Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul, the Fangtian Halberd, Empowers Me with Filial Piety

Chapter 71 Gu Yue: No! I treat you like a child...

"Forget your worries?"

Gu Yue gently swirled the amber liquid in her cup, a hint of interest flashing in her eyes. Humans always love to create these strange and unusual things.

She mimicked Jiang Yi, bringing the rim of the cup close to her lips and carefully taking a sip. The spicy sensation exploded on her tongue, causing her to unconsciously furrow her brows.

“It doesn’t taste good!”

Gu Yue pouted; the taste was hardly delightful.

"Hahaha! Don't use your soul power to counteract the effects of the alcohol, try letting this feeling go."

Jiang Yi chuckled softly, not surprised by Gu Yue's reaction.

For an existence of Gu Yue's caliber, even if he were to transform into a human, his life level would be far superior to that of an ordinary person, and alcohol would have no effect whatsoever.

Without the effects of alcohol, wine tastes worse than plain water.

"This feeling is actually not bad..."

Jiang Yi also took a sip, letting the warm liquid slide down his throat, a contented expression on his face.

People often say that drinking alcohol only makes you more miserable, but it's okay to relax occasionally.

There's a reason why alcohol has become so popular in human society; after all, people aren't machines and always need a moment of peace.

"Really?"

Gu Yue looked at Jiang Yi with some doubt, but still followed his advice and activated the soul power within her body to shut down most of her body's resistance to alcohol.

When she took another careful sip, a wonderful, slightly tipsy feeling washed over her like a tide, and her consciousness seemed to be veiled by a thin gauze.

"Hmm...this feels so strange..."

Gu Yue murmured softly, her cheeks flushing a peach-blossom red, her eyes gradually becoming hazy.

She felt her thoughts had become a little sluggish, as if she were sinking into a soft cloud, feeling light and airy, but the heavy burden in her heart had also lightened considerably.

Gu Yue looked down at the wine in his hand and began to understand its purpose.

Paralyzing the nerves—isn't that just deceiving yourself?
But... it's not bad.

Gu Yue chuckled self-deprecatingly, took a few more sips, and her gaze became even more hazy.

In this state, the grudges and responsibilities that haunted his mind day and night became distant and unreal.

In this hazy, drunken state, Gu Yue seemed to have found her true self.

The person is drunk, but the mind seems to be awake.

"Jiang Yi, tell me... how should we choose between family and friends?"

Gu Yue leaned against a tree, her gaze hazy and slightly drunk, as if asking Jiang Yi, or perhaps asking herself.

Jiang Yi glanced at the drunk girl, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Why choose? I will turn friends into family."

Jiang Yi took the wine jar and silently filled a cup for Lord Silver Dragon King.

"Become family?"

Gu Yue tilted her head, her eyes somewhat confused, lost in thought, but then she suddenly shook her head.

"But they...they are enemies with a blood feud...what should we do?"

"The right person will not appear on the wrong path."

Jiang Yi shook his head, poured Gu Yue another cup, and said meaningfully.

"If we are blood enemies, we will not be friends. If we can be friends, it means we are not blood enemies."

He understood the meaning behind Gu Yue's veiled question.

Perhaps, in his past life, many people said that Gu Yue, as the ruler of all soul beasts, was entangled with humans and presumptuously claimed the title of master.

But this is from the perspective of a soul beast. But here's the question: is the Silver Dragon King a soul beast?
Several ferocious beasts gathered at the Lake of Life, their minds so simple, loyally guarding the Silver Dragon King who was in seclusion.
It was all for the life force that overflowed when the Silver Dragon King was healing; it was more a matter of mutual benefit for both sides.

But does Gu Yue really need this protection?

The only people who can truly be associated with Gu Yue are Di Tian and Zi Ji, who are her subjects of the dragon clan.

These two have been completely assimilated by Douluo Continent.

The so-called hatred from the soul beasts was mostly brought to her by Di Tian. When the Silver Dragon King was lying down, there might not even have been any soul beasts around.

Dragons and humans don't have much hatred between them. In fact, there are hardly any dragons on the Douluo Continent. Otherwise, why would Dragon Valley allow humans to enter for training?

The Dragon God is dead, but not yet dead.

However, it seems that Gu Yue doesn't really know the reasons behind the great war in the God Realm back then.

After Jiang Yi poured Gu Yue another cup, he stroked his chin and thought to himself.

Judging from Gu Yue's account of the Dragon God's fall in the original work, she clearly only had a superficial understanding of the matter.

In his past life, it could be said that the author was attacking his right brain with his left brain, but now that he is in the real Douluo Continent, there must be another reason.

Perhaps it's the effect of a shattered consciousness? Incomplete memories?
Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow, guessing to himself.

He remembered that when the Silver Dragon King fled the realm of gods, his divine consciousness seemed to have shattered, and he only managed to rebuild it in the mortal realm. "You're quite interesting..."

Gu Yue laughed heartily, her cheeks flushing even more. This was one of the things she admired about Jiang Yi—he always had unique ideas.

Although it may not be correct, it always gives her a new perspective.

"Continued Cup!"

Gu Yue shook her dizzy head, stopped thinking about the problem, and slammed the empty cup onto the table with a flourish.

But by then, the wine jar was already empty.

"Gone!"

Jiang Yi shook the empty jar and showed it to her helplessly.

"Huh? There's still..."

The tipsy girl squinted her eyes, her gaze suddenly locking onto the wine glass in his hand, which still had half a glass of wine left.

She smiled slyly, leaned closer, and grabbed his wrists without warning, taking the wine glass from his hand.

With a gulp, the remaining wine was swallowed.

boom!
As she finished drinking, her body went limp and she collapsed to the side.

Jiang Yi quickly reached out and caught her, letting her head land perfectly on his knees.

The girl, her eyes still blurry with drunkenness, lay quietly on the grass, her usual aloof demeanor gone.

At that moment, she seemed to shed all pretense and burdens, revealing the innocence and smile that should be present at her age.

……

As night deepened, the wisps of smoke from the chimneys had already dissipated.

Tang Wuling, who was in meditation, woke up. She looked around at the chaotic scene and touched her head in confusion.

"Did I miss something?"

Xie Xie was already cleaning up the scattered tableware, Xu Xiaoyan was still fast asleep on the grass, and Gu Yue was also drunk in Jiang Yi's arms.

"It's getting late. We should head back."

Jiang Yi smiled at Tang Wuling, then bent down and picked up Gu Yue.

"Oh! Good!"

Tang Wuling quickly got up, walked to the side, and picked up the dazed Xu Xiaoyan. Xie Xie on the other side also finished cleaning up the mess and put out the fire.

Slightly drunk, the group walked towards their dormitory in the distance, bathed in moonlight.

……

In front of the dormitory, Jiang Yi fumbled around Gu Yue's waist for a moment before finally finding the key.

With a click, the door opened.

Jiang Yi carried Gu Yue inside and placed her on the bed, but her soft arms were still wrapped around his neck.

"Let go!"

Jiang Yi reminded him helplessly.

"Don't let go..."

Gu Yue muttered unconsciously, but instead tightened her arms.

"You're drunk!"

Jiang Yi said softly, then reached out and smoothed the hair on her forehead.

"No!"

She suddenly raised her voice and waved her arms in protest.

Then, the girl struggled to raise her head, her cheeks flushed, and looked at Jiang Yi, giving a serious command.

"You must address him as 'Lord'... and you must not be disrespectful..."

Gu Yue seemed to have let loose and started rambling incoherently.

"Jiang Yi...you're very good...come join us...when I achieve great things...I will definitely reward you...with a hundred and eighty stunning beauties..."

Jiang Yi couldn't help but chuckle and reached out to pinch her burning cheeks.

"A hundred or eighty beautiful women? Why not give yourself to me instead?"

Gu Yue's eyes widened, seemingly in shock. She shook her head vigorously, speaking incoherently.

"No...no! I treat you like a child...I...how could you think like that...it's outrageous!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yi's eyes lit up, and he looked at Gu Yue with eager eyes.

"Really?"

(End of this chapter)