Dragon Raja: The Divine Man Lu Mingfei

In the capital city during the height of summer, the weather was quite nice today. Looking up, there was a clear blue sky without a single cloud, and the sunlight shone brightly on the red walls and yellow tiles. However, there was none of the oppressive heat that made it hard to breathe during the dog days of summer. It was truly a rare good day in summer. And Lu Mingfei's mood today was similar to the weather, bright and cheerful.

He was strolling around a famous tourist attraction in the capital, accompanied by Xia Mi, Jiu De Mai, and Su Enxi. The four of them were just like ordinary tourists, slowly walking along the path of the Imperial Garden.

Today, Jiu Demai chose an ice-blue satin halter dress. The hem was neatly cut, falling just two inches above the knee. Over it, she wore a beige ice silk sun-protective cardigan, the neckline loosely open, highlighting her sleek and beautiful shoulder and neck lines. She wore strappy sandals, her long, straight, and shapely legs moving with a leisurely gait on the polished bluestone pavement of the Forbidden City. Passersby, young and old, couldn't help but turn around for a second glance, but Jiu Demai ignored these looks and continued walking slowly alongside Lu Mingfei.

Su Enxi wore a light yellow casual dress today, with a fluffy skirt, paired with white over-the-knee socks and white sneakers. She looked completely relaxed on vacation. She kept taking out potato chips from her bag and munching on them as she walked. She complained to Lu Mingfei that the tourist attraction was too crowded and her feet hurt, and then she joked and played around with Jiu De Mai, muttering to herself all the while.

Xia Mi held up a parasol, her phone never stopping as she snapped photos of the surroundings, the screen flashing on and off. As she took pictures, she leaned closer, sweetly calling Lu Mingfei "Senior Brother," waving her phone and saying the scenery was perfect and she insisted he take a photo with her. Her tone was so soft it could melt anyone's heart; her enthusiasm was a complete transformation from yesterday.

The incident actually started in the morning. Xia Mi thought that she, the dignified Dragon King, had been reduced to being used as a cup. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her life as a dragon was not worth it. She was even preparing to find a river to cosplay Qu Yuan and end it all when she suddenly realized that something was wrong with her body. Upon closer inspection, she was surprised to find that her power and strength had undergone a qualitative leap. She had broken through from the peak of the second generation species to the early stage of the first generation species!

The surprise came so suddenly that after a moment of excitement, Xia Mi was finally able to calm down and carefully consider the questions she had almost completely overlooked in her panic and anger: Why was she able to sense the aura of Nidhogg, the Black King, from Lu Mingfei's silly husky yesterday? How could such dragon might appear in a pet dog? And then, who exactly was Lu Mingfei? Why was that husky with the Black King's aura so obedient to him, so utterly submissive, without even the slightest resistance?

Connecting these clues together, and combining them with the fact that her bloodline had suddenly increased, Xia Mi realized that Lu Mingfei was a powerful figure. If she could follow him and go through the same bloodline evolution process as yesterday a few more times, wouldn't it be just around the corner for her to evolve into the complete Hela?

She's spent so many years scheming and infiltrating human society, enduring humiliation and disguising herself as an ordinary hybrid. What was she after? Wasn't she just waiting for humans to wipe out the other dragons, then stealing a dragon bone cross, using the power of the dragon bone to complete her final evolution, and becoming Hela, who controls life and death?

Now there's a path that's a hundred times simpler and a hundred times less risky than stealing the dragon bone, laid out right in front of her. If she doesn't take advantage of such a powerful figure, she wouldn't be worthy of being the wisest of the four monarchs. She might as well abandon her status as the Dragon King and treat it like playing a visual novel, slowly building up her favorability step by step. Once she's built up enough favorability, getting Hela will naturally be a piece of cake.

"Senior brother! Senior brother! Do you think the photo I took looks good?" A clear female voice chased after her from behind. Xia Mi ran up to Lu Mingfei, held up her phone with the screen lit up to his nose, and showed him the group photo she had just taken. The title "senior brother" came from Xia Mi's conversation with Lu Mingfei on the way here. She learned that he was going to study in Kassel. In order to get closer to Lu Mingfei, she immediately stated that she would also be a Kassel student in the future, so she called Lu Mingfei "senior brother" without asking.

Lu Mingfei glanced at it and gave his evaluation: "It's so-so. The photography skills need improvement, and there are too many passersby in the photos."

Xia Mi, unconvinced, took back her phone and tilted her head to argue, "There's nothing we can do about it! After all, this is a famous tourist attraction, and tourists from all over the country flock here every day. What's more, it's peak season now. Look at the roads, they're packed with people. It's already a good day that it's not completely blocked. I've done a good job of taking this many pictures!"

"Then let me ask you, why did you bring us here? Hmm?" Lu Mingfei directly pointed out the crux of the problem.

He was in a good mood today, and since the Dragon King Jormungandr had been killed and all the important matters had been dealt with, he thought that since he was already in the capital, he wanted to find a place to relax and unwind. However, he was not familiar with the area, and Su Enxi and Jiu De Mai only knew about some private clubs and high-end clubs.

Lu Mingfei wanted to find a quiet, down-to-earth place to stroll around, so he asked Xia Mi, a local, to lead the way. However, Xia Mi led him to a tourist attraction, and Lu Mingfei immediately launched into a tirade against her – "If we're really here in a tourist area, do we really need Xia Mi to lead the way? I asked you to lead the way so I could find a quiet place to wander around, but you brought me to the most crowded place. What use are you then?!"

Xia Mi was naturally unconvinced and started arguing with Lu Mingfei. As the argument grew more and more heated, Su Enxi quickly stepped in to smooth things over. She tugged at Lu Mingfei's sleeve and then at Xia Mi's clothes, adhering to the all-powerful principle of "since we're already here," and after a long time of persuasion, the four of them finally followed the flow of people into the scenic area and slowly strolled along the path.

"Senior brother, look at these red walls and flying eaves! These aren't just ordinary stones and wood; they were all built brick by brick by our ancestors. This is a precious historical and cultural heritage that has been preserved for hundreds of years! We're already here, so isn't it more interesting to take a stroll around like this than to go anywhere else? What do you think, senior brother? It wasn't a bad deal, was it?"

As Xia Mi spoke, she opened her arms and stood in the middle of the path, as if she wanted to embrace the entire blue sky. Her hair was gently lifted by the wind, her eyes curved into crescent moons with laughter, and she was dazzlingly beautiful in the sunlight.