The sea breeze swept through the hair at her temples, and the sound of waves echoed in her ears, but Gu Yuena's expression was grave.
After leaving the Heaven Dou Empire, the Spirit Pagoda party boarded a ship and began sailing toward the Star Luo Empire, a necessary destination for this mission.
As for the task Qiangu Dongfeng had assigned her, Gu Yuena had found no answers in the Heaven Dou Empire.
But that was not important. After all, an investigation like this could yield little in such a short time, nor would it truly be entrusted to Gu Yuena. It was more of a test Qiangu Dongfeng had set for her.
Of everything that had happened in the Heaven Dou Empire, apart from the incident involving Tang Wulin, the rest had been unremarkable. Though there were many suspicious and puzzling points, nothing had yet drawn Gu Yuena's concern.
Because none of these things could affect Gu Yuena's plan.
That was not quite right. There was one thing Gu Yuena did care about: where exactly had all these sea soul beasts gone?
From their departure from the Sun Moon Federation to their arrival in the Heaven Dou Empire, and now as they sailed toward the Star Luo Empire, they had not encountered a single sea soul beast attack in any of the waters they had crossed. They had not even seen a shadow of one.
This could no longer be explained as coincidence or good fortune. This was abnormal.
Although Gu Yuena was the sovereign of all soul beasts and could command Di Tian and the others, along with the other land-dwelling soul beasts, her authority over sea soul beasts was clearly insufficient.
She could intimidate these sea soul beasts, but actually commanding them was extremely difficult, let alone bringing