Xu Xiaoyan also reacted at this time.
She turned her head and looked at Gu Yue.
Her face still had the blurred aftertaste from before, but her eyes were much clearer. Those eyes that had been soaked by starlight glowed with a faint silvery white luster under the moonlight, like two polished gems.
She was a little scared about Gu Yue...
Gu Yue is too strong. The twenty-fourth level Soul Power can control the six elements at will, coupled with the innate noble temperament that people dare not look directly at...
Xu Xiaoyan knows very well that whether it is strength or aura, she and Gu Yue are not on the same level.
But.
Xu Xiaoyan bit his lip and did not lower his head.
She remembered.
What her grandparents told her when she was a child.
She was still young at that time and had just awakened the Star Wheel Ice Staff martial spirit and didn't understand anything. Her grandparents sat on the wicker chairs in the yard, held her on their knees, and said to her while shaking the cattail leaf fan:
"Xiaoyan, your Martial Soul is very special. Star Wheel Ice Staff is the Mutated Martial Soul that only ten generations of our Xu Clan will produce. Its power comes from the stars in the sky, so it can only display its true strength at night."
"What about during the day?" she asked with her little face raised.
"During the day... just practice honestly." Grandma smiled and touched her head, "But Xiaoyan, you have to remember that the most powerful thing about Star Wheel Ice Staff is not its chains or its ice ability."
"What is that?"
"It's resonance." Grandma's eyes became serious. "The essence of Star Wheel Ice Staff is to 'lead the star'. Its biggest function is not to fight on its own, but to attract Star Power and resonate with the Martial Soul of its companions. If one day, you can find a partner whose Martial Soul attributes are similar to yours and who is willing to fight side by side with you -"
Grandma paused and smiled until her eyes turned into crescent moons, "Then you can use Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
"What is Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"
"It's just two people putting Martial Soul together to become a more powerful Martial Soul." Grandpa interjected from the side, "On the entire continent, there are only a handful of Soul Masters that can use Martial Soul Fusion Skill. And -"
He lowered his voice and pretended to be mysterious. "Xiaoyan, do you know? Two people who can resonate with Martial Soul and use Martial Soul Fusion Skill are bound by destiny."
"The bond of destiny?"
"Yes." Grandpa nodded, his expression rarely becoming serious, "Either brother, or sister--"
He glanced at grandma and laughed.
"Or a couple."
Xu Xiaoyan's face blushed slightly, but her eyes did not flinch.
She looked at Gu Yue, with something in her eyes that she seldom showed in daily life - not stubbornness, not confrontation, but a kind of... determination.
The bond of destiny.
Either brothers, sisters, or husband and wife.
She didn't know if the resonance between her and Zhong Shenxiu could be regarded as the "destined bond" her grandparents talked about. But she knew that at that moment, when the starlight passed between her and Zhong Shenxiu, she felt a peace of mind that she had never felt before.
She didn't want to give up that feeling.
Xu Xiaoyan looked at Gu Yue and said nothing, but her eyes said everything.
Gu Yue is also looking at her.
The two people looked at each other in the moonlight, and no one could avoid it.
Gu Yue's black eyes are as deep as a pool. What they contain is not anger or hostility, but something more complex - scrutiny, vigilance, a trace of unnoticeable nervousness, and the feeling of being a predator, but the prey is being watched!
Xu Xiaoyan's eyes are very bright, and the silvery white luster soaked by the starlight has not completely faded. Her eyes are very clean and pure, without any aggression, but there is no intention of shrinking.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
The playground was so quiet that you could hear the night wind blowing through the leaves.
Xie Xie squatted on the ground, secretly glanced at the confrontation between the two girls with his peripheral vision, and then silently lit a stick of incense for himself.
Tang Wulin stood next to him, also with his head lowered, but his ears raised higher than anyone else's.
Finally, Zhong Shenxiu broke the silence.
He stood in the back position among several people, his light golden vertical pupils glanced between Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, and then pulled back. His expression was still calm, but his brows were slightly frowned - not because of the confrontation between Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, but because he felt that this atmosphere... was very inexplicable.
Weren't we talking about weapons and Martial Soul just now?
Why did it suddenly become like this?
Zhong Shenxiu I can't understand it and I'm too lazy to think about it.
He put away the Sky Light Dragon Spear in his hand, the golden light dissipated in his palm, and the slender gun body turned into spots of light, blending into the night. Then he turned around and said a sentence in a calm voice:
"Since there's nothing else, I'll go back first."
After saying that, he raised his feet and left.
His steps were calm, neither fast nor slow, exactly the same as when he came. His light golden vertical pupils did not look back, and his aloof aura remained the same, as if the confrontation between the two girls behind him had nothing to do with him.
The remaining four people on the playground were stunned at the same time.
Xie Xie suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhong Shenxiu's leaving back with a look that said, "This is okay."
Tang Wulin's mouth opened slightly, wanting to say something, but he found that what Zhong Shenxiu said was indeed correct - he was originally called by Tang Wulin and Xie Xie tonight. He said what needed to be said and taught what needed to be taught. He also watched Xu Xiaoyan's display and found that nothing happened.
As for the inexplicable atmosphere between Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan...
Zhong Shenxiu obviously doesn't feel obligated to get involved.
Xu Xiaoyan watched Zhong Shenxiu's back disappear into the shadows at the edge of the playground, bit her lip, a complicated look flashed in her eyes. She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to call him, but in the end she did not speak.
Gu Yue also looked at the direction Zhong Shenxiu was leaving, his black eyes slightly narrowed, and the corner of his mouth curved into something that looked like a smile but not a smile.
She said silently in her heart: She ran quite fast.
Then she withdrew her gaze and glanced at Xu Xiaoyan.
Xu Xiaoyan also withdrew his gaze and glanced at Gu Yue.
The eyes of the two people met again in the air.
This time, Gu Yue spoke first.
"Xiaoyan."
Her voice was calm, even with a hint of gentleness that was rare in ordinary times.
"Huh?" Xu Xiaoyan looked at her nervously.
Gu Yue took a step forward. The black waist-length skirt swayed gently in the night wind, and the drop crystal on the silver necklace reflected a faint light.
She looked down at Xu Xiaoyan. The "scrutiny" in her dark eyes had mostly faded away, replaced by an inexplicable meaning.
"Your Martial Soul... is very good."