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

Chapter 79 A Hidden Plan

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After resting for a night, Xuanming changed direction the next morning and prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

However, after working all morning, he suddenly discovered a problem.

He seems to be lost.

Xuanming raised his head and looked at the sky, which was blocked by the canopy of trees dozens of meters high. He had actually tried to use the position of the rising sun to determine the direction in the morning, but the sun could not always be seen in this forest.

Later, he tried cutting down large trees and observing the width of the tree rings to determine the north-south direction. However, the terrain in the forest was complex, and even if he got the direction, he would lose it again after walking a few hundred meters.

He walked all morning, and the height of the trees had not changed at all. This meant that he might have been going in circles in the mixed zone, or even heading deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Are you angry?"

As Xuanming stopped to rest and recover, the Ice Dragon King suddenly asked a question.

Xuanming didn't respond, and continued eating his lunch, pouring the dried meat he had bought into the pot one serving after another.

"What's wrong with you?" The phantom of the Ice Dragon King appeared.

Xuanming remained silent and did not look at the Ice Dragon King; he simply kept his head down and ate.

"Are you angry because you got lost?" the Ice Dragon King asked.

"..."

"What's wrong with you?" the Ice Dragon King asked.

"It's nothing." Xuanming stood up, cut down a tree, determined the north-south direction, and then began to move again.

Next, he would cut down a tree every hundred meters to determine the direction. Although it was laborious and greatly slowed down his pace, at least he was heading in the right direction.

Gradually, it got dark.

Xuanming cleared a space, set up a simple tent, and instead of cultivating as usual, he went straight to sleep.

Of course, he can only sleep on his side; since awakening his martial soul, he has been unable to lie flat.

"Are you still angry about what happened last night?" The Ice Dragon King floated out once again.

"No," Xuanming replied with his eyes closed.

"Then what's wrong with you?" the Ice Dragon King asked, puzzled.

Her dragon soul and Xuanming's soul had merged in part, and she could clearly feel his emotional changes every moment.

Since last night, Xuanming has been in a bad mood; he's angry!
She initially thought Xuanming was angry because he was lost, but after she asked him a question, Xuanming became even angrier.

In other words, Xuanming's anger stemmed from her.

"..."

Xuanming kept his eyes closed and did not respond.

He knew that there was no such thing as unearned kindness in this world, and that no good thing would fall from the sky onto his head.

He constantly wavered between these two phrases and these two situations: "Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and a blessing may be a misfortune in disguise."

After his martial soul awakened, although he was sold, he was fortunate enough to fully awaken his martial soul. Later, he met Dugu Bo. Although there were some ups and downs, he learned how to cultivate. After that, he went through many twists and turns, but he was still able to escape danger. If he hadn't gone through so much trouble, he wouldn't have known that there was a problem with his martial soul, and no one would have helped him solve it. He might have died at any time.

Therefore, after the Ice and Fire Dragon Soul entered his body at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he knew very well that he was about to be in trouble again!
The Ice Dragon King summoned him to the Star Dou Great Forest, and he had no choice. After all, he was just a newly advanced Great Soul Master. Even if these two Dragon Kings were only remnant souls, controlling him would not be difficult. So he chose to cooperate obediently.

However, on the way, the Ice Dragon King tried every means to get close to him, putting on the image of a caring elder, and even sacrificing his own dragon soul power to help him strengthen his soul. Just like what Bibi Dong did in the Papal Palace.

However, at that time he knew what Bibi Dong's purpose was, and Bibi Dong did not hide it, and even told him very clearly that everything she did was to win him over, because of his value.

It's very simple and straightforward, without any ambiguity or psychological pressure like Qian Renxue did. There's no moral blackmail; it's all about one thing at a time, so he won't feel uncomfortable.

Bibi Dong's goal was clear: she wanted the value he could bring. As long as he did his job well, it would be a mutually agreeable transaction. Even if Bibi Dong had many schemes against him, he wouldn't feel uncomfortable.

But now, he doesn't know what the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King's purpose is in doing all this.

Feel sorry for him? Impossible!
Powerful soul beasts look down on humans, and the dragon race looks down on all soul beasts equally, let alone the Dragon King who stands at the pinnacle of the dragon race.
At first, he thought the Ice Dragon King only wanted his help to send their dragon souls to the Star Dou Great Forest, and the dragon soul power he received was a reward.

However, after what happened last night, he felt that things were not so simple.

"..."

Seeing that Xuanming remained silent, the Ice Dragon King was also somewhat annoyed. She, the Ice Dragon King, had never been so humble and concerned about a human before, yet this brat was so ungrateful.

"Xuanming, what on earth are you thinking? I was just worried about you because you've had a hard journey and got lost in this forest. And what are you doing, putting on that sour face for?!"

Xuanming slowly opened his eyes and looked calmly at the Ice Dragon King: "I'm truly sorry to have troubled Your Majesty."

“You…” The Ice Dragon King was slightly taken aback.

"What did you call me?"

"Your Majesty, is there a problem?" Xuanming asked.

"..."

"What are you doubting?" the Ice Dragon King asked.

"speak nicely."

“What do you suspect…” Xuanming paused.

"You are the supreme Dragon King, and once a god. How could you possibly look down on a human like me who can be crushed by you with a single blow?"

"I know you definitely have ulterior motives, and I've suspected that you want to take my body, but you've been so close to me. For a while, I really wanted to believe that you were genuinely looking out for me, but the things you've been doing have become increasingly strange, making it impossible for me to even deceive myself."

“I’ve told you everything from the very beginning, which can be considered as holding nothing back. You know what kind of person I am and you know how suspicious I am. However, you’ve been hiding things from me and creating a bunch of loopholes that make me suspicious and even make it impossible for me to pretend to be stupid.”

"I know you want to use me, and I understand that you choose to deceive me in order to use me better, but if you want to deceive me, can't you at least put in a little effort?"

"Can you at least fool me?"

If it were just a matter of scheming, he could pretend he knew nothing. In the two years he had been in Tiandou City, he had played dumb many times and had gotten used to it.

However, while scheming, she also had to pretend that she wasn't scheming, and even wanted to use scheming to demand his sincerity, just like Qian Renxue's nonsense about the world and its people.

He is a human being, a living person, not an inanimate object or a piece of wood; it is impossible for him to be indifferent to everything.

“I can accept transactions with clearly marked prices, even if the transaction is anything but fair and is a loan sharking scheme,” Xuanming said.

"But I can't accept someone using vague emotions to manipulate me while also scheming against me."

"Because I can't just not resist, I can't just wait to die, I can't just let myself be manipulated. But because of this ambiguous feeling, once I resist, I become the heartless wolf in some people's mouths!"

"That's really disgusting!"

(End of this chapter)