Each of the nine dragon maidens possesses extraordinary abilities.

Divine power and spiritual energy, the remnants of gods and the newly ascended demigods—neither was willing to yield.

Suddenly, the spiritual sea fell silent, and all the spiritual energy condensed into a single point at her fingertips.

"Goodbye," Ming Huaiwei said softly.

The tiny ball of spiritual energy touched the giant, and the next moment, a surge of white light erupted and boiled within the spiritual sea. Like the rising of a white sun, it utterly destroyed everything it touched.

Roar! ! !

At this moment, both Lu Yueyuan inside and the Jiuyi Sect members outside waiting for the result could hear the dragon's roar.

The giant's breastplate melted silently in the white light, like an ice sculpture thrown into a furnace. Gears, chains, armor plates, and veins of divine power crumbled layer by layer.

"Dragon, Dragon God, traitor, damn you!!!" At the moment of destruction, the giant actually spoke a human voice.

"What?" Even Ming Huaiwei was stunned at this moment.

The final burst of light from a dying star—two intertwined beams of light, one a deep blue and the other pure white—soared into the sky, tearing apart the dome of the spiritual sea and the clouds high above, striking directly at the heavens. A hole was pierced through the sky, and blue and white flames burned along the edge of the opening, lingering for a long time.

Lu Yueyuan was sent flying by the impact, but the spiritual sea, which had materialized, caught him, like soft cotton.

Ming Huaiwei glanced at the giant who had turned to ashes, then turned to Lu Yueyuan and asked, "Senior brother, are you alright?"

"It's nothing. How are you? You look terrible," Lu Yueyuan said.

"It's alright, that last move exhausted my life force." Ming Huai said with a slight sigh, "Now I need to find Yun Gui and Yun Hai. For some reason, I can't sense their location. I have to... be careful!"

Suddenly, a ring-pommel sword flew over and stabbed towards Lu Yueyuan's back.

This knife was too fast and too sudden, and it wasn't an ordinary knife. It had been lying in wait for a long time, and even Ming Huaiwei hadn't sensed it. Now it suddenly erupted, and the spiritual sea couldn't stop it at all.

Ming Huaiwei tried to push Lu Yueyuan away, but Lu Yueyuan dodged her.

"What........"

With a soft thud, the knife pierced Ming Huaiwei's lungs.

Lu Yueyuan pressed down on Ming Huaiwei's shoulder with one hand, and grabbed the hilt of the knife with the other.

"Senior brother?" She looked at him somewhat blankly.

“I’m here.” He gripped the hilt of the knife and plunged it in, piercing through her body.

At that moment, she realized that the knife wasn't aimed at her senior brother, but at her.

Chapter 47: My Blessing, My Curse

Little Stone was Ming Huaiwei's name a long time ago.

In this world, there are always some lucky people who, while others are struggling to survive, do nothing but wait for God to feed them.

They are God's favorite children, the darlings of the heavens. As long as they make a wish to the gods, they can get everything they want.

Little Stone must be that kind of person.

She couldn't remember anything from long ago, nor did she know what her original parents were like. All she knew was that when she became conscious, she was already living with her adoptive parents.

It was a relatively wealthy village where people made a living by farming. Every family owned land and also raised pigs and chickens. Little Stone's adoptive parents treated her well; if not exceptionally good, at least they didn't let her go hungry.

The first wish was made when Xiao Shitou was six years old. At that time, his adoptive mother was pregnant. The couple had no children of their own, so they cherished this child even more. Xiao Shitou could sense that his adoptive parents' attention was no longer on him. They were discussing this pregnancy enthusiastically, hoping that it would be a boy.

Boys are very important. Even in wealthy villages, men are needed to till the fields and provide labor. Although Little Stone also helps her adoptive parents, she can't compare to the other boys. They can already bend over to plant rice seedlings and pull oxen to harrow the fields, but Little Stone can't do it. She works too slowly.

Her adoptive parents didn't blame her because her father was very capable, and her uncles and aunts would often come to help. But they still wanted a son.

Girls are fine too, as long as they are my own flesh and blood, I don't care what they are.

Little Stone was very clever. She sensed that something was about to happen and that her adoptive parents' attitude was gradually changing. So she made her first wish.

I hope my parents will only focus on her.

Without any pretense of intention, whether evil or good, this was Little Stone's wish, her first wish.

The next day, she followed her father to do farm work. Her little feet left imprints in the mud, like blooming flowers. Her uncle called out to her father from the edge of the field, and then she saw her father drop everything and run home.

What happened? Little Stone heard from others that her mother slipped and fell. When she ran home, many people came to her house. After that, her parents never mentioned the child again. Her wish had come true, and her parents cared for her more than ever before.

Her second wish was when she was eight years old, her cousin got married and moved to another village. Little Stone already knew that her cousin and that boy were together. They had been together since they were little. Sometimes when Little Stone passed by the rice paddies, she would see the two of them acting suspiciously. She thought it was a good match for her.

My cousin had a wedding banquet, and it was her first time eating at one. Chicken, duck, goose, and pork were served one dish after another, and she ate until her mouth was greasy. So much so that the next day, she couldn't eat at her own home. At that moment, she thought, "If only I could eat like that again."

God granted her second wish.

A few days later, my cousin came back crying. The boy seemed to be dead. There were so many white cloths hanging. She was finally able to attend a banquet again, but this time everyone was crying, and she was too embarrassed to eat. She could only sit there blankly.

Her wishes always came true; God loved her so much.

But why did it turn out like this? She lost her appetite and noticed that her parents seemed to have aged even more.

Wish, wish, lovely girl, close your eyes and make a wish, and heaven will answer your wish.

When Xiao Shitou was twelve years old, someone came to propose marriage, and his parents discussed it together.

When she found out, she ran to her mother and said, "I don't want to get married."

Mother said, "You married well! Their family has a huge paddy field and raises a lot of chickens. Don't you love eating chicken the most? They can't finish it all."

Little Stone was unhappy: "I don't want him."

The mother was also unhappy: "Then which one do you like? You don't want a good child, are you going to marry a mountain king?"

The "Mountain King" refers to Lu Yueyuan, who always liked to lead the village children on wild runs, so everyone in the village called him that.

Little Stone pursed his lips, looked at his mother's face, and dared not say anything more. He sat alone by the field in a huff.

"Chickens, chickens, chickens, what a load of rubbish," she thought. "What use are so many chickens? They're not going to feed him."

She doesn't want to get married, but is she really going to get married just to eat chicken? She loves eating chicken, but she doesn't want to do this.

And so, God granted her wish.

A massive flood struck the mountains, the first natural disaster to hit the village. Lu Yueyuan reacted the fastest; he stayed up all night climbing trees on the mountain and heard a whooshing sound.

"The flood has started!" he shouted as he ran back.

He ran to Little Stone's house first, so Little Stone's family reacted the fastest and suffered the least loss. The family that proposed marriage was unlucky; the whole family, along with the paddy fields and the chickens, went to see the Dragon King in their sleep.

"What a lot of water!" she exclaimed. At that moment, the little child's heart twisted with emotion. "Good water, really good water."

With such a good water supply, even his parents said, "The mountain king is quite nice. That kid is a bit mischievous, but he cares a lot about the villagers. He's a good person."

Her mother said to her, "If you like the mountain king, then go for it, as long as he's willing to marry you."

Little Stone was overjoyed; for the first time, she felt that God was truly kind.

But would Lu Yueyuan be willing? She was uneasy and thought about testing the waters.

But she didn't get a chance all day. There were so many people around Lu Yueyuan. There was nothing she could do but call him out when he was having dinner.

He saw Little Stone perched on the wall, carrying a rice bowl, and came out. He even shared the sweet potato in the bowl with her: "Have you eaten?"

Little Stone sat on the wall, took the sweet potato, and ate it in small bites. "It's so sweet!" she said. "I've already eaten."

Lu Yueyuan said, "Then why did you eat my sweet potato?"

Little Stone said nervously, "You...you gave this to me? Then I'll return it to you."

Lu Yueyuan said, "I was just kidding. Here, take it. What do you need?"

"How should I put this?" Her slow-witted mind couldn't process it, and she was stuck there.

Lu Yueyuan scratched his head: "You want more?"

"No, I'm full. Ah, I wanted to say that before, it was my parents who arranged this marriage for me," Little Stone said.

"Which one is it? I know, poor thing, sigh..." Lu Yueyuan sighed.

"Ah, um, um... it's gone now." Little Stone's words were unclear, it was hard to tell whether he meant the marriage was over or the family was gone.

Lu Yueyuan was confused: "Then what should we do?"

Little Stone mumbled, "Ah, um, what, what should we do..."

Lu Yueyuan blinked, the moonlight shining on his face, and he revealed a hearty smile.

"Don't worry, there will be other people proposing marriage," he said.

Chapter 48: Hate that the bright moon hangs high

Lu Yueyuan is very good.

But Little Stone felt that he was being a little too nice.

He was always surrounded by a group of people, rushing around, sometimes going up the mountain, sometimes going down to the river. Little Stone sometimes couldn't even climb with them, they were so fast.

They did many things, stealing eggs from other people's homes and picking fruit from their fields, leaving nothing behind like leeches passing through.

The children liked to play, and the village had plenty of food, so everyone let them be.

"Our goal today is to catch fish." Lu Yueyuan stood on the rock and gave instructions like a general. "I saw a really big fish in the river."

“I’ve never seen it before,” said a chubby boy.

“You’re blind,” said Lu Yueyuan. “I say it exists, so it exists. That’s the Dragon King’s messenger, and we need to capture the messenger.”

The children looked at each other in confusion. The chubby boy asked, "Why are we arresting the Dragon King's messenger? What if we anger the Dragon King?"

"Good riddance! Good riddance!" Little Lu Yueyuan laughed. "If we anger the Dragon King, he'll have to come in person. Then we can catch the Dragon King too. I've never eaten dragon meat before!"

See? Lu Yueyuan is just that kind of person who fears nothing.

There was nothing he wouldn't dare to do, yet everyone loved following him, as if with him around, the children could truly capture the Dragon King. They were so powerful back then; they had no spiritual energy, no magical weapons, yet they didn't even put the gods in their eyes.

Little Stone knows that many people like Lu Yueyuan, including Sister Yanzi, who is a few years older than Lu Yueyuan, but she also likes to follow him around.

Sister Yanzi is so kind. Every time she comes to the gathering, she brings food for them, especially for Lu Yueyuan. Women are just biased towards the people they like, no matter how old they are. And only women can perceive another woman's feelings. Little Stone could tell.

Some people proposed marriage to Sister Yanzi, but Sister Yanzi was more headstrong than Little Stone. If she said no, then no. Her parents couldn't do anything about it.

Xiao Shitou felt that if she didn't take the initiative, Lu Yueyuan wouldn't come to propose to her; he would go to Sister Yanzi instead. Sometimes Xiao Shitou saw Sister Yanzi and Lu Yueyuan walking by the rice paddies, just like her cousin and that man.

No, no, no! She was afraid of this, which was why she mustered up the courage to come to him. Actually, the sweet potato Lu Yueyuan gave her was not tasty at all, and she didn't want to eat it.

Now Lu Yueyuan is telling her not to be afraid, that someone will propose marriage again. Silly girl, is she worried about that?

Little Stone felt wronged and threw a sweet potato at him.

"What are you doing, wasting food?" Lu Yueyuan took it.

Little Stone's anger immediately deflated, and he whispered, "I... I didn't hold it properly..."

Do you still want it?

"I'm full..." Little Stone walked away.

Lu Yueyuan didn't understand what was wrong, but he sensed that Xiao Shitou was in a low mood. So the next day, when they were having dinner, Lu Yueyuan secretly hid a chicken leg and went to Xiao Shitou's house that night to give her the chicken leg.

"It's so delicious, that chicken leg!" Little Stone started crying as she ate. Lu Yueyuan patted her head to comfort her, but she cried even harder.

The chicken leg had lost its flavor. This morning, she saw Sister Yanzi whispering to him and even kissing him. Little Stone felt like he had been split in two, his heart had fallen into an abyss, and he couldn't climb out no matter what.

To make matters worse, a girl from the neighboring village also took a liking to Lu Yueyuan. She was even more proactive than Xiao Yanzi, going directly to Lu Yueyuan's house. The villagers were all saying, "The mountain king is really something, getting a girl to come to his door to propose marriage. That's incredible!"

So sad, so sad, she looked up at the moon. You are shining too, why are you so bright? You don't emit any light, so why are you so bright!

The children have grown up and no longer gather together to play games like before. That's how growing up is; girls get married and men go to work. That's in line with the village's tradition.

Without gatherings, Little Stone had even fewer opportunities to meet Lu Yueyuan. As she passed by the rice paddies, she saw Lu Yueyuan planting rice seedlings. Sister Yanzi brought him some food—hot meat pies.

They're going to be together, or if they aren't, they'll be with someone else. That night she had a nightmare and woke up screaming, "No!!"

The candle went out, her parents were fast asleep, and she was all alone.

She cried, "I don't want to..."

What does she want? God gazes upon her and listens to her heart.

The soft moonlight fell on her alone, surrounded by darkness.

Am I sinful? I made such a wish. Am I selfish? I made such a wish. God truly loves me; He grants all my wishes; He spoils me so much.

The next morning, everything was different. Spiritual energy emanated from Little Stone, alarming the entire village. The news spread, quickly reaching neighboring villages, then towns, and finally Baidi City.

It wasn't ordinary spiritual energy; the energy nestled beside the small stone, forming the phantom image of a dragon.