Star Dou Great Forest.
The slightly awkward atmosphere had persisted until now; especially as Ning Tian absorbed her third spirit ring, the atmosphere became increasingly strange.
Ao Yao and Wu Feng stared at each other, neither speaking, standing on either side, vaguely protecting Ning Tian, who was absorbing her spirit ring, in the middle.
Ao Yao simply saw that Wu Feng had a poor attitude toward him and didn't want to speak and cause more trouble, while Wu Feng's emotions were much more complex.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School is located at the junction of Heaven Dou City of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Lima Plains, not far from the Star Dou Great Forest. With the speed of a spirit tool carriage driven by four hundred-year-old Horned Scale Horses, they reached the outer area of the Star Dou Great Forest in just two days.
During these two days, Wu Feng's name appeared multiple times in Ao Yao's diary book, earning her two levels of spirit power as a reward.
Compared to the rewards Ning Tian received, this two-level increase in spirit power seemed ordinary, but Wu Feng was still very satisfied—with this reward, her current Soul Power Level had reached Rank 26, one step closer to becoming a three-ring attack system Spirit Elder, and one step closer to her goal of always staying by Xiao Tian's side to protect her.
So Wu Feng was actually quite grateful to Ao Yao.
Only...
After two days, she could clearly feel that Ning Tian's attitude toward Ao Yao was unusual, one could even say there was a hint of excessive closeness.
Especially when hunting Spirit Beasts, Ao Yao drew a strange soft sword from his spirit tool and repelled the Spirit Beast with just a casual strike, helping Ning Tian successfully kill it.
Since then, there was clearly a bit more affection in Ning Tian's eyes.
She saw it very clearly.
This immediately gave her a sense of crisis... but she was powerless and could only watch as everything happened.
This feeling was very unpleasant.
Ao Yao didn't notice Wu Feng's complex emotions at all, let alone that she had already imagined a cuckold plot in her mind; at this moment, he was looking around at the environment of the Star Dou Great Forest.
[This is my first time coming to the Star Dou Great Forest since I grew up. As the largest gathering place for Spirit Beasts besides the ocean, it really is huge... The only bad luck is that we encountered a Spirit Beast suitable for Ning Tian to absorb too early. Now that I've helped her finish absorbing the spirit ring, what excuse should I use to stay here...]
[It's really distressing!]
[Speaking of which, the Star Dou Great Forest is so big, where am I going to find Huo Yuhao? Just thinking about letting that kid Huo Yuhao get Electrolux's Divine Sense fragment makes me unable to sleep!]
[It looks like I can only try my luck...]
[However, why do I always feel that this Star Dou Great Forest is eerie? It's as if a pair of wretched eyes is peeking at me from the shadows... It couldn't be that I've caught the attention of that dog Tang San, could it?]
[That doesn't make sense! After writing in the diary for several days, I've already received the reward of Heaven's Secret Concealment. The reward clearly told me it could shield me from Tang San's perception...]
[So... who exactly is the person peeking at me in the shadows?]
Ao Yao pondered secretly while writing in his diary.
Logically, the peeking from the shadows should come from the experts of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School responsible for protecting Ning Tian. After all, as the successor of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, even for training, they wouldn't be so careless as to think that Wu Feng, with only two rings of cultivation, and him, who appeared to have only ten levels of spirit power, could successfully complete the hunt.
Someone must be protecting them from the shadows.
But Ao Yao felt something was off, and he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
If it were the people from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School guarding Ning Tian, their attention should be focused more on Ning Tian rather than him.
Could it be that his small display of power just now made the person in the shadows notice something unusual?
Thinking of School Master Ning's sudden visit and the decision to have him accompany Ning Tian to Shrek Academy, Ao Yao suddenly realized.
[I get it!]
[It must be that the abnormality that occurred at the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School that day raised School Master Ning's suspicions, and the sword strike just now confirmed their guesses...]
[In that case, it seems there's no need for me to continue to pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger... The rewards I've received these past few days simply don't allow me to stay low-profile anymore!]
[So, from now on, the Saint of the Dao of Stealth is dead! Next to take the stage is 'I Don't Eat Beef'!]
Noticing the content appearing in the diary book, Wu Feng turned her head and glanced at Ao Yao, the look in her eyes becoming even more complex.
...
Gu Yuena's expression suddenly became strange.
Could the wretched gaze Ao Yao mentioned in the diary book be referring to Di Tian?
She had instructed Di Tian to keep an eye on humans entering the Star Dou Great Forest. Based on the information about Ning Tian and Wu Feng mentioned in Ao Yao's diary book, Di Tian had locked onto the three of them from the moment they entered the forest.
Their every move had been under Di Tian's gaze.
She didn't expect that fellow Ao Yao to be able to detect Di Tian's gaze...
Gu Yuena was momentarily startled, but then she found it somewhat amusing.
If Di Tian knew that Ao Yao used the word 'wretched' to describe him, he would probably make that guy pay a heavy price, wouldn't he?
Of course, this thought could only remain a thought.
Oh no, even thinking about it wasn't allowed.
Bound by the diary book, Gu Yuena could not reveal the existence of the diary book to Di Tian, let alone what Ao Yao had said.
Once she spoke, it would likely be judged by the diary book as instigating Di Tian to act against Ao Yao... Her current physical state could not withstand another punishment from the diary book.
And...
This human named Ao Yao's subsequent guesses were indeed interesting to Gu Yuena.
The process was entirely wrong, so the result was naturally entirely wrong as well.
It seems this human is not omniscient and omnipotent after all.
He even said that the help of us Spirit Beasts is not worth mentioning...
Thinking of this, Gu Yuena's mood suddenly became much more pleasant.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion lazily lifted her small head. After noticing that her Lord's mood had inexplicably improved, she didn't react, simply lowering her head to continue her nap.
She was already used to it.
Ever since that diary book appeared and she came to her Lord's dwelling, she had become accustomed to her Lord's mercurial nature.
Her Lord's emotions seemed to be frequently swayed by the content in the diary book.
For a beast like her, who only half-understood or didn't understand most of the content in the diary book at all, she couldn't understand why her Lord's emotions were so changeable.
Hmm...
Better to just sleep.
Here with her Lord, besides sleeping, there seemed to be nothing else for her to do.