After leaving Lingyun Valley, Yang Qi went straight back to Yuanjian Peak. Originally, he had already broken through to the Martial Honor Realm and could choose a suitable residence in Tianjian Peak. However, because Yang Qi had just broken through to the Martial Honor Realm and had to go to the Imperial Capital to take charge of the sect entrance examination, he had not had time to choose his own palace and could only temporarily live in Yuanjian Peak.
When Yang Qi returned to the palace, he saw Yun Lan and Liu Fei waiting for him outside the palace.
"Senior Sister Yun." Seeing Yun Lan and the others, Yang Qi suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of peace in his heart, as if a wanderer had returned home.
"We received a message from Senior Lin and knew that you would be coming back today, so..." Yun Lan was about to speak.
"So what?" Liu Fei interrupted Yun Lan and asked anxiously, "Did you kill Gu Xingnan?"
Kill Gu Xingnan!
Yang Qi's face turned dark. He wanted to kill Gu Xingnan, but unfortunately, even a late-stage Nine-Star Martial Lord like Yan Chihuo couldn't kill someone under the nose of a Martial King, let alone him.
“If it’s one-on-one, I’m sure I can kill him. But this time he’s surrounded by quite a few Martial Honored Ones, and the Martial King Realm expert from the Wu Zhou Academy is also in the dark. I don’t have any chance to make a move at all.” Yang Qi said helplessly.
The hatred between him and Gu Xingnan, just as Gu Xingnan himself said, could no longer be resolved. Yang Qi wanted to resolve the situation as soon as possible as he was an enemy who was quite talented and had a powerful force behind him.
"You haven't even killed Gu Xingnan yet, you're really useless." Liu Fei snorted.
Yang Qi was speechless. If Gu Xingnan was so easy to kill, how could he still be alive today
"The Gu family and our Yun family are old friends. Gu Xingnan has done nothing wrong to the Yun family. Are you just hoping for his death?" Yun Lan said with a wry smile.
Liu Fei curled her lips and said, "Senior Sister, I am doing this for your own good. As long as Gu Xingnan dies, you won't have to worry anymore."
"Senior Sister Yun, what is the grudge between you and Gu Xingnan?" Upon hearing this, Yang Qi, who was standing aside, couldn't help but look at Yun Lan and asked the doubts in his heart.
As Gu Xingnan attacked him several times, even if he didn't see his death with his own eyes, Gu Xingnan was still not at ease. He became more and more curious about the grudge between Yun Lan and Gu Xingnan.
"Actually, I've wanted to tell you about this for a long time. I had planned to wait until you fulfilled your agreement with Feng Yan before telling you, but I didn't expect so many things to happen in the meantime." Yun Lan sighed softly. She had wanted to tell Yang Qi about this a long time ago, but she had never found the right opportunity.
Now Gu Xingnan has tried to kill Yang Qi many times, and she is one of the reasons. Yun Lan naturally wants to inform Yang Qi of this matter as soon as possible.
"Yang Qi, if you dare to let down my senior sister, I will have my master hang you outside the Tianjianmen base and beat you three times every morning and evening." Liu Fei gave Yang Qi a vicious look and immediately backed away.
The corners of Yang Qi's mouth twitched fiercely, but he did not dare to ignore Liu Fei's threat. With the unreliable character of Liu Fei and his apprentice, it is possible that they could really do it.
"In fact, our Yun family and Gu family are old friends. Decades ago, the Gu family suffered a major change, and our Yun family secretly helped them escape to the Great Zhou Empire." Yun Lan said slowly.
Yang Qi nodded slightly. He had already learned about these things from Wu Ping. He knew that the relationship between the Gu family and the Yun family was very complicated, and that the Yun family had done a great favor to the Gu family.
"Although the Gu family successfully fled to the Great Zhou Empire and avoided their enemies, the family suffered huge losses. Our Yun family secretly funded them a lot. Later, Gu Xingnan enrolled in the Wu Zhou Academy. Because of his extraordinary talent and potential, he was valued by the powerful Wu King. The Gu family also gained a firm foothold in the Great Zhou Empire and continued to grow stronger."
At this point, Yun Lan's expression became somewhat complicated. After a moment, he continued, "In just a few decades, the Gu family has recovered to the level of a second-rate force, and there are even signs of growth."
Yang Qi nodded slightly, not feeling strange. He had fought with Gu Xingnan before and knew that his talent and potential were extremely high. He also had the support of a powerful martial king. Even a high-level martial master had to give him some face. With Gu Xingnan around, it was reasonable for the Gu family to grow stronger.
There is an old saying on Earth that goes, "When one person succeeds, all the people around him will benefit." This also applies to the world of cultivation. If a peerless genius is born in a small force, the force he belongs to will inevitably rise.
"About ten years ago, Gu Xingnan, who had just entered the Martial Honor Realm, once secretly returned to the Great Chu Empire with the top leaders of the Gu family." Yun Lan said softly.
Um
Yang Qi was startled. He had heard Wu Ping say that several years ago, Gu Xingnan, who had just entered the Martial Honor Realm, had led a group of fellow apprentices like him back to the Great Chu Empire. However, the time mentioned by Yun Lan was obviously earlier, and the grudge between the two was probably formed at that time.
"Gu Xingnan and the senior members of the Gu family returned to the Great Chu Empire to express their gratitude to our Yun family for their help back then." Yun Lan said in a deep voice, "That was the first time I met Gu Xingnan."
"Is that when you became enemies with him?" Yang Qi asked seriously.
"Who told you that Gu Xingnan and I have become enemies?" Yun Lan said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Liu Fei is not..."
As soon as Yang Qi opened his mouth, he realized that Liu Fei had been misleading him from the very beginning!
"In addition to expressing their gratitude, the Gu family also made a request that our Yun family could not refuse." Yun Lan looked at Yang Qi with a complicated expression, and then whispered, "Marriage."
“Marriage, could it be…” Yang Qi flashed a brilliant light, making the Yun family unable to refuse the marriage proposal. The person of the Gu family’s marriage proposal was naturally self-evident. It was obviously the popular Gu Xingnan, and the Yun family…
Yang Qi looked towards Yun Lan. The person that the Yun family was going to marry into was obviously Yun Lan!
"I learned about this from the head of the family after Gu Xingnan left. Although I objected again and again, I was powerless to change anything." Yun Lan sighed and continued, "In order to avoid the family, I went out to gain experience, and later joined the Tianjian Sect. When I was successful in my training, I returned to the family to change the head of the family's decision, but was told that the family had already exchanged marriage certificates with the Gu family."
A cultivation family is more united than a sect, but comparatively speaking, a family does not have the same freedom as a sect. Ordinary family members have no choice but to accept the decisions made by the clan's higher-ups.
"No wonder Gu Xingnan said before that Yun Lan was the woman he liked!" Yang Qi recalled Gu Xingnan's words and immediately understood the key.
Gu Xingnan's status and position are special, so the Yun family naturally dare not regret the engagement. As for the Gu family, they were originally repaying a favor. If they took the initiative to regret the engagement, the Gu family would probably end up in a situation where they were neither in the family nor in the family. Both families disagreed, and with the Wu Zhou Academy and the Wu Wang strongman behind Gu Xingnan, Yun Lan was naturally powerless to change anything. (To be continued)