NOVEL WEB Ch. 123
Chapter 123: Dao Bell’s Memory
Gu Fan’s expression froze for a moment before he smiled and said:
“This is only our second time meeting, right? Why are you calling me Master?”
The child formed from the illusion of the Dao Bell showed a trace of confusion.
Clearly, he didn’t understand the connection between the number of meetings and being someone’s Master.
“I don’t know, I just know you’re my Master, so I should follow you.”
Gu Fan looked at his expression and could more or less tell that the other party’s spiritual intelligence wasn’t yet advanced enough to comprehend such a question.
So, he had to change his angle and said:
“Alright then, let me ask you—how did you know I’m your Master? Or rather, what makes you think I’m your Master? You can’t possibly think everyone is your Master, right?”
Dao Bell waited a moment, tilting his head as he pondered Gu Fan’s question.
“Of course not. Master is Master, others are others.”
“Master carries the scent of a Master. I could smell it from far away. One of my avatars sensed it from a great distance. Not long after, when Master entered the Brahma God Sect, I knew Master had arrived.”
After speaking, he circled around Gu Fan twice, sizing him up and down with a curious look:
“Strange. Why has Master’s strength become so weak?”
Gu Fan felt a little embarrassed.
This Dao Bell was definitely connected to the Bronze Gate. The scent on his body was naturally from something unusual.
And on him, the only thing he could never figure out was the Bronze Gate.
As for the drastic weakening of strength, that explanation made sense too.
To create something that connected two realms, the one behind it was surely far beyond what his current little shrimp-level strength could compare to.
“But it’s okay. Even if Master is weak now, it doesn’t matter. I’ll protect you!”
As he spoke, Dao Bell turned into a shooting star, preparing to leap onto Gu Fan.
Gu Fan’s expression changed and he quickly stopped him:
“No, no, no. You can’t follow me just yet.”
“Why not? I finally found you, Master. Don’t you want me?”
Seeing the pitiful look on Dao Bell’s face, as if he were on the verge of tears, Gu Fan felt a headache coming on.
Why did it feel like he had just gained a big son?
“It’s not that I don’t want you. Think about it, isn’t my strength really weak right now? Wouldn’t it be very dangerous for you to follow me around?”
Dao Bell still tilted his head in confusion:
“But I’m really strong. I can protect Master.”
“Then let me ask you, was Master strong in the past?”
Dao Bell pondered for a while, then nodded:
“Very strong. Back when I followed Master, there was never an opponent he couldn’t defeat!”
As he spoke, Dao Bell’s expression became extremely reverent, as if Gu Fan had truly been a peerless overlord in those days.
Gu Fan nodded and said:
“But look at me now, I’ve even been injured by someone. That means some of my current enemies are stronger than you. If they find us, even the two of us together wouldn’t stand a chance.”
Seeing that the other seemed to be thinking it over, Gu Fan continued coaxing:
“So right now I need to train hard and become even stronger than before. And you need to stay here and be obedient. Wait for me to return and bring you back once I’m strong enough.”
Dao Bell’s eyes lit up, as if that explanation made perfect sense.
“Master is right! I’ll stay here and wait obediently for Master to return!”
Hearing this, Gu Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This Dao Bell, being a sect-protecting treasure, surely had strength beyond doubt.
If he could take it away, that would be great—but this was the Brahma God Sect’s sect-protecting treasure.
The moment Dao Bell moved, he feared that before he could escape, the sect’s bigwigs would strike him down.
At that point, he wouldn’t even know how he died.
After calming the other party down, Gu Fan began to inquire about other information.
“By the way, what’s your name?”
Dao Bell thought for a moment and answered truthfully:
“Master used to call me Dudu. Does Master not want to use that name anymore?”
“No, Dudu sounds very nice. But Master has lost a lot of memories now and can’t remember many things from the past. Can Dudu tell me about them?”
The moment Dudu heard this, he became excited. He often reminisced about Master’s glorious feats. Now that he could chat with Master and recall them, he was naturally happy.
“Of course! If Master doesn’t remember, Dudu will tell you!”
“Good. Then tell me, who was I in the past? And how did I become so powerful?”
Upon hearing this, Dudu immediately looked downcast and said:
“When Dudu gained awareness, Master was already very strong. Dudu doesn’t know what happened before that.”
“But Dudu knows Master came from an ancient domain. The creatures there were all very powerful, but Master was the strongest among them.”
“But later on, Master, you fought with a group of people and shattered the ancient domain. After that, Master brought me along to this world.”
Gu Fan frowned, thinking about the ancient texts he had read in the Brahma God Sect.
None of them matched the ancient domain Dudu described.
“Dudu, can you tell me about that ancient domain? I don’t seem to remember anything about it.”
Gu Fan deliberately made a pained expression as if struggling to remember.
Seeing this, Dudu immediately nodded.
Whatever Master asked him to do, he would do. Just recounting stories about the ancient domain was no trouble at all.
“Master came from a place called the Wasteland. When I was with Master, you were already at the Supreme level.”
“There were five major forces in the Wasteland. Master was the leader of the largest among them. All the people of the Wasteland revered Master.”
“At first, some people were unconvinced and came to challenge Master, but they were all defeated completely. Eventually, Master became universally acknowledged as the strongest.”
“Like that, over time, Master began to feel bored, and lonely, and eventually started thinking of fighting against yourself.”
Gu Fan was stunned as he listened—becoming the strongest acknowledged by all, then fighting against oneself out of boredom...
He had to admit, he couldn’t understand the world of the strong.
Unaware of Gu Fan’s expression, Dudu continued with a face full of reverence:
“Later, Master seemed to fall ill. The wounds left by your self-battles grew more severe.”
“One day, suddenly, Master appeared to lose rationality and began destroying the ancient domain, attacking everyone who came near.”
“At that moment, everyone in the ancient domain knew something had gone wrong with Master. They all joined forces to attack you.”
“Although Master had Supreme strength, facing all the strong beings of the ancient domain—some of whom were extremely close to your level—you were eventually injured.”
“At the crucial moment, your battle moved to the edge of the ancient domain. The immense power directly shattered the domain.”
“In the end, the ancient domain broke apart into fragments of space, drifting into the chaotic currents of time and space.”
“And it was because of this that Master and others discovered there was another world. The people here are very weak. There are not many powerful individuals.”
“Unfortunately, Master and your opponents had fought too long. Your strength was nearly depleted. In the end, Master, you escaped with me at the cost of your life. As for the others, I don’t know what became of them.”
“After that, I was forced to separate from Master and brought to this place where I’ve stayed ever since. But I never sensed the presence of anyone from the ancient domain again.”
“Until today, when I finally met Master once more!”