Chapter 63 is about Di Tian.
Chapter 63 describes Di Tian.
The clear lake water reflected Na'er's exquisite face, and beneath the shimmering light, the girl's thoughtful expression was captivating.
Na'er often reminisced, but only fragmented memories remained in her mind, making it difficult to recall specific events.
The first time she saw Lin Xiuran, it resonated with those fragments of memory. Although she couldn't remember clearly, she could feel deep within her that Lin Xiuran was someone very important to her.
She had a natural affinity for him, a feeling that if she lost Lin Xiuran, everything would shatter like those fragmented memories, like a mirror broken, with no possibility of recovery.
Therefore, she often spent time with Lin Xiuran, often trying to recall those fragmented memories. Although these past few years hadn't yielded much result, she felt a sense of fulfillment. This was why their relationship was so close.
She would one day recover those memories, but for now, cherishing the present was enough.
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At the Spirit Pagoda headquarters,
Gu Yue, having finished her sparring matches over the past few days, was somewhat exhausted both physically and mentally, and finally had time to return to the Spirit Pagoda.
Just as she entered the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo's laboratory, she heard a familiar voice explaining,
"You see, high-end spirits are much more difficult to manufacture, both in terms of production techniques and other processes…"
Gu Yue pushed open the door, and before her stood not only Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu, but also the young man beside her—she recognized him immediately.
Lin Xiuran!
"Yueyue, come here quickly." Leng Yaozhu's face instantly lit up with a smile upon seeing Gu Yue.
Gu Yue walked forward with deep confusion, meeting Lin Xiuran's gaze before turning to Leng Yaozhu.
Leng Yaozhu smiled: "You've been busy with the matches these past few days, and I didn't want to disturb you, so I didn't tell you. This is my newly accepted disciple; I won't go into too much detail, you two are definitely familiar with each other."
Gu Yue nodded, puzzled as to why Leng Yaozhu would suddenly accept Lin Xiuran as her disciple.
Although she had indeed introduced Lin Xiuran to the Spirit Pagoda, she hadn't expected them to become fellow disciples.
Gu Yue's expression was unreadable as she asked, "You didn't even tell me you were accepted as a disciple by your teacher."
Lin Xiuran explained, "I only found out today that you're also a disciple of my teacher."
Gu Yue frowned slightly, but upon reflection, it seemed true. Lin Xiuran hadn't been there when they attempted to ascend the tower a while ago, and he didn't seem to be at Shrek Academy at the time.
Leng Yaozhu gently pulled Gu Yue closer, then said, "Quickly teach your junior brother; he'll be helping us with our research in the future."
Lin Xiuran had been observing Gu Yue, but his facial expression revealed nothing of her thoughts.
However, he guessed that Gu Yue was probably unhappy with this outcome, given that her research with Leng Yaozhu involved many things,
including her ultimate future plans.
To Lin Xiuran's surprise, Gu Yue smiled and looked at him, saying generously, "Lin Xiuran, let's address each other as senior and junior brother from now on."
Lin Xiuran's lips twitched slightly; Gu Yue was really trying to take advantage of him.
But he had no choice but to say stiffly, "Hello, senior sister."
Gu Yue smiled with satisfaction, then said to Leng Yaozhu, "Teacher, let me help junior brother learn some basic advanced soul spirit knowledge."
Leng Yaozhu nodded in satisfaction, then instructed, "Alright, you two get along well. I'll go take care of other matters."
As the deputy tower master of the Spirit Pagoda, she was naturally busy every day. If it weren't for Lin Xiuran, she wouldn't have come to personally teach these basics.
Just as Leng Yaozhu stepped outside, the female guard who had been waiting approached.
"Well, any news?" Leng Yaozhu's smile had vanished, her expression becoming very serious.
The female guard replied earnestly, "There's no concrete information yet, but it's certain that Lin Xiuran is indeed the Third Miss's child."
"And the Third Miss's matter has been almost thoroughly investigated..."
Leng Yaozhu listened quietly, then waved for the female guard to leave, her gaze gradually turning cold: "Donghai... the Xu family..."
On the other side, Gu Yue was chatting with Lin Xiuran.
Their conversation had long since shifted from knowledge of soul spirits to something else; of course, it was Gu Yue who had changed the subject.
She used the topic of spirits to bring up the current relationship between spirit beasts and humans, asking, "What do you think is the reason why spirit beasts are now on the verge of extinction?"
At this point, Lin Xiuran became slightly more serious, thought for a moment, and then said, "With the rapid increase in the human population, the number of spirit masters has also increased. Because the human development cycle is fast, the demand for spirit rings and spirit bones has increased relatively quickly. However, spirit beasts have a slow growth cycle, which naturally led to the current situation."
"Another reason is that with the improvement of human technology and the strength of spirit masters, spirit beasts' resistance to spirit masters has become weaker. This has led to humans hunting spirit beasts more recklessly, further compressing their living space."
Gu Yue pondered for a moment, seemingly surprised that Lin Xiuran's explanation was so logical.
But she still looked at him and asked, "Is that all?"
Lin Xiuran glanced at her, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Of course, there's also human greed. Although the Spirit Pagoda created artificial soul spirits that can help soul masters acquire soul skills without hunting soul beasts, the soul skills granted by artificial soul spirits are often much weaker than those obtained from hunting soul beasts. Therefore, many soul masters still choose to hunt soul beasts in order to gain greater power. At the same time, hunting soul beasts also has a certain chance of obtaining soul bones, which greatly helps in improving the strength of soul masters. So humans began to hunt soul beasts on a large scale even when they didn't need soul rings." "
And soul beasts rarely form a collective force and are always hunted by humans in groups. It's actually a difference in thinking between soul beasts and humans."
Gu Yue fell silent, but this made her look at Lin Xiuran again. Among humans, there were probably very few with such insights.
But that wasn't all. Lin Xiuran's eyes held a slight smile: "Of course, there's also the stupidity of the soul beast rulers."
Gu Yue's face stiffened, and she suddenly looked at Lin Xiuran, but then realized her reaction was inappropriate and turned her head away without showing any emotion.
Because she was the current supreme ruler of the soul beasts, and also the common lord of the soul beasts, she naturally subconsciously assumed that he was talking about her.
But she quickly realized that humans couldn't possibly know of her existence; he must be talking about Di Tian.
Yes, it was Di Tian, he must be talking about Di Tian.
But what she didn't notice was the slightly probing look in Lin Xiuran's eyes.
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