Hearing Xiyue's words, Lu Xueqi frowned slightly and mused, "Sister Xiyue, do you mean... Gu Yuena might already have fallen in love with the young master?"
Li Yingxue leaned closer too, a trace of conflicted emotion flashing in her eyes. "Then might Brother Qingxuan someday carry as much weight in her heart as the Soul Beast Clan, or even more?"
"When Brother Qingxuan was little, he told me there were people in this world who threw everything aside for love. They all share one name-Love Brain!"
Xiyue shook her head, her expression growing serious. "I was only joking just now. How could you take it seriously?"
"Gu Yuena becoming the Love Brain you described should be impossible."
"Because Gu Yuena is one of the incarnations left after the Dragon God's death. Reviving the soul beasts and returning to the Divine Realm are her inborn responsibilities."
She paused, a hint of a sigh in her voice. "Even if she falls in love with Qingxuan someday, she won't be free to do as she pleases. She must shoulder that burden."
"It's her fate, and the Dragon God's arrangement."
Hearing this, the women exchanged glances, their eyes growing more conflicted.
They suddenly realized that Gu Yuena wasn't simply "a woman approaching Qingxuan with an ulterior motive," as they had previously imagined.
Instead, she bore the fate of the entire Soul Beast Clan, struggling between love and duty.
Her predicament was harder than any of theirs.
One evening.
Zhang Qingxuan had just stepped out from Xiyue's place for some fresh air when two familiar figures blocked his path.
Gu Shuang'er and Gu Fei'er!
Zhang Qingxuan stopped, looking somewhat puzzled. "Is something the matter?"
Neither spoke. They merely walked over quietly, stopping only when they stood before Zhang Qingxuan.
The night breeze swept past,