Chapter 1194: If I Win, You Marry Me; If I Lose, I Marry You

Moreover, when Lan Xuanyu had obtained this dragon bone, he knew it was definitely not native to Celestial Dragon Planet. It must have come from the Dragon Realm, because it was the skeleton of a true dragon.

He was the inheritor of the Dragon God bloodline, so just by seeing that dragon bone, he could immediately sense that the other party was no false dragon.

Not only had they given him the dragon bone, but also a ring that held it. Set into the ring was a thumb-sized Space Origin Crystal of brilliant silver. This was absolutely the highest purity Space Origin Crystal Lan Xuanyu had ever seen. The space inside was terrifyingly vast — even holding a dragon bone like this, it still seemed very empty. It was absolutely more than ten times the storage space of the Ring of Fate. If not for the fact that the Ring of Fate could sustain living things, it truly could not compare.

For Lan Xuanyu, who wanted to plunder more resources to bring back to his home planet, such an excellent spatial storage ring was absolutely a superb item!

Dragon marrow, dragon crystal, a complete dragon bone. After the top eight, these three rewards had already made Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu profit enormously. If they could win today’s final, a top-grade Dragon Force Hall would be their ultimate reward. A reward only Lesser Dragon Knights were qualified to possess. All of this was simply too tempting. Of course, the precondition was that they could defeat the opponent before them.

Qi Tianlong seemed no different from usual, except that the smile he revealed when looking at “them” was a bit richer, as if his eyes were full of appreciation, yet he showed not the slightest sign of treating “them” as opponents.

Sensing “their” gazes on him, Qi Tianlong took the initiative to step forward. His eyes landed on Lan Xuanyu as he smiled and said, “Lan, in today’s battle, I will definitely defeat you. How about we make a bet?”

Lan Xuanyu said indifferently, “Bet on what?”

Qi Tianlong said, “If I win, you marry me. If I lose, I will marry you.”

At these words, Lan Xuanyu’s gaze instantly froze. What was going on? Was this guy here trying to be funny?

Beside him, Bai Xiuxiu burst out laughing with a “pfft.”

On such a solemn occasion, she really should not have laughed, but Qi Tianlong’s words had truly made it impossible for her to hold back! And the guy had said it so seriously, as if he were stating the most normal thing in the world.

Lan Xuanyu looked at Qi Tianlong, his gaze strange. “Then doesn’t that mean no matter whether you win or lose, you come out ahead?”

Qi Tianlong shook his head. “No. If I win, from then on in the household you listen to me. If I lose, I listen to you. Until I can beat you.”

Lan Xuanyu’s mouth twitched. Were all dragons this shameless? “Why would I marry you?”

Qi Tianlong smiled slightly, his eyes deep. “Because, among dragons, only I am worthy of you.”

Lan Xuanyu said indifferently, “I already have a thousand-year contract with the imperial family.”

Qi Tianlong said, “That’s not a problem. I can ask my teacher to decide for us. No matter whose house you belong to, you can still be my wife. Moreover, in the future we will both certainly become Dragon Knights. Once at the Dragon Knight level, the binding force of a contract is no longer significant, and not within my concern.”

Lan Xuanyu said, “You’re overthinking this. This is a competition, not a blind date. I don’t like you.”

The smile on Qi Tianlong’s face did not diminish. “Liking can come slowly. But finding someone who truly matches you may happen only once in a lifetime. When you meet them, you cannot let them slip by.”

Lan Xuanyu was full of speechlessness inside, while beside him Bai Xiuxiu had already turned her head away, her shoulders shaking.

“Are you here to break down my fighting spirit?” Lan Xuanyu nearly said, “Are you here trying to make fun of me?”

Qi Tianlong shook his head. “I don’t need to break down your fighting spirit at all, because I have absolute confidence I will win. And in battle, I will not hold back. We dragons — males subdue females by beating them into submission first. Even if you don’t like me, once I beat you into submission, you will still be my wife. Just like Lord Mokong Dragon Knight. His wife — wasn’t she also his Dragon Mount? She struggled her whole life, yet in the end she still had to be ridden beneath Lord Luolan.”

What? Mokong Dragon Knight’s Dragon Mount — the one pinned by those dragon spikes of unknown material — was his wife?

Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu both felt their world view about to shatter.

Lan Xuanyu took a deep breath. “If you wanted to crush my fighting spirit, you failed. On the contrary, you’ve stirred up my fighting spirit to an extreme degree. Because I don’t like you at all. Let’s change the bet. If you win, I will marry you. If you lose, you acknowledge me as your master and become my servant. Do you dare?”

Qi Tianlong was stunned. He clearly had not expected Lan Xuanyu to say such a thing.

A higher dragon acknowledging a master — even a Dragon Knight’s Dragon Mount could not do that! It could be said to be unprecedented among dragons. He was an outstanding figure among higher dragons, the eldest disciple of the current Dragon Knight Head, a being who would inevitably become a Dragon Knight in the future. To acknowledge a master and become a servant was simply unimaginable.

Seeing Qi Tianlong hesitate, Lan Xuanyu said calmly, “You don’t even have this much courage, yet you want to be my husband? Nothing comes that cheap. Your bet was unfair to begin with. If I marry you as your wife, it means spending my whole life with you, giving up everything of mine, putting you first. If you want to gamble my lifetime, then gamble your own lifetime.”

Qi Tianlong took a deep breath. The impulse in his heart nearly made him blurt out agreement. He naturally had absolute confidence he could defeat Lan Xuanyu, but could such a promise be made lightly?

In front of so many high-ranking dragons, their voices now were certainly audible to these god-rank powerhouses. Soon Dragon Knights would come to witness this match. Once the bet was established, no one could go back on it.

But at this moment he found himself in a dilemma. Although he was confident he could defeat Lan Xuanyu, he did not know what price he would need to pay to defeat him. The Dragon God Transformation Lan Xuanyu had displayed in his battle with Tang Lengxuan made Qi Tianlong somewhat wary.

His choice to confess his feelings at this moment was not without the intention of taking the opportunity to suppress Lan Xuanyu’s fighting will. Yet he had not expected Lan Xuanyu to counterattack and turn the tables on him.

Now he was somewhat caught between a rock and a hard place. If he did not agree, then the momentum he had accumulated earlier would backfire, and he would be weaker in aura. With one side ebbing and the other rising, Lan Xuanyu would gain the upper hand before the match even began. More importantly, with this retreat, how could he ever propose to Lan Xuanyu again?

Among dragons, arranged marriage did not exist. The Celestial Dragon Head’s status was certainly revered, but he would not force a higher dragon to marry anyone. Moreover, Lan Xuanyu also had Dragon Knight support behind him. This matter — although it did not necessarily require mutual affection — at the very least could not be one where he weakened his own momentum! But how could he resolve the current situation without retreating?

For a moment, Qi Tianlong was truly in a difficult position. But deep in his heart, he could not help but secretly admire Lan Xuanyu, increasingly feeling that only such a woman was worthy of him, worthy of being his wife.

Just then, a deep voice suddenly rang out. “What’s wrong with agreeing? A real man in this world must press forward without hesitation. Since you believe you will certainly win, why consider the consequences? Without a heart that presses forward without hesitation, how can you cut through thorns and reach the peak?”

Hearing this voice, Lan Xuanyu and Qi Tianlong both trembled.

Lan Xuanyu’s heartbeat nearly accelerated instantly. Even though he was already doing his utmost to restrain himself, his body still could not help but tense.

This was not the first time he had heard this voice, and the last time he heard it, his life had nearly ended at the hands of this voice’s owner. What made him remember it even more deeply was that it was precisely this voice owner’s projection that had sent his secretly guarding teacher Nana into the star’s fiery hell, nearly making him lose Teacher Nana forever.