After enjoying the show and gathering the information he wanted, Qian Yu didn't linger. He had no intention of staying here and making himself sick.
He returned to their hideout with Hu Liena.
"You're back, young master."
As soon as they arrived, the maid Lüzhu hurried forward to greet them.
"Have Hu Liena soften these for you, then take them."
With a twist of his wrist, Qian Yu pulled two pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue from his Storage Soul Tool and casually tossed them to Lüzhu.
He trusted this maid quite a lot.
From his predecessor's memories, he knew that Lüzhu was an orphan. His predecessor's father, Ye Guhong, had found her in a village ravaged by an Evil Soul Master.
Just as her name suggested, her Martial Soul was Green Bamboo, and her Innate Soul Power was level five.
Now sixteen years old, she was a three-ring Soul Elder.
His predecessor's parents were both deputy commanders of the Angel Legion and were always busy. Lüzhu had practically raised him.
When Qian Yu had first transmigrated, he had confirmed the timeline and realized that Lüzhu was the only person around him he could rely on. So he lied, claiming he'd had a nightmare in which he'd seen the future. With Lüzhu's help, he took his father's token and not only made off with everything valuable in the family home but also looted the treasury of the Angel Legion's officers.
Lüzhu had also awakened his Martial Soul.
He had originally planned to flee the whirlpool that was Spirit Hall with Lüzhu, lie low in the Extreme North, and cultivate hard, living out the rest of his life in peace. But just after his Martial Soul awakened, he ran into Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, and everything that followed happened.
"Young master, this is..."
Looking at the Whale Glue in her hands, Lüzhu seemed surprised.
During this time, she had managed the household in the role of a minor nobleman's wife and had been exposed to many things only nobles could access. How could she not know what this was?
Could it be that the young master... No, that can't be right. He's still young...
Lüzhu stared at the Whale Glue, then at her young master, who seemed to have grown a little, and finally at Hu Liena standing before her. She couldn't help feeling flustered.
"Right..."
Qian Yu knew she had misunderstood again.
He gave Hu Liena a look, asking her to handle it.
As for himself, he continued cultivating.
With Hu Liena's help, Lüzhu quickly refined one piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue. Not only did her Soul Power grow stronger, but her cultivation advanced as well, breaking through to level 35.
"Young master, should I gather some Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue in Heaven Dou City?"
After learning how effective it was, Lüzhu immediately grew excited.
If only she could keep taking this Whale Glue. Then she'd be able to help the young master even more.
As for money, she and the young master certainly weren't short of it.
The Storage Soul Tool was piled high with it, and they also had anonymous Gold Soul Coin cards accepted by all the major merchant guilds.
"Take it slow. Don't draw too much attention."
"Come here. I'll teach you a brand-new meditation method, but before you learn it, you need to swear an oath."
Qian Yu was clearly much more patient with Lüzhu than he was with Hu Liena.
He had no qualms about spreading the Mysterious Heaven Skill. It wasn't his in the first place.
For now, the more strength they could build, the better.
Although Lüzhu's talent was a little lacking, she was very steady when handling matters. There were plenty of things he couldn't deal with openly, and he could simply leave them to her.
Lüzhu didn't hesitate at her young master's suggestion and immediately swore an oath.
After experiencing the wonders of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Lüzhu was so overjoyed that she burst into tears.
For the next while, aside from Lüzhu, who occasionally went out to buy supplies, Qian Yu devoted himself to cultivating, frantically improving every aspect of his strength.
It had to be said: the Holy Wings were truly wondrous when it came to supporting cultivation. Although he hadn't obtained his third Soul Ring yet, Qian Yu could feel his cultivation speed increasing rapidly.
As for Hu Liena, she had already left Heaven Dou City to look for her brother and Yan.
Meanwhile, a rumor quietly spread through Heaven Dou City.
To be precise, it wasn't a rumor, but a love story about the God Teacher.
It was written to be deeply moving and beautiful, but the story also quietly slipped in some other motives.
For example, it depicted a love triangle between Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender.
It was all true, and it was written in a very beautiful way. But that was exactly where the problem lay.
In the story, Flender was portrayed as a great man who patiently shouldered every burden and gave up the woman he loved for the sake of his brother.
At first glance, there was absolutely nothing wrong with it.
It not only refrained from vilifying anyone but also elevated everyone to the heavens.
But the crux of the matter was that, no matter how you looked at this beautiful love story, it was told from Flender's perspective.
It was as if he were the greatest person of them all.
The God Teacher's achievements were all thanks to him.
That might have been true, but to someone petty, it looked entirely different.
And there really was a petty person among the Golden Iron Triangle.
Yu Xiaogang.
"Flender, what exactly are you trying to say?"
"Are you so desperate for fame that you've gone mad?"
Yu Xiaogang took the book, which had already been printed and distributed, and slammed it down in front of Flender.
"Xiaogang, what's wrong?"
"Isn't this book pretty good? It makes all of us look wonderful."
Flender looked at the furious Yu Xiaogang, his face full of confusion and bewilderment.
When the book first started circulating, he'd also thought it might be a scheme by someone with ulterior motives. But after reading it carefully, he'd found nothing wrong with it.
Although some of the stories in the book were fictional, it praised and extolled them at every turn.
It was obviously written by someone who admired them.
Even he, usually so stingy and miserly, had gone out of his way to buy a deluxe edition to keep.
"What? Don't tell me you didn't hire someone to ghostwrite this book."
"Many of the things in it are known only to you and me."
"Is this how you're getting back at us just because Er Long and I are together?"
"You made my relationship with Er Long public, Flender. Are you really so wicked?"
Yu Xiaogang glared at Flender, who was still playing dumb, and shouted at him angrily.
He was very satisfied with the praise he received in the book, but he was deeply unhappy that Flender had received even more praise than he had.
It was as if everything he had was thanks to Flender's generosity, and as if he'd gotten it all because Flender had stepped aside.
How could he, as the God Teacher, accept something like that?
The Sea God's achievements had to be credited primarily to him.
Even if Flender was his good brother, that wouldn't do.
Given how well Yu Xiaogang could manipulate Flender and Liu Erlong, he had other ways to deal with this.
But he didn't choose any of them.
The reason was simple. Before becoming a God Teacher, he'd needed to carefully maintain his relationship with Flender at every turn. After becoming a God Teacher, if he still had to worry about how to rely on Flender and preserve their relationship, then what would have been the point of becoming a God Teacher?
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