Cards on the Table — She Actually Knows Gu Changge's Biggest Secret
Cards on the Table — She Actually Knows Gu Changge’s Biggest Secret
Even if someone beat Chi Ling to death right now, she probably still wouldn’t believe that the Gu Changge standing before her was the true Successor of Demonic Arts she had been trying to find all along.
Nor would she know that Ye Ling’s current predicament was entirely Gu Changge’s handiwork.
Because... Gu Changge and Ye Ling had never even met face to face. How could there possibly be any grudge between them?
If there were to be one, there would at least have to be a conflict of interest, right?
So Chi Ling had never thought in that direction.
Right now, she was still delighted and relieved to have Gu Changge’s help.
“Chi Ling-guniang trusts Ye Ling so much, so you must know his current whereabouts?” Gu Changge suddenly asked at this point, a somewhat puzzled look on his face.
“I don’t know, but I can find a way to contact him.” Hearing this, Chi Ling thought for a moment and decided to be honest with Gu Changge.
After all, she still needed Gu Changge’s help. If she couldn’t even be frank about something like this, how could she earn his trust?
“That’s good then.” Getting his answer, Gu Changge couldn’t help but smile.
It just so happened that he had been trying to figure out how to determine Ye Ling’s true whereabouts.
And now Chi Ling had obediently delivered herself to his door. He really didn’t even know what to say anymore.
After that, the two chatted along the way, wandering among the various Godly Islands of Skyward Schloss, until they finally arrived at Supreme Peak, where Gu Changge resided.
From afar, Chi Ling saw a breathtakingly beautiful woman in a plain dress standing before the magnificent palace with her arms crossed, her gaze cold and profound, otherworldly and transcendent.
The mountain wind blew, dark hair dancing, her proud figure fully displayed beneath her loose robes.
But those eyes were like an empress looking down upon all things. Just being looked at made Chi Ling uncomfortable all over, exuding a terrifying pressure.
Chi Ling actually shuddered involuntarily.
“Changge-daoxiong, this must be Crown Heir Mingkong?” Chi Ling asked, somewhat nervous.
At the same time, she forced a stiff smile onto her face. Although she was usually cold and proud, and a powerful Young Prodigy herself,
under this woman’s gaze, she couldn’t help but lower her head, feeling a hint of fear.
Gu Changge smiled. “She’s been having a little tiff with me lately, hence this expression. Don’t mind it.”
A little tiff?
Chi Ling was slightly taken aback, then realized what he meant, feeling a bit awkward.
She and Gu Changge had walked all the way here together just now — could that have caused this lady to misunderstand something?
For some reason, she felt she should explain things to Yue Mingkong; she didn’t want Yue Mingkong to misunderstand.
It wasn’t that she feared Yue Mingkong, but rather that she didn’t want to offend her over such a trivial matter.
At least in her view, Gu Changge and Yue Mingkong were very well matched. Among the Young Prodigies of the Beyond today, many had marriage agreements, but none were quite like these two.
Whether in status and position, or in appearance and talent, they were matched so perfectly.
Especially after talking with Gu Changge for so long, her impression of him had improved even more.
“I’m worried Crown Heir Mingkong might misunderstand something,” Chi Ling said.
“Misunderstand? She wouldn’t misunderstand these things.” Gu Changge smiled.
Seeing how naturally Gu Changge said it, Chi Ling didn’t think too deeply about it.
But from what she saw today, this Crown Heir Mingkong’s pressure was truly frightening. At such a young age, she already had the bearing of a peerless empress looking down upon everything.
After that, she prepared to take her leave. But before leaving, Chi Ling thought of something and, after pondering for a moment, said,
“Oh right, Changge-daoxiong, actually I was just thinking earlier — if the true Successor of Demonic Arts were to appear among the Young Prodigies, who would be the most likely candidate?”
Hearing this, Gu Changge’s interest was piqued, and he couldn’t help asking, “In Chi Ling-guniang’s view, who would it be?”
He didn’t believe Chi Ling would guess it was him. Right now, he was rather curious to see who could become the second scapegoat after Ye Ling.
“In my view, it’s very likely the Ye Family’s young master, Ye Langtian... Of course, in my view, this is only a possibility. The malice he’s shown toward Ye Ling runs too deep.”
Chi Ling fell silent for a moment before speaking to Gu Changge.
Although she knew Gu Changge and Ye Langtian were fairly close, she believed Gu Changge wasn’t the type to gossip about Ye Langtian behind his back over something like this.
She still trusted Gu Changge’s character greatly.
Toward Ye Langtian’s actions, on the contrary, she was full of doubt and suspicion.
“Oh, so it’s actually Ye-xiong?”
Hearing this, Gu Changge couldn’t help laughing, then asked with great interest, “That does surprise me a little. Chi Ling-guniang, why don’t you suspect that I’m actually the Successor of Demonic Arts?”
Hearing this, Chi Ling didn’t even think before shaking her head directly. “With Changge-daoxiong’s status, your future achievements are destined to be limitless. How could you possibly become the Successor of Demonic Arts? Something like that — for you, there’s simply no possibility of even considering it.”
Anyone of the younger generation could be the Successor of Demonic Arts.
But Gu Changge absolutely could not.
Because the Successor of Demonic Arts would inevitably be exposed one day, and Gu Changge’s status predetermined that he could never make such a choice.
Unless there was something wrong with his head, and he was willing to give up his position as future leader of the Longevity Gu Family and Skyward Schloss.
Or unless he was confident enough that he could sweep the world unchallenged in the future, invincible under heaven.
“I didn’t expect Chi Ling-guniang to trust me so much. It is truly my honor,” Gu Changge laughed, his smile carrying a deeper meaning.
After that, Chi Ling transformed into a divine rainbow and left, going to reunite with her clansmen to prepare for the upcoming matter of the Celestial Ancient Continent.
The smile on Gu Changge’s face also faded as he returned to the palace.
“The Vermilion Bird Clan’s successor, Chi Ling?”
At the palace entrance, Yue Mingkong glanced at him and said flatly.
She naturally recognized Chi Ling. In her previous life, Chi Ling had been one of Ye Ling’s confidantes.
Yet in this life, she was chatting and laughing so freely with Gu Changge, which made Yue Mingkong marvel at Gu Changge’s methods.
Ye Ling had just been framed by him, reduced to a rat crossing the street that everyone wanted to beat, not even daring to show his true face, hiding who knows where.
And now Gu Changge was getting so close to Ye Ling’s future confidante, seemingly plotting something together.
It left Yue Mingkong not knowing what to say.
From the looks of it, this Chi Ling was probably another pawn being deceived and used by Gu Changge.
“Mingkong actually recognizes her.”
Gu Changge smiled and reached out to wrap an arm around her slender waist, but Yue Mingkong shifted back lightly, nimbly avoiding him.
Her eyes stared at him, clear and cold, free of any worldly warmth, making it clear she wouldn’t let him succeed.
“Is Mingkong still angry with her husband?”
Gu Changge sighed, putting on a troubled look. “Ever since that night, you’ve been angry with your husband. You still haven’t cooled down?”
It would have been better not to mention it. The moment he did, a cold glint surfaced in Yue Mingkong’s eyes.
These past days, she had been sending people to investigate, but she still hadn’t discovered who the woman Gu Changge met that night was.
On top of that, with the recent uproar everywhere over Ye Ling being the successor of the Taboo Demonic Arts, she couldn’t get to the bottom of anything.
Even now, Yue Mingkong didn’t know exactly what means Gu Changge had used to slap the label of Successor of Demonic Arts onto Ye Ling.
“If you don’t tell me who that vixen was that night, don’t even think about touching me.”
Yue Mingkong stared coldly at Gu Changge, completely unmoved by his expression.
“What you should know, you’ll definitely be told. What you shouldn’t know, stop prying into. But speaking of which, after all these days, doesn’t Mingkong suspect her husband at all?”
Hearing this, the smile on Gu Changge’s face gradually faded, and he looked at her with great interest.
Yue Mingkong’s heart tightened at his words. She knew what Gu Changge meant.
But her face showed not the slightest abnormality as she asked, “Suspect you of what?”
Gu Changge shook his head, somewhat regretful. “You’re so smart — you should know better than to play dumb in front of me.”
Yue Mingkong’s phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, a wary gleam within them. Beneath her robes, her jade hand quietly gripped a short sword of brilliant runes.
She understood Gu Changge too well.
At times like this, the more nonchalant he acted, the more serious the problem was.
During this period, she had stayed by Gu Changge’s side, and she had seen everything he did.
For Gu Changge to pin the label of Successor of Demonic Arts on Ye Ling, one crucial part of it... was Bai Lie’s corpse, killed by the Immortal-Devouring Demonic Art.
The exposure of that corpse had indirectly confirmed Ye Ling’s identity as the successor of the demonic arts.
And as for how Bai Lie actually died — Yue Mingkong knew that better than anyone.
It just so happened that Gu Changge had left the courtyard at that time.
Even though she had been playing dumb while knowing the truth, such an obvious hole was plain to see at a glance.
Anyone in her position could figure it out.
Gu Changge was either the Successor of Demonic Arts himself, or connected to the Successor of Demonic Arts.
And either way, it involved Gu Changge’s biggest secret.
The thing was, as a regressor, she had actually known this secret of Gu Changge’s for a long time. She just hadn’t shown it, always pretending she didn’t know.
But with what had happened now, it meant Gu Changge already knew... that she knew his secret identity as the Successor of Demonic Arts.
It sounded convoluted, but that was the truth of it.
These past few days, Gu Changge hadn’t exposed her — most likely just to see how she would react.
The identity of the Successor of Demonic Arts was absolutely Gu Changge’s greatest secret, one he could never allow anyone else to know.
Which meant... these past few days, her situation had actually been dangerous the entire time.
Gu Changge could strike at her at any moment. Given Gu Changge’s personality, he wouldn’t care in the slightest about the thin affection between them.
The only question was when Gu Changge would choose to act.
And now, hearing Gu Changge’s words, Yue Mingkong went on high alert.
Skyward Schloss was Gu Changge’s territory now, and in the shadows he had a Sacred Lord Realm follower.
If Gu Changge wanted to kill her, the odds of success were high.
Thinking of this, Yue Mingkong’s phoenix eyes turned cold as she recalled the scene of their wedding night in her previous life. This faint, barely-there killing intent — how familiar it was.
She hadn’t expected that in this life, Gu Changge would lay his cards on the table with her so soon.
These days of being fiancé and fiancée — though she hadn’t interacted much with Gu Changge, and was occasionally teased by him — honestly, it made Yue Mingkong quite reluctant to let go.
She had never felt anything like it in her previous life.
Weng!
Within her robes,
Yue Mingkong gripped the rune sword in her hand tightly. To contend with Gu Changge, she had secretly made many preparations, but even now she only had a thirty percent chance of success.
“Mingkong, I like you more and more. Beautiful, sensible, proper, with powerful methods... truly an ideal, perfect wife.”
At this moment, Gu Changge wore a faint smile as he spoke, walking toward Yue Mingkong.
“An ideal, perfect wife?”
Hearing this, Yue Mingkong was slightly stunned, a trace of daze crossing her face.
Then she realized — these were Gu Changge’s words to lull her. Clearly, he was already laying his cards on the table with her.
A chill suddenly crept up Yue Mingkong’s back.
“Mingkong, you’re so smart — why keep playing dumb when you know the truth? After all these days, you should have figured it all out.” Gu Changge’s expression held a trace of regret and sighing.
“Gu Changge, what are you talking about? I don’t understand.” Yue Mingkong stared at him coldly, but she knew Gu Changge was actually talking about the Immortal-Devouring Demonic Art.
“Even at this point, you’re still not ready to tell the truth?”
Gu Changge sighed softly. “Actually, you should already know — Ye Ling is no Successor of Demonic Arts. He’s the successor of the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being. And you’re the one who told me that.”
“The rumors these days are so obvious, and you’re still going to play dumb with me?”
Hearing this, Yue Mingkong fell silent. At this point, even if she kept claiming ignorance, it would be useless.
“So are you going to kill me now?” Yue Mingkong stared at Gu Changge. “I know that you’re actually the true Successor of Demonic Arts.”
Hearing this, Gu Changge’s expression didn’t change as he chuckled lightly. “See? Wouldn’t it have been better to confess earlier? Why keep up all this unnecessary pretending?”
“The matter of the demonic arts is of grave importance. Honestly, I did want to kill you...”
At this point, Gu Changge paused, looking somewhat regretful.
“Oh? Then why aren’t you making your move?” At this, Yue Mingkong was actually a bit puzzled.
At this moment, Gu Changge had laid bare the truth that he was the Successor of Demonic Arts — so why wasn’t he killing her?
Hearing this, Gu Changge instead revealed a meaningful smile and said, “Because I can’t bear to.”
What?!
Yue Mingkong froze on the spot. Her beautiful eyes widened slightly, and she suddenly wondered if she had misheard.
She knew Gu Changge’s biggest secret, and he was actually choosing not to kill her?
At this moment, she was somewhat dumbfounded. She never expected Gu Changge to say such a thing.
“You’re actually not killing me...” Yue Mingkong still found it hard to believe.
“It seems Mingkong’s misunderstanding of her husband runs quite deep.” Hearing this, Gu Changge’s expression remained composed, but he couldn’t help shaking his head. “If I truly intended to kill you, why would I tell you any of this?”