Chapter 591

If I were Pangu, you would be the master of the dragon clan.

All my connections will be completely handed over to you!

And, when your cultivation is complete and you can contend for the supreme peak…… I will cast my vote, exert influence among those seeking Pangu, and pave the way for you!

How are these conditions of mine?

The dragon ancestor has great magnanimity.

To win over and turn the Responding Dragon, let her jump out of Nüwa's camp, so that the divided origin outside returns to the dragon clan, eliminating the hidden danger of great unification, he even does not hesitate to appoint the Responding Dragon as the dragon clan's second-in-command, making him the helm of the dragon clan after Dragon Ancestor achieves the Dao and becomes Pangu!

Furthermore, there is still too much follow‑up support.

Power, connections, backing…… faintly visible, a star‑lit road to the Pangu throne flickers into existence.

Responding Dragon gazed at Dragon Ancestor, and fell silent for a moment.

However, a hint of struggle flickered faintly across her expression, seemingly because Dragon Ancestor's persuasion moved her heart.

Being moved is quite normal.

Not being moved—that would be the problem.

After all, the carrot of "Pangu" is dangling before you; ask the three thousand great Luo, who could remain unmoved?

Such an achievement is too lofty, too difficult, far removed from the mundane world; even those with great supernatural powers sigh at it.

Pangu is no easy feat.

It requires a sufficiently strong foundation and power to support this most inconceivable accomplishment.

There's nothing to be done; the times have changed.

Nowadays, the gods' integrity is worrisome…… if you can gang‑up, who would bother dueling you?!

Even if it's whoever, whoever, whoever, wielding the legendary killing formation said to be unbreakable without the four saints, yet if he dares to be too obstinate, refuses to make allies, woos the elite, stubbornly challenges all sides, and vies for the supreme fruit……

Believe it or not, in the next instant, four saints whoosh out of the bushes, surrounding him and kicking him in a circle!

Just this—maybe it's still not bad.

Therefore, without commanding a major power, lacking sufficient social connections, and lacking any background backing…… to suffer defeat midway is hardly surprising.

At this moment, the dragon ancestor lays out facts and reasons; whether he is baring his heart is uncertain, but his sincerity is quite evident and straightforward.

——Join me, and you have hope of becoming Pangu!

This is a toast.

It is Dragon Ancestor's effort to peacefully resolve the dragon clan's hidden troubles, offering the maximum benefit within his power.

Of course, if the Responding Dragon refuses to accept this toast……

Then what awaits might be a penalty drink.

Responding Dragon's memory is good.

What the dragon ancestor said before is still crystal clear.

——First negotiate; if agreement is reached, exchange benefits.

——If talks fail? Then knives and guns, assassinations, sieges—no taboo, every means employed!

When facing an enemy contend­ing for the Great Dao, the dragon ancestor will unleash how ferocious and cruel a means…… none of it is surprising!

【So…… should I accept or not?】

Responding Dragon's face shows hesitation and vacillation, but inside she feels deep emotion, sighs, even a bit self‑mocking: 'I've already boarded the pirate ship—actually I have no choice at all!'

【Alas…… a tragedy like me, feet on three boats…… I hope the boat doesn't split before I get off.】

Thinking of this, Responding Dragon's heart is full of tears.

To have as a boss the worst in history—coming in wind, going out rain; someday a slip might land you in the pot or the oil…… how could the word "miserable" suffice?

Fengxi arranged the script, eager to try directing, hoping to become a Pangu big shot…… as a companion spirit, her poor little Responding Dragon can only grit her teeth and go on, playing all kinds of roles.

Beneath the cheerful façade lies a panic‑stricken emoji pile‑on.

No matter how unsettled she feels, the show must go on.

Who made her the lead?!

A mainstay of the Spy‑Within‑Spy‑Within‑Spy series; when the big play unfolds, she must strike the perfect balance—she must make the three contenders for Pangu dislike each other, heighten their conflict, yet also detach herself so others overlook her role in the play, ignore her "personal" attribute, and emphasize her "tool" attribute.

——Everyone sees her, yet no one pays her any mind—truly a hidden gem beneath the lamp!

Controlling this heat: too much is excessive, too little is insufficient; must not overcook, nor under‑exert.

Only thus can we perfectly conceal mortal actions amidst the great calamity, achieve the greatest dream undertaking, and let the myriad peoples become masters of their own fate!

This road is very arduous.

Because everyone else merely proves the Dao to become Pangu, whereas here it is likely that one must face off against an actual Pangu to see who is superior.

The difficulty of this goal surpasses all.

As a participant, she is still an important part; how many can fathom the anguish in Responding Dragon's heart!

To avoid an untimely death, Responding Dragon has bitterly honed her acting skills these years—reading works like *An Actor's Self‑Cultivation* and *Life Is All About Acting*, etc., to the point of knowing them by heart, which is still just trivial.

Perhaps, having inherited some of her master's talent, today's Responding Dragon has also made modest achievements in the art of performance.

Loyal ministers, treacherous ministers, and even higher—great treachery resembling loyalty, great loyalty resembling treachery…… and so on, she can portray them all vividly.

Today, she will launch her most perfect performance, pushing the course of that great trend!

At this moment, one sees Responding Dragon, under Dragon Ancestor's sincere invitation, her face gradually displaying a fan‑shaped statistic chart, clear to the dragon ancestor; even vividly, one can through her expression faintly see the corresponding inner thoughts——

Four‑parts anger, because her loyalty to Lady Nüwa cannot be erased by heaven or earth, cannot be buried by time; Comrade Responding Dragon steadfastly upholds the supreme authority of Lady Nüwa, will absolutely not be felled by the enemy's sugar‑coated shells, nor be bribed onto the road of betrayal—Dragon Ancestor's bribery is a massive desecration and insult to her loyal character!

Three‑parts confusion, because Dragon Ancestor's words do indeed hold a grain of truth that strikes her heart…… the dragon ancestor's forecast of Responding Dragon's future, where humanity will prosper and her destiny, benefit allocation, all unknown—like rootless duckweed, unsettled, homeless.

Two‑parts inclination, because the word "Pangu" strikes…… ask any great Luo deity, who does not aspire to become Pangu? This is a dream etched in the bones!

Last of all, there remains one‑part guilt——it seems Responding Dragon suddenly looks back, feeling guilty over this complex inner struggle; as a subordinate receiving Nüwa's salary, she did not immediately resist external temptation, but instead instinctively weighed pros and cons, committing the gravest error of stance!

Four plus three plus two plus one exactly equals ten.

Yinglong, with one face, portrays four different proportions of inner emotion…… A generation's acting emperor will thus burst onto the scene!

Of course, in reality there are five.

Under the twisted exterior lies Yinglong's own abundant complaints.

"I'm having a tough time!"

"I must reasonably decline Dragon Ancestor's cooperation invitation to show my stance."

"I must also avoid pushing Dragon Ancestor into a desperate corner, making him see no hope and decide to secretly use violence to solve me, this trouble‑making dragon, including but not limited to assassination……"

——If the problem can't be solved, then solve the person who created the problem!

Dragon Ancestor is quite experienced in this.

"I need to reel him in, not too far, not too close—keep hope alive, though it's hard to pursue……But as the saying goes, where there's a will there's a way; without effort, how would one know how to write the two words 'despair'?"

Yinglong sighs.

"Wait…… something seems off."

"How do I feel like I've become a heart‑toying scumbag?"

Yinglong reflects on himself, falling into self‑doubt about his dragon life.

"Ah…… I vaguely recall that when I was first born, I was a pure, kind, honest teng snake."

"But what can be done?"

"The world changes unpredictably; I've actually become such a dragon……"

"Hmm!"

"It must be Fengxi's fault!"

"He started off bad…… back then he was messing around with something like the 'Licking Classics', thus leading this little white flower of mine astray!"

"Right!"

"Exactly!"

"That's exactly it!"

Yinglong laments the failure of education.

With such an irresponsible master who neither behaves properly nor does proper work, what can she do?

She is also very desperate!

But despair is despair; the performance must go on.

A series of changes, the shifting pie chart reflected in Dragon Ancestor's eyes, letting him know Yinglong's complex inner feelings; Jicai then spoke with difficulty, half struggling, half reluctant, "Many…… many thanks for Dragon Ancestor God's kind intentions."

"However…… let's just forget it!"

Though he says to forget it on the surface, that struggle is clear as day, letting Dragon Ancestor understand that this young comrade Yinglong can still join the dragon family!

The process may be troublesome, requiring more effort…… but the hope of peacefully resolving the dragon clan's split hidden danger remains!

And since there is hope, for Dragon Ancestor…… is that considered a matter?

"Oh?" Dragon Ancestor Grand Sage exudes boundless grandeur, "Could it be that you think my conditions are too empty, so you don't trust me?"

"Also right." Dragon Ancestor mutters to himself, "Many of these conditions talk about how I, Pangu, will be after success…… your lack of confidence in me is also quite normal."

"Then how about this: you don't need to switch jobs for now, just observe coldly." He said to Yinglong, "But you can first collect a sum of money…… tentatively counted as this dragon clan senior's investment encouragement for you, an outstanding junior."

"This is reasonable and proper; even Nüwa couldn't utter a single 'no'."

"If she insists on opposing, you can also see her true colors, and what utilitarian attitude she holds toward you."

Dragon Ancestor spread his hands, gestured a number, "Real gold and silver, I'll first give this amount……"

"Ah……" Yinglong was moved.

"Don't be surprised…… our dragon clan is rich across the four seas, mastering the Great Dao of water; in terms of money and wealth, aside from being far behind Nüwa in the hard currency of merit, other heavenly treasures and earthly gems are not lacking at all!"

Dragon Ancestor, chatting and laughing, stirred hearts with allure, "That is, there are too many dragons in the clan, so on average they seem few…… but once you sit in a high position, the benefits are top‑notch of the age."

"Even half‑joining us is tantamount to mastering the wealth code."

"And if you see the situation clearly and think Nüwa's ship is doomed…… the door of our dragon clan stands forever open for you!"

"However, your vision must be farther, your actions quicker……"

"After all, once Nüwa's ship truly sinks, your value…… will no longer be as great as now."

"In short, the earlier you join our dragon clan, the better your benefits."

"The later you join our dragon clan, your weight may be negligible, and those benefits…… will naturally decrease accordingly."

"You'd better think it over."

Dragon Ancestor leisurely pulled out a gold card from his sleeve, swaying it slowly before Yinglong's eyes.

Dragon Ancestor, not a fuel‑saving lamp.

He used words to plant hints in Yinglong's heart, laying the groundwork for a job‑change foreshadowing.

The gradually decreasing benefits, matching Nüwa's rise and fall…… this is to let Yinglong and Nüwa share prosperity but not hardship!

"I still don't believe it!"

"Nüwa will be able to smoothly complete Pangu's path from now on!"

"As long as there's a slight setback, wherever she stalls……"

"I will then manipulate behind the scenes, spread rumors, disparage her future, and force this little guy who has a retreat to rush from Nüwa's ship over to me!"

"She can't avoid jumping…… after all, I've already told her that the later, the lower her value!"

"And this jump is a done deal, with no chance for regret!"

"Then the dragon clan's split dilemma will collapse on its own!"

Dragon Ancestor's inner abacus clacked with a crackling sound.

——Plan succeeded!

The glittering gold VIP card of Heaven and Earth Bank was delivered to Ying Long's presence, awaiting her to take it.

That bewildering gold light seemed to dazzle Ji's eyes.

Her eyes shone, she slowly lifted one hand, about to take that gold card.

However, just as she was about to touch the card surface, she seemed to remember something, and her whole dragon body was struck as if by lightning.

Only an instant.

Ying Long's hand snapped back like lightning, utterly unwilling to touch the Dragon Ancestor's things, as if he were the source of some calamity.

Once involved, he will someday pay a heavy price, even……

May he die a horrible death!

The Dragon Ancestor watched, his expression changed, becoming very ugly.

"What do you mean?" He restrained the anger in his heart, smiling yet not smiling, but however you look at it he seems dangerous, "Are the things of my Dragon Clan so untouchable in your eyes?"

"Could it be that you think… my Dragon Clan is about to perish? Afraid of being implicated and settled?"

"No, no..." Ying Long shook his head, his eyes flickering, as if he could speak, enticing people to delve into the secret behind it, "I don't take dead dragon money... pah, I just feel that one should not receive reward without merit... oh no, it's that a loyal subject does not serve two masters, my loyalty to the madam can be shown before heaven and earth..."

When Ying Long spoke, he was somewhat incoherent.

This only increased the Dragon Ancestor's doubts.

After all, the words "dead dragon" appeared.

"What on earth is going on?" The Dragon Ancestor's complexion shifted, and in a thought he cut off this space-time, falling into an unknown realm.

At the same time, another card appeared in his hand, "Tell me, this unregistered wealth… is yours now!"

Ying Long made grumbling noises, remaining silent for a long time.

Only when pressed to desperation did he finally glance at the Dragon Ancestor once.

That glance seemed eternal.

(End of chapter)