"I don't know him." Gu Yuan's answer was serious and straightforward. It was obvious that he really didn't know the person.
"But the way he talked seemed as if he was very familiar with you. Are you sure you have no impression of him?"
Gu Yuan was deep in thought again. After all, he had lived for thousands of years and experienced so much that he needed some time to recall.
"Think hard. As you're getting old, your memory must be failing." I quipped from the side.
However, after thinking for quite a while, his answer remained the same. He didn't know the person.
Then he pulled me into his arms with a mischievous smile. His chest tightly enveloped my back as he said, "It seems you still take me as an old man, right?"
"Ah... No, I wouldn't dare. You'll always be a vibrant young man in my heart..." I begged for mercy in a hurry. Only then did Gu Yuan let me go.
"Once my body recovers, I won't spare you."
I shifted my eyes and asked worriedly, "Isn't your inner core back in your body?"
"Yes, but too much of my spiritual power has dissipated. It'll take some time to gather it back."
After hearing his words, although I was still worried about him, I was also relieved. No wonder he couldn't detect the strangeness of my soul now. It must have something to do with this.
Then Gu Yuan got back to the topic. "Bai Xiangjun's clothes were very eye - catching. One would have a deep impression after just one glance. If I knew him, I couldn't have forgotten."
It made sense. With Gu Yuan's memory, how could he forget such a person?
"The purpose of his covering his face was to prevent others from seeing his true appearance. Maybe the person under the mask is someone we both know."
Gu Yuan still shook his head. "Under normal circumstances, I can tell a person's identity from his figure. But there's not the slightest impression of this person's figure in my mind."
"It's really hard to guess now. He called me an old acquaintance, which means I knew him in my previous life. But I have no memory of my previous life, so I don't know who he is." I pursed my lips and kept rubbing my head.
I turned around and continued to ask, "Do you think there might be such a person in our sealed memories? We'll know who he is once we retrieve our memories."
"These days, I've had some strange dreams at night, but they're all fragmented and I can't piece them together."
"What did you dream about?"
I was still trying to help him analyze, and Gu Yuan was also trying hard to recall. Suddenly, Wu Qingyun knocked on the door.
"Master, Fairy Dan Zhu is here. She wants to see you."
Hearing Dan Zhu's name, my heart skipped a beat. Oh no! What if Dan Zhu told Gu Yuan about me giving my heart - blood and jumping into the Soul - Refining Cauldron? It would all be exposed.
"Ask her to wait. I'll go there later." Gu Yuan got up, changed his clothes, and was about to leave when I quickly blocked his way and grabbed his hand, shaking it.
"I want to go too. Don't leave me alone."
Acting coquettishly always worked on him.
The corner of Gu Yuan's mouth curved up. He tightly held my hand and walked to the main hall.
When Fairy Dan Zhu saw Gu Yuan and me, her eyes were full of guilt. She knelt on the ground with a "thud".
"Master, I've offended you before. Please forgive me."
Since Gu Yuan didn't know the whole story, he was a bit confused about Dan Zhu's behavior.
"Gu Yuan, you deserve her bow." My voice was cold. What she had done couldn't be redeemed even if she kowtowed a hundred times. I wouldn't show any mercy.
"Sister Lan Lan is right. I did go too far. So this time I came here specially to apologize, and I'm willing to help Sister Lan Lan by carrying the soul of Full Moon."
Gu Yuan's face was cold, but there was a hint of confusion in his eyes. The always - arrogant Fairy Dan Zhu used to act high - and - mighty when doing things for Gu Yuan. But today she was so humble.
"Dan Zhu, what exactly happened during the days I was away?" Gu Yuan began to get suspicious.
My heart was in my throat.
"Actually, it's nothing."
I was about to step forward to explain the situation when Gu Yuan grabbed my hand and pulled me behind him, preventing me from speaking.
Fairy Dan Zhu looked up at me and continued, "I thought about it for two days and finally decided to come and apologize to Sister Lan Lan. I was muddle - headed and broke my promise. We had an agreement that as long as she retrieved the inner core of the Nine - Infant Evil Immortal, I would return your inner core. But after she retrieved the inner core of the Nine - Infant, I still deliberately made things difficult for her..."
At this point, my heart was in my throat again. I was so afraid that she would continue.
"Later, a man in white clothes punished me for my broken promise and even wanted to destroy me on the spot. Fortunately, Sister Lan Lan saved me and I managed to survive. I treated Sister Lan Lan so badly, but she repaid me with kindness and gave me the inner core of the Nine - Infant to heal my wounds. So I feel really guilty and I'm here to apologize today."
Dan Zhu's understated words finally made me breathe a sigh of relief.
Gu Yuan's dark eyes were full of suspicion. He stared fixedly at Dan Zhu, trying to see something from her eyes. Dan Zhu didn't dodge his gaze. Instead, she looked at Gu Yuan calmly and then slowly lowered her head.
"Then I'll thank Fairy Dan Zhu for your kindness. Let's follow the original plan and meet at my main hall three days later."
Gu Yuan's voice became gentler. Li Hua quickly stepped forward to help Dan Zhu up, but Dan Zhu bowed respectfully to me. This time, it was obvious that she was sincerely apologizing to me.
But thinking about what she had done before, I still had a grudge against her. Even if she carried the soul of Full Moon, I couldn't be completely honest with her.
After Dan Zhu said these words, she didn't return to her cave abode. Instead, she went into the memorial tablets in our main hall by herself.
Gu Yuan scanned the memorial tablets and his gaze stopped on the memorial tablet of Long Lin.
Long Lin hadn't shown up since I retrieved Gu Yuan's inner core.
"Is Long Lin seriously injured?" Gu Yuan asked me.
"Yes, he's really badly hurt. Almost all his dragon scales are gone. He'll need a long time to recover."
Gu Yuan's expression changed slightly. He opened his palm and put a bottle of pills in my hand.
"Give this to him. It'll speed up his recovery."
I happily took the pills. I knew Gu Yuan was a kind - hearted immortal despite his cold appearance.
Gu Yuan turned around and walked back to his room, not allowing me to follow. He said he was going to prepare for the soul - stripping three days later.
Since he was fine now, I had nothing to worry about. I might as well go and check on Long Lin.
As soon as he left, Ji Xiang and Bai Ling'er stepped into the main hall.
"We've found out that Dan Zhu has an affair with the Immortal of Penglai in the South Sea." Ji Xiang put his arm around my shoulder, out of breath.
It seemed that they had been investigating non - stop.
"You're too late. The matter has already been solved. What's the use of finding out now?" Bai Qi flicked his big tail. He seemed to be really into acting like a fox and was strolling around the main hall like a pet every day.
Ji Xiang was curious about how we had solved the problem so quickly. I was too lazy to explain it to him.
Suddenly my phone rang. Then the instructor scolded me severely, saying that it was almost the holiday but I was never around. If I didn't show up again, I would definitely get a serious demerit this time.
I quickly apologized. I handed the pills for Long Lin to Ji Xiang and asked him to give them to Long Lin later. I grabbed my schoolbag and rushed out of the door in a hurry. He Bi suddenly popped up from somewhere and bumped into me head - on.
I didn't have time to care about him. I glanced at He Bi out of the corner of my eye. He seemed not to notice that he had bumped into me. He was looking down at his phone, giggling non - stop.
It seemed as if he had encountered something wonderful. But that smile always made me feel a bit strange.
When He Bi saw me looking at him with disgust, he quickly deleted the chat record.
"What are you looking at?"
I glanced down at the screensaver of his phone. It was a photo of a beautiful woman, smiling like a flower.
I pursed my lips and joked, "I understand..."
Then I turned around and walked out.
It was understandable for a boy of his age to be in love. It was quite normal.
But on my way, I always felt that something was not right. Suddenly I told the driver to turn around immediately.
The smiling face on He Bi's screensaver just now looked so much like...
My heart tightened and I couldn't help worrying about He Bi.