Gu Yue: She wouldn't stop liking me just because I was missing a little something, would she?

Three years had passed since they last killed a nine-ring Titled Evil Soul Master...

At East Sea, at the Soul Guidance Train station, a youth as beautiful as an immortal walked out of the station.

He was dressed in white as pure as snow.

His robes fluttered in the breeze.

He looked just like someone who had stepped out of an ink painting.

It was none other than Li Luo.

Beside him was Tang Wulin, carrying a mountain of bags and huffing and puffing as he struggled under their weight.

"Wulin, please give me my luggage."

"You'll wear yourself out carrying it all alone."

Li Luo said.

Tang Wulin grinned and shook his head hard. "Brother Luo, I can handle it. I don't know why, but I feel like I'm incredibly strong."

"Carrying a little of your stuff, Brother Luo..."

"Doesn't tire me out at all."

Li Luo looked at Tang Wulin, who was almost completely hidden behind the bags, and felt utterly helpless.

He had two perfectly good hands and feet.

But Wulin had insisted on carrying his luggage.

Sigh!

Tang Wulin's face beamed with contentment. "Brother Luo, little Na'er isn't here, so you don't have to worry."

Li Luo nearly toppled over.

Right!

Na'er had left with the Ferocious Beasts.

She'd probably come back, wouldn't she?

Three years ago, after they killed the nine-ring Evil Soul Master, the Ferocious Beasts led by Di Tian had moved into his home.

He had thought that Na'er being taken away, as in the original story, wouldn't happen.

Unexpectedly, the beasts snuck off in the middle of the night.

And kidnapped Na'er.

Xiong Jun was furious about it. He angrily demanded of Di Tian, "Boss, we were doing just fine at the Mistress's house. Why did we have to sneak off in the middle of the night? I don't want to."

"I don't, I don't."

The adorable Xiong Jun had made another appearance.

Di Tian felt a headache coming on.

He wasn't afraid of Xiong Jun's overwhelming strength or his tendency to go berserk at any moment.

But the adorable Xiong Jun...

Di Tian shuddered.

He helplessly explained, "Xiong Jun, this was the Lord's order."

Xiong Jun still pouted, clearly unhappy.

Di Tian stopped paying attention to him.

They returned to Star Dou Forest, beneath the Lake of Life.

With the contingency she had left in the Lake of Life, Gu Yue successfully seized control of her body.

At the time, she had nearly let out a cackling laugh. "This Queen has finally returned!"

The next moment, she raised her hand with a smack and slapped herself.

Gu Yue froze.

Wait, why could Na'er still control part of her body when she had already taken charge?

Gu Yue was like someone locked in a battle against herself.

She was suffering terribly!

Because of the Dragon God's Kiss, Na'er was far stronger than she had been in the original Douluo III story. Gu Yue had no choice but to spend a full two years and nine months before finally taking complete control of her body.

Even then, it had only happened after she and Na'er agreed to three conditions.

The first condition they agreed on:

They had to find Li Luo.

So Gu Yue also planned to head to East Sea. She had already learned that Li Luo had gone there, intending to study at Eastsea Academy.

This time, Gu Yue didn't bring all the Ferocious Beasts.

She brought only Xiong Jun.

She hadn't wanted to bring Xiong Jun at first.

But seeing how loyal he was, she had decided to take him along.

In truth, that was just the excuse she gave.

Di Tian had insisted that Xiong Jun leave with her. He couldn't stand having him stay in Star Dou Forest and wreak havoc on the rest of them.

Whenever Xiong Jun had a spare moment, he would pester Di Tian with questions about their Mistress, the Rainbow Dragon King.

Questions like these:

"Di Tian, what does the Mistress like to eat? Does she like meat?"

"Di Tian, why is the Mistress so nice?"

"Di Tian, what does the Mistress like?"

Di Tian had been so annoyed that he'd nearly revealed his Black-Eyed Golden Dragon King form. Furious, exasperated, and utterly hopeless, he told Xiong Jun, "The Mistress is the Rainbow Dragon King. The Rainbow Dragon King. Obviously, she must love rainbows."

Xiong Jun's eyes lit up.

Di Tian and the others were doomed.

From then on, Star Dou Forest had a Xiong Jun who was dedicated to researching how to make rainbows.

Whenever the clouds gathered, Xiong Jun would fly up and use his hundred-thousand-year cultivation to take on the great Newton.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

His terrifying Sky-Splitting Terror Claws carried the pressure of rending the void.

He tore through cloud after cloud.

Di Tian and the others watched from below.

King of Ten Thousand Demons stared in utter disbelief and shouted, "Big Silly Chun, what are you doing?"

"You're a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, with Dark Gold Terrorclaws that can tear the sky apart, and you're using them to make a rainbow!"

Before King of Ten Thousand Demons could finish scolding him, Xiong Jun's voice came down from the sky. "Hey, all of you, come help! I can't tear them up fast enough by myself. There isn't enough moisture to make a rainbow."

Di Tian toppled to the ground.

Bi Ji toppled to the ground.

King of Ten Thousand Demons stretched out his roots and buried his entire body deep underground...

After all sorts of incidents like these, the Ferocious Beasts unanimously voted that Xiong Jun should escort their Lord to Eastsea Academy, just to stop him from wreaking more havoc on them.

Halfway there...

Gu Yue regretted it.

She couldn't stand Xiong Jun's endless chatter either, so she turned around and went back to Star Dou Forest. She ditched Xiong Jun, then took King of Ten Thousand Demons with her to East Sea...

Li Luo knew nothing about what had happened among the Ferocious Beasts.

He and Tang Wulin walked out of the station.

As soon as they left the station,

they saw a crowd of beautiful women holding up all kinds of signs,

[Welcome, welcome]

[A warm welcome to Li the Immortal as he enrolls at Eastsea Academy]

[If you've never known Li the Immortal, you've no right to call yourself a youth]

[As a Soul Master, you defied the odds and slew a nine-ring Evil Titled Master. Li Luo, you're the best]

The words on the signs kept getting longer.

Li Luo felt a little embarrassed.

The story about a Soul Master defying the odds to kill a nine-ring Evil Titled Master had spread through the Federation after he claimed his reward.

Just as he had expected, the Federation offered generous bounties for killing Evil Soul Masters.

He remembered that in the original Douluo III story, the Federation had clearly stipulated that people would be rewarded both for killing Evil Soul Masters and for reporting them.

He just wasn't sure what the rewards would be.

After he submitted the footage, it took more than a week to review. Then the bounty came through: eight million five hundred thousand Federation Coins.

As for how he submitted it,

Li Luo had sent it through Red Mountain Academy.

When the money came in, Li Luo transferred the entire bounty to Red Mountain Academy. When Principal Gao heard the ding of the deposit notification, he nearly fell to his knees before Li Luo.

Principal Gao used to bring an oxygen tank to the academy all the time.

He tore off his mask in one yank. "This stupid thing—whoever wants to wear it can wear it."

"I'm never wearing it again."

"I'm not working tonight. I'm going to find Teacher Bai. It's been ages since I studied a foreign language."

"I love learning."

Principal Gao was just that pure, a man who had risen above low-level interests.

Afterward, Principal Gao even had the leisure to question the Federation. He felt that offering a bounty of only eight million five hundred thousand Federation Coins for killing a nine-ring Titled Evil Soul Master was far too little.

The Federation was up to something.

There was a cover-up.

Li Luo didn't bother with any of that. He was only a little resentful that the Federation had leaked his information and gotten him onto the Young Genius Ranking.

Who in their right mind wanted to be on a list?

He certainly didn't.

But some people really did want to make the list.

Xie Xie stared at the signs welcoming Li Luo, his face full of indignation. "A level-fourteen support Soul Master defied the odds and killed a nine-ring Evil Titled Master, and you people actually dared to print that on a sign..."