CHAPTER 1914: CHAPTER 1911: TESTING GU YUAN

The power of teleportation descended, and Lin Bai was sent into the Second Floor. While within the teleportation power, Lin Bai turned back and clearly saw a look of terror on Luo Quan’s face.

Recalling what he said before, "Overheard things you shouldn’t have, it’s going to bring trouble," Lin Bai frowned, puzzled as to what Luo Quan actually heard.

But there was no time for Lin Bai to think carefully, as a white light flashed before his eyes, and he stepped into the Second Floor.

"Is this teleportation another random one?"

Lin Bai looked around and found himself in a dense forest, with no living creatures within thousands of meters around him.

"I’ve also lost track of Luo Quan."

"I wonder what news this kid heard that shocked him so much."

"I guess it must be something similar to the thing with Gu Mao, haha, let him be."

Lin Bai looked around but did not find any trace of Luo Quan.

Just as Lin Bai stopped thinking about Luo Quan and was about to take a step forward, at a place not far to the left, about a kilometer away, a white light flashed, revealing a shadow of a person.

This was indeed one of the Warriors who came from the Teleportation Array on the First Floor to the Second Floor.

Lin Bai looked curiously at this shadow. In the Teleportation Array on the First Floor, there were only about thirty or so Warriors, including the short young man who wanted to compete with Lin Bai and the five people from the Ding Family of Xuantian Domain.

Lin Bai was quite curious, could it be that the Warrior teleported to his side might be Luo Quan, or someone familiar to Lin Bai?

Swish—

The white light dissipated, and Lin Bai saw the face of this shadow, instantly revealing a look of surprise.

"Senior Brother Gu Yuan."

Lin Bai exclaimed in his heart.

The young man teleported not far from Lin Bai was not Luo Quan, but Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan and Lin Bai had a decent relationship in the Xuantian Sect, enough to be considered Lin Bai’s only friend in the sect. Moreover, when Lin Bai was refining his second Flying Sword, he had borrowed the Earth Fire from Gu Yuan’s Gu Family, which was a favor yet to be repaid.

Gu Yuan stepped out of the Teleportation Array, glanced around like Lin Bai, and when his gaze landed on Lin Bai, his pupils shrank dramatically. He then smiled at Lin Bai and was about to take off.

Seeing Gu Yuan about to leave, Lin Bai immediately shouted, "Senior Brother Gu Yuan."

Lin Bai called out, but Gu Yuan seemed as if he hadn’t heard and continued flying ahead.

"Senior Brother Gu Yuan."

Lin Bai slightly increased his volume and shouted at Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan paused slightly, looked back at Lin Bai, and woodenly cupped his fists and said, "Lin... Junior Brother Lin Bai?"

Seeing Gu Yuan’s wooden demeanor, Lin Bai furrowed his brows and said with a wry smile, "Senior Brother Gu Yuan, although I’ve had a falling out with the Xuantian Sect, we are still friends, right? It’s not so bad that we would pretend not to know each other when we meet."

Gu Yuan’s smile froze, and he continued with a forced smile, "Haha, Junior Brother Lin Bai, you’re joking. I’ve just arrived on the Second Floor and wanted to hunt a few Puppets. Otherwise, there might not be any Puppets left on the Second Floor."

"You know, we entered the Second Floor quite late. Many Tianjiao entered before us, like the Four Heavenly Disabled Brothers, Half-human Giant Beast, and the Pale Old Strange Man. They went in three hours ago."

"If we delay any longer, we might not see any Puppets at all."

"So, Junior Brother Lin Bai, I’ll take my leave first."

Gu Yuan cupped his fists and said, and after speaking, he was about to turn and leave.

Lin Bai smiled and said, "Indeed, we entered the Second Floor quite late. But meeting Senior Brother Gu Yuan here today, I should thank you again for lending me five million spirit stones at Xuantian Sect to buy artifact refining materials."

"Since we’ve met today, I’ll return these five million spirit stones to you, Senior Brother."

As Lin Bai spoke, he took out five million spirit stones from his Storage Bag and handed them to Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan’s eyes lit up when he saw the spirit stones, and he smiled with joy, "Haha, I didn’t expect Junior Brother Lin Bai to remember such a trivial five million spirit stones."

"If that’s the case, I will take them."

"Junior Brother, we really cannot delay any longer. Otherwise, the Second Floor’s Puppets will be killed by them. I really need to go find some Puppets now."

Gu Yuan said with some urgency.

Lin Bai smiled, "Since the spirit stones have been returned, please, Senior Brother, go ahead."

Gu Yuan cupped his fists and bid farewell to Lin Bai, turning into a long rainbow as he flew towards the sky.

Watching Gu Yuan’s distant silhouette, the smile on Lin Bai’s face gradually froze, and a trace of coldness appeared in his eyes as he murmured softly, "He is not Gu Yuan..."

"Indeed, he’s not."

Lin Bai had already sensed something strange about a few people from the Xuantian Sect in the Teleportation Array on the First Floor, especially Gu Yuan’s attitude towards him, which made Lin Bai particularly puzzled.

As Lin Bai said earlier, even if he had a falling out with the Ding Family of Xuantian Sect, Gu Yuan and he were still friends. Friends wouldn’t pretend not to know each other when they meet.

Even if they didn’t greet each other, the attitude Gu Yuan showed towards Lin Bai at the Teleportation Array on the First Floor was as if he didn’t recognize Lin Bai at all, like a complete stranger.

This made Lin Bai particularly confused.

So when Lin Bai encountered Gu Yuan here, he initially wanted to reminisce with him, but when Gu Yuan spoke, it suddenly gave Lin Bai a sense of unfamiliarity.

Indeed, a sense of unfamiliarity.

It was as if Gu Yuan was no longer the same Gu Yuan who once sparred with Lin Bai in the Xuantian Sect.

This feeling was akin to... the spirit within Gu Yuan’s body had been replaced!

Thus, Lin Bai tested Gu Yuan by saying he had borrowed five million spirit stones and wanted to return them.

But in truth, there was no financial relationship between Lin Bai and Gu Yuan, let alone any talk of borrowing five million spirit stones.

And according to Gu Yuan’s original temperament, if he knew Lin Bai didn’t borrow spirit stones, even if Lin Bai forced the spirit stones on him, he wouldn’t have accepted them.

Yet this Gu Yuan, upon seeing the five million spirit stones, accepted them without even thinking!

At this moment, Lin Bai concluded that this Gu Yuan before him was not the Gu Yuan he knew from the Xuantian Sect.

"What kind of Secret Skill is this after all?"

"Is it Possession?"

"If it is Possession, then the cultivator’s Cultivation must be higher than the Yangshen Realm, and it must be done after Senior Brother Gu Yuan’s death to succeed in Possession..."

"Could Senior Brother Gu Yuan already be dead?"

"Or is... the current Gu Yuan similar to Ding Huo on the Spirit Boat of Xuantian Sect back then, burned by that eerie Green Flames..."

"What is going on here?"

Lin Bai gazed in the direction where Gu Yuan departed, his expression slightly tensed. In an instant, he withdrew his Flying Sword, concealed himself, and flew rapidly in the direction Gu Yuan had gone.