Demon Lord (21): When Zhou Qinghao officially becomes an adult, will he still be able to get out of bed?

The black dragon looked at Gu Juntian, its large eyes filled with disbelief.

Being stared at with such astonishment by Zhou Qinghao, Gu Juntian felt a bit embarrassed.

Zhou Qinghao was at a critical moment of maturation, and here he was, taking advantage to kiss him—it seemed somewhat inappropriate?

Wait, maybe it wasn’t so bad after all!

Zhou Qinghao had been seducing him and biting him for the past few days, leaving not a single patch of good skin on his body!

Thinking this, Gu Juntian felt justified.

He grabbed one of the dragon horns with each hand and planted a firm kiss right between Zhou Qinghao’s eyes: “You’ve kissed me all over my body so many times? It’s my turn to kiss you.”

As he spoke, Gu Juntian noticed that Zhou Qinghao’s eyes were almost crossing as he tried to look at Gu Juntian standing directly in front of him.

It was really adorable to see!

Gu Juntian kissed him again and then stroked Zhou Qinghao’s dragon whiskers.

Zhou Qinghao’s dragon whiskers stiffened!

The horns of a dragon are very hard, and so are the whiskers.

But that’s under normal circumstances.

Currently, he was in the maturation period, his bloodline just awakening, and both his horns and whiskers had just grown out, as soft as they could be.

Moreover, both the horns and whiskers could actually help dragons sense their surroundings; they contained blood vessels!

He thought Gu Juntian was going to kill him, but instead, Gu Juntian came over to touch his horns.

At that moment, he felt waves of tingling sensations spreading from the two horns on his head down through his dragon sinews and spine, permeating his entire body, causing it to stiffen.

And then, Gu Juntian kissed him!

Zhou Qinghao found it somewhat unbelievable.

Why would Gu Juntian kiss him if he was going to kill him?

He opened his eyes to look at Gu Juntian, only to see him gazing at him with loving eyes, as if he were some kind of treasure.

That was one thing, but then Gu Juntian kissed him again and stroked his whiskers.

The whiskers were even more sensitive than his horns, and Zhou Qinghao couldn’t help but twitch, his tendrils inexplicably straightening.

Seeing this, Gu Juntian looked concerned: “Qinghao, are you okay?”

Zhou Qinghao wanted to speak.

He wanted to ask Gu Juntian why he hadn’t made his move yet, and why he had kissed him.

But he couldn’t speak out.

Firstly, he currently lacked the strength to make a sound, and secondly… he was beginning to receive inherited memories again.

After giving Gu Juntian a loving glance, Zhou Qinghao closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing Zhou Qinghao return to his previous state, Gu Juntian thought he must be fine.

Although dragons were weak during their maturation period, they shouldn’t be so fragile that they couldn’t even be kissed.

Zhou Qinghao had fallen unconscious, but his body was still twisting and turning, the entire dragon struggling to break free from the black snake’s shell.

This shedding of skin was a complete transformation for Zhou Qinghao.

Previously, although he had dragon bloodline, he looked more like a snake, but now it was different.

Now, he had completely transformed into a black dragon.

After maturing, his strength would surely see significant progress.

Gu Juntian, while circulating his cultivation technique to heal his own injuries, observed Zhou Qinghao’s condition.

After shedding his skin, all of Zhou Qinghao’s scales were soft… Thinking this, he took out some animal skins, wetted them, and placed them under Zhou Qinghao, then set up formations to adjust the room’s temperature to be more suitable for Zhou Qinghao’s living conditions.

This would make Zhou Qinghao more comfortable.

After doing all this, Gu Juntian turned his attention to the four Transcendent Stage dragons outside.

Gu Juntian had Zhou Qinghao set up the formations precisely to guard against these dragons, so many of the formations were specifically targeted at dragons.

If these four dragons were allowed to stay together, their combined efforts might double their strength, so Gu Juntian used illusion formations to separate them.

Now, the four Transcendent Stage dragon experts were each trapped in different illusion formations.

Unfortunately, they were quite powerful, having lived for at least tens of thousands of years, and their spiritual senses were very strong. Therefore, they could remain conscious within the illusion formations, and Gu Juntian could occasionally hear their spiritual messages: “Demon Lord Haotian, we only want our young dragon back!”

“Demon Lord Haotian, state your demands!”

“Demon Lord Haotian, do you intend to make an enemy of the entire Dragon Island?”

…

Gu Juntian pretended not to hear and continued to heal his injuries.

When Zhou Qinghao woke up again, he happened to hear those words.

His periods of consciousness were very brief now.

The last time he was awake, because the incident of Gu Juntian kissing him was so shocking, his attention was entirely on Gu Juntian, and he completely failed to notice that others had intruded into the demon palace.

At this moment, hearing these voices, he realized that the people from Dragon Island had already found the demon palace.

Those people were here to dig out his inner core.

But they couldn’t get close to him.

The formations that filled the entire demon palace blocked the people from Dragon Island.

Some of the formations set up outside could block the prying of spiritual senses, so the four powerful experts from the Dragon Clan couldn’t detect their situation.

But Gu Juntian controlled the various formation cores, and his spiritual sense moved freely within the demon palace; the whereabouts of the four Dragon Clan experts were completely under his control.

What about Zhou Qinghao? These formations were ultimately set up by him, and during the process of setting them up, he had gained a thorough understanding of the formations.

Therefore, his spiritual sense could also navigate through the formations.

Then he discovered that several Dragon Clan experts were trapped within the formations.

Zhou Qinghao’s mind wasn’t very clear, but at this moment, a thought arose in his mind—these formations weren’t meant to trap him, but to trap those dragons from Dragon Island!

As far as he knew, Gu Juntian had good relations with the people from Dragon Island. If Gu Juntian wanted to take his inner core for Ao Jin, there was no need to block the people from Dragon Island outside.

Among those people was Ao Jin’s father!

When he was dragged underground by Gu Juntian, Zhou Qinghao thought he was doomed.

But he didn’t die.

Beneath him was padded with animal fur, and his surroundings were warm.

Gu Juntian had arranged an environment perfectly suited for his skin shedding.

Even those dragons who came to capture him were blocked outside by the formations.

Zhou Qinghao instinctively looked towards Gu Juntian, who was meditating beside him.

Just then, Gu Juntian opened his eyes.

Gu Juntian had sensed that Zhou Qinghao was awake, which was why he opened his eyes, and upon doing so, he asked, “Qinghao, how are you feeling?”

Zhou Qinghao was feeling very uncomfortable at the moment, struggling to free himself from the constraints of his old skin and adapting to his new body.

And now, it was also the time when he was at his weakest.

Even at such a time, Gu Juntian still hadn’t harmed him and had even shielded him from those who wanted to hurt him.

Could it be that Gu Juntian truly liked him?

Previously, Zhou Qinghao had been lying stiffly, a posture that seemed somewhat resigned to his fate.

But now, he flicked his tail and began to make an effort to crawl towards Gu Juntian.

Seeing this, Gu Juntian quickly moved to the side of Zhou Qinghao’s head and asked again, “What’s wrong?”

Zhou Qinghao let out a “roar” and nuzzled his head into Gu Juntian’s embrace.

If he hadn’t been so weak, with the way he was nuzzling, Gu Juntian would surely have been knocked over.

Seeing Zhou Qinghao like this, Gu Juntian felt both annoyed and amused.

His adorable little black dragon was once again seeking comfort from him.

He sat down, cradling the dragon’s head to comfort Zhou Qinghao: “It’s okay, in a few more days it will be over, and then you’ll be a majestic big black dragon.”

“I like you the most, and I will always like you.”

“Qinghao, you’re really amazing…”

…

As Gu Juntian spoke, he couldn’t help but start touching the dragon horns again.

These were something ordinary people couldn’t touch; only the most trusted and closest to the dragon could.

Zhou Qinghao’s head was pressed tightly against him, and he could touch the dragon horns whenever he wanted, which gave him a sense of satisfaction.

Zhou Qinghao felt very comfortable being touched and rubbed against Gu Juntian.

He really wanted to be close to Gu Juntian, but he couldn’t hold on and fell asleep again.

Seeing this, Gu Juntian began to cultivate again.

He truly thought Zhou Qinghao was remarkable.

It was clear that Zhou Qinghao was in great discomfort, but he didn’t make a fuss and remained very well-behaved.

Of course, Zhou Qinghao also had some minor issues.

He was just a little lustful dragon; not only did he pester him before reaching adulthood, but even during his maturation period when his condition was so poor, he still kept burrowing into his embrace.

How much he wanted to be close to him!

Once Zhou Qinghao reached adulthood, would he ever be able to get out of bed?

Gu Juntian suddenly felt a bit worried.

But soon, his attention shifted from Zhou Qinghao to the four Transcendent Stage dragons outside.

One of the four dragons was getting impatient and started damaging the formations of the demon palace.

Gu Juntian had set up the formations mainly to buy time.

If he could delay for a few days until Zhou Qinghao reached adulthood, these people from the Dragon Clan would no longer be a threat.

The few powerful experts from the Dragon Clan didn’t know that the Demon Lord Haotian was the young dragon about to reach adulthood.

They didn’t want to break the peace, so previously, they just kept shouting and tried to break the formations without launching random attacks.

But now the situation had changed.

One of the Dragon Clan elders couldn’t contain his irritation and started attacking everything around him.

Although the formations of the demon palace were strong, they couldn’t withstand the full-force attacks of four Transcendent Stage experts.

If these four were to transform into their original forms and cause trouble, these formations would eventually fail.

Gu Juntian began to use offensive magical treasures to attack the “troublemaking” Dragon Clan elder, trying to calm him down.

No matter what, he had to block these dragons!

While Gu Juntian was using his spiritual sense to control the external formations to fend off the attacks from the Dragon Clan experts, Zhou Qinghao woke up again.

Upon waking, he found his massive head resting on Gu Juntian’s lap, and Gu Juntian was fully focused, seemingly engaged in something.

Zhou Qinghao used his spiritual sense to check and discovered that Gu Juntian was manipulating the formation cores to attack the four dragons outside.

Gu Juntian really didn’t intend to kill him and was even protecting him!

Zhou Qinghao looked at Gu Juntian, his eyes filled with affection.

Gu Juntian was really, really good; he liked him so much.

At this moment, Gu Juntian sensed Zhou Qinghao’s extended spiritual sense.

Previously, he had always hoped that the dragons from Dragon Island wouldn’t come knocking, so he hadn’t mentioned anything about Dragon Island to Zhou Qinghao, nor had he told Zhou Qinghao about his own origins.

Now, seeing that Zhou Qinghao had discovered the people from Dragon Island, Gu Juntian patted his head and said, “Those dragons outside are no good; they want to harm you, and I’m here to stop them.”

Zhou Qinghao’s head moved slightly, as if nodding.

Gu Juntian kissed him on the head, coaxing him: “My Qinghao is so good, once you reach adulthood, I’ll cultivate with you.”

After saying this, Gu Juntian focused his attention back on controlling the formations.

This was a critical moment; he didn’t even have time to tease Zhou Qinghao!

And Zhou Qinghao, upon hearing Gu Juntian’s words, suddenly remembered all the things he had done before.

At that time, he thought Gu Juntian didn’t love him, thought Gu Juntian was going to kill him, so he did many outrageous things to Gu Juntian.

Not only did he bite Gu Juntian all over, but he also pestered him daily to cultivate together.

How would Gu Juntian view him now?