Chasing Feelings, Wanting to Hold Onto the Last Trace of You

The Starry Great Forest.

The somewhat eerie atmosphere persisted until now, especially when Duoduo was absorbing her third soul ring; the atmosphere grew increasingly strange.

Mo Yu and Ying San stared wide-eyed, neither of them speaking a word, simply standing off to one side, concealing themselves as they watched Duoduo, who was in the midst of absorbing her soul ring, trapped in the center.

Mo Yu had long since realized that Ying San's attitude toward him was not good, and he didn't want to open his mouth and cause more trouble, while Ying San's emotions were far more complicated.

The Jiuli Glazed Sect was located at the border between Tian Dou City and Li Fan Plains, not far from the Starry Great Forest. At the speed of four hundred-year-old soul guides pulling the carriage, they had only used half a day to reach the outskirts of the Starry Great Forest.

And during that half day, Ying San's name had also appeared in Mo Yu's diary, and because of this, she had obtained two soul power combat techniques.

Compared to the bountiful harvest Duoduo had reaped, these two soul power enhancements seemed rather sparse and ordinary, but Ying San was still very satisfied—relying on these two soul power techniques, her current soul power level had already reached the twenty-sixth rank, one step closer to the third-ring assault-type soul master, and one step closer to being able to stay by Xiao Tian's side to protect her.

So Ying San was still quite grateful to Mo Yu.

But...

Over the past two days, she could clearly sense that Duoduo's attitude toward Mo Yu was very unusual, even to the point where there was a hint of excessive closeness.

Especially when they were hunting soul beasts, Mo Yu had casually pulled out a strange longsword from his soul guide device, and with a casual swing, he had slashed that soul beast to death, helping Duoduo successfully kill that soul beast.

At that moment, a clear gratitude appeared in Duoduo's eyes.

She saw it clearly.

This made a sense of crisis suddenly arise in her heart... but she was powerless to do anything, and could only watch helplessly as this scene unfolded.

This feeling was very unpleasant.

Mo Yu, however, had not noticed the complicated emotions in Ying San's heart, nor did he know that she had already concocted a bitter love drama in her mind. At this moment, he was looking around at the scenery of the Starry Great Forest.

[Damn, this is my first time in the Starry Great Forest. The largest gathering place for soul beasts besides the ocean is indeed huge... The only pity is that the soul rings suitable for Duoduo to absorb were encountered too early. Now that Duoduo has finished absorbing her soul rings, what excuse do I need to come up with to stay here...]

[This is really frustrating!]

[By the way, the Starry Great Forest is so big, where the hell do I go to find Mo Yu? Just thinking about having to continue getting that brat Mo Yu the fragments of the Ouyang Family's divine artifact makes me unable to sleep!]

[It looks like I can only take things as they come...]

[But no matter what, I always feel like this Starry Great Forest is a bit strange... It's like there's a pair of sparkling eyes in the darkness secretly watching me... It can't be that I've caught the attention of that dog thing Ying San, right?]

[That makes sense! After so many days of diary entries, I've now obtained the Star Observation talent, and the harvest has clearly told me that I can observe Ying San's perception...]

[So then... who the hell is secretly watching me?]

Mo Yu muttered to himself in his diary while secretly pondering.

Logically speaking, the hidden experts should be the ones responsible for protecting Duoduo from the Jiuli Glazed Sect. After all, Duoduo was the heir of the Jiuli Glazed Sect. Even if it was just for show, they couldn't be so careless as to let only Ying San, who had a second-ring cultivation, and him, who on the surface only had ten rings of soul power, complete the protection.

There must be someone secretly protecting them.

But Mo Yu always felt that something was off, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.

If it was someone from the Jiuli Glazed Sect responsible for guarding Duoduo, then their attention should be more focused on Duoduo, not on him.

Could it be that he had made a move just once, and the hidden person had noticed something was wrong?

Thinking back to the sect leader's sudden change in attitude, allowing him to follow Duoduo to the Ouyang Family's mansion for a visit, Mo Yu suddenly understood.

[I get it!]

[I think it was that day's incident at the Jiuli Glazed Sect that caught the sect leader's attention, and that sword strike just now confirmed his suspicions...]

[Since that's the case, it seems I don't need to keep pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger anymore... The gains I've made these past few days simply don't allow me to continue keeping a low profile!]

[So then, from now on, the pretender is dead! What's coming next is me, the unyielding one!]

Noticing the content floating on the diary page, Ying San turned her head and glanced at Mo Yu, the look in her eyes becoming even more complicated.

Guo Nian's expression suddenly became strange.

That sparkling eye gaze that Mo Yu mentioned in his diary—could it be Di Tian?

She had instructed Di Tian to always pay attention to anyone entering the Starry Great Forest. Based on what Mo Yu had mentioned in his diary about Duoduo and Ying San, from the moment they entered the Starry Great Forest, Di Tian had locked onto the three of them.

Their every move had long been under Di Tian's watch.

She hadn't expected that this fool Mo Yu could actually detect Di Tian's gaze...

Guo Nian's heart suddenly grew a bit flustered, but then she found it somewhat amusing.

If Di Tian knew that Mo Yu had used the word "sparkling" to describe him, he would probably make this fool pay a heavy price, wouldn't he?

Of course, this thought could only remain a thought.

Oh no, even thinking about it was impossible.

With the diary's constraints, Guo Nian could not reveal the diary's existence to Di Tian, much less tell him what Mo Yu had said.

Once it was spoken, the diary would probably directly identify it as inciting Di Tian to make a move against Mo Yu... Her current body couldn't withstand another diary punishment.

And besides...

This fool named Mo Yu's subsequent guesses also made Guo Nian find it interesting.

The process was all wrong, so naturally, the result was all wrong as well.

"These people aren't omniscient either."

"And the help they can offer This Seat isn't even worth mentioning..."

Thinking of this, Guo Nian's mood suddenly became much more cheerful.

The Three-Eyed Golden Hound lifted its little head somewhat drowsily, sensing that its master's inexplicably foul mood had inexplicably improved, and it too reacted lazily, lowering its head again to continue its nap.

She had long since grown accustomed to it.

Ever since that diary had appeared, ever since she had come to her master's secluded dwelling, she had grown accustomed to her master's mercurial moods.

Her master's emotions seemed to be constantly influenced by the contents of that diary.

Like her, for instance—she only understood bits and pieces of most of the content in the diary, and was utterly clueless about the rest. She simply couldn't comprehend why her master's emotions fluctuated so wildly.

Sigh...

Better to just sleep.

Apart from sleeping, there really wasn't anything else for her to do in her master's presence.