*Boom!*
The moment Shu Yue’s small mouth swallowed the golden-red drop of blood, a majestic surge of energy exploded within her body.
In an instant, her face flushed deep red.
It wasn’t the flushing of intoxication, but rather a stifling radiance that spread across her entire body, as if she were in a sauna.
Her skin was smooth and white, soft to the touch yet elastic, and it tightly locked in the rushing heat.
The warmth could only escape in tiny increments through her pores.
Slightly turbid sweat emerged before being rapidly evaporated by the heat.
The entire room began to grow unbearably hot, and the temperature continued to rise.
Residents upstairs, downstairs, and in the neighboring rooms noticed the stifling heat as well.
However, they simply assumed the weather was getting hotter and didn’t pay it much mind, continuing with their own business.
Shu Yue had already stripped off her clothes in advance to avoid wasting them later.
She did her best to endure the heat, waiting for that single drop of blood to embed itself into her Silver Dragon Bloodline.
Shu Yue had once pondered a question: what exactly was a bloodline?
As a transmigrator, Shu Yue possessed knowledge of biology and knew that genes determined human form.
To be precise, it was the information carried within those genes.
However, the bloodlines of this world had many aspects that were difficult to explain through genetics.
Of course, it was also possible that Shu Yue simply knew too little and her understanding was too incomplete, leading her to believe that bloodlines were difficult to comprehend.
The power of bloodlines was immense — so immense that the high Nobles who monopolized them could never tolerate their bloodlines leaking out.
Nor could they accept external “mixed blood” entering their own lineages, which would lead to the degradation of their descendants’ bloodlines.
Consequently, they often intermarried to blend their high-level bloodlines together.
As for the artificial bloodlines that attempted to challenge them, they were naturally the primary targets of suppression.
Based on Shu Yue’s understanding of the Star Tempering Art, the Silver Fire extracted a specific trait from an individual with 100% purity, while everything else vanished into the flames.
In the blood of a Sub-dragon, only the Dragon Blood Essence carried power; one could say it was the only part that was truly Dragon Blood.
‘What kind of impact will it have now that I’ve absorbed it?’
Shu Yue opened her eyes.
At the same time, cracks began to appear across her body.
Her short hair grew rapidly, its color shifting from black to silver as it cascaded onto the soft bed, covering her enchanting, curvaceous figure and her perky, full, pink peach.
Flames erupted from the cracks in her skin — the same Silver Fire used in the Star Tempering Art.
*Whoosh!*
The radiant flames flared up for a moment, and Shu Yue’s form changed completely.
She became increasingly slender and delicate.
A pair of small, crystalline horns sprouted from between her smooth silver tresses.
The hair hanging over her backside was pushed aside by a plump, silver-pink tail.
It rested on the soft bedding, sinking slightly into the mattress.
The tip of the tail flickered with Silver Fire, though it did not ignite the bed; it seemed to lack actual heat.
The Dragon Maiden’s golden vertical pupils were filled with a solemn majesty as she stared blankly at the space in front of her.
“Hiss, it still hurts…”
Shu Yue’s cold and aloof expression was quickly shattered by the pain racking her entire body.
Every time she absorbed Dragon Blood, her body would ache intensely.
It was a burning pain, as if she were being roasted from the inside out.
Every cell was howling frantically, as if they were being forcibly reshaped.
‘This Dragon Blood… it couldn’t have changed my genes, could it?’
Looking down at her body, she realized her beautiful appearance — like ice and jade — truly did not look like that of a normal human.
While the young ladies of great families could be raised to be delicate, Shu Yue was not one of them.
Why should she be so beautiful and supple when she spent every day exposed to the elements?
She could only conclude that the Star Tempering Art was truly miraculous.
She tried clenching her fist and found that her strength had increased significantly.
Forget punching a bull to death — she felt she could kill a 3-meter-tall bear with a single blow!
‘With this physical strength alone, I can handle any enemy within Tier 1!’
Shu Yue’s eyes shimmered, and her heart filled with joy.
Aside from turning her into a beautiful little Dragon Maiden, the only other notable effect of the Dragon Blood was this massive increase in strength.
Her beautiful eyes suddenly narrowed.
It wasn’t because she sensed anything, but because she had decided to seek her revenge.
The reason she hadn’t waited to absorb the Dragon Blood back home was precisely for this vengeance!
Since she had to wait out the cooling period after the bloodline activation anyway, she might as well go out and get things done.
Reaching for a small cloth bag, she pulled out a light green dress and put it on without a second thought.
However, she couldn’t go out exactly like this; her current appearance was far too eye-catching.
Shu Yue pulled out a hooded black cloak, perfect for moving through the night.
She rolled off the bed and went to the window, leaping out to land on the inn’s perimeter wall.
She dropped lightly into the alleyway without making a sound to disturb the people inside.
Shu Yue walked deep into the alley, moving quickly toward a place characterized by neon lights and debauchery.
‘Simon that viper said he’d be at the Early Spring House tonight. I hope he’s there,’ Shu Yue muttered to herself.
The Early Spring House was a very famous establishment in Grey Pine City.
The girls there were the top beauties on the street.
Whether it was their service attitude or their level of skill, they offered an experience that couldn’t be found elsewhere.
Relatively speaking, however, the prices were very high.
Only wealthy big shots could afford to walk through the door.
No money?
If you had no money, you went to the girls standing on the street.
Their flesh might be a bit loose, but if you were broke, shouldn’t “functional” be enough?
As for the truly high-quality girls…
A poor wretch wouldn’t even get to see their faces!
It was said that the Oiran of the Early Spring House only took one guest per 1 week.
The entry fee alone started at 10 gold coins, and the price for a night of passion was even more staggering.
Shu Yue, however, didn’t have much interest in that.
Looking at beautiful girls was inferior to looking at herself in a mirror.
She possessed the Shadow Hiding spell skill, which helped lower her presence in the shadows.
She had specifically kept this skill when she obtained Fertile Soil upon the Body because it was incredibly useful.
Shu Yue’s dragon pupils could see clearly even in the dark of night.
Gazing at a seven-story brick-and-wood building not far away, her eyes glinted with a cold light.
There was not a shred of hesitation in her.
With a single leap, her figure merged into the night sky as she jumped onto the tiled eaves of the fifth floor.
How was she going to find him?
That was actually quite simple.
Noble sons like Simon would usually pick rooms on the fifth floor or higher, selecting the high-status girls.
By using her sharp hearing to listen to the voices inside, she would be able to tell if that guy was there.
While the Dragon Blood strengthened her physical body, it also made Shu Yue’s senses much more acute, allowing her to hear many faint sounds.
“There!”
She turned her head, looking toward a half-open window where the sound of playful flirting was drifting out.
It sounded like a man and a woman playing games; it seemed they were about to get down to business.
Seeing this, Shu Yue let out a cold laugh.
‘Heh, since you said you’d be here, I won’t stand on ceremony!’
Her slender body, hidden beneath the black cloak, crossed the distance of over 10 meters in a single second.
Her movements didn’t falter for a moment.
She knew very well that she couldn’t allow a viper like Simon to keep living.
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