Chapter 30 - 30: Didn't My [Dao Heart] Improve in Vain?

After a moment of resentment, Zhu Haomiao felt a surge of overwhelming gratitude in his heart, remembering the day when Teacher Su E held a tube of his blood, saying it would be used later. So the bloodline soul binding was used on the Dragon Emblem... Clutching the badge tightly in his hand, Zhu Haomiao looked sincerely into Nangong Su'e's eyes. "Teacher, thank you." "You're welcome, just as you said, be a good person, okay?" Ruffling the boy's hair once more, Nangong Su'e's eyes were filled with smiles, her gaze seemingly containing endless expectation and encouragement. "Alright, you don't need to come over from tomorrow onwards, I also have to pack up and get ready to leave..." Pats Zhu Haomiao's head, Nangong Su'e urged him to leave the school medical office. Zhu Haomiao hesitated for a moment and reluctantly raised his head: "Teacher, I'm about to step into the First Layer Heaven, and when I become strong, I'll come to find you in your Illusion Realm!" Upon hearing this, Nangong Su'e was slightly stunned and then slowly unleashed a breathtakingly beautiful smile. "Alright, I'll wait for you." After the farewell, Nangong Su'e watched Zhu Haomiao leave, reluctantly. Shortly after he left, a lean one-armed old man stepped out from the inner room of the school medical office, also looking in the direction he left, hesitantly asking. "Principal, that child..." Nangong Su'e withdrew her haunting gaze, and murmured softly: "Your judgment was not wrong, indeed it is the position of the Abyss. When he lost control, even I felt fear." Remembering a few days ago, the dark sun that projected wildly expanded in her Divine Domain, Nangong Su'e's cool gaze turned more profound and dark. If not for the isolation of her Divine Domain, half of the Imperial City would have been affected! After a moment, she seemed to think of something, suddenly smiled, and the tense atmosphere pervading the world dissipated abruptly. "Though, he is quite an interesting little fellow. Not inherently bad, worth cultivating." Just a bit overly bold with lust... Nangong Su'e lightly pursed her lips, thinking of the many peculiar actions of the boy during this time, and shook her head with a chuckle. On the other side, Zhu Huacang let out a sigh of relief, and then his expression turned strange. "Do you really intend to let him participate in the U18 Ascension Competition?" Though he is still quite young and seems less remarkable than most competitors on the surface, no matter what, he is essentially an Abyss. A monster that can instill fear even in the Human Gods of the nine-layered heaven! Letting an existence of such a level compete with those not yet eighteen-year-old youths, isn't that somewhat unfair to them? Reasonable setbacks are called trials, but throwing a final boss into the Newbie Village feels a bit abstract... Understanding Zhu Huacang's concerns, Nangong Su'e calmly shook her head. "There is no absolute fairness in this world. Which Human God didn't step over a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood to climb to the high heavens?" "Being able to compete with an Abyss is their honor, as well as their opportunity!" "Besides, it's not like in history, there haven't been creatures even more monstrous than an Abyss..." "A truly strong person will only become stronger amidst setbacks, even when facing an Abyss." "Moreover, you might not know, recently many monsters have descended worldwide, he might not be the strongest one." After speaking, Nangong Su'e picked up the tablet, switched to a page, and nodded with a thoughtful smile. "Dragon's Son... quite an apt name." Her finger lightly tapped on the final approval button, an entire set of data was officially confirmed and synchronized at light speed to the Security Council's database. At the same time, a sharp prompt sounded on the personal devices of all the big figures around the world. "Dragon's Son! A new Abyss has been born!" "Where is He?" "In the realm of the Dragon." "Blazing Angel, Thunder God, Wisdom Goddess, Heavenly Immortal, Buddha, Emperor Shitian... now comes a Dragon's Son! What's going on with the world lately? Why have so many monsters descended?" "A new mythological era is about to begin!" ......... "Chirp chirp chirp chirp!!!" As soon as he entered the door, he was greeted by a pitiful wailing in his ear. Though he couldn't understand Diao Chan's screeches, Zhu Haomiao felt it was probably cursing him quite badly. "Sorry, sorry for coming back late." Opening the fridge, seeing the food untouched and filled to the brim, Zhu Haomiao's guilt surged like a tidal wave. "You silly thing, if I didn't come back, would you have really starved guarding the fridge?" With a mix of anger and pity, he ruffled Diao Chan's head, quickly filling its bowl with food—chicken breast, cheese, salmon, and freeze-dried pet snacks were lavishly given for it to eat. After refilling its empty water bowl with mineral water and watching it gobble down with vigor, only then did the boy sit down to scrutinize his own changes. "Release of Original Sin, Lust +30, Dao Heart -10" "Resisting the uncontrolled Original Sin Lust, Dao Heart +20" ....... "Release of Original Sin, Anger +20, Dao Heart -10" "Release of Original Sin, Pride +30, Dao Heart -10" "Resisting the uncontrolled Original Sin Pride, Dao Heart +100" Sёarᴄh the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Looking at the records in the Book of Black, Zhu Haomiao momentarily didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The good news, Dao Heart leveled up! The bad news, Anger, Lust, Pride all leveled up too! Dao Heart: LV.0→LV.1 (87/100) Anger: LV.1→LV.2 (89/100→9/200) Lust: LV.2 (30/200) Pride: LV.1→LV.2 (91/100→21/200) When it hadn't leveled up, Dao Heart was one level below you all; after it leveled up, it's still one level below, so wasn't leveling up Dao Heart for nothing? Zhu Haomiao ground his teeth, after a long time, he finally lay on the bed, resigned. Forget it, it's a relief nothing major happened this time. Fortunately, the subject was the senior sister, absurdly strong, with enough power to resist. But unfortunately, precisely because she was absurdly strong, it triggered Pride, draining him to the last drop. Raising his hand, watching his palm slowly clench into a fist, feeling the weakness and soreness from his bones, Zhu Haomiao let out a weary sigh. Immediately, even more troubling thoughts surfaced in his mind, Zhu Haomiao instinctively licked his lips, reminiscing about the sweet, soft, tender sensation, covered himself entirely with the blanket in agony and annoyance. No more thinking, the boat will straighten out when it reaches the bridge. Worst case, let her beat him up to vent! The next morning, Zhu Haomiao specifically took a hot shower to wash away bad luck, but when he stepped out of the bathroom and saw the reflection in the dressing mirror, he froze. No, who are you? Taking a closer look, Zhu Haomiao instinctively touched his cheek. His eyes were still the same eyes, his nose still the same nose, the overall features hadn't changed, but subtle adjustments had made him inexplicably more pleasing to the eye.