yue's set of Battle Armor."
Yu Longyue took a deep breath. After a few more years, his Three-Word Battle Armor would finally be ready to make.