Chapter 0, 103. Good Disciple, Little White Dragon
Luo Cangming was startled by Ao Banwei’s sudden move. Although the Little White Dragon had her limits and didn’t use any spiritual power, Luo Cangming still stumbled back a few steps in shock.
Qin Gou’s eyelids twitched, and he quickly stopped the Little White Dragon’s ‘filial piety’ act, chuckling dryly, “Banwei, no need for rudeness. He is… my friend.”
“He can’t call Master a stinky brat either,” Ao Banwei said, her cute little face scrunched up in indignation. “He’s so young and speaks without restraint. As soon as Banwei saw him being so disrespectful to Master, I got angry!”
Seeing Luo Cangming’s ashen face, almost to the point of ascending to heaven and nirvana, Qin Gou coughed and said, “Master naturally understands Banwei’s good intentions, but… why don’t you go wander nearby first? I’ll call you over later.”
“Okay,” the Little White Dragon dutifully replied.
Luo Cangming stared intently at Ao Banwei, who came and went as she pleased, and was completely dumbfounded.
Qin Gou then explained, “Her name is Ao Banwei. She’s not the Nine Saint Monarch, but one of the Little Saint Monarchs who possesses Luo Wei Ban’s residual soul/emotion fragment… Do you understand what I mean?”
“So that’s why you said you’d never heard of the ‘Nine Saint Monarch’ before. You were deceiving this old man! I’m afraid you didn’t trust me back then.” Luo Cangming took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, “Those words just now, did you teach them to her?”
Qin Gou smiled indifferently, his tone earnest, “Banwei is a good child who respects her elders. Also, Old Luo, don’t imagine her to be the Nine Saint Monarch. She is my beloved disciple and has her own independent personality. It is Ao Ai within her who truly inherited some of the Nine Saint Monarch’s memories.”
Hearing this, Luo Cangming stroked his chin and said, “If that’s the case, you surely hope that Ao Banwei will eventually become your daughter’s main consciousness. After your daughter revives from within her, she will definitely be able to inherit your daughter’s unparalleled cultivation.”
“This is also what I’ve been doing,” Qin Gou nodded and admitted frankly.
“Then have you ever thought about how you two will get along when she remembers everything from the past?”
“Let nature take its course. Things will be as they are,” Qin Gou spread his hands, feigning nonchalance.
Luo Cangming’s expression turned strange, and he said with a half-smile, “But if I tell you the truth, if your clever and sensible dragon race disciple, once she completes your daughter’s soul and fully revives her memories and cultivation, the first thing she’ll do is have a grandchild with you for this old man?”
“What did you say?” Qin Gou’s eyes widened instantly, and his breathing hitched.
“This was a wish that you and my daughter had harbored for many years but failed to fulfill. Even if she revives this time, she may still not get her wish. With that girl Wei Ban’s personality, she’ll definitely drag you along to try… hundreds of times before she gives up.”
Luo Cangming glared at Qin Gou, exasperated, “And this is one of the reasons why I was so agitated just now. Back then, my daughter was your mentor, and then you two suddenly became Dao Companions, shocking countless people. Now, she has actually become your disciple. This is simply like a cycle… You two troublesome little ancestors, do you find this very amusing?”
“Why?”
“What?”
“If the Nine Saint Monarch wanted a child, didn’t she have plenty of opportunities before?”
At this moment, merely thinking about the Nine Saint Monarch potentially performing the rites of Dao Companionship with him made Qin Gou’s scalp tingle. If she had truly been his wife in the past, it would have been normal. But in the future, she would be using the body of Old Qin’s doted-upon Little White Dragon. To be precise, at that moment, she was both the renowned Nine Saint Monarch and the Little White Dragon who was still obediently in front of him.
Thus, should he still try so desperately to help the Nine Saint Monarch revive as quickly as possible? Yet, even without Qin Gou’s help, according to the system’s hints, the Nine Saint Monarch would definitely be reborn on a certain day five years later. By then, the Little White Dragon would still be able to personally experience what he and the Nine Saint Monarch had done…
Thinking of this, Qin Gou’s old face turned red, and he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
“Are you truly oblivious, or are you pretending to be? The reason you two couldn’t have offspring after being together for so long was because my daughter’s bloodline was abnormally domineering, a perfect fusion of the Human, Demon, and Sea races. Furthermore, the Sea Race bloodline also contained the bloodline of the Dragon Race, the king of all beasts, and the blood of the prestigious Sea Region nobility.”
Luo Cangming chuckled and spread his hands. “And when I discovered earlier that you, my boy, had somehow transformed yourself into a mixed-blood Human and Demon, I thought you were also trying to make your bloodline closer to my daughter’s, striving for the goal of successfully having offspring!”
Hearing this, Qin Gou’s smile froze. “You’ve guessed correctly. I have indeed been trying to make my talent and bloodline closer to the Nine Saint Monarch’s…”
“Oh?” Luo Cangming’s eyes lit up. “Then to what extent have you reached now? The blood of the Faceless Hermit goes without saying; I already know about that.”
“I still have a small amount of Dragon Race blood in my body.” Qin Gou’s mouth twitched fiercely. That was the benefit of his arduous cultivation of the Sacred Dragon Manual, which would allow him to achieve a half-dragon physique in time.
Luo Cangming immediately smiled with relief. “It seems that in your esteemed son-in-law’s subconscious, he still remembers my daughter! Now, only the blood of the prestigious Sea Region nobles is missing. As far as I know, the whereabouts of the Ten Great Prestige Nobles are elusive. Tribes like the ‘Mad Tide General’ and the ‘Eternal Night Marquis’ are already on the verge of extinction…”
As soon as he finished speaking.
Qin Gou’s eyes became vacant, and he mumbled, “No, the Eternal Night Marquis clan is long gone.”
“That’s a pity,” Luo Cangming sighed.
However, in Qin Gou’s Nas, there happened to be a bottle of genuine inherited blood from the prestigious ‘Eternal Night Marquis’ clan.
“Old Luo, why did you tell me this?!” Qin Gou touched his forehead with a mournful expression, secretly vowing that he would still make the Little White Dragon the Nine Saint Monarch’s main consciousness. After all, this girl had always respected and loved him so much. Perhaps she could even stand on his side then and help persuade the Nine Saint Monarch…
“Even if I didn’t say it, things would still happen the same way.”
“True. Since it’s unavoidable, I’ll just try not to think about it for now… By the way, Old Luo, did you forget something?” Qin Gou suddenly remembered something and pointed his hand out, speaking righteously. “You promised to return my Ban Qin Saber. Don’t play dumb; I know you still have it.”
Luo Cangming’s face turned red with anger. “When did I promise you that? Although this item is useless to me, even if I were to give it away, it would be to that dragon girl just now, never to fall into the hands of you greedy brat.”
“Fine, you said it yourself.” Qin Gou immediately sent a sound transmission to Ao Banwei.
A moment later, the Little White Dragon returned from her walk.
“You are Ao Banwei, right? Come here. I have something to give you,” Luo Cangming said, looking calmly at the Little White Dragon.
“Old man?”
“Yes. Banwei, don’t be fooled by his youthful appearance. He is actually older than this Master and is your elder.” Qin Gou explained from the side.
“So that’s how it is… Senior, Banwei was very rude just now.” The Little White Dragon had no psychological burden when admitting fault, but she still did not approve of Luo Cangming calling Qin Gou a ‘stinky brat.’ If it happened again, she would still be very unhappy.
“No harm done.” Luo Cangming immediately took out a Ban Qin Saber, tempered with sharp energy, from his sleeve and handed it to Ao Banwei.
“This…” Ao Banwei was a little taken aback. Wasn’t this the Nine Saint Monarch’s personal Emperor Weapon? Why did this old junior have it?
“You don’t need to worry about what this is now, just know that it is a very precious Emperor Weapon, and you must keep it well,” Luo Cangming said solemnly.
“That’s right, Banwei, you should take it,” Qin Gou added.
Upon hearing Qin Gou’s words, Ao Banwei cautiously accepted the Ban Qin Saber, her little face solemn. “But, Banwei is always clumsy and forgetful. If I accidentally…”
Seeing this, Luo Cangming noticed that the dragon girl’s personality was indeed very different from his own daughter’s. He couldn’t help but smile slightly. “I don’t care what method you use; you must protect this item properly. Never lose it, or you will regret it deeply.”
“Is that so? Since any method is fine then…”
As she spoke, the Little White Dragon happily ran towards her Master, her bright, pure eyes sparkling. She presented the Ban Qin Saber with both hands to Qin Gou like a treasure, her innocence and smile sweet. “Then please, Master, keep it for Banwei!”
“This is my good disciple!”
For a moment, Qin Gou and Luo Cangming were both deeply moved, on the verge of tears.
