Chapter 432: The Woman's True Identity
"Alright."
Faced with his request, the city lord's daughter did not refuse, agreeing quite readily.
Seeing this, both Gu Yuena and Kong's expressions turned a little strange. For her to agree so readily, they would never believe there wasn't something amiss.
However, neither of them said much about it. After exchanging a glance, they followed behind her and walked towards the city lord's residence.
As for the surrounding people, seeing the object of their admiration depart, they all looked as if they had lost a fortune, returning to their homes in low spirits.
Before long, led by the guards in front, the two of them entered the residence.
As the strongest person in the city, the city lord's residence was not only situated in the best location in the entire city, but even its decorations and architecture were the most imposing and magnificent, truly top-tier.
Walking on the path paved with bluestone, Kong observed the layout of the residence before him and began to formulate a plan in his mind.
"You, come with me."
At the end of the bluestone path, a middle-aged man appeared. He looked at the man before him and said with a calm expression, "I will take you to your lodgings."
"Okay." Kong nodded, gave Gu Yuena a meaningful look to signal her not to be impulsive, and then followed behind the man, leaving first.
Without Kong accompanying her, Gu Yuena was also led into an antique-styled room.
Looking at the room's layout, Gu Yuena's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly. She recognized at a glance that this was a woman's living quarters. In this city, the only woman they had interacted with was the city lord's daughter.
Therefore, if she wasn't mistaken, this room was precisely the city lord's daughter's personal chamber.
Thinking of this, Gu Yuena let out a soft laugh, her pair of noble, purple eyes filled with an icy chill. She was curious to see what this woman's identity truly was.
As the co-ruler of the soul beasts and a peak demigod king, Gu Yuena had never feared anything, no matter the world, the time, or the situation she was in.
Let alone this small city, even in the entire Douluo Universe, there was no person or power she feared. Even against the Douluo God Realm at its peak, she would dare to charge in directly if the opportunity arose.
Just as Gu Yuena was pondering, the door behind her opened, and a tall woman dressed in fine silks with a faint, pleasant fragrance walked in from outside.
Although the woman was young and beautiful, there was something unsettling about her pair of pink eyes.
Unlike Gu Yuena, whose beauty was of a cold, ethereal kind, the other woman's beauty was one filled with temptation and desire.
"You are the city lord's daughter?" Gu Yuena asked first, her willow-like eyebrows slightly furrowed as she looked at the woman who had appeared before her.
"That's right."
The woman nodded. After reaching out to close the room's door, she came to the seat in front and sat down, saying, "Have a seat."
Hearing this, Gu Yuena did not refuse and generously sat down opposite the woman.
After sitting down, Gu Yuena crossed her long, straight right leg over her left and propped her head up with her right hand, appearing very nonchalant and dominant.
At this moment, it was as if she had returned to the time when she once ruled over all the beasts of the world.
Seeing the aura emanating from the other party and that pair of emotionless eyes, the woman's heart trembled. Suppressing her unease, she spoke, "Since you are on my territory, shouldn't you remove your mask and let me see your true face?"
In all these years, it was the first time she had ever felt this way.
Hearing this, Gu Yuena fell silent. After a moment of thought, she decided to reach up and remove the mask from her face.
The next moment, an exquisitely beautiful face, as if meticulously carved by the heavens without a single flaw, appeared in the woman's sight.
"Excellent, excellent, excellent!"
Looking at her appearance, the woman said the word "excellent" three times in a row, showing just how excited she was at that moment.
"Speak. What business do you have with me?"
Gu Yuena paid no mind to the woman's expression, instead asking with a calm look on her face.
"You are not human!" the woman said after suppressing her inner excitement.
"Neither are you," Gu Yuena said with a light laugh, a nonchalant look on her face.
"Oh? How did you figure that out?"
The woman's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, her face showing a mixture of doubt and piqued interest.
In all her years in this city, no one had ever been able to so easily see through her non-human identity.
It wasn't that other beasts hadn't come here before, but not a single one of them had discovered her secret.
Thus, she was now very curious about the stunning woman before her and wanted to know how her identity had been exposed.
"It was naturally because of your aura," Gu Yuena said with a slight smile, not hiding anything.
"But I am very curious, why are you staying here, and why go through with this act of seeking a marriage partner?" Gu Yuena asked, voicing the confusion in her heart.
"The Heaven Profound Continent is sparsely populated. As the lowest, yet also the most intelligent and promising race, humans naturally need to be kept under strict supervision."
Perhaps it was because Gu Yuena was of the same kind as her that the woman offered this subtle hint.
"Strict supervision?"
Hearing this, Gu Yuena's beautiful eyes narrowed. Seeming to have realized something was wrong, she quickly pressed, "There is a powerful expert behind you! Who is he?"
"That is not your concern, nor are you qualified to know," the woman said with a yawn, sounding somewhat bored.
"Then what exactly did you bring me here for?" Gu Yuena sneered, the coldness in her eyes growing deeper.
"To devour you, of course!"
As her voice fell, the woman's eyes hardened. A dense black aura swirled around, then solidified, completely sealing the space within the room and preventing any living being outside from seeing what was happening inside.
And at this moment, the woman before Gu Yuena finally revealed her true form.
It was an enormous python with black scales and a pair of wings at its sides. It even had two very small horns on its head, a clear sign that it was in the process of transforming into a dragon.
What puzzled Gu Yuena the most was that its eyes were a mix of black and pink.
"Be a good girl and let me devour you. Give me your vitality and your looks, won't you?"
After speaking, the black python shot towards the woman in front of it at an extreme speed.