Douluo: Dragon King's Divine Elegy

Chapter 64: The Silver Dragon King never needs to rely on others, but... Gu Yue does!
The sunlight streamed through the window lattice, giving the kitchen a sweet honey color.

The slim girl tied her ink-black long hair into a ponytail, wore a floral apron around her waist, and held a wooden spatula in her delicate hands, stirring the scallion, meat and egg pancakes in the pan back and forth.

The steamer beside her continuously emitted a fragrant mist, and inside it were dozens of delicate and small dumplings.

In another casserole, bubbles were bubbling, and century egg and lean meat porridge was cooking inside.

"Alright." Gu Yue briskly served the pancakes onto a porcelain plate. He then expertly picked up a cut piece of pancake with his chopsticks, holding it with one hand. With a smile on his face, he handed it to the young man beside him, "Brother, would you like to try it?"

The boy lowered his head to take it, and when he bit into it, there was a distinct crunching sound.

While seemingly crispy on the outside, the inside retains the soft, chewy texture of flour. The pre-marinated minced meat is combined with the richness of egg fat. Finally, the salty, fresh flavor of scallion oil whets my appetite, just like eating hawthorn. I can't wait for more bites.

"How is it?" Gu Yue's eyes flashed with expectation.

It had been almost a month since arriving in Shrek City. After a month of learning to cook, Gu Yue had already mastered the making of various breakfasts, not just Western-style breakfasts, but also various Chinese-style breakfasts. It had to be said that Gu Yue, who could cook, really gave off the vibe of a good wife and mother.

Even Nan Liujing couldn't find any fault with the pancake. After swallowing it, he gave a thumbs up on the spot: "You can start your apprenticeship now."

Gu Yue's eyebrows curved slightly, and she smiled happily: "I'm not even a disciple yet, Brother, you haven't taught me how to cook anything other than breakfast."

As she said that, she turned around to see how the century egg and lean meat porridge was doing, because Leng Yaoju fell madly in love with it the first time Nan Liujing made it.

"Wait a moment."

Nan Liujing suddenly stepped forward and placed a hand on Gu Yue's left shoulder.

Gu Yue was startled, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"There's flour on the bridge of your nose." Nan Liujing deliberately moved closer.

Suddenly, the distance between them quickly closed. Gu Yue could already smell the familiar fresh scent on the other person.

As the bridge of her nose was gently scratched by the warm fingers, her heart felt like it was electrocuted, and her delicate body trembled suddenly. Her steps were unsteady and she took a few steps back. She was about to bump into the edge of the stove, where the casserole with century egg and lean meat porridge was.

"Be careful."

Nan Liujing was quick-witted and reached out, gently wrapping his arms around the slender waist. Pulling her inward, Gu Yue was caught off guard and pressed against his chest.

The fingertips of both hands pressed on the strong and powerful chest. An unprecedented tactile impact made Gu Yue's breathing suddenly quicken, and the white and tender tips of her ears quickly turned red.

Nan Liujing's tactile experience was even stronger. He was sure that he had usually "underestimated" Gu Yue.

"Senior Brother." Gu Yue reminded in a voice as soft as a mosquito.

Nan Liujing reacted and quickly let go, saying naturally: "The century egg and lean meat porridge is ready. I'll scoop it out, you go and pack the dumplings."

"Yeah." Gu Yue responded softly.

The kitchen returned to silence, and the two of them each did their own thing, as if the beautiful scene had never happened.

Only after Nan Liujing left the kitchen did Gu Yue heave a sigh of relief and look back.

For a month, there was basically no rest. Leng Yaozhu was both a kind and strict teacher. Ye Xinglan was not even her disciple, but he was taught the same high standards as her.

But whether it is Gu Yue or Ye Xinglan, the progress they have made is obvious. Not only have they officially broken through to the third-level mecha designer and mecha manufacturer, they are even almost reaching the late stage.

Level four is a big threshold. In ancient times, it was the entry stage of mid-level soul guides. The difficulty has increased a lot. I am afraid that it will not be possible to break through in a short period of time.

The improvement of the secondary profession can be achieved through learning. What really troubles Gu Yue is that she is confident that her relationship with Nan Liujing has become much closer, but she still cannot figure out why the other party was able to take away the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King. Even the aura of the heavenly tribulation that allowed the bloodline of the Silver Dragon King to break through on its own has never appeared again, like a dream.

As for Ye Xinglan, she didn't know how to hide her feelings at all. Her preference for Nan Liujing was almost engraved on her forehead. Gu Yue catered to her preferences, and the two of them really became sisters.

But... Gu Yue opened the steamer, and the white mist soaked her cheeks, making her eyes look inexplicably bright. Her jade fingers were clenched tightly, as if she was in some kind of entanglement.

If her initial motivation for wanting to get close to Nan Liujing was the bet with Na'er, the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, and her status as Leng Yaozhu's disciple, then the events that unfolded from Donghai City to Tiandou City and then to Shrek City gradually etched a Nan Liujing in her mind that didn't belong to Na'er's memory.

If you are in danger, he will be the first to face it. If you are injured, he will take good care of you.

He would also teach her how to cook seriously, and throughout the process, he would only praise her and his voice would always be gentle. And when she deliberately cut her finger with a knife, he would worry and find medicine to stop the bleeding, and ask her with concern why she was so careless.

She studied mecha design, which involved several complicated areas of knowledge such as mecha concept design, soul guide formation integration, martial soul adaptation and optimization, etc., which made her dizzy. He would personally prepare juice to relieve mental fatigue.

The Silver Dragon King never needed to rely on others, but... Gu Yue did. This was a feeling Gu Yue had never experienced in her countless years. Once, in the God Realm, she was frightened by the God King and almost lost her life. She didn't have the strong physique of the Golden Dragon King to protect herself, and the only outcome was to be killed, so she had to flee in a hurry.

After escaping to Douluo Continent, he had to stay at the bottom of a lonely lake for most of the hundreds of thousands of years to recuperate and fear of being found by the God Realm. His conversations with Di Tian and others were always in a relationship of superior and inferior.

But in the human world, the senses are completely different.

In just one month, she found that she actually enjoyed this busy yet peaceful life.

clap clap clap!
Putting the last steamed dumpling into the porcelain plate, Gu Yue put down her chopsticks and gently patted her pretty face, reminding herself in her heart not to get too addicted to it.

"I am the Soul Beast Master, I am the Soul Beast Master..."

She kept muttering silently.

"Yue'er, are you not feeling well yet?" Nan Liujing's voice came from outside the kitchen.

"Okay, senior brother."

Gu Yue opened her eyes and responded subconsciously. As soon as she said it, she froze and stomped her feet fiercely.

At the dining table, Leng Yaozhu drank the hot porridge elegantly and praised: "Now I have two chef apprentices."

Gu Yue modestly said, "It's mainly because my senior brother taught me well."

Nan Liujing didn't say anything and just ate the whole time.

After Leng Yaozhu finished praising him, she didn't forget to get down to business: "Yue'er, your East Sea Academy will participate in the Tianhai Alliance Competition. The teacher has given you the task of defeating a Shrek student alone in a three-on-three match. Are you confident?"

Gu Yue said solemnly, "I will personally perform the victory in all the live broadcasts."

Leng Yaoju had a smile in the corner of her eyes. Sometimes she felt that Gu Yue was very similar to herself when she was young, confident and with the capital to be confident.

After the meal, Leng Yaozhu personally saw the two disciples off.

Nan Liujing took Gu Yue to Shrek Academy without stopping.

In a pavilion on a relatively secluded forest path, Gu Yue followed Nan Liujing and met the person they were here to see.

Golden ponytail, blue eyes, tall figure, beautiful face and heroic spirit, who else could it be but Ye Xinglan.

"You haven't forgotten the promise we made that night, have you?"

Nan Liujing directly took out a soul guide storage ring and handed it to Ye Xinglan.

Under Gu Yue's curious gaze, Ye Xinglan was stunned for a moment, then blushed and said, "You really did it?"

Nan Liujing smiled and said, "Why not do something that's sure to make money? Here are eleven pieces of Thousand Forged Jade Silver with a fusion degree of ninety-five, corresponding to the eleven parts of the One Word Battle Armor."

Ye Xinglan pursed her red lips, accepted the ring with a trembling heart, and stroked the ring surface with her slender white fingers. She never thought that half a month ago, when she was taking a walk alone with Nan Liujing, she joked that she wanted a full set of Thousand Forged Jade Silver of the God-Base Metal Level to forge her own One-Word Battle Armor.

If Nan Liujing could build it, she would buy it at a price 10% higher than the market price.

Nan Liujing asked: What if there is not enough money?
She replied: "I will pledge myself to you." Some of the truth was spoken in a joking manner. After all, the divine foundation-level Thousand Forged Jade Silver, which could be further enhanced with several other metals, was as valuable as Soul Forged Metal. It was used to craft three-character battle armor, and she certainly couldn't afford it without her family's help.

After saying this, Nan Liujing didn't express anything. Ye Xinglan felt disappointed and awkwardly dug out a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment with his feet on the spot. However, he didn't expect that half a month later, he really had forged eleven pieces of thousand-forged jade silver, which happened to be a divine alloy with a fusion degree of 95%.

"Gu Yue and I are going back to Donghai City soon. We'll see each other for the Tianhai Alliance Competition. Don't you want to hug me?" Nan Liujing spread out his hands with a smile on his face.

Ye Xinglan pursed her red lips. Under Gu Yue's gaze, whose pupils suddenly shrank, she hugged Nan Liujing and said in a whisper, "Are you sure you want me to fulfill my promise?"

"Okay, I'm just kidding." Nan Liujing smiled and rubbed her head. "Just give me the money. Just half of the market price. Is that enough for us?"

No?

what are you guys saying?
Gu Yue was stunned, especially when she saw Ye Xinglan hugging Nan Liujing, she felt an inexplicable discomfort in her heart.

Ye Xinglan broke away from Nan Liujing's embrace and said righteously, "People from the Xingsheng Family never break their promises. I promised you, and I will definitely do it."

Nan Liujing deliberately frowned: "You don't want to pay, do you? That won't work."

Ye Xinglan was startled for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and drew his sword to chop at Nan Liujing: "Nan Liujing, you bastard!"

Nan Liujing laughed heartily and ran away: "Gu Yue, let's go."

"Damn you! I'm going to tell Uncle Sun that you bullied me!" Ye Xinglan waved his sword in the direction where Nan Liujing ran away, his face flushed with shame.

"What are you talking about?" Gu Yue's eyes were deep. These two people were flirting in front of him. He simply couldn't stand it.

Ye Xinglan took a deep breath, and suddenly calmed down. She said to Gu Yue seriously, "Gu Yue, are we sisters?"

"Yes." Gu Yue hesitated for 0.1 second.

Ye Xinglan grasped her shoulders with both hands and said in a deep voice, "Let me tell you, your senior brother is like a big piece of fat meat. You can't guarantee that some coquettish and slutty woman will have bad intentions towards him. Can you help me keep an eye on him?"

Hearing the words "slutty bitch", Gu Yue raised his eyebrows slightly.

No, I just wanted to conquer Nan Liujing, but I didn’t want to be with him, so it doesn’t count.

Gu Yue smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm here."

"Good sister." Ye Xinglan said, but then she became suspicious, "Gu Yue, can I trust you?"

Looking at the other person's beautiful face and the flawless figure outlined under the black long skirt with a corset, she felt a little uneasy.

"Of course." Gu Yue said firmly.

"What did you talk about?"

On the way out of Shrek Academy, Nan Liujing asked curiously.

Gu Yue shook her head: "This is a secret between girls, it can't be told."

"walk slowly."

The two walked side by side, stood by the road waiting for the online taxi to come, and then went to the Shrek City train station.

At this moment, a skinny young man with short chestnut-red hair walked quickly towards the entrance of the inner city.

He seemed very tired, his face was covered with sweat, he sighed softly and muttered to himself:
"The new semester is about to begin. I hope to break through to the third-level repairman as soon as possible so that I can take on soul guide repair tasks from the academy and earn more contribution points to exchange for federal coins. Otherwise, I won't even be able to afford a second soul in the future."

In the entire Shrek Academy, there is probably no student who is more miserable than him.

As a part-time student, he frequently took on various cleaning duties assigned by the academy. Afterward, he would work at a milk tea shop to earn contribution points, and then attend the Mecha Repairer Association. Even so, he still had to find time for cultivation to avoid falling behind his peers. For the sake of his soul, he didn't dare spend contribution points on the Mimic Training Field. If he weren't truly gifted, he would have long since fallen behind his peers.

He chose to be a mechanic because he could make money the fastest in the early stages.

He was even considering whether to take up the secondary profession of blacksmith.

Ugh!
The young man sighed again. Fortunately, thanks to that person's help, the speed of cultivation of his second martial soul has increased a lot, and it is about to break through to level 30.

Ok?
As he was walking, a familiar figure stopped him.

Turn around and look.

He had a handsome face, a gentle smile on his lips, and a body that was much taller and more slender than before.

"It's him!"

The young man's deep black eyes paused slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to shout to the young man on the roadside in the distance.

But as an online car-hailing vehicle stopped, the boy and the stunningly beautiful girl beside him got in and left.

The words were on the tip of my tongue, but I could only swallow them helplessly.

"Forget it. We should have the chance to meet again in the future. I'll thank you then."

Looking at the online ride-hailing car that had not gone far due to a slight traffic jam, the young man with short chestnut-red hair under the city gate suddenly became dazed and subconsciously covered his forehead.

You see, people cannot be treated like oxen or horses. They must get more rest.

In the new energy electric car, Nan Liujing listened to the driver's foul language against those idiots who cut in line.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and a special connection appeared in the sea of ​​his spirit.

This discovery made him alert, and he activated his mental power to begin examining this special mental connection.

Then he discovered an incredible situation. He seemed to be able to control the connection, and the source of the connection was actually related to the devil's gummy bears.

Nan Liujing thought about it, then released a strand of electric wire to stimulate the mental connection.

Then his expression became strange.

Inexplicably, an extremely exciting moan sounded in his ears, as if it was the kind that was suppressed by covering one's mouth frantically.

“?” Nan Liujing was stunned. Just as he was about to try again, the mental connection was interrupted.

At the gate of the city, Yuan En Yehui covered his mouth with his hands with a flushed face. The weather was too hot, and his clothes and pants, which were already soaked from completing the mecha repair task, became even wetter.

No, I have to go back and take a shower. Otherwise, if I go to work in the milk tea shop all sweaty, my salary will definitely be deducted.

"what happened?"

In the car, Gu Yue discovered that something was wrong with Nan Liujing.

Nan Liujing felt the broken spiritual connection no longer reappear, suppressed his inner doubts, and shook his head: "Nothing."

Although Gu Yue was suspicious, he did not continue to ask. He took out his mobile phone and started playing a small game. Oh, it was Three Kingdoms Kill.

Don't get me wrong, this Three Kingdoms Kill is about the three countries of Sun and Moon, Xingluo, and Douling.

"Could it be her that has something to do with the devil's gummy candy?" Nan Liujing thought vaguely as he looked at the slowly changing scenery outside the window.

There's a bug in the original novel. Yuan En initially had two yellow and one purple spirit rings. If she relied on soul spirits, this would mean she had one hundred-year soul ring and one thousand-year soul ring. Logically, when she reached Soul Sect, she wouldn't have to go to the Soul Tower with Tang Wulin and the others to obtain soul rings. However, Yuan En's spirit rings changed to three purple, so I've adopted the three purple setting here. This way, obtaining a second soul ring is perfectly normal.

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