Family

Chapter 48 Family

"By chance, I met that child and formed a cooperation with the two god-kings behind him," Gu Yuena recounted her experiences over the past few days. "I will act as that child's protector, protecting him as he grows until he inherits the godhood, and in return, they will help me devour the Golden Dragon King and become the new Dragon God."

For many years, the God of Destruction has wanted to find a new Dragon God to lift the "Dragon God Prohibition" and give more beast gods the opportunity to ascend. It is also a way to realize his dream of "making the God Realm bigger and stronger". However, the Golden Dragon King above is insane and cannot be chosen, and the Silver Dragon King below is too well hidden and cannot be found. If it were not for Yin Lan, neither the inheritance of their divine positions nor the new Dragon God would be a matter of a long time coming.

As I said before, Di Tian could never have imagined how many people's futures he would change by being tricked by Gu Yuena into capturing Yin Lan.

"I didn't expect those two God-Kings to have found successors as well... Well, they can only choose the same successor to pass on their knowledge. The child of a human and a transformed soul beast, this is indeed a wonderful opportunity." The Fire Dragon King's eyes lit up. He roughly guessed that the Dragon God's refusal to pass on his knowledge to the Silver Dragon King was a measure to maintain the dragon race's status among the beast races. But this was not a solution. If the dragon race never produced a new god, how could it grow stronger?

The child, who possessed both human and soul beast blood, undoubtedly became a crucial point. Her human blood allowed her to circumvent the Dragon God's prohibition and had the opportunity to become a god, while her soul beast blood allowed her to point out a new direction for the beast race. The Silver Dragon King successfully contacted and cooperated with her when she was weak, which meant that the future new Dragon God was on good terms with a god who had two god-king positions. This was definitely a brilliant move for the future growth of the dragon race.

Therefore, the Fire Dragon King sincerely praised Gu Yuena: "To achieve such a level without any inheritance, you truly deserve to be one of the two parts formed from the split of the Father God. Silver Dragon King, you've done well! The future of our entire clan rests on your shoulders!"

...The future of our entire clan rests on your shoulders?

Gu Yuena's expression froze.

Once again... and once again! It's the same every time!! Di Tian, ​​and you all, are all taking on responsibilities you can't possibly bear!!

A person cannot decide their birth. If she could, she would not want to become one of the two parts split from the Dragon God, becoming this Silver Dragon King. She could not bear such a heavy burden!

Before learning the truth about the "Dragon God's Prohibition," she lived in constant worry, fear, and resentment, afraid that one day the gods would come knocking on her door and settle scores with her. She dared not make any rash moves. Even though she had done nothing, she was subjected to this pressure day after day for no reason, unable to live or die, as if she had been born into this world just to be tormented like this.

Learning the truth about the "Dragon God's Prohibition" turned her past life and hatred into a joke—since the Dragon God set up the "Dragon God's Prohibition" to maintain the dragon race's status among the beast race, but didn't give me all the inheritance, it means he never thought I could become the "New Dragon God" and lead the remaining dragons to rebuild the dragon race! Then why create me in the first place?!

Oh world... what have I done wrong?! Why are you treating me like this?!

She lowered her head, her silver bangs obscuring her eyes and making it impossible to see her expression.

If it weren't for a chance encounter with Yinlan, she probably would never have known the truth that "beastmen cannot become gods." She would have avoided the realm of gods in fear, and unless a windfall came from heaven, she would never have had the chance to come into contact with the Golden Dragon King. She could only silently endure Ditian's expectant gaze and weave words that she herself did not know were true or false, creating "false hope" for him.

What sustains Di Tian's actions is the "hope" she has woven, but where is her "hope"?

"Is there anything we can help you with that you've awakened us for?" The female Water Dragon King was perceptive and keenly noticed Gu Yuena's emotional change. She reached out and tugged at the Fire Dragon King's sleeve.

"Oh right, I almost forgot about that. Don't worry, just tell me what you need. As long as your older brother and sister can do it, we'll make sure everything is arranged perfectly for you!" The Fire Dragon King only realized this belatedly, but he didn't quite understand what he had said wrong, so he could only say this in an attempt to make amends.

"I just wanted to see my fellow clansmen and confirm a few things," Gu Yuena forced a stiff smile, "We were only able to find this place thanks to that child's help; otherwise, you two might have remained silent for who knows how much longer... Di Tian is up there too. Would you like me to call him down?"

Di Tian is the same kind of person as them, and perhaps he can get along with them better than I can.

I'm definitely not suited to be this so-called "Lord of Soul Beasts".

Gu Yuena's eyes were dark.

"Alright, then thank you for your help," the Fire Dragon King was about to say something when the Water Dragon King interrupted him, saying, "But we can't accept that child's help for nothing; we should do something in return."

As she spoke, she gestured to the Fire Dragon King with her eyes. The two of them then condensed blue and red energy from their respective dragon skeletons and flew to Gu Yuena's side.

"Consider it our repayment. Get along well with that child," the Water Dragon King said with a smile, looking at Gu Yuena. "By the way, I still don't know your name?"

"Gu Yuena." Gu Yuena held up the two balls of energy and looked up at the two of them with a somewhat blank expression.

"Alright, I understand. Go ahead and do it, not as the Silver Dragon King of the Dragon Clan," the Water Dragon King said softly, his gaze as gentle as water, "but as our sister, Gu Yuena."

With a wave of her hand, the surrounding water generated a repulsive force, sending the still bewildered Gu Yuena upwards.

"...What's wrong?" The Fire Dragon King asked, watching Gu Yuena's figure rise rapidly.

"Didn't you notice? The way that child looked at us was very 'unfamiliar,'" the Water Dragon King replied. "It was different from how he looked at us, his brothers and sisters."

"...She carries too much on her shoulders." The Fire Dragon King frowned, realizing this as well, but didn't say anything more.

Because that's the truth; the dragon race can only rely on Gu Yuena now, they have no other choice.

"But that 'expectation' has already crushed her. Her nerves are about to snap," the Water Dragon King said, looking up at the black shadow descending rapidly. "That child Di Tian doesn't know the whole story of the Dragon God War either. Combined with the fact that she hasn't received any inheritance since birth, perhaps Di Tian has put too much pressure on her."

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Indeed, without the Silver Dragon King's relevant inheritance and unaware of the truth behind the "Dragon God's Prohibition," Di Tian, ​​who was also unaware of what had happened, accidentally escaped from the God Realm but could not return. He also noticed that other beast races in the lower realm had lost their chance to become gods. This easily led to a misunderstanding, which was ultimately interpreted as the God Realm deliberately targeting the beast races.

In such a situation, the Silver Dragon King, one of the two parts split from the Dragon God, would become Di Tian's last pillar when he had no other choice but to turn to the dead end.

That is the supreme god of the dragon race, one half of the dragon god. She is different from me, a foolish second-generation dragon. Even if the divine realm deliberately targets her, she will definitely have a way... Di Tian would definitely think that way.

"While it is true that we can only rely on her now," the Water Dragon King said, watching the black shadow rapidly approaching from above, "I think we also need to have a good talk with Di Tian."

While writing this chapter, I suddenly tried to put myself in Lao Gu's shoes: He was born surrounded by a bunch of human gods yelling at him (this is also a matter of perspective; in the Dragon God War, the Dragon God went mad and killed a bunch of beast and human gods. Later, the human and beast gods, unaware of the situation, came to see what was going on, and each thought the other was going to betray them, so they started fighting). Lao Gu was terrified and quickly ran away with a completely bewildered Di Tian. He had absolutely no Dragon God inheritance; all he knew was that he was a Silver Dragon King, and that was it.

Then Di Tian was also completely bewildered. He woke up to find the sky had collapsed (he really did wake up to find the family genealogy ascending to heaven). He ran to ask Lao Gu what was going on, but Lao Gu was also bewildered and didn't know either. He could only bite the bullet and make up a story about how the gods targeted him when he was born (laughs).

And so she scared herself for countless millennia. From Di Tian's perspective, things were relatively better. In Di Tian's eyes, as long as Lao Gu was revived, the beast race could rise up, so he was extremely motivated. He did whatever Lao Gu asked him to do. He felt that all his actions were for Lao Gu's benefit. But the reality was that Lao Gu himself didn't know what to do and continued to fool him with a forced smile (laughs).

Then, this woman lived each day in constant fear of being discovered and hunted down by the gods, while simultaneously bearing the weight of Di Tian's hopes and having to find ways to sustain him (if Di Tian didn't have hope, he would collapse; his motivation for living was almost entirely to achieve Lao Gu and make the beast race great again), and she herself could never see the future.

Honestly, if I were scaring myself like this, I probably would have already wanted a Zisha teapot. The dragon race is really resilient (laughs).

(End of this chapter)