Manufacturing a Hero-Saves-the-Beauty Moment — His Exclusive Punching Bag Can't Be Bullied by Others
Manufacturing a Hero-Saves-the-Beauty Moment — His Exclusive Punching Bag Can’t Be Bullied by Others
The Celestial Ancient Continent was vast and boundless. Immortal mountains towered majestically, stretching into an endless, mighty dragon of ranges, as if one had arrived in an entirely new world.
The atmosphere was ancient and primal, carrying the aura of primordial chaos, as though this land had given birth to all living things under heaven.
Dense immortal mist drifted between heaven and earth, and beyond that, many small puddles of liquefied spiritual energy could be seen.
For the Young Prodigies of the various lineages from the Beyond,
their first reaction upon arrival was to land and regroup with their fellow disciples, so as to avoid being picked off one by one.
Here, their enemies were their peers as well as the native inhabitants of this place.
No one dared to let their guard down.
Soon, Gu Changge also descended upon this land with the Direct Disciples of Skyward Schloss and his followers.
Their landing point was a valley.
The terrain was quite flat, and in the distance lay an emerald-like lake, formed entirely of gathered spiritual energy.
“Master, where are we heading now?”
From among the followers, a tall creature shaped like a Yaksha stepped forward and asked Gu Changge.
“To the east.”
Gu Changge pondered for a moment before answering.
At the same time, he swept a glance over Jin Zhou and the others behind him. Honestly speaking, he didn’t want to bring these Direct Disciples along with him.
Jin Zhou and the others were not weak — they were Young Prodigies too, with quite a few followers of their own.
If they all followed him, disagreements would inevitably arise whenever they came across something valuable.
Gu Changge himself was someone who never liked to suffer a loss, and he couldn’t be bothered to deal with such troubles when the time came.
“Since Gu-shixiong is heading east, then we shall go west. We’ll all find a way to meet up in the central region later.”
Jin Zhou and the others were no fools either. Following Gu Changge would bring them no benefits — they might even end up working for him for free.
And so, after bidding their farewells, they departed.
Gu Changge’s expression remained calm, and he couldn’t be bothered to say more.
This suited him perfectly.
Soon, only Yin Mei and Gu Changge’s other followers remained here.
For this expedition into the Celestial Ancient Continent, he had not brought Yan Ji along.
Doing so would very likely expose Yan Ji’s existence, which would be terrible.
Besides, with Yan Ji’s cultivation, she most likely wouldn’t have been able to enter anyway.
Here, every Young Prodigy had to rely on themselves — there were no protectors or the like.
So for Gu Changge, this could very well become his... Hunting Event.
Any Young Prodigy who caught his eye would likely be unable to escape the fate of being killed and devoured by him, or being controlled through the Demonic Manipulation Urn.
Of course, such things needed to be done discreetly.
And when the time came and things were discovered, the blame would naturally still be dumped onto Ye Ling.
“Let’s go.”
With that, Gu Changge led everyone away from this place, heading east.
If he wasn’t mistaken, the direction of the Vermilion Bird Clan lay precisely this way.
“Master told me to find an opportunity to get close to Ye Ling. It seems Ye Ling has also secretly snuck in here. He’ll probably come looking for me on his own when the time comes.” Yin Mei followed behind Gu Changge, harboring her own thoughts.
As things stood, none of the followers here actually knew about her relationship with Gu Changge.
Deceiving Ye Ling would be all too easy.
Gu Changge felt that his luck wasn’t very good.
Even after spending half a day traveling tens of thousands of miles,
he hadn’t found a single native creature, to the point where he began to suspect whether he had wandered into some Forbidden Area.
That said, there were quite a lot of fortuitous opportunities here. He discovered many Heavenly Herbs that had long gone extinct in the outside world, ancient in age and rich in medicinal fragrance.
Though Gu Changge didn’t care much for these things, the followers behind him collected them with great delight.
“Searching blindly like this isn’t a solution.”
“The Celestial Ancient Continent has somewhat exceeded my expectations. I should have asked the Great Elder for some general information beforehand.”
Gu Changge frowned.
Then, a vast and boundless divine sense, like a surging, raging tide, swept down from the horizon.
Anyway, there were no other Cultivators here.
He wasn’t afraid of exposing the secret of his powerful Primordial Spirit.
Soon, Gu Changge sensed the aura of the Vermilion Bird Clan, quite far ahead — at least several thousand miles away.
However, somewhat closer by, the sounds of battle rang out, with radiant light soaring into the sky.
Brilliant Divine Chains of Order flashed one after another, illuminating all directions. It was clear that neither side of the battle was weak — both possessed at least Honoured King Realm strength.
Within Gu Changge’s divine sense perception, a Young Prodigy from the Beyond was currently fighting over a sword grass that resembled a star. Sword intent clanged within it, emitting crisp, trembling hums.
It looked as magnificent as a star, its leaves bearing fine patterns like the meridians of the stars across the heavens.
This little grass simply growing there created a wondrous sight, with strands of sword light cascading down between heaven and earth.
His opponent was a berserk ferocious beast on the verge of stepping into the True Enlightened Realm. The two were locked in a fierce, evenly matched battle.
“Master, it seems someone is fighting in that direction.”
Gu Changge stood atop a mountain peak as one of the followers behind him asked with a puzzled expression, “Should we go take a look?”
“There’s no need to get involved in such matters.”
Gu Changge waved his hand and said indifferently.
Naturally, he wouldn’t go over. His main purpose in coming here was to locate the Vermilion Bird Clan — he was merely creating an opportunity for Yin Mei.
As long as Yin Mei wasn’t too far from him, he could sense her location.
When the time came, he would plant Yin Mei by Ye Ling’s side to track Ye Ling’s whereabouts, waiting to pluck the fruit.
Wouldn’t that be both effortless and convenient?
At this moment, Yin Mei also understood Gu Changge’s intentions. Her eyes flickered slightly, and she said, “Gu-shixiong, now that we’re here, let us part ways at this point.”
Naturally, she had her own followers with her, and precisely because of that, she couldn’t reveal the slightest flaw — the surface act had to be maintained.
“Alright. Yin Mei-shimei, take care.”
Gu Changge’s expression remained composed as he nodded slowly.
Then, he watched Yin Mei leave this place, heading toward the direction from which the battle fluctuations came, putting on the appearance of intending to intervene.
Gu Changge nodded in satisfaction, unable to suppress a look of keen interest.
Hadn’t Ye Ling always been unable to forget Yin Mei?
Well, now he was delivering her right to him.
Specially creating a “hero saves the beauty” opportunity for him.
Yin Mei would go contest that sword grass now, deliberately show a disadvantage, and once Ye Ling sensed the battle fluctuations, he would absolutely be unable to resist rushing over to play the hero saving the beauty.
Gu Changge had seen this kind of trope far too many times.
Today, he would create it for Ye Ling. Once Ye Ling found out, he would surely be very grateful to him.
After that, Gu Changge didn’t linger either, preparing to leave this place.
After all, he had other matters to consider.
The Celestial Ancient Continent was so vast, and what he most wanted to find was the region where the natives resided.
Only where natives gathered would he have the chance to locate their ancestral tombs.
Gu Changge had been constantly thinking about the Immortal’s Corpse — and if there was no Immortal’s Corpse, an Emperor’s corpse would do too.
Of course, at this moment, Gu Changge could only hope that the Founding Ancestors of these natives weren’t like the Gu Family’s old ancestors, who loved nothing more than burying themselves in the dirt or lying in coffins for no reason.
That bad habit of the Gu Family really shouldn’t be emulated.
......
While Gu Changge was searching for the natives within the Celestial Ancient Continent,
Gu Xianer was also joyfully finding quite a few good things along her way.
The Big Red Bird on her shoulder was no simple creature — it possessed a certain treasure-seeking talent.
No good thing could escape its eyes; even mountain treasures hidden deep within the ranges would be dug out by it.
Gu Xianer transformed into a divine rainbow, speeding forward, encountering quite a few Honoured King Realm ferocious beasts along the way, all of which she dealt with effortlessly.
Her cultivation during this period hadn’t been for nothing — her strength was rising by leaps and bounds.
But soon, Gu Xianer encountered disciples of other forces.
“This bunch should be from other sects and forces outside the Boundless Heaven.”
“They don’t seem like a Human force. They reek of the sea.”
Gu Xianer recognized their Transcendent arts and techniques — though of course, the style of their clothing belonged to the current era.
Only their leader, a young man surrounded by the others like stars around the moon, was at the Honoured King Realm, utterly out of place among his peers, appearing extremely powerful.
The rest were all at the Honoured Lord Realm, while most of the young disciples were at the Honoured Noble Realm.
“Which force does this little lady belong to? Or did you come in alone?” The leading young man had a frivolous expression and a head of blue hair. He stared at Gu Xianer as he asked.
At the same time, his followers surrounded Gu Xianer.
He was only asking casually — after all, here, who cared what force stood behind you?
The mist shrouding the Celestial Ancient Continent could obscure the heavenly secrets. Die here, and even the old fossils of your family wouldn’t be able to find out anything.
“Being alone isn’t good. Why not come along with us? We can look after each other. Haha.” The young man stared at her unscrupulously, fervor and amazement flashing through his eyes.
Gu Xianer frowned, deeply displeased by this young man’s gaze.
Yet another one lusting after her body.
“Scram.”
She showed not the slightest courtesy, her face frosty. Then her slender jade-white fist blasted out, fist shadows filling the sky and blotting out everything. Her figure was slim and delicate, yet her Physique strength was astonishingly powerful.
She rarely used her physical strength in daily life, preferring the sword — but when she truly meant to kill, she didn’t want to waste words.
Boom!
With just one punch, the group of Cultivators before her was sent flying. Many of them directly burst apart, turning into a mist of blood.
“You...” The leading young man’s expression changed.
But Gu Xianer gave him no chance to react at all. Her figure turned into an afterimage, vanishing from where she stood. An ancient treasure gleamed with runes, like a divine sword engraved with ultimate truths, slashing straight down!
She had been in a foul mood all along, and these people just had to go and provoke her at the worst possible time.
Soon, blood mist drifted through the area, and the entire group lay dead.
“Courting death.”
Gu Xianer patted her dress, her small face utterly cold. She collected all of their storage rings, then transformed into a divine rainbow and departed.
After leaving Peach Village in the Land of Abandoned Celestials and making her way toward the Inner Domain, she had encountered plenty of situations like this.
Murder and robbery were nothing new to her.
It was only because she had been constantly bullied by Gu Changge within the sect that she acted like a silly, naive girl. In truth, she was extremely shrewd.
However, not long after Gu Xianer left, a large group of people appeared at this place.
The woman leading them wore a colorful feathered robe, had a head of blue hair, and scales growing on her forehead.
Her expression was haughty. Upon seeing the scene of blood mist drifting through the air, her gaze turned incomparably cold, her face darkened to the extreme, filled with fury. “It has always been me killing others!”
“Who was it? Who dared kill my little brother!”
“Seventh Princess, there are vicious beasts here that witnessed everything that happened. We can search their souls to find out.”
Among her followers, someone noticed the traces of vicious beasts not far away and spoke up.
Hearing this, the blue-haired woman did not hesitate.
Her figure moved with incomparable power, directly seizing those vicious beasts. Ignoring their roars, she performed a Soul Search to see what had happened here.
“Damn it... it was actually a little girl in green who killed him.”
“I will make her pay the price she deserves! To think I was only one step too late, and my brother was cruelly murdered!”
Soon, the blue-haired woman’s eyes turned frighteningly cold, practically spitting fire, brimming with rage.
She stared at the scene before her, trembling all over with anger.
In the images, from beginning to end, her brother had only asked a few questions—he hadn’t even made a move.
Yet that little girl in green had been utterly ruthless, striking directly and killing everyone!
“My brother carried no shortage of protective treasures, yet he died at the hands of some little girl. Her identity is not simple!”
“But my Ancient Sea Palace crossed billions of miles, traversing countless star regions to get here—how can we suffer such a loss! Spread the word: I intend to hunt down that little girl in green!”
The blue-haired woman’s voice was ice-cold and furious as she directly issued the order to hunt down the girl in green.
Hearing this, her followers were all struck with terror.
The wrath of the Ancient Sea Palace was enough to cause a massive earthquake.
Beside Boundless Heaven in the Inner Domain of the Beyond, the endless sea races within the Endless Sea were all ruled by the Ancient Sea Palace.
Across the vast seas of the Beyond, the shadow of the Ancient Sea Palace could be seen everywhere. Even the various immortal forces and Supreme Dao Lineages had to give them face.
Moreover, the Ancient Sea Palace had countless subordinate sea races, many of which were closely tied to the ancient myriad clans, interconnected like branches of the same tree.
The Ancient Sea Palace was absolutely a power that gave many Dao Lineages headaches.
The faces of this group of followers all turned somewhat pale.
And now, this young girl had actually offended the Seventh Princess of the Ancient Sea Palace.
Strictly speaking, this younger brother of hers could only be considered kin from her mother’s side, but as long as the blood of the Ancient Sea Palace’s royal family flowed in one’s veins, one was a member of the Ancient Sea Palace.
Yet now he had been killed here—how could she not be enraged?
Her followers couldn’t help but tremble, their faces drained of all color.
This matter would absolutely cause a terrifying sensation and bring about a catastrophic disaster.
Even if that young girl had a Supreme Dao Lineage backing her, it would be of no use.
Within the Celestial Ancient Continent, life and death were left to fate—this was something all the great Dao Lineages tacitly accepted.
And this Seventh Princess’s power was such that she possessed the makings of invincibility even among the sea races.
This was her first time leaving the sea races, only to encounter something like this.
She needed to kill someone to establish her might!
Soon, news of this spread among many of the younger generation across the Celestial Ancient Continent, causing huge waves.
The younger brother of the Ancient Sea Palace’s Seventh Princess had been killed by a young girl in green, and she had declared her intent to hunt down that girl and avenge her brother.
Once this news spread, it caused an enormous commotion.
The people of the Ancient Sea Palace were best left unprovoked if at all possible.
Yet now, the brother of a princess had been murdered—such a major incident naturally caused tremendous shock.
Many Cultivators felt deep sympathy for that young girl in green, while also curious about who exactly she was.
After all, the people of the Ancient Sea Palace were not so easily killed.
Within a valley shrouded in mist, a young man whose entire body was wreathed in fog murmured to himself, “A young girl in green? Could it be the cousin of Gu Changge, that Nirvana Supreme?”
The speaker was none other than the successor of the Longevity Wang Family, Wang Wushuang.
He had ventured deep into this place alone, and who knew how he had learned of this news.
“Interesting. If the people of the Ancient Sea Palace end up clashing with Gu Changge, I might just be able to reap the benefits as a third party.”
With that, golden runes appeared on his body as he passed straight through the mist, heading deeper within.
In another direction, within a mountain range, a sharp golden light flashed.
A Golden-Winged Roc spread its wings and streaked across the sky.
Its entire body gleamed gold as it charged at a vicious beast of the True Enlightened Realm, finally tearing it in half, the corpse falling from midair.
“Gu Changge is said to have a conflict with that Nirvana Supreme cousin of his. If that girl in green really is his cousin, I wonder whether he’ll step in when the time comes.”
“The Ancient Sea Palace is not so easy to deal with...”
The Golden-Winged Roc landed and transformed into a tall man—none other than Peng Fei, the successor of the Golden-Winged Roc Clan.
His brows furrowed slightly as he couldn’t help but mutter to himself.
Similar scenes were still playing out along the border regions of the Celestial Ancient Continent.
Many of the younger generation heading here were numerous; some had entered earlier.
Others had come later, falling behind the rest, but their strength was equally formidable—they were Young Prodigies.
This was because the territories of their respective factions were simply too far from Boundless Heaven, and crossing over required a great deal of time.
And during the period since the Celestial Ancient Continent opened, some had also encountered the native inhabitants here, resulting in conflicts and slaughter.
Though for the natives here, this was likewise a rare opportunity to temper their own younger generation.
...
“So you’re all natives of this place?”
On a low-lying plain, a stretch of tall, unknown golden plants swayed, resembling a golden grassland.
Gu Changge asked with a raised eyebrow.
Before him, a group of beings whose appearances and clothing patterns differed from those of the outside world knelt prostrate on the ground in utter terror.
Their legs snapped with a crack, blood spreading—they simply could not withstand the terrifying aura that emanated from Gu Changge’s casual gesture.
A small number of them were even blown apart into mists of blood on the spot by Gu Changge’s aura, their bodies and souls utterly annihilated.
Just moments ago, while passing through this area, they had been suddenly ambushed by this group of beings, and several of his followers had died.
“Where do you come from?” Gu Changge asked through divine sense.
Standing before him was a dark-skinned man wearing beast hides, not very old, with strength at the mid-stage of the Honoured King Realm.
But right now his soul was on the verge of being crushed; he was terrified beyond measure and couldn’t even lift his head.
Before an aura like Gu Changge’s, they were more insignificant than ants.
The few young men and women behind him wore extraordinary garments flowing with precious light, their bodies protected by secret treasures, yet at this moment they were equally horrified, their souls trembling.
This young man before them looked about the same age as them.
But how could he be so terrifying—simply more frightening than a young Great Emperor?
“Tell me where your settlement is, and perhaps I’ll spare you.”
Gu Changge knew they could understand his divine sense, so he asked casually.
Then, with one hand, he grabbed the dark-skinned man before him and lifted him up as if carrying a little chick.
“Master, word has come from elsewhere—it seems Miss Xianer has offended the people of the Ancient Sea Palace.”
“Though whether it truly is Miss Xianer is unclear.”
At this moment, Gu Changge’s Yaksha-like follower came over and reported to him.
They had means of gathering news from various places, so naturally they had heard of this matter, which was now causing an uproar among the younger generation everywhere.
“The Ancient Sea Palace? (Li’s good)”
Gu Changge’s brow furrowed. Hearing this, he pondered for a moment, then said casually, “Don’t worry about her. She won’t die.”
She was, after all, a Daughter of Fortuity. The Ancient Sea Palace was nothing more than experience points delivered to Gu Xianer’s door. Of course, given her current abilities, she might suffer a bit.
Gu Changge had no intention of playing nanny for her.
Though the little girl was arrogant, cold, and proud, as a Daughter of Fortuity she had no shortage of fortuitous encounters and could naturally turn misfortune into blessing, escaping danger time and again.
Though there was an element of calculation in it, Gu Changge was also certain nothing serious would happen to Gu Xianer—at worst she’d get hurt and end up fleeing pathetically from pursuit.
However, once Gu Changge finished with the matters at hand, he figured he could make use of this incident.
After all, ever since his last performance of a self-inflicted suffering ploy, he had left Gu Xianer hanging for a while. It was about time to see her again.
As for what the Ancient Sea Palace even was?
Gu Changge’s personal punching bag—was that something they were allowed to bully?
“If you don’t want to die, lead the way.”
Gu Changge’s thoughts returned, and he spoke indifferently to the group of beings before him.
They still had some use as guides for now. Gu Changge couldn’t be bothered to directly Soul Search them, fearing their souls couldn’t withstand it and would simply explode.
The natives of the Celestial Ancient Continent were a mixture of various ancient races, and their strength was clearly much greater than those of the outside world.
This was something Gu Changge had also sensed.
Though it had no effect on him.
Right now, Gu Changge didn’t even fear beings of the Sacred Realm, let alone the younger generation.
“Daren, we will lead the way.”
The leading being replied in terror, sensing horror and dread from this young man.
This level of strength could already compare to the clan elders of their tribe.
It was simply too frightening.
All of their attacks just now had been casually blocked by him and directly annihilated.
What they didn’t understand, though, was why this young man wanted to go to their settlement—after all, it lay deep within this continent.
Where experts were as numerous as clouds.
Soon, after leaving this area, they headed straight east.
Along the way, Gu Changge saw many grand structures, incomparably ancient but already fallen into ruin.
Among them were numerous stone carvings, insights of the Sacred Realm, and the like, with radiance soaring to the heavens and divine glow filling the sky—things that could aid one in cultivation and enlightenment, truly rare opportunities.
In these places, the numbers of both the younger generation from outside and the native beings grew, and slaughter erupted among them.
Gu Changge swept a casual glance over it all and quickly lost interest.
The natives guarded the secrets of the Celestial Ancient Continent. The Celestial Spirit within had been gestating until now—long before he joined Skyward Schloss, he had already calculated the timing.
When the Celestial Spirit emerged, the entire Celestial Ancient Continent would surely be thrown into turmoil, and even those old fossils outside would be alarmed and rush over.