I'm Actually Pretty Smart!

The fact that her martial soul had evolved into the Three-Eyed Golden Monkey made Duoduo feel even more embarrassed than Huo Yuhao's had.

Why had it turned out like this?

She had clearly awakened a martial soul that was only supposed to evolve once it reached a certain age, and she had even managed to get it to evolve twice in a row. How had it ended up like this?

Duoduo couldn't help feeling that she had gotten the better of Huo Yuhao.

If that purple soul ring hadn't suddenly appeared on her, she wouldn't have suffered this setback!

"Xiao Tian, don't lose heart."

Seeing Duoduo's spirits sink lower and lower, Xiao Ge hurried to comfort her. "Since that miraculous diary can evolve your martial soul, that means it must have the ability to help it evolve again in the future. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to evolve it directly into a hundred-thousand-year soul ring."

"As long as you can find the trick in the diary, sooner or later you'll be able to evolve it again."

With Xiao Ge's comforting words, Duoduo gradually calmed down.

Xiao Yu's situation was different. If her martial soul hadn't evolved, she would have had no way to evolve it again. That miraculous diary could definitely help her evolve it again!

As long as her name appeared in the diary often enough, she could get a reward.

Duoduo looked at Xiao Ge again. A clear, murderous glint appeared in her eyes, as if she wanted to devour him whole.

From a certain perspective, Duoduo's martial soul evolution could be considered Xiao Yu's fault. But Duoduo didn't feel any resentment toward her. Besides, she had been hoping to rely on Xiao Ge and the diary to evolve her martial soul again—or even to take it a step further. Just the ten-thousand-year wisdom soul ring she had gained was already enough to leave her speechless.

Xiao Yu, meanwhile, had noticed the small exchange between Duoduo and Xiao Ge. His heart sank, and his face fell.

Since Duoduo could see what was in his diary, could other people see it too?

For example... Wang Dongliu?

After all, Wang Dongliu's first soul ring had already turned purple. And Wang Dongliu had a close friend like Huo Yuhao, who was practically his childhood sweetheart. It was entirely possible that Wang Dongliu had already learned about the diary.

If Wang Dongliu could see its contents, then she could understand everything that had happened today.

But... he couldn't be too sure about that.

The sudden surprise had caught Duoduo off guard, but the same trick probably wouldn't work a second time.

Suppose Wang Dongliu could also see the diary... then how many people could see it?

Tsk...

Xiao Yu couldn't help sighing inwardly. He felt as though he'd stumbled into some kind of large-scale wolf trap.

The people who had secretly read my diary?

[Touch the Diary for Three Years: Martial-soul evolution is a pretty powerful reward, huh?]

[Blowing Up the Little Can: I'd say you've got plenty to be proud of! That's a seven-hundred-year soul ring! The limit was originally only seventy-nine years, and now your martial soul can only be cultivated to sixty-nine years.]

[Blowing Up the Little Can: The punishment for cheating has gotten pretty serious! With the punishment, Duoduo's ten-thousand-year wisdom soul ring seems to have lost some of its glow...]

[Huh?: Don't mind @Blowing Up the Little Can. A seven-hundred-year soul ring can let someone at the seventy-nine-year level cross a whole level, or even gain several levels. But a soul ring at the sixty-nine-year level might struggle to help even a powerful soul master cross a level. Duoduo's limit has been dragged down by quite a bit.]

The Star Dou Great Forest. Deep in the Lake of Life, the Three-Eyed Golden Monkey seemed to understand and nodded.

It didn't quite understand, but after listening to them finish, it felt that what they said did make sense.

It was a pity that she already had the Three-Eyed Golden Monkey's wisdom.

Still, the diary—or rather, the person writing it—might have other rewards for her.

In short... would Xiao Yu be the next person to get exposed in front of the group? Could he really have a diary of his own?

Thinking of that possibility, the Three-Eyed Golden Monkey leaped up and began bouncing around on the little stone.

[I really don't want to eat carrots: No, I don't think it's that serious. After all, the diary is so miraculous. Maybe it can help the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve again.]

[Touch the Diary for Three Years: Evolve again? Oh, right. The diary mentioned that martial-soul evolution is one of its rewards.]

[Touch the Diary for Three Years: But I think we'd better not let Xiao Yu find out about us.]

The Three-Eyed Golden Monkey stared blankly at the contents of the chat group, not understanding what they were talking about. It could only read the few familiar words.

She really wanted to gain the favor of the Soft Bone Rabbit King. Then she could choose the contents of a diary—she'd already thought of what she wanted to see. She'd pick a diary about the person in the diary.

If so, then she could use it to find out whether the person in the diary really couldn't be trusted.

If her master couldn't protect her, she'd have to start making plans early.

Heh, I really am pretty smart!

The Three-Eyed Golden Monkey couldn't help praising herself inwardly, and a silly grin crept across her face.

Seeing the group chat that the Soft Bone Rabbit had left behind, Gu Yue felt a little curious, but she didn't say much.

She had never understood what those people were talking about, and she wasn't interested in finding out. But since Rui Shou was interested in the group chat, she might as well let her look.

She wanted to stay here a little longer anyway. She could chat with Rui Shou.

If the group chat could help her pass the time, then it was worth letting Rui Shou understand a little more.

[Touch the Diary for Three Years: How about we make a bet? Who do you think will be the next person to get exposed?]

[Touch the Diary for Three Years: Or, take a guess—who will be the next person exposed?]

[I'm really not showing off: It definitely won't be me... Even if I wanted to get exposed, I'd need Xiao Yu to have a reason to do it.]

[Starfall Crown: It probably won't be me either...]

[External-Contact Big Sister: Whoever gets exposed by Xiao Yu will definitely have to meet a few conditions. First, the person's rewards need to be difficult to hide. For example, an increase in soul-ring age is very hard to conceal. Once a martial soul is released, it'll be exposed. Second, the person needs to have a close relationship with Xiao Yu. The more contact they have, the greater the chance they'll be exposed. Third, the person's mental resilience must be poor, or they must be momentarily unguarded when Xiao Yu exposes them—like Duoduo just now.]

[External-Contact Big Sister: Based on the above, I don't think it'll be me.]

[Touch the Diary for Three Years: Huh... You make a lot of sense.]

The Three-Eyed Golden Monkey looked earnestly at the contents of the chat group on the little stone, feeling a little disappointed.

That External-Contact Big Sister had said a whole lot, and she'd thought the person most likely to be exposed next would be Rui Shou. But in the end, she'd only said that it probably wouldn't be her.

Wasn't that basically saying nothing?

Still... the conditions she'd mentioned. I don't seem to meet any of them.

So, based on everything above, I definitely won't be exposed!