Memories That Never Existed Keep Increasing

When Qian Gu Huang Yu saw that flash of silver at the banquet, she slapped her forehead, feeling somewhat helpless about how things had developed.

After Qian Gu Huang Yu and Qian Ren Xue returned to the Spirit Pagoda, Qian Gu Die Ting immediately tightened security. The Spirit Pagoda had long maintained the presence of two Limit Douluo. Therefore, even with Di Tian acting as a messenger, communication between Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena could not be fully guaranteed.

Qian Gu Huang Yu had received no definite news that Gu Yuena and Di Tian were entering the human world this time. She had only inferred it from the time Gu Yuena had taken to fully recover.

Ding Zhen made her dizzy; diagnosis: it was caused by a mismatch in granularity.

After all these years, it was only natural that they could no longer wait.

For the ferocious beasts, their kind had nearly been slaughtered to extinction. Now that they had finally gained strength capable of suppressing humanity, of course they could not sit still.

The moment Qian Gu Huang Yu noticed Gu Yuena, Gu Yuena naturally noticed her as well. Gu Yuena blinked innocently at Qian Gu Huang Yu, indicating that she did not know why things had developed this way either.

Qian Gu Huang Yu sighed helplessly and gave Gu Yuena a look telling her to stay calm.

Leaving aside Gu Yuena, the ultimate shut-in who had not left home for tens of thousands of years, even Di Tian's understanding of humans was not as clear as he believed.

Unlike soul beasts, whose style was to settle disagreements with a fight and let the strongest become boss, humans—especially humans belonging to the same faction—almost never fought directly. Instead, they used all kinds of methods to strike at each other's influence and power.

For example, if Xiong Jun provoked Di Tian, Di Tian could simply slap a claw across Xiong Jun's face and tell him, "On Star Dou Forest Street, ask around and find out who your daddy is." But Qian Gu Die Ting absolutely could not smash Leng Yang Jun in the face with his Coiled Dragon Staff and tell him to stop causing trouble.

It had to be said that humans had far more tricks up their sleeves than soul beasts. Take Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yang Jun, for instance. When faced with the invasion of the Underworld King Douluo, they could safely entrust their backs to one another and resist the Evil Soul Masters together.

But once their common enemy disappeared, their internal struggle also raged fiercely. Leng Yang Jun was constantly thinking of how to seize power from Qian Gu Die Ting, while Qian Gu Die Ting was constantly preparing to face challengers beneath his throne.

Di Tian could simply beat Xiong Jun up, but humans had always maintained a state of fighting without breaking apart. The moment they truly came to blows, they had already lost.

Thus, their lack of understanding of human society led Di Tian and Gu Yuena to misjudge the significance of their own presence. They had not expected either Qian Gu Die Ting or Leng Yang Jun to react so strongly.

"Xiao Yu, you know them?" Qian Gu Die Ting had never taken his attention off Gu Yuena and Di Tian, so he quickly noticed that something was amiss.

Di Tian said, "My daughter once ran down the mountain on her own to travel. I imagine she met her around that time?"

Seeing his chance, Di Tian immediately connected himself to Qian Gu Huang Yu. There was no helping it—he could duel a Limit Douluo head-on, but playing mind games and speaking in coded language were not his strengths.

Gu Yuena immediately understood. Somewhat embarrassed, she said, "I was too bored while living in seclusion before, so when I secretly ran off to Shrek City, I met Huang Yu there."

After silently giving Gu Yuena and Di Tian a thumbs-up, Qian Gu Huang Yu curled her lips and teased in an amused tone, "Gu Yue, this is what you meant when you said your family was poor?"

Gu Yuena pressed her palms together, her purple eyes full of playfulness and liveliness. "Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to hide it from you. I wasn't very clear about my family's situation before either."

Faced with the nonexistent memories jointly fabricated by Qian Gu Huang Yu and the other two, Qian Gu Die Ting successfully filled in the story of Gu Yuena, the young lady of the Gu Yue Family, secretly running away from home to have fun and meeting his daughter Qian Gu Huang Yu in Shrek.

"Please forgive the embarrassment, Tower Master," Di Tian said.

A trace of nostalgia flashed through Qian Gu Die Ting's eyes. The smile on his face was warm and kindly, like that of a benevolent old man. "Children will be children. It's perfectly normal. When I was young, I traveled across the continent behind my family's back as well."

Then Qian Gu Die Ting called to Qian Gu Huang Yu, "Since you know each other, that makes things easier. Xiao Yu, come keep Gu Yuena company for a while and help her get familiar with this place as soon as possible."

Qian Gu Huang Yu naturally agreed. Leaving Qian Gu Dong Feng, she sat directly beside Gu Yuena, separating Gu Yuena from Leng Yao Zhu and Leng Yulai. Seeing this, Leng Yang Jun instinctively felt a trace of unease. He had originally wanted Gu Yuena to sit beside Leng Yao Zhu so that she could quickly build a good relationship with his daughter, but someone had beaten him to it.

After Qian Gu Huang Yu sat down, Gu Yuena instinctively reached out and interlaced her fingers with Qian Gu Huang Yu's.

From their tightly clasped hands, Qian Gu Huang Yu could feel Gu Yuena's unease.

That made sense. In the original story, Gu Yuena first met Tang Wulin and Wu Changkong's group, and had a period to adapt. This time, she had gone straight into the halls of power in one step.

Unlike a weak coastal city, Shrek City gathered the most Limit Douluo on the continent. Once Gu Yuena and the others were discovered, escaping would not be a problem, but infiltrating again would be extremely difficult.

Sneaking into Spirit Pagoda headquarters right under the eyes of its Tower Master and Deputy Tower Master was like the Chosen One skipping Tiger Vanguard and every monster afterward to fight Erlang Shen directly. The difficulty was truly maxed out.

Still, fortunately, everything remains within a controllable range. As she thought this, Qian Gu Huang Yu curled her five fingers and squeezed lightly, as if she were trying to pass her strength to Gu Yuena.

Seeing the intimate little gesture between Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena, the smile on Qian Gu Die Ting's face deepened, and he announced the start of the banquet.

Once Gu Yuena had calmed down a little, she glanced at their clasped hands. Somewhat embarrassed, she tilted her head away, her pretty face faintly red, and silently withdrew her hand.

"Thank you." Gu Yuena's voice was almost inaudible.

"What?"

"I said..."

"It's fine. I actually heard you clearly."

"You!"

With Qian Gu Huang Yu livening up the atmosphere, Gu Yuena felt a little better. In a voice only the two of them could hear, she asked, "Where's your little angel?"

After looking around and failing to find Qian Ren Xue, who had once pointed the Angel Holy Sword at her, Gu Yuena felt a little curious. Given Qian Ren Xue's talent, she was fully qualified to sit at this table.

"She went abroad to study."

Qian Ren Xue was still cultivating in the Southern Legion. Unlike the connection between Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena, which was always breaking off, Qian Ren Xue and Qian Gu Huang Yu had maintained a stable connection the entire time.

"But she should be back soon," Qian Gu Huang Yu added after thinking for a moment.

"What, feeling pressured?" Qian Gu Huang Yu joked casually. Having someone point a sword at you was hardly a pleasant experience.

"Hmph. She is merely an ordinary mortal born in an era without me." As the origin of all soul beasts and martial souls, Gu Yuena had never doubted her own strength.

"All right, all right." As she spoke, Qian Gu Huang Yu took the initiative to hold Gu Yuena's bonelessly soft hand. "That little angel isn't just mine anymore. After all, we're family now, aren't we?"

The smile on Qian Gu Die Ting's face grew even wider. He had not expected Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena to have such a good relationship. As for what the two were talking about, Qian Gu Die Ting did not care, so he paid no attention to it.

(End of Chapter)