65 64. Making Friends

"Thank you," Hu Liena whispered, hesitating for a moment. Her words carried a touch of ambiguity, expressing gratitude towards Lu Yuan for saving both her and Xie Yue.

"You're welcome," he replied, waving his hand with a smirk on his face. He jokingly added, "In my hometown, there's no 'thank you' for great kindness. You either repay it with your body or become a cow or horse in your next life. Which option do you choose?"

Hu Liena's sense of gratitude quickly dissipated upon hearing these words. She didn't want to choose either option.

Making a promise with her body was impossible, and becoming a cow or horse in the next life was equally undesirable. Who knew if the vows made in this life would be fulfilled in the next life? She would end up losing either way.

Furthermore, even if it were a promise involving her body, it shouldn't be stated so bluntly. Did he consider a girl's feelings at all? What an incomprehensible idiot.

Inwardly, she cursed him viciously while pretending to be shy, turning her head away without answering. It seemed as if she was embarrassed and was pushing the difficult problem of choosing onto him.

Growing bored of standing, Lu Yuan observed Hu Liena's expression carefully. He couldn't help but chuckle and asked flatly, "Has anyone ever told you that your acting skills are really bad?"

Her eyelashes trembled slightly as she tried to conceal it. She pretended not to understand and said, "I don't understand what you're talking about."

"You can understand!" His resolute words cut off all of the girl's escape routes. "Gaining someone's trust through lies will only result in receiving the same lies in return. Even now, you choose to lie?"

There was a tinge of disappointment in his voice that couldn't be disputed.

After hesitating for a moment, Hu Liena turned her head, coldly staring at the smiling young man in front of her, and calmly asked, "What do you want?"

"What do I want?" Lu Yuan repeated to himself, as if contemplating. Ignoring the golden fireball exploding behind him, he raised his head, stared intently into Hu Liena's eyes, extended his hand, and said earnestly, "I want a friend who will wholeheartedly accept me."

The sentence that sounded like a joke was perhaps not a joke at all.

Blankly looking at the suddenly serious boy, Hu Liena instinctively raised her hand and slowly, but firmly, grasped the boy's fair and slender fingers.

It was a wonderful feeling, as if water and milk were blending together. She seemed to sense the long-concealed loneliness in the other person's heart and...

Like ice preserved for thousands of years, the icy haze woven by hatred; a bright sky like a scorching sun, woven by hope.

The violent explosion sounded again, awakening Hu Liena from her trance. Like a startled deer, she quickly withdrew her hand and put it behind her back. Her eyelids drooped slightly, unconsciously evading eye contact to prevent the other party from seeing the emotions stirring in her heart.

Substantial anger burned in her golden eyes. The Three-eyed Golden Lion was filled with grief and anger, spewed out clusters of golden flames to bypass the barrier. It seemed like she almost succeeded.

Lu Yuan deliberately grinned, revealing his bright white teeth, and gave a thumbs-up gesture. If Xie Yue ranked first in assists, then this three-eyed golden lion would undoubtedly rank second in assists.

What was the minimum requirement for the hero to save the beauty?

First and foremost, there must be a hero and a beauty.

Secondly, there must be villains and supporting actors to showcase the hero's strength.

Therefore, all in all, Lu Yuan felt it necessary to give the Three-eyed Golden Lion a thumbs-up as a sign of encouragement for her serious work attitude.

Unbeknownst to him, in the eyes of the Three-eyed Golden Lion, this had become an undisguised sign of mockery and provocation. In her innocent mind, the dialogue had been automatically filled in:

"What if you can't catch food? I'm just an empty~"

AThe food has arrived. Thank you for your efforts. It saved me from lots of work~ However, the food would rather follow me than you. Little girl, you can't handle it. You lack enough affinity.

Nevertheless, this kind of bold spirit is worth showing ~ Work harder next time and see you next time when i visit.

[T/N: I was also confused. Just read]

Any further action would directly increase the three-eyed golden lion's hatred.

Golden flames continued to explode in the air. Lu Yuan narrowed his clear eyes and mercilessly grabbed Xie Yue, throwing him onto Hu Liena's back.

Waving his hands in a pretentious manner, his voice laced with impatience, he said, "Hurry up, hurry up, don't treat me like a favor."

What good could come out of this? Stopping in front of a hundred thousand-year soul beast, let alone good things, there might not even be bad things.

After all, they would die immediately, so what difference did it make if it was good or bad?

Biting her red lips tightly with her white teeth, Hu Liena knew deep down that this was just an excuse from the other party.

"What are you still hesitating for!"

Hu Liena instinctively raised her head, only to see Lu Yuan scolding her with a frown. Softening her heart, she took out a token from a soul tool and threw it to Lu Yuan, then ran off with Xie Yue on her back.

She didn't look back, but her voice echoed from afar.

"I'm giving you this token. If you survive and meet any member of the Spirit Hall, you can use it to receive the highest level of treatment."

Speechless, Lu Yuan absentmindedly flipped through the token in his hand and stuffed it directly into his storage space.

Another auxiliary mission item. And it was similar to Ning Rongrong's last time. It was the type of pre-battle buff that guaranteed instant death. If he wanted to rely on this thing to survive, he might as well poison himself with milk.

Not to mention, he looked at the Golden Lion and let out a malicious laugh. An opponent he could defeat and which didn't require poisonous milk.

A crisp sound suddenly reverberated in the void. A golden flame bombarded the spatial barrier once again, becoming the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Countless transparent fragments of space scattered and were slowly absorbed, accepted, and fused by the void during their flight.

The three-eyed golden lion appeared majestically before Lu Yuan, her golden pupils exuding arrogance.

"Human! This is the end"

This was the first time she acknowledged that the human in front of her was a "human" and not a "little bug."

As the possessor of the ultimate attribute, the three-eyed Jin Yan felt it necessary to give the other party the due respect because this was not only respect for the other party but also respect for herself.

"So far... so far?"

Chewing on each word of this evaluation, Lu Yuan's pupils suddenly turned pure silver. A powerful silver hue erupted, enveloping the boy's body and rendering him entirely silver.

The golden pupils of the three-eyed golden lion paused momentarily, and an equally powerful but golden soul power erupted, resisting the silver soul power.

"What are you proud of? What are you commenting on?"

Raising his hand, Lu Yuan's eyes were filled with disdain.

"In this world, spaces are attributed to elements. You don't even have the qualifications to fight me!"

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