"Little rabbit, don't be nervous. Like you, we belong to the Soul Beast Clan. We won't hurt you."
Looking at Xiao Wu trembling before him, Yao Xuan smiled faintly and reassured her.
"I-I'm Xiao Wu. Greetings, seniors!"
Only after hearing Yao Xuan's words did Xiao Wu breathe a sigh of relief. Her taut nerves relaxed, and she obediently bowed to Yao Xuan and Gu Yuena in turn.
"Xiao Wu, you really are bold!"
"You're only a juvenile who has just taken human form. How could you dare enter the human world without any disguise?"
"Didn't your elders tell you how dangerous that is?"
At this, Gu Yuena also frowned slightly. She looked at Xiao Wu, her tone stern yet carrying a trace of concern.
"S-Senior, my parents both went missing. They haven't come back for many years."
"I entered the human world because I wanted to find traces of them!"
Hearing Gu Yuena's words, Xiao Wu lowered her head and answered softly. As she spoke, she remembered her parents and couldn't help sobbing.
"Child, don't cry."
Seeing Xiao Wu's sorrowful expression and hearing her tragic experience, Gu Yuena couldn't help feeling a pang of heartache.
Perhaps this was what the vast majority of Soul Beasts faced every day!
With that thought, Gu Yuena stepped forward, took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped Xiao Wu's tears.
"Brother Xuan, Xiao Wu is so pitiful. Do you think we could take her along on our travels?"
As she thought, Gu Yuena activated her Divine Sense and asked Yao Xuan for permission.
"You're kindhearted, aren't you? Still, I'll allow it."
Hearing Gu Yuena's words, Yao Xuan didn't refuse. Instead, he readily agreed.
Although Xiao Wu was still just a little brat now.
Yao Xuan knew that, at the rate people developed on the Douluo Continent, in just a few years, Xiao Wu would grow into a graceful beauty with legs he could play with for years.
And as an Ancestral Dragon who casually slept for a hundred thousand years at a time.
He had that little bit of patience.
As the saying went, sow melons and reap melons; sow beans and reap beans.
Plant the seed of love in Xiao Wu's heart today.
And tomorrow, he would harvest the fruit of love.
"Thank you, Brother Xuan!"
Meanwhile, receiving Yao Xuan's approval filled Gu Yuena with delight.
She had thought that someone as cold and heartless as Yao Xuan was unlikely to grant her request.
Yet she hadn't expected Yao Xuan to agree so easily.
Could it be that my charm, as the mighty Silver Dragon King, can't even compare to this little rabbit's?
At that thought, Gu Yuena actually began to doubt herself a little.
"Xiao Wu, why don't you stay with us from now on?"
While wrestling with her thoughts, Gu Yuena looked toward Gu Yuena and spoke gently.
"Yes! Thank you, seniors!"
Hearing Gu Yuena's words, a flash of delight crossed Xiao Wu's beautiful eyes, and she bowed to Gu Yuena and Yao Xuan again in succession.
"Don't call me senior anymore. It makes me sound old. Just call me big sister."
Looking at Xiao Wu, Gu Yuena smiled.
"Yes, big sister! By the way, what's your name, big sister? And what's this senior big brother's name?"
Xiao Wu nodded and asked sweetly.
"My name is Gu Yuena. This senior big brother's name is Yao Xuan. You can also call him Brother Xuan."
Gu Yuena first sought Yao Xuan's opinion through Divine Sense before answering Xiao Wu's question.
"Got it. Thank you, Sister Na'er. Thank you, Brother Xuan."
Xiao Wu smiled sweetly again, then thanked them.
"If you're hungry, sit down and eat with us."
Looking at Xiao Wu, Yao Xuan also gave her a friendly smile, then gestured for her to sit beside him.
"Brother Xuan, do you need me to conceal Xiao Wu's Soul Beast Aura?"
While Xiao Wu feasted, Gu Yuena once again used Divine Sense to ask Yao Xuan's opinion.
"No need. With you and me here, could we possibly worry that someone on the Douluo Continent might hurt her?"
"We can use her as bait. If anyone blind enough dares rear their head... that'll add a little fun to this game in the human world!"
At this, Yao Xuan smiled coldly.
"I see. Brilliant, Brother Xuan!"
Hearing Yao Xuan's answer, Gu Yuena nodded in dawning understanding, her eyes filled with admiration.
As expected of Brother Xuan, his ideas were simply superior to hers.
This way, Soul Masters who harbored ill intentions toward Soul Beasts could easily be singled out.
At that thought, Gu Yuena felt ready to prostrate herself in admiration.
"Next, we'll go to Nuoding Academy."
Seeing that Xiao Wu had finished eating, Yao Xuan took Gu Yuena and Xiao Wu to Nuoding Academy.
With a little application of his powers, Yao Xuan soon rewrote the memories of the Nuoding Academy Dean and the others.
He also easily fabricated identities for himself and Gu Yuena as Specially Appointed Teachers at Nuoding Academy.
As for Xiao Wu, she had already obtained an admission certificate for a Work-Study Student.
Yao Xuan replaced it with a Soul Master Admission Recommendation Letter for admission through the normal channels.
After all, Yao Xuan didn't want Xiao Wu to have anything to do with Tang San again.
In the blink of an eye, it was the following afternoon.
An elderly man with graying hair, leaning on a walking stick, brought a boy of six or seven to the gates of Nuoding Academy.
The little boy looked quite lean, and his clothes were somewhat shabby, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.
Through Yao Xuan's Divine Sense, he could even detect a faint aura that did not belong to this world hidden within the little boy's soul.
Clearly, these two were Old Jack and Tang San.
"Interesting, interesting. There's quite a show to watch next!"
Yao Xuan reclined on a luxurious, soft lounge chair while Gu Yuena stood behind him, gently kneading his shoulders with her fair hands, a look of enjoyment on his face.
Just then, Old Jack and Tang San were stopped by Nuoding Academy's gate guard, who began making things difficult for them with disdainful words.
"Hmph, Holy Soul Village? Beggar Village would be more like it!"
"A Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, yet Innate Full Soul Power? What an utter farce! This certificate of yours must be forged!"
Seeing that Old Jack still wouldn't take the hint, the Gatekeeper began mocking him in a sneering tone, even throwing the certificate Old Jack had handed him onto the ground.
"Y-You, what did you say?"
Faced with such humiliation from the Gatekeeper, Old Jack grew angry too, glaring fiercely at him with an aggressive air.
"Hmph, don't spurn the face I'm giving you!"
Seeing this, the Gatekeeper's expression turned cold, and he thrust out a palm, shoving Old Jack to the ground.
This Gatekeeper actually dared hurt Old Jack, and even insulted me as a country bumpkin. He's already earned his death!
Seeing this, Tang San became utterly enraged. He stepped forward and stood in front of Old Jack.
His left hand rose slightly, and the Sleeve Arrow hidden beneath his arm aimed straight at the distant Gatekeeper's throat!
"So vicious at such a young age. You deserve punishment!"
Watching this, Yao Xuan's expression turned cold, and then he willed it with a thought!
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