Douluo: Dragon King's Star Devouring Wings

Chapter 705 Lancer - Wang Qiu'er (Bonus chapter for 8k words, Happy National Day!)
A smile appeared on Gu Yuena's lips. "If there wasn't really no other way, Di Tian wouldn't bother with them!"

"Back when the Divine Dragon Realm still existed, if you didn't have the potential to become a second-level god, you wouldn't even catch the eye of Di Tian, ​​a top-tier second-generation rich kid!"

"Aqin!"

At the same time, Di Tian, ​​who was serving as the Black Dragon King of the Douluo Empire in the Star Dou Great Forest, suddenly sneezed.

"That shouldn't be the case. My cultivation level is already infinitely close to the god level. How could I possibly catch a cold?" Di Tian muttered to himself.

“Gu Yue,” a hint of amusement flashed in her wine-red pupils as Qian Gu Huang Yu looked at Gu Yue Na with a smile and said, “Actually, you’re pretty much the same, aren’t you?”

“When you first entered the human world, besides me, only Qian Renxue could catch your eye.”

"You only befriended the others initially to ensure the infiltration plan went smoothly, right?"

If it was because Qian Gu Huang Yu was too young to see it back then, now that she is a female lecturer familiar with human nature, and she already knows Gu Yue Na well enough, things are different.

How could anyone not see how much of Gu Yuena's actions were genuine and how much were just acting?
Gu Yuena turned her head away somewhat awkwardly, just as Qian Gu Huang Yu had just said, she initially did it so that her infiltration plan could proceed more easily.

That's why he became friends with Leng Yaozhu and the others. Later, he felt that in order to show his magnanimity as the Silver Dragon King, it was not wrong to spend some effort to be nice to the relatives and friends of his favorite concubine.

It was only later, under the influence of the Thousand Ancient Phoenix Feather, that Gu Yuena began to truly accept the others.

Of course, this only applies to their small inner circle; Gu Yuena is too lazy to bother with most of the humans.

Looking at Gu Yuena's pretty face, which was both embarrassed and shy, Qian Gu Huang Yu couldn't help but feel playful and reached out to poke Gu Yuena's fair cheek.

"You're so annoying!" Gu Yuena snorted and rubbed her cheek against Qian Gu Huang Yu's face, causing an unnatural blush to appear on Qian Gu Huang Yu's pretty face.

"It's nothing, we've made it this far all these years," Gu Yuena said.

“It’s really nothing, but Jia Lin can grow into a high-ranking person, but she won’t be a good leader,” Qian Gu Huang Yu said.

"A good leader must unite the vast majority of people, but you cannot unite them by looking down on them."

"Is that so..." Gu Yuena pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "It doesn't really matter, does it? After all, the entire empire only needs you as its leader, right?"

Qian Gu Huang Yu laughed as well, "We were so tired back then, wasn't it because we hoped the new generation of kids could have it a little easier?"

"Even if they can't do whatever they want, at least they can choose not to do what they don't want to do."

The reason why Qian Gu Huang Yu went to so much trouble to organize the Yi Xin Hui and hold the election was not because she particularly enjoyed dealing with those people, but because it was simply a necessary step to achieve her goals.

...

The next day.

The morning mist had not yet completely dissipated, and the only sound in the forest was the soft rustling of pine needles falling to the ground. Occasionally, an unknown bird would chirp softly among the branches, before fading into silence again.

The branches of the towering ancient trees intertwine like a net, filtering the sunlight into fine golden spots that fall on the thick layer of decaying leaves. Even the wind seems to slow down as it passes through the gaps in the forest, leaving only moss breathing quietly at the tree roots.

Following the astringent scent of grass and trees deeper into the forest, the view suddenly opens up—in the center of the forest lies a huge lake, its surface like a smooth, ironed black silk, reflecting the dense shade overhead and the scattered sunlight, so that even a fallen leaf drifting into the water doesn't cause a ripple.

The stones on the shore have been smoothed by time, and only occasionally do birdsong rise from the forest near the lake, only to be quickly swallowed up by the lake's tranquility, as if all the sounds of the forest have sunk to the bottom here.

This place, exuding peace and tranquility, is one of the absolute forbidden zones for humans on Douluo Star, the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest, also known as a place of great danger.

As Di Tian, ​​representing the soul beasts, swore allegiance to the Ancient Phoenix Feather, the tens of thousands of years-long struggle between humans and soul beasts gradually came to an end.

To express his welcome to the Soul Beast race joining the Empire's family, Qian Gu Huang Yu, with a stroke of his pen, returned all the land that Shrek City had once occupied from the Star Dou Great Forest.

The losses were naturally borne by Shrek Academy, since Shrek Academy is now nominally the property of the Empire.

Shrek's contribution of funds is equivalent to the Empire's contribution of funds.

With the help of the Ten Thousand Beast Platform run by Gu Yuena, the number of soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest also entered a period of rapid growth.

To express his friendliness towards humanity, Di Tian even agreed to organize visits to the Star Dou Great Forest for humans every so often.

Correspondingly, Di Tian would also allow intelligent soul beasts to visit the human world, although most of the soul beasts that could transform had already been to the human world and carried out terrorist attacks.

Suddenly, the space around the Lake of Life distorted slightly, and golden ripples spread across the lake. The figures of Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na appeared beside the Lake of Life.

At this moment, Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na were holding Jia Lin's hands on either side. Jia Lin was obviously already used to spatial transfer and did not feel any discomfort at all when facing the ultra-long distance spatial traversal from Donghai City to Xingdou Great Forest.

Upon returning to the Star Dou Great Forest, Jia Lin's spirits noticeably lifted; as a soul beast, she was naturally more attuned to the forest environment.

"My Lord, my Lady."

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na did not conceal their presence; Di Tian had already discovered them the moment they arrived.

Di Tian looked at Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na and said respectfully.

"Brother Di Tian, ​​it's been a long time! What have you been up to lately?" Jia Lin stopped playing around when she saw Di Tian coming over and ran over.

Because they were both sons of the Nine Dragon Kings, Jialin always called Ditian "brother".

This results in Jia Lin being of an absurdly high seniority, despite her relatively young age.

Strictly speaking, the so-called Ten Ferocious Beasts were all born after the Silver Dragon King descended upon Douluo Continent; they were all descendants of Di Tian.

After so many years, Di Tian was overwhelmed with emotion upon seeing his old friend again, and thus he doted on Jia Lin.

Relying on Di Tian's doting affection, Jia Lin became an unruly little witch in the Star Dou Great Forest, reminding some of the older soul beasts of the days when the Emperor Beast was still around.

Di Tian affectionately patted Jia Lin's head and said, "We are still maintaining the relationship between soul beasts and humans."

"Although with the decline of soul beasts, there are now very few grudges between the living humans and soul beasts, some beast kings still can't swallow their anger and want to take revenge later."

"I had to put in a lot of effort to calm them down."

Ironically, because soul beasts have been almost wiped out, humans nowadays don't harbor much hatred towards them.

When Qian Gu Huang Yu announced that the soul beasts would submit to the empire, only some people with more traditional ideas felt that those who were not of our kind must have different hearts, and that there was a great hatred between humans and soul beasts that was difficult to erase.

Even if the soul beasts submit, they probably won't be convinced. However, most people still don't care. After all, humans are now militarily strong. If the soul beasts dare to have any disloyal thoughts, they will be dealt with by god-slaying fixed-position soul-guided cannons.

It is important to note that even those who oppose it are not because they themselves have any hatred towards spirit beasts, but simply because humans have a history of enmity with spirit beasts.

On the other hand, the soul beasts, apart from the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest who all knew about Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na's plan and had no objections, were relatively unaffected.

The ferocious beasts in other places lodged serious protests. After all, they had no idea that the two most powerful people in human society were actually their people, and they thought that Di Tianzhen had truly been broken by humans and sworn to submit.

For those ferocious beast kings, they watched helplessly as their people were slaughtered.

This deep-seated hatred is not something that can be easily let go of, but Di Tian doesn't blame them, especially for these soul beasts who are unaware of the truth.

If they really let go so easily, then Di Tian would start to doubt whether they were even qualified to lead the soul beasts.

Although Di Tian had his own unspoken difficulties, for the sake of safety and confidentiality, there were certain things he couldn't tell the other ferocious beasts.

Otherwise, if any ferocious beast were to accidentally reveal this, then there would be huge trouble.

After playing with Jialin for a while, Di Tian let Jialin play by herself first.

"My lord, my mistress, when can we leave Douluo Star?" Di Tian asked.

Although the lives of soul beasts have improved significantly, Di Tian still feels uneasy. In the end, soul beasts are just pets kept by humans.

Although the leader of humanity is one of their own, this does not mean that Di Tian is happy to see such a situation.

The plan of the Thousand-Year Phoenix Feather is to enhance its own cultivation by absorbing the energy of the Abyss Plane after killing the Abyss Saint King.

After devouring the Abyss Plane, Tang Hao and Ah Yin will no longer be necessary. At that time, the Ancient Phoenix Feather will directly kill them and turn them into its own nourishment.

By then, there will be no further potential for improvement for Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na if they continue to stay in the Douluo plane, so they will take the lead and go to travel in space.

Once they find a suitable planet for soul beasts to live on, they will take the soul beasts away.

Qian Gu Huang Yu said, "I have already made arrangements with the Abyss Saint King. It can be said that as long as we can open another entrance to the Abyss Passage in the Douluo Plane, he is ready to lead the Abyss creatures to invade in a large-scale invasion at any time."

"If the Abyss Saint Lord were to descend, how powerful would he be?" Di Tian asked.

Although Di Tian hoped to leave Douluo Star as soon as possible, he could never be too cautious when it came to matters involving god-level powerhouses.

Qian Gu Huang Yu said, "If he comes by possessing a level 100 expert, then I don't even need to take action myself. Sister Xue'er can handle it on her own."

"Although he has a super artifact, his strength is actually quite limited if he is brought down by a level 100 Soul Master. He definitely cannot reach the strength he has in the Abyss Plane."

"Then what are we waiting for? Wouldn't it be better to kill him sooner rather than later, to avoid any unforeseen complications?" Di Tian asked.

"See, you're in such a hurry again." Qian Gu Huang Yu smiled calmly and said, "The main character hasn't even appeared yet, how can the grand show be in such a rush to begin?"

"Huang'er, do you want Tang Wulin to deal with the Abyss Saint?" Gu Yuena asked.

Through Gu Yuena's observation, she roughly guessed what Qian Gu Huang Yu wanted to do. He had put so much effort into cultivating Tang Wulin, so he must want him to play a role.

"Yes and no." Qian Gu Huang Yu laughed. "I didn't actually expect Tang Wulin to play any role in the Abyss War. It's just that Tang Hao and A Yin will definitely reveal their identities to Tang Wulin at that time."

"Moreover, Tang San will most likely take action at that time, and that will be when the truth comes out."

"So, Huang'er, do you hope that Tang Wulin will choose to stand on your side when that time comes?" Gu Yuena asked.

"I suppose so. After all, he was a big gift I left for Tang San! Isn't it interesting to see your son being driven by your enemy to turn his blade against you?" Qian Gu Huang Yu laughed.

"Your personality is really awful!" Gu Yuena complained.

"What if Tang Wulin doesn't choose to stand on your side in the end?" Gu Yuena asked.

"In that case, we'll just have to send him to keep his grandparents company!" Qian Gu Huang Yu said with a smile.

"Let's wait a little longer. At least we need to wait until Tang Wulin is qualified to stand in the Abyss Battle," Qian Gu Huang Yu said with a smile.

Di Tian nodded slightly. "In that case, let's not rush it. Let's take this opportunity to further expand the soul beast population."

"Wait, where's Jialin?" Gu Yuena suddenly realized that Jialin seemed to have disappeared for some time.

"Oh no!" Di Tian was stunned, a rare look of panic appearing on his face.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na's expressions also turned strange; they both thought of Jia Lin's location.

The next instant, they appeared in a valley.

The valley is not very large, but it is home to a wide variety of plants, with countless colors as far as the eye can see.

A variety of beautiful flowers vie for attention, and various plants are laden with fruit. Many plants even radiate varying degrees of shimmering light. Their extraordinary nature is evident even to the naked eye.

Most breathtaking is the lake nestled amidst these lush plants. This lake is clearly divided into two parts.

One side was ice-white, with a faint white mist, while the other side was fiery red, with the light on it slightly distorted.

The red and white colors, like two enormous pieces of jade inlaid there, filled the entire valley with a rich sense of life through their vaporous vapors.

The scene before us was like a fairyland, and what was most magical was the lake in the middle that was half red and half blue.

It is the eye of both ice and fire.

After Qian Gu Huang Yu took the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye from the Tang Sect, he placed it next to the Lake of Life in the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest.

Now, as the relationship between soul beasts and humans eases, some humans are gradually being allowed into the Star Dou Great Forest.

To avoid being discovered, Qian Gu Huang Yu specially disguised the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. But this obviously couldn't stop Jia Lin.

At this moment, a red dragon soul was hovering above the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

It is the dragon soul of the Fire Dragon King!

Meanwhile, Jialin was riding on its back, letting it carry her around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. The ferocious plant beasts nearby were silent as cicadas in fear, afraid of displeasing Jialin and then being wiped out by the Fire Dragon King's dragon breath.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye was originally a secret realm born from the remains of the Water Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King after their deaths.

As the daughter of the Fire Dragon King, Jia Lin naturally possessed an extremely terrifying affinity with him. When Jia Lin first arrived at the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, Di Tian had not yet activated the Fire Dragon King's dragon soul.

The dragon soul of the Fire Dragon King had already emerged from Yangquan on its own.

Although the real Fire Dragon King has long since passed away, what remains in the Yin-Yang Well is merely the remnant soul attached to the Fire Dragon King's corpse.

However, that resonance originating from the depths of his bloodline could not be faked. Even though the Fire Dragon King's dragon core had long lost its self-awareness and was left with only instinct, he still judged that the girl in front of him was an extremely important existence to him.

It was also because of the Fire Dragon King's favor that Jia Lin became a little tyrant in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and even the Fragrant Qi Luo Immortal, the king of flowers, dared not provoke Jia Lin.

In fact, although the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye was moved to the Star Dou Great Forest, it was basically a self-made product.

Even among the ten most ferocious beasts, only Di Tian can enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well at any time. Other ferocious beasts need to inform the group of immortal herbs in advance before entering the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

After all, these immortal herbs are quite precious, and the ferocious beasts represented by Xiong Jun can be reckless and easily destroy the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well if they get angry and start fighting.

However, ever since Jialin came to the Star Dou Great Forest, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye has been met with its strictest father.

When Qiluo Tulip saw that it was Qian Gu Huang Yu and the others who had arrived, she immediately cast a pleading look at Di Tian: "Brother, please stop your supernatural powers. I really can't stand this kid going on any longer."

To Qian Gu Huang Yu's surprise, over the past hundred years, the Queen of Flowers, Qi Luo Tulip, and the King of Soul Beasts, Di Tian, ​​have found they share a remarkable common ground.

They often get together to complain about their subordinates' incompetence and the fact that there are always traitors trying to replace them.

"Ahem," Di Tian coughed lightly and waved to Jia Lin, saying, "Jia Lin, stop playing around and come here first."

Upon hearing this, Jia Lin patted the Fire Dragon King's soul, and the Fire Dragon King's soul carried Jia Lin to Di Tian's presence.

"Brother Ditian, what's wrong?" Jialin asked curiously, her eyes wide open.

Di Tiandao said, "When you come here to play in the future, be mindful of your behavior. Qiluo and the others are getting old and can't withstand much exertion."

"Yes, yes, I will," Jia Lin nodded repeatedly.

"No, you won't," Kira Tulip thought to herself, but she ultimately didn't dare say it aloud.

If I were to say it now, wouldn't that be the end of the peanut business?

To prevent Jia Lin from having another hot pot with both ice and fire, Di Tian had no choice but to call Zi Ji to take care of Jia Lin.

The ferocious beasts have now shifted their focus to the revival of soul beasts, and as a result, a group of veteran powerhouses in the Spirit Pagoda, led by the Underworld Emperor Douluo Gu Yue Chunqiu, have all retired.

However, this matter did not cause much of a stir in the Spirit Pagoda, since Gu Yue Chunqiu was of the same generation as Qian Gu Die Ting.

Qian Gu Die Ting has been retired for many years, and Gu Yue Chun Qiu has resigned from his official post and returned to his hometown, so no one can say anything about it.

After settling Jialin in, Di Tian led Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na to a house less than two kilometers away from the Lake of Life.

In the dense shade of an ancient forest, a small log cabin lies quietly.

The dark brown wooden planks are imbued with the warmth of time, and the square windows are covered with semi-transparent paper. Occasionally, sunlight filters through the gaps in the branches and leaves, casting dappled light spots on the window paper.

A low wooden platform stood in front of the house, with two old rattan chairs placed on it. Split firewood, covered with fresh sawdust, leaned against the chairs.

Above the wooden house, the plaque bears the words "Starry Sky Forest" in bold, powerful characters.

"This is the last stop for humans traveling to the Star Dou Great Forest. A lot has changed over the years," Di Tian said with some emotion, looking at the small wooden house in front of him.

Upon entering the cabin, a painting hangs prominently in the main hall.

On screen, Di Tian, ​​as the Beast God, represents the Soul Beasts and the Emperor of the Human World, Qian Gu Huang Yu, in signing a peace agreement.

Behind Di Tian were Bi Ji and the Demon King and a group of ferocious beasts, while behind Qian Gu Huang Yu were Gu Yue Na and Qian Ren Xue and a group of high-ranking humans.

This painting depicts the scene of Di Tian and Qian Gu Huang Yu shaking hands after signing a peace agreement.

Gu Yuena gazed at the painting on the wall, a hint of reminiscence flashing in her amethyst-like eyes.

From that day onward, soul beasts gained their own identities in the human world for the first time, and peace was truly achieved for the first time.

"Where did Xiong Jun and the others go?" Gu Yuena asked.

To be honest, Gu Yuena doesn't know as much about the many soul beasts as Di Tian does, since she spent most of her time sleeping.

Therefore, adhering to the principle of preventing laymen from instructing experts, after formally establishing diplomatic relations with the human world, the subsequent work was basically handed over to Di Tian for arrangement.

Gu Yuena only appears when she needs to suppress some rebellious beasts in other regions.

Di Tiandao said, "The Demon King is currently in the Yongning Forest of the Star Luo Continent. His main task is to observe whether the soul beasts of the Beast Platform can adapt to the wild environment."

"In addition, he was also responsible for monitoring the ferocious beasts in Yongning Forest to prevent them from doing things beyond our control."

"The Crimson King and the Demon Spirit went to the Soul Beast Forest of the Douling Continent. Because the Douling Empire was relatively weak before, its development of the Soul Beast Forest was not as good as that of the Star Luo Empire."

"Fortunately, there are no particularly powerful ferocious beasts on the Douling Continent, so the Crimson King and the Demon Spirit can completely suppress them."

"Bridget spends most of her time as the Star Dou Great Forest's ambassador to the human world. She is also responsible for receiving any human tour groups that come to visit."

"Zi Ji is responsible for verbally driving away humans who have strayed into the Star Dou Great Forest and bringing them back to the human world, while Xiong Jun is responsible for physically driving away humans who are unwilling to return to the human world."

"Di Tian, ​​what do you usually do?" Gu Yuena asked curiously when Di Tian didn't mention his mission.

Upon hearing this, Di Tian slapped his forehead helplessly and said, "I'll be the firefighter. I'll go and help whoever has a problem."

Di Tian is like a brick; he can be moved wherever he is needed.

Gu Yuena nodded slightly. "It seems things are developing well. Are there any problems that urgently need to be solved?"

Di Tian said somewhat awkwardly, "There's no major problem, but if I had to point it out, it's that the soul beasts are growing too slowly."

"Is that so? Now, due to ecological imbalance, the overall vitality of Douluo Star has declined, which has even slowed down the growth rate of soul beasts?" Gu Yuena was also somewhat worried about this.

Although she is the Silver Dragon King, the ruler of all soul beasts, she does not have the ability to make other soul beasts grow faster unless she directly feeds her own blood to others.

The cultivation speed will definitely increase, but it will consume a lot of blood, and that would also be a blow to the diversity of soul beasts.

After all, everyone knows how strong the Silver Dragon King's bloodline is, and by then almost all the soul beasts will be considered subspecies of the dragon race.

A fierce glint flashed in Di Tian's golden eyes as he said, "Ever since the auspicious beast was tricked into sacrificing itself by Huo Yuhao ten thousand years ago, the fortune that originally belonged to the Star Dou Great Forest has fallen into Huo Yuhao's hands."

"After Huo Yuhao ascended to the God Realm, he also took away the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest, and from then on, the Star Dou Great Forest began to suffer a series of misfortunes."

"Now, it's not even as good as the Soul Beast Forests on other continents."

Ironically, if we disregard Di Tian and other ferocious beasts, the Star Dou Great Forest is actually weaker than other soul beast forests.

They have been utterly abused by humans over the past ten thousand years.

Gu Yuena turned her head away somewhat embarrassed upon hearing this. Ten thousand years ago, she had confidently told Di Tian that Huo Yuhao would not take away the fortune belonging to the Star Dou Great Forest.

As a result, ten thousand years later, the Star Dou Great Forest was almost destroyed.

After pondering for a moment, Qian Gu Huang Yu said, "Actually, there is still a way."

"What? What should we do?" Di Tian asked anxiously, looking at the current state of the Star Dou Great Forest, he was eager for it to be revitalized.

Qian Gu Huang Yu said, "Can't I summon the dead? Then why not just summon the Imperial Beast again?"

"...Can it still be like this?" Gu Yuena asked, somewhat surprised.

“Of course,” Qian Gu Huang Yu said with a smile. “I had thought about it before, but there were just too few soul beasts, so summoning them wouldn’t have been of any use, so I didn’t mention it.”

"Anyway, there are more soul beasts now, so why not give it a try?"

“Huang’er…” A touch of emotion flashed in Gu Yuena’s amethyst-like eyes, even though she knew about Qian Gu Huang Yu’s abilities.

However, in the past hundred years, the Thousand-Year Phoenix Feather has only summoned a few people, so Gu Yuena naturally guessed that the consumption involved would be considerable.

"It's nothing, we don't need to say these things between us." Qian Gu Huang Yu affectionately nuzzled Gu Yue Na's fair face.

Di Tian blinked, knowing that he was no longer needed in this place, and left the cabin with practiced ease, leaving the scene to the two of them.

"In fact, Gu Yue, you just need to repay me properly elsewhere." A graceful smile appeared on Qian Gu Huang Yu's lips, and a glint of desire appeared in her wine-red pupils.

"Yes, yes, I'll pamper you tonight." Gu Yuena completely ignored her, instead giving Qian Gu Huang Yu a mocking glare.

...

The following day, after Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na finished their business, they went directly to Di Tian to arrange Wang Qiu Er's summoning.

Actually, there's not much to prepare; it's just about clearing out a space to avoid disturbances from irrelevant people.

"Lord Xiong, take some men and guard the Lake of Life. Do not allow anyone to approach until I give you my signal," Di Tian ordered a burly man.

Although Xiong Jun didn't understand what Di Tian was planning to do, after seeing Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yue Na standing behind Di Tian, ​​he decided to withdraw his question after a moment's thought.

After Di Tian had arranged everything, Qian Gu Huang Yu took out the Holy Grail from the King's Treasury after a long absence.

For a long time, Qian Gu Huang Yu did not perform the Holy Grail summoning, not because she forgot about the Holy Grail.

However, the Eternal Phoenix Feather is currently in a rather awkward situation, as none of the creatures it can summon are of any use to it.

She couldn't summon any of the useful ones, which left her completely stumped, so the matter of summoning the Holy Grail was put on hold for a long time.

Since this wasn't her first time performing a Holy Grail summoning, Qian Gu Huang Yu was already quite familiar with the process and easily completed the inscription of the magic circle.

Then, under Gu Yuena's amused expression, Qian Gu Huang Yu recited an extremely long and embarrassing line.

"Declaration——"

The magic circle lit up.

"You shall obey my commands."

"My life is one with your sword—"

“Respond to the call of the Holy Grail, obey this will and reason, answer me! I am the one who accomplishes all good deeds in the world, and I am the one who brings together all evils in the world.”

"Entangled in the three great incantations for seven days. Be full, be full, be full, be full! The cycle repeats itself. The next time it is full is the time of abandonment."

"The winds of heaven descend, yet walls separate them; the gates open on all sides, yet all are closed. Emerging from the crown, it cycles endlessly at the three-way intersection leading to the kingdom. Emerging from the wheel of restraint—"

The guardian of the scales!

Before Qian Gu Huang Yu could even finish speaking and observe whether the ceremony had succeeded, she caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye that left her terrified—

Gu Yuena was using her soul-guided communicator to record the entire process of her chanting the incantation!

"Gu Yue, wait! Don't record! Delete it now!" Qian Gu Huang Yu's face flushed an unnatural red, making her look exactly like a steampunk princess.

[This is so embarrassing!] Qian Gu Huang Yu didn't know how many years it had been since she had lost her composure like this.

Facing the Thousand Ancient Phoenix Feather, which pounced like a dragon, Gu Yuena let out a silvery laugh and nimbly dodged its attack.

"Huang'er, it's nothing, right? It's just a short video, and you looked really handsome just now!" Gu Yuena's eyes curved into crescents as she chuckled.

"This violates the Imperial Secrets Protection Act!" Qian Gu Huang Yu said indignantly.

ps
Summoning Lao Qiu is mainly for restoring the luck of the soul beasts and for tricking Huo Gua in the future. If people don't like her, she won't be given much screen time later.

Happy National Day everyone!
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