Teacher Wu?
Wulin, his face still streaked with tears after waking from Su Mo's illusion, looked at the tall figure standing before him, completely unaware of what had happened.
"We fell into Su Mo's illusion!" After a long silence, Gu Yue touched her faintly aching, snow-white neck and said to Wulin with a complex expression.
"Indeed, you fell into his illusion!"
Wu Changkong nodded slightly, agreeing with Gu Yue's statement.
"Not bad mental force!"
Looking at Gu Yue, who hadn't been greatly affected by his illusion, Su Mo didn't leave but clapped his hands with a smile.
It was only because Gu Yue's mental force was strong enough that she could still function normally after experiencing the illusion he had specially crafted for her.
If it had been Wulin or Xie Xie, they wouldn't have been able to get out of bed for two or three days.
Gu Yue ignored the praise from Su Mo and Wu Changkong.
At this moment, Gu Yue was extremely agitated, her mind filled with what had happened in the illusion.
There was nothing she could do; Su Mo's illusion was too real.
Even though Gu Yue's mental force had already reached the Spirit Communication Realm, she was still significantly affected.
Of course, if it were only the impact of the illusion, Gu Yue wouldn't have cared. What truly bothered Gu Yue was her experience within the illusion.
In the illusion, as humans chanted, "Those not of our kind are sure to be of different hearts," Wulin, without hesitation, chopped off her head and hung it at the entrance of the Star Dou Forest.
Even though Gu Yue knew very well at the time that she was in an illusion and everything she saw was fake, the phrase "Those not of our kind are sure to be of different hearts" lingered in her mind like a nightmare, refusing to dissipate.
"Where's Xie Xie?" Wulin, who hadn't noticed Gu Yue's abnormality, turned his head and saw that Xie Xie, who had been standing in place, had disappeared at some point.
Looking again, he found that Xie Xie had already run up to Su Mo.
"Su Mo (classmate), please, let me see my mom again!"
Xie Xie desperately grabbed Su Mo's arm, pleading bitterly.
"Damn it, this kid got a taste of something good!"
Facing Xie Xie's plea, Su Mo's lips twitched unnaturally.
"It's not that I don't want to help you; I can't decide what you see in the illusion."
Su Mo patted Xie Xie's shoulder, advising him with a look of profound effort.
Of course, this was a lie!
As a member of the Uchiha, how could Su Mo not be able to control his illusion? This sentence was merely said specifically for Gu Yue's benefit.
In the illusion cast by Su Mo, Wulin and Xie Xie both reunited with their beloved family members, but only Gu Yue received special treatment from Su Mo.
Su Mo's purpose in doing this was to test Gu Yue.
Among these three, Su Mo had a thorough understanding of Wulin and Xie Xie's information.
Especially Wulin; Su Mo had clear records of how many times he had wet the bed and how many times he had nursed since childhood.
Only Gu Yue, who had appeared not long ago and shown extremely high affection for Wulin, was someone Su Mo knew very little about.
Su Mo had also sent people to investigate Gu Yue's background, but they had not obtained the information he wanted.
Currently, Su Mo only knew that Gu Yue was Leng Yaozhu's disciple.
As for Gu Yue's experiences before becoming Leng Yaozhu's disciple, Su Mo knew nothing.
Su Mo had not considered digging deeper into Gu Yue's background.
However, considering that this might be noticed by the other party, after weighing his options repeatedly, Su Mo chose to give up.
But regarding Gu Yue's identity, Su Mo also had a general guess.
Gu Yue, Gu Yuena - the two only differed by one character, 'Na.'
And Na'er was the name Gu Yuena used when she lived in Wulin's home.
Coupled with Gu Yue's special attentiveness to Wulin, it was hard for Su Mo not to associate them.
"No..."
Before Xie Xie could finish his sentence, Wu Changkong delivered a hand chop to his head.
Xie Xie, in pain, was about to turn around and curse whoever was so tactless, but seeing it was Wu Changkong, he immediately became obedient.
Wu Changkong ignored Xie Xie and walked directly up to Su Mo. "You're a mental-type Spirit Master, aren't you? Can I see your Spirit?"
Although it was a request, Su Mo heard an undeniable command within it.
In response, Su Mo didn't indulge Wu Changkong and retorted directly, "Before asking someone for something, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"
"You... don't know me?" Wu Changkong was stunned, somewhat incredulous.
"You are?" Looking at the inexplicably confident Wu Changkong, Su Mo frowned, feigning a look of serious thought.
Of course, Su Mo knew Wu Changkong; it was just Wu Changkong's commanding tone that annoyed Su Mo, which was why he gave him a hard time.
Seeing that Su Mo genuinely seemed not to know him, Wu Changkong coldly stated his name, "Wu Changkong."
"Wu Changkong?" Su Mo mumbled the name feigning, as if to commit it to memory.
"Now can you display your Spirit?" Wu Changkong urged from the side.
Wu Changkong hadn't expected such an extremely rare mental-type Spirit Master like Su Mo to appear in Donghai Academy, this obscure little place.
Facing Wu Changkong's urging, Su Mo, who had been smiling, suddenly changed his expression and said seriously, "I refuse!"
After dropping that sentence, Su Mo didn't care about Wu Changkong's reaction and turned to leave.
Watching Su Mo's dashing retreating figure, Xie Xie and Wulin, standing behind Wu Changkong, secretly gave him a thumbs up.
It wasn't until Su Mo had walked far away that Wu Changkong realized he had been played by Su Mo.
With nowhere to vent his anger, Wu Changkong could only direct his frustration at Wulin and Xie Xie, who were gloating on the side.
Wu Changkong turned to the two with a dark face and commanded, "Investigating Su Mo's Spirit is up to you two."
"By tomorrow, I want to see information about Su Mo's Spirit."
"Ah~~!"
Wulin and Xie Xie hadn't expected that they were just watching a show, but the fire had suddenly burned them.
The two initially wanted to refuse, but after seeing Wu Changkong's cold gaze, they nodded and agreed like chickens pecking at rice.
Wu Changkong nodded in satisfaction. Just as Wu Changkong was about to say more, Long Hengxu, the director of studies, suddenly interjected, "Teacher Wu, the principal has something to discuss with you."
Upon hearing this, Wu Changkong instinctively wanted to refuse.
But considering the principal's care for him, he still nodded and agreed.
Moreover, Wu Changkong himself had something to discuss with Yu Zhen.
"Oh, and you two, don't disturb Gu Yue today. Let her have some quiet time alone."
Before leaving, Wu Changkong seemed to remember something and turned back to instruct Wulin and Xie Xie.
Wu Changkong had actually noticed Gu Yue's abnormality and quiet departure earlier.
Although he didn't interact much with Gu Yue normally, from her subtle daily actions, Wu Changkong knew that Gu Yue was, at her core, even prouder than he was.
Though he didn't know why, among the entire Donghai Academy, Wulin was the only person Gu Yue would respect and concede to.
Yet such a proud person had now been defeated in an instant.
This huge disparity was definitely something Gu Yue couldn't accept immediately.
If they were to rush in to comfort her now, it might very well be counterproductive.
Only after Gu Yue accepted it herself could Wu Changkong slowly guide her.
