"Di Tian, you may withdraw. This King... is fine."
Fine?
Do I look like I believe that?
Di Tian couldn't help but complain in his heart.
If the Lord truly released her Aura just because she was bored with nothing to do, he would write his name, Di Tian, backwards from now on!
"Lord, no matter what happens, your subordinate will stand firmly by your side. Moreover, no matter what occurs, I will do my utmost."
Hearing this, Gu Yuena felt a sense of relief.
She never doubted Di Tian's loyalty. It was just a pity that the matter of the diary book could not be revealed even by Ao Yao, the owner of the diary book, let alone to Di Tian.
So regarding this matter, Gu Yuena could only speak with the Three-Eyed Golden Lioness; facing anyone else, she could only keep it buried in her heart.
Gu Yuena waved her hand and gave a few simple words of comfort before sending Di Tian away.
Seeing that Gu Yuena had no intention of telling him, Di Tian withdrew, though he felt somewhat helpless.
After Di Tian left, Gu Yuena looked back at the Three-Eyed Golden Lioness.
"Auspicious Beast, you just mentioned leaving the Star Dou Great Forest early to avoid Tang San's schemes. What do you mean by that?"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lioness, who had remained silent and curled up to the side, finally reacted and spoke as if it were only natural:
"That human named Ao Yao said he can now shield Tang San's perception. So as long as I leave the Star Dou Great Forest and go to Ao Yao's side, won't the problem be solved? By Ao Yao's side, Tang San surely won't be able to pull any tricks on me, right?"
This was a half-truth.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lioness naturally wouldn't admit that she had only made such a suggestion because she was truly bored staying here.
Of course, an even more important point was that she was full of curiosity about Ao Yao, who wrote the diary, and full of yearning for the human World he lived in.
"No."
Gu Yuena rejected the Three-Eyed Golden Lioness's proposal without even thinking.
Unless her brain had short-circuited, there was no way she would allow the Auspicious Beast to be near a human.
Even if this human could shield Tang San's perception and protect the Auspicious Beast from Tang San's poisonous hands.
One must know that humans themselves were the creatures that Spirit Beasts feared the most!
"Oh... okay."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lioness pouted and responded gloomily.
She wanted to leave this place for another reason she didn't dare mention—she always felt that the Lord was a bit unreliable. Not only was her mood constantly shifting under the influence of the diary, but in the future, she would actually become the daughter-in-law of that Sea God Tang San.
This couldn't just be called 'a bit' unreliable; it was 'very' unreliable, right?
Could her safety really be guaranteed by the Lord's side?
It would be better to go to Ao Yao's side.
At least by Ao Yao's side, she wouldn't have to worry about Tang San's threat at all.
Unfortunately, her proposal was ruthlessly rejected by the Lord.
She dared to be a bit cheeky and occasionally throw small tantrums in front of Di Tian, but in front of the Lord, she truly didn't dare.
Looking at the Auspicious Beast's dejected appearance, the corners of Gu Yuena's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
She felt like she was being disliked. Dammit... was it an illusion?
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The distance between the Star Dou Great Forest and Shrek Academy wasn't far. Before dusk, Ao Yao's group of three arrived at Shrek City.
Ning Tian and Wu Feng were very interested in this highly prestigious Shrek City, but by comparison, Ao Yao's reaction was much more indifferent.
[Finally reached Shrek City!]
[Unfortunately, it's just as I expected. There doesn't seem to be any place to listen to music in Shrek City... Bad review! Absolute bad review!]
[Even if Shrek City is nearly twice as large as Nine Treasure City, I'm still giving Shrek City a big bad review!]
[In such a large city, there isn't even a place to listen to music... One look and you can tell the people of Shrek Academy don't know the meaning of balancing work and rest. After a day of hard cultivation, listening to a beautiful tune in the city at night is such a wonderful thing!]
[Sigh... Day three of missing Xiao Bai and Xiao Zi from Wangyue Pavilion.]
Ning Tian couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Ao Yao was good in every aspect, except for this one point which was his biggest flaw.
Young, handsome, powerful, and exceptionally talented while also being able to give her great help—he was absolutely the best candidate for her partner. However, Ao Yao's personality was a bit too flighty. To put it nicely, he was unconventional; to put it bluntly, he was a pure perverted slacker!
But...
This wasn't some major flaw.
Being a bit lecherous... in terms of beauty, Ning Tian was confident she wouldn't lose to anyone!
[I might be slacking off in Shrek for quite a long time in the future. If I don't have any tunes to listen to, I definitely won't be able to stand it.]
[So, I've decided.]
[I'm going to open the largest brothel in Shrek Academy! The largest brothel on the entire continent! Let me think... this brothel definitely won't be a low-end place like where Ma Hongjun went to solve his Evil Fire.]
[If I'm opening one, I'll open a high-end brothel! Only selling art, not bodies...]
[On second thought, opening a brothel seems quite troublesome. With my personality, I probably wouldn't and couldn't be bothered to manage it. Forget it.]
[At most, I'll find a few beautiful female Spirit Masters who are no worse than Xiao Bai or Xiao Zi to serve me exclusively, singing and dancing for me and such.]
[That feels like a possibility. The geniuses of Shrek Academy singing and dancing just for me... the thought alone is exciting! This experience would probably be even more thrilling than listening to Xiao Bai's songs or watching Xiao Zi's dances!]
[It's just that such candidates might be hard to find. Forced fruits aren't sweet; I can't bring myself to force others to sing and dance for me. I still prefer mutual consent.]
Wu Feng couldn't help but glare at Ao Yao, and Ning Tian also couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Why record these strange things in the diary book, hey!
And this guy Ao Yao actually wants to find a few beautiful female Spirit Masters to sing and dance for him?
Ning Tian spat inwardly.
To prevent Ao Yao from getting more excited as he wrote and potentially writing something that couldn't pass censorship, Ning Tian had to interrupt:
"Should we hurry and go register?"
As she spoke, Ning Tian took a gold-bordered recommendation letter from her bosom and handed it to Ao Yao:
"This is a recommendation letter from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. With this, you can enroll directly without an entrance test."
Looking at the recommendation letter in Ning Tian's hand, Ao Yao finally reacted.
Oh, right.
My current persona is still that of a trash Spirit Master with only level ten spirit power.
Ao Yao didn't say much and directly took the recommendation letter, which was still warm. He wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but he felt like the letter carried a faint, lingering fragrance.