By the Mandate of Heaven, May It Live Long and Prosper; Gu Yue: It's Over, I've Become a Stand-In

"Master, I have committed a crime worthy of death!"

"I actually tried to deceive you, someone with the strength of a god. I should have known that even if you took human form, your strength would still be unfathomable.

"I just never expected you to find me so quickly...

"Sure enough, before you, all petty tricks are nowhere to hide.

"I was wrong, but Master, I've already crossed the line. There's no turning back for me!"

Di Tian knelt before the silver-haired girl and wailed, his face full of remorse.

"Damn it!"

Hearing Di Tian's words, Lin Chen hurried over and kicked him in the ass.

But aside from hurting his own foot, Di Tian did not budge in the slightest.

Only then did Lin Chen remember that although that bastard Di Tian had turned into a baby dragon, his cultivation was still monstrously powerful. How could a little nobody like him, who had not even obtained a soul ring, possibly kick Di Tian?

But why the hell was Di Tian blurting everything out?!

Fortunately, the one before him was the harmless Na'er, not Gu Yue.

In truth, when he first saw this silver-haired girl, he had suspected that she might be Gu Yuena.

After all, according to the plot, the one Tang Wulin picked up in Aolai City should have been Gu Yuena, with silver hair and purple eyes. Only later did she split into Gu Yue and Na'er.

Gu Yue had black hair and black eyes, while Na'er had silver hair and silver eyes.

There was no way he remembered that wrong.

More importantly, when the girl had been frightened just now, the White Silver Dragon Spear martial soul had flashed behind her before vanishing. Only then had Lin Chen completely confirmed that this girl was Na'er.

She was not Gu Yue or the Silver Dragon King.

So some unknown butterfly effect must have occurred.

Di Tian had mistaken her identity because he did not know Gu Yuena would split into two. When he saw Na'er, he assumed his master had arrived.

But Lin Chen knew better. Although Na'er appearing here was utterly absurd, he could confirm that the girl before him was Na'er.

"A soul beast that can talk... Don't eat Na'er..."

Seeing Di Tian and hearing his nonsense, Na'er spoke timidly before instinctively backing away.

It was obvious that she was terrified. Her body was even trembling slightly.

"Di Tian! What are you doing?

"How can you scare a human child like that?!

"Look how frightened you've made her. She thinks you're going to eat her!"

Once Lin Chen confirmed that the girl before him was the harmless Na'er, the weight in his heart finally lifted, and he began acting wildly on the spot.

He then shouted, "I kicked you just now because you broke our rule—you must never speak in front of humans!

"Now look what you've done. I can't possibly let this little girl leave!"

After saying that, Lin Chen snickered inwardly.

He really was a genius!

He had no idea why Na'er had appeared here, but since she had fallen into his hands, she could forget about leaving!

Although soul beasts took human form, killing them could still yield soul rings and soul bones, even after they had broken through Rank Seventy. The hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor was proof of that.

In other words, although Na'er was currently a human girl, she still carried the bloodline of the Silver Dragon King within her.

Countless wicked ideas immediately surfaced in Lin Chen's mind. This was Dragon God blood!

Even if she was only half of her original self, she still had the Silver Dragon King's blood within her!

He already saw limitless possibilities in Na'er.

And putting all that aside, if he kept Na'er by his side and raised her from childhood, then the Silver Dragon King would never be able to become complete. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Since you had already used your astonishing wisdom to split yourself in two, then don't merge back together. Live your own separate lives. That was pretty good.

Hehehe...

That was what Lin Chen thought.

At that moment, Di Tian finally realized something was wrong.

He recalled the words "Master" and what Lin Chen had just said. Looking at his "master's" reaction, the more he looked, the stranger it felt. His "master" seemed not to recognize him?

No, her appearance had changed drastically, but bloodline aura could not be faked!

As a being whose bloodline stood above his own, Master could absolutely see through his identity!

He had never intended for his disguise to fool Master. He could only try to avoid her as much as possible in the future.

He had transformed into this form merely to conceal the golden glow on his body.

Yet Master could not recognize him at all.

And this girl before him did not possess the slightest bit of cultivation!

Given Master's talent, she should have already obtained her first soul ring by now!

Moreover, emotions like fear and terror could never appear on Master's face!

The only thing he had ever seen on Master was an aura of supreme dominance over the world!

Yet the girl before him was clearly Master!

"Master! I'm Di Tian!

"I guarded you for a hundred thousand years. Have you forgotten?"

"A soul beast that can talk... Don't come closer... Don't eat me... Na'er is begging you..."

"No, am I the only one who doesn't understand what's going on?

"What the hell is this?

"So you two know each other?

"She's your master?"

"That can't be right. I watched your master take human form myself. She didn't look like this."

Seeing the solemn expression on Lin Chen's face, Di Tian said in a low voice, "She indeed looks different, but she is Master."

"Then why did she become like this?" Lin Chen asked, pretending to be puzzled.

Di Tian merely shook his head and started walking toward Na'er.

Hearing their incomprehensible conversation and seeing the talking soul beast walking toward her, Na'er was immediately frightened into tears.

But just as she made a sound, the alley abruptly fell silent in the next instant. Lin Chen struck the back of her neck with the edge of his hand, knocking her unconscious.

Na'er collapsed smoothly into his arms.

"What are you doing?!"

Di Tian could not tolerate Lin Chen laying a hand on Master.

Lin Chen merely curled his lip. "Cut the crap. We'll talk after we get back. It won't be good if someone discovers us here."

Di Tian's anger immediately came to a halt upon hearing that, because Lin Chen was right.

"Let's go. Back to the small world."

As he spoke, Di Tian stretched out his tiny, adorable hand. A wave of spatial power emerged, and under its pulsation, a black vortex quickly spun out from his palm. It slowly expanded, becoming a spatial portal.

The small world was near Eastsea, not far from here, so Di Tian could leave Eastsea City at any time and enter the small world.

Lin Chen did not waste any words. He immediately carried the frail girl into the vortex and returned to his villa in the small world.

Lin Chen gently placed Na'er on his bed and covered her with a blanket before carefully studying the girl before him. Silver hair, purple eyes—she already looked like a future beauty.

Meanwhile, Di Tian carefully examined his "master's" condition, repeatedly probing with his spiritual power.

Then Di Tian reached a conclusion: the "master" before him was incomplete. Her strength was probably only one-third of Master's complete strength. It looked like Master had voluntarily separated herself.

But no matter how hard he thought, he could not understand why Master, after already displaying such astonishing wisdom to take human form, would split off half of herself again.

"What's the deal, bro?" Lin Chen asked.

Di Tian had nothing to hide. After all, he and Lin Chen were bound together. "She really is Master, but she is only a part of Master...

"I truly can't make sense of it."

Lin Chen pretended to ponder for a moment before speaking.

"What's so hard to understand?

"So easy!"