The seven-colored sphere of light slowly contracted, vanishing into that breathtakingly beautiful body.
She wore nothing at all. Her flawless body seemed like the Creator's finest masterpiece, her delicate features exquisitely crafted, her skin crystalline and lustrous, as fair as snow.
Her silver hair cascaded down past her hips, concealing her alluring figure.
She had the face of a girl of fourteen or fifteen, her exquisite body tracing an astonishing curve.
"Master!"
Di Tian's voice reached the bottom of the lake from outside the Lake of Life.
Gu Yuena raised her slender jade hand and summoned a silver gown. The dress fell past her knees, revealing half of her fair calves.
As her jade feet lifted lightly, a pair of crystal-like high heels naturally followed.
"Did you bring her?"
"Yes!"
Gu Yuena's delicate figure turned illusory. When she reappeared, she was already standing upon the surface of the Lake of Life.
Emerald ripples spread across the clear green waters beneath her feet. On the shore, Xiao Wu knelt there in terror.
"Rise." Gu Yuena parted her red lips slightly, and an irresistible force lifted Xiao Wu to her feet.
Looking at the woman before her, whose beauty surpassed all comprehension, Xiao Wu was momentarily entranced, even forgetting the fear in her heart.
"Am I beautiful?"
"Beautiful."
"Would humans like me?"
"They would. Definitely." Xiao Wu answered instinctively. Gu Yuena nodded in satisfaction. "What is his name?"
Xiao Wu snapped awake and quickly lowered her head. "I-I don't know which one you mean."
"The one protected by that Limit Douluo. He has a special ability that seems capable of allowing Soul Masters to surpass the limits of their physiques and absorb soul rings." Gu Yuena had not gone back into slumber since the Heavenly Ranking appeared. She had wanted to see whether it could bring her some opportunity.
But the talent ranking had disappointed her. The Heavenly Ranking seemed to target only humans. Soul beasts that had taken human form were included as well, which left her conflicted.
"H-His name is Luo Chuan." Xiao Wu bit her red lips. She was already very beautiful herself, yet the woman before her made her feel utterly inferior.
"You will take me to find him." Gu Yuena's words immediately sent a wave of fear through the surrounding ferocious beasts.
"Master, please reconsider!"
Di Tian was the first to kneel. Behind him, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Sky Demon King, Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Scarlet King all prostrated themselves. "Master, please reconsider."
The human world was far too dangerous. Gu Yuena's current human body was not a true transformation, but rather the result of using ninety-nine percent of her spiritual power and divine power to seal her injuries and convert herself into a human form.
This allowed her to evade the God Realm's surveillance and temporarily escape the pain caused by her physical injuries.
However, in terms of strength, she could only wield power equivalent to that of a Soul Sage.
That level of strength was not particularly safe in the human world. And with Xiao Wu, who could be recognized by a Titled Douluo at any moment, the danger would be even greater.
"If Master wishes to go, Di Tian is willing to protect you in secret," Di Tian proposed.
Gu Yuena frowned. Di Tian immediately pressed his head to the ground and remained there for a long while.
"Get up. I will not leave for now." After thinking for a moment, Gu Yuena looked at Xiao Wu again. "Tell me about the human world. Mm, let me see your memories."
As Gu Yuena spoke, she pressed a finger directly against Xiao Wu's brow. Powerful spiritual power invaded Xiao Wu's mind. Before long, Gu Yuena withdrew her finger. "You may go back."
"Yes!"
Having her memories examined did not seem to affect Xiao Wu at all. Perhaps Gu Yuena was simply too powerful. But being allowed to leave was already a blessing to her. This place was too terrifying. Even Scarlet King, the weakest among them, had more than two hundred thousand years of cultivation and could easily crush Da Ming and Er Ming.
"I mean, return to the human world." As Gu Yuena spoke, she handed Xiao Wu a silver scale. "This scale can conceal your aura. At the same time, I can monitor your condition through it. If you encounter danger, I will have Di Tian tear through space to save you."
Xiao Wu carefully held the palm-sized, fan-shaped scale. Although she did not know why Gu Yuena wanted her to leave, she still accepted the order.
She just did not know what kind of turmoil her return would bring.
Was Tang San's father truly trying to keep her as livestock? Had Tang San truly only noticed a few clues? Faced with Grandmaster's order, he had not refused. He had merely insisted on keeping her, without saying a single word to make his stance clear. That was what chilled her heart the most.
"After you leave, interact more with Luo Chuan. It would be best if you could become his woman. As for that Tang San, stay away from him from now on. You must not have any more intimate physical contact with him."
Gu Yuena reminded her once more. Xiao Wu committed every word firmly to memory. Di Tian had already told her this woman's identity. She was the sovereign of all soul beasts, and Xiao Wu both revered and feared her.
"Yes!" Xiao Wu accepted the order. Gu Yuena looked toward Di Tian. "Send her to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Give some resources to the two little ones guarding the entrance outside. They are too weak."
"Yes!" Di Tian accepted the order and departed with Xiao Wu.
Gu Yuena then looked at the Ten Thousand Demons King and pointed through the air with her Jade Finger. "Kill this person. Kill only him."
The Ten Thousand Demons King closed his eyes. A stiff-faced middle-aged man wearing an ancient black robe and sporting a full beard appeared in his mind.
"Yes, Master!"
Gu Yuena nodded, then vanished from the shore of the Lake of Life once more and returned to the space beneath the lake.
"Luo Chuan, can you truly allow me to take another step forward? And what exactly is your attitude toward soul beasts?"
"It has been too long. If we keep waiting, soul beasts will truly go extinct."
"Heavenly Ranking."
Outside the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian escorted Xiao Wu out, but did not leave immediately. "Do you remember the task our master assigned you?"
Hearing this, Xiao Wu immediately replied respectfully, "I remember."
"Tell me."
"Yes. Our master asked me to get close to Luo Chuan, preferably become his woman, learn about his character, and keep him away from other women."
"Mm, very good." Di Tian turned around and said, "When our master said preferably, she meant absolutely."
Xiao Wu's expression changed at once, but Di Tian noticed that moment of hesitation. A crushing pressure descended upon her delicate body. "What? Is there a problem?"
"No! Xiao Wu will definitely become Luo Chuan's woman and deeply—deeply understand his character. I'll investigate his views on soul beasts."
Xiao Wu lowered her head and knelt on the ground, her delicate body trembling uncontrollably.
"Go. Do not disappoint our master. The scale in your hand is the Reverse Scale our master shed.
No one is to see it or touch it!"
"Yes!"
Di Tian's figure vanished in an instant. Xiao Wu let out a breath of relief, then collapsed to the ground.
After a long while, Xiao Wu slowly climbed to her feet. She looked at the Reverse Scale in her hand with a complicated expression, then carefully tucked it away close to her body.
She looked back at the Star Dou Great Forest. Today, she had learned too much. So soul beasts were facing a crisis of extinction.
So humans were all so filthy.
After getting her bearings, Xiao Wu headed toward Shrek.
At Shrek, Tang San looked at his teacher, who had become unfamiliar to him, and slowly stepped back. "No, Teacher, you shouldn't be like this."
"What do you mean, shouldn't? Xiao San, you're just too softhearted! If you had stopped Xiao Wu back then, the Titan Giant Ape would have been powerless against you." Grandmaster rebuked him bitterly. "A hundred-thousand-year soul bone would have been enough to raise your talent by another level. It wouldn't have been impossible for you to surpass Bibi Dong!"
"Xiao Wu is my sister! I... I couldn't do it." Tang San avoided Grandmaster's eyes and slowly turned, intending to leave his room just like that.
"Pack your things. We're leaving Shrek tomorrow. I'll take you somewhere else to train."
At Shrek, Grandmaster's theories had been proven wrong everywhere. He no longer wanted to stay at Shrek.
"Alright." Tang San hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
PS: I always feel like killing him off this way wouldn't be quite right. It would be letting him off too easily. But I don't want to write about him anymore. If I keep writing him, you'll think I'm padding the story, so I'd rather use the page space on the plotlines you actually want to see.
As for Tang San, I'd like to beat him up once a day too, but that would feel too deliberate. After all, Tang San may be sinister, but he isn't stupid, right? He can't keep getting beaten down and still offer up his face to be slapped.
As for what comes next... isn't Shui Binger appealing? Isn't Shui Yue'er appealing? There won't be too many, but there won't be too few either. After all, this is what you all like to see. Hehehe.
I hope this book doesn't get banned. Sigh, my previous one was taken down, and it hurt. That spear Luo Chuan lost will finally be unsealed!
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