Gu Yue's Probing

Chapter: Gu Yue's Probing

Inside the bedroom, Qiangu Wuji gasped for air, his heart pounding wildly.

That was one of Gu Yue's subordinates, right?

That was close; he had almost been discovered.

Thinking of the woman with purple hair from earlier, Qiangu Wuji roughly guessed her identity.

It must be the Demon Queen Ziji, right?

Thinking that he had actually spied on such an existence, he suddenly felt a sense of relief at having survived a disaster.

How powerful was the spiritual sense of a powerhouse at that level? If she had decided to retaliate just now, he wouldn't have been able to withstand it with his current strength.

Phew, it seems he can't use Spiritual Detection so recklessly in the future; if the opponent's spiritual power is stronger than his own, he will be discovered.

If he were discovered and the opponent launched a direct spiritual attack, he would be in deep trouble.

Sigh, in the end, his skills are just not as good as others!

[Beep! Because you were suppressed on a spiritual level, your Martial Soul decided to win back some face for you, so your spiritual power has surged significantly. Your spiritual power has now reached 150 points.]

"Huh?"

Qiangu Wuji widened his eyes. This works too?

Immediately after, he started to laugh. What do you call this? This is a blessing in disguise!

Although he was scared, his spiritual power increased by so much all at once; he had absolutely struck gold.

Thinking of his surging spiritual power, he hurriedly closed his eyes to test it, wanting to see what 150 points of spiritual power felt like.

However, just as he closed his eyes, he was immediately stunned and turned bitter.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

"Are you asleep?"

Qiangu Wuji felt somewhat helpless. He glanced at the neatly made quilt behind him, thought for a moment, and deliberately ruffled it a bit before speaking.

"Just about to sleep, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just have some things I want to talk to you about. Is it convenient for me to come in?"

Outside the room, Gu Yue's indifferent voice drifted in.

Qiangu Wuji curled his lips. He certainly knew that Gu Yue wasn't here for a chat; she was likely suspicious of him.

But he couldn't panic now.

So, he replied.

"Mm, come in."

Before long, Gu Yue pushed the door open and walked in. As soon as she entered, her gaze swept around the room, seemingly aimless, before finally settling on him.

Qiangu Wuji looked at her, then stood up and walked over to the tea table to sit down, asking a question he already knew the answer to.

"Gu Yue, is something the matter so late at night?"

Gu Yue also walked to the table and sat down. She pondered for a moment before asking in a calm tone.

"This morning, the Soul Spirit you absorbed gave you your first Soul Ring, right? Can you tell me what your first Soul Skill is?"

Here it comes!

Qiangu Wuji's heart tightened, but he feigned a dejected expression and said.

"Sigh, don't mention it. My first Soul Skill isn't very good. It's like this, feel it for yourself."

As he spoke, he summoned his Martial Soul again, and his first Soul Ring lit up.

Gu Yue was taken aback. She instinctively looked around, but finding no changes, she couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Your Soul Skill is...?"

"See? You think it's useless too, right?" Qiangu Wuji forced a helpless, bitter smile. "Simply put, it's a short-term, significant boost to spiritual power."

"Boosts spiritual power?"

Gu Yue murmured to herself. She instinctively looked into Qiangu Wuji's golden eyes, and for an instant, a wave of dizziness washed over her.

She hurriedly shook her head and withdrew her gaze, finally believing his words.

For a moment, her expression became complex. In the end, she said nothing more and simply stood back up.

"Are you leaving already?"

Gu Yue paused and looked back at him.

"It's not peaceful lately. Don't go wandering around if you don't have to."

With that, she turned and left the room.

Qiangu Wuji watched her leave and let out a sigh of relief.

It was fortunate that he could control the range of his Spiritual Detection, and that his spiritual power had happened to increase just in time; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to handle this.

Qiangu Wuji felt quite nervous when Gu Yue walked in just now; he had no idea what her purpose was in coming here.

It could very well have been to silence him permanently...

If that had truly been the case, he reckoned he wouldn't have lasted long enough for Leng Yaozhu to come and save him.

It seemed he really needed to improve his strength!

Because of this, he felt an even more urgent desire to go find Tang Wulin.

Alright, time to set off as soon as possible!

Meanwhile, on the other side, Gu Yue walked out of the room. As soon as she stepped out, a purple-haired woman shrouded in a black cloak approached her in the hallway.

"My Lord, is this the human with the decent talent you mentioned?"

Gu Yue didn't even look at her, continuing to walk straight ahead.

Ziji followed slowly by her side, praising him as they walked.

"He really is quite an impressive fellow. I can sense that his spiritual power is extremely vigorous. To possess this level of spiritual power at such a young age—My Lord, even you would find that difficult to achieve, wouldn't you?"

Hearing this, Gu Yue stopped in her tracks and turned her head to give her a calm look.

Yet, that single glance immediately made Ziji react, breaking out in a cold sweat from nervousness.

"My Lord, I didn't mean to say you are inferior to him; what I meant was..."

"Enough!" Gu Yue's delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she interrupted her impatiently. "How is she?"

Ziji was stunned for a moment, realized what she meant, and hurriedly replied.

"Your other half has already arrived in Aolai City." Having said that, she hesitated for a moment before adding, "My Lord, do we need to protect her?"

Gu Yue let out a cold snort and resumed walking.

"The path is one she chose herself; it is not for others to interfere."

Ziji felt truly helpless and hurried to keep up.

"My Lord, does this young master of the Spirit Pagoda need to be killed? If we let him continue to grow, he will pose a threat to our future plans, won't he?"

"No need, he won't be able to stir up any waves."

Gu Yue looked at her with calm eyes and said indifferently.

"If that day truly comes, I will finish him off with my own hands."

Ever since the day the awakening ceremony ended, Qiangu Wuji had been temporarily idle.

Over the past two days, Leng Yaozhu had already arranged his status at Hongshan Academy, but she didn't let him leave immediately, instead giving him ten thousand instructions and warnings, unable to set her mind at ease.

For instance, she told him what to pay attention to in a new place.

She warned him to be extremely careful when meeting new female students, telling him not to get his feelings deceived or anything of the sort.

She was so nervous, one would think it was some little princess going out on a trip.

But the result was that he was just a guy; there was no way any little girl would be deceiving his feelings.

However, this was, after all, her showing concern for him, so no matter how dismissive he felt, he could only agree on the surface.

And so, time slipped by until the day of departure arrived.

On this day, outside the main gate of the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, Qiangu Wuji looked speechlessly at Leng Yaozhu, who was dressed in travel attire in front of him.

"Mother, what is this...?"

"Is there a problem?"

Leng Yaozhu said with a faint smile.

Qiangu Wuji felt quite pained.

"Mother, you aren't planning on coming with me, are you?"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Gu Yue, who was standing to the side carrying a backpack and also dressed for travel.

This was truly bizarre; what were these two up to?