Mind's Eye of the Kagura!

She spoke the last sentence so softly that perhaps even she felt it was only a faint hope.

Watching her like this, Su Yu felt as though something had pressed painfully against his heart.

He knew Qian Renxue's pride, and he knew even better how stubbornly she clung to that maternal love.

At this moment, no amount of persuasion could probably outweigh that tiny glimmer of hope in her heart.

Besides, she was not wrong. Qian Renxue sniffled, trying to make her voice sound calmer.

"I'm a member of the Qian Family. Spirit Hall raised me, so I really should do something for it."

She paused, looking toward the distant Pope Hall with a trace of complicated emotion.

Then she turned back to Su Yu, a little more pleading in her eyes:

"But once I'm gone, I'll have to leave Little Gray with you. It's... it's my only friend here."

Her voice dropped over those last few words, as though she feared someone might overhear this softness.

"You mustn't bully it. Feed it on time. That patch of grass on the mountain behind here is its favorite place... and don't keep teasing it. It's timid."

Her rambling instructions were filled with reluctance to part.

Watching her pretend to be strong, Su Yu felt a sour ache rise in his heart. He nodded solemnly:

"Don't worry. I'll take good care of it."

"I'll take it to the mountain out back for sunshine every day and buy it tasty dried meat. I promise I'll raise it nice and plump, ready for your inspection when you return."

His last sentence drew a slight smile from Qian Renxue, but tears welled in her eyes again.

She turned her face away and wiped her eyes with her sleeve. "Who said anything about inspecting it... just remember what you promised."

Su Yu reached out and gently turned her face back toward him. Looking at her earnestly, he spoke with unprecedented seriousness:

"If even Little Gray is your friend, what about me? Do I count as your friend too?"

Caught off guard by his sudden question, Qian Renxue froze. Her pale purple eyes filled with confusion, as though she had not yet grasped why he had suddenly said this.

Seeing this, Su Yu cleared his throat and deliberately put on a stern face, adding a hint of a "threat":

"You'd better think carefully before answering. Your answer will directly affect Little Gray's future standard of living!"

"Whether Little Gray gets dried meat with every meal or only bones to gnaw on depends entirely on your answer!"

The moment he said this, Qian Renxue burst out laughing.

The tears still lingering in her eyes rolled down her cheeks and reached the corners of her mouth, salty and bitter, yet strangely washing away some of the earlier heaviness.

She turned her face away and rubbed the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand, her voice a little awkward and indistinct:

"Who... who wants to be your friend?"

Despite her words, her tone had lost its earlier sharpness. Instead, there was a barely perceptible hint of yielding.

Seeing her reddened ears, Su Yu understood, but deliberately pressed her:

"Oh? Then Little Gray will have nothing but bones to gnaw on?"

"Don't you dare!" Qian Renxue immediately rounded her eyes like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Little Gray is my friend. You have to treat it well!"

"That depends on what its owner says." Su Yu raised his eyebrows slightly. "If its owner won't even acknowledge me as a friend, why should I treat it well?"

His words left Qian Renxue speechless. After struggling for a long while, she finally huffed:

"...I suppose you barely count!"

With that, as though afraid he might see through her thoughts, she turned and ran, her light footsteps stirring a breeze.

Qian Renxue had not run far before she stopped again. Without turning around, she said softly:

"The secret base... don't forget."

"I won't." Su Yu's voice sounded particularly clear in the night breeze. "I'll take Little Gray there often to have a look."

Only after her figure disappeared at the end of the corridor did Su Yu slowly withdraw his gaze.

He looked down at the handkerchief in his hand, then back toward where she had disappeared, and said softly:

"That's more like it."

It was also at this moment that the system's voice sounded in Su Yu's mind.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host on completing the mission. Mind's Eye of the Kagura has also been issued!"

Delighted, Su Yu immediately tried it out where he stood!

As his Soul Power spread, every stir of wind and grass within five hundred meters entered his perception.

And this was only his initial use of it!

After all, the maximum sensory range of Mind's Eye of the Kagura extended ten li around him!

This was simply a must-have divine skill for staying home, traveling, and finding Soul Beasts!

The focus returned to Qian Renxue-

With a lingering smile on her face, Qian Renxue returned to the Worship Hall with light steps.

But as soon as she pushed open her bedroom door, she saw Qian Daoliu sitting beside her bed.

His long golden hair shone softly beneath the lamplight, and his expression held a barely perceptible gravity.

"Xiao Xue, where did you go?" Qian Daoliu asked, his voice gentle but carrying a trace of inquiry.

Qian Renxue's heart jolted. She instinctively tugged at the hem of her clothes and answered vaguely:

"I didn't go anywhere. I just... just felt bored and went out for a walk."

"Xiao Xue, you're lying." Qian Daoliu looked at her, his eyes full of understanding.

"Whenever you lie, you unconsciously tug at your clothes."

At his words, Qian Renxue abruptly let go as though she had been scalded and quickly lowered her head.

Her long lashes hid the emotions in her eyes. She did not dare meet her grandfather's gaze.

Seeing her like this, Qian Daoliu sighed softly, rose from beside the bed, and walked over to her.

He reached out and gently stroked the top of her head, his touch filled with tender concern:

"Xiao Xue, do you already know... that she wants you to go to the Heaven Dou Empire?"

Qian Renxue's shoulders trembled almost imperceptibly. After a moment of silence, she finally nodded, her voice as faint as a mosquito's hum:

"Yes."

"Silly child." Qian Daoliu's voice held heartache.

"Do you know how dangerous that place is? I will never let you take that risk. I've already told her to drop the matter. Do you hear me?"

Qian Renxue raised her head, her eyes slightly red. Looking at her grandfather's aged yet resolute face, she said softly:

"Grandpa, I... I've already agreed."

"You agreed?" Qian Daoliu's brows knitted tightly, urgency entering his voice.

"How could you agree? You're going there to work undercover, not to have fun. You'd be putting yourself on a knife's edge! You..."

"Grandpa," Qian Renxue interrupted him, a trace of stubbornness in her pale purple eyes.

"I'm a member of the Qian Family, and I'm also part of Spirit Hall. Since she thinks I can do something for Spirit Hall, I want to try! Besides..."

She paused, her voice dropping. "Maybe then she'll treat me... a little better."

Seeing that faint yet stubborn hope in his granddaughter's eyes, Qian Daoliu felt as though something had seized his heart, leaving it aching and bitter.

He knew how desperately she longed for that maternal love, but did she really have to trade her own safety for it?

He remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking, his voice heavy with helplessness:

"You child... why must you be so stubborn?"

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