Gu Yuena, Clever as Ever

Su Yu stood frozen in place without making another move. Gu Yuena asked, "Is there a problem?"

"No, no problem."

Su Yu's expression remained calm, but inwardly, he was cursing nonstop.

Before her love-struck brain kicked in, Gu Yuena's intelligence did not seem to be any lower than his!

[Those who violate the following rules shall face Punishment.]

[1. Deceiving others with words]

Once the text had formed, Gu Yuena looked at Di Tian.

Di Tian understood and said to Su Yu, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Heavenly Emperor."

Crack!

The moment the words "Heavenly Emperor" left his mouth, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King's neck abruptly tightened, as though an invisible rope had cinched around his throat.

As the foremost beast beneath the Silver Dragon King, Di Tian was actually having difficulty breathing!

Hanging!

However, this dragon-shocking situation lasted only a fraction of a second.

As Su Yu's Soul Power was exhausted, Di Tian's neck returned to normal.

Su Yu's face went pale, and he panted heavily. "This senior's cultivation is too high. Just carrying out one Punishment drained all my Soul Power."

That was the truth.

After obtaining his Second Soul Ring, Su Yu's control over his Martial Soul had improved.

At the Soul Master stage, the area that followed Su Yu's rules was what imposed Punishment upon violators.

But upon reaching the Soul Grandmaster stage, Su Yu could expend additional Soul Power to have the Brass Book directly deliver punishment.

The latter originated from the level of rules themselves and struck directly at the violator's body, impossible to evade!

Faced with Su Yu's explanation, Gu Yuena chuckled. "It's fine. I have plenty of time. Once you've fully recovered, we can have a proper chat."

Su Yu coughed twice and said, "There's no need for that, is there? It would waste so much time... Besides, I've been missing for so long. My family will definitely be worried."

"Of course there is. It's so you can rest easy. What if you think we're deceiving you? Wouldn't that be troublesome?"

Su Yu hurriedly said, "How could that be! Although we've never met before, the moment I saw you, I knew that you must possess noble character worthy of your peerless beauty!"

"Someone... a dragon like you would never lie to and deceive a small fry like me!"

"Mm, but I'm afraid you'll deceive me."

Su Yu's lips twitched, but he said nothing.

There was no way to respond to that.

"By human standards of beauty, your appearance should also be considered exceptional."

"However, judging from your actions, you have many little schemes and lack noble character."

That was even harder to respond to!

Seeing Su Yu's aggrieved yet silent expression, Gu Yuena seemed quite pleased.

"I'm serious. Be more honest. It will benefit both of us."

Su Yu's expression shifted several times before finally settling down. "Senior is right. This junior needs to recover. Please wait a moment."

Su Yu was about to sit cross-legged and meditate to recover his Soul Power.

But then Gu Yuena said, "There's no need to make things so troublesome."

As soon as she spoke, a Crimson Light descended. Su Yu immediately felt incomparably refreshed, and the Soul Power within him was restored as well.

Su Yu did not think much of it.

After all, she was half of the Dragon God. Helping a Soul Grandmaster recover was hardly anything worth mentioning.

Su Yu summoned his Martial Soul and once more opened it to the middle section.

A mercury-colored light appeared on the Brass Book's pages, slowly twisting until it finally formed words.

[Those who violate the following rules shall face Punishment.]

[1. Deceiving others with words]

After establishing the rule, Su Yu looked at Gu Yuena and waited for her to continue.

Rather than bringing up the main matter, Gu Yuena continued, "Tell a lie."

"Huh?"

Seeing Su Yu's puzzled look, Gu Yuena said indignantly, "Enforcers are usually the ones who never obey the law. Isn't that common sense?"

"Besides, you're not only an Enforcer, but also the one who makes the rules... Tell a lie and let me see."

Su Yu did not know whether it was an illusion, but he seemed to hear a trace of gritted teeth in her words.

Thinking of the Asura God's identity and conduct, Su Yu immediately understood.

Then Su Yu secretly cursed in his heart—Damn Asura, ruining my plans!

Su Yu forced out a smile. "Please wait."

With a thought from Su Yu, the words on the Brass Book twisted once more, and the rules in the surrounding area were silently altered.

[1. Those who deceive other living beings with words shall be Exiled!]

Seeing this, the veins on Di Tian's forehead bulged.

The punishment had been a death sentence just now, yet it had become Exile now!

This innately wicked human brat!

Gu Yuena teased, "Wasn't it 'deceiving others' just now? Why did it become 'deceiving other living beings'?"

Su Yu, whose skin was thick enough, ignored Gu Yuena's teasing and replied without changing expression, "I've only used rules to restrain humans before, so I got used to it and forgot to change it earlier."

The moment he finished speaking, a spatial rift appeared behind Su Yu. An invisible hurricane formed out of nowhere and swept Su Yu into the rift.

"Cunning little brat. Di Tian."

Hearing his master's call, Di Tian finally came back to his senses.

That brat had only said one sentence before he was Exiled.

That meant the sentence he had spoken was a lie.

He said that he had only used rules to restrain humans...

In other words, that brat had used rules to restrain creatures other than humans before...

So, when he had initially established "deceiving others," it was because he intended to lie during the coming conversation and deceive his master and him, both Soul Beasts!

That human brat was full of lies!

Di Tian tore open space with one hand and gave chase after Su Yu.

After a dizzying spin, Su Yu returned to the outskirts of the Lake of Life.

The next instant, Su Yu froze in place.

Ripples spread across the tranquil lake, and an enormous bull's head appeared before Su Yu.

Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast—the Sky Azure Bull Python!

Another wary gaze came from the shore.

Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast—the Titan Giant Ape!

Su Yu took a deep breath and shouted, "Di Tian, save me!"

As soon as he spoke, ripples spread through the space around Su Yu.

Di Tian appeared behind Su Yu and directly grabbed him by the collar.

After glancing at the three beasts, Di Tian did not linger. He took a step forward and vanished from the spot, leaving only the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape staring at each other.

After returning before Gu Yuena, Su Yu hurriedly said, "See? I'm bound by the rules too. I haven't received any exemption."

That was the truth, though Su Yu had not told all of it.

Just now, Su Yu had indeed been bound by the rules and suffered Exile because of them.

However, as early as when he obtained his First Soul Ring, Su Yu had been able to designate himself or others as "Enforcers," thereby granting them exemption.

"Just now, did you Exile yourself because you wanted to use the opportunity to escape?"

Faced with Gu Yuena's somewhat sharp question, Su Yu defended himself, "To keep my body from being harmed, I had no choice but to change the type of punishment."

"But I said before that when I had just obtained my First Soul Ring, I couldn't control the severity of the punishment."

"After obtaining my Second Soul Ring, the punishment was no longer limited to simply harming the body. Exile was added as well."

"Besides, this is the core region of the Star Dou Forest. Even if I were Exiled to the Star Dou Forest Mixed Zone, a Soul Grandmaster like me would only die without leaving a scrap behind. How could I possibly escape?"

Gu Yuena's gaze flickered faintly at Su Yu's explanation.

She keenly noticed that Su Yu had avoided the crux of the question.

What she had asked was whether he had "wanted" to use the opportunity to escape.

Yet throughout his answer, he had only said that he could not escape!

Gu Yuena did not expose him. He merely knew how to play a few little tricks.

Before absolute strength, such tricks would never amount to anything.

Moreover, she was the wise half of the Dragon God. How could she possibly be deceived by this human with a few petty schemes?

This round, I had the advantage!