Chapter 1453: Little Brocade Dragon and the Guardian Phoenix 06

Just after closing the house door, Jin Chen, who was being supported by Changli, rushed to the bathroom.

By the time Changli entered the bathroom, Jin Chen's body heat had already heated the cold water in the full bathtub until it gurgled with hot bubbles.

Changli met Jin Chen's silent, angry gaze, reached his hand into the bathtub, and the ice-flame ignited.

Instantly, the water in the bathtub became extremely cold, and a thin layer of shattered ice formed on the surface.

Jin Chen comfortably slipped in, his long hair floating on the water's surface, looking rather eerie.

The finger in the water poked Jin Chen's shoulder, and Changli still felt worried: "Are you about to grow up again?"

Jin Chen poked his head out again, "I don't know, it seems…"

He felt it for a moment, then sat up straight, pressing Changli's hand against his chest: "It's burning in here."

Changli scratched his head in puzzlement, having never dealt with such a thing before, and sighed: "You're so troublesome; when I first transformed, I had nothing to worry about."

"The phoenix despises me."

Jin Chen let out an 'ah' sound, unhappy: "Then let me burn to death; you'll have no companion!"

Changli: "……"

What a childish threat!

He then pinched Jin Chen's ear.

"Let me see you change back to your true form."

"Oh…"

Jin Chen gauged the bathroom's size, transformed into a true form of roughly the same length, instantly splashing into the bathtub's water, the black-scaled, red-eyed dragon let out a long roar, and tightly coiled around his phoenix.

Changli scratched his scales, and the subconscious resonance surfaced again, making him very familiar with this dragon.

"Loosen up, I'm going to be strangled to death by you."

"Ah."

Jin Chen symbolically loosened a bit, then the dragon's head dove back into the water.

Fortunately, after transforming into his true form, Changli actually found the cause.

Jin Chen's Heart-Protecting Dragon Scale was heating up, turning flame-red.

The Brocade Dragon has three Heart-Protecting Dragon Scales, the outermost one is the one heating up; Changli tried to touch it with his hand, and even though his ice-flame protection was ready, he still shuddered from the burn.

"Strange…"

Changli then distanced himself a bit, hovering his palm to probe with divine power.

Finally, Changli embraced the dragon's head with both hands, his expression solemn: "This Heart-Protecting Dragon Scale seems about to fall off."

Jin Chen: "……"

Jin Chen circled the dragon's body to look, then dejectedly changed back to human form; Changli's selected undershirt floated wetly in the bathtub water.

Changli thought he was sad about the Heart-Protecting Dragon Scale, was about to comfort him, when he saw Jin Chen touch his hair.

"Oh no, phoenix."

Jin Chen then patted his own head.

"Am I going to go bald?"

Changli: "……"

Wait a moment.

"Who told you dragon scales are hair?"

"Jin Chen: I guessed."

"I've never been a dragon before! How would I know!"

"You won't go bald." Changli also reached out and touched his head, his fingers combing through his soaked long hair.

"But the Heart-Protecting Dragon Scale is important; I'm afraid something might happen to you."

"It's fine; I don't think anything will happen."

Jin Chen pressed his chest, his face indifferent: "Maybe I transformed too late, and my body can't keep up with my divine power."

That's also a possibility.

When Changli transformed and left a thousand years ago, he had once noticed the dragon egg beside him; although it hadn't transformed, it continued to cultivate, constantly absorbing the purest sun and moonlight from the Demon Mountain.

Changli then relaxed a little, rubbed Jin Chen's face, and said: "Then for these few days, don't go out; just stay in and soak in the bath until the temperature drops."

"Will the phoenix keep me company?" Jin Chen cared about this the most.

"Otherwise, I wouldn't want to be bored staying home alone soaking in the tub!"

"Of course; otherwise, what would we do if something happened to you?"

A smile flickered in Changli's eyes, his pupils suddenly turning dark gold, gaining a touch of the otherworldly, just like Jin Chen.

Changli had not dropped his disguise in a long time.

He comfortably narrowed his eyes, then Jin Chen bumped his head, staring intently: "The phoenix is really beautiful."

As soon as the words fell, Jin Chen turned back into his dragon form, tightly coiling around Changli, saying: "Mine."

Changli moved a bit, but his struggle was futile.

A clear phoenix cry rang out, and Changli transformed into a phoenix slightly smaller than the dragon's body, with blue feathers interwoven with pale gold, beautiful and delicate.

The dragon's body could not hold the diminished phoenix; he could only watch helplessly as it flew away.

"Roar…"

The dragon's head drooped beside the bathtub, sulking.

The little phoenix flew to the doorway, only returning to human form once it was out of the Brocade Dragon's binding range, then turned to look at the Brocade Dragon, his eyes brimming with delighted amusement: "Enjoy your soak."

"【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +5, total 25!】"

"Ah!"

Understood!

Phoenix is really ruthless.

Jin Chen transformed into human form again, dove into the bathtub, and blew bubbles.

After the bathroom door closed, Jin Chen used Spiritual Power to test this heart-protecting dragon scale; it was useless, just hanging loosely, about to fall off.

"When it falls off, make protective armor for Phoenix."

Jin Chen thought of a solution, stopped worrying, and continued to soak comfortably.

——

After being soaked in water chilled by ice flame overnight, the next day Jin Chen's heart-protecting dragon scale temperature dropped considerably.

Chang Li again parted the dragon scales to look, showing no fear of the dragon's reverse scale; this is Jin Chen's most vulnerable spot.

Jin Chen also obediently changed back into dragon form, letting him toss and turn.

"Much better than yesterday, and also... loosened a lot."

Chang Li suddenly puffed out a laugh, poked Jin Chen's dragon horn, saying, "Like a cavity, loosening a little each day, then falling off."

Jin Chen:???

Bold!

"Ao!"

Chang Li soothed, rubbing the dragon's head, "I'm just joking; maybe it'll fall off tomorrow."

Saying this, Chang Li's tone turned more solemn, saying, "Heart-protecting dragon scales are the most precious treasure in the world; you must not casually discard them."

"Ao."

The dragon head nodded, then rubbed against Chang Li's neck crook.

Just then, Jin Chen changed back into human form.

Chang Li was startled by the warmth, ears red as he pushed Jin Chen away, "Jin Chen! Are you listening to me?"

"Heard."

Jin Chen snorted twice, then moved closer to Chang Li, "I want to give it to Phoenix."

"Give... to me?"

Chang Li wondered, "Why."

"Protect Phoenix."

Jin Chen patted his chest, "I'm very powerful; the heart-protecting dragon scale can even block heavenly thunder."

……That's true.

Even though Chang Li's divine power surpasses Jin Chen's, even if he exerts his full strength, he probably can't damage the heart-protecting dragon scale.

This is the hardest armor under heaven.

Chang Li couldn't help but recall his first heavenly tribulation that almost failed, and... the impending second one.

Jin Chen embraced Chang Li, patting his shoulder, "Phoenix won't be sad; the heart-protecting dragon scale and I will protect you."

"I don't."

Chang Li's eyes were red, yet he said, "You're so weak, you can't protect me."

Jin Chen furrowed his brow, "It won't happen."

He suddenly extended his index finger, touching Chang Li's brow, "I swear by the dragon spirit, as long as I'm here, I won't let Phoenix be unsafe."