Chapter 132 Let Me Take You Home

Why is Zi Yan here? Gu He was stunned.

Shouldn't she have been taken back by the people of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan by now? Why is she still in the Central Plains?

"Do you know me?" Zi Yan asked again, looking at him with eager eyes.

Gu He hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "I suppose you could say that."

"Did you come out of Jia Nan Academy? And then arrived in the Central Plains? All by yourself?" Gu He asked.

He was puzzled; why had Zi Yan suddenly become so wretched?

She looked like she hadn't eaten in days. Of course, anyone familiar with the original story knew that Zi Yan's "food" consisted of rare treasures.

Zi Yan nodded. "I came alone!"

"I want to go home!"

"I want to go home very much. Elder Su Qian told me my home might be in the Central Plains, so I snuck out all by myself."

"I didn't expect the Central Plains to be so dangerous. There are experts everywhere, and I can't beat most of them."

"Plus, I don't have any money. Some people thought I was young and easy to bully, and they wanted to capture me, but fortunately, I managed to escape!"

As Zi Yan recounted her history of wandering, Yun Yun had already relaxed her vigilance slightly. Zi Yan was able to throw herself onto Gu He's leg. Her height only reached slightly above Gu He's waist, looking every bit the little loli.

Her snow-white face looked as if it had been smeared with charcoal; she was dirty, likely from crawling into some cave to dig for herbs.

She wrapped her arms around Gu He's waist, making him feel a bit ticklish.

She continued, her voice filled with childish frustration,

"Because I've been hungry for several days without anything to eat... and I happened to see someone passing by. I had no other choice but to... snatch something to fill my stomach."

Yun Yun sighed helplessly. Although Zi Yan was somewhat spoiled and violent, it reminded her of Nalan Yanran, who was staying at the Cloud Mist Sect learning about Sect affairs.

She would eventually hand the Cloud Mist Sect over to Nalan Yanran, so she instructed her to stay in the Sect to study diligently and occasionally go to the Magical Beast Mountain Range for training.

Back when Nalan Yanran followed her up the mountain, she was just as small.

Yun Yun's eyes curved slightly, revealing a hint of nostalgia.

"Big sister, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..."

The more Zi Yan spoke, the more aggrieved she felt. Her dirty little face wore a pitiful expression that made one's heart ache.

Hearing this, Yun Yun stepped forward and stroked her head, her voice as gentle as an orchid blooming,

"It's alright."

In Yun Yun's heart, since Zi Yan had passed Gu He's test and was someone Gu He knew, she didn't mind the small matter of Zi Yan snatching their medicinal herbs on the road.

Although it was a bit of a sudden shock at the time, watching Zi Yan eat the medicinal herbs raw made Yun Yun very worried and sympathetic. She even asked Zi Yan a few questions like, "Where are your parents?"

After all, in her eyes, this was just a little girl who had lost her way.

She didn't know that Zi Yan's actual age was already several hundred years.

If one were to really calculate it, she might have to call Zi Yan her "great-grandmother" without blood relation.

"Wuwuwu~" Zi Yan's sobbing brought Yun Yun back to her senses.

She looked at Gu He, waiting for him to make a decision.

First there is a plan, then a decision, but the decision is more important.

Now there were two plans: first, let this girl named Zi Yan have a full meal and then say goodbye to her; second... take her with them, just like they did with Feng Qing'er, and let her travel with them.

Yun Yun had no objections, so she left the decision-making to Gu He.

After hearing Zi Yan's story, Gu He nodded in understanding.

Judging by the situation, Zi Yan had been drifting for a long time.

From the Black-Corner Region to the Central Plains, one had to say that Zi Yan's persistence and perseverance were dazzling, but at the same time, it was truly too arduous!

The Central Plains were full of experts. Zi Yan's strength could only ensure that she wouldn't lose her life in the wilderness, but given her mental maturity, it was still very difficult to live a good life in the Central Plains.

As if sensing the subtlety of the atmosphere, Zi Yan suddenly spoke up,

"Can... can you help me go home?"

She could keenly sense the aura of an expert radiating from Gu He.

It was very gentle, like flowing water.

What kind of flowing water was it?

In this second, Zi Yan couldn't help but let her thoughts wander.

She had stumbled all the way from Jia Nan Academy to the Central Plains and had seen many beautiful sights. The moment she saw Gu He,

Dressed in black robes, with broad shoulders and a tall stature, his handsome face exuded a sense of maturity, and his clear, refined temperament was like that of an immortal descended from the heavens.

It was like...

The book in the storyteller's hand, the flowing light emitting from the dense characters—it was like her stopping to listen while starving!

It felt like salvation.

At a single glance, she felt that this was the person who could take her home!

"Can you take me home?"

A long time passed after Zi Yan's question without any answer. She was suspicious for a moment, then became alarmed,

Hmm...

Was she too abrupt?

But what should she do?

Elder Su Qian had said that one must be polite to others, and if one wanted others to like them, they had to show their strengths... then she...!

"I eat very little! And I don't need to eat medicinal herbs every time... I can occasionally force myself to eat some dry rations..." Zi Yan said hesitantly.

She felt she had made a huge concession!

She could even endure eating only dry rations!

Wuwuwu... she was in the middle of a growth spurt!

Thinking this, Zi Yan stubbornly raised her little head and looked at Gu He's face,

Only to see Gu He looking at her with a smile. There was no disgust in that smile, nor the covetousness of the disgusting men and women she had encountered before, but rather a hint of doting.

Under such a smile, Zi Yan added,

"If possible... I still want to eat medicinal herbs!"

"When I grow up, my father will come to pick me up!"

Hearing this, a flash of helplessness crossed Gu He's eyes. He smiled faintly and stroked Zi Yan's head,

Zi Yan did not dodge, looking at Gu He with her bright purple eyes,

"Does this mean... you agree?!"

There was a hint of excitement in Zi Yan's voice. She could feel that the Gu He in front of her was a walking treasure trove of medicinal herbs!

Although she didn't know where he hid the herbs, as long as he agreed, she would be able to get a share~

Isn't there a saying, "You eat the meat, I drink the soup"?

Gu He ruffled her little head again,

Zi Yan was the daughter of the Void Ancient Dragon Dragon Emperor, Zhu Kun, possessing the purest royal Bloodline. However... Zhu Kun had been caught by the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor and sent to guard the gate of his Immortal Cave.

Thus, the two were separated. Zi Yan also thought her father had abandoned her, feeling that she was too weak and pathetic, and that he didn't want her as a daughter.

This was a complex misunderstanding, and explaining it to Zi Yan now would be useless.

Gu He said directly, "You won't grow up just by eating medicinal herbs. You need to go home; your family has a way to make you grow up."

"But... I don't know where my home is." Zi Yan's jewel-like eyes were filled with a mist of confusion.

"My name is Gu He. I will take you home," he said.

A gust of wind blew through the only tall tree that remained intact and hadn't been picked clean by Zi Yan. A faint trace of Spiritual Qi lingered around, and the leaves were lifted by the wind, tumbling in the air.

It looked just like a transparent river.