The Far North Welcomes Its True Master

"You're flying too fast, Brother Eagle!"

Qian Mochen looked at the pastry he had just taken out. Before he could even have a bite, the oncoming wind pressure blew it away. Dissatisfied, he kicked Brother Eagle's back.

The Howling Golden-Winged Eagle was unhappy, but with its master sitting beside the human, it could only reluctantly wrap itself in Soul Power, blocking the raging winds several meters away from its body.

Only after feeling the wind completely vanish did Qian Mochen nod in satisfaction. He took out another pastry and handed one to the silent Gu Yuena beside him.

"We still have at least a day and a night before we reach our destination. Want something to eat?"

"No. At our level of cultivation, we can completely forgo food. These things are useless for cultivation."

Qian Mochen studied Gu Yuena, staring straight into her eyes. He found that she had none of the shyness a woman ought to have. Sensing his gaze, she looked back at him with a hint of confusion.

"If you're so detached from worldly desires, how can you defeat those gods?"

"???"

Qian Mochen began spinning his tale.

"Do you know why the Dragon God lost in the God Realm?"

Gu Yuena clenched her fists. "Because those despicable gods ambushed us soul beasts!"

Qian Mochen raised a finger and shook it. "That only proves that you soul beasts were too careless."

"Since both sides had long been enemies, ambushes, poisoning, and ganging up on the strongest enemy first were all perfectly normal methods."

Gu Yuena fell into thought. What Qian Mochen said seemed to make some sense.

Between the soul beasts and those gods, it had always been a fight to the death. When the divine war broke out, if not for the enormous commotion caused by the Dragon God, the other Dragon Kings would never have discovered that those gods had joined forces to attack the soul beasts.

"To defeat an enemy, you have to understand them from every angle. Only then can you keep up with the way they think."

"Here, try this pastry. This is the first step toward understanding those gods!"

Gu Yuena looked at the pastry before her. After some thought, she took it and gently bit into it. A faint fragrance spread through her mouth, while a trace of sweetness blossomed across her tongue.

"How is it? Do you like it?"

Gu Yuena nodded lightly. "It's alright."

"To earn the Silver Dragon King's approval, that century-old pastry shop's craftsmanship really is impressive."

"It's almost noon. I'll cook a meal. Do you usually prefer lighter food or stronger flavors?"

Gu Yuena thought for a moment, then slowly shook her head.

She had never eaten food from the human world in her life.

"Alright, then I'll make you a little of everything."

"Can human food really help me understand those gods?" Gu Yuena asked doubtfully.

"Of course!"

Qian Mochen looked at her with utter sincerity and continued, "Gods are humans too. Their personalities and habits can be analyzed through these little details."

"For example, someone who doesn't even enjoy eating must be unhappy with life. If he's a god, he must spend all day plotting schemes and conspiracies."

"And there's more..."

Gu Yuena nodded as if she understood, only to be snapped out of her thoughts when an unfamiliar aroma drifted over.

Gu Yuena looked up and saw that Qian Mochen had somehow set up a pot. The fragrance was wafting from the bubbling pot.

"Figured it out? Then try this curry beef. I added my special seasoning to it. With rice, it's so delicious it'll make your tongue melt!"

Gu Yuena looked at the bowl of rice suddenly placed in her hands, drenched in sauce, then looked beneath her feet. Wasn't it a little inappropriate for him to cook over a fire on the Howling Golden-Winged Eagle's back?

Howling Golden-Winged Eagle: Wuwuwu—

Howling Golden-Winged Eagle: Master, you finally remembered little Eagle! Little Eagle hates fire the most, but this human used your presence to threaten little Eagle directly. Little Eagle had no choice...

Howling Golden-Winged Eagle: Little Eagle was suffering so much inside!

After Gu Yuena took a bite, she suddenly felt that having a mouthful of hot food was indeed quite nice.

And the human capable of making such delicious food was actually a top-tier Titled Douluo.

"Qian Mochen, don't you cultivate regularly?"

"How could that be possible!"

"Then how do you still have time to study cooking?"

"Because I'm a genius, of course!"

Qian Mochen pointed at himself smugly.

"Gu Yuena, we're partners in fighting the God Realm now. I think calling each other by our full names feels too distant. It doesn't suit our status as comrades-in-arms!"

"We're comrades who can entrust our backs to each other, who live and die together!"

"From now on, just call me by my given name, without my surname!"

"Mo Chen?" Gu Yuena's clear voice rang out, though there was still a trace of confusion in her eyes. What difference did adding a name make?

"Ah, that's right!"

Qian Mochen gave her a thumbs-up and struck while the iron was hot. "Then from now on, I'll call you Nana!"

Gu Yuena nodded indifferently. Though she appeared to have been born many years before Qian Mochen, she had spent almost all those years sleeping and healing her injuries. Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts had been restrained by their status and dared not tell their master just how dark human hearts could be.

How could she possibly know about Qian Mochen's little schemes now? By the time she realized it years later, Gu Yuena had already become someone's wife. The rice had long since been cooked.

After eating, Qian Mochen processed the ten-thousand-year medicinal herbs he had gathered, brought out his pill furnace, and began refining pills. To keep Brother Eagle beneath him from losing its temper, he thoughtfully used Soul Power to isolate the pill furnace's heat.

Late at night, Brother Eagle was still flying toward the Far North at its master's request. For Brother Eagle, with its hundred-thousand-year cultivation, flying for a day and a night was no problem at all.

Just as it was focused on flying, a voice drifting from its back nearly made it forget to flap its wings.

"Nana, I've set up the tent. Let's go inside and rest together!"

"My tent is huge. Even five people could rest inside without a problem."

"Alright." Gu Yuena gave the tent a glance. It was indeed spacious, and much more comfortable than the eagle's back.

Master and that human went into the same tent?!!!

The Howling Golden-Winged Eagle occasionally flew out of the Star Dou Forest to visit the human towns outside. When it came to the twists and turns between human men and women, the Howling Golden-Winged Eagle was an expert.

When a human man and woman entered the same tent to sleep, it meant their relationship had long since deepened, with no distinction between them. Master was actually willing to enter that human's tent. Didn't that mean the soul beasts might welcome a little master in the future?

The Howling Golden-Winged Eagle suppressed its shock and tried to keep its flight as steady as possible. It even thoughtfully set up a soundproof barrier around the tent.

As the self-proclaimed sage among soul beasts, it certainly would not interrupt its master's enjoyment at such a critical moment.

Once it returned to the Star Dou Forest, it would definitely gossip with Lord Di Tian and the others about the progress of its master's relationship with that human. From now on, whenever that human came to the Star Dou Forest, he would be able to strut around without a care.

Qian Mochen had no idea how wildly Brother Eagle's imagination was running outside. He was laying down bedding in the middle of the tent and drawing a dividing line.