Fragments of memory scattered like broken glass.
Wu Yi sucked in a deep breath of air and jolted awake from the nightmare.
“You’re awake?”
Kefulu’s embrace was calming but surprisingly, this wasn’t inside the temple.
She had brought him back to Bluewave Port.
Not far off on the beach, a graceful elf and a lively, curvy catgirl were playing beach volleyball.
A demon girl showed off her impressive figure, skin glistening with oil.
A few bats squeaked as they ordered fresh blood at the cold drink stand.
The loli shopkeeper handed over a cup of “auntie’s red” on the rocks with practiced ease.
Nearby, a ghost lounged under a sun umbrella, tickling a dragon’s feet.
The once-hostile and distrustful races were now living in perfect harmony under the same sky.
Basking in the joy of sun and sand.
Wu Yi couldn’t help but smile, lifting his chin with pride.
“By the way, why did you leave the temple?”
Wasn’t Kefulu the kind of person who made everyone around her lose their sanity?
“In Wu Yi’s dream, I had some insights,” Kefulu toyed with the energy dancing at her fingertips. “I’ve learned to control the overflow of my psychic power.”
Great. She’s gotten stronger again!
“Which means I can leave the temple and come find you.”
“…Huh?”
“If Wu Yi is hiding on some remote island, then we just have to search the remote islands.”
“…”
That won’t work! Xiao Qi still has school.
I need to hand these walking disasters off to an old friend, then return to the island and AFK in peace…
Searching all the remote islands? That’d take forever!
No, I need to take control of the situation.
“I can give you a sea chart,” Wu Yi hopped down to the ground. “It shows the last known location of Wu Yi—but you’ll have to listen to me.”
“Listen to what?”
“I need to entrust the little gourds at home to an old friend first. We need to go find them.”
“Tch, fine. Where to?”
“Plains Province.”
“…Don’t you think that’s asking a bit much? Crossing the entire continent, just like that?”
“If we catch good winds, it’s just over a month’s journey.”
“But I want to see Wu Yi now.”
Wu Yi chuckled smugly.
“It’d take you at least a few decades to search all the remote islands. I’m handing you a map that’ll save you decades of time, and you can’t spare a month?”
Fair point.
“But if we get there and Wu Yi’s not on that island, I’ll do everything I planned to do to her… to you instead.”
Kefulu’s tone had not a trace of jest.
She meant it.
Especially since her last interrogation had failed—she was even more eager for the next time, to fully invade and conquer every corner of the girl’s body and soul.
But before that, she had to figure it out—why was this girl’s mouth so damn tight?
Once she found the right approach, she wouldn’t hesitate to strike again and this time, finish everything she’d started last night.
……
In the temporary residence, Kefulu picked up Xiao Qi.
Watching from the side, Wu Ma couldn’t help but feel dazed—for a moment, it looked like Kefulu was the real pillar of this household, while the troublemaker miss was just her little wife.
“So where the hell did that bastard Wu Ye go?” Wu Ma felt like he was the only fool in the world, left in the dark about countless secrets. “He just dumps his daughter here and vanishes?!”
“He should be back soon.”
Wu Yi guessed that her prophet form was about to run out of time.
The spirit core was already starting to stir.
It was almost time to sneak away and find a quiet, remote place in the wilderness to transform back into Wu Ye.
…But remember to bring men’s clothes. Otherwise, it’d be really weird.
While Kefulu was focused on Xiao Qi, Wu Yi slipped into the house and threw on a loose set of men’s clothes, then slipped out the window.
“Thud—”
Dammit, why did Xiao Qi leave a bar of soap on the windowsill?!
Slippery as hell—she took a nasty tumble again.
……
“Xiao Qi, did you do what Uncle said and put soap on the windowsill to keep out burglars?” Wu Ma crouched down and poked her nose.
“I did! I did!” Xiao Qi waved her hands proudly.
“At night, if someone tries to climb in and hits the soap, it’ll slip and fall—makes a noise… that way we’ll know and can react.”
“Thud—”
The sound from the back window came right on cue.
Wu Ma’s eyes narrowed.
“Xiao Qi, go play with your sister. I need to step out.”
Wu Ma suppressed his presence and stepped silently toward the source of the sound.
He had learned stealth techniques from Her Highness Wu Yi.
Back when he served as a Thunder Envoy, he often went on assassination missions—hiding one’s presence was an essential skill.
He blended his breath with the wind, silenced the sound of his heartbeat, and moved light as a cat on the wall.
Countless agents of the Divine Realm had died to this stealth.
Using it on a petty thief was overkill.
But Wu Ma didn’t let his guard down.
This house held his best friend’s loved ones—whoever tried sneaking in, he had to know why.
He quickly and silently moved to the back of the house—just in time to see a figure sneakily climbing out the window.
Huh?!
The troublemaker miss?
What the hell was she doing? And why was she… wearing Wu Ye’s clothes?
Wu Ma couldn’t make sense of it.
So he decided to follow.
Silently scaling the wall, Wu Ma merged his presence with the environment.
Only once he was certain he wouldn’t be detected, he carefully tailed the troublemaker girl—
Following her, all the way into the depths of the forest.
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