Douluo Continent: My Days in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 439 Gu Yuena's Changes

Chapter 439 Gu Yuena's Changes

After gaining a general understanding of the beliefs of the fishermen by the sea, Ye Nanxiao did not continue towards his original destination, Da'ao Village. Instead, he led the demon spirit and sped along the newly opened road.

They had already run from Xingdou to the seaside, a long distance apart. In addition, the demon spirit directly used the shield shadow ability to cross the deep mountains, so they didn't know where the road under their feet led.

"Strategist, are we going the wrong way? Why haven't we seen a single carriage after all this time?" The demon spirit crossed his arms, straightened his legs, and leaned forward at a 15-degree angle, the shadows beneath his feet rippling like water.

"As for the specific direction, it should be correct. Let's head in the opposite direction of the sea. We should be able to find one or two cities. If we're unlucky, well, why don't you go back to Shield Shadow? Starry Sky is only a little bit far from the sea." Ye Nanxiao lay on the demon spirit's head to avoid being blown away by the strong wind.

The demon spirit's forehead creased with exasperation. "The strategist truly lives up to his reputation as a learned man," he said helplessly. "The distance between the stars and the sea is indeed exactly 'a fraction of a point.' This is the first time I've heard you use that 'two points' analogy!"

"Shield Shadow, go back to Starry Sky. Strategist, are you trying to kill me with work? Or are you already dissatisfied with me as your eldest disciple? Are you going to personally clean house? No way!"

The demon spirit said in an exaggerated manner.

"You brat, you've regained your status as the eldest disciple since Whale Hat isn't around?" Ye Nanxiao silently curled the demon spirit's hair, this bastard increased the speed of his shield shadow by two times.

"Whale Hat isn't here? What does that have to do with her? I was originally your number one disciple, strategist! My position as the eldest disciple is rightfully mine!" the demon spirit said indignantly.

If given the chance, the demon spirit would definitely challenge Whale Hat to a fight on land, since there's nowhere to hide at sea.

With the addition of the Whale Hat's control over the Water Stone, the entire ocean is the Whale Hat's arsenal.

"Is it possible that neither of you are my eldest disciples, and this isn't the first time I've taken on disciples?" Ye Nanxiao said.

"What the hell? Strategist, you're having an affair! Waaah, I'm so heartbroken!" The demon spirit shook her head and pretended to cry, but her pace didn't slow down at all.

"Stop pretending. If you don't hurry back, you'll find me on that crooked tree at the entrance of the Lake of Life." Ye Nanxiao burrowed into the fairy's flowing long hair, leaving only his flower heart showing.

According to the original plan, we should have been close to the Starry Sky by now, but the unexpected turn of events was our encounter with Whale Hat.

Although Jingli has great talent, it is still a bit difficult for her to control the Water Stone under Ye Nanxiao's guidance. She can only use a portion of the Water Stone's power.

However, Whale Hat's time was not enough. Judging from Whale Hat's urgent learning progress, the mermaid clan was probably facing a considerable crisis. This is why Whale Hat hurriedly returned to the Ice Sea after he had basically become familiar with the Water Stone and mastered how to use it.

Neither Ye Nanxiao nor the demon spirit were familiar with the sea environment. In the sea, the demon spirit's combat power was reduced by half, and Ye Nanxiao was not faring much better, only able to rely on his recently nurtured soul power.

Jingli bluntly stated that neither of their abilities would be of any use. Battles between the sea spirit beast races were natural disasters of the level of tsunamis, and Ye Nanxiao and the demon spirit, who had no ability to control water, were truly useless.

Given the circumstances, Ye Nanxiao could only wish Jingli good fortune.

Gu Yuena's Water Stone and Whale Hat are powerful enough to control and counteract tsunami attacks of natural disaster level, provided that the enemy is a sea spirit beast.

Ye Nanxiao could understand that Jing Li had his own unspeakable difficulties; the other party's identity dictated that he had to be extremely careful in every word and action.

Because "Kujigae" is just a pseudonym, the mermaid girl's real name is Regent.

Ye Nanxiao remembered that one of the Sea Princess's daughters was named Liya, who later became Huo Yuhao's seventh soul spirit.

Then Regent can only be Liya's sister, another daughter of the Sea Princess.

After spending some time together, the quirky mermaid girl's charm was very popular with the spirits, but the spirits were just too stubborn to admit it.

Ye Nanxiao also quite liked the mermaid girl, but unfortunately he was currently only a fragment of her soul and did not possess the ultimate ice of her original body.

Just as Ye Nanxiao was lost in thought, the demon spirit had already crossed several mountains without slowing down at all.

As night fell, if Ye Nanxiao hadn't insisted on resting in a village they passed by, the demon spirit would probably have planned to travel through the night, rushing on day and night.

Having received Ye Nanxiao's tutelage for so long, the demon spirit is now quite adept at navigating human society, and its words and actions are indistinguishable from those of ordinary people.

Ye Nanxiao entrusted all external communication to the demon spirits along the way, while he focused on collecting antique soul tools from this era, as well as soul tool technologies that had been lost or were extremely rare in later generations.

After about a month, Ye Nanxiao and the demon spirit finally returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.

As soon as they reached the edge of the forest, the spirit couldn't help but exclaim, "Finally back in Xingdou! This feeling of a prodigal son returning home is truly overwhelming!"

"What are you lamenting about? We've only been gone for a little over half a year. Half a year should be nothing to you." Ye Nanxiao sat on the head of the demon spirit, holding a notebook, and the grass blades he controlled were constantly drawing on it.

The demon spirit sighed slightly and then vanished into the stars.

In an instant, a terrifying pressure descended upon Ye Nanxiao and the demon spirit.

Ye Nanxiao stopped carving, looked up at the sky, and saw a colossal creature soaring into the heavens like an erupting volcano.

"Who dares to trespass into the stars!"

A blazing column of fire erupted, and billowing lava fell.

"Yao Yao, your aura disguise is quite successful." Ye Nanxiao looked at the soul beast in the air that resembled a fireball.

The demon spirit nodded. His aura had completely simulated and remained human, and he could maintain this even when he was in shield form. It was normal for the goalkeeper to mistake him for a human.

The three heads, each radiating a fierce light, swept down, and when they saw Ye Nanxiao, who was already sitting on the demon spirit's shoulder, stepping on its shadow, they were stunned.

"Your boss is looking for me, I'll be going now." Ye Nanxiao sensed the silver cube on his arm getting hot and gently floating up.

The demon spirit nodded, clenched its fist, and grinned at the Crimson King. "Long time no see, old friend. It's quite exciting to see you again. How about I test whether your strength has declined recently?"

The Crimson King stared blankly at the demon spirit that had exploded into a huge shadow behind him. Suddenly, he recalled the memory of being unilaterally beaten by the demon spirit, and his three heads involuntarily shrank back. "Demon spirit brother, I didn't expect you to come back! I thought some reckless human had barged in again! Well, it's nothing, I have to continue guarding the entrance to the Starry Sky Gate!"

After the Red King finished speaking, he immediately transformed into a fireball and flew away into the distance.

How could the demon let this opportunity pass by? It slipped into the shadows and quickly caught up.

Ye Nanxiao, familiar with the route, drifted into the inner circle.

On the way, Ye Nanxiao saw a woman sitting cross-legged under a tree, wearing purple armor.

The woman opened her eyes and glanced at Ye Nanxiao, then closed them again, with clusters of purple flames floating around her.

Before Ye Nanxiao could even ponder which soul beast this woman, who was able to cultivate in the core area, was in human form, his vision was filled with silver light.

The silver light lasted for a few seconds before dissipating, and Ye Nanxiao saw the familiar cave again.

Gu Yuena floated in the cave, her body radiating silver light.

"You're willing to come back?" Gu Yuena opened her eyes and stared coldly at Ye Nanxiao.

Ye Nanxiao suddenly felt his whole body stiffen, as if his boss was still angry.

"Yes, I'm back, boss."

After thinking it over, Ye Nanxiao felt he had nothing to argue about, so he straightened up and prepared to accept Gu Yuena's punishment.

Seeing Ye Nanxiao's expression, Gu Yuena suddenly chuckled, her pale purple eyes filled with laughter. She floated down to Ye Nanxiao's side, one hand on her hip and the other pointing at his groin, saying with displeasure, "We agreed on six months, and that's six months! Strategist, you actually went back on your word! I'll have to punish you properly!"

"What punishment should I give you?"

Gu Yuena crossed her arms, her brows slightly furrowed, her pretty face full of seriousness.

"Hehe! Then let's punish the strategist by making him tell more stories each day!"

Looking at Gu Yuena, who was as lively as a young girl, Ye Nanxiao suddenly had a bad feeling.

The next moment, Gu Yuena's pale purple eyes quickly turned deep, and the smile on her face gradually disappeared. She flicked her finger lightly at Ye Nanxiao.

The Spirit Blossom Grass flew backward and left a large, star-shaped imprint on the wall.

"This is the familiar strength," Ye Nanxiao thought to himself.

"You probably already guessed that something was wrong with me." Gu Yuena waved a silver light and knocked Ye Nanxiao off the wall.

Ye Nanxiao rubbed the flower's heart, feeling sorry for his Spirit-Blooming Grass for a second, and said, "You... have you created another version of yourself?"

He remembered that when Gu Yuena first appeared in the original work, she split all her emotions in two, manifesting a part of her humanity.

"You guessed right. I've discovered that I'm starting to have some emotions that shouldn't belong to me." Gu Yuena gently covered her left eye, landed on the ground, and walked gracefully to Ye Nanxiao.

"Feelings that arise at this time are not a good thing!"

Looking at Ye Nanxiao, who was staring at her with his head up, Gu Yuena suddenly felt that this Spirit Blossom Grass was quite cute, and it even put its hands on its hips.

Shaking her head, Gu Yuena knew that it was another part of her emotions causing trouble.

"You want to cut it off?" Ye Nanxiao asked.

Gu Yuena nodded. "I shouldn't possess humanity, at least not at this moment!"

"She embodies both loneliness and focus."

Gu Yuena raised her right hand, and an unstable ball of silver light appeared in her hand. A line was faintly visible in the middle of the ball of light, as if it would split into two balls of silver light at any moment.

"Help me," Gu Yuena said.

Ye Nanxiao released a Spirit-Blooming Grass, condensing it into a soul form. His expression was serious as he asked, "How can I help you?"

Gu Yuena's power is unstable, and the series of problems it causes may prevent her from traveling back through the time cloud.

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