My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 476 Chu Zhu: Dragon Girl, how long are you planning to hide?
"Hey, you bastard!" Li Min glared angrily at Chu Zhu.

Chu Zhu then woke up with a start, glanced at her, and fell silent.

Because of the unique path he took on this timeline... it's clear that Li Min wasn't notified by Ji Lan to carry out the mission... Furthermore, her mother is currently under Chu Zhu's protection, which directly leads to the fact that Li Min seems unaware of Li Kang's death...

Thinking of this, a faint shadow appeared in Chu Zhu's eyes.

Seeing that Chu Zhu didn't reply, Li Min silently gritted her teeth, glanced at her best friend, and had no choice but to clean up Chu Zhu's mess. She gave an embarrassed smile and said, "Ali, actually, this is my naughty little brother! He's a magician."

“Ah Li, isn’t your birthday coming up soon? So I thought… damn it,” Li Min glared at Chu Zhu again, “why did you suddenly show up here? If you do this, there’s no way to surprise Ah Li!”

"Oh, I see!" Ao Liwen suddenly realized.

"First of all, I'm not your brother! You have to call me brother... Secondly, didn't you really notice anything unusual?" Chu Zhu glanced at Li Min speechlessly. Li Min was stunned for a moment, and then saw Chu Zhu look at Ao Liwen, "Dragon Girl, how long are you planning to keep this from your best friend?"

Dragon... Dragon Girl? What does that mean?!

“I didn’t hide it from you…” Ao Liwen spread her palms, a somewhat helpless smile on her face: “Actually, I only found out now… that my best friend is a superhuman!”

Li Min: "!!!"

At that moment, Li Min's cerebellum went blank.

“You’re lying,” Chu Zhu exposed him without hesitation. “If that were true, then when you saw me before… you would at least have been surprised! Astonished! Instead of… taking it for granted like this.”

"I just have a strong ability to learn," Ao Liwen blinked. She had long, black hair tied up with a beautiful hair crown, and wore an ancient relic, a black cheongsam embroidered with plum blossoms. She possessed the typical temperament of a lady from Jiangnan, gentle and elegant.

No matter how you look at it, she seems to be a noble lady from a prominent family in Jiangnan.

"But, on the contrary, I'm very curious!" Ao Liwen narrowed her eyes, looked Chu Zhu up and down, and then her smile gradually faded. She turned the tables on him: "How do you know... about my identity?"

"..." Chu Zhu didn't reply, but stared at Ao Liwen with great interest. He naturally knew about it during the period when the cycle of reincarnation was constantly being reset.

"Wait! You all wait a minute!" Li Min made a pause gesture, closed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and then opened her eyes with surprise and uncertainty, looking at her two very familiar friends in front of her: "Could you explain, Dragon Girl..."

Li Min was the first to ask Ao Liwen a question.

She wasn't unaware of what "dragon girl" meant... but what she couldn't accept was...

"Don't worry, I was appointed by the founding emperor and belong to the East Sea Dragon Palace lineage! So you don't need to worry too much about turning against me in the future, or that because of me you won't pass the 'political review' and be kicked out of the civil service!" Ao Liwen joked.

“…I see.” Li Min breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, then said expressionlessly, “Did you think I would say that? I clearly…checked when I moved into the dorm…all three of my roommates are extraordinary! How did you manage to hide it from me? And didn’t you say you didn’t know anything…but you know everything! No, just how much do you know?” “And, and…when did the Dragon Clan become allowed to enroll…No, I don’t mean to discriminate against you! I just…no,” Li Min said anxiously at this moment, “Could it be that my other two roommates are also…”

"As far as I know, they should all be ordinary people," Ao Liwen said calmly.

"...Do you even believe what you say?!" Li Min glared fiercely at Ao Liwen. How long had she been lying to her? Then, Li Min looked at Chu Zhu suspiciously.

“The other two are indeed mortals!” Chu Zhu said calmly.

“…Is that so!” Li Min pondered for a moment and nodded. She still had a high degree of trust in Chu Zhu.

"This makes me very sad!" Ao Liwen sighed softly, her brows furrowed slightly. The heartbroken air, reminiscent of a refined lady from Jiangnan, evoked pity in those around her. It's just a pity…

"Wake up, I'm not one of those guys who fawn over you and can be hooked up with just a word from you!" Li Min said expressionlessly.

"I wouldn't dare, otherwise, Ao Ba Yun would tear me apart!" Chu Zhu said in a praising tone, his words carrying no fear but a hidden meaning.

In that instant, Ao Liwen's expression changed. She looked at Chu Zhu with suspicion and uncertainty, countless thoughts flashing through her mind. All her words ultimately boiled down to one sentence: "...How much do you know!"

"I only know what I should know," Chu Zhu said, his tone unchanged. In truth, everything he knew was told to him personally by Ao Liwen…

In a previously reset timeline, he once ascended the throne as Emperor of Great Chu and came to Tianjing for an inspection tour, where he also met Li Min...

Ao Liwen... On that occasion, relying on Li Min, she revealed her identity to Chu Zhu, then prostrated herself, begged desperately, and even uttered the famous quote: "I will do anything."

Chu Zhu's eyes flickered as she recalled the information she had obtained from Ao Liwen, as well as the information she had gained by repeatedly resetting the verification process—

The Four Dragon Kings are actually extremely special beings... In the entire Great Qian system, they are elusive and seemingly nonexistent!
Essentially, they were members of the dragon clan who joined Emperor Taizu when he was conquering the world.

The dragon of the East is born with the power to control water and summon clouds and rain.

This is why, during the reign of the Great Che Dynasty, grain production was actually quite good, and there were few natural disasters. Although from time to time, half-demons with bloodlines from all races would eat people... the people at the time were able to accept this. Of course, these half-demons were not extraordinary beings; those with bloodlines from all races are actually more similar to other races in the real world!

If it weren't for the extraordinary intervention of the founding emperor, who single-handedly overturned the once-prosperous Great Che Dynasty... the Great Che Dynasty, a dynasty of myriad races, could have ruled for another two hundred years without any problem!
Emperor Taizu, considering the special abilities of the dragon race and the role they could play, did not exterminate them.

However, since the Great Qian Dynasty was founded by fighting against foreign regimes, it still had its own legitimate and correct governance. Therefore, the founding emperor imposed extremely strict restrictions on these obedient dragons who had come to join him and were named the Four Seas Dragon Clan, while also assigning them specific responsibilities.

(End of this chapter)