Na'er's Anomaly

If viewed with an ordinary perspective, the person lying on the bed was just a normal human girl, perhaps a bit prettier than most.

But when viewed through Long Yuan's divine sense, it was a completely different story.

She had clearly been an unremarkable child during the day, yet at night, the essence of heaven and earth in the surroundings was rushing into her body, competing to be absorbed.

She is actually absorbing energy autonomously? How is this possible?

According to Long Yuan's memories, Na'er should have been unable to absorb the essence of heaven and earth; she was not even supposed to awaken a martial soul in the future.

But at this moment, all of this seemed like instinct.

Long Yuan instantly formed a few conjectures.

Unlike the "Na'er" who would later appear at Shrek, the Na'er here was actually the Silver Dragon King herself, not the two halves of Gu Yuena and Na'er.

It was just that, for some reason, she had lost her memories.

However...

Why? Setting aside why the Silver Dragon King would lose her memories, I remember that when the Silver Dragon King awakened, the fierce beasts of the Star Dou Forest were right by her side. How could they possibly let her wander off alone while suffering from amnesia, only to find her three years later?

This was the thing Long Yuan found most baffling.

If the amnesia was caused by the Silver Dragon King sealing her own power, what about those fierce beasts? Could they not even stop a little girl?

Unable to find an answer, Long Yuan leaned in closer, eventually standing right by the bedside.

He stretched out a hand and placed it on her head, intending to use his divine sense to check her condition.

How is this possible?!

As his divine sense delved deeper, he did not see internal meridians and organs as he would with an ordinary person; instead, he saw a expanse of silver light.

Familiar mental fluctuations emanated from within.

These were mental fluctuations deeply imprinted in his own instincts, but when he tried to look for anything else, he saw nothing at all.

It was as if only mental power existed within this body!

He did not believe his perception could be wrong; he was confident that nothing would escape his divine sense.

At the very least, in the realm of bloodline power—the area he was most familiar with and most authoritative in—he could never be wrong.

From the elderly, who were so frail they could be buried the next second, to a newborn infant, bloodline power existed within every body.

The only difference was strength. For some powerful beings, even after death, the bloodline power within their corpses could still surge and erupt with significant force.

In other words, what lay before him was not a real human being, but an incarnation of mental power!

Long Yuan seemed to understand something, and he once again probed his divine sense into that "Sea of Consciousness."

Although Na'er was composed entirely of mental power, the fact that she could deceive his initial observation meant her structure was no different from a human's; there was a high probability that something was hidden within the Sea of Consciousness.

Sure enough, as Long Yuan's mental power delved deeper, the surrounding silver light gradually grew intense, to the point where even he found it somewhat blinding.

One had to realize that he was in a state of divine sense; if even he felt uncomfortable, then other humans—including those instruments—would absolutely be unable to detect anything here.

Perhaps this is where her confidence lies.

Finally, after passing through a region of blinding silver light, the surrounding mental power thinned out, replaced by a jade-green cloud filled with life force.

In the center of the green clouds was a small silver orb, tightly bound by chains formed from seven-colored light.

Is this... a seal?

Long Yuan immediately recalled the theory that the Silver Dragon King had sealed herself to integrate into human society.

Perhaps for the Silver Dragon King, the most difficult part of integrating into human society without being detected by the plane was her vast and formidable mental power.

She had divided her seal into two parts: first sealing her divine sense, and only then her dragon body.

In the process of self-sealing, perhaps due to some influence—such as a backlash from the plane—Gu Yuena's mental power had transformed into the amnesiac Na'er and drifted outside the Star Dou Forest.

The fortresses built by the Spirit Pagoda could only block the soul beasts of the Star Dou Forest, but they could not stop an incarnation of mental power.

The fierce beasts of the Star Dou Forest did not know what had happened and could only guard the dragon body left behind in the Lake of Life.

Perhaps in their eyes, their Lord had simply fallen into another deep slumber.

Meanwhile, attracted by the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, the amnesiac mental incarnation Na'er had wandered to Aolai City and bumped into Tang Wulin...

Long Yuan pieced together the known information and his conjectures, feeling that he was gradually approaching the truth.

Perhaps this also explained why Na'er could not awaken a martial soul. After all, she was just a mass of mental power, not even a human; how could she possibly awaken a martial soul?

Long Yuan observed carefully for a long time. Sure enough, under his divine sense, wisps of heaven and earth essence mixed with tiny seven-colored light particles were passing through the mental power and the jade-green clouds, heading toward the location of the seal.

Within the sealed divine sense, more light particles were gradually flying out.

The three intertwined, then seemed to drift away and dissipate.

However, Long Yuan saw it clearly: although it was "invisible," it was actually there; it was simply difficult to observe.

Could it be that the Silver Dragon King's memories are gradually recovering?

Since she had chosen to seal herself, there must still be a "personality" present; at the very least, she could not remain in a state of amnesia.

Gu Yuena's memories were recovering by instinct. The specks of light flying out from the seal were perhaps those memory fragments, while the specks of light flying in from the outside were likely the memories Na'er had experienced.

So that's how it is. No wonder Gu Yuena couldn't forget Tang Wulin after recovering her memories in the original story, to the point of splitting her own personality. The problem originated here.

It seems that after three years, Na'er's memories will fully recover, and she will be able to use her spiritual power to contact the Great Beasts. After that, it will lead to the plot where Na'er leaves in the original story.

After carefully sorting through the conjectures in his mind, Long Yuan took one last deep look at the sealed divine sense before retreating toward the exit of the Sea of Consciousness.

Since he had grasped the general situation, there would be plenty of room for maneuver in the future.

However, there was no need to rush; there were still three years left, and there was plenty of time.

But when Long Yuan's divine sense returned to the outside world, it suddenly locked onto a pair of purple eyes.

As it turned out, Na'er had woken up at some point.

!!!

Long Yuan looked up at the window; the seaside was already tinged with an orange-red glow.

So it's almost dawn? Time flies.

Only then did Long Yuan realize that in order to observe those imperceptible memory fragments, he had spent the entire night inside Na'er's Sea of Consciousness!

He glanced at Na'er again and realized she was just dazed with the drowsiness of someone who had just woken up, her gaze completely unfocused.

I knew it, how could Na'er in this state possibly discover me?

Long Yuan shook his head and passed through the wall to leave.