Chapter 233 - 89

Chapter 89: ReasonOne day later, Ye Feng sighed, turned around to look behind him, and saw the Three-Eyed Golden Lion light-footedly following right behind him, running ahead of him from time to time.Her eyes darted around curiously; she rarely left the Lake of Life, and even within the Star Dou Great Forest, there were many things she had never seen before."Little fellow, you are a Spirit Beast, and also the auspicious beast of the empire. You cannot leave the Star Dou Great Forest, so please stop following me, alright?"Faced with Ye Feng's earnest and persistent persuasion, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion showed strong resistance."I don't want to go back. The Lake of Life is too boring, and the uncles and aunts won't play with me.""Then you don't have to follow me, right? I am a Spirit Master after all; aren't you afraid I'll hunt and kill you?"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion shook her head in denial, her large golden eyes sparkling brightly, full of trust in her gaze."You won't. You wouldn't do that. You give me a very close and warm feeling."Hearing this ambiguous answer, Ye Feng slowed his pace and spoke somewhat helplessly:"You trust your feelings just like that? Close? How come I don't..."Ye Feng's question came to an abrupt halt. His expression paused slightly as he suddenly realized that his attitude towards the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was somewhat too gentle.From the vigilance when they first met to becoming familiar after just a few words, while there was certainly the factor of original-work filters, it shouldn't have made Ye Feng let down his guard so quickly.Ye Feng didn't want to admit it, but he indeed had that same sense of closeness.Frowning slightly, he stood in place, sinking his mind into his spiritual sea to find any anomalies.Although the Three-Eyed Golden Lion didn't know why he suddenly stopped, she obediently sat in place and waited patiently.After a while, Ye Feng opened his eyes, and a lingering, impenetrable solemnity still shrouded them.Seeing this, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion jumped onto Ye Feng's shoulder and asked in confusion:"Human, what's wrong with you?"Ye Feng took her down from his shoulder, held her in his arms, and said softly:"I also have the same sense of closeness as you. This is not a good thing; our minds have been subtly and imperceptibly influenced.""Could your Uncle Wan Yao Wang—no, that wouldn't benefit him."Spirit Beasts of the mental attribute were already rare to begin with, and those capable of influencing Ye Feng were even fewer. Currently, the only one he could think of was Wan Yao Wang.But he had no motive, and this held no benefit for him; it was even more disadvantageous than advantageous.Generally speaking, if one wanted to find the culprit, directly looking for the one who profited the most would be correct eight or nine times out of ten.But this time, Ye Feng couldn't think of anyone who would profit at all.Could it be that Gu Yuena activated her world-shaking wisdom and wanted to use him to control all of humanity?Well, that was also unlikely. Gu Yuena was probably still slumbering, and even if she wanted to make a move against him, given Gu Yuena's strength, she could just control him directly without needing to go to such trouble.Unable to figure it out, Ye Feng cast his gaze toward the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. He wasn't the only one who had been hit; perhaps asking her would yield some gains."When did the sense of closeness start? Hmm, it seems to have been two years ago.""What? Two years ago! Little fellow, did you remember wrong? At that time, we hadn't even met yet."Just when Ye Feng thought the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had remembered the time incorrectly, she vowed and swore to deny Ye Feng's question, saying:"It was indeed two years ago. I remember it clearly, and I definitely didn't remember it wrong."Ye Feng's mind went completely numb; he never expected that this would involve such a distant time as two years ago."But we haven't even met yet; how did you feel that sense of closeness?"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion did not answer his question, instead half-closing her eyes as if deep in thought."Hmm~, I remember that day, half of the Spirit Beast clan's fortune on my body was suddenly split away, and then, a familiar and close aura appeared in that direction."The Three-Eyed Golden Lion raised her paw, pointing forward, her tone full of certainty and seriousness.Ye Feng was stunned. The direction she pointed was precisely the direction he was heading—Heaven Dou City."Wait, you mean half of the Spirit Beast fortune on you was split away?""That's right.""Then do you know where that other half of the fortune went?"Ye Feng already had a guess in his heart, and his expression wasn't very pretty, but he still couldn't help confirming it with her."I know, it's on you."Well then, things were completely screwed now.Ye Feng was somewhat driven crazy, his mind a complete mess."Why didn't you say so earlier? Wait... you left the Lake of Life, could it be just to come find me?"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion turned her head away with a guilty conscience, obviously lacking confidence.Ye Feng's heart completely died; he didn't know why he had inexplicably obtained half of the Spirit Beast fortune.He wasn't a Spirit Beast himself; even if he obtained fortune, it should have been human fortune.In fact, if he could, Ye Feng would rather not have either kind of fortune; all gifts were secretly marked with a price tag in the dark.He didn't believe that pie would fall from the sky; things that were free were the most expensive.At the same time, he also figured out the source of that sense of closeness.Since both he and she carried the Spirit Beast fortune, it was completely normal to feel close and affectionate.Ye Feng gradually regained his composure and began searching for the cause."Little fellow, from which month two years ago did you begin to feel the separation of fortune?"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion tightly closed her eyes, her brow slightly furrowed, and her head tilted slightly. It was evident that she was trying very hard to recall."...I don't remember."Ye Feng sighed, but he didn't blame her either. The Lake of Life was unaffected by the four seasons, and since she stayed there year-round, it was completely normal for her not to remember the exact time.Ye Feng rubbed her soft fur, soothing her emotions.Shortly after, he lowered his head slightly, his body moving forward unconsciously while his consciousness had already returned to two years ago, carefully recalling everything related to Spirit Beasts.Ye Feng's life was very simple. Because he didn't need to hunt Spirit Beasts to acquire spirit rings, and usually didn't leave Heaven Dou City either, his connections with Spirit Beasts were very few.In the end, he locked his gaze onto two figures: Yaoguang and Jinling.Yaoguang was the Spirit Beast most closely connected to him, raised by him since she was little.Furthermore, she had experienced ancestral reversion, carrying the bloodline of the Ice Phoenix. The phoenix represented auspiciousness, so it was understandable that she was sheltered by fortune.But there was a very obvious problem: Yaoguang hadn't completely undergone ancestral reversion; in essence, she was still a Hurricane Gyrfalcon right now. Moreover, her ancestral reversion was something from a year ago, so the time didn't match up either.As for Jinling, the possibility was much greater. First of all, the current Jinling should be classified as a Spirit Beast, and the bloodline of the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff on her was extremely pure.Timewise, around this time two years ago, Ye Feng happened to be awakening Jinling's bloodline and condensing her natal spirit ring.But even if he focused his gaze on Jinling, Ye Feng still couldn't understand what could possibly involve something as profound and mysterious as fortune.Helpless, Ye Feng began to ask the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for her opinion. The vertical red pupil between her brows was the "Eye of Destiny", which claimed to be able to "see through destiny and pierce through cause and effect".Perhaps she could see something that Ye Feng couldn't.