Doupo: Rebirth of Gu He, Starting with a Strategy to Win Over Yun Yun

Chapter 146 Map Tampering”You damn human! You came here just for the herbs, didn’t you! Just go in and take them!”

”Did you have to beat me up so badly!! Awoo!”

Pain, it was too painful!

A trace of regret flashed in the eyes of the Dark Nether Golden Bear. All the herbs in the cave that it had worked so hard to guard were about to be dug up by this unknown human. This time, it had suffered a huge loss!!

A failure of a bear’s life!

How could it have any face to seek a mate?

The Dark Nether Golden Bear’s miserable wails sounded as if it were calling for its parents, echoing directly throughout the vast Immortal Cave.

”Heh.” Gu He chuckled softly. The ”gentleness” he displayed while fighting the Dark Nether Golden Bear gradually faded, revealing a trace of indifference.

”Who said I wanted herbs?” His Adam’s apple bobbed, and a hard voice reached the ears of the Dark Nether Golden Bear.

What!? You don’t want herbs?? Then what do you want??

Thinking this, the Dark Nether Golden Bear asked out loud.

”Then... human, what do you need?”

That beast-voice, carrying a hint of honesty, sounded like a muffled drum—just beating away, never repaired even when old.

Gu He spread out the brand-new sheepskin map towards it and pointed to a line of text on it: [Black Bear Skull].

!! The Dark Nether Golden Bear was shocked! Its pupils widened like large duck eggs.

”How is that possible! Are those old geezers from the Pill Tower trying to kill me!?!” the Dark Nether Golden Bear blurted out.

It had signed a relevant interest contract with those old geezers from the Pill Tower. It occupied a territory, was responsible for scaring contestants, assessing them, and incidentally guarding the herbs growing deep within the Immortal Cave.

Usually, the contestants’ mission target would be the herbs behind it. Even if there were experts or teams it couldn’t beat, it would just give up the herbs. By showing weakness, others wouldn’t fight an eighth-rank Demonic Beast to the death, especially since it was invincible for a time with its eighth-rank stature.

But now... there was actually a human contestant whose mission target was the skull of the Dark Nether Golden Bear!

The skull! The most precious and intelligent part of the Dark Nether Golden Bear’s body! If the skull was gone, it would die!!

”This is impossible...” the Dark Nether Golden Bear muttered again. Although it was very quiet, the sound was still like a firecracker.

Gu He indifferently raised his eyelids, his eyebrows slightly raised, and said, ”It was written like this when I received it.”

The Dark Nether Golden Bear’s huge body trembled; it had already been terrified by Gu He just now.

”Then... can you not kill me...!!” the Dark Nether Golden Bear cried out again.

A big golden bear, possessing a tiny bit of ancient Bloodline, yet crying so loudly.

”...” Gu He was silent for a moment. ”Forget it, I won’t kill you.”

From the moment Gu He discovered the ”three-layered Secret Realm,” he guessed that the second stage must also have some traps.

As for what the traps were and where they were... Gu He curled his lips and crushed the sheepskin map.

The Dark Nether Golden Bear was dumbfounded again. What’s wrong with this human!? Is he sick?? Why did he suddenly destroy his own map?

Gu He glanced at the bewildered Dark Nether Golden Bear and condescended to explain, ”Someone just wants to harm me; this map list is fake... The Hall of Souls really... do they think such a small trap can fool me?”

The Dark Nether Golden Bear understood half-heartedly and nodded its bear head. ”Then you go in and take the herbs...”

”Wait, the map is fake, so do you know which herbs to take??” the Dark Nether Golden Bear asked in confusion.

Gu He flew forward and stood on the Dark Nether Golden Bear’s head, his toes tapping on the golden bear’s skull.

The Dark Nether Golden Bear felt that its skull was about to face an unprecedented crisis. Its whole body trembled, but it didn’t dare to shake Gu He off, so it could only endure it silently.

Gu He said, ”Therefore, I need all your herbs to ensure I pass the stage.”

The Dark Nether Golden Bear trembled again. ”Wuwuwu, okay...” ”Just take them... wuwuwu.”

Gu He was now certain that this Dark Nether Golden Bear was female. Otherwise, why would it cry so much?

Gu He did not stand on ceremony. He flew into the inner Immortal Cave, undid a simple Seal, and immediately saw a large field of living herbs.

Faint Spiritual Qi drifted around; the Spirit Medicine grew exceptionally lush, and every plant looked vibrant.

Gu He did not stand on ceremony. With a wave of his sleeve, all the Spirit Medicine was uprooted! The herbs entered the storage ring!

Gu He shook his sleeves and turned back. The Dark Nether Golden Bear looked at Gu He with gloomy eyes but did not step forward to block his departure.

Not long after Gu He left, a noisy disturbance suddenly sounded at the entrance of the cave. ”Hmm?”

The Dark Nether Golden Bear looked towards the entrance. Two clueless human teams were arguing over the right to enter its Immortal Cave.

”Heh!” The Dark Nether Golden Bear’s voice carried the same cold indifference as Gu He’s, with killing intent fully revealed! A huge golden energy wave knocked both groups of humans to the ground.

I can’t beat him, but can’t I beat you guys?! Stupid humans!!

”Bang, bang, bang!” The Dark Nether Golden Bear raised its thick, large fists and beat these two groups of humans like pounding meat patties...

Before those two ignorant teams arrived at the Dark Nether Golden Bear’s Immortal Cave, Gu He had already left with Cao Ying.

Cao Ying looked at Gu He, who had come out unscathed, and flew with him towards the exit.

Gu He had been holding her hand; although there was no romance, she... deep down, actually wanted something to happen.

Cao Ying felt the warmth of the other large palm in her hand, shoulder to shoulder with Gu He, riding the wind, soaring across the blue sky like a great roc.

While flying, Cao Ying asked about something she had thought of a while ago, ”Weren’t we looking for herbs in the second stage? Why was your third item the skull of the Dark Nether Golden Bear?”

Gu He concisely hit the nail on the head: ”The Hall of Souls is up to no good.”

The two tacitly stopped on the top of a low mountain peak. On the gray-white stone slab, one black and one red, their robes moved with the wind. The black was deep and handsome, the red was cold and lazy.

Gu He continued the previous topic: ”So, I took all the herbs in the Dark Nether Golden Bear’s cave.”

”You emptied it all?” Cao Ying couldn’t help but laugh. Her exhaustion was shattered by Gu He’s seemingly straightforward words. A faint lightness, like a breeze, brushed over her black hair, fluttering in waves.

Gu He, like performing magic, took out a brand-new black storage ring, ”For you.” ”Half of what was in the Immortal Cave, thank you for keeping watch for me.”

Cao Ying wanted to refuse, but when she heard the second half of Gu He’s sentence, she wanted to laugh but was suppressing it. ”Okay, I’ll accept it!” Cao Ying did not have any hypocritical politeness.

But her happiness was not because of the storage ring Gu He gave her, but because of this humorous care that she hadn’t experienced or felt in decades. Others thought she was powerful, talented, and had a personality; she could do anything, but no one had ever protected everything about her, walked in front of her, and then shared half of the credit with her. Never...

The black storage ring spun on Cao Ying’s fingertips. Gu He suddenly heard the long-lost System prompt.