Mo Hua's gaze narrowed slightly. "Yu'er's temperament... has something gone wrong?"
Gu Changhuai's expression was complicated. He nodded and said gravely:
"Yu'er's temperament has become somewhat... erratic, his moods changing as quickly as the clouds and rain..."
"But at the same time, his talent has grown better and better. His comprehension has become astonishingly high—he learns anything at a glance. There are even some methods that no one taught him, yet he comprehends them on his own without a teacher. Every now and then, he says strange things that ordinary people cannot understand..."
Gu Changhuai sighed.
Yu'er was a child born from the marriage between the direct lines of the Shangguan Family and the Wenren Family. His Spirit Root had already been exceptional, and his natural endowment was first-rate as well.
This should have been a good thing, yet for some unknown reason, Yu'er's talent had now increased as though it had "exploded."
It had even become so strong that it was outrageous—frightening.
Especially when this explosive growth in talent was combined with the mutation in his temperament, it felt all the more bizarre.
Gu Changhuai said worriedly, "I went to see Yu'er. He is fine most of the time, but when he is alone, he talks to himself. It seems like muttering to himself, yet also like he is conversing with someone..."
"His temperament is upside down and unpredictable. One moment he is quiet, the next irritable; one moment he is somewhat cowardly, as if afraid of something, and the next his gaze turns vicious and his expression violent."
"Sometimes, the savagery and coldness revealed in his eyes make even me—a Diansi of the Dao Court Office who has spent years hunting fiends and eliminating evil, who has seen every kind of criminal and villain—shudder with dread..."
Gu Changhuai's