"You little guy, you know the two of us?"
The old man on the left sounded curious. Le Zhengyue hurriedly shook his head.
"I don't know either of you, Great-Grandpas, but you both make me feel very close to you."
Le Zhengyue spoke with a smile on his face.
The two elders glanced at him and gently shook their heads.
"You're the main branch's heir and the family's future core. You don't need to concern yourself with two old fellows like us."
"Go take care of your business. We're only here to protect you."
The old man looked straight at Le Zhengyue. It was clear that he was pleased by Le Zhengyue's polite attitude, though his voice remained steady.
They were the family's hidden trump cards, two terrifying beings with the strength of Pseudo-Limit Douluos. At first, the family elders couldn't accept using them to protect a child.
The Southern Legion might have belonged to the Federation in name, but in truth, it was the Yue Family's private possession.
From the Southern Legion's commander down to its core leadership, every single one of them belonged to the Yue Family.
Under these circumstances, the family had actually cultivated many powerful experts over the generations.
But even so, having two of their oldest and strongest elders protect a junior was something the Yue Family had never imagined.
Yet Limit Douluo Yue Zhengen had personally made the request, and they couldn't refuse.
It was only after hearing about the child's talent that the two elders decided to take a look at him.
Seeing that the little guy didn't have that innate arrogance, the two of them were quite satisfied.
After hearing what they said, Le Zhengyue didn't waste time.
"Great-Grandpas, our destination this time is the Star Dou Great Forest."
"Not the Star Dou Great Forest here. The one here is already gone."
"We're going to the Star Dou Great Forest on the neighboring continent."
Le Zhengyue spoke seriously. As he talked, he raised a hand, and a map appeared in it—the very map he had placed in his ring earlier.
As heirs of the Yue Family, storage rings—or Storage Soul Tools—were nothing unusual to them.
The two old men watched Le Zhengyue spread out the map and point to the Star Dou Great Forest. They exchanged a glance.
The three continents were currently on very tense terms; the situation could even be called chaotic.
The First Continent had the lowest level of Soul Guidance Technology and was also the weakest overall.
And yet, it had many top experts, all of them powerful. Qian Daoliu had even become an Angel God.
Meanwhile, technology on the Third Continent had advanced to an almost terrifying degree. And beyond its technology, the Third Continent also had the terrifying Four-Word Battle Armor.
A Limit Douluo empowered by Four-Word Battle Armor was far stronger than an ordinary Limit Douluo.
The current situation was that the First Continent possessed decisive, terrifying combat power, enough to potentially destroy the world, while the Third Continent far surpassed the first two in high-level combat strength.
The Second Continent was the weakest, yet it held the most opportunities. The top experts of all three continents were aware of this.
Compared with the First Continent, where resources had been overexploited and Soul Beasts had gone into hiding, vanished without a trace, or been hunted to near extinction, the Second Continent had recovered over the past ten thousand years and now held the greatest number of opportunities.
So when the two family elders heard that Le Zhengyue intended to head to the Second Continent, they exchanged a glance but didn't object.
"Make your own arrangements. Our only responsibility is to protect you. Everything else is your decision."
"We'll only step in to protect and help you if you run into danger."
The elder on the left spoke, then shook his head. He said nothing more, simply standing quietly to one side.
Le Zhengyue paused, hesitated for a second, then nodded and turned to walk outside.
He hadn't decided to travel by water to the Star Dou Great Forest on the Second Continent. Although the journey would take only half a month that way, there was no need to rush.
Huo Yuhao was still trapped in the White Tiger Duke Mansion, and his mother was still alive.
Now that Huo Yuhao had returned to the past, he might be able to save his own mother. So there was a good chance he wouldn't head to the Star Dou Great Forest just yet.
Or rather, although he longed for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, there was no guarantee it would be there at this point in time.
Le Zhengyue was in a hurry too, but not that much of one. He only needed to confirm Huo Yuhao's whereabouts. Once Huo Yuhao arrived, Le Zhengyue could go with him.
No matter what, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would most likely choose Huo Yuhao in the end, so all Le Zhengyue had to do was follow along.
At that thought, Le Zhengyue's expression grew much calmer.
He brought the family's two elders and the Angel Guardian Squad with him, then rode in the elders' Red Mecha straight to the heart of the Federation.
The Southern Legion was located at the Federation's farthest edge, while Le Zhengyue's destination was Eastsea City.
Traveling from the Southern Legion to Eastsea City normally took about ten days, but in the mecha, they could make it in about two.
Upon arriving in Eastsea City, Le Zhengyue went straight to a luxury hotel and checked in. The two old men kept themselves hidden nearby and didn't interact much with him.
The Angel Guard Squad he'd brought along had around fifteen members, each of them roughly a Soul King or Soul Emperor in strength.
After sending four people to the local municipal government to look for Tang Wulin's home address, Le Zhengyue settled in for a short stay.
His purpose was simple: he had come for Gu Yuena. He would take her away first, then figure out what came next.
Le Zhengyue had always been confident that Gu Yuena would wake up with amnesia, but he couldn't be certain.
After all, complicated emotions might cloud Gu Yuena's judgment and choices, but he couldn't control how things would turn out in the end.
There was a chance that in this life, Gu Yuena would want to take Tang Wulin away and raise him herself. If that happened, they would both discover that the other had their memories.
So Le Zhengyue had prepared for that possibility as well. When Gu Yuena first awakened, she would only have the strength of a Limit Douluo, not the power of a god. If he couldn't resolve the situation, he could still run.
He had also gotten a clear picture of Tang Wulin's situation.
Le Zhengyue looked calm as he studied the documents on the table, containing more than ten days' worth of information on Tang Wulin. As he flipped through them, Tang Wulin's movements unfolded before his eyes.
For a true Divine Blacksmith, Dragon Emperor Douluo Tang Wulin, the fact that he most likely had his memories rather than being completely reborn was already terrifying enough.
In just a few short days with Mang Tian, he had learned Hundred Refinement and Thousand Refinement.
Six days ago, Mang Tian had already contacted the higher-level Blacksmith Association, planning to send Tang Wulin there. Tang Wulin still hadn't gone, most likely because he was waiting for Gu Yuena.
Seeing that Tang Wulin had started making a lot of money through blacksmithing and could now support himself, Le Zhengyue's eyes flickered faintly.
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