Shrek City, Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
Leng Yaozhu was sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the top-floor office, holding in his hand a file that had just been sent from Eastsea City.
Outside the window, the light of Golden Ancient Tree flows in the night, shrouding the entire Shrek City in a soft halo.
Her eyes fell on the last page of the file, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
"Two Thousand-Year Soul Ring... one against three, easily win..."
Leng Yaozhu murmured to himself, and the figure of the girl with silver hair and purple eyes appeared in his mind.
She remembered that day at Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda, Gu Yuena was sitting next to Long Yuan. She was obviously just a teenage girl, but she looked calm and not timid in the face of Limit Douluo herself.
That kind of calmness is not just something you put on casually, but the confidence you have in your heart.
"I was mistaken." Leng Yaozhu put down the file, stood up and walked to the window, "I originally thought she was just talented, but I didn't expect..."
Two Thousand-Year Soul Ring, single-handedly crush opponents of the same level.
She also checked the information of Tang Wulin. To be honest, Shrek Academy was also very strong, but he was still crushed. Such performance would be enough to rank at the top of the Shrek Academy's inner court.
She thought of Long Yuan's attitude that day, saying, "At your level, you are not qualified to know." Although it made her frustrated, but now that she thought about it, maybe what the other party said was the truth.
Being able to cultivate monsters like Long Yuan and Gu Yuena, how deep is the so-called "Hidden Clan"?
Leng Yaozhu shook her head and suppressed these thoughts temporarily. She picked up Soul Guidance Communicator and dialed the number of Lu Fengnian.
"Heavenly Phoenix Your Majesty." Lu Fengnian's voice came quickly.
"I have seen Gu Yuena's performance," Leng Yaozhu said calmly, "Please help me tell her that when the semester is over, let her come to the headquarters. Oh, no--"
She paused. "I'd better go find her, at least let her not leave in a hurry."
I miscalculated. I should have left her number if I had known it earlier, but now I have to tell Lu Fengnian...
"Yes, I will definitely tell you."
After ending the call, Leng Yaozhu turned his attention to Golden Ancient Tree outside the window.
"Yun Ming... This time, my apprentice will definitely defeat you Shrek Academy."
Eastsea Academy, teachers' dormitory.
In the dead of night, Gu Yuena was sitting cross-legged on the bed, with a faint silver halo lingering around his body. Class Promotion Tournament's little consumption had long been restored, and he was even slightly more diligent.
But she did not continue to practice, but slowly opened her eyes and looked at the night sky outside the window.
Thanks to that typhoon, the sky above Eastsea City can now be said to be cloudless, and even the stars are so bright.
"Did you see that?"
She spoke softly, as if talking to herself.
Within the body, another voice sounded, with a hint of tenderness and relief.
"I see, he is fine now."
Na'er's voice is very soft, so soft that it seems like it will disappear in the wind at any time.
From the moment Tang Wulin was nailed to the ground by Gu Yuena on Class Promotion Tournament, she had been watching. Watching him get knocked down, watching him stand up stubbornly, and watching the wound on his chest heal quickly under the control of Gu Yuena.
The brother who used to be happy for a candy, the brother who would hold her hand to buy marshmallows, has grown up.
And she herself should grow up.
"He seemed to think that I was you." Gu Yuena said, "The way he looked at me several times, he always had the feeling of looking at a familiar person."
"I know." Na'er smiled, "But isn't that you too? Gu Yuena. We have always been the same person, but he doesn't know it."
Gu Yuena Silence.
Na'er didn't say anything anymore.
From Aolai City's dilapidated hut, to the Eastsea Academy's teachers' dormitory, from the street child picked up by Long Yuan, to Silver Dragon King's memory recovery, everything in the past few years flashed through Na'er's memory like a revolving lantern.
Those warm, happy and occasionally aggrieved days are her most precious treasures.
But she knew that she was only a part of Gu Yuena after all, a ray of consciousness separated by Silver Dragon King in order to integrate into human society.
The meaning of her existence is to wait for this day - waiting for Gu Yuena's memory to be completely revived, waiting for herself to become a part of her again.
"Don't you regret it?" Gu Yuena asked.
"What do you regret?" Na'er's voice was still brisk, "I am already very happy to be able to meet my brother, to be able to meet my brother Long Yuan, and to be able to live in this family for three years."
She also thought about resisting. If she didn't want to, Gu Yuena couldn't forcefully integrate her, because it would create hidden dangers for her future growth.
But is that really what she wants to see?
If it really gets to that point, Long Yuan will be angry, right?
She paused and her voice became softer. "Gu Yuena, live a good life for me. Although he is just my brother, after all... in short, don't hurt him, okay?"
"Yes." Gu Yuena agreed without hesitation, "He is Long Yuan's disciple and will be his first Dragonborn. Why should I hurt him?"
Na'er was silent. She naturally knew the premise of all this - she had heard a lot of secret things these days. Maybe Long Yuan knew about her existence, but ignored her - in short, the premise is that if Tang Wulin is the ethnic group of Long Yuan, it is not a human, but a dragon!
At least, Dragon Clan should be his true intention.
"Tell me, brother, what kind of sister-in-law will he find for me in the future? But I can't see it anymore..."
The silver light suddenly lit up.
In the body of Gu Yuena, the silver ball sealed by the colorful chain trembled slightly, as if it felt something. And outside the seal, the scattered memory light spots belonging to Na'er were rushing into the seal like tired birds returning to their nests.
No resistance, no struggle.
There is only gentle acceptance.
Gu Yuena Close your eyes and let those memories merge into your soul.
Aolai City's street, the smell of rice in the hut, Tang Wulin's back holding Na'er's hand to buy marshmallows, Long Yuan's gentle eyes when he was floating in the air and looking at her...
Everything is like a trickle, flowing into her already vast Sea of Consciousness.
The silver light gradually fades.
Gu Yuena opened his eyes, and his purple eyes seemed to be a little softer.
She raised her hand and pressed it on her chest.
There, there once lived a small, innocent soul.
But now, that soul has completely integrated with her and has become a part of her.
"Thank you, Na'er."
The night breeze outside the window blew gently, as if responding to her whisper.
"!!"
"Hu--hu--"
Tang Wulin suddenly sat up from the bed, breathing heavily, and large drops of cold sweat seeped out from his forehead and dripped down...
He clutched his chest, feeling as if he had lost something.
He didn't know where this feeling came from, but he just felt lost...