Chapter 338 Maple Flame - The Greedy Dragon - Doubt
When Yu Xunge regained consciousness, she discovered that there were only 47 days left before she could leave the tower. She had actually been in a daze for 10 days before "awakening".
Her first instinct was to check what skills she had lost this time.
Another B-level skill – [Rest Day Off]!
She has maximum luck, but both times she lost a skill, it was at least a B-level... What did the other players lose?
However, Yu Xunge wasn't heartbroken. Putting aside the fact that she had acquired as many as 40 B-grade attack skills in the tower over the years, losing only two B-grade skills wasn't a loss. Moreover, with the [Wind Blowing Dandelion] that Maple Sugar found for her, her need for [Rest] wasn't that great anymore.
At this time, because of her "foolishness", she was sent to clean up the corpses on the battlefield. Yu Xunge continued to maintain this foolish persona, spending her days either cleaning up the battlefield or stealing attributes. Whenever she saw a divinely bestowed talent that could save her life, she would try to transfer it to herself in order to improve her strength as soon as possible so that she could protect herself.
She can't afford to have any more mishaps, not only because she doesn't want to lose any more skills, but also because she needs to be in top condition when she leaves the tower.
After finding an opportunity, she went to a hidden location and released Tulan.
After obtaining Feng Ran's identity, she handed a note to Tu Lan in the pet space, telling her not to come out for the time being. When Tu Lan came out, she asked curiously, "What's wrong? What happened? I was so worried!"
Yu Xunge silently looked at the phone between Tu Lan's two paws; the match-3 game on the screen was still running.
Tu Lan glanced down following her gaze, casually hid her phone, and said without changing her expression, "I feel upset and can't eat. I need to distract myself."
Yu Xunge didn't press the matter further; she told Tu Lan to stay by her side and be careful to protect herself.
Tu Lan knew that Yu Xunge wouldn't really be angry. This was what she liked most about Yu Xunge: she always asked very little of those around her. Her happiness, her safety, her ideals and pursuits were never entrusted to others, not even Tu Lan, with whom she had a contract.
Even when he took her to the battlefield to train her, it was mostly because of Xue Dui's entrustment.
Before entering the tower, she secretly boasted about it using the communication dragon tooth and the Holy Grail, saying that her contractor was really, really good.
But the Holy Grail says, "The fact that she never asks anything of you precisely shows that she is prepared to lose you at any time."
Turan was so angry at these words that she almost burst into tears. She wanted to refute the Holy Grail, but she couldn't come up with any strong evidence to refute it.
She even threw a tantrum at the Holy Grail: "But I won't leave her!"
“I understand. You want her to like you, to trust you completely, and even to be unable to live without you,” the Holy Grail’s tone carried a lightness and amusement that Tulan couldn’t understand. “Then do you think she will abandon you?”
“She won’t! As long as I always stand by her side, she won’t abandon me! You don’t know, she…” You don’t know that when she fought Miyas, she specifically protected me, but that’s her secret with Yu Xunge, and she doesn’t tell anyone!
"That's enough, Tulan. You've known her for less than you've lived. You can't be so greedy. The more precious something is, the harder it is to get. The same goes for you, Tulan. Cherish your feelings and don't squander them."
Now, they've been together in the tower for over two hundred years, longer than she's ever lived, right? Can she be greedy now?
Tu Lan sighed sadly, then transformed into a little bird and perched on Yu Xunge's head to help her clean up the battlefield.
Yu Xunge was amused by her expression: "What's wrong? Why are you looking so bitter and resentful?"
Tu Lan ruffled Yu Xunge's hair to make herself more comfortable, and said in a muffled voice, "I've encountered some difficulties."
When the child said she had encountered a problem, Yu Xunge laughed for a while, but she couldn't get any answers from her. So she simply started telling the child in her mind about her identity and experiences in the last reincarnation.
Tu Lan: "So, you suspect Feng Mu and Feng Cang?"
Yu Xunge: "Yeah, Feng Mu gave me a really strange feeling. It was like she had been inside for a long time, like... the real Feng Mu hadn't completely died, and still had a part of her consciousness left."
Tu Lan: "Where's Feng Cang? Isn't she still alive?"
Yu Xunge avoided the approaching Oak Owl squad leader and looked at the wooden house atop the clover tree not far away. A maple leaf was carved on the roof of that house. She stared blankly for a while, her tone calm and without any fluctuation: "Feng Cang's problem is bigger. Her last glance was too strange. Her feelings for Feng Ran were definitely no less than those for Feng Mu and Feng Tang. Moreover, Feng Ran had no conflict of interest with her. Under what circumstances would someone who deeply loves you feel anticipation and joy at your death? And Feng Ran was still a heroic spirit."
What's more, she had half of her wing cut off in her attempt to revive Feng Cang, but when Feng Cang woke up and saw this, his eyes were filled with wild joy...
She couldn't help but think of Feng Cang's expression when he first received the little round cookie necklace she made, his strange behavior of later asking her to make a little bear cookie necklace, and the hug Feng Tang gave her when she told Feng Tang that she wanted to learn to toast and that everyone should call her Little Feng Tang.
Everything seemed strange, which made her wonder if some of her unintentional actions and lines just happened to coincide with what the real Feng Ran had done and said, creating an astonishing coincidence.
Are the maple syrup and maple trees inside the tower really just virtual characters woven from memories?
Most importantly, the tower is open to all alien races, and once inside, these heroic spirits will teach skills. Under what circumstances would an alien leader be so generous as to give away A-level or even S-level skill books to those who ascend the tower? She didn't believe that Maple Sugar could have noticed Feng Cang's abnormality back then, or that she couldn't have discovered that she was also a tower ascender.
What's the biggest difference between "Feng Ran" and "Feng Cang"? It's simply that one is alive, while the other has long since died.
Tu Lan unconsciously grabbed Yu Xunge's hair with her bird claws. She wasn't stupid and quickly understood what Yu Xunge meant: "You mean, Feng Ran might be resurrected?"
Yu Xunge sighed, "Yes, and it's very likely related to the blessing of the heroic spirits received after climbing the tower."
Tulan said anxiously, "The snowdrift didn't say this would happen!"
Sensing Tu Lan's tension and worry, Yu Xunge reassured her, "He might not be able to say, and the fact that Feng Qie so casually gave me absolute clarity back then was already a kind of reminder and help."
Tulan: "Are you sure?"
Yu Xunge: "If the light wings I obtained after leaving the tower came from Feng Ran... then this guess is probably 80% true."
Feng Ran will be resurrected on her body with the help of the wings of light.
The tower's purpose is not merely to commemorate the heroic spirits of the 12 alien races, but to leave room for the resurrection of the Oak Owl's spirit. The earth-shaking war song is the Oak Owl celebrating the imminent resurrection of the heroic spirits.
No wonder the 11 alien races didn't allow their own kind to enter the tower. Perhaps those higher-ups knew something, but were restricted by something like the Pujiu, preventing them from speaking openly. What's even stranger is that they didn't hunt down those Light Oak Owls.
Tulan suddenly exclaimed, "Then what about your kind...?"
Yu Xunge remained silent; this was the most difficult part.
Even the high-ranking members of the 11 alien races couldn't openly discuss this matter, and she might have been placed under a restriction without even realizing it.
She can tell Tulan about this now, perhaps because she hasn't received the blessing of the Heroic Spirit yet, or perhaps because Tulan signed a contract with her. Maybe she won't be able to say it once she leaves the tower.
However, this actually relieved her; "not being able to say" was actually the best outcome.
If she can really say it, things will be very difficult for her after she leaves.
Tell Dinghai? That's like digging a hole for yourself. She said she wouldn't be possessed by the spirit of the Oak Owl, but outsiders might not believe her.
Not speak? Her own home had been infiltrated by foreign enemies. To expect her to remain silent and watch without saying a word was something she couldn't do, whether out of emotion or self-interest. Dinghai was her crucial rear base. If Blue Star was unstable, she could very well be attacked from both sides.
Let's take "walking in the tower as an oak owl for 300 years, those with weak will will be influenced by the oak owl and assimilated by it" as the standard answer. This way, Dinghai will be wary and vigilant towards them, but will not exterminate them. At least they will not have a righteous excuse to kill them.
After all the twists and turns, the explanation about snowdrifts turned out to be the best conclusion.
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