One Punch

The auction has ended.

The final piece, a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow jade, fetched a record price of 380 million yuan. The total sales of the entire auction exceeded 700 million yuan, making it the highest in the quarter.

The crowd dispersed in twos and threes, but the murmurs still echoed in the corridor. In the No. 1 VIP room, Bai Yushan twirled the ring made of Silver Marrow Sea-Containing Gold on his fingertip. Lightning danced delicately along the edge of the ring, like a living little snake.

Leng Yaozhu stood up, picked up the black trench coat draped over the sofa, and casually put it on. The hem of the coat swept across the leather sofa, creating a gust of wind.

"I still have a lot of official business to attend to, I'll take you back first."

Her tone returned to its usual cool and aloof manner, a stark contrast to her extravagant spending at the auction.

Gu Yue also stood up, patted the non-existent folds on her skirt, and her long, silvery-white hair slid down her shoulders.

The three of them didn't linger. They went downstairs through the private passage and got into their own soul-guided vehicle at the entrance.

The car slowly drove away from the auction building, blending into the traffic of the night. The light and shadow of the streetlights slid across the car window, flickering on the faces of the three people. The car was quiet, with only the low hum of the engine.

Bai Yushan leaned against the car window, watching the neon lights rushing past outside, tapping his fingers on the glass.

Gu Yue sat beside him, her gaze fixed on her knees, lost in thought.

Leng Yaozhu sat in the front row, glanced at the two of them through the rearview mirror, and said nothing.

A dozen minutes later, the car stopped in front of the villa.

Leng Yaozhu didn't get out of the car, but only rolled down the window. The night wind blew in, making the stray hairs on her forehead flutter.

"Go inside and rest. I'll take you to the Shrek Academy tomorrow."

I'll be back as soon as I finish my official business.

"Okay, take care, teacher."

Gu Yue nodded softly. Bai Yushan waved his hand without saying anything more. Leng Yaozhu glanced at the two of them, rolled up the car window, turned the car around, and the headlights cut through the night, quickly disappearing at the end of the tree-lined road.

The two turned and went into the villa.

The motion-sensor light in the entryway turned on automatically, casting a warm yellow glow throughout the foyer. The floor tiles gleamed, reflecting the shadows of the two people.

Bai Yushan picked up his coat and headed upstairs. His room was at the very end of the corridor; he had chosen it when he arrived that morning.

"Bai Yushan."

Gu Yue suddenly spoke up and called out to him.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet entryway.

Bai Yushan paused, then turned around.

The corridor light fell on his face, half bright and half dim. He raised an eyebrow, a hint of doubt in his dark eyes, and looked at Gu Yue, waiting for her to continue.

Gu Yue stood in the shadows of the entryway, her long, silvery-white hair hanging down, obscuring half her face. She just looked at Bai Yushan, her lips moved, the words on the tip of her tongue, but she didn't know how to speak.

How powerful do you think one has to be to ignore everything?

These words swirled in her mind, heavy and making her chest feel suffocated.

The time I spent with Bai Yushan was neither too long nor too short.

Undeniably, spending time with this guy will lead to an exceptionally rapid increase in strength. As long as you possess the corresponding potential, under Bai Yushan's miraculous influence and encouragement, it's difficult not to become stronger. He can always pinpoint your bottleneck and always manage to wake you up with a single punch.

However, being with Bai Yushan always brought a sense of despair.

He is like a towering mountain that reaches into the clouds, its peak unseen. You climb with all your might, and the higher you climb, the more you realize that he has never moved, always higher above you, shrouded in clouds and mist, with no end in sight.

It's like a long river, with no beginning and no end. You try your best to catch up, and the faster you chase, the more you realize that the distance between you has never shortened. It's always ahead, vast and mighty, surging forward.

Even such prodigies, unparalleled monsters throughout history, would lie dormant due to insufficient strength.

She witnessed the epiphany and breakthrough that occurred by the Tianhai.

Even someone like Bai Yushan is still running forward, still feeling that he is not strong enough.

Even Gu Yue, even as the Silver Dragon King, would feel lost.

The revival of Soul Beast, the long-cherished wish of the Dragon Clan.

A heavy burden weighed on her.

In the past, there were always a few nights that felt suffocating.

Indeed, just as Bai Yushan once said, as long as you keep getting stronger, as long as you are stronger than everyone else, then everything will worship you.

However, the revival of an ethnic group cannot be achieved simply through the invincibility of an individual's power.

The scarcity of Soul Beast, the extinction of many races, the shackles on cultivation advancement...

Wait, like cages, one after another were placed on the Soul Beast.

She can't see through it, and she can't do it!

What Dragon God's incarnation of wisdom, what Silver Dragon King controls the elements?

In the end, Gu Yue is nothing more than a giant baby who has been asleep since birth, possessing only power but lacking the corresponding experience and wisdom!

These thoughts swirled in her mind.

Today at the auction, I watched as humans spent lavishly, and as the Spirit Pagoda firmly controlled all the resources.

She felt even more suffocated.

What does the future hold for the Soul Beast Clan?

Just her, the Silver Dragon King?

Is that enough?

"Isn't that enough?"

"Ah?"

Gu Yue suddenly raised her head, her pupils shrinking sharply.

I didn't say a word, I didn't even move my lips, how could Bai Yushan know what I was thinking?!

The thought had barely crossed her mind when she saw the boy on the stairs move.

There were no warning signs whatsoever, not even the slightest fluctuation of Soul Power.

Bai Yushan's figure swayed slightly, like a blurry black shadow.

The next second, he was already standing in front of her.

It happened so fast that the air didn't even have time to be expelled.

"Bang--"

A punch landed squarely on her lower abdomen.

The force was controlled to the extreme; the powerful punch exploded along the meridians without harming the internal organs. It only dispelled the stuffiness, confusion, and hesitation that were stuck in the chest.

Gu Yue was sent flying sideways as if he had been hit by a speeding Soul Guidance Train.

Thump!

His back slammed hard against the wall at the end of the corridor.

The hard wall surface was dented with a shallow crack, and the plaster was peeling off in a few drops.

Gu Yue slid down the wall and knelt on the ground.

My lower abdomen was churning, and I felt a tightness in my throat, unable to catch my breath for a long time.

The Impact caused my cheek to scrape against the wall, resulting in a small cut and a few drops of blood.

"Bai Yushan! What are you doing?!"

Gu Yue suddenly raised her head, her silver-purple eyes blazing with fury.

She stared intently at Bai Yushan as he slowly approached, the elements around her churning uncontrollably, the wind swirling in the corridor, whipping the dust on the ground into tiny whirlpools.

Ice crystals flickered on fingertips, and sparks danced at the ends of hair.

Arrogant and overbearing.

It looks just like a cat whose tail has been stepped on.