Chapter 680: Su Qi Doesn’t Usually Smile

Jiang Zuo didn’t quite understand. A Dragon was telling him he didn’t want to force a woman into marriage.

‘Is this guy kidding me?’

A strong Dragon pursuing a weaker Dragon needed mutual affection?

‘Since when was that a rule?’

Forget the fact that the Holy Dragon wasn’t even from a noble line of Holy Dragons. So what if she was?

If you want her, just take her. At worst, you go to war.

The number of Divine Dragons might be small, but what’s wrong with a Tier Nine taking one of your people?

Then just fight. Unless you manage to draw out the Primordial Dragon of the Holy Sacred Beast race, the Divine Dragons have nothing to fear.

Even if he’s ugly, the other Divine Dragons would still help him. Tier Nine is no joke.

So, when he could clearly just take her by force, he insisted on finding true love. ‘This Dragon must be sick in the head.’

For example, if Jiang Zuo had known in his previous life that Jiu Xi was Su Qi, he would have dragged her back by force.

He wouldn’t have cared if she was willing or not. If she had refused, the intensity of his “research” would have reached unprecedented levels.

But based on his past life, Jiu Xi had wanted to stay by his side anyway.

Thinking of Jiu Xi still made Jiang Zuo feel awful, especially since she and Su Qi were one and the same. It created a conflicted feeling of wanting to kill her, yet not daring to.

And then, whenever he remembered that Su Qi was Jiu Xi, he sometimes felt a psychological block even when trying to sleep.

Finally, Jiang Zuo said to the Divine Dragon, “Then just keep deceiving that Holy Dragon, marry her, consummate the marriage, and reveal your true form the next day. Once the deed is done, she’ll have no choice, even if she’s unhappy.

“As a Holy Dragon, she’ll definitely be concerned about her own dignity. She’ll have to swallow this bitter pill.”

Divine Dragon Qian Zhong shook his head. “I don’t want to deceive her.”

Jiang Zuo frowned at the Divine Dragon. He felt this guy was a disgrace to all Dragons.

“Does that Dragon like you?” Jiang Zuo asked.

The Divine Dragon said, “She should. She keeps smiling whenever she talks to me.”

Jiang Zuo said, “Smiling? Let me tell you about my past. My wife laughs, but she rarely just smiles. (A smile is usually a danger signal.) Of course, we mostly joke around, but more often than not, she hits me.

“What about you two?”

Divine Dragon Qian Zhong said, “We of the Dragon Race are more proper.”

Jiang Zuo said, “You mean hypocritical, right?”

Divine Dragon Qian Zhong said, “Human, please show me some respect. Don’t speak about the Dragon Race so directly.”

Jiang Zuo paid him no mind and said, “I don’t think there are any real feelings between you two.”

Divine Dragon Qian Zhong said, “Feelings can be cultivated. We just haven’t spent enough time together.”

“If they can be cultivated, then why not just capture her and cultivate them directly?” Jiang Zuo said.

Jiang Zuo’s words left the Divine Dragon speechless.

But he just didn’t want to do that. What he wanted was mutual consent.

Not one side coercing and tempting the other.

Jiang Zuo shook his head. ‘In his opinion, could someone who had reached this level of Cultivation still experience mutual love?’

‘Even if it existed, it would just be a compromise, unrelated to love.’

‘The more one grows and understands, the less pure one becomes.’

It was completely different from him and Su Qi. Theirs was pure.

Well, Jiang Zuo might not have been so pure at the beginning. It was mainly because Su Qi was beautiful.

Before, he’d found her breathtakingly stunning. Now when he saw Su Qi, she just seemed ordinary.

It was probably because he’d been looking at her for so long. There was no special feeling anymore.

At most, there was a sense of affection and acceptance.

‘As for other women, feelings? What the hell are feelings?’

In the end, the Divine Dragon still shook his head.

“Do you have any reliable methods? How did you win over your partner?” Divine Dragon Qian Zhong asked.

Jiang Zuo thought for a moment and said, “Hmm, first, she lived relatively close to me. Second, I was always helping her. And I also bought her gifts.

“That’s about it.”

Divine Dragon Qian Zhong asked, “Is that suitable for me?”

Jiang Zuo shook his head. “Probably not. You’re too old.”

The Divine Dragon said excitedly, “How can that be? I’m only a few tens of thousands of years old. She might be a little older than me, around a hundred thousand, but we’re still young!”

Jiang Zuo was rather helpless. “Since nothing I’m saying works for you, why don’t you just do whatever you want to do? What do you need me for?”

The Divine Dragon said melancholically, “I mainly want you to help me strategize. It might increase the success rate. If she’s still unwilling to be with me in the end, I’ll at least feel it was worth it.

“It’s just so that someone can say I tried.

“Don’t you humans have a saying? ‘If you love her, you should let her be happy.'”

Jiang Zuo said, “Are you human?”

The Divine Dragon replied, “Culture knows no borders. So please help me. I’ll agree to whatever you ask.”

Jiang Zuo was quite puzzled. ‘How could a Dragon like this actually ascend to Tier Nine in such a short time?’

Jiang Zuo looked up at the sea. Su Qi wasn’t in danger now, so there was no rush. He actually had plenty of time.

But spending this time helping a Dragon felt like a total waste.

‘Refusing to take the shortcut and insisting on the long way around… His brain must have a hole in it.’

But was it really possible to make a Dragon who valued appearances fall for him?

It would be easy to make her feign interest, but to make her genuinely fall for the Divine Dragon was harder than ascending to the heavens.

Dragons were proud and noble. If she married down to a Loach, she would barely be able to hold her head up in the Holy Dragon Race.

‘Heaven knows what these Dragons are thinking.’

They probably lived for face and nobility.

Otherwise, this Divine Dragon wouldn’t feel so insecure, even at Tier Nine.

Jiang Zuo sighed. “So your goal is just to have me accompany you to explain things to her?”

The Divine Dragon said, “It would be best if something happened that would make it easier for her to accept me.”

Jiang Zuo said helplessly, “I get it. By the way, are there any other powerful Dragons nearby?”

The Divine Dragon said, “Well…”

BOOM!!!

Before the Divine Dragon could finish, the seawater suddenly surged, flooding the Palace.

Jiang Zuo looked toward the sea. “The power level is decent. If it were a bit higher, it could be useful.”

Then Jiang Zuo looked at the Divine Dragon. “Is your place this easily affected?”

This Divine Dragon kept saying this was his territory, but now his home base was being bombarded. ‘Is this what a lord is supposed to be like?’

‘What a failure.’

The Divine Dragon shook his head. “No, it must be that human. Before the Seal, that human came looking for trouble with me again.”

“She’s always thought I was only Tier Eight, so she planned to kill me first before going after the Dragon I like.”

“You’re not going to kill her?” Jiang Zuo asked.

“She’s actually a decent person. She was respectful to me on Divine Dragon Island. It wouldn’t be right to kill her for no reason. Besides, she doesn’t know I’m a Divine Dragon,” the Divine Dragon said.

BOOM!!!

Another attack landed, but this time it was nearby, not directly on the Palace.

At this, the Divine Dragon explained again, “My old Palace is nearby. Forget it, let’s go take a look. If it comes to it, I’ll step in and deal with her.”

After that, the Divine Dragon opened a Space Gate and led Jiang Zuo through.

As soon as they stepped through, Jiang Zuo saw a dilapidated palace.

They then walked out and saw that there was indeed a human attacking the Palace from the outside.

It was a woman. She was clad in Soft Armor, a longsword in her hand, and her body was also entangled by a Seal.

She had probably just woken up as well, as not much of her strength had recovered.

When she saw the Divine Dragon, her pupils shrank. Then, her voice transmitted to them, “You’ve actually woken up already. But no one’s strength has recovered yet. As soon as I break the Defense here, it will be the day you die.”

Jiang Zuo looked at the Divine Dragon curiously. “What’s the bad blood between you two?”

The Divine Dragon shook his head. “Besides the time we teamed up to injure her, there’s no other animosity.”