After The Abyss Dragon Woke Up

From Today Onward, You Will Move In to Live with Me (1)

Before the Aiwen District Governor could continue, Mu Heng ruthlessly interrupted him, “There’s one thing you guys may not have figured out yet.”

The tall man before him lowered his silvery-white eyelashes as he slowly took a step forward, his icy hostility after a long history of killing pouring out without restraints.

“You guys were the ones who touched the dragon’s treasure. So what qualifications do you have to negotiate with me?”

His eyes were cold, like the grayish-blue sky before a storm.

Mu Heng took another step forward.

The soles of his boots landed on the floor with an unmistakable thud.

The sound was like an invisible rope, tightly strangling the other party’s heart, with a heavy sense of oppression slamming down on his head.

The Aiwen District Governor’s breath hitched and he subconsciously tried to back away.

“It’s not me who needs your help.”

Mu Heng looked at the man before him with a condescending gaze, his eyes like the glint of a snow-dipped blade, giving someone the illusion of being cut.

“But you guys ask me to come here and save your lives, understand?”

“Cooperate or die. There’s no other way.” The man’s voice was still calm and gentle, but the cruelty in his words was chilling.

The Aiwen District Governor’s pupils suddenly constricted, beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and his voice tensed and trembled.

“Y-Yes…”

“The dragon is my prey, understand?” The look in Mu Heng’s eyes was dark and unpredictable, like a dark stream beneath a thin sheet of ice, showing the tip of a crazy paranoia iceberg. “From the skins till the bones, they’re all mine.”

“To snatch my prey is to oppose me.”

“Want the dragon? Do you deserve it?”

The Aiwen District Governor opened his mouth, but his voice was stuck deep in his throat. His back was cold and sweaty and chills poured into his bones as he shrank back in instinctive fear.

Mu Heng looked at him fixedly, then indifferently withdrew his gaze.

He straightened his combat gloves slowly and calmly and said in a low, steady voice, “I will take it as I never heard it this time. But, the matter won’t end this easily next time.”

After the words were spoken, the silver-haired, blue-eyed man gave a slight nod to the Aiwen District Governor in front of him with dull, distant politeness. “Have a good day.”

He turned and walked steadily away.

As he watched Mu Heng’s tall, straight back fade out of sight, the Aiwen District Governor relaxed as though he had survived a calamity, reached up to the wall with some weakness in his legs, and took a deep breath with lingering fear.

–He could feel that his opponent truly wanted to kill him at that moment.

The killing intent was clear and sharp as if the blade was at his throat, giving him the illusion that he would be splattered with blood in the next moment.

***

Shi An had returned to the academy’s rest area.

Water flushed with a crash, echoing through the empty bathroom.

The cold, clear water splashed against the sink, wisps of blood flowing down the drain in little swirls.

Shi An seemed to be in a happy mood.

He hummed softly as he carefully cleaned the blood from his palm lines and fingers.

The young man’s voice was thin and soft, intermittently echoing in the small space.

“…” The demon insect shivered for no reason.

Shi An yanked off the towel and wiped his hands.

He noticed the demon insect’s eyes and asked briskly, “What’s wrong?”

The demon insect couldn’t help but think of the scene just now.

It shivered for a moment. “N-Nothing.”

Shi An thought for a moment and pulled the black smoke out of his sleeve.

He tugged on the black smoke’s tail and shook it. “Spit out the white gem ring.”

Earlier at Lu Yuanyi’s place, Shi An had not only retrieved his portion of the treasure in the other person’s hands but also swept away the other person’s inventory in the process, completely raiding the warehouse.

And, of course, there was no way for Shi An to carry that much treasure on his back, so he went for the idea of the black smoke’s four-dimensional stomach – let the black smoke swallow everything and he could take it all with him!

Black smoke: “…”

But it opened its mouth obediently with a bitter face and slowly spat out the ring that Shi An requested.

Shi An placed the ring under the tap and rinsed it gently as if treating his cherished lover.

After more than ten minutes of careful scrubbing, the human’s blood and residual scent were finally cleaned before Shi An turned off the tap.

He looked at his long-lost treasure with genuine joy and nostalgia in his eyes.

Finally…

After all this time, he could finally touch his long-lost treasure with his hands again!

Although it was only a tiny portion, Shi An still felt overwhelming exhilaration and joy.

Apart from recovering a portion of his treasure at Lu Yuanyi’s place, Shi An had also received quite a lot of valuable information.

He found that the treasure in the Abyssal Rift had not been taken by one person alone but had been divided up among several forces. Apart from the influential people and families in the Aiwen District, there were also the Black Market and the mercenary troops. Meanwhile, Lu Yuanyi was only responsible for secret transportation and his involvement wasn’t too deep. He knew who in the Aiwen District had gotten hold of that part of the treasure, but he had no way of knowing about the Black Market and those outside the Aiwen District.

From Lu Yuanyi’s mouth, Shi An got all the names and addresses the man knew about.

He gently touched the bright white glossy edges of the jewel and a crimson glint swept across the bottom of his eyes.