Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 209 How dare you ask?
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"You scratched me."

Qian Renxue struggled slightly, but did not forcefully pull her hand back. She simply looked at Xuan Ming with her wet eyes.

Xuanming then realized that his actions had been a bit too forceful and quickly let go of his hand. "Sorry, I..."

"Well!"

Before he could finish speaking, Qian Renxue suddenly leaned closer, her soft lips covering Xuanming's lips with a resolute and fiery touch.

Xuan Ming was a little dazed after being forcibly kissed again. He instinctively tried to resist, but before he could exert any force, Qian Renxue completed her Martial Soul Possession first, activating the Angel Domain and forcibly suppressing him.

Qian Renxue felt Xuan Ming's resistance and her heart ached, but her kiss did not stop. Instead, it became more urgent, and tears slid down her cheeks, dripping onto Xuan Ming's face, carrying a slight chill.

Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the room.

Serpent Spear Douluo and Porcupine Douluo sensed the intense energy fluctuations in the room and were startled. They disregarded their previous agreement and rushed into the room instantly.

When they saw what was happening before them, they were all stunned.

"Young Master, this..." Serpent Spear Douluo looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

Qian Renxue finally came to her senses, slowly released Xuanming, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes filled with a hint of panic.

Xuanming also took the opportunity to get up, straighten his clothes, and put on a cold expression.

"It's alright, you two go out first." Qian Renxue took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, and said to the Serpent Spear Douluo and the Porcupine Douluo.

The two men with the spears exchanged a glance and slowly left the room.

But they didn't go far; instead, they stood guard outside the door, just in case.

The room fell silent again, with Qian Renxue and Xuan Ming remaining silent, creating a somewhat awkward atmosphere.

"It's getting late, and I have things to do."

Xuanming broke the silence first and stood up.

Qian Renxue reached out and grabbed Xuanming, "Do you hate me that much?"

"Not really," Xuanming said.

Qian Renxue bit her lower lip, her gaze fixed on Xuan Ming. "You like that woman?"

"Which woman?" Xuanming asked.

"Which other woman could it be?" Qian Renxue said indignantly.

“Bibi Dong?” Xuanming said.

"Who else could it be but her?" Qian Renxue's eyes reddened again.

Xuanming turned around and said, "Back in the Papal Palace, she saved me. Otherwise, I wouldn't be alive today. Half a year ago, she did that for me again. I think it's perfectly reasonable for me to like her."

"And what about me?" Qian Renxue asked through gritted teeth.

"Back in Tiandou City, if it weren't for me, you would have been killed by Ge Long long ago. Half a year ago, I pushed Grandpa to that point for your sake. She did more for you, but did I do less for you?"

Xuanming's expression was somewhat unnatural, and his brows furrowed slightly. "But because of you, I almost died in the Hall of Offerings. After that, because of you, I had no choice but to come to Tiandou City and cause trouble. Over the years, whatever you asked me to do, although I grumbled and complained, I did everything I was supposed to do."

"If you hadn't saved me back then, why do you think I would have put up with you?"

"As for what happened six months ago, you did help me, but wasn't that something you caused?"

"I..." Qian Renxue was speechless for a moment.

“Let me talk to her. With her personality, she won’t be able to get over that mental hurdle unless she sees something practical,” said the Ice Dragon King.

This little girl is actually very similar to Xuanming; both are stubborn and headstrong.

When two strong-willed people clash, neither willing to yield, the result is this situation. But it's not necessarily true that there's a huge conflict between them.

Qian Renxue did use Zhanzhu to manipulate Xuanming at first, but a large part of the reason was that Xuanming didn't give her the impression of being a child from the very beginning.

First impressions are very important.

Regarding the matter of Prince Barak, Xuanming's words were very inconsistent with his status as a child. Although they piqued Qian Renxue's interest in him and helped alleviate his feeling of isolation and helplessness at the time, they also caused Qian Renxue to subconsciously become wary of him.

The wariness among intelligent people!

Like Xuanming, Qianrenxue is a stubborn and assertive person. Their wariness and clashes are simply because they are both too smart and unwilling to let their guard down easily.

If no one else interfered, the relationship between the two should have been able to gradually improve. However, whether it was Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, or Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, or Tang Yuehua, they all treated Xuanming like a child, a stubborn child. They had no reservations about him and took the initiative to get close to him.

In this contrast, Qian Renxue's guardedness seems rather unusual.

Xuanming used to be quite insecure. He would subconsciously get closer to Bibi Dong and the others who were unguarded around him. He was more concerned about inequality than scarcity. In contrast, Qian Renxue felt that Xuanming was deliberately distancing himself from her!

Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, in particular, were a huge stimulus to Qian Renxue!
Qian Renxue's competitive spirit was ignited. She refused to accept defeat, so she began to act willfully, determined to win in her own way.

By the time she came to her senses, Xuanming's prejudice against her was already deeply ingrained. Even though she had thought about it and tried to change, Xuanming no longer believed her.

Ultimately, if Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong had treated Xuanming like a child from the beginning and hadn't been so wary of him, none of this would have happened.

In Qian Renxue's heart, Xuanming is now weaker than her, and all he does is rely on Bibi Dong. She also feels that Bibi Dong is not as good as her grandfather, which is the root of her unease.

Changing her awkwardness is very simple: just be stronger than her and shatter her reliance on others!

"Alright." Xuanming sighed, and white light filled the room, blocking out external perception.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes turned cold, and a layer of eerie blue light began to emanate from his body. A chill spread rapidly from him, causing the temperature in the room to drop sharply. A huge phantom of an ice dragon appeared behind him, radiating a terrifying pressure.

“Xuanming, you…” Qian Renxue opened her mouth, somewhat at a loss. She tried to circulate her soul power to resist the cold, but found that her soul power was so insignificant in the face of this powerful ice and snow force that she could not even release her martial soul.

"Little girl, why can't you understand?" The Ice Dragon King bent down, his icy blue eyes meeting Qian Renxue's.

“He knows that without you, he would have died long ago, on the streets of Tiandou City, as a slave. He would have no future, and he wouldn’t be where he is today.”

"So he never hated you. Even though you used to torment him, he only ever thought about leaving. He never intended to hurt you."

“You have to understand, it’s not that he doesn’t have the ability.”

The Ice Dragon King's eyes narrowed, and the ice domain instantly exploded, enveloping the entire Crown Prince's residence. A chilling coldness erupted, and demigod-level ice and snow power descended upon this land, instantly freezing the Serpent Spear Douluo and Porcupine Douluo outside the gate.

"This...how is this possible..." Qian Renxue stared in horror at the scene before her, her body trembling uncontrollably from the cold. She had never felt such terrifying power before, as if the whole world had been frozen by this chill.

The Ice Dragon King straightened up. "When he was eight years old, he disappeared for several months because of me. Since then, he has no longer been unable to resist you. He has been tolerant of you, not because he is afraid of you, but because he cherishes the friendship we had in the past."

“You always feel that you are the one who is putting up with him, but in my eyes, he has always been the one putting up with you, and he has never thought of holding anything against you.”

"You think he has a bad temper?"

"But I think there's no one in the world with a better temper than him."

"If he had even a fraction of your temper, you'd be dead by now!"

"If he hadn't stopped me, I would have frozen you long ago!"

Xuanming always told her not to get involved too much. As long as no one wanted to kill him and he didn't ask, she shouldn't interfere.

For Xuanming, the Dragon King's power was always just a last resort, never his reliance. Unless he had no other choice, he would not allow her to help him.

Even with the current situation in Tiandou City, it's because Xuanming is confident in his own strength. Even if things escalate, he has the ability to leave, and the people here can't keep him!
He never thought of relying on anyone, because he was afraid that if he did, they would stop helping him.

He dared not rely on them.

He wouldn't believe it unless he actually possessed the power and had complete control over it.

Even now, Xuanming chose to break ties with the seven major families not because she sealed the power of the dragon bone into his body, but because his current power is sufficient to deal with these troubles.

"..."

Qian Renxue bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes. She recalled all the difficulties and troubles she had caused Xuanming, and a deep sense of guilt welled up in her heart. It turned out that he had been silently enduring everything she had done, while she had been so ungrateful.

"But... but why does he like that woman?" Qian Renxue asked unwillingly.

"How dare you ask?" The Ice Dragon King was speechless.

"If you had treated him better, would he still be so nostalgic about those days in Spirit City?"

Seventy percent of Xuanming's feelings for Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, and even for other girls, were due to Qian Renxue's efforts!
There is no harm without comparison!
Compared to Qian Renxue, which of those girls wasn't well-behaved and sensible?
It's said that the fastest way to deepen a relationship is to take advantage of someone's vulnerability. Qian Renxue, on the other hand, has been creating opportunities for others to take advantage of her vulnerability all along!
"Alright, you know how you feel about him. Anyway, from what I've seen, you have no right to complain about him," the Ice Dragon King said calmly.

"As for who he likes, that's none of your business, and you have no right to interfere."

"Even Bibi Dong, that woman, is more sensible than you."

Bibi Dong's love for Xuanming was far stronger than Qian Renxue's!
How did Bibi Dong do it?

She was afraid of hurting Xuanming, so she kept restraining herself and suppressing her emotions.

But what about Qian Renxue?
If she's unhappy, then nobody else can be happy either.

(End of this chapter)