Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 423 Mother?

"This place is a bit different from what I expected. It's one thing to have a dedicated gym, but why is there even a bar?"

Fors walked through the rooms, looking at the various entertainment facilities inside, and couldn't help but marvel at how the wealthiest organization was, even having an indoor amusement park inside a fortress.

"After all, the staff here do their best to check various facilities every day and are responsible for verifying the identities of people entering and leaving the Star Dou Great Forest. It is a rather tedious job."

"So in order to prevent them from developing mental problems, the Spirit Pagoda doesn't mind giving them some ways to relax and relieve stress," Qian Gu Qingfeng explained gently from the side.

"There probably aren't many people coming and going here all year round, right? All you have to do every day is check some facilities and then you can rest. It's such a simple job!" Fors said with some envy. It really is a great job!

"You're overthinking it. This job rotates every three years. During that time, you have to clock in every day, and the facilities also need to be checked twice a day, morning and evening. With the number of staff and facilities, each check takes about four hours."

It's practically a year-round job with shifts changing every three years, and you have to work eight hours a day.

Listening to Qian Gu Qing Feng's words, Fors suddenly felt that this job wasn't so wonderful after all.

"Hello, Councilor Qingfeng."

"Good morning, Miss Fors."

Just then, a woman in uniform ran over and immediately bowed to Qian Gu Qingfeng. She had already learned that Qian Gu Qingfeng would be here through the mecha guards outside the fortress.

So, as soon as Qian Gu Qingfeng came in, she immediately ran over.

"Well, I'm taking my disciples into the Star Dou Great Forest. Make the arrangements immediately," Qian Gu Qingfeng said calmly.

"Yes, please follow me." The woman nodded and immediately got up to lead the way.

Qian Gu Qingfeng and Fors followed the woman into the elevator and arrived at a room where a man in uniform was waiting.

Upon entering the room, the woman immediately said, "Monkey, hurry up and bring the machine over."

"Yes." The man called the monkey immediately picked up something resembling a POS machine and said to Qian Gu Qingfeng, "Councilor Qingfeng, I'm really sorry, but that's the rule. We need to verify the identity of the people entering and leaving. Please show your identification."

"It's nothing." Qian Gu Qingfeng took out his ID card with a calm expression. This is one of the rules of the Spirit Pagoda. You must show your ID card before and after entering or leaving.

"Identity verified." The machine quickly lit up green, and then the monkey walked up to Fors. Looking at the beautiful woman before him, he couldn't help but be momentarily stunned before stammering, "This... Miss, please show me..."

Before the monkey could finish speaking, the young woman behind him slapped him on the back of the head. Then, she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Councilor Qingfeng, the monkey is a bit inflexible. You and Miss Fors are of normal status, please come this way."

As she spoke, the woman handed Fors a card. "This is a one-time pass. Please keep it safe. You'll need this card to prove your identity when you return."

Then, the woman, accompanied by the gentle breeze of time, arrived in front of a metal wall. The wall opened automatically, revealing a large metal door. "Next, please follow this passage. After passing through the passage, you will arrive at the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Understood," Qian Gu Qingfeng said calmly, then led Fors into the metal passage.

Watching Qian Gu Qing Feng and Fors walk into the passage, and then after the passage door closed, the woman couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Ouch, Sister Xing, you didn't have to hit me so hard," Monkey said, rubbing the back of his head with a pained expression.

The woman, known as Sister Xing, looked at her reckless younger brother and said irritably, "I hope you can use your brain more often, okay? Look at the pig-headed look you made just now. If I hadn't helped you, who knows how much more embarrassing you would have been."

"No, not at all," the monkey couldn't help but retort.

"Come on, you men are all the same." Sister Xing rolled her eyes at him, then said earnestly, "Monkey, could you please stop watching that filthy trash and pay more attention to the Spirit Pagoda's internal news? You don't even know that Miss Fors?"

"I didn't watch any pornographic material." The monkey's face immediately turned red, then he changed the subject.

"I haven't heard of this young lady before, but I have seen news and photos of another young lady, Gu Yuena, in the tower's archives. Is that Miss Fors very famous?"

"She's somewhat well-known," Sister Xing said, stopping her jabs at the monkey. "After all, this Miss Fors is somewhat of a connected person."

"A person with connections?"

"That's right," Sister Xing said. "This Miss Fors rarely appears in the Spirit Pagoda, but because of Councilor Qingfeng and his wife Her Majesty Hanyun, her status in the Spirit Pagoda is quite extraordinary."

"I heard that Councilor Qingfeng and His Majesty Hanyun dote on her very much, and even recognize her as their goddaughter, treating her as the apple of their eye."

Three months ago, the invincible lord of Tianhai City's branch tower, simply for playing a trick on her, was subsequently invited to the Soul Arena by Councilor Qingfeng and Lord Hanyun, where he was brutally beaten. Quite a few people witnessed those two battles.

"And that's not all. I have some inside information that a month ago, this Miss Fors officially became a prospective Spirit Transmitter without even undergoing any tests. It seems that Councilor Qingfeng pulled a lot of strings to succeed."

"Wait a minute," the monkey said, somewhat dumbfounded. "The requirement for prospective spirit messengers to pass a test is a rule that's been in place for a long time, isn't it?"

"Yes, that's why I said her identity is extraordinary." Sister Xing said with some emotion, "Rules are made by people, and naturally they can be changed. However, to be able to directly become a prospective Spirit Transmission Envoy without passing the test is probably the first time in the thousands of years of the Spirit Transmission Tower."

"Now you understand why I hit you earlier, right? If Councilor Qingfeng doesn't like you, your career will probably be over."

"Yes, yes." The monkey nodded immediately. If someone of Qingfeng's status disliked him, he would be doomed.

……

After exiting the passage, they were greeted by a vast forest that seemed to be filled with the fresh scent of nature.

Fors turned around and glanced at the Star Fortress, which was over 300 meters high, behind him. The metal gate behind him had already closed again.

Under Fors's mental perception, a transparent energy shield, like a large bowl, enveloped the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

Over thousands of years, the protective shield of Star Dou Fortress has been continuously strengthened. Now, even a powerful figure at the level of a legendary Beast God would need to launch a sustained all-out attack for several hours to break through. In that time, the Spirit Pagoda would have already been able to mobilize powerful experts to deal with the situation.

This place has truly become a prison.

"However, it's none of my business." Fors shook his head indifferently.

"Let's go, next we'll go see how Gu Yuena is doing," Fors said to Qian Gu Qingfeng.

"Yes, your sense of her is stronger than mine. I'll lead the way, and you can give directions," Qian Gu Qingfeng nodded and said.

"Let's go then."

Meanwhile, in the Star Dou Great Forest...

Tang Wulin covered his face, looking somewhat embarrassed at Gu Yuena, who was watching him warily from a distance.

"Gu Yue? Or Na'er? Please believe me, I really meant no harm," Tang Wulin said helplessly. How did things turn out this way?!

"Bad guy! Bad guy!" Gu Yuena was seen with her arms crossed, hiding behind a big tree, looking at Tang Wulin with a wary expression.

"I'm really not a bad person, I just wanted to check your wound!" Tang Wulin said with a look of utter despair.

After regaining consciousness, he found himself suddenly in this forest, and then he saw Gu Yuena lying not far from him. At first, Tang Wulin was quite surprised when he saw her appearance.

The woman in front of him looked to be two or three years older than Na'er, but she gave him the same feeling as Gu Yue.

Although he didn't know the other person's identity, he felt that it was either Gu Yue or Na'er.

Therefore, during the time the other party was unconscious, Tang Wulin remained very proper. After all, it was true that he liked Gu Yue, but Na'er was also his sister. Before clarifying her identity, even Tang Wulin would not overstep any boundaries.

Then, while he was transferring soul power to her and checking her wounds, Gu Yuena happened to wake up and saw Tang Wulin's face.

Although Gu Yuena felt close to Tang Wulin's aura, her own unique consciousness subconsciously resisted him.

So, upon regaining her senses and seeing Tang Wulin so close at hand, Gu Yuena slapped him hard without saying a word, leaving him stunned.

Then came the scene before us: Gu Yuena looked at Tang Wulin with a wary expression.

Although Gu Yuena felt a sense of closeness to the person's aura, she also inexplicably disliked him.

So, after some effort, perhaps because of the aura of the Golden Dragon King emanating from him, Tang Wulin finally managed to convince Gu Yuena, who was standing before him.

"She seems to have lost some of her memory; she doesn't even know where she is now. We can't let her wander around."

Regardless of whether it was Gu Yue or Na'er, Tang Wulin couldn't possibly stand by and watch them run around in this dangerous place just because of their faces. However…

Tang Wulin looked at Gu Yuena, who was following behind him at a distance of more than ten steps, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

"Bad guy."

Upon seeing Tang Wulin turn around, Gu Yuena immediately looked at him warily, even taking two steps back quietly, as if she would run away at the slightest sign of trouble.

She looked exactly like a frightened little female animal.

"Okay, okay, okay, I won't move. Don't be afraid." Tang Wulin said helplessly. In this situation, he could only take it one step at a time and hope that this would gradually reduce the other party's vigilance.

……

"Found it."

On the other side of the Star Dou Great Forest, Fors opened her eyes and pointed west, where she could sense Gu Yuena's presence.

"Okay." Qian Gu Qing Feng immediately put his hand on Fors's shoulder, and then took her and flew westward.

Even though the Star Dou Great Forest was kept in captivity, its overall area was still quite vast. It took Qian Gu Qingfeng about three hours to bring Fors to their destination.

At this very moment, Tang Wulin encountered the greatest crisis of his life: an attack by a ten-thousand-year-old Crimson Fire Monkey King and a ten-thousand-year-old Emerald Demon Bird.

The Crimson Fire Monkey can be considered a low-level soul beast, with most having a cultivation level of ten to a hundred years, and a hundred years being quite rare.

Aside from being a bit faster, they don't have any special abilities. They basically belong to the lowest level of the Soul Beast Forest and are species that exist as food.

However, the Crimson Fire Monkey that Tang Wulin is currently encountering is different. Its cultivation has reached ten thousand years, and it seems to have undergone some kind of mutation, making its strength far superior to that of a normal Crimson Fire Monkey.

However, what made Tang Wulin's eyes widen in horror was that a ten-thousand-year-old Emerald Demon Bird was now attacking Gu Yuena's brow.

Given Gu Yuena's current amnesiac state, she was unable to mount an effective resistance and could only stare blankly at the approaching Emerald Demon Bird.

"No—" Tang Wulin cried out in pain, but at this moment, he was not in time to get to Gu Yuena's side.

"What is this, a hero saving a damsel in distress?" Just then, a voice that Tang Wulin was extremely familiar with rang out. Before he could recognize the owner of the voice, the other person said again, "Master, save their lives."

"Okay." A gentle male voice rang out. In an instant, Tang Wulin felt everything around him freeze. The Crimson Fire Monkey King that pounced on him, the Emerald Demon Bird that attacked Gu Yue, and even he himself were all unable to move an inch.

The next moment, everything returned to normal. Tang Wulin maintained his forward lunge and rolled over to steady himself before looking towards the place where the sound had come from.

A tall, handsome middle-aged man was seen pointing his finger, and beside him, the Crimson Fire Monkey King and the Emerald Demon Bird, which had just given Tang Wulin such a headache, were being steadily suppressed.

Beside the man was a beautiful woman with a slender figure and captivating looks.

"Fors, thank you for your help." Coming to his senses, Tang Wulin immediately thanked Fors. Although they hadn't seen each other for a while, he recognized her at a glance when they met again.

"Hmm." Fors nodded, her attitude towards Tang Wulin was rather indifferent. Then she turned her gaze to Gu Yuena, who was also staring at her blankly.

A hint of hesitation flashed in Gu Yuena's eyes, then she tentatively asked, "Mom?"

(End of this chapter)