Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 74 The Golden Dragon King Helps Me! (Part 2)

That night, Lin Yun was frozen by Hyotei's ultimate ice for a full half hour in his dormitory before the restless blood and qi in his body were finally calmed down.

The Golden Dragon King's bloodline is terrifying. Although Lin Yun is not at risk of being burst by the bloodline at any time, the side effects are really hard to bear!

"Hiss..." Lin Yun shivered after thawing, took a cold shower, and then lay back on the soft bed, staring blankly at the chandelier on the ceiling.

On the windowsill, Hyotei silently gazed at the night outside, while Little Ice Jade Scorpion Qing'er dozed off beside her.

After glancing at the listless Lin Yun on the bed, Hyotei slowly floated over and landed on his chest, transforming into a little girl with twin ponytails wearing pajamas.

"Your Majesty, why does something so simple, a human child, cause such turmoil in your heart?" Ice Emperor asked, resting her head on Lin Yun's chest and listening to his strong heartbeat.

"...I don't know." Lin Yun smiled helplessly and habitually reached out to put his arm around Hyotei's slender waist.

Feeling the softness in his arms, Lin Yun's blood, which had finally cooled down, was reawakened. His heart pounded like a drum, causing hot blood to flow through his body, making his body radiate a burning temperature.

Although Hyotei's skin had a comfortable coolness about it, this coolness did not calm Lin Yun down. Instead, it was like adding fuel to the fire, making his breathing become heavier and heavier.

"No...this is not right!" Lin Yun closed his eyes, clenched one hand into a fist, and the veins on his arm were bulging.

This wasn't the first time. Ever since Lin Yun started absorbing the power of the sun, he had discovered that his Golden Dragon King bloodline was more active than ever before. Although the active bloodline allowed him to unleash his hidden power more quickly, the overly active bloodline also had side effects.

For example... well, she's prone to getting into heat.

Lin Yun gritted his teeth and began to channel his soul power in an attempt to calm the restlessness in his bloodline.

Six years have passed since the Golden Dragon King's bloodline merged into his body. During these six years, except for the first three years of slumber which prevented him from sensing any abnormalities in the bloodline, the Golden Dragon King's bloodline has remained stable for the other three years.

Until he began to try to absorb the power of the sun, the Golden Dragon King's bloodline gradually started to cause trouble, which can be seen from the fact that he used to sleep with Hyotei every day, but this situation did not occur.

Just by simply hugging Hyotei, he felt his blood surging.

Lin Yun tried hard to suppress the abnormality in his bloodline, and an unnatural flush appeared on his fair face, causing Ice Emperor, who was looking at him up close, to widen his eyes slightly.

"Your Majesty's body... is so hot, it feels like it's melting me..." Ice Emperor's small hand covered Lin Yun's chest, feeling his violently beating heart.

She had felt the same way earlier today when she was hiding behind Lin Yun and watching him kiss Xiao Xiao.

"Could it be..." Hyotei blinked, a hint of joy appearing in her beautiful emerald green eyes. She immediately closed her eyes, lowered her head, and covered Lin Yun's lips with her luscious red lips.

Very well, I thought that as the Heavenly King of the Far North, my charm was less than that of a little human girl. It seems that I am still His Majesty's favorite soul beast after all~

"I'm sorry, Xue'er, it's not that Bing'er doesn't love you anymore, it's just that His Excellency is too attractive!"

With his eyes tightly closed, Lin Yun felt the fragrance of Hyotei suddenly become much stronger in his nostrils, and then a warm, soft touch came into contact with his lips.

He subconsciously took that soft touch into his mouth, and his other hand involuntarily wrapped around Hyotei's waist.

At the same time, a cool sensation came from his mouth, accompanied by a sweet taste, which gradually cooled down his originally hot body.

Lin Yun didn't know how Hyotei managed to do it, but he finally got rid of that feeling of blood rushing to his head.

He was genuinely afraid that he might lose control and do something beastly to Hyotei. Although Hyotei would most likely not resist, what if she did...

A ferocious beast with 400,000 years of cultivation could easily freeze Lin Yun into an ice block with a mere flick of its wrist. After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was the Ice Emperor's slightly closed, somewhat dreamy, emerald green eyes, her long eyelashes seeming to brush against his face.

Perhaps it was due to a strange competitive spirit, but every time Lin Yun tried to let go of Bingdi, she would hold him tightly. It wasn't until more than twice as long as Xiao Xiao's that Bingdi slowly raised her head. A sliver of light broke between them, and their two pairs of eyes, both filled with the same dizziness, met.

"Is this what love is?" Hyotei leaned down and hugged Lin Yun, her red lips slightly parted, her cool voice carrying a hint of languor.

At this moment, she didn't resemble a cold, icy scorpion at all; instead, she looked more like a kitten that had just finished basking in the sun.

"Perhaps, didn't you already know that in your heart?" Lin Yun said with a smile, rolling up a strand of Hyotei's long hair in one hand and gently stroking it between his fingers.

"But do we soul beasts really have feelings for each other? I don't understand." Ice Emperor spoke softly, her tone tinged with confusion.

She spent her entire life hunting and growing stronger, living a solitary and powerful life in the far north ice plains that had been considered a deadly wasteland for countless years. Apart from the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress didn't even have a single soul beast that could be considered a friend.

When she was weak, she only thought about how to survive and become stronger. But after she became strong, no soul beast dared to approach her anymore. Wherever she went, she faced only awe and fear.

...Except for that useless ice silkworm that doesn't know its own mortality.

"Of course there are feelings involved. Isn't that true for you and Xue'er? It's just that the feelings between us are slightly different from those between you and Xue'er. We are rational and intelligent beings, not bloodthirsty beasts." Lin Yun turned Bingdi's face and looked directly into her eyes as he spoke earnestly.

"I understand~" Hyotei smiled sweetly, snuggled into Lin Yun's arms and refused to look up, her already deep blush becoming even more intense.

In truth, Hyotei's feelings for Lin Yun were somewhat coincidental.

From the very beginning, Bingdi placed Lin Yun in a position higher than herself, regarding him as the overlord of the soul beasts, and always harbored a certain degree of fear in her heart. However, after she and Xuedi arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest, she saw another side of Lin Yun.

Unlike the majestic and arrogant Lord of Soul Beasts, Lin Yun in that state seemed to exude a friendly aura.

In addition, Hyotei originally thought that Lin Yun would only show such playful thoughts towards her, but when she turned around, she saw that Lin Yun had gone to play with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and the relationship between the two of them was even closer than that between herself and Lin Yun, which made her feel a sense of dissatisfaction.

This sense of loss only gradually subsided after she took human form and started being held and slept by Lin Yun every day.

Hyotei, having nothing better to do, also learned about many common-sense aspects of the human world.

For example, the principle of men and women not touching each other...

So, according to common sense, what kind of feelings does Lin Yun have for her, who always holds her while sleeping?

Hyotei was unaware of this, but she enjoyed being with Lin Yun. Her coldness seemed to gradually melt away because of the warmth emanating from Lin Yun.

Humans succumb to temptation step by step, and so do beasts.

The difference is that, for someone like the Ice Emperor, you first need to be stronger than her to gain her approval. If Lin Yun didn't have the identity of the Golden Dragon King, the ruler of all soul beasts, it wouldn't be so easy to open her heart.

So... it seems the Golden Dragon King's bloodline unintentionally helped him?

Unbeknownst to Lin Yun, Hyotei had fallen asleep before him, a faint smile always on her chubby little face.

The little ice-blue scorpion Qing'er on the windowsill glanced at the two sleeping in each other's arms, then shot out a beam of ice-blue light from its tail hook, striking the switch of the soul guide lamp and plunging the quiet room into darkness.

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P.S.: That's the limit for 10,000 per day!

(End of this chapter)