69novels Chapter 9 Am I More High-Class?
Chapter 9 Am I More High-Class?
The coffee shop was warm and brightly lit, and the price tags on the dazzling array of breads made Lu Mingfei's head ache. He had never been to a place like this before, not because he had never seen one before.
Rather than buying a cup of pure milk that was no different from what you'd find in a supermarket, Lu Mingfei would rather have a seat in the old, run-down internet cafe and a bowl of instant noodles.
That was his own little world.
But things are different now. Looking at the coffee brought to him by the waitress, Lu Mingfei would have felt very uncomfortable in the past, but now... there's nothing there.
There was no unease or anxiety, but rather a calm and composed atmosphere.
Thinking about it this way, it's all thanks to that bastard immortal lord.
After all, compared to sleeping in a mass grave and then wrestling with corpses that have crawled up, this environment is nothing.
That damned immortal lord is treating him like Van Helsing; he's not an exorcist.
"Looks like you've booked the whole place, senior brother?"
Lu Mingfei watched the waiters disappear one by one, vanishing into every corner like the receding tide. The doors closed, and even the blinds were drawn, shutting out any outside prying eyes. For a moment, the entire huge coffee shop was left with only him and Chu Zihang, who stood opposite him like a statue.
"Yes, these things should be kept secret." Chu Zihang nodded, then took out his phone and looked at the words on it.
"Lu Mingfei, 17 years old. According to the information, you are currently staying at your aunt's house, which is far from that forest. At least you wouldn't have the chance to go there for no reason. There are many closer options..."
Decisive and straightforward, typical of Chu Zihang's style. Now that things are out in the open, there's no need to hold back anymore.
"You know Deadpool is there, right?" Although it was a question, the tone was one of absolute certainty.
"yes."
Lu Mingfei replied, "Doesn't Senior Brother know too? But what exactly is this Deadpool...?"
"you do not know?"
"Should I know?"
The two men locked eyes. Lu Mingfei could see Chu Zihang's surprise, and Chu Zihang could see Lu Mingfei's confusion. Clearly, neither of them was lying.
"Deadpool is a product of the corruption of hybrid bloodlines," Chu Zihang explained, his expression serious. "Any hybrid, if the purity of their bloodline is too high or their bloodline is contaminated, may fall into corruption and become Deadpool."
"Wait, I don't understand. You said Deadpool is the product of a corrupted hybrid, but what is a hybrid? What do you mean by 'the bloodline within us might go out of control'? What bloodlines do we have besides Asians and Caucasians? The bloodline of the psychopathic Uchiha?"
Lu Mingfei was stunned. He originally thought that Chu Zihang would say something like martial arts cultivation, but what he heard was something about bloodline.
It's not that he doesn't believe it, but this is... a bit too Western, isn't it?
"Even so, aren't they all human? What's the difference between bloodlines and lineage?" Lu Mingfei pressed.
"No, it's not a human, it's a dragon."
Chu Zihang shook his head, denying Lu Mingfei's statement.
"The bloodline within a hybrid is that of a dragon."
The light in the coffee shop was like the cool morning sun, streaming down from the ceiling and landing on the heads of the two people sitting opposite each other. One had a face as cold as an iceberg that never melts, while the other had a face full of doubt, which at this moment had even frozen.
"You mean dragons? The long, thin ones in TV dramas? The ones that soar through the clouds and control the wind and rain?"
"No, they're more like lizards."
Chu Zihang refuted Lu Mingfei's statement, referring to "that kind of 'large' lizard covered in hard scales."
Chu Zihang would recall the classes he took at the academy, where there were photos of dragon larvae and parts of their skeletons, which now seemed not much different from lizards.
"But when it encounters danger, it doesn't shed its tail; instead, it breathes fire."
"That Deadpool?"
"Your consciousness has been corrupted by the dragon blood within you. You must have seen Resident Evil."
"Isn't that a zombie?"
Lu Mingfei understood now, he completely understood. What Deadpool, what hybrids, it was all completely different from his cultivation method. This was a damn dragon-blooded human!
Just like the Zerg in his game, after absorbing alien genes, he can gain the racial talents of the other party!
Wait a minute, this isn't right.
"So what kind of hybrid are you talking about? A human-dragon hybrid? Doesn't that mean it has to be with a lizard..."
Lu Mingfei really couldn't imagine how a human could have sex with a lizard... or rather, how a lizard could have sex with a human... that kind of thing. He racked his brains but couldn't picture it.
It's too ridiculous.
"Even dragons' sexual preferences aren't this bizarre, are they? Don't they have reproductive barriers compared to humans?"
"Unfortunately, there is no reproductive isolation between humans and dragons; on the contrary, the probability of leaving offspring is not small. However, dragons are not limited to the dragon body alone. Some dragons with higher bloodlines can choose to shed their dragon bodies and appear in human form, so what you are thinking is probably still a minority."
Chu Zihang spoke each word clearly. His knowledge of dragon history was quite good, more than enough for Lu Mingfei to use for popular science education.
"But how come I've never heard of it before?"
Lu Mingfei frowned. "If it were really as you say, then the traces of dragons should have been written into history long ago. There should be some clues about such a thing, right?"
"But history is written by the victors."
Chu Zihang spoke.
"Only dragons can defeat dragons. The first hybrids used their bloodline to steal the authority that belonged to the dragons, and used the power of the dragons to overthrow their rule and thus enter the stage of history."
The dragons have now vanished, concealing their history for the sake of social stability. Only those humans who have truly awakened their bloodline can come into contact with this world... just like you and me.
"I?"
Lu Mingfei raised his head and looked at Chu Zihang, meeting his gaze in those somewhat bright black eyes.
He had a head of unruly short black hair, a broad forehead, dark and straight eyebrows, neat eyelashes, a straight nose, and well-defined facial features.
Chu Zihang's appearance gives people the feeling of an idol drama male lead, and he is simply the embodiment of the traditional impression of a good boy.
But as Chu Zihang made two swipes at the corner of his eye, golden light burst forth, and his original gentle and jade-like demeanor disappeared. It was as if a volcano was about to erupt before Lu Mingfei's eyes, fierce and violent.
Those black eyes were just a cover; the golden pupils beneath were the real thing. Only after removing the colored contact lenses did the true appearance of those eyes become clear. At this moment, Chu Zihang seemed like a different person, his temperament as cold as an unmelting iceberg.
Wow!
Lu Mingfei's face froze, but he kept talking, "It's just like in a TV drama! Senior brother, you won't even need to turn on the light when you get up at night, right?"
Chu Zihang's face darkened. Even an iceberg like him was at a loss when faced with Lu Mingfei's nonsense. Golden eyes are a symbol of mixed blood, and this is the most convenient way to distinguish between ordinary people and mixed blood. But what does getting up at night count as?
While mixed-race individuals may indeed have this need... is this something a normal person should be thinking about?
"So, besides making things brighter, these eyes have no other use?"
Lu Mingfei analyzed Chu Zihang's golden eyes, "Wouldn't this kind of glowing waste stamina? Does it increase vision? It doesn't seem to be very cost-effective."
"Maybe... I guess." Chu Zihang was somewhat unsure. "Golden eyes are a natural characteristic that arises when the dragon blood within a hybrid is activated. They have a natural deterrent effect on creatures of lower bloodline levels, much like how you might feel a sense of awe or fear when unsure of an opponent's skill in the wild..."
"You can tell if the other person is scared, right?" Lu Mingfei interjected. "I saw this in an animal documentary; it's a tool for assessing the opponent's strength..."
"You..." Chu Zihang looked at Lu Mingfei, who remained calm and continued spouting nonsense, somewhat surprised. "Don't you feel anything when you look me in the eyes?"
"What will it feel like?"
"........."
A silence fell over the coffee shop. Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that Chu Zihang was worried about something. According to what the other person said, those with lower bloodlines would fear those with higher bloodlines. This Senior Brother Chu's bloodline was clearly not low, which meant...
"Am I of a higher class?"