Douluo 2: This Dragon God has too much martial virtue

Chapter 544 Breaking the situation
"This is just a small test. I'm here to help you solve the problem! The matter in the lower realm should be resolved in the lower realm. This is with your father's tacit approval. You don't want to be dragged into that child's family conflicts again when you return to the God Realm, do you?" Rong Nianbing raised his hands in surrender. He could understand Mu Xing's frustration. Even a small amount of the resources she invested in Huo Yuhao would have made the entire Soul Master world of Douluo Continent flock to her. But the student's parents didn't appreciate it and instead blamed her for teaching their child bad habits.

No wonder there's a saying circulating in some dimensions: Who doesn't go crazy when they become a teacher?
Moreover, this is no ordinary master; even if you were to queue up to be reincarnated, you might not be able to be born into her family, given that the birth rate of dragons is generally low.

Speaking of dragons, if Ji Dong, a dragon-raising enthusiast, had conducted a background check on all the gods when he established the Dragon Protection Association, Rong Nianbing would have easily become the vice president. Before he became a god, he had become close with a group of dragons and had a life-or-death friendship with them. Therefore, after he came to the God Realm, he had a natural affinity for the few remaining dragons.

Of course, whether Ji Dong conducts a background check or not isn't a big deal, since that interest group seems to have almost no impact on the situation in the God Realm. But the fact that Tang Shenwang didn't conduct a background check is a huge problem. Daring to slay a dragon without figuring out how many "dragon-controlling" individuals are among the God Kings and first-level gods—what about public opinion? What about votes?

The most docile little dragon in the divine realm has been rendered unrecognizable by you, Tang God King. Have you considered the feelings of dragon enthusiasts like us? Have you considered where they will go to see dragons in the future (this is at a separate price)?
Does this mean they'll only be able to visit the Forbidden Land of Gods as a group from now on? Oh wait, the Golden Dragon King is gone too.

Tang San, you deserve to die!
“Listen to me, I guarantee that the child will not suffer any physical harm, because this is an emotional test. In a moment, I will reveal the test to Mu Xing in this way and that.”

After hearing this, Mu Xing's expression became even more complicated. After a long while, he managed to squeeze out a question: "Did you go to Qiankun Asking Love Valley for further studies?"

"You mean the place where the Goddess of Love fell? How is that possible? If it weren't for you and that child, I would never have noticed the Douluo Continent." Rong Nianbing indicated that she knew nothing. "But this Goddess of Love is really lame! Her cause of death was betrayal by her lover. Could it be that she became a god because of her lover's faith? How powerful must that faith be?"

"Falling in love with someone is like creating a faith, serving a god who may fall at any moment."

"What an insightful observation! What exactly did you experience in the lower realm over the past four thousand years?" Rong Nianbing couldn't help but sigh, realizing that it might be difficult to get any benefits from her again in the future.

"It's just a little bit of hardship. In order to deceive the world, one must pretend to be like the world." Mu Xing tilted his head slightly, the angle not large, but enough to break the deliberate dignity he had just maintained. "I'm not really into pure love. I like the kind of feeling that you can't be sure what it is. It's just that it's so intense that it feels like love. The emotions that arise because of someone are so intense that you want to get entangled in it, because you want to know the answer to why it came to this."

Rong Nianbing subconsciously looked at the other two parties involved (Dragon? Ghost?), and found that the two of them were not saying a word, but just nodding repeatedly, saying that everything the cow cat said was right.

Their other cat—a three-eyed golden shaded cat—was completely oblivious to the situation.

"Say something I can understand." Say something the Golden Retriever can understand.

"Love is deceptive. When someone treats you well—kissing you, buying you delicious food, giving you expensive gifts—it's undeniable that they might be using you as a plaything, spending what they perceive as the cost of their entertainment, something they're willing to bear. Or perhaps they see you as their possession, and it's the daily expense of maintaining their property, something they're willing to pay. Or maybe you're just a tool for escaping a boring phase in life, a way to distract themselves from the present. You can never truly know the motives behind those gestures of kindness labeled as love."

Rong Nianbing suddenly felt that Mu Xing was crushing him with his experience. He was a human god, and he had only been in the God Realm for a few decades. Yet, in just over a decade, the little dragon of the Destruction Clan had more than four thousand years of experience than him.

Besides Tang Xiaoqi, where else in the God Realm are there other children? Treating Mu Xing like a child is a recipe for disaster! Unfortunately, Tang Shenwang doesn't understand, nor do his fake brothers and sisters. Perhaps the Phoenix God, who is about to inherit the divine position, has already sensed something, but he has no intention of reminding his brothers and sisters, immersing himself in his own world, mourning his lover who died ten thousand years ago.

“I don’t like that woman. Look at her pitiful state now. I’m glad I didn’t get involved in her karma back then.” Mu Xing’s words carried an almost relieved indifference. “A mother like that is the cruelest curse she can inflict on her child. Even now, she’s still thinking of sacrificing her own child to appease her delusional obsession.”

Well, the little dragon is really angry!

"Let's be patient for the sake of the child's assessment. I'm already having a hard time too, okay? Can't we just hand her over to those god-kings to deal with later?" Rong Nianbing suddenly chuckled. "Speaking of which, I discovered something very interesting when I was doing the background check. Before the child changed his surname, his name was almost a carbon copy of his biological father's. Sure enough... the phrase 'wife and mother are not mother' is not something made up out of thin air."

"What is Lord Rong talking about? She's not even a concubine. Her name isn't on the White Tiger lineage's genealogy. What kind of wife is she?" Then Mu Xing changed the subject, implying something, "But then again, what use is a genealogy besides being used to exterminate nine generations of a family?"

Electrolux sneered upon hearing this, his little mouth seeming to be coated with poison. How good could these dragons be? Pureblood dragons could be counted on one hand, so what need was there for a family tree?
"Let's put an end to this family drama first!" The thought that there were other teachers besides him for this dragon made Electrolux feel fortunate that he wasn't the only one with a bad reputation in the education world.

“This is not a good situation!” Rong Nianbing looked troubled. “Even if that child really gives up everything, that woman’s final request cannot be fulfilled. Has she forgotten that, besides her son, there is a group of girls waiting outside... uh, to execute her lover?”

Huo Yuhao was clearly aware of this as well, and he was now using this issue to press Huo Yun'er relentlessly.

“Go ahead and talk to the Marshal of the Sun Moon Empire! Dai Hao is now in her hands, so of course I can back down, since I promised you I would spare his life. But how are you going to convince Ju Zi? Her parents died because of Dai Hao… I almost forgot, you also died because of him, but you don’t care. Even if I give up everything I have now, you can only watch Dai Hao be tortured by them, can’t you?”

Huo Yun'er grabbed Huo Yuhao's arm tightly, her voice trembling with urgency: "Save him first! Yuhao, you can save your father first! We can talk about the rest later!"

Huo Yuhao remained silent, looking at his mother with a complicated expression.

Just then, Rong Nianbing's voice suddenly turned cold: "If he agrees to your request now, I will immediately reclaim his divine position. Reclaiming the seed of divinity will cause him irreparable damage, and his cultivation foundation will be severed. Once this wound is left, he will never be able to accept the inheritance of other gods again in this life." He did not force Huo Yuhao to make a choice, but instead gave Huo Yun'er the opportunity to choose.

Whoever's heir is the one who cares! Wait, what kind of family is this? How come strangers with no blood relation treat the children better than the parents?

Ultimately, he should thank the Destroyer family for having a precedent of adopting children and for passing this practice down to the lower realms.

"And what makes you think you're qualified to stand here? If it weren't for your son's potential to become a god, allowing you to enjoy this 'benefit' in advance, the God of Destruction would have already banished you back to the mortal realm after you were discovered to have smuggled yourself into the divine realm!"

Overwhelmed by guilt and panic, Huo Yun'er's hand, which had been gripping Huo Yuhao's sleeve so tightly, fell limply to her side. Her eyes, filled with unfathomable despair and self-loathing, glared at her son, but a resolute light flashed within them, a desperate plea: "Yuhao! I know… I only survived because of you! I can disappear immediately, I don't care if my soul is scattered! I beg you, use this opportunity… to save him! Save your father, Dai Hao! Get him out of Ju Zi's clutches! I beg you! This is my last wish!"

Her words were like tears of blood, her eyes filled with a love for Dai Hao that ran deep in her bones and a determination to sacrifice everything: "I can disappear forever, but please... save him! Save him, Yuhao! I beg you! Please have pity on me, your mother... promise me!"

"Enough!" Even Rong Nianbing, who initially watched with a spectator's mindset, couldn't hold back any longer. Tang San's strategy wasn't particularly brilliant, but the placement of Huo Yun'er as a pawn successfully disgusted a large group of people, from the God King to the chosen ones who hadn't yet become gods; none of them could escape it.

“I can intervene and ensure Dai Hao’s safety. I can guarantee that he escapes the control of that female marshal of the Sun Moon Empire and returns safely to the Star Luo Empire, where he can live a peaceful and worry-free life for the rest of his days.”

Huo Yun'er's body trembled violently, and a faint glimmer of hope ignited in her eyes.

Rong Nianbing turned her gaze to the silent Huo Yuhao and issued her final ultimatum, "But there's a condition. After all, you are Huo Yuhao's biological mother," she deliberately emphasized the concept of "biological," "so it's your choice whether you want to completely sacrifice the only possible path to godhood and future that your son currently possesses. If you nod, I will immediately take action to ensure Dai Hao's safety. The price is that this child's path to godhood will be severed, his foundation destroyed, and he will never have the chance to become a god again in this life. As for you, go back to where you came from."

"No...no..." Huo Yun'er let out another broken sob, tears streaming down her face. "Yuhao...I'm sorry...Mom is so sorry...Mom really...really didn't want this...but...but your father..."

"You made your choice so quickly!" Huo Yuhao sighed. Since coming into contact with the God Realm, he had gained some understanding of its rules and operations, one of which was that gods were not allowed to interfere in the mortal realm. Therefore, he knew very well that everything Rong Nianbing had done, including this cruel transaction, was an extreme way to force him to face reality, sever his unrealistic fantasies about his mother, and eliminate any possibility that he might waver because of his mother's pleas, ultimately ruining his future.

Was it only so that one day, we could use this debt of gratitude as leverage to squeeze every last drop out of him in exchange for Dai Hao's safety?
But how could he ruin his future for his mother's false love? He doesn't lack love now; he's a perfect cat fed cat treats, freeze-dried food, and canned food.

"Ugh! Really, that woman cried the whole time. Does crying solve anything?" The Golden Dragon King was disturbed by the noise.

“That’s why they cry—because they can’t solve the problem.” Electrolux was now able to calmly remark on this.

"I don't want to! You can't bear such a price, nor do you deserve for me to pay such a price." Huo Yuhao arrogantly shook off Huo Yun'er. "No one can take what's mine, unless it's the person who bestowed it upon me!"

Huo Yun'er seemed to have been provoked by Huo Yuhao's words to the deepest obsession. She suddenly raised her head, her eyes no longer filled with pure guilt and pleading, but burning with an almost obsessive light.

"Yuhao, what do you think I gave birth to you for? It was for him! You are his son! You are the child I bore for him! His blood flows in your veins! Your very existence is proof of my love for him!"

Huo Yun'er's voice carried a chilling sense of entitlement: "So isn't it only natural to use your power and future to save him? Isn't this what you were born to do?!"

These words struck Huo Yuhao like a thunderbolt. His body swayed violently, and he staggered back two steps, the color draining from his face instantly. His heterochromatic eyes trembled violently, shifting from shock to confusion, and finally transforming into an instinctive doubt and fear.

"You..." Huo Yuhao stared at Huo Yun'er's familiar yet unfamiliar face, his fingers clenching involuntarily, his nails digging deep into his palms. "You're not Mom...who are you?!"

His voice suddenly rose, "My mother would never say such a thing! She would never treat me like a tool!"

Huo Yun'er was stunned for a moment by Huo Yuhao's questioning, and a trace of confusion flashed in her manic eyes.

“Yuhao, I am your mother! Of course I am your mother! Precisely because I am your mother, I understand your mission better than anyone else. You are the Duke's son, you were born to…”

"Shut up!" Huo Yuhao abruptly interrupted her, the warmth in his eyes vanishing completely, replaced by a chilling coldness and scrutiny. "I'll ask you one last time, who exactly are you? Or rather, where is my real mother?"