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Chapter 38 Bottom Line

Carrying Yinlan and the unconscious Dugu Bo, Gu Yuena flew out of the cave and returned to the hot pot. She casually tossed Dugu Bo to the ground and asked somewhat irritably, "Why go through all this trouble to suppress the poison for him? It would have been faster if I had just taken care of him."

Of course, it wasn't as complicated as she described. As a half-body split from the Dragon God, the Silver Dragon King possessed the power to perfectly control the seven elements of earth, fire, wind, water, light, darkness, and space, and could reach the ultimate level. Ice element is a derivative application of water element, so Gu Yue Na was able to temporarily suppress the deadly poison in Dugu Bo's body.

"I want to solve his problems, not him," Yinlan said, somewhat exasperated. "When are you going to change your style of resorting to violence at the slightest disagreement? What if you accidentally offend someone you can't afford to mess with one day?"

"Hmph, that's just how we dragons are," Gu Yuena said arrogantly, arms crossed, chest puffed out. "Why waste words when we can just take it by force? There's no one on Douluo Star that I can't afford to offend!"

"That's why you provoked me before, which led to Uncle Zi and Aunt Lü descending to the mortal realm to take action." Yin Lan looked at her expressionlessly.

"You, you, you are the exception!" Gu Yuena blushed, looking like she wanted to explain, but she couldn't come up with a coherent explanation for a long time.

"Exceptions like me are not uncommon on Douluo Star. Every single one of the lands of divine inheritance has one," Yin Lan sighed, looking at her as if she were an idiot. "Even if Uncle Zi and Aunt Lü said the God Realm wouldn't target you, your provocation is a different matter. Surely you can understand what I can't, right?"

Gu Yuena was speechless for a moment, unsure how to respond.

"...I give up. Did you really not think about the consequences when you arrested me?" Yinlan's eyes widened.

"I thought... I thought you were like the Asura God, a god who casts a wide net and is not valued... Who knew..." Gu Yuena looked away guiltily.

"No, you think," Yinlan covered her face, "My God, you piece of trash, what good are you? No, I need to really teach you a lesson!"

"Big fat dragon." Yin Lan put her hands on her hips, looked up at Gu Yuena, and suddenly said seriously.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Gu Yuena's expression tightened, and she immediately stood up straight, looking at the petite figure with some nervousness.

"I believe that a person's strength isn't solely determined by power. If one could do whatever they wanted simply by using power," Yin Lan's dark eyes met Gu Yuena's purple pupils, "what do you think the world would become?"

Now that the dragon race has declined, Gu Yuena, who is a half-body split off from the dragon god but has not received any inheritance, does not really understand what the real dragon society is like. However, in the Star Dou Great Forest, survival of the fittest and the law of the jungle are the norm.

But... there shouldn't be only these things.

"If we hadn't met, and hadn't developed into our current relationship, and if one day I become a god and want everything about you, and treat you according to your so-called 'dragon style,' what would you do?" Yinlan pressed.

"Hmph, you're overthinking it. At that time, I will fight to the death, even if it means self-destruction, I will not leave you with a single thing you want," Gu Yuena said stubbornly, pursing her lips.

"But we haven't gotten to that point, have we? It seems you're not unaware of when to let go of your so-called 'dragon style.'" Yinlan continued to gaze at her, his calm, black eyes as still as water.

"That's because you have a powerful enough force behind you to force me to 'compromise'..." Gu Yuena trailed off, unable to finish her sentence.

"You still know that I have a powerful force behind me, yet you've still survived until now, because of me, because of Uncle Zi and Aunt Lü, and because you don't have what you call 'dragon style'," Yinlan continued.

It would be incredibly easy for gods to interfere in the mortal realm, yet the divine realm still established numerous laws to restrict their involvement. The gods, in turn, strictly adhered to these laws; otherwise, Gu Yuena would have died that day.

"In the eyes of people like us, there are things we can do and things we shouldn't do," Yinlan said softly, her voice deeply resonating in Gu Yuena's heartstrings. "Some people call it 'bottom line,' while others call it 'righteousness.'"

Some people have jokingly said that if they could have superpowers, everyone would want to be Homelander.

But Homelander was only there because he was the only one.

There are many extraordinary beings in Douluo Continent. Even in the era of Douluo Continent I, there were more than 90,000 Soul Masters. The remaining nearly 500 million people were all ordinary people.

If everyone were like a citizen of the motherland, the world would truly be in chaos.

That's why the Spirit Hall, which eradicates fallen soul masters (evil soul masters), is so respected.

"Big Fat Dragon, I can be selfish sometimes, only caring about the people around me. I don't want to lose the people I value," Yin Lan smiled at Gu Yuena, "so you might have to suffer a bit more in the future."

...Am I also someone you "value"?

"..." Gu Yuena seemed to understand, but she remained stubborn and muttered, "You really only think about yourself."

Yinlan almost lost her composure and continued, "Just like how you've helped me so much, and I brought you here to repay you, this place has been carefully tended by him for many years and protected by his poisonous fog. It's a bit unreasonable for us to just take it from him like this, isn't it?"

Although without Gu Yuena's protection, she would most likely be killed by Dugu Bo if she entered this place to prevent the treasure from being leaked. Dugu Bo is just like that. Therefore, in Yin Lan's original plan, she would not arrive here until very late.

But reality doesn't allow for "what ifs." The reality is that she came into contact with Gu Yuena ahead of time, and Dugu Bo therefore lacked their abilities and had no grudges against them.

So she still wanted to try to win over Dugu Bo. Although his strength was indeed not that great, Dugu Bo was really reliable as a friend. He had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and he would really stand up for her when something happened!

Gu Yuena was about to say something when her eyes swept over Dugu Bo out of the corner of her eye. She then changed the subject and said, "What's so hard to believe? If that's the case, no one outside will know that we did it if this little poisonous insect dies here today."

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"You woman are completely unreasonable! How can you be so utterly unreasonable?" Dugu Bo sat bolt upright in his sleep, trembling with rage. "You didn't listen to a single word that girl said!"

"Little poisonous insect, why don't you keep pretending to be dead?" Gu Yuena glanced at him. She had already discovered that Dugu Bo was pretending to faint, so she deliberately said something to scare him.

Dugu Bo knew he couldn't afford to offend this woman whose cultivation level was unfathomable, and he also sensed that she was led by Yin Lan. He immediately stood up and said gratefully to Yin Lan, "Thank you both for your help. I found this place several years ago. It has the effect of nourishing plants, and since then I have carefully tended it as a medicinal field. Strong people should live in such a treasure land. Today I will give it to you both to repay your life-saving grace."

There was nothing he could do; these two were clearly after his medicinal herb garden. For the sake of his own life, he had no choice but to back down, no matter how unwilling he was.

"It was originally my family's property..." Gu Yuena couldn't help but interject.

"Hold on...hold on...you can't afford to mess with this woman..." Dugu Bo quickly chanted in his heart, then added, "In addition, there are some extraordinary flowers and plants growing here, but I don't know the effects of most of them, so please be careful."

Of course, let me just say I'm being hypocritical this time. The so-called "righteousness" doesn't apply to Tang San. He's not worthy of it. You're talking about "righteousness" with a Tang Clan assassin? He'll only turn on you when he's stronger than you.

For example, his early classic act of disrespecting titled Douluo demonstrated his demeanor and integrity. Later, when he had become a titled Douluo and someone disrespected him, he would say that the other party did not know how to respect the strong.

There's also the classic scene from the Haotian Sect, which I'll summarize so everyone can remember: I'm wrong, I'm not wrong, you're all wrong.

I'm sure anyone who's read the original novel can guess which part I'm referring to.

Thank you all for your support along the way. I hope you can stay with me until the end of this book. All the groundwork I'm laying now is in preparation for my future invincibility. I plan to have dual soul cores and a Soul Saint cultivation level beyond the limit by the age of 12, and repeatedly crush their confidence.

From now on, I won't look at the comments section anymore. It's already affected my mindset. I'll just pin another announcement later: I'm a book against the three evils. If you come to me for a three-year cleansing, you'll get banned.

(End of this chapter)