"You have devoted all your energy to improving your skills and swordsmanship for the Lingxin Sect."
"As a disciple of the Lingxin Sect, you should do your best for the sect," Gu Pinglin paused, "Not everyone can be as detached as you and do whatever they want."
Duan Qingming laughed: "Why does this sound like you are mocking me?"
Gu Pinglin did not argue: "Whatever you think, that's what it is."
"Oh--" Duan Qingming paused and said slowly, "What do you think about Bu Shuihan's interest in Qu Lin?"
He called Bu Shuihan by his name directly, his disdain clearly revealed, and he no longer pretended.
Gu Pinglin calmly asked back: "He is interested in Miss Qu, what about you?"
"You seem to be very concerned about my attitude towards Qu Lin," Duan Qingming walked forward calmly, his face slightly tilted towards him, "Is it because of the previous life again?"
Gu Pinglin didn't answer: "I'm just curious, it's better not to say anything."
As they were talking, the two of them had already walked out of the door. Duan Qingming stopped and raised his hand to open the door: "What do you want to hear? Maybe, she is a good woman?"
Gu Pinglin's heart skipped a beat and he followed him in: "Are you interested too?"
Duan Qingming turned around after hearing this and asked: "What are you afraid of?"
Gu Pinglin said bluntly: "I don't want you to have any unhappiness with Senior Brother Bu."
"Are you worried about him or me?"
"You need someone to worry about you?" Gu Pinglin said, "I don't want you to just use Miss Qu as a cover."
Duan Qingming seemed to smile: "So you are worried about Qu Lin."
Gu Pinglin said: "She knows nothing. Jun Muzhi and Lady Ming have nothing to do with her. Even for the sake of Senior Sister Yan, I can't help but care about her."
The red shadow at the end of his eye gradually became clearer, and Duan Qingming said slowly: "If I say yes, will you stop me?"
Gu Pinglin shook his head: "I said, we are not opponents."
"I'm curious, what was different in the previous life?" Duan Qingming took two steps closer and looked at him with interest. "Compared to Qu Lin, I should be more interested in you."
It was hard to tell whether the tone was genuine or not, only that it was full of joking.
Gu Pinglin hummed softly and lowered his eyes.
This was ridiculous. Qu Lin in his previous life was undoubtedly extremely important to him. It was true that he was interested in her, but because of Qu Lin's incident, he not only failed to be promoted, but also destroyed his own Dao meridians. Until now, he still clearly remembered those extremely cold eyes.
"Hmm?" Duan Qingming saw the change in his expression, "Isn't it?"
Gu Pinglin sneered: "What kind of relationship do you think we can have if we are not from the same sect?"
"Well..." Duan Qingming walked around him slowly, then suddenly lowered his head and blew into his ear, "Could it be that as I thought, we are the same as the Hanying Twin Swords?"
Gu Pinglin's breath was choked.
The hair was blown against the ears, and the touch was so vague that it felt like a poisonous snake hissing and teasing its prey.
The breath swirled into the collar, warm and full of temptation. It was hard to imagine that it came from those cold lips.
Gu Pinglin turned his face away with some discomfort, but he did not try to avoid it. He went straight to the couch and meditated: "I am not interested in playing this kind of game with you. Thanks to you, the Duan family elders have noticed me. There is no guarantee that they will not attack me in the sea. Once I die, your excuse to stay in the Lingxin Sect will no longer exist. Shouldn't you guarantee my safety?"
Duan Qingming was not surprised and asked with a smile: "Do you need my protection?"
"certainly."
"You and Zhou Yi must be doing this in secret, so it's convenient for you to take me with you?"
"It's not inconvenient. This is a matter between the sect and you should know about it," Gu Pinglin added, "Besides, we are friendly brothers."
Duan Qingming had just walked to the window and sat down. Hearing this, he couldn't help but laugh. His charming eyes flashed with sparkling light: "Gu Xiaojiu, I really like you too much. It's hard to imagine that we were not friends in our previous lives."
Friends? Gu Pinglin sneered: "Have you ever had friends?"
Duan Qingming picked up the scroll casually: "No."
Gu Pinglin said coldly: "We are no longer friends now, and in the previous life, have you ever thought that if we continue, it may end in a fight to the death?"
"Hmm..." Duan Qingming turned the pages smoothly, still nonchalant, and said slowly, "Are you going to fight to the death?"
Gu Pinglin closed his eyes.
A moment.
"Who died?"
“Is it important?” Gu Pinglin said with his eyes closed, “If you can meet someone who can defeat you, and you die, it’s what you seek; if I die, there will naturally be another…” Gu Pinglin paused for a while before continuing, “There will be another person who will interest you, and continue your game with you, and watch you achieve enlightenment and ascend.”
Who will be the next person who catches his interest
Being obsessed with people in the past life, one does not know what will happen after death.
A faint melancholy lingered around him, lingering. Gu Pinglin sat in silence, his eyes and heart filled with emptiness.
for a long time.
"Is that so?" Nothing could be heard from the calm tone.
Gu Pinglin asked: "Do you think there are other possibilities?"
There was no answer and the room fell into a long silence.
Asking Duan Qingming to "protect" him was of course an excuse. It was definitely not a surprise that Bu Shuihan fell in love with Qu Lin. Duan Qingming's feelings towards Qu Lin were unclear, and no one knew what he was thinking. Although Gu Pinglin had no intention of arguing for anything, Duan Qingming was a person who would stir up trouble out of nothing. Bu Shuihan's death in his previous life was related to him, and Gu Pinglin really didn't dare to take it lightly, so he had to keep this variable under his nose.
The next day, Gu Pinglin went to look for Bu Shuihan, but Yao Feng was the only one in the room. It turned out that Bu Shuihan and Qu Lin had gone out. As soon as Gu Pinglin walked to the gate of the palace, he ran into Xin Ji.
Xin Ji saw him and said hurriedly: "I was just looking for Master Gu! Young friend Gan Li was restrained by the Xuanming Sect. I practice a different way, so it is inconvenient for me to help."
"Hmm?" Gu Pinglin frowned, "Lead the way."
The two hurried to the scene. Gan Li was restrained and kneeling on the ground. He was covered in dust, with blood on his lips. His handsome face was swollen and looked very embarrassed. There were several Xuanming Sect disciples standing beside him. The one in front looked very familiar. It was Wu Xiang from Xuanming Sect.
It turned out that Wu Xiang had provoked Lingxin Sect, and was taught a lesson by Gu Pinglin through Zhou Yi. He also got into big trouble because of the sentence "Everything in Qianyang Mountain belongs to Xuanming Sect". Tiancan Sect and other sects came to Xuanming Sect to argue, and the leader Zhan Renjie finally calmed them down. Wu Xiang was severely punished for this, and naturally he held a grudge against Lingxin Sect. Today, when he met Gan Li coming out alone, he saw that Gan Li's cultivation was low, so he took the opportunity to take revenge. Gan Li has always been smart, but he didn't know about this grudge, so he was caught off guard and suffered a loss.
Gu Pinglin stopped and asked Gan Li without even looking at him, "What's going on?"
The handsome boy has grown into a handsome young man, and there is still a shadow of the past between his eyebrows and eyes. When Wu Xiang saw him, hatred flashed in his eyes, and then he was happy. He deliberately said loudly: "So you are the disciple of the head of the Lingxin Sect..."
Before he finished speaking, a purple light descended from the sky. The sword shadow was like lightning in the clear sky, stirring up the air currents, and the power was so great that several Xuanming Sect disciples retreated in fear.
Wu Xiang subconsciously dodged, then suddenly realized: "Don't retreat! Keep an eye on him!"
The sword light disappeared, and Gu Pinglin was already standing beside Gan Li. He lifted Gan Li up with one hand and signaled Xin Ji to take him back.
"Waste!" Wu Xiang cursed those disciples.
Gu Pinglin then looked at him and asked, "Why are you detaining my disciples from the Lingxin Sect?"
Thinking of the sword just now, Wu Xiang was a little frightened. He thought that since he had formed an external elixir, he should not be afraid of anything, so he said coldly: "Your sect's disciples are ignorant and offended me with their words, so I gave them a little lesson. What do you think is inappropriate?"
"All right, very good," Gu Pinglin paused and said sternly, "Very good!"
Raise your hand, absorb the energy from all directions, spin your body, and push out with your palm turned back.
A wall of air several feet high rolled over. Wu Xiang was horrified at the sight. He was a little scared at first, but he gritted his teeth and took the attack. The cultivation levels of the two were similar, but Gu Pinglin had rich combat experience. Even without using the Creation Art, his cleverness alone was enough to defeat Gu Pinglin.
"Senior Brother Wu!" Several disciples hurriedly supported him.
Wu Xiang spat out a mouthful of blood and struggled to push everyone away: "Gu Pinglin, how dare you!"
"Now, it's you who bumped into me." Gu Pinglin put his hands behind his back, turned around and looked at him, sneering.
Wu Xiang stared at him viciously, gritting his teeth and said, "You are just a Lingxin Sect. Now that you have entered the Sea Realm, I wonder how long you can be so proud!"
Gu Pinglin said: "So what if we are in the sea? A defeated general will be defeated no matter where he is."
"Haha," Wu Xiang wiped the blood from his lips, "If you go in, you won't be able to come back alive!"
"Oh?" Gu Pinglin seemed to be thinking, "So, there is something wrong with the sea. What do you know?"
Wu Xiang's expression changed slightly, and he left in a hurry with a few disciples of Xuanming Sect, saying "You wait".
Gu Pinglin turned around and asked Gan Li: "How is your injury?"
Gan Li had already taken the healing medicine given by Xin Ji. Hearing this, he said apologetically: "I'm fine. Thank you, uncle-master. But they are from the Xuanming Sect..."
"It's okay, I have my reasons," Gu Pinglin waved his hand, "Go back."
Wu Xiang suffered a loss, but he was quiet and didn't come to make trouble again. It seemed that he knew he had said the wrong thing and didn't dare to make a fuss about it. In the past few days, many cultivators have set out to the sea, and the Xuanming Sect has not made any movement. They don't seem to be in a hurry.
Gu Pinglin saw this and became more alert.
The sensational sea bone pit tragedy in the previous life is too unforgettable. The mechanism of the Yinhuang Cave was triggered, the sea bone pit was opened, and many cultivators entered in to look for inheritance, but they mistakenly entered a mysterious space. Unexpectedly, the space only existed for two days before it was swallowed up by the extreme currents of the earth and sea. All the people who entered could not come out, and countless outstanding disciples from various factions died. It was indeed a great disaster in the world of cultivation.
Everyone said that the space was natural, but now that Gu Pinglin unexpectedly received a letter from the Demon Realm, he couldn't help but doubt it.
The Xuanming Sect is the most suspicious, but there is a lack of evidence. This trip to the sea realm was brought forward several decades. Gu Pinglin's strength is not as good as in his previous life, and he does not want to take the initiative to get into trouble. As long as the Lingxin Sect members are safe, it's enough, especially Bu Shuihan.
Gu Pinglin originally wanted to find Bu Shuihan to ask about Qu Lin, but he never had the chance. Bu Shuihan and Jun Muzhi vied with each other to show their courtesy to Qu Lin. Duan Qingming also joined in the fun and maneuvered between Lady Ming and Qu Lin. Gu Pinglin watched from the side and felt a slight headache.
Two days later, everyone finally set off.
At the entrance to the sea, there was a dark sinkhole that was bottomless and the sound of wind above was so strong that it was frightening.
Nanzhu and Jun Muzhi were arranging guards when Qi Wan'er came with her men. This time, he casually wore a red and white arrow-sleeve suit and a red brocade belt, which made him look very energetic. He did not wear a crown on his head, but only used a narrow red beaded hair rope to gather the upper half of his black hair on the top of his head, and then draped it behind his head with the rest of his hair. He also wore a headband with a red background and a white unicorn embroidered on it. He was also very handsome, with handsome eyebrows, a straight nose, white teeth and red lips, which made him look very pleasing to the eye.
Gu Pinglin stood on the edge of the cliff without saying anything.
Duan Qingming said, "Huh?" "Cousin Wan'er?" Seeing Qi Wan'er frowning and about to get angry, he smiled and said, "Thirteenth cousin, why are you here?"
Qi Wan'er snorted, not bothering to address him, and said uncomfortably: "Cousin Qinghou and the others have already left, so I will go with you."
Duan Qingming was embarrassed: "This is not appropriate."
"I'll go my own way. Why is it inappropriate?" Qi Wan'er raised her chin. "You only know that one trick. Are you afraid that I'll find out?"
"No," Duan Qingming said with a smile, "I was afraid that there would be too many people and I wouldn't be able to take care of you, which would make my grandfather angry."
Qi Wan'er was angry: "Who wants you to take care of him?"
Jun Muzhi smiled and said, "Penglai welcomes you, Mr. Qi Thirteen."
He may not welcome Qi Wan'er, he just made up his mind to go against Duan Qingming. Gu Pinglin said: "More people, better, let's go."
Qi Wan'er raised an eyebrow at Duan Qingming and was about to say something else, but Yao Feng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder, pushing him: "Let's go."
Qu Lin had been harassed by the three men these days and had no chance to find Gu Pinglin. Seeing him so close, she couldn't help but walk over.
"Junior Sister Qu?" Duan Qingming said, "We are about to set off. Follow me closely later."
Qu Lin has always been sensible and doesn't want to cause trouble to others. Upon hearing this, he quickly stopped and agreed embarrassedly.
Bu Shuihan immediately said, "I'll take Junior Sister Qu down with me."
Before Qu Lin could answer, Jun Muzhi came over, fanning himself: "I have prepared a magical crane for Miss Qu. What do you think of it?"
Qu Lin has reached the third level of Qi Refining, but she is a girl and unlike Jiang Ruoxu and others, she does not often go out for training. She is still very nervous facing the tiankeng. Bu Shuihan and Duan Qingming are men, and there are differences between men and women, so using a spirit crane is undoubtedly more appropriate. Qu Lin finally followed Jun Muzhi.
Bu Shuihan’s face darkened.
Several cranes spread their wings and cried loudly, flying up from the edge of the cliff. Dozens of human figures followed closely and leaped down, sinking into the dark tiankeng together.