Douluo 2: This Dragon God has too much martial virtue

Chapter 572 How a Tyrant is Made

"What's it to you? Bigger has a shelf life, do you? They kindly advised you so much, and this is the conclusion you came to?" Although he felt something was off, Ji Dong still stood up for his "confidant" immediately. That's how unreasonable the friendship between mages is.

However, he didn't call Wang Dong a stupid, love-struck idiot, because he was one of them too.

"What exactly happened between you and her? Was it love at first sight or something?" Even so, Ji Dong still felt it was unlikely. How old was Wang Dong? Unless she was a dragon-sexual.

However, she is not friendly to other dragons, such as Di Tian.

Electrolux had tried his best to understand Wang Dong's feelings, a sense of disparity that felt "unworthy of his ambitions and unworthy of the suffering he had endured," but he would not easily give up the interests he was fighting for.

"Love at first sight is useless; she doesn't believe in it at all. We've debated countless times about relationships. She believes that most things in this world are premeditated, requiring a foundation of feelings and time spent together. Love at first sight is the most unreliable and hardest to depend on. I completely agree with her on this now." At some point, Electrox had become quite accustomed to Mu Xing's theories about relationships; some of his rebellious disciple's words did make a lot of sense.

“Brother, you can’t say that. I fell in love with Lieyan at first sight,” Ji Dong retorted.

“That’s lucky,” Electrox replied dismissively. “Your opinion often depends on your perspective, but we’re talking about a star here. Desire is a purer bond than love, and she falls for that. If you like someone, you should cater to their tastes, shouldn’t you?”

He looked at Wang Dong, whose eyes were blurry with tears, and said earnestly, "If you're useless, who would love you? Even your biological father felt that way, let alone others. Why would anyone like you for no reason? Because of your looks? There are so many beautiful people in this world; she doesn't need you. It's actually quite cruel, isn't it? It's understandable that you can't accept it at your age, but you have no other choice. Besides, I think she's quite good to you. She hardly asks anything of you; even if you do nothing, she won't say anything."

Swordsmanship and soul tools were things Wang Dong herself asked to learn; Mu Xing didn't force her. However, in Ilex's eyes, her attitude towards learning wasn't particularly proper, a world of difference compared to Mu Xing's attitude when he learned necromancy from him.

Electrolux felt that Mu Xing's previous evaluation of Wang Dong was not harsh, but rather fair.

Lazy dog! A lazy dog ​​who became a god by lying around!
Forget about mate selection criteria, kid, you don't even meet her standards for hiring! A cat with more milk than cows wants a donkey that can pull the millstone, a workhorse that's willing to work tirelessly in at least one area!
"Is prioritizing abandoning someone based on weighing the pros and cons also considered love? Why must matters of the heart be tied to interests?"

Seeing Wang Dong's unconvinced expression, Electrolux suddenly realized that she had made a mistake. It wasn't that teenagers her age had difficulty accepting this so-called exchange of benefits, but rather that someone like her, who hadn't experienced the harsh realities of society, still believed she deserved a beautiful relationship, just like her parents had.

"Ah! I understand what you mean, because I used to be just as naive." Seeing that Ji Dong was about to launch into another attack, Electrolux spoke up first, "At first, I was also dissatisfied because the other party had ulterior motives towards me, but I overlooked the fact that this was also my capital to attract the other party. Why should someone fall in love with you for no reason and be bound to you for life? To be honest, thinking about it now, such a thing is really absurd. I think Xing is right, only when two people's interests are inseparable will they be tightly bound together, and only then will there be the so-called life-and-death bond. I have felt this especially deeply in the past few years. Speaking of which, she and I were also bound together for life and death for a period of time, right?" "Of course, that's just my opinion." Electrolux was still quite self-aware, "In the past few years, I might not have been able to live without her, but she was still able to steadfastly move towards her goals without me, just like she has for thousands of years."

"Why are you making that face? It's like someone bullied you. But no matter how sad you are, no one will let you cry in their arms." Ji Dong chimed in, seizing the opportunity. "Don't act like we bullied you. Who was it that was always climbing on the roofs and tearing off the tiles in the God Realm? Back then, you plucked almost half of the Fire God's beard, and he didn't dare say a harsh word to you. He even had to praise you for being clever and mischievous. What? You're not trying to say that Tang Xiaoqi did it, and that it has nothing to do with you, Wang Dong, are you?"

Ji Dong wanted to laugh more and more as he spoke, feeling that his words had a bit of a "what does your Zhou Shuren (Lu Xun) have to do with me?" vibe.

"How can feelings and interests be completely unrelated? Take your father's sixth spirit ring, for example. Wasn't it obtained through your mother's sacrifice? And your father's other two 100,000-year spirit rings, weren't they obtained through the sacrifice of your two useless uncles? Without your mother, even if they self-destructed, it wouldn't have benefited your father!" Then, Ji Dong changed the subject, "I'm not trying to be mean, but what's the point of arguing with us like this? Have you ever seriously confessed your feelings to anyone? Who are you trying to impress with your tantrum? Does she have to spend time trying to figure out your girlish thoughts? You bastard!"

This is truly outrageous! Tang San's entire family is outrageous! But does Tang Xiaoqi even know what love is? At most, she's fallen for Tang San's enemy. Isn't that just a boomerang? Didn't Tang San also rely on the Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden's affection to sabotage the Spirit Hall's grand plan?

"She never said she forgave you; she only let it go because of the God of Destruction's insistence. You always take other people's words too seriously, even those that seem plausible, and you can extrapolate them to the results you want. But things in this world can't always go as you wish." Compared to Ji Dong's frenzied attacks, Ilex seemed more gentle, but her words were still sharp and incisive. "I did mention to you about... Martyrs' Day back then, but I never told you that from beginning to end, Xing never really thought about sacrificing Di Tian..." But she really did think about making you die, more than once.

Electrolux ultimately held back, keeping his unspoken words to himself.

But Ji Dong might not be the same.

"You can't stand this, you can't stand that, you think you're the best! You're so high and mighty, you're so great!" Ji Dong couldn't help but give Wang Dong a thumbs up. "Tang Xiaoqi, you're like that! Even if she has no romantic feelings for you, do you dare to swear that you have no selfish motives towards her, and don't want any benefits from her? Do you dare to swear on your family, on your parents, that you have no improper feelings towards her?"

Seeing Wang Dong's increasingly pale face, Ji Dong pressed his advantage, "You dare, of course you dare! You're the only one left in your family, what wouldn't you dare?"

"!!!" Wang Dong finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

　Sorry for the wait, everyone. There was a power outage and internet outage last night due to thunder. Here's one chapter for now, and another one later.

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