I looked down at the Eight - Tear Vessel. The answer seemed obvious. It was Full Moon. Before, Full Moon had once controlled Dan Zhu's body. It would be a piece of cake for her to possess Dan Zhu again.
Moreover, the tears in this Eight - Tear Vessel were originally collected to revive her.
Back then, Gu Yuan wanted to exterminate Full Moon, but the Dragon Scale rescued her. Later, the Dragon Scale snatched the Eight - Tear Vessel from me for Full Moon, also aiming to save her.
I turned to look at Gu Yuan and asked in a low voice, "It's Full Moon, right?"
Since I came out, Gu Yuan had remained silent all the time.
It was not until my gaze fell on him that he leaned back on the sofa and answered with a single word, "Yes."
"But now Full Moon is no longer in Dan Zhu's body. Can she survive without the bonus of the vessel spirit?"
"The Eight - Tear Vessel has already taken effect. The vessel spirit is just a transition for her. Now she should have found another physical body."
After hearing this, Jun He immediately took over and said, "Soul - snatching. Then what's the difference between her and a demon?"
When Gu Yuan said this, his eyes dimmed a little. "She has become a demon."
"Have you noticed something?" Judging from Gu Yuan's tone, he seemed to have an idea in mind.
"You seem to have noticed something too, right?" Gu Yuan didn't answer me directly but asked me instead.
I lowered my head and thought about what had happened at the press conference. That woman named Li Xiaoqian. I had thought she was strange before. Now that I thought about it, her every frown and smile really resembled Full Moon.
"Should it be Li Xiaoqian?"
Gu Yuan slightly hooked his lips at me and said, "You're getting smarter."
This was the first time Gu Yuan had praised me for being smart.
"I'm really sorry about Full Moon," Gu Yuan whispered to me.
I could regain my voice because of Full Moon. Since Full Moon's soul entered my body, Gu Yuan had been in control of everything. Now, although Full Moon wasn't truly reborn, it was all Gu Yuan's doing. He really should apologize to me. However, this apology was indeed a bit late.
"You don't need to apologize to me. It's all in the past. I've never taken it to heart." I didn't want to seem like an ungenerous person, holding on to one thing.
"Come with me and Jun He to subdue the demon in a few days." Gu Yuan stood up from the sofa, ruffled my hair on top of my head, and then turned around and left.
I was stunned for a couple of seconds. My hair was all messed up. Did I hear it right? Gu Yuan said he would take Jun He. Weren't they on bad terms long ago?
Before, when Dan Zhu escaped, he asked Jun He to chase after her. I had felt something was off at that time.
Based on his combat power, he could solve things alone. How could he possibly take Jun He with him?
Just as I was thinking about this, Jun He also stood up from the sofa and poked my head with both hands.
"Don't worry, Lan Lan. From today on, I'm your guardian god. No, I'm your guardian demon."
After the two men left, I tidied my hair with my hand, walked to Dan Zhu's side, and whispered, "This Eight - Tear Vessel..."
Dan Zhu immediately understood what I meant and said, "It was originally yours. It should be returned to its rightful owner."
I smiled at her and was about to turn around and leave.
"Lan Lan, Full Moon is really not as simple as you think. As long as it's a vessel spirit, she can control it. So you must be careful."
I thanked Dan Zhu for her kind reminder. Now I wasn't the Lan Chiyu who was lacking three souls before.
Now, if she wanted to possess me, she had to see if she had the ability.
...
A week later, just as dawn was breaking and I was sleeping soundly, Gu Yuan came to my room and knocked on the door.
After a simple wash, I carried my bag and went out with him.
"Where's Jun He?" I looked around but didn't see Jun He's figure.
"He should still be sleeping. Don't worry about him. He'll catch up after he wakes up."
"Based on your speed, can he catch up with you?"
Gu Yuan's magical power was really something. It was really a waste that he wasn't a running messenger immortal. He could really travel ten thousand miles a day.
"We're driving today."
Saying this, Gu Yuan took the schoolbag from me and put it on his own shoulder. His slender hand pressed the car key, opened the door, and motioned for me to get in.
This series of actions was so considerate. To be honest, I was a bit unaccustomed. Was this still Gu Yuan?
No... It was Gu Yuan. Now he gave me a feeling a bit like the Gu Yuan I first met a thousand years ago. Those actions were so warm.
I didn't refuse either. Following his hand, I lowered my head and got into the car.
"Where are we going?" This time, I didn't stay silent as usual but took the initiative to talk to him.
Seeing that I wanted to chat with him, his expression relaxed a lot.
"To find Er Shuai. Full Moon has possessed Li Xiaoqian. She also needs to absorb essence. Er Shuai knows Li Xiaoqian. He should be able to help."
Was this still the Gu Yuan I knew? The former Gu Yuan, who used to be a lone wolf, arrogant and never needed help from friends, had disappeared. Now he actually took the initiative to ask for help. It was really incredible.
"I did see him in the underworld before," I said in a low voice, looking ahead.
"I know. You went to ask for Meng Po's soup, which made him enter reincarnation with the memories of his previous life."
I didn't expect this guy to know everything but just kept silent.
"But it's been a thousand years. How does he still remember me?" I was really confused. Didn't people drink Meng Po's soup once in each life?
"If he's still alive, you have to ask him. How would I know?"
"What do you mean by that?" I was a bit confused. Was Er Shuai also in danger?
Gu Yuan put both hands on the steering wheel and drove seriously, looking straight ahead.
"Full Moon is a demon now. If she wants to maintain a human form, she'll keep absorbing the essence of men. So she'll seduce all the men around her, including Er Shuai."
I nodded and whispered, "No wonder Li Xiaoqian took the initiative to strike up a conversation with you. It turns out that Full Moon wanted to..."
"It's not what you think. Full Moon hadn't possessed her at that time," Gu Yuan quickly explained.
"On that day, the reason I talked to Li Xiaoqian was entirely to investigate Chu Yancheng. If it weren't for him, that little journalist couldn't have slipped into Chu Yancheng's room so smoothly to take pictures secretly."
The way he talked was exactly like a husband explaining to his wife that he had nothing to do with that woman and asking her not to misunderstand.
"Why are you explaining this to me? I don't care."
I turned my head and looked at the trees outside the car window. Regarding Gu Yuan's change, I felt both tangled and gratified in my heart.
What gratified me was that Gu Yuan finally learned to share. He took the initiative to bring up problems and it was so much better for two people to solve them together. Before, he was like a mute gourd, keeping everything in his heart and never explaining.
"Lan Lan, that night..." Although Gu Yuan didn't finish his sentence, I understood what he meant. He was talking about that night in the realm of the state of mind.