140: Compensation for emotional distress [Thanks to '游山恋晨' for the like]
"Not bad, not bad."
Ao Yuan was extremely satisfied with his son's appetite.
"He has my style from back in the day."
He seemed to recall his younger days, when he also ate those old monsters who provoked him, one bite at a time.
Bloodline is something that is inherited. (Su Jue had Ao Yuan's essence blood in his body.)
Meanwhile, the surrounding Dragon Clan powerhouses were already completely numb.
Dissecting a Great Saint... treating a Great Saint's corpse as a snack... they felt that the shock they received today was more than the past tens of thousands of years combined.
They looked at the Infant rubbing his round belly with a satisfied face, their eyes filled with awe.
This new little prince... seems to... have some skill.
Can't afford to mess with him, definitely can't afford to mess with him.
Feeling the surging power within his body, Su Jue was also delighted.
He immediately pulled up his system panel.
[Host: Su Jue]
[Race: Human (Intermediate Datafied Dragon Body 55%) (Advanced Chaos Dragon Body 1%)]
[Realm: Fifth Level Domain Transformation Realm Peak]
[Cultivation Technique: "Heart Canon" (Entry Level 1.8%)]
[Law: Chaos Unity (1.6%)]
[Divine Ability: Devour All Things (Elementary), dimensional universe (Embryonic)...]
[energy points: 3,158,220,000]
[Comprehensive Evaluation: Congratulations! On the path of being a "Daddy's Boy," you are already far ahead of 99.99% of all living beings in the universe.]
"..."
Seeing that last evaluation, Su Jue's face turned black.
"System, do you want to die?"
[Ding! The system has detected an unknown risk and is performing emergency self-maintenance. Please do not disturb... sizzle... sizzle...]
The system skillfully played dead again.
Su Jue curled his lips, too lazy to argue with it.
He was in a good mood right now.
Just then, Ao Yuan's gaze fell on the Myriad Beast King · Devour Heaven, who had long since collapsed on the ground in fear, covered in his own waste.
"You."
Ao Yuan's voice returned to being ice-cold.
The Myriad Beast King shuddered and scrambled to kneel on the ground, kowtowing frantically.
"Dragon Emperor, Your Majesty, please spare my life! This humble king failed to recognize your greatness! This humble king deserves ten thousand deaths!"
"Spare you?"
Ao Yuan let out a cold laugh.
"Fine."
Hearing this, the Myriad Beast King couldn't help but feel wild joy in his heart.
But Ao Yuan's next sentence made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
"My son was frightened by you."
Ao Yuan pointed at Su Jue.
"How do you plan to settle this mental damage fee?"
"..."
The Myriad Beast King was stunned.
Mental damage fee?
He looked at the Infant who was just dissecting a Great Saint and was now looking at him with a face full of curiosity.
He was frightened?
Where did he look like he was frightened?!
He clearly looked like he was here to stock up on goods, okay?!
But the Myriad Beast King only dared to think these words in his heart.
He spoke tremblingly, "Ma... Majesty... you say... whatever you say goes..."
"Easy to say."
Ao Yuan's dragon claw tapped lightly against the void.
The Myriad Beast King's treasury, hidden deep in a pocket dimension, was forcibly dragged out!
Boom—!
A continuous mountain of treasure, piled high with divine iron and immortal crystals, appeared out of thin air before everyone!
Atop the treasure mountain, divine light soared to the sky, and laws flowed!
There were hundred-thousand-year-old Saint Medicines floating within!
There were Dao Artifacts flickering with immortal radiance, humming inside!
There were even several divine stones containing laws!
This was the entire fortune that the Myriad Beast King · Devour Heaven and his father, the Gold-Devouring Rat Emperor, had spent hundreds of thousands of years scouring from all over the universe across two generations!
Its value was enough to buy nearly half a star sector!
"All of this."
Ao Yuan pointed his chin at the treasure mountain.
"Will be considered... pocket money for my son to compensate him."
"Do you have any objections?"
"...N-No... none..."
The Myriad Beast King's heart was bleeding.
But on his face, he had to squeeze out a smile that looked worse than crying.
"It's only right... only right..."
"Very good."
Ao Yuan nodded his dragon head in satisfaction.
He turned to look at Su Jue, returning to his persona as a doting father.
"Son, go see if there's anything you like."
"Okay!"
Su Jue moved his short legs and plunged into the treasure mountain.
It was like a mouse falling into a rice vat.
"Wow! This is good! [Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Grass]! A Saint-grade medicinal herb!"
[Ding! Do you wish to perform analysis and devour?]
"Devour!"
"Wow! This is also not bad! [Delusion-Breaking Golden Pupils]! A King-tier magic treasure!"
[Ding! High-quality magic treasure detected. Do you wish to analyze its refining methods and core laws?]
"Analyze!"
...Su Jue started a frantic "zero-dollar shopping" mode in the treasure mountain.
Whenever he saw something good, he used the system to analyze and devour it directly.
It was all free anyway, might as well take it!
Ao Yuan looked at his money-loving appearance and shook his head dotingly.
Meanwhile, the surrounding dragons had completely lost their temper.
Other people's pocket money was a few source crystals.
This little prince's pocket money was the treasury of a Saint Realm Expert.
Comparing a person to a dragon is truly infuriating!
While Su Jue was frantically sweeping up goods.
His gaze was suddenly attracted by an inconspicuous little thing in a corner of the treasure mountain.
It was a metal box.
The box was already rusty and looked quite old.
There were no energy fluctuations on it either.
In this pile of shining divine treasures, it looked completely out of place.
But Su Jue walked over as if possessed.
He reached out his small hand and opened the box.
Inside the box lay a silver chip... the size of a fingernail.
The moment he saw that chip.
Su Jue's eyes suddenly widened!
Because on the surface of that chip, he saw an all-too-familiar emblem!
It was an emblem composed of three crossed sharp swords and a burning flame!
This was... one of the top martial arts clans of the Lanxia Universe Federation!
One of the enemies who had carved up the Su Family's assets and participated in the destruction of the Su Family!
The family emblem of... the Li Family!
Images from back then instantly surfaced in Su Jue's mind—when he was still a swaddled Infant, placed into an escape pod by the family's last loyal servant and thrown into a space-time wormhole.
The soaring flames and the desperate wails of countless clansmen surfaced!
Although those memories were already very blurry.
But that hatred that reached into his very marrow had never dissipated!
Instead, as time passed, it became clearer and more burning!
The Wang Family!
The Li Family!
The Chen Family!
The Black Armor Army!
The entire Federation!
These names had long been carved into the depths of his soul!
Since he came to this universe, his greatest goal was to return to the Blue Star, uproot these enemies, and grind their bones to ashes!
And now... a clue to his enemies had appeared before him once again!
Su Jue reached out a trembling small hand and took the chip out of the box.
[Everything Analysis System, activate!]
[Target: 'Cinder-Flame' Project Encrypted Chip (Damaged)]
[Reading Data...]
[Data severely damaged... attempting repair...]
[Repair successful: 10%...]