Chapter 157: Mingde Hall's Invitation

"Yuhao, a message from Di Tian."

In the blueprint storage room, Gu Yue Na handed her Soul Guidance Light Screen to Huo Yuhao, and watching him finish reading the information, she transmitted: "Yuhao, the Spirit Forge Hall Master said two years ago was a warning, but when we reached an agreement with Shrek and went to negotiate weakening the public opinion direction, they agreed too quickly... this probably won't have much effect, right?"

The remote chat function was newly added to the Soul Guidance Light Screen in the past two years.

Huo Yuhao looked at the information from Di Tian on the Soul Guidance Light Screen, his eyes flickering slightly.

"It's nothing, as long as the attitude is confirmed, their specific intentions can be probed step by step. After the future trip to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, we should be able to see their thoughts."

Gu Yue Na nodded thoughtfully.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao saw a message suddenly flash across the Soul Guidance Light Screen.

Gu Rachel: Sister Na, when are you coming back to Mingdu? I waited until evening yesterday.

"..."

——Calling "Sister Na" directly "Little Sister"?

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow, calmly handing the Soul Guidance Light Screen back to Gu Yue Na, his sharp gaze keenly catching her fingertips pause slightly, a trace of dangerous light flashing in the depths of her purple eyes.

Gu Yue Na silently put away the light screen, raised her eyes to look at Huo Yuhao, her face turning cold as frost, yet a hard-to-detect embarrassment faintly rippled in the bottom of her eyes.

"If you want to laugh, just laugh." She pursed her lips, "Holding it in is uncomfortable."

——The dignified Silver Dragon King, Soul Beast Sovereign, was actually addressed so intimately as "Little Sister" by her own subordinate?

Yuhao definitely finds it funny.

Compared to the other party, she has no dignity at all.

Huo Yuhao laughed secretly and shook his head, reaching out to gently rub her silver hair, his fingertips sliding down along the smooth strands.

"There's nothing funny about it, on the contrary, seeing so many people by your side who care about you and are close to you, I'm very happy."

Speaking, he pointed at the Soul Guidance Light Screen, and Gu Yue Na looked along, only to see a new message swipe across.

Gu Rachel: Don't ignore me! Right, I newly researched a dessert, do you want to try it? Guaranteed tastier than what I brought you before!

"..." Gu Yue Na's expression slumped, she replied helplessly with a sentence, then looked at Huo Yuhao, "I spoiled her too much before, I should have just let her keep sitting in the Peace Ambassador position."

Huo Yuhao laughed: "Speaking of which, she hasn't transformed back to her original form these years? Gone back to being Peace Ambassador?"

The Auspicious Beast's human transformation is different from ordinary Soul Beasts' Human-shaped Re-cultivation; although there is only one chance to transform into a human in a lifetime, she can shift between the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and her human form, similar to Fierce Beast transformation.

From the fact that her martial soul is simulated and her cultivation was so high upon debut, it can be seen she never underwent Re-cultivation at all; transformation won't affect her lifespan, otherwise Di Tian and the others wouldn't have agreed to let the Auspicious Beast run out and fool around.

"No." Gu Yue Na said: "Managing an identity takes time, she currently has no intention of transforming back. And she should really like her current life, just like her name, appearance, this life is also her own choice."

She paused, a faint, barely-there smile appearing on her lips: "It can be seen, she's really enjoying her current life."

Otherwise she would have been complaining every day long ago.

"Is that so?" Hearing this, Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, "That's good."

Wang Qiu'er is a person born at a specific time, for a specific need.

Without the Golden Dragon Spear, Tang Wu Tong's Divine Sense, and the memories transmitted by Fate Guidance, plus different experiences and insights, Gu Rachel is destined not to be the Wang Qiu'er he knew... perhaps not a bad thing.

(Note: According to the Original Work, the Golden Dragon Spear was thrown to the Auspicious Beast by Tang San together with Tang Wu Tong's Divine Sense during Fate Guidance, not something she originally had, nor could it be something Gu Yue Na brought down from the God Realm. Gu Yue Na ran away right after being born, there was absolutely no time to get things from the God Realm.)

(And whether it's the Golden Dragon King Rib version or the Dragon God Rib version — hmm, in DD4 the Golden Dragon Spear became a Pseudo-Super God Artifact transformed from a Dragon God Rib. Both versions clearly have nothing to do with the Auspicious Beast, so the setting of Tang San throwing it to the Auspicious Beast is adopted, and since this book has no Fate Guidance, the Golden Dragon Spear has nothing to do with her.)

Gu Yue Na looked at Huo Yuhao with some suspicion, "Yuhao, are you very close with her?"

Ten thousand years ago, Yuhao and the Auspicious Beast weren't that close, right? How come I feel he's a bit concerned about her situation?

"No special relationship, keeping it at ordinary friends in the future is fine too."

Huo Yuhao stood up, "Let's go, we've stayed here long enough, let's go back."

Looking at Huo Yuhao's natural expression, Gu Yue Na blinked, nodding slightly.

The two walked outside, attracting the attention and discussion of passing personnel all the way; when passing a corner, they saw Ling Zichen standing by the window.

Huo Yuhao's steps paused slightly, his gaze falling on Ling Zichen's back. She quietly gazed out the window, golden sunlight passing through the glass and sprinkling on her profile, outlining a trace of indifferent contour.

"Specially waiting here, do you have some guidance for me?"

"The Hall Master asked me to convey to you, the Spirit Forge Hall Master has extended an invitation to you."

Ling Zichen turned her head to look at the two of them, saying indifferently: "That special Soul Tool manufacturing technique of yours has attracted their attention."

The low discussions around instantly quieted down, some people subconsciously staring wide-eyed.

As a holy land for researchers, the Spirit Forge Hall rarely personally invites people to enter; in ten thousand years, invitees under nineteen years old do not exceed twenty!

And they were basically all invited after graduating from the Academy, themselves not having joined any faction!

But now, right before their eyes, a Spirit Pagoda Internal Personnel, a Next Tower Master Successor candidate, was actually personally invited by the Spirit Forge Hall?

"So this is the Next Ling Bing Douluo?" A Work Staff murmured: "Not only is cultivation peerless, even Soul Guide talent is unattainable, actually able to make the Spirit Forge Hall open the door of convenience wide..."

"I remember ten thousand years ago there were two such examples too, but those were Ling Bing Douluo and Master Xuan Ziwen, heard the latter was originally Silver Moon Douluo's Disciple, just got snatched by Ling Bing Douluo... cough cough."

The female speaker, seeing gazes cast from all around, hurriedly shut her mouth.

Ling Bing Douluo seems to have a hobby of snatching people, this can't be spoken carelessly.

"..."

Hearing the crowd's discussion, Ling Zichen's gaze toward Huo Yuhao also became somewhat complex.

Among those invited to join the Spirit Forge Hall, one was her ancestor, and that person participated in the manufacturing of Eternal Heaven, was one of the developers of the God-Killing Grade Soul Cannon Shell!

"I understand, thanks for conveying." Huo Yuhao nodded upon hearing this, stepped forward, and continued walking toward the doorway with Gu Yue Na beside him.

As they brushed past each other, Ling Zichen whispered:

"The Soul Guide Research Department has a special energy research, do you dare come try?"

Huo Yuhao didn't stop his steps, leaving directly.

(End of Chapter)