After Gu Shuangqing left, Gu Fuyou knelt on the bed in a daze for a long time. She lowered her head and touched her slapped cheek. The burning pain had dissipated, but her heart was still hurting. Her eyes were full of tears and she said stubbornly, "Why do you always make me bow my head first?"
Gu Fuyou crawled to the bedside, took the storage bag hanging beside it, and took out a talisman. She sat with her knees hugged, staring at the talisman for a long time, and muttered to herself: "I promised you that I would have a good talk with him, but I messed up. It's too difficult. I wish I had a temper like you. If you were me, you would definitely be able to talk to him nicely and not quarrel..."
Gu Fuyou smiled, tears streaming down her face. She wiped them away with the back of her hand and choked with grievance, "Senior Sister Zhong, I want to see you."
She held the talisman in both hands and called out, "Nan..."
I have to call out the name, to call out the person I miss. Suddenly, I fell silent. Zhong Michu had his own things to deal with when he returned to Xuanmiao Sect. What if he summoned her and disturbed her? Besides, the original agreement was that he could only summon her when it was absolutely necessary. The first time he violated the agreement under the wisteria tree and summoned her inadvertently, she might not care because it was her first offense, but what if it happened again? If he summoned her in violation of the agreement again, would she be angry
Gu Fuyou pressed the talisman down and stopped thinking about summoning. But once the thought came to her, it became more and more intense.
"I'm going to see you. I can go to see you." Gu Fuyou shouted out suddenly. As the thought came out, he became more determined: "I'm going to see you!" I can't always ask you to come over, so I'll go there by myself. I must go!
It was a turbulent night, and the depression was as thick as the night. The sky gradually brightened, and the sun rose from the clouds. It was a good day. Although it was a new day, the city lord's mansion was still not peaceful.
Early in the morning, there were evil cultivators making trouble outside Xiaoyao City, and Gu Shuangqing led the cultivators to subdue them. It happened that the envoys of Xu Ling Sect came to visit Xiaoyao City. There were six people in total, led by the chief alchemist Du Pan. Gu Wanpeng personally received them. They were still talking about the marriage proposal, and Du Pan used both soft and hard tactics. Gu Wanpeng was not moved by soft and hard tactics and tried to deal with him.
As they were talking, there was a loud noise outside. Du Pan put down his teacup and glanced at Gu Wanpeng. Gu Wanpeng walked to the door and shouted, "What's going on?"
Immediately, someone came in and reported: "City Lord, there is an evil cultivator causing trouble in the mansion."
Du Pan smiled with his skinny face, "When we came here, we saw the young city lord leaving the city. He said there were evil cultivators causing trouble outside the city. Could it be that they broke in?"
Everyone walked out, only to see a huge fire in the East Garden and the spiritual energy at the front gate was agitated. Gu Wanpeng looked coldly. Someone had broken the defensive formation of the City Lord's Mansion. The formation was set up by him. Since it was broken by someone, that person must be of the same level of cultivation as him.
There were three evil cultivators causing trouble in front, and the highest cultivation level was only the Great Perfection of Golden Core.
There are two more people hiding.
"City Lord, don't worry about us. It's more important to deal with the evil cultivators first." Du Pan said with a smile, "Do you want our help?"
Gu Wanpeng put his hands behind his back and said to his subordinates in a deep voice, "Didn't you see I have guests here? Why don't you deal with them quickly?"
The subordinates took the order and went. Those evil cultivators were all fierce, and the cultivators from Xiaoyao City acted steadily and coordinated seamlessly, opening a defensive formation to prevent the fight from spreading outside the mansion. Although they destroyed the East Garden, the four evil cultivators were also subdued.
Gu Wanpeng and others from Xu Ling Zong were watching from outside. Gu Wanpeng looked at Du Pan coldly from the corner of his eyes, and used the other half of his mind to sense something strange in the mansion.
Du Pan said: "The city lord's subordinates are really talented."
Gu Wanpeng smiled wryly and said, "No, no. After all, we are in the City Lord's Mansion, so it won't cause any trouble. Compared with the people of Xu Ling Sect, we are nothing."
Du Pan no longer mentioned the marriage proposal, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, Du Pan was about to leave. Gu Wanpeng pretended to ask him to stay, but Du Pan declined and left with the other five people from the Xu Ling Sect.
When he was leaving, Gu Shuangqing just came back. Du Pan bowed and said, "Young City Lord."
Gu Shuangqing returned the greeting: "Senior Du will leave now."
"Yes." Du Pan bowed and passed by Gu Shuangqing. Gu Shuangqing looked back at him leaving, and then looked at the five people following him, which was indescribably strange.
Gu Shuangqing came to the reception hall and saw the miserable situation at the front gate and the East Garden. He asked a subordinate and learned that an evil cultivator had broken into the mansion. He walked to the reception hall. Gu Wanpeng stood in front of the steps, raised his head and closed his eyes. Suddenly he opened his eyes, his figure flashed, and in a flash he arrived at the West Garden. He saw a group of black fog moving away into the distance.
Gu Wanpeng said: "Where do you want to go?"
Gu Wanpeng pointed with both hands, and the spiritual light was like lightning, hitting the center of the black fog. Suddenly, the dark clouds changed color, and the sky was dark. The clouds in the sky turned into a big hand and pressed down towards Gu Wanpeng. Gu Wanpeng controlled the spiritual sword, splitting into thousands of shadows, and formed a sword dragon to bite the pressing clouds.
The two collided, shaking the sky and the earth. The clouds were torn apart, as if a hole was torn in the sky, and light sprinkled down like satin. The black fog escaped from the time that delayed Gu Wanpeng. Gu Wanpeng couldn't catch up anymore, so he recalled the spirit sword and looked at the blood on the sword thoughtfully.
Gu Shuangqing and his subordinates had rushed over and shouted, "Dad, are you okay?" From the fight just now, he could see that the person hiding in the mansion had the same cultivation level as Gu Wanpeng, and he was shocked.
Gu Wanpeng looked towards the courtyard beside him, his face was very ugly. Gu Shuangqing also looked towards the courtyard wall and frowned, saying, "They are coming for Ah Man." This courtyard was where Gu Fuyou lived.
Gu Wanpeng pushed open the gate and walked in: "The man just used the search technique, I'm afraid he was looking for this girl, I sensed the spiritual power and found him."
Gu Wanpeng turned around and asked, "Ren'er, is there anything unusual about the formation defending the city?"
Gu Shuangqing understood what Gu Wanpeng meant, and he said solemnly: "Dad, the defensive formation guarding the city has not been damaged. Apart from the six people from the Xu Ling Sect, no one with such strong cultivation has entered the city recently."
Several subordinates were confused and asked, "Could this person have appeared out of nowhere? Even if he is a cultivator in the Void Stage, he can't bypass the defense formation and come in directly."
Gu Wanpeng nodded and said, "That's it."
Everyone was puzzled. Gu Shuangqing asked, "Dad, do you have any clues?"
Gu Wanpeng sneered, "Ren'er, you don't know that Du Pan has a unique skill. The puppets he made are so real that they look real, and his technique of manipulating them is even more amazing."
Gu Shuangqing suddenly realized what was strange about the five people behind Du Pan. Those five people were wearing bamboo hats, but the people of Xu Ling Sect always wore brocade robes and jade crowns when they traveled. "Dad, do you mean that person entered Xiaoyao City quietly because he walked in openly?! He is a member of Xu Ling Sect!"
There was no need to break the city defense formation. The Xu Ling Sect entered the city to visit openly. There were six of them in total. After entering the city, they only needed to secretly replace the real people with puppets. Du Pan brought the puppets to visit the city lord's mansion. The real people could hide their tracks and wait for an opportunity to act. When the time came, they used the method of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. By having three people make trouble to attract attention, the other two took advantage of the chaos to hide in the dark and do what they really wanted to do.
It seems that the bamboo hat is meant to conceal the puppet's dull expression.
"The people of Xu Ling Sect are cunning and treacherous. They smile and act very friendly on the surface, but they use such means in secret. It really makes people's backs cold." The subordinates said, "City Lord, since you have been suspicious for a long time, why don't you expose them and let them make trouble?"
Gu Wanpeng said: "If we don't reveal some flaws, how can we lure the enemy deeper and make them reveal their true colors?"
Gu Wanpeng had already walked into Gu Fuyou's room. His subordinates were standing in the courtyard, and Gu Shuangqing was standing by the door. Gu Wanpeng looked around, and there was no sign of rummaging in the room. He really came for someone, and fled when he saw that the person was not there.
Gu Wanpeng noticed that the quilt on Gu Fuyou's bed was in a mess and had already hung to the ground. He snorted and whispered, "What a mess." He walked over and folded the quilt.
Gu Shuangqing saw this outside and smiled helplessly. Then he thought of something and straightened his face and said, "Dad, first you asked for marriage, and now you have made such a big scene, arranged it carefully, and even used Void Stage cultivators, but you are hiding and sneaking to find Ah Man. The Zuo family would not go to such lengths to kill Zuo Tianyi just for Ah Man. This is not the Zuo family's style."
Gu Wanpeng said: "They are determined to get this girl."
Gu Shuangqing said, "Zuo Tianlang told outsiders that he liked Ah Man. Outsiders might believe him, but to us, it was just a bunch of lies. Maybe that was not meant for us, but for others. They wanted to hide the real reason why they wanted Ah Man from others." He smiled and sighed, "Ah Man secretly ran back to Xuanmiao Gate last night, leaving them empty-handed. I don't know whether to praise her or say something bad about her."
Gu Wanpeng was silent for a while, then said, "Ren'er, go and arrange for the interrogation of the other three people who were captured, and see if you can get them to confess something."
"Yes." Gu Shuangqing accepted the order. When he turned around, he saw Gu Wanpeng seemed to be tired of standing, bent down and sat at the table, and did not intend to leave immediately. Gu Shuangqing sighed in his heart and led his subordinates in the yard away.
Du Pan and his party left Xiaoyao City and walked straight to Cong Mountain, dozens of miles away. Cong Mountain was flat, but standing on the cliff, one could still see Xiaoyao City from afar.
He stood at the edge of the cliff, and the other five stood behind him, motionless. After a while, a black cloud flew over from the direction of Xiaoyao City, followed by a green light, and landed on the cliff, transforming into two figures.
Du Pan said: "Grand Elder, Sixth Elder."
The two men had ordinary looks, but with a wave of their sleeves, a wooden mask appeared in their hands, and the expressions on their faces changed, becoming both handsome and elegant.
The Sixth Elder said, "Gu Fuyou is not in the City Lord's Mansion, and there is no trace of him in the city."
Du Pan saw the red on the elder's arm and asked about it. The elder said, "Gu Wanpeng is cautious and he discovered our tracks. I'm afraid he got suspicious this time."
Du Pan waved his hand, and the five people standing behind him turned into palm-sized puppets and returned to his hands. He said, "I think he has seen some clues from this thing of mine. We made a wasted trip this time, but it will make him more vigilant in the future." Du Pan smiled grimly, "Being gentle and kind is not suitable for Xu Ling Sect after all."
The Great Elder said, "Let's go back to the sect and tell the Dharma Protector first."
The two nodded. The three of them returned to Xuling Sect and soon reached the thirty-third heaven, heading straight to the Zhuling Broken Terrace in Lihen Heaven. Zuo Yuezhi and Zuo Qingfeng, the two guardians, were there, standing on the last step, one on the left and one on the right. After listening to the three people's report, Zuo Qingfeng crossed his arms and said, "Brother, Gu Wanpeng is an old fox, too vigilant. If we want to catch Gu Fuyou, we can't get around him. With him around, we can't do it quietly, we still have to force it!"
Zuo Yuezhi twisted his beard, frowned, and said: "Alas, you are right. The situation is very different now. If the dragon clan also came for the Qilin marrow, this matter is very serious. We must not delay for too long. We have to strike first."
A few days ago, Zuo Tianlang came back and casually mentioned the encounter with Gu Fuyou in the canyon race. Zuo Tianlang said that there was a long worm beside Gu Fuyou, riding on clouds and mist, and with a roar, all beasts submitted. Zuo Yuezhi was slightly shocked, hearing what Zuo Tianlang said was like a dragon, but he still had some luck, hoping that it was really just a long worm. Who knew that when he asked the guard beside Zuo Tianlang, the guard said that it was indeed a dragon that entrusted Gu Fuyou that day.
Du Pan shook his thin head twice: "Protector, the young master said that the creature has no dragon horns, it is just a long worm. I actually have two questions in my mind. The dragon clan rarely goes out of the four seas, how could Gu Fuyou get involved with the dragon clan. The dragon is so arrogant and domineering. If the dragon clan really came for the Qilin marrow, they should have captured her and brought her back to Penglai Palace directly. Why would they condescend to carry her and play with her?"
Zuo Yuezhi said: "The dragon clan has a keen sense of smell and is very good at finding treasures. It is possible that they discovered Gu Fuyou's abnormality before others, and that is why they contacted her. As for why they were willing to entrust her, it is also puzzling. But whether it is a dragon clan or not, we can only believe it rather than not."
Zuo Qingfeng said: "Brother, we shouldn't have been so hasty in the beginning. We should have used drastic measures to snatch Gu Fuyou away! It's not too late to act now!"
Zuo Yuezhi hesitated. The Great Elder came out, bowed and said, "Protector, I have something to say."
Zuo Yuezhi said: "Elder, please speak."
The great elder said: "Those who are not of our race must have different intentions. If the dragon race obtains this treasure, it will be like a tiger growing sharp fangs and claws again. The power of this treasure can restore the dragon race to its peak state tens of thousands of years ago. By then, even if the power of the four continents is combined, it will not be able to compete with it. If the dragon race has the intention, then the management of our human race for tens of thousands of years will be destroyed in one day, and the five continents and four seas will be the territory ruled by the dragon race and Qingluan, and the human race will once again become a servile and submissive slave."
“Protector, if it becomes a last resort, we would rather Xu Ling Sect not monopolize the Qilin marrow. Even if we have to share the Qilin marrow with the other three continents, we must not let it fall into the hands of the Dragon Clan and Qing Luan!” The last sentence of the Great Elder was loud and clear, which deeply touched upon Zuo Yue’s worries.
Zuo Yuezhi's expression became solemn, and his eyes were determined. He said, "The elder is right." He waved his hand and shouted, "Come here! Gather the monks to return to the sect! Send out spies to investigate Gu Fuyou's whereabouts and keep an eye on Xiaoyao City and the Dragon Clan!"
The author has something to say: Warm reminder:
The heroine's arrogance, counterattack, and revenge are all in the second volume.
If you can’t stand the abuse and the protagonist being stepped on and rubbed, I suggest you jump directly to the second volume.
If you don't want to skip it and want to watch this part, I hope you will watch it in a friendly manner and don't scold the author, because the author is really sensitive.