The Auspicious Beast's Message Causes a Mix-up

A large golden head struggled to squeeze out from the swaying bushes. Upon seeing Su Qing not far away, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion grinned, but then she caught sight of Zhang Lexuan leaning against him and hesitated to approach. Man and beast stared at each other in a silent standoff.

"What are you here for?"

Su Qing moved his lips without making a sound, hoping the Three-Eyed Golden Lion would understand him through lip-reading.

"What did you say?"

To his surprise, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion couldn't understand him at all. She only saw Su Qing's mouth moving and heard nothing, nearly convincing herself that her ears had gone bad.

"Keep your voice down, someone is sleeping here."

In desperation, Su Qing suddenly realized that his spiritual power was more than enough for telepathic transmission!

"Oh, oh! I wanted to come play with you, but halfway here, the Master told me to bring you a message. She guesses that the space-time turbulence likely carried you back to the past first, then sent you directly to this current era. However, since your second martial soul is not a product of this world, it remained unaffected by time and space, allowing you to retain a portion of the godhood abilities you refined back then."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion didn't actually understand a word of what she was saying, but fortunately, she had a good memory and recited it all perfectly. Hearing this hypothesis, Su Qing had an epiphany. It all made sense now! He had been reborn into the lower realm, yet Tang San hadn't wiped him out—it was simply because Tang San didn't know him yet!

Doesn't that mean he doesn't have to be so low-key? As long as he avoids Tang San's notice until he gains the strength to flip the table, he'll be fine.

"Awesome! Little Lion! This information is timely. But I have a human sleeping here right now, so I can only play with you later. Oh, right—tell your Master to arrange for a ten-thousand-year Silver Hero Beast and, upon my signal, drive it toward my location."

Upon learning this, Su Qing was almost excited enough to shout. If the Silver Dragon King was right, this was his own personal second playthrough. As long as he could keep his head down and survive, a mere Tang San would be no match for him!

"Okay, then I'm going back to the Master! Remember to come find me when you're done, I'll carry you to some fun places!"

After finishing their conversation in the spiritual sea, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion galloped back toward the Land of Great Calamity without stopping. She was actually quite happy to run around freely, though a bit tired. She couldn't understand why the Master, who could easily open a rift with spatial power or communicate directly with Su Qing using her own spiritual power, insisted on using her as a middleman.

Still, she didn't dwell on it. This way of passing messages satisfied Su Qing, satisfied the Master, and allowed her to run free—she was satisfied too. Since everyone was happy, there was nothing to worry about. She was just a little curious: who was the human sleeping next to Su Qing?

"Ugh, whatever! I'll just go ask the Master!"

With that thought, she happily bounded away toward the core area.

Watching the defenseless, sleeping Zhang Lexuan, Su Qing reached out to pinch her cheek and moved the Qiluo Pill closer to her side. He couldn't help but sigh; this Zhang Lexuan didn't seem as cold and aloof as the rumors suggested. She looked quite pretty when she slept, though she was a bit prone to overthinking. It was clearly Xuan Zi's dereliction of duty, yet she insisted on blaming all the faults on her own lack of strength.

"Truly baffling..."

Meanwhile, on the other side, Gu Yuena, who had been waiting anxiously for the spirit beast to return with news, grew impatient. She opened a spatial channel and brought the beast directly to her. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, breathless from the round trip, hadn't even steadied her footing before she heard Gu Yuena's inquiry.

"What did he say?"

Seeing the serious expression on Gu Yuena's face, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion didn't delay and told her that Su Qing had praised her heavily after hearing her guess. But Gu Yuena wasn't so easily fooled; she demanded that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion repeat his exact words. Sure enough, the retelling caused problems.

Gu Yuena stared straight into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes and said, word by word: "He is sleeping with another woman?"

"Yeah! He said he'd come find me when he was done, I think that's what he said. Oh, right, Master! He wants you to prepare a ten-thousand-year Silver Hero Beast for him!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's innocent voice struck Gu Yuena's mental defenses like a heavy hammer. She nearly ground her teeth to dust. Sleeping with another woman, and then coming to find the spirit beast only when he was finished? The only time he thought of her was to ask her to prepare a soul beast for him!

"That bastard!"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she finally decided to see for herself. On the other side, Su Qing felt a massive surge of spiritual power probing him. He instinctively tried to resist with his own spiritual power—he didn't want to be seen with nothing left to hide—but the spiritual power was incredibly overbearing, shattering his defenses and leaving him "naked" before her.

"Hey, who's being so rude!"

Seeing that resistance was futile, he immediately switched to building a spiritual connection with the intruder. The moment it connected, he was about to start cursing, but he swallowed the words the moment he realized it was Gu Yuena. The two stared at each other, falling into an awkward silence.

Finally, he broke the stalemate: "Aren't you being a bit too rough..."

"The spirit beast told me you were sleeping with another woman..."

After dropping that line, Gu Yuena stopped speaking and stared straight at Su Qing. Seeing him in person, she realized the spirit beast had misspoken, but since she was already here, how could she, the Soul Beast Co-Master, admit she was wrong? Besides, it was still wrong for him to let another woman lean on him while she slept!

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Hearing this, a storm surged in Su Qing's heart. The seemingly simple and honest Three-Eyed Golden Lion had actually spread rumors about him—and damn, they were royal-level rumors! That wretched golden-haired dog! He swore that if he ever got the chance, he would teach her a lesson.

"So, are you... jealous?"

Although the atmosphere was incredibly awkward, Su Qing, who had known Gu Yuena for a long time, quickly realized the key factor behind this scene.

"Bullshit! This Seat was only worried that you would be bewitched by beauty and forget what you were supposed to be doing!"

Gu Yuena turned her face away, refusing to look at him. Although she felt a bit guilty saying it, her strong personality masked it perfectly.

"Don't worry. Within twenty years, I will trample the God Realm. When that time comes, I'll give you the Golden Dragon King's godhood as a gift."

As he spoke, his spiritual avatar drifted in front of Gu Yuena and pulled her into his arms, looking at her with deep affection. But before he could take any further action, Gu Yuena severed the spiritual connection.

Back in reality, she felt her face flush, but she muttered to herself: "That bastard, all he knows is how to spout sweet nothings!"