Chapter Twenty-Three: Soul Eater
This time, Teacher Zhu didn't seem too surprised by Gu Wenyu's doubts, and he asked, "How did you find out that you could turn into a cat?"
Gu Wenyu thought for a while and hesitated: "Uh...... Because of an accident, and then suddenly you can become a cat. "She didn't lie either, it was true that by accident, she entered the world of the book, and then she could become a cat.
Teacher Zhu nodded when he heard this, and said, "Maybe no one has told you yet, in a situation like yours, we call it soul power awakening, and generally people who awaken soul power on their own will be born with a special ability." I've heard that there are also people with two abilities, but I've only heard about it, and I haven't seen it. ”
"Oh......" Gu Wenyu nodded, she didn't know if she was considered a soul power awakener, she shouldn't be counted.
Although she doesn't know how she should be counted in this situation, she finally knows that the strange energy in her body is called soul power, and it should be an energy from the soul when she hears the name, no wonder she can use it even if she changes her body.
Teacher Zhu looked at Gu Wenyu and asked, "What are you doing on the rooftop so late?"
Gu Wenyu didn't hide this, "I came to the teaching building with you, I didn't see you after I came in, and then I smelled the demonic qi again, so I came up to take a look." ”
Teacher Zhu was very surprised when he heard this, and he asked in disbelief, "Can you smell the demonic energy?"
Gu Wenyu nodded sneeringly: "Yes." She then remembered that Teacher Zhu said that soul awakeners would only have one ability, so she explained, "This is the ability of the black cat." ”
Teacher Zhu looked at Gu Wenyu suspiciously, as if she didn't believe such a statement, according to her, she can not only transform into a black cat, but also smell demonic energy, which are already two abilities, and ...... How could an ordinary person smell demonic energy? Even his master couldn't do it.
It can only be said that the abilities of the soul power awakened are strange, and anything is possible.
"Why are you following me?" Mr. Zhu returned to the topic just now, and there was a hint of alarm in his tone.
"Because you look exactly like my brother. Gu Wenyu said.
"Gu Wentian?" Teacher Zhu still remembered Gu Wenyu's words in the afternoon.
"Yes. Gu Wenyu nodded.
Teacher Zhu sighed and said, "But I'm not your brother." ”
"I know. Gu Wenyu didn't mean to be disappointed, but continued: "But you and my brother must have something to do with it. ”
Teacher Zhu said helplessly: "I said, I don't know Gu Wentian. ”
"I know. Gu Wenyu said again.
"Then you still ......" Teacher Zhu was very puzzled.
"Maybe there's something you don't even know. Gu Wenyu said.
Teacher Zhu smiled, "How is it possible, if I don't know it myself, then what can you know if you follow me?"
Gu Wenyu shook his head and didn't answer this question, but asked another question: "What was that leopard-like thing just now?"
Teacher Zhu's face became solemn again when he heard this, and said, "It's a Soul Devouring Beast." ”
"Soul Eater?" Gu Wenyu hadn't heard of this kind of thing.
Teacher Zhu was not impatient, he explained: "The Soul Eater is a strange creature between a monster and a demon soul, and its whole body is pitch black, which is difficult to catch with the naked eye. That thing is born to eat people's souls, and the girl who was killed today should have encountered a soul eater. ”
"Then we just let it run, isn't there still someone who is going to suffer?" Gu Wenyu said with a bitter face.
"Hmm...... I'm afraid so. "Teacher Zhu's face is not very good-looking.
Gu Wenyu was silent for a while, as if she remembered something, she pointed to the place where the formation was engraved just now, and asked, "What was the one that would glow just now?"
Teacher Zhu: "It's the Demon Gathering Array." ”
Gu Wenyu could roughly understand the purpose of this thing when he heard the name, so he asked again, "You painted it?"
Teacher Zhu shook his head and said, "No, I want to reverse the formation, but unfortunately it hasn't been completed yet." ”
Gu Wenyu: "What will happen if you reverse the formation?"
Teacher Zhu was finally tired of being asked, "This classmate, you have a lot of questions!"
Gu Wenyu immediately saluted and said, "Report to Teacher Zhu, my name is Shen Qing." Then she said weakly: "No one has told me this before, every time I encounter these monsters, I don't know what to do, it's rare that Mr. Zhu knows everything, of course I have to ask clearly, otherwise if I hit the muzzle, wouldn't I die very unjustly." ”
Gu Wenyu's words were half-true, she really wanted to know these things, but she didn't often encounter the demons, she was full of calculations, and this time was only the third time.
"Shen Qing, you and your brother don't have the same surname?" Teacher Zhu asked rhetorically.
"Uh...... No, it's a long story. Gu Wenyu originally planned to make up a lie, but she considered that she would leave one day, and it would bring too much trouble to Shen Qing at that time, so she was vague first.
Mr. Zhu didn't delve too deeply into this issue, people may not be brothers and sisters, or they may have a father's surname and a mother's surname, so he doesn't need to ask too clearly.
Gu Wenyu saw that Teacher Zhu didn't speak, so he asked tentatively, "Teacher Zhu, what will happen if you reverse the formation?"
Teacher Zhu looked at Gu Wenyu, and finally explained: "Recall the monster and suppress it." ”
Gu Wenyu: "Oh, that...... The formation is gone, is there no way?"
"Well, the Soul Eater has already destroyed the Demon Gathering Array, and I can't help it. Teacher Zhu nodded, he has a teacher, and he is quite clear about the affairs of the demon clan. And for a soul awakener like Shen Qing, he couldn't really let it go, so Shen Qing's questions were answered as much as he could.
Gu Wenyu thought about it, and she thought of a terrible question: "If this Demon Gathering Array is used to summon Soul Devouring Beasts, then who drew this formation?"
Teacher Zhu shook his head, his face became a little more gloomy, this was also the question he was worried about, "It is impossible for the demon clan to portray the demon gathering array by itself, so there is a black hand behind this." ”
"Why did you deliberately invite the Soul Eater Beast? Just to kill someone? Do you just want to kill that girl, or do you want to kill people indiscriminately? Why does it have to be a Soul Eater Beast? Is there any evil art that uses soul cultivation?" Gu Wenyu asked a bunch of questions at once.
Teacher Zhu knocked on her head angrily and said, "These things are not your responsibility, you still have to study hard." It's not early, hurry back to the dormitory. With that, Mr. Zhu walked towards the gate.
Gu Wenyu covered his head, followed, and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't underestimate me, I can also help." ”
"It's good if you don't make a mess. Teacher Zhu picked up the iron lock on the ground, and when Gu Wenyu also came out, he was ready to close the door.
"How could I make a mess, I can at least distinguish the demonic qi, wouldn't it be able to help? Moreover, I saved you just now!" Gu Wenyu argued that she had to find the murderer together.
It's not that Gu Wenyu isn't afraid, it's that she has a reason why she has to do this.
First of all, she has to catch the murderer before she can leave the world in the book; secondly, Teacher Zhu looks exactly like Gu Wentian, she has to have more contact with Teacher Zhu in order to find the connection between him and her brother; finally, and most importantly, Teacher Zhu has a teacher at a glance, and she can inquire more about things by following Teacher Zhu.
Therefore, Gu Wenyu must work with Teacher Zhu to find the Soul Eater and the black hand behind it.