Chapter 140 Dragon Travels the World (9)
Chapter 140 Dragon Travels the World (9)
Dong Xiaoli looked at the little figure in front of her explaining so earnestly, and she wanted to laugh. Of course, she understood the meaning behind the little figure's words perfectly.
However, as a fish with only a three-second memory, even if it successfully transforms into a dragon, it will still be nothing more than a blank sheet of paper, knowing nothing. Therefore, Dong Xiaoli could not possibly know these things, nor could she possibly know what they meant.
To avoid going out of character (OOC), Dong Xiaoli can only pretend to be confused while still knowing the truth.
But Dong Xiaoli was too embarrassed to ask again what reputation and fame meant.
So Dong Xiaoli could only tilt her head and look at Yang Linxin: "Young man, I can grant you one wish. What do you want? Think about it. If pearls aren't enough, how about money, jewelry, or beautiful women?"
Fortunately, Liu Menglong had reminded Dong Xiaoli that she could offer these things as a way of repaying a debt of gratitude, so Dong Xiaoli simply copied and pasted it.
Yang Linxin looked at Dong Xiaoli with an expression of utter disbelief. Money and jewelry were out of the question. What did a seven-year-old like him need a beautiful woman for?
I felt like I had been talking for ages, but the woman in front of me didn't understand what I was saying at all.
Well, I guess it's because I'm so eager to revitalize the Yang family that I dream about gods at night. But the god I dreamed about seemed to be an idiot, right?
It might be a bit inappropriate to say it like that, but... while I'm not an idiot, it's true that I really don't understand anything about the mortal world.
Yang Linxin glanced at Li Xiaoyu again and said calmly, "I don't need any of these, thank you."
What the heck is "thank you"?! Dong Xiaoli secretly rolled her eyes in exasperation.
Although her ultimate goal was to get close to Yang Linxin and have a relationship with him...
It was probably a love that developed over time?
Anyway, the goal is to take care of Yang Linxin, raise him well, enable him to go to school as soon as possible, pass the imperial examinations and achieve a brilliant life, and incidentally, maximize his favorability.
But Dong Xiaoli suddenly felt that it might be a bit difficult, after all, the other party was just a little kid.
However, Dong Xiaoli, being a demigod among the dragon race, has an overabundance of attributes. She's idle and lacks motivation for anything. If she's allowed to waste her time waiting for Yang Linxin to grow up... she'll be bored to death!
As for focusing on cultivation and completing the final transformation as soon as possible?
Please! Dong Xiaoli isn't the real Dong Xiaoli, what does she want to become a god for?
Moreover, her lover is a mortal whose lifespan is no more than a hundred years. What use is it for her to become a god and live forever?
Dong Xiaoli could only sigh helplessly. Oh well, so what if it's an older man dating a younger woman?
Now, entering Yang Linxin's dream is just to make him more familiar to everyone.
After all, her plan wasn't to fulfill one of his wishes in her dreams; otherwise, how could she have gotten close to him and gained his favor?
Dong Xiaoli smiled and pinched Yang Linxin's cheek, saying, "Okay, then... wait a minute, I'll come back to you after I find out what to do."
Originally, Dong Xiaoli wanted to maintain the persona of a naive newcomer who had just successfully transformed into a dragon, so that Yang Linxin would express his desire to study and pass the imperial examinations.
Unfortunately, it was really difficult for the two of them to continue their conversation.
After all, the dragon's pitiful intelligence attribute is truly idiotic; if it acts too smart, it will be out of character (OOC).
However, as a demigod, his learning ability is still very strong. As long as he pretends to be naive in front of Liu Menglong for another month or so, he won't be so clueless anymore.
Emerging from the dream, Li Xiaoyu soared through the clouds and flew towards the canyon.
After all, if they need Liu Menglong in the future, they still need to put on a good show in front of Liu Menglong first.
During her previous conversation with Liu Menglong, she had deliberately made him realize that Dong Xiaoli was quite intelligent, so that it wouldn't be too abrupt if she gradually became smarter and more worldly-wise.
[Host, I don't think you'd be so shameless as to want to eat young grass, would you?] Yingying flew beside Dong Xiaoli: [Even if you were going to eat young grass, Yang Linxin is only seven years old, and you? You look like you're sixteen or seventeen, but actually? You're a demon who's lived for over a hundred years! You really can't stomach this young grass?!]
"This plot is all about an old cow eating young grass, okay?!" Dong Xiaoli knew what Yingying meant, but still couldn't help rolling her eyes and arguing.
"Even if I don't try to seduce Yang Linxin now, according to the plot, I'll wait until he becomes a general before trying to seduce him," Dong Xiaoli said angrily. "Although he appears to be in his twenties, and I still look like I'm sixteen or seventeen, I'm still a hundred-year-old witch! My essence has never changed! So, don't be shy!"
"Besides, the biggest variable between the two of them was whether Dong Xiaoli could successfully transform into a dragon. Now that they've overcome that hurdle, everything is fine."
But host...
“Alright, Yingying, I know what you’re worried about. But I really can’t bear to see him like this.” Dong Xiaoli’s eyes were filled with heartache. “I can’t bear to see him unable to attend the village school because he couldn’t afford it, and forced to join the army to make a living. He climbed from a lowly soldier to a general, and finally abandoned his military career to pursue a literary career, taking the imperial examinations and rising through the ranks to become the Grand Secretary.”
The origins of Dong Xiaoli and Yang Linxin's past relationship have been mentioned before, but the focus at that time was on the story of Wu Yi and the girl named Deng Xiuyun, without mentioning Dong Xiaoli.
Actually, besides Wu Yi, Li Xiaoyu, who was a carp spirit, was also captured by the fisherman. After all, as Li Xiaoyu's companion turtle, Wu Yi was naturally wherever Li Xiaoyu was.
Therefore, when Wu Yi was arrested, Li Xiaoyu, who was with Wu Yi, naturally could not escape her fate either.
However, the one who saved Li Xiaoyu was not the little girl who saved Wu Yi—Deng Xiuyun. It was Yang Linxin's parents.
However, his parents had passed away, so this debt of gratitude naturally fell on their son, Yang Linxin.
So now Dong Xiaoli wants to repay her debt of gratitude, so she has approached Yang Linxin.
After all, the cycle of nature dictates that kindness will inevitably lead to consequences.
Back in the canyon, Dong Xiaoli saw Liu Menglong sitting on a large rock. For the first time, she really looked at the man in front of her.
The man was about forty years old, with the kind of ordinary appearance that you wouldn't recognize at first glance if you blended into a crowd.
"Master, how did things go?" Liu Menglong asked hurriedly when he saw Dong Xiaoli return.
Dong Xiaoli looked at Liu Menglong with a puzzled expression and said, "I don't really understand either. What do you mean by 'revitalizing the family'?"
Although Liu Menglong was clever, he was still a demon and didn't know much about the affairs of the mortal world. He thought for a moment and said, "Become an official?"
Dong Xiaoli's eyes lit up; she never expected Liu Menglong to hit the nail on the head right away.
But Dong Xiaoli still had to pretend to be clueless.
Dong Xiaoli frowned slightly and said, "To become an official?"
The more Liu Menglong thought about it, the more he felt that this made sense.
“Master, look at me. As a companion turtle, my wish is to become an immortal. But what would I do after becoming an immortal? Don’t they say that the Dragon King has a turtle prime minister by his side? I want to be the turtle prime minister.”
Liu Menglong thought for a moment, then nodded affirmatively and said, "According to human terms, I've heard that there's an official in the mortal realm called the Prime Minister. Isn't the Dragon King just like the Emperor in the mortal realm? Being an official under the Emperor is surely bringing glory to one's ancestors!"
"Bring glory to one's ancestors?" Dong Xiaoli tilted her head, somewhat puzzled.
Liu Menglong himself probably didn't understand, nor could he make Dong Xiaoli understand.
As the future Dragon King's Turtle Prime Minister, he was completely clueless and went to the mortal world with the future Dragon King to repay a debt of gratitude. This was just too absurd.
"Why don't you go into seclusion first, Master? I'll go to the mortal realm and find some storybooks for you so you can learn about this world," Liu Menglong suggested after thinking for a moment. "I'll also take advantage of this time while you're studying to secretly learn about the mortal realm. When I come back, we can discuss the matter of repaying a debt of gratitude together."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you." Dong Xiaoli nodded and found a cave in the canyon to stay in.
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