Chapter 1357: Chapter 84: If Only We Had Met for the First Time
Chapter 1357: Chapter 84: If Only We Had Met for the First Time
The gold dragon, wrapped in a bath towel, suddenly felt something blocking its path—even though it should have been furious, the moment it saw the blocker clearly, it… instantly changed to a haunted expression.
Almost without hesitation and without any words… the gold dragon turned tail and ran—it’s so terrified of this eastern true dragon, afraid it might feed it those weird pills again.
That feeling of energy with no outlet, as if something rushed to the top of the brain and then flowed back through the tiny blood vessels all over the body, like being roasted and with a fatal sense of being blocked from urination—it was simply soul-stirring.
“Where are you running!” Long Xiruo raised her fist, squinting her eyes.
Thinking to herself, it was really Dazzle who understands me… sensing that there was already something like a barrier imposed around, the true dragon of China was planning to loosen her muscles properly.
There were simply too many concerns while in China, so whenever the heavily pressured true dragon visited the western Unhuman Domain, she felt a vacation vibe and just let herself go.
“Old woman!! As a lady, using violence won’t win you any romance! Be elegant!”
“Oh? Really? I’ve been single for thousands of years; why care about these few decades?”
“What male dares to ride someone as violent as you!”
“No one has yet been born who can ride me, so don’t bother… Come, I’ve accumulated quite a bit of pressure lately, and I feel entirely unwell. Let me pound you a bit.”
“Am I a stress-relief punching bag to you!! You violent true dragon who won’t get married in a lifetime!! I’ll curse you… curse you to grow old and yellow, your complexion to worsen, lonely till the end, becoming a real old woman!!”
“Pound you until not even your ultimate transformation technique will save you!”
Seeing the true dragon in front behaving like a single young woman having her period and having to work overtime, with resentment seeping from her body, the gold dragon couldn’t help but startle… This one’s obviously serious!
“Damned old woman, you think I’m afraid of you!”
Facing disfigurement, the gold dragon immediately abandoned grace and posture, roaring directly, revealing its true form, and the golden dragon horn atop its head charged toward the true dragon of China.
“Now that’s more like it… don’t make me stop too early!”
Long Xiruo laughed wildly twice, stretched out her hands, and directly grabbed the charging dragon horn. Then, exerting force with both arms, she swung and threw the entire gold dragon directly at the ground.
—Boom!!
With flying sand and stones, when the gold dragon hit the ground, a large number of stones shot skyward… Seeing this, the little butterfly monster, brought by the request of the Luminous Tower Master, immediately felt distressed… How to persuade?
Can’t stop it at all…
“Old woman!! Don’t hit my face!! Ah—!!!”
“Again… Ah—!!”
“Enough!! Ah~~”
…
Until the ground shook, simultaneously hearing the roaring sound of Fafnir from afar, did the Luminous Tower Master came back to his senses.
He frowned subconsciously… but then saw a large stone falling from the sky here.
Seeing that the quiet lady under the tree was about to be hit by the stone, the Luminous Tower Master almost reflexively waved his wand, and a beam of light instantly hit the stone, turning it completely into flying ash before it fell.
“Miss, are you okay?”
The Luminous Tower Master gently leaped forward, appearing under the tree.
This commotion was too large; even if external perception was blocked, pure ordinary sensation could easily feel it… and even hear it.
Boss Luo resisted the urge to spy on what was happening ahead—he was still in a game with the maid lady, and naturally wouldn’t ruin the rules of the game first.
“I’m okay, thank you.”
Boss Luo smiled slightly, then stood up, “However… you might’ve misunderstood, I’m a man… because of a special reason.”
The Luminous Tower Master’s first response was to slightly open his mouth, feeling like something broke deep within his soul… The feeling of excitement instantly turned into heartache.
But as the saying goes, with age comes wisdom, as a magician who has lived over a hundred and sixty years, and as the First Tower Master of the Secret Art Tower, his cultivation in demeanor was indeed perfect.
Heartache… to explosion!
The First Tower Master nodded, his face showing nothing, smiling and said: “You live nearby in the Farm Town, correct?”
Almost at the moment when the gender was revealed, the heartbroken Tower Master quickly found a corresponding reason—he knew how the Vampire Clan’s Farm Town operated and understood the vampires’ pursuit of Farm Products’ personas.
Probably… this person was created according to a vampire’s special needs as a Farm Product. But just looking at the person under the tree, he suddenly understood why those clan vampires fervently pursued the personas of Farm Products…
“Temporarily, yes.” Boss Luo thought for a moment, then also answered truthfully, “How about you? You don’t look like you’re from around here, do you?”
The person, male this time, looked with curiosity, and for the unknown, their eyes seemed covered with a thin layer of starlight.
The First Tower Master subtly took a deep breath, avoiding these curious eyes without any visible trace—he found a good excuse, and that was to look toward the direction of the chaos, “Well, sort of passing by for some special reason… but rest assured, the commotion will soon stop.”
Boss Luo pondered, also looking toward the source of the chaos—but with perception blocked, only a vague sense of familiarity lingered in his heart… And what he could see was only a patch of tree shadows.
Almost can’t hold back.
He was caught in a contradiction, one part wanting to directly break the rules of the game with the maid lady, while another was striving to endure it… The torment felt in the process of enduring brought a sense of agonizing gratification, making him reluctant to give up savoring it.
Thus emerged a terribly complex expression.
Unconsciously, the First Tower Master was once again attracted by such an appearance… like some sort of magic—logically, while continuously studying magic techniques and living like an ascetic monk, the Tower Master shouldn’t be so troubled.
But this serene nature like a rare gem of the world, just being near the other could calm one down… like the other understood every thought, perfectly fitting the comfortable feeling, truly a fantastical trait.
Though as a male, the Tower Master who lived an ascetic life still felt all beauty’s aspects that he’d once had in younger days’ admiration toward females…
“Have you… ever thought about leaving this Farm Town?”
Subconsciously, the First Tower Master asked a question that felt abrupt to him—because he knew that for a Farm Product, such a notion would never arise… This notion qualified as a rule-breaking event for the Vampire Clan’s Farm Town.
If he enlightened the Farm Product to such a notion, it would mean disrupting potential rules between both forces… But, apparently, there was no feeling of regret.
“Leaving here?” Boss Luo instinctively said: “But next, I haven’t thought about where to go… Maybe later.”
…I really want to activate omniscience.
This idea has already emerged… If that’s the case, it wouldn’t count as rule-breaking, would it?
The First Tower Master’s eyes lit up—he once again focused on the silhouette under the tree, deeply imprinting this image in his mind, and then quickly said: “This place is too dangerous, you should leave soon.”
As he spoke, the Tower Master waved his wand, and around Boss Luo three rays of light instantly became three light shields, surrounding him.
“What’s this…”
Feeling no threat… his self-defense mechanisms naturally had no reaction, Boss Luo curiously examined the small rhombus-shaped light shields dancing around him.
The Luminous Tower Master smiled slightly, saying: “These are your guardians, if you’re unwilling at any moment, they will sense your thoughts and protect you… Remember, anytime as long as you don’t want it.”
—This way, even if summoned by the clan’s vampires for offering next time, it should be safe.
Humans, sometimes thoughts are just impulses without detailed analysis… In such cases, Non-Humans would have alike experiences.
Despite feeling quite frustrated, this First Tower Master was unwilling to let the person under the tree continue to be beneath the vampires in the future…
“This seems rather aristocratic…” Boss Luo blinked, “But, I really am a man.”
“I know.” The Luminous Tower Master casually smiled. He possessed nearly the most powerful force and the largest influence within the Unhuman Domain and naturally didn’t pay much attention to many worldly opinions. “…And you shouldn’t have any psychological burden either.”
Loyal to one’s true self, not letting the true self be sullied, and acting according to one’s feelings… At this level, the Tower Master calmly said, “This doesn’t affect my fondness for you… However, it’s not between sexes but just the pursuit of beauty. At our level, the physical becomes secondary. Beloved friends and companions aren’t actually any lesser than lovers. Sometimes, compared to the pursuit of physical pleasure, the spiritual connection is more fulfilling. Only when humans transcend basic needs can they truly recognize their essence. Ignoring gender, I feel we could become friends with much to talk about.”
“Non-attachment, huh…”
Boss Luo seemed to be inspired by something… already at the verge of wanting to peep at this golden-haired young man.
It must be a truly beautiful soul.
“This seems to be a saying from a culture in the Eastern lands. Are you also interested in Eastern Taoism?” The Luminous Tower Master’s eyes lit up once again.
“I have studied it a bit.” Boss Luo nodded.
At this moment, the noises seemed to quiet down… The Luminous took a glance forward; knowing when to do what, he straightforwardly said, “Nice to meet you, looking forward to our next encounter… perhaps soon.”
The figure of the Luminous Tower Master slowly floated into the air, then waved his hand and moved forward— and in the next second, he was gone.
In the end… he controlled himself and didn’t peep into the golden-haired young man’s inside.
In some ways, Luo Qiu possessed a frighteningly disciplined personality… He slowly exhaled and felt the warmth from the prayer beads on his wrist, quickly calming the ripples in his heart.
…
…
Composing himself, the Luminous slowly descended from the air… As for the holes and bumps on this piece of earth, he could only pretend not to see them, simply waving his magic wand casually.
The soil began to churn, quickly restoring the surrounding land to its original state.
At this time, the true dragon of China leaned against a rock, smoking a post-event cigarette… just like a middle-aged unwed high-pressure office lady who has just finished a SPA, with the word “pleasant” written all over her glowing face.
The little butterfly monster lowered its head, looking pitifully at the Luminous Tower Master — evidently feeling guilty for not completing the instruction.
The Luminous waved his hand, telling the little butterfly monster not to worry too much, then glanced at Fafnir at this moment.
Fafnir, collapsed on the ground, was still in dragon form… just with a white eye, biting its tongue, frothing at the mouth, and as for those indestructible dragon scales of the Golden Dragon, a few of them remain, while the black-blue bruises cover the body in patches, and flipped on the ground, limbs twitching…
“Fortunately, it wasn’t… excessively overboard.” The First Tower Master let out a long breath… Yeah, it’s great that he didn’t kill him; he shook his head and walked up to the Golden Dragon, touching Fafnir’s forehead lightly with the Magic Wand.
The dragon body began to shrink, finally shrinking down to human size— only, this wasn’t the original transformation of a Golden Dragon, so it didn’t come with clothes.
The Luminous Tower Master glanced at the flat private part of the Golden Dragon and sighed again — in order to protect the child, the true dragon of China directly swung a hand, covering the little butterfly monster’s eyes.
The Luminous Tower Master touched his head with the Magic Wand again, and a long cloth descended from the air, wrapping Fafnir’s body, then sighed and said: “Teacher, I heard that there’s a magic in the East where severed limbs can regenerate, is it effective?”
Long Xiruo glanced again before shaking her head: “I’ve told you many times, that is Taoist magic… never mind. This magic requires self-cultivation, and this guy can’t cultivate it. There are some regenerative potions, but they are in the treasure vault of Xuanyuan Palace, even I can’t just stretch in and take them.”
The Luminous Tower Master nodded, “Looks like we’ll have to see if a six-star or higher regeneration potion can be crafted… It’s a headache, if only we could find Master Qi Cai Jin.”
“Doesn’t your Secret Art Tower have two Masters of Secret Medicine?” Long Xiruo asked in confusion.
“Those two masters aren’t proficient in this type of secret medicine.” The Luminous Tower Master shook his head and sighed, “But we can give it a try… We can’t let the Golden Dragon lineage end with this generation. Otherwise, I’d be ashamed of Old Fafnir…”
“Alright, alright.” The true dragon of China really couldn’t stand this lamenting attitude, “If it absolutely doesn’t work, I’ll make a trip to Xuanyuan Palace… This old face might still work.”
The Luminous directly performed a disciple’s salute to the true dragon of China, bowing deeply.
“Alright, should we go now?” Long Xiruo asked directly.
The Luminous Tower Master hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said, “Teacher, could you please take Fafnir somewhere to rest first… I have a small matter, I’d like to meet the Acting Archduke of the Torrido Clan.”
“What else is there?” Long Xiruo was stunned for a moment, then her face changed slightly, “Wait a minute! Aren’t you thinking of discussing compensation issues? I’ll say it now, the one causing the trouble is this crazy guy, it’s not related to me!”
“The compensation issue probably can’t be settled with a few words…” The Luminous Tower Master could only smile wryly, “Just a private matter… Teacher, don’t worry.”
Long Xiruo pondered for a while, then nodded somewhat doubtfully, “Alright… but you better not take too long. I don’t know if I can hold myself back after this guy wakes up.”
Saying so, the true dragon of China reached out her hand, trying to grab Fafnir’s arm to lift him up. But thinking about it, she wrapped her hand in cloth with a look of disgust, then grabbed the other’s hair, lifting him up like that.
“I’ll wait for you up ahead.” Long Xiruo pointed to a place with twinkling lights in the distance… the Farm Town.
The Luminous Tower Master immediately opened his mouth in surprise.
The true dragon of China waved her hand, “Relax, I’m not going to cause any trouble… Just worked up a sweat, and looking for a place to wash up… Isn’t there a villa?”
She pointed to a lonely small villa at the edge of Farm Town, sincerely, “I’m really not causing trouble!”
Should be fine… within this limit.
Eventually, the First Tower Master decided to trust her based on their past relationship — just like he said, he was inclined to trust.
…
…
A moment later.
“Master.”
The maid appeared like a shadow behind Boss Luo… naturally having returned since she had already dealt with the things in the cave.
So Luo Qiu doesn’t bother asking knowingly, “There seemed to be some commotion earlier, did you investigate when you came back?”
The answer was affirmative, as he knew too well the operational methods of the maid.
“It seemed to involve Ms. Long and Miss Pianqian.” The maid smiled, “It looks like there was some conflict with that Golden Dragon.”
“So it was them as well.” Luo Qiu found it amusing… simultaneously becoming relieved about that familiar feeling when the commotion occurred.
“The reason is unknown.” The maid nodded, “Do we need to find out?”
“No need.” Boss Luo shook his head, “I feel… we’ll meet soon enough, let’s leave it for now.”
With that, Boss Luo sat down once more, preparing to finish reading the second diary he hadn’t yet completed.
“The flowers here are nice, I’d like to pick some to take back.” The maid, looking at the little patch of flowers in front, said softly, “If encountered, perhaps Miss Pianqian would like them.”
With a sniff, Boss Luo smiled slightly: “You seem quite fond of that child.”
“The Master does too.” The maid quietly laughed.
Boss Luo didn’t reply, just casually smiled, and then opened his notebook to read closely. You Ye sat amidst the floral patch, her skirt spreading like a bloom in this sea of flowers.
She noticed some Austin Roses, smiling lightly, then reached out to pick them, and the roses slowly transformed into pink and white floral balls in her hand.
Boss Luo suddenly looked up, taking a glance, laughing lightly: “Like a bride.”