Chapter 51 Strange Gem
Star Forest.

The vast forest is lined with green trees and filled with fresh air.

Right in the center of the most famous forest in Douluo Continent, there is a small lake. If you hadn’t really come here, it would be hard to believe that there would be such a wonderful scene in this vast forest.

The lake is not very big, with a diameter of only about 100 meters, but it is as clear as a mirror, reflecting the green trees on both sides, which creates an interesting effect.

A delicate and pretty little girl with scorpion braids came to the lake and sat down, staring at the lake in a daze.

Behind her, an extremely huge chimpanzee was squatting quietly.

Compared with the chimpanzee’s mountainous body, the little girl looked so small and frail.

The little girl was Xiao Wu, who was persuaded by Chen Feng to come back. On the way home, she racked her brains but couldn’t figure out how she was exposed.

She also didn’t know whether she should go back to school or go to the human world again with her identity exposed.

When Xiao Wu was sitting by the lake in a daze, suddenly, there was a splash of water, and a huge head emerged from the lake in front of Xiao Wu.

It was a bull’s head, at least four meters in diameter, with two large eyes like lanterns shining brightly.

The strange thing is that what is connected to the back of this giant is not the body of a cow, but a huge snake body that is black and blue and several times thicker than a water tank.

“Daming, you’re out.” Xiao Wu waved to the strange snake without any fear.

“Xiao Wu, why are you back? Is it vacation time?” Daming said in human language.

“No, I just have something to do, so I have to come back temporarily.” Xiao Wu said.

She didn’t intend to tell the truth to Daming and Erming, because if she did, they would definitely not let her leave.

“What’s the matter? Do you need our help?” Daming asked curiously.

“I came back to see if there are any soul guides at home, the kind that can hold things. I remember that in the past, humans left behind many soul guides in the forest after their death.”

Xiao Wu racked her brains and finally came up with a reasonable reason.

Xiao Wu doesn’t know much about soul guides.

She had only seen the master use that beautiful belt to store and retrieve things during her trip to the Gold Dust Valley.

After returning to the academy, Xiao Wu asked the master and found out that it was a storage soul guide.

The price of the storage soul guide is very expensive and it is not something that three children can afford.

The master’s belt was used to store the blood of a dragon-type soul beast, so he did not give the belt away.

This makes it somewhat troublesome for Chen Feng and the other two to carry something with them.

In this case, it is indeed reasonable for Xiao Wu to use the soul guide as an excuse.

And in the short time she had to make excuses for herself, she made the decision to return to college.

Xiao Wu felt that she shouldn’t escape like this. If she hid in the Star Dou Great Forest from then on and didn’t go out, she would be safe, but her cultivation speed would be greatly reduced.

Moreover, Xiao Wu also wants to find the person who killed her mother and avenge her. If she wants to do this, she can’t hide in the Star Dou Great Forest.

So she had to return to the human world.

As for Chen Feng knowing her identity, Xiao Wu felt that it shouldn’t be a big problem.

Because Chen Feng had been helping her cover up, and this time he had warned her in advance to return to the Xingdou Great Forest to avoid the powerful spirit masters who might come to Notting Academy. If Chen Feng had any ill intentions towards her, he would not have done this.

After hearing Xiao Wu’s words, Daming recalled and said:

“So that thing is called a soul guide? I have accumulated quite a few over the years. If you want them, take them all.”

Daming dived into the lake and soon emerged with a bunch of colorful items in his mouth.

It spit out the pile of things onto the shore and said something heroic in a flat voice:

“Take whatever you like.”

Xiao Wu went over to the pile of items and began to pick and choose. After a while, she selected three storage soul guides that she thought were pretty good.

Xiao Wu was just about to ask Daming to put the pile of things back to the bottom of the lake, but suddenly she felt something inside the pile attracting her.

Under Daming’s puzzled gaze, Xiao Wu reached out and pulled apart the pile of colorful things, looking for the source of her attraction.

Soon, she saw the object that attracted her.

It was a blood-red gem-like object, a bit like a water drop in size and shape, with a crystal clear color, and it looked like a high-quality gem.

Looking at the gem, Xiao Wu tilted her head in confusion. For some reason, she felt as if she could sense the power of moonlight within the gem.

“Daming, did you collect this thing?” Xiao Wu asked the Sky Blue Bull Python.

The Azure Bull Python glanced at the gem with its lantern-like eyes, then uttered a puzzled sound:

“Huh? Why do I seem to have never seen this thing before? When did it appear here?”

“Haven’t you seen it? Could it have fallen here at some point? Or perhaps it flowed here along the river?” Xiao Wu guessed.

“Maybe? I don’t have much impression of this thing.” Daming said, “Sister Xiaowu, if you are interested, take it.”

“Then I’ll take it. I feel like it might be useful to me.” Xiao Wu said as she reached out to grab the blood-red gem.

The moment Xiao Wu’s hand touched the gem, she saw everything around her disappear, replaced by a completely unfamiliar environment.

It was a dark and desolate land, and the only thing that brought light was the crimson moon in the sky.

“Wait, why is the moon crimson?” Xiao Wu thought curiously.

She looked up at the strange moon in the dark sky, examining the details and trying to figure out why it was red.

However, not long after, Xiao Wu gradually felt a sense of security from this crimson moon, just like her mother’s embrace.

“Mom…” Xiao Wu’s eyes gradually lost their luster, and she walked forward blankly, trying to get closer to the crimson moon in the sky.

Just as she was immersed in the long-lost sense of security and was about to lose her self-awareness, a loud wolf howl suddenly rang out.

“Ouch~~~”

Xiao Wu suddenly woke up from her trance. She was surprised to find that the moon in the sky had changed from its original crimson color to pure silver-white at some point, and no longer had the motherly sense of security.

When she looked around, trying to find the source of the wolf howl, she saw a huge shadow covering her.

Xiao Wu turned around suddenly and saw a giant silver-white wolf looking at her quietly.

　A character from the previous book makes a small cameo appearance~

　
(End of this chapter)