Chapter 39: Murder of the Spirit Dragon
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After a suffocating silence, Su Muluo suddenly reached out to grasp the spirit within the jade pendant.
The spirit within the jade pendant was already prepared and hastily retreated three steps, saying, “Wait, wait! Everything I said is true! Please don’t get agitated!”
Su Muluo remained expressionless. “Is that so? I suspect you’re deceiving me.”
“I’m not deceiving you! How could I deceive you?” The spirit of the jade pendant said with grievance, “You told me this yourself back then!”
Su Muluo: …
Did he really say that?
“It’s true! Back then, you knew that after entering the cycle of reincarnation, you would lose your memory, so you told me in advance how to repair your soul!” The spirit of the jade pendant moved frantically and said, “As long as you and Lord Long Ling… um… engage physically, merging your bodies as one, this can repair your soul and prevent Lord Long Ling from instinctively devouring your life force… In fact, that’s what you and Lord Long Ling did back then!”
Su Muluo: ???
“You saw it all?!”
“No, no! Of course not! How would I dare to look!” The spirit of the jade pendant quickly shook its non-existent head and said, “But this isn’t a secret, after all, Lord Long Ling is always around you, and you never refuse him—”
Su Muluo remained silent.
He felt that the jade pendant knew too much.
He strongly desired to silence the jade pendant forever.
The spirit of the jade pendant probably sensed his intentions and silently drifted further away, saying, “Anyway, that’s how it is. If you can’t accept it now, you can make a decision later, but you can’t delay too long, otherwise it won’t be good for you or Lord Long Ling.”
Su Muluo remained silent for a while again, without responding to its words, but changed the subject, “You mentioned that I gave half of my lifeblood to him back then… Was he severely injured?”
The spirit of the jade pendant said, “Yes, Lord Long Ling was severely injured back then, almost dying. It was you who used half of your own life to forcefully prolong his life, saving him.”
Su Muluo frowned. “How did he get injured? Who hurt him?”
The spirit of the jade pendant paused and said, “I don’t know that. You didn’t tell me… After all, I was created by you after Lord Long Ling was severely injured.”
Su Muluo felt somewhat regretful. He had intended to ask the most important question to him, but seeing that the spirit of the jade pendant didn’t know, he had to change the subject, “Who was I back then?”
“You were a Phoenix!” The spirit of the jade pendant suddenly became excited, “The most beautiful Phoenix I’ve ever seen!”
Su Muluo thought this was somewhat obvious and curiously asked, “How many Phoenixes have you seen?”
The spirit of the jade pendant thought for a moment and said, “Only one.”
Su Muluo: Alright, that was indeed obvious.
He proceeded to ask the spirit of the jade pendant several more questions, all of which, as expected, were met with ignorance. It seemed that apart from knowing he was a Phoenix and Long Ling was a Dragon, the jade pendant didn’t know much else.
The spirit of the jade pendant probably felt it was quite useless to not know anything he asked, and said with a bit of self-pity, “But… you’re different now from back then. Back then, you had silver hair, and now it’s turned black.”
Su Muluo asked without much hope, “Do you know why?”
“No, I don’t really know,” the spirit of the jade pendant’s voice gradually weakened, “I only know that back then, both you and Lord Long Ling were severely injured, and because your strength was nearly exhausted, your hair turned silver… That’s just my guess.”
Su Muluo looked at it but remained silent.
The spirit of the jade pendant met his gaze and whispered after a few seconds, “Well, I don’t know why you were severely injured.”
After saying that, it seemed to feel very useless and let out a little whimper.
Su Muluo felt a bit sorry for the jade pendant, raised his hand to touch it, and smiled, “You’ve told me a lot already. Thank you.”
The spirit of the jade pendant suddenly jumped up and said, “Really? That’s great!”
It jumped in place for a few seconds, its light suddenly dimmed, and it exclaimed, “Oh no,” saying, “My time is up. I need to sleep for a few days to gather enough power for my next manifestation.”
It circled Su Muluo again for a moment, seeming reluctant, and said softly, “Phoenix Lord, until we meet again.”
As soon as it finished speaking, the spirit returned to the jade pendant, and Su Muluo opened his eyes.
“Phoenix.”
The first thing he saw upon opening his eyes was someone hugging him, nuzzling affectionately against his face.
“Awake? Are you still sleepy?”
…
Su Muluo stared into Long Ling’s dark golden eyes, recalling what the spirit of the jade pendant had said in his dream, and fell silent for a moment.
Then he lightly slapped him.
Long Ling: ?
Why did he wake up just to be hit?
“I’m hitting you,” Su Muluo said, “because you’re lecherous.”
The spirit of the jade pendant had made it clear: this dragon had taken advantage of his soft heart thousands of years ago, pestering him day in and day out, pushing boundaries and enjoying the taste… It was truly despicable.
Long Ling: ???
Wait, when was he lecherous?!
Clearly, all this time he had only wanted affection from the Phoenix, and most of the time, he couldn’t even get that!
Thus, he immediately grasped Su Muluo’s wrist in grievance and said, “The Phoenix must have had a bad dream and blamed it on me… I’m not happy!”
Su Muluo: Oh.
Long Ling: I want the Phoenix’s affection!
Su Muluo: “No.”
Long Ling: Tsk.
So indifferent.
Feeling quite unhappy, Long Ling hugged his Phoenix tightly, burying his head in his shoulder and rubbing against him.
Su Muluo patted his head, recalling his conversation with the spirit of the jade pendant earlier… He decided not to tell his dragon about those words for now.
After all, he wasn’t fully prepared yet, and the spirit of the jade pendant had suggested waiting for a while longer.
Most importantly… they were about to do that kind of thing.
Too intimate!
Thinking this, Su Muluo silently gave Long Ling another pat.
Long Ling obediently let him pat, thinking that perhaps the Phoenix had dreamt of something strange but didn’t want to tell him… It must be related to him.
Moreover, he felt that his Phoenix seemed a bit shy after waking up?
Lightly rubbing Su Muluo’s wrist with his fingertip, Long Ling speculated various things in his mind. Finally, he slightly lifted his chin to rest against Su Muluo’s hair and said, “Phoenix, there’s a bird tribe banquet tonight. Would you like to attend?”
Su Muluo asked, “Will there be food?”
Long Ling replied, “There should be. Feng Xuan said it’s a banquet to thank us.”
Su Muluo had no objections. “Then let’s go.”
Later that evening, Feng Xuan brought Lin Chengcheng and others to invite the two of them to the banquet. Despite the recent death of the Elder, the bird tribe was flourishing, and the banquet was still grand. It showed how much the bird tribe valued and appreciated them.
During the banquet, Su Muluo ate the dishes Long Ling served him and heard Feng Xuan say to them, “Mr. Su, we haven’t located the whereabouts of Muge temporarily… We may need you to wait a little longer.”
Su Muluo replied, “It’s okay. But if we don’t find anything the day after tomorrow, we will leave.”
In the end, whether there were people behind the Elder was just speculation, and whether that person had any connection with them was also uncertain. After all, the events had occurred entirely within the bird tribe and had not affected them.
Now that he had obtained what he wanted, they couldn’t stay here indefinitely; it was time to go back.
Feng Xuan nodded, saying, “Mr. Su, rest assured. We will inform you as soon as we find out about Muge’s whereabouts.”
Su Muluo acknowledged with a “good,” having already exchanged contact information with Lin Chengcheng and Feng Xuan via WeChat. Even if they returned, they could still stay in touch with the bird tribe at any time.
After a while, several bird tribe members entered carrying trays. Each tray held an exquisite small cup and a semi-transparent white jade jug filled with clear, faintly red liquor. Before they came close, a fragrant and intoxicating aroma wafted through the air.
Seeing Lin Chengcheng curiously eyeing the jug, Feng Xuan poured a cup for her and smiled at Su Muluo and Long Ling, “This is our bird tribe’s unique fruit wine, sweet and refreshing, not too strong. Both of you should try it.”
The brightly colored fruit wine was poured into a translucent white jade wine pot, looking very tempting. Su Muluo’s eyes gleamed as he reached out—just as the wine pot in front of him was taken away.
Su Muluo: “?”
He turned to look at Long Ling, only to see Long Ling holding his wine pot far away, saying, “Phoenix can’t have any.”
Su Muluo: “??”
He tried to reach for the wine pot, saying, “I want to drink.”
Long Ling: “No.”
Su Muluo looked pleadingly, “Just a sip, a small sip!”
“If I say no, then it’s no,” Long Ling’s attitude was firm. “Last time Phoenix drank a few sips of beer and got drunk. Obviously, Phoenix can’t handle alcohol, so not even a small sip.”
Su Muluo fell silent for a few seconds and whispered, “That time was an accident.”
Long Ling responded with an “Oh,” and continued, “But if you get drunk again this time, Phoenix might cling to me again and even let me touch his feathers.”
Su Muluo: “…”
Long Ling smirked slightly, “In that case, I could even demand some things from Phoenix while he’s all tipsy like that—”
Su Muluo: “??!”
Su Muluo immediately slapped him in anger, glaring at the dragon who had managed to make himself laugh and poured himself a glass of fruit wine.
Then Su Muluo said, “It tastes good.”
Su Muluo: “…”
So annoyed!
Ignoring the dragon, Su Muluo grabbed a piece of meat from Long Ling’s bowl and took away his favorite dish.
After the banquet, Su Muluo and Long Ling returned to their room, took a bath first, and then got into bed.
Su Muluo lay on the bed, seeing his dragon lying down beside him, he pushed him away.
“Move.”
“I’m not going anywhere.” Long Ling held his hand, chuckled lightly, and said, “I want to sleep holding Phoenix.”
Su Muluo: “I’m not letting you.”
Although he said that, he didn’t push him away again.
Long Ling’s arm wrapped around Su Muluo’s slender waist, holding him tightly in his arms. Feeling Phoenix’s fragrance and softness, he wanted to keep holding him like this, wherever they went, not letting go.
Then Long Ling affectionately kissed Su Muluo’s forehead.
Su Muluo immediately looked up at him.
Long Ling met his gaze for a few seconds, blinked, and said, “It wasn’t me, I didn’t kiss Phoenix.”
Su Muluo: “Do you really think I’ll believe your nonsense?”
Long Ling just responded with an “Oh.”
Then he kissed Su Muluo’s forehead again, turned off the light, and said, “Let’s sleep.”
Su Muluo: “…”
I knew he was taking advantage of me!
So he poked the dragon several times.
The room quieted down. Su Muluo didn’t fall asleep, just waited quietly until Long Ling’s breathing gradually calmed down, as if he had already fallen asleep, before opening his eyes again.
In the darkness, the handsome face of the sleeping man was dignified and beautiful. His arm was across Su Muluo’s waist, holding his Phoenix tightly even in sleep.
Su Muluo looked at Long Ling’s sleeping face and remembered what the Spirit of the Jade Pendant had said during the day.
If he wanted to mend his own soul and prevent his dragon from falling into a fate of consuming everything, he had to… do this and that with his dragon.
But what exactly was this and that?
Should he prepare something in advance?
Su Muluo tilted his head and stared at Long Ling for a while, slowly leaned closer.
Even though he wasn’t sure what exactly he should do, kissing was definitely part of it, right?
Should he try kissing first?
As he thought about it, hesitating a bit, he slowly approached Long Ling…
Just as he was about to reach Long Ling’s lips—
Long Ling opened his eyes.
Su Muluo: “…”
Long Ling: “…”
Su Muluo met those dark golden eyes and fell silent for a few seconds.
He pulled the blanket over Long Ling’s head.
Then pressed a pillow on top and didn’t let go.
Long Ling: “???”
He was going to kill his dragon!!
T/N: Hello hello! There is plenty more where that came from, so stay tuned! And stay healthy! Straighten your posture, so some stretches and drink some water before continuing hehe~
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