Water God Gonggong

Late at night, Xiao Wu stood alone by the window, gazing at Heaven Dou City's dazzling nightscape. Familiar footsteps sounded behind her, and Tang San quietly came to stand behind her.

"What are you thinking about?" Tang San asked gently.

Xiao Wu fell silent for a moment before speaking. "Third Brother, do you ever feel like... Master can be very unfamiliar sometimes?"

Tang San's body visibly stiffened for a moment. "Why would you suddenly say that? Teacher has always been like that."

"Like today, the look in his eyes when he heard Rong Rong had left..." Xiao Wu turned around and stared directly into Tang San's eyes. "It was like he was looking at a disobedient tool."

Tang San frowned. "Xiao Wu! How can you say that about Teacher? Everything he does is for our sake."

"For our sake..." Xiao Wu murmured, suddenly feeling a chill in her heart. "Or for one of his disciples?"

Tang San's expression turned serious. "Xiao Wu, did someone say something to you? Ever since we came to Heaven Dou City, something has seemed off about you."

Xiao Wu avoided Tang San's probing gaze. "It's nothing. Maybe I'm overthinking it." She forced a smile. "Go to sleep. We still have some simple training tomorrow."

When Xiao Wu returned to her room and lay on the bed, a tear silently slid down her cheek. She recalled that senior's warning: once a Soul Beast fell in love with a Soul Master, one day it would inevitably...

Xiao Yun knew nothing of what was happening over there. If he knew it had produced such a good effect, he would have been overjoyed.

After using Cloud Riding to leave the teahouse, Xiao Yun did not return to his hotel in Heaven Dou City. Instead, he rode the clouds straight back to his own Yunlai Tavern.

The tavern had been closed for two days, and no one had come by. Xiao Yun could not be bothered to open it, so he directly rode the clouds into the courtyard behind the tavern. Returning to his own courtyard, he took out some ingredients from the little tower's storage space and made himself dinner.

After returning to his room, Xiao Yun sat on the bed, filled with excitement. With a thought, he appeared in the Vast Wilderness World once more.

Appearing in the Summoning Temple, Xiao Yun immediately used the free Normal Summoning and free Advanced Summoning. His luck was not very good. He only obtained two rare War Spirits, so he simply set them free.

As the light of the Summoning Temple lit up, Tu Yaoyao immediately hurried over from elsewhere in White Jade Capital.

The moment she saw Xiao Yun, she immediately reported, "Welcome back, Lord."

Xiao Yun smiled and replied, "Tu Yaoyao, not bad. Looking at your spirits, your strength has improved again."

Tu Yaoyao laughed happily a few times before reporting, "While the Lord was away, we obtained a total of: 200,000 Lord Experience, 210,000 Spiritual Power, 118 Breakthrough Stones, 8,160 Bounty Points, 7 Epic War Spirit Fragments, 350,000 Gold Coins, 4 sets of one-star blue Frostmoon Sets, 2 sets of two-star blue Solarflame Sets, several sets of green equipment, 30 Advanced Summoning Contracts, and 25 Normal Summoning Contracts."

After pausing briefly, she continued, "Aside from those, Clear Wind Valley, Divine Wood Forest, and other regions also provided a total of 100,000 experience, 100,000 Spiritual Power, 100,000 Gold Coins, 1,000 Breakthrough Stones, 10,000 Bounty Points, as well as 30 sets of Qiyun Equipment and 30 sets of Clear Wind Equipment."

Xiao Yun was extremely satisfied as he stored everything in his spatial inventory. The additional 300,000-plus Lord Experience raised his Lord Level to level 28 and unlocked several new functions.

Naturally, he was delighted. He praised Tu Yaoyao, saying, "Looks like everyone worked very hard while I was gone. Then this Lord will add some more companions for everyone."

Tu Yaoyao was also very happy about this. The more War Spirits there were, the livelier White Jade Capital would become. Moreover, the more high-level War Spirits they had, the greater their chances of conquering the entire world.

Xiao Yun first went to the Normal Summoning area and used ten Normal Summoning Contracts at once. His luck was not very good. All ten were rare War Spirits, so he released them all and received 20 Dismissal Coins, 2,000 Spiritual Power, and 40 Breakthrough Stones in return.

He then immediately performed another tenfold summon. Perhaps it was because he had done something bad during the day, but his luck was still poor. The results were the same as before—there was not a single one worth keeping.

Cursing his bad luck inwardly, Xiao Yun called Tu Yaoyao over and gently stroked her white head. Only then did he begin using the Advanced Summoning Contracts, directly performing a tenfold summon.

The result was still poor. Nine of them were useless rare War Spirits, while only one orange pillar of light appeared. Within it stood a cat-eared girl with pale pink hair. Her figure was excellent, comparable to Zhu Zhuqing's. Unlike Zhu Zhuqing, however, all four of this cat-eared girl's limbs were still in the form of cat paws. Her red claws gleamed with a sharp, icy light, clearly possessing tremendous attack power.

Xiao Yu immediately checked the cat-eared girl's attributes after she descended.

[Legendary War Spirit: Nine-lived Spirit Cat Meow Fairy * Miao Danna]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Class: Warrior]

[Level: 1 (Maximum 160)]

[Traits: Fire Control, Blink, Claws]

[Skills: Teleportation Backstrike, Feline Charge, Bleeding Claws, Fire Spirit Root]

After stepping out of the pillar of light, the cat-eared girl Miao Danna immediately bowed to Xiao Yun. "Miao Danna of the Nine-lived Spirit Cat Clan greets Lord."

Xiao Yun raised a hand to help her up. "No need for formalities. Fairy Miao, you can go learn about the situation from Tu Yaoyao first. I still need to continue summoning."

Miao Danna obeyed and walked straight over to Tu Yaoyao's side. However, she did not immediately ask any questions. Instead, she waited for the Lord's next summon as well.

Xiao Yun immediately began the next summon. This time, it was slightly better than before. Eight rare War Spirits appeared and were immediately released.

Of the remaining lights, one was purple and one was orange. Inside the purple pillar was a purple life tablet—the same life tablet of the water-element Star-Seeking Diviner that had appeared before.

However, the orange pillar was different. It lasted noticeably longer than Meow Fairy's had, and it was very likely a Mythic War Spirit.

Very soon, a white-haired battle general dressed in fitted blue-and-white armor appeared within the pillar of light. He held a specially made spear over two meters long in his right hand. Countless streams of water vapor swirled around him, making him seem like a god descending from the heavens.

The moment he appeared, Tu Yaoyao immediately recognized him. "Lord of All Rivers * Water Ancestral Shaman * Gonggong."

Xiao Yun immediately opened his panel as well.

[Mythic War Spirit: Lord of All Rivers * Water Ancestral Shaman * Gonggong]

[Attribute: Water]

[Class: Warrior]

[Level: 1 (Maximum 380)]

[Traits: Water Control, Ancestral Shaman Bloodline, Ice Divine Body, Ten Thousand Miles of Ice]

[Traits: World-Ending Cold Light, Ice Seals the World, Ice Divine Body, Frost Divine Armor, Water Spirit Root]

After Gonggong emerged, he immediately bowed to Xiao Yun. "Water Ancestral Shaman Gonggong greets Lord."

Xiao Yun quickly said, "Great God Gonggong, there is no need for such formality. Please wait at the side for a moment. Once I have used up the remaining Advanced Summoning Contracts, I will speak with you."

Gonggong immediately answered, "As you command, Lord." After speaking, he stood behind Xiao Yun, his entire body as straight as a spear.

Xiao Yun did not delay any longer and directly began the final tenfold summon. It was eight blue, one purple, and one orange again. The purple War Spirit was Baxia of the Xuan Turtle Clan, one of the Dragon's Nine Sons. The remaining orange light did not produce a new hero, but instead directly produced a life tablet used to raise Gonggong's rank.