hooklinebooks Chapter 34 We share the same fate, let's take revenge together.
Chapter 34 We share the same fate, let's take revenge together.
Cheng Xiao had seen many dragons on his cultivation journey.
Regardless of their cultivation level, these creatures all possess a strong sense of pride.
He had long anticipated that although the Dragon Girl was determined to die, she would never allow herself to die such a miserable death, swallowed by a bunch of snakes.
But simply stimulating her will to survive isn't enough; she also needs to understand why she wants to live.
"I don't understand. You are a beast-taming family. A spirit beast like me would only be a burden to you. Why didn't you just kill me?" The dragon girl asked in her childish voice.
The bitter taste of muddy water mixed with the antidote herbs spread in the dragon girl's mouth, but she didn't care.
She has recovered somewhat and is no longer as weak as before.
She had just realized that the pure spiritual energy that had been protecting her body all along actually came from this young man!
But there was clearly no spiritual energy fluctuation on his body at all...
Cheng Xiao completely ignored the Dragon Girl's question and said to himself, "Your dragon tendons were pulled out alive, your scales were ripped out, your teeth were smashed, and you were thrown out of the sea like trash."
The dragon girl didn't seem to care about the mockery.
She had survived everything, and now these words sounded ridiculous to her.
It's not others who are ridiculous, but she herself.
The once high and mighty dragon princess has now fallen to this state.
Cheng Xiao pointed to his back and continued, "My experience is similar to yours. I used to be considered a genius, but my closest relatives cruelly dug out my supreme spiritual bone, causing me to lose all my cultivation. Now I've been forced to do odd jobs here."
The dragon girl was stunned when she heard the human recount his ordeal.
Their experiences are remarkably similar.
Only then did she carefully try to sense the aura of the human boy in front of her.
Indeed, his body was completely empty, his vital energy was severely depleted, and he was even weaker than an ordinary mortal.
"I think we are the most similar individuals in the same world, betrayed by our closest relatives, and abandoned by fate like trash in the Spirit Beast Garden to wait for death. This is our situation." Cheng Xiao approached the Dragon Girl, staring into her golden vertical pupils.
A man and a dragon confront each other in the darkness, their fates binding them together.
The dragon girl remained silent, merely watching the somewhat fierce young man before her.
"The way you fought so hard in the Serpent Cave just now proves that the pride in your bones hasn't been completely crushed. Since you don't want to die, you have to live a decent life. I can provide you with spiritual power to help you repair your body and reshape your bones, while you need to feed back your gentle blood and qi to me through the master-servant blood pact."
Cheng Xiao's tone carried an air of unquestionable authority.
He reached out to the dragon girl, his hand still bearing the bloodstains left from the forced contract during the day: "This is a deal. We'll become stronger together and reclaim what rightfully belongs to us."
The dragon girl stared blankly at the hand.
He was only a teenager, but his hands were covered with calluses from years of hard work.
She looked up, and there was no sympathy or tenderness in the boy's eyes, only a terrifying madness and ambition.
Whether it was an illusion or the blood pact between master and servant, she felt as if their souls were connected at this moment.
Two people, a human and a dragon, both suffering from the same affliction, appeared here, each dragging their crippled bodies.
"When we are strong enough, those who pulled out your dragon tendons, those who dug out my spiritual bones, those who trampled us underfoot and bullied us wantonly, I will take you and crush their bones one by one with my own hands." Cheng Xiao's words were cruel, but his tone was surprisingly calm.
The dragon girl's breathing became rapid.
It's not fear.
The overwhelming hatred that had been buried deep in his heart was completely ignited by a few casual words from the madman in front of him.
She once dared not even touch or face those feelings of hatred, and longed to die.
But now, all she wants is to tear all those of her own kind who betrayed her to shreds!
She wants revenge!
She will make those who betrayed her pay a thousandfold price!
Even though there was only one dragon whose tendons had been removed and one mortal who had lost his spiritual bones, she felt as if they could actually do it!
The Dragon Girl slowly lowered her proud head and gently placed her forehead, which was covered in mud and blood, into Cheng Xiao's palm.
This time, it wasn't because of the blood pact that she was forced to do it, but because it was her own choice.
"Now can you tell me your name?" Cheng Xiao asked.
"Long Yingxue".
Cheng Xiao.
Cheng Xiao picked up Long Yingxue again.
However, this time it's not about taking her to her death, but about taking her back with them, back to where their revenge began.
......
The man and the dragon, under the cover of night, returned to the small house in the secluded courtyard by the same route.
Although the hut was dilapidated, it was at least a place that could shelter us from the wind and rain.
Long Yingxue was already weak, and she had just fought a battle in the Ten Thousand Snake Cave. Coupled with the emotional ups and downs she had just experienced, her physical strength had long been exhausted to the limit.
Cheng Xiao placed her on the only hard bed in the room. She struggled slightly before falling into a deep sleep.
Seeing that Long Yingxue was asleep, he extracted spiritual power from his soul and injected it into her body.
Her dragon body allowed her to absorb pure spiritual energy without any burden.
Cheng Xiao also felt that he was being countered by Long Yingxue, and spiritual power began to condense in his body, which was originally empty.
This is a good sign.
He never imagined that he would one day be cultivating again under such extreme conditions.
This did ignite a competitive spirit in Cheng Xiao.
Who is Cheng Xiao?
A genius that only appears once every tens of thousands of years in Shenhe Province.
He began cultivating his inner energy at three, entered the path of ruthlessness at seven, and severed all emotions and desires at sixteen...
In just one hundred years, he stepped into the realm of half-ascension.
It was nothing more than him dissipating his cultivation and starting over, and he still had the advantage of a Mahayana-stage divine soul, so it was all very easy for him.
Retraining can probably be considered a side quest in this instance.
After settling the Dragon Girl in, Cheng Xiao sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and began to circulate the spiritual energy that had just been generated within his body.
It was as if he had returned to the time when he first embarked on the path of cultivation.
The dragon girl had fallen into a deep sleep.
Even in her sleep, her body would still tremble slightly from the lingering pain, and she would curl up into a ball, looking quite pitiful.
However, the spiritual energy that Cheng Xiao had just transferred had already begun to help her repair her body.
Cheng Xiao had just landed when Hakimi in his sea of consciousness suddenly cried out, as if he had seen a ghost.
"Negative 80! My favorability rating has dropped to negative 80! But on the way back, it actually increased by ten points!"
After Cheng Xiao finished saying those words, Long Yingxue's favorability rating dropped to -90.
He carried her back, and his favorability rating dropped to -80.
Although it's still a negative number, at least it's increased.
Hakimi's tone was filled with disbelief: "You first threw her on the ground like trash, didn't feed her, then threw her into the snake pit, and in the end, not only did you not show her any concern, but you also dangled a carrot in front of her, and she not only didn't want to die, but her affection level actually increased? This doesn't make sense! Normal dating games don't go like this!"
Cheng Xiao didn't even lift his eyelids, his tone as calm as still water: "Being gentle all the time won't solve any problems."
He had already confirmed this the moment he saw Long Yingxue.
Dragons are naturally proud creatures; pride is almost ingrained in the very bones of every dragon.
Better to be a broken piece of jade than a whole piece of tile.
Cheng Xiao continued, "If I had taken great care of her from the beginning and tried to move her with the gentleness you demand, she might have been grateful to me, but she would have also become completely dependent on me. A princess who was once high and mighty would have become a complete waste if she had gotten used to living off a mortal."
"So what? Wouldn't it be better to become a useless piece of trash and obediently let you protect me? Isn't that the sweetest part of a dating simulation game?" Hakimi was very puzzled.
Although the game is called "Heartbeat Tales of the Myriad Realms", Cheng Xiao has never played it as a dating game.
In his view, love is the most unstable of all emotions.
Cheng Xiao replied, "If she becomes a cripple, the pride she holds deep within her, the pride of a true dragon, and the humiliation of being betrayed by her closest relatives, will become an unresolved knot in her heart. Without untying this knot, do you think it's possible for her favorability rating to reach its maximum?"
In the previous instance, Chu Ning's favorability was at its maximum.
Cheng Xiao's reward was fragments of his understanding of the Great Dao Ascension.
With this reward, Cheng Xiao decided that in future dungeons, he would never leave until the female protagonist's favorability was at its maximum.
Hakimi was stunned when he heard Cheng Xiao's words.
After a long while, the system finally exclaimed in genuine admiration, "Incredible, brother! Are you really cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness?"
During the conversation, Cheng Xiao had already circulated his spiritual energy through a full cycle.
However, the results were minimal.
If this cultivation continues, this body will never be able to return to the Foundation Establishment stage in its entire life.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the sky in the distance, which was about to turn white.
"It is precisely because we cultivate the path of ruthlessness that we can see things more clearly."
"A heartless person has no complicated emotions or distracting thoughts in their heart. Because they are not troubled by emotions, they see all things in the world and the desires of people as if they were looking at a clear, bottomless ice surface, without any secrets."
"I saw through her deep-seated obsession. She hated, she was unwilling, and she longed to take back all the dignity she had lost. That's why I went along with it and acted out that scene. If I wanted her to live, I had to give her a reason to become stronger on her own."
After hearing this theory, Hakimi felt genuine admiration.
"Wow, you really stumbled upon this Fairy Conquest System by sheer luck, finding a completely different path."
After praising him, he didn't forget his task.
"Now that the female lead's life is saved and we've found a way to resolve her inner conflict, when do we plan to officially start dating her? Shouldn't we arrange some flirtatious interactions? Like making her a loving breakfast tomorrow morning or something?"
Cheng Xiao closed his eyes again and continued to breathe and regulate his breathing, trying to guide that trace of qi and blood into his meridians.
He calmly replied, "Dating? Let's get revenge first."