Chapter Thirty-Six: The Giant Dragon Arrives

  Master Sleep said: When single men and women eat together, it's often a worthwhile thing to consider. Women usually expect the man to ask for the next meal; while men are usually thinking about dessert after dinner.

  "Come, this is the snow trout, only produced in the Ice Rose Lake of Northern Rose City, and can only be caught in summer. Now it's early autumn, this one might just be the last one to eat this year!"

  Snow Dragon Fish is extremely difficult to catch, and can only be caught in the summer. Each one costs over 100,000 gold coins, usually only available at imperial banquets. With Li Xie's current wealth, eating a few occasionally is no problem, besides, it can only be eaten in the summer anyway.

  Li Xie arrived at the top of the tower at noon, choosing this time, of course, to have lunch with Duke Aiwei, then a bottle of fine wine, and then a romantic evening, finally, it's a process of exploring the true meaning of the goddess of life!

  Everything, Li Xie has planned! Two months ago he might still be a muddle-headed little innocent, but after two months of aristocratic life, he has become accustomed to ordering others around and planning to get what he wants.

  The environment can ultimately change a person, however, Li Xie still retains his innocent side, at least for so long, with several beautiful maids serving him, he is still a self-pleasuring tribe.

  He slipped a piece of Snow Dragon fish meat to the edge of Duke Avier's mouth, and Li Xie said softly: "Come on... take a bite, it's absolutely delicious."

  Duke Avril slightly furrowed her brow, being a vegetarian herself, the sweet and savory aroma of fish was somewhat unnatural to her, but seeing Li Xie's sincere eyes, she still opened her small mouth and let Li Xie feed her a bite.

  The fish melted in her mouth, the fresh sweetness stimulating the taste buds on Duke Avril's tongue, the deliciousness of the fish was something that vegetarian dishes couldn't compare to, let alone the top-grade fish - Snow Dragon Fish!

  Duke Avril's eyebrows relaxed, revealing a satisfied and enjoyable expression. It is said that when women eat to their satisfaction, no matter what they eat, the expression at a certain moment is always surprisingly consistent, making Li Xie look at her with admiration, and hurriedly picked up another piece: "Come on, have another bite. Try this camel hump meat, crispy, refreshing and fragrant."

  "Hmm... I've never had anything so delicious!"

  "Haha, that's right, the human body needs to eat all sorts of things, after all we are omnivores. If just abstaining from meat and purifying one's body could make one a deity, then what's the point of being a deity? You don't know, actually the goddess of life also eats meat, deities eat meat, humans not eating meat, isn't that brain damage?"

  "Uh-huh, Your Highness, what's this again? Looks pretty good."

  "This is Crystal Shrimp Ball, wrapped with crystal shrimp meat and sturgeon caviar, the outside is crystal clear, the inside is shining brightly, with a complete flavor and aroma, give it a try."

  Duke Avril wasn't born with a dislike for meat, but rather chose to be vegetarian due to her faith. However, after having several exquisite dishes in a row, she completely hooked her appetite and was savoring each bite: "Your Highness, you should try some too."

  "Oh, I'm used to having a drink before eating." Li Xie poured himself a double Tullamore: "You drinking?"

  Duke Avril had smelled the wine and knew what it was, wanting to shake her head, but suddenly felt a curiosity about the wine in her heart, thinking of Li Xie's words about following bodily needs, so she nodded: "Hmm, try a little bit."

  The sleeping master said: Some things are better not tried, even a little bit. Drug addicts also say they only try a little bit, and then they get hooked!

  So then our Duke Aviel had a little drink, from slightly furrowing her brow, to taking a small sip and smiling, to finally wanting to clink glasses with Li Xie!

  It was a bit too early for drunken revelry, so Li Xie carefully made sure that Duke Averell didn't drink too much.

  Looking at the Duke of Avier, who was flushed and smiling foolishly, Li Xie moistened his lips, really wanting to kiss her red cheeks. Perhaps a kiss would not be a big deal in the eyes of the Duke of Avier, who revered Li Xie as a divine master, but Li Xie only thought about it without taking action.

  This is the difference between a petty man and a mature man. A petty man always gets entangled in whether it's love or infatuation before taking action, whereas a mature man finishes his cigarette first, then talks about love, or even ignores this aspect altogether, letting everything disappear like smoke when the cigarette is finished.

  "Mona, how do you feel now?"

  Duke Avril tilted her buzzing head and smiled foolishly: "I never knew these things were so delicious, and the wine, I used to turn up my nose at it before, now I want to drink some more, haha, it's like a world that hasn't been touched before, everything is full of freshness."

  "What do you feel about me?" Li Xie didn't understand why he asked this question. According to the plan, as a godly strategist, he should break through Avril's psychological defense, then use wine to confuse her thinking, and step by step, with just the two of them alone, what happened next would not be something Avril could control! But now everything was going according to Li Xie's plan, yet in his heart, he didn't want the plan to proceed. At least, he wanted to know how Avril felt about him before deciding how to proceed with the plan.

  Duke Avril didn't know that her answer was not only important to Li Xie, but might also affect her own destiny. The smile on her face still had a hint of drunken foolishness: "Your Highness is the person with the purest heart, and should be revered by all the gods in the mainland."

  "No, no, I'm asking you, what's your feeling towards me now?"

  Duke Avril looked at Li Xie, her eyes shining with a soft light: "Your Highness is hazy and has a charming aura. I don't know what feeling it is, but being with you makes me feel very at ease and warm. You bring me a special feeling that I've never had before. I like the feeling of being with you."

  "Do you like me?"

  "I like it." The Duke of Avril, slightly intoxicated, didn't think about the meaning behind "like", and what she said was not romantic love, but a simple liking. Which sacrifice wouldn't like the highest existence - the God Descender?

  But it's completely different in Li Xie's ears!

  She likes me!

  "Mona! I like you too!" Li Xie finally reached the depths of his emotions, pressed against Duke Avier, and came up with a passionate kiss!

  "Ah..."

  A loud and shrill cry echoed through the sky, scaring Li Xie so much that he trembled with fear. The Duke of Aiwier also sobered up immediately, his eyes changing as he exclaimed: "It's a dragon!"

  Dragon?

  Li Xie almost fell off his chair, having extensively read about the Other Realm and knowing that dragons were usually powerful and ferocious beings in it. This was a dragon, not some starving creature!

  The two people's gaze shifted towards where the sound came from. A black dot was rapidly approaching in the sky, and soon it became clear what it was.

  That was a ten-meter-long giant dragon, somewhat resembling a Tyrannosaurus Rex, with strong hind legs, sharp front claws, and icy fangs. Its back had wings that spanned twenty meters! The entire body of the dragon was golden yellow, with black stripes all over its body.

  "It's a sacrificial killer! Your Highness, be careful!" Duke Elvira seemed to recognize the dragon and stood up to protect Li Xie, his face slightly solemn.

  On the left, a golden light shot out from the direction of the Imperial Academy, and a large man surrounded by golden light flew over, quickly landing on the Tower of Eternity. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than the tenth-stage Sword Saint from the banquet!

  The Tenth-Order Sword Saint can release his aura externally and also use it to fly in the air!

  This tall and majestic man, with a shaved head just like Li Xie, exuded the aura of a 10th-level Sword Saint. Li Xie immediately recognized him as he dismounted his horse, but was shocked to see him arrive so quickly, fearing that he might be in cahoots with the giant dragon. Instinctively, he took several steps back, realizing that the current situation was beyond his control.

  Dahan fell to the ground, immediately clasped his fists: "Evil Duke, Aiwier Duke, Vandiesel pays respects! Be careful, both of you, the assassin has ill intentions!"

  Hey! Our own people!

  "This guy won't be secretly peeking from the side all along, will he? Otherwise, how did he arrive so quickly?"

  Li Xie squinted his eyes, having some opinions about Van Dyke, but with the giant dragon in front of him, he still had to rely on this tenth-tier Sword Saint to get through the crisis! So he didn't bother and hastily asked: "What is a sacrificial killer? What's this dragon doing here?"

  Before the two could respond, the giant dragon had already flown to a height of ten meters above the three people, flapping its wings and creating a gust of wind that almost blew Li Xie away!

  Next to him, Fan Di? Se hurriedly pressed down on Li Xie's shoulder and cast a reassuring glance at Li Xie, which reduced Li Xie's opinion of this person by quite a bit. At least, in times of crisis, he was protecting Li Xie.

  "Help me level up!"

  The dragon's voice was like striking a bronze bell, loud and deep, shaking straight to the heart.

  Duke Avril took a step forward, sneering: "You've been rampaging everywhere to help you advance, but today, it seems you've chosen the wrong target! A mere 9th-stage demon beast, whereas here, there's a 10th-stage Sword Saint and an 11th-stage Priest!"

  The strength of a demon is normally one level higher than that of a human of the same rank. A ninth-level demon can fight a tenth-level Sword Saint to a draw, but add a Holy Priest and it's a different story! Although Priests devote their body and mind to the gods, some are just believers, and their skills are mainly healing, with little attacking power. However, when they reach the level of Holy Priest, they can borrow divine light to attack, although there is not a small side effect, but the destructive power of the divine light is enough to instantly kill a ninth-level demon!

  "Sacrifices don't kill lives!" The giant dragon seemed to know a lot about sacrifices, its open mouth revealing a hint of disdainful sneer.

  "Ha! This duke doesn't kill the living, but can still heavily injure you! I wonder if your heavily injured self can withstand a tenth-stage Sword Saint! This duke is only unwilling to kill, not that he's unable to have you buried here! The Dragon Emperor has decreed that no sacrifices are allowed for your promotion, so leave! This duke won't promote you!"

  Avril's calm and confident demeanor was matched by Van Dyke's composure, which made Li Ye feel at ease.

  The nine-level giant dragon dares to come and be arrogant, is it going to bring it down and roast it? Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground, I've eaten a lot of donkey meat, but I haven't tried dragon meat yet!

  Li Ye smiled slightly.

  The giant dragon opened its mouth and burst out laughing: "Holy Sacrifice, do you think I don't know anything? Is a giant dragon just an ordinary magical beast? In front of a 9th-level giant dragon, what is a 10th-level Sword Saint? And you, Holy Sacrifice! You've only just leveled up, if you use divine light to attack, not only will you drop two levels, but your body will also weaken and age from misusing divine light! Just obediently level up for me! The Dragon Emperor's orders? Hmph! As long as it's something I'm forcing you to do, you won't be considered disobedient to the Dragon Emperor's orders!"

  Wow!

  Not bad?

  Li Xie's calm and peaceful heart began to beat rapidly, thinking that perhaps he should let Van Dyke go and resist strongly, pulling the Duke of Evier away first!