Looking at the happy little dragon, Liu Yunqing sighed inwardly.
Well, no wonder the Flood Dragon Senior didn't appear when she teased the little dragon like that; it turns out he was in seclusion.
So the other party agreed to let me stay so that I could look after its babies?
The little dragon, who was having a good time, noticed that Liu Yunqing's expression was different. It gently stopped slapping its tail on the surface of the pool and raised its beautiful eyes expectantly, saying:
"Don't you want to be friends with me anymore?"
Liu Yunqing was puzzled, so the little dragon explained:
"You only want to see my mother and don't want to play with me, which means you don't want to be my friend."
After Xiao Jiao finished speaking, her already red eyes blinked even redder, and tears were about to flow again.
Liu Yunqing hurriedly explained that she didn't mean it that way.
But no matter how she explained, Xiao Jiao remained aggrieved and unconvinced.
If you don't believe it, that's fine, but the main thing is that Xiao Jiao is crying.
It's one thing for it to cry, but once the isolation formation is set up, it can't be heard at all. However, the little dragon's crying is harmful.
Liu Yunqing feared that if she let it cry on, her cave would be burned down by the little dragon's tears when she came out of seclusion.
"Okay, okay, I'm willing to play with you and be your friend."
"But if you keep crying, I won't let you!"
The little dragon's crying stopped abruptly. It raised its claws at Liu Yunqing and sobbed, "..."
"You promise?"
Liu Yunqing reached out and touched its paw, saying helplessly:
"I promise."
The little dragon's tail flapped happily again, and it tugged at Liu Yunqing, saying:
"Let's play in the water!"
Liu Yunqing didn't move, but stood still and called out to the little dragon:
"I'll play in the water with you, but we need to make a deal."
Little Jiao hesitated slightly, but nodded nonetheless, and Liu Yunqing said with satisfaction:
"I'll play in the water with you first, then you can help me cultivate. If I need to go into seclusion, you can't disturb me. Any issues can wait until I come out of seclusion to be resolved."
Seeing that the little dragon's expression was off, Liu Yunqing continued before it could speak:
"Since we're friends, it's not enough for just me to keep you company; shouldn't you keep me company too?"
Xiao Jiao thought about it for a moment and felt that Liu Yunqing's words made sense, so he simply nodded.
Liu Yunqing continued:
"So I played in the water with you, shouldn't you help me cultivate?"
Xiao Jiao said with some hesitation:
"But...but my cultivation involves sleeping!"
Liu Yunqing clapped his hands and said:
"Sleeping is fine too. When you wake up, I'll come out of seclusion, and then we can play together again."
Seeing the expectant look on Liu Yunqing's face, Xiao Jiao initially wanted to say something, but ultimately reluctantly nodded and said:
"Okay, then."
Seeing that it agreed, Liu Yunqing immediately raised her palm and touched it to its paw, saying:
"It's a deal!"
Little Jiao echoed, "It's a deal!" and immediately put on an excited expression again, saying:
"Can you play with me now?"
Having agreed, Liu Yunqing naturally wouldn't make excuses and immediately nodded, saying:
"Sure."
After saying that, he took the water-repelling pearl and jumped into the pool, chasing after the little dragon.
Seeing Liu Yunqing's swift movements, the little dragon instinctively began to run away.
But as soon as it ran, the little dragon realized that it was a dragon, a king of the water, so why should it be afraid of being chased by a human?
Thinking this, the little dragon turned around and saw that Liu Yunqing was slowly hanging in the distance, inside the water-repelling barrier created by the water-repelling pearl.
This "slow and leisurely" is how the little dragon sees it; for Liu Yunqing herself, she had already done her best in terms of underwater speed.
While Liu Yunqing was giving it her all, she was also deeply shocked.
She thought it was just a young dragon, how fast could it be?
As it turns out, it may not be very fast, but it is definitely a speed that a human could not achieve in water.
When Liu Yunqing caught up with the little dragon, the little dragon was already waiting impatiently ahead. As soon as it saw Liu Yunqing, it said with disdain:
"Why are you so slow! Your cultivation level is so much higher than mine!"
Little Jiao didn't understand, but Liu Yunqing knew it was their racial advantage—they were born to live in water. However, she didn't say it aloud, but instead looked dejected and said:
"Yes, why am I so slow? It must be because my cultivation level isn't high enough. I should speed up my cultivation! Or you can cultivate with me!"
The little dragon's eyes glazed over for a moment, then it quickly regained its senses and shook its head, saying:
"No way! You're cheating!"
Liu Yunqing spread his hands, indicating his helplessness:
"But I really tried my best, and I still couldn't catch up with you!"
Little Jiao grunted twice in dissatisfaction, but refused to let the person go.
After a while, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said:
"I've got it! Let's play bubble blowing! This doesn't require speed!"
"Blowing bubbles?"
Liu Yunqing was puzzled and disdainful, guessing that this was just another childish game played by some cub.
However, in no time at all, Liu Yunqing became obedient again.
Why?
Why is she slower than the young dragon, and even slower at blowing bubbles?
Why is that?!
Liu Yunqing was furious. Soaked to the bone, she stood there in the water where she had put away the water-repelling beads, questioning the meaning of life.
This bubble-blowing game is not as cute as its name suggests.
Because these bubbles aren't the "gurgling" water bubbles, but fire bubbles.
It wasn't about who could spit out the biggest fire bubble, but rather a battle between one person and one dragon, each releasing fire bubbles.
When Liu Yunqing let Xiao Jiao go first, she had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, although the little dragon's cultivation level was low and the fire bubbles it spat out weren't very powerful, they were exceptionally obedient in the water, no different from spitting fireballs on land.
When it was Liu Yunqing's turn, she became completely obedient.
For the first fireball, Liu Yunqing was worried that it might be too powerful and hurt the little dragon, so he only used 10% of his strength.
As a result, the fireball took only a moment to form and then dissipate.
Liu Yunqing's expression became more serious, and he used 30% of his strength the second time.
This time the fireball did manage to go out, but it dissipated again just before reaching the little dragon, and its speed was as slow as a tortoise.
The third time, Liu Yunqing no longer held back and unleashed a fireball with all her might.
Yes, the effect this time is quite obvious; half of the pool of water has been boiled away.
But this happened halfway through the fireball's journey, not at its destination.
This scene, which makes one question the meaning of life, leads to Liu Yunqing's image of being in a state of bewildered contemplation.
The little dragon was initially overjoyed, but remembering its mother's instructions on the principles of making friends, it quickly suppressed its smile, swam to Liu Yunqing, and was about to offer some words of comfort when Liu Yunqing suddenly said:
"Let's do it again!"
Little Jiao blinked, swallowed the words of comfort that were about to come out of his mouth, and nodded happily with an "Mmm".
This time, however, the two didn't play in the small pond inside the cave, but went directly to the large lake.
"Are you sure you won't disturb your mother's seclusion?"
Little Jiao shook his head and said firmly:
"Of course not, because my mother is in seclusion and not here."
Hearing this, Liu Yunqing finally felt relieved, and then said to the little dragon with great interest:
"Come on, let's continue!"
This time, however, Liu Yunqing did not follow his usual hand seals. Instead, he stood aside and quietly observed the fire bubbles that the little dragon was spitting out.
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