A Divergent Plot

Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince's Residence.

The three of them looked at one another in the face of such a result.

Su Yu scratched his head and deliberately said, "When all's said and done, a Shapeshifting Spirit Beast is still a spirit beast. It makes perfect sense for it to stay in the Star Dou Forest..."

Qian Renxue asked doubtfully, "A Shapeshifting Spirit Beast needs frequent contact with humans to cultivate normally. Why would it remain in the Star Dou Forest?"

Su Yu shrugged. "Maybe it has no great ambitions and just wants to loaf around in the Star Dou Forest until it dies?"

Qian Renxue furrowed her brows and pondered Su Yu's words.

According to the intelligence provided by the system, Tang San would encounter that Shapeshifting Spirit Beast within the next few days... Right, Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power!

That Shapeshifting Spirit Beast might have been encountered after Tang San enrolled, when Tang Hao took him to the Star Dou Forest!

That was why Demon Bear Douluo had searched Notting City for so long without finding any trace of it!

Because it had never been in Notting City at all!

Realizing this, Qian Renxue suddenly felt deflated.

Since that Shapeshifting Spirit Beast was staying in the Star Dou Forest, it was surely living with its former companions.

That made hunting it far more difficult.

Not to mention how vast the Star Dou Forest was, or how dangerous the high-year spirit beasts in its core region were.

What if they accidentally triggered a beast tide...

Qian Renxue let out a soft sigh and waved at Su Yu. "I was thinking too simply. Xiao Yu, go back and rest first."

Su Yu nodded and turned to leave Qian Renxue's study.

As he walked back to his room, Su Yu began considering what had just happened.

According to the original story, at this point, Rogue Rabbit should already have been sharing a bed with Tang San and begun her life at Notting Academy.

Now, for some unknown reason, the plot had deviated?

Could the reborn Qian Renxue have already sent people to Holy Soul Village or Notting City?

It was possible!

Su Yu pushed open his door, collapsed onto the bed, and considered the current situation.

Himself, who had appeared out of nowhere; Aornia, who had never been mentioned in the original story; Ning Rongrong, who had been forced to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy; Xiao Wu, who had not gone to Notting Academy; Tang San, whose whereabouts were unknown... and the reborn Qian Renxue!

Su Yu felt a headache coming on—his advantage of foreknowledge seemed to be disappearing bit by bit!

He took a deep breath and began thinking through all the opportunities in the Douluo world.

First were the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Even if Qian Renxue was a reborn person, there was no way she could know the location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

But she likely knew that the Seven Monsters had once consumed Immortal Herbs—this was Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's judgment!

For now, she seemingly had not thought of using her soul skill to pinpoint the range where the Immortal Herbs might be.

But what about the future?

For all he knew, she might try it tomorrow!

His top priority was to get the Immortal Herbs before anyone else did—or delay others from obtaining them!

Su Yu's mind raced as he considered feasible plans for acquiring the Immortal Herbs.

He could use his own soul skill to assess knowledge related to the Immortal Herbs.

But he lacked a sufficiently powerful partner to cooperate with him in conducting experiments.

And even if he obtained knowledge about the Immortal Herbs, what then?

Dugu Yan's favorability toward him was not high enough, and his own background was not strong enough. What right did he have to make a fair deal with Dugu Bo?

In other words, it was almost impossible for him to obtain the Immortal Herbs in the short term.

Then should he focus on stopping others—or rather, stopping Qian Renxue—from obtaining the Immortal Herbs?

As his thoughts raced, a vague plan took shape in Su Yu's mind.

After running through the outline of the plan several times in his head, Su Yu began considering the next opportunity—the Heart of the Sea God!

Since Qian Renxue was reborn, she had probably already claimed that treasure for herself.

However, like Xiao Wu's soul ring and soul bone, the Heart of the Sea God held little appeal for Su Yu.

In the future, he would forge his own Godhood. Why should he bind himself to some mere First-Level Godhood?

As for those soul bones...

Setting aside whether those soul bones could even be obtained, even if they could, he had no ability to hunt them down one by one!

The Man Faced Demon Spiders in the Star Dou Forest, the Wolf Bandits at the Heaven Dou Empire's border... How could he possibly identify the exact targets? Was he supposed to kill them all?

At present, the only things worth considering seemed to be the Gem Skull on Shi Nian's head and the right leg bone left behind by Ah Yin's sacrifice.

But he could not deal with a Soul Saint, nor could he go to Holy Soul Village without any reason.

Su Yu was certain that if he voiced the latter idea, Qian Renxue would seize him the next instant, lock him in a secret chamber, and slice him up for research!

Once he thought it through, Su Yu immediately felt rather depressed.

Having a child's body was such a pain...

He clearly had so many ideas, yet he could never put them into action...

Su Yu irritably rubbed his head and sat up from the bed.

"Damn it, can't I grow up faster already?!"

Late at night, Qian Renxue sat on her soft bed, quietly waiting for the words on the light screen to change.

[Today's Intelligence Update:]

[Yellow Intelligence · Past: Yesterday, Ning Rongrong attempted to throw a tantrum and refuse to enroll in Heaven Dou Royal Academy.]

[White Intelligence · Future: Kun years later, Su Yu went to the Star Dou Forest and encountered an attack by spirit beasts.]

Trying to throw a tantrum to avoid school?

Qian Renxue smiled faintly. She was not at all surprised that Ning Rongrong would do something like that.

As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong lived even more freely than Xue Ke did.

As a princess of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Ke had to enter Moonlight Pavilion every day to study noble etiquette.

Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong had been spoiled rotten by Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong. They treated her like a precious treasure, afraid she might break if held in their hands or melt if kept in their mouths.

Qian Renxue grumbled inwardly, then moved her gaze directly downward to the second piece of intelligence.

Then her brows drew together slightly, and a trace of confusion flashed through her eyes. Kun years... how many years was that?

Su Yu's soul skill was fixed and unrelated to the type or age of spirit beast. Why would he specifically make a trip to the Star Dou Forest?

Sunset Forest was so much closer and had no shortage of spirit beast varieties. Why go so far?

After thinking for a moment, Qian Renxue suddenly realized that she herself was close to breaking through to Soul Emperor!

With that thought, Qian Renxue believed she had discovered the truth.

Kun years later, she would successfully break through to level sixty and become a Quasi-Soul Emperor.

Then, she would use Su Yu as an excuse to make a trip to the Star Dou Forest and hunt a spirit beast for herself.

After all, light-attributed spirit beasts were exceedingly rare. It was difficult to find high-year light-attributed spirit beasts in Sunset Forest.

As for the spirit beast attack mentioned afterward...

Heh!

It was merely White Intelligence. It was probably just some insignificant ten-year spirit beasts that did not know their place—nothing to worry about!

By then, Su Yu would already be a Soul Grandmaster, and she would be a Soul Emperor. With two Title Douluo standing guard beside them, mere ten-year spirit beasts...

At level sixty against ten-year spirit beasts, the advantage was mine!