"This Gu Yue looks the most like Lord Lu Li's child, but Lord Lu Li looks so young—barely in his twenties at most. Did he have a child that early?"
"Something feels off."
Manager Su wore a thoughtful expression. But the more she pondered it, the stranger her thoughts became.
"Maybe that's just how powerful people live. They even have children so early. Brother Kun and I can't afford to fall too far behind..."
Thinking of her husband, Su Shan mused silently.
Right, she had to keep up with the big shots!
"..."
Inside the Spirit Ascension Platform, Gu Yue strode confidently through the Spirit Beast Forest. For her, entering the forest was as easy as going home.
But for some reason, her brow suddenly furrowed. A sense of foreboding came over her, and the fire element in her hand grew hotter by the moment.
What was going on?
"Roar—"
Just then, a beast's roar rang out.
Not far away, a black bear with purple crystals on its back appeared. It seemed to sense her presence and charged over, its face full of anger.
Its gaze was fixed on her like she was weak prey. It had no idea what kind of ancestor it had picked a fight with.
"A thousand-year Amethyst Bear. Converted into Soul Ring energy, that's only a little over a hundred years. That'll do..."
"You picked a good time to show up."
Gu Yue looked at the ferocious Soul Beast and spoke coldly. She hadn't encountered many powerful Soul Beasts on her way here, but now she'd finally found a suitable one.
She was feeling inexplicably irritated, anyway.
You'll do.
As she thought this, blue and red elements alternated in her palm, and a cold smile flickered in her eyes.
The Amethyst Bear was one of