Yin Mei Chooses to Confront Head-On, Her Big Eyes Full of Confusion
Yin Mei Chooses to Confront Head-On, Her Big Eyes Full of Confusion
“I’ve vented my anger, but I’m still not satisfied. The moment I think about how I, this old man, was schemed against by that bastard Gu Changge, used entirely as his spear, without any room to refuse...”
“It just makes me furious!”
“How could there be such an unfilial descendant? Angering his Ancestor to death—what good does that do him?”
Looking at Gu Xianer’s smile, Gu Nanshan didn’t show anything on his face, but in truth, his heart was full of pent-up grievance.
The Great Elder at the side couldn’t help shaking his head with a laugh. He had to admit, seeing Gu Nanshan’s expression actually gave him a bit of secret delight.
As for sympathy? There was none, nor was there any need for it.
Back when he himself had been infuriated by Gu Changge, hadn’t he looked exactly the same?
Gu Changge was the kind of person who was impervious to everything—no one could ever gain the upper hand against him.
For such a thing to appear in a junior, he could only sigh: such scheming and methods were truly astonishing.
Even he, who had lived for so long, could never have pulled it off.
Every step interlocked with the next, leaving no way to break the trap at all.
“Alright, the training on the Celestial Ancient Continent is about over. Afterward, Xianer, you’ll return to the family with your Ancestor first. There are many matters that should be explained to you.”
Soon, Gu Nanshan’s expression turned solemn, becoming uncharacteristically serious.
As the Ancestor of Gu Xianer’s branch, he naturally had to find a way to clear their branch’s name and restore its former glory.
And before that, he had to seek justice for Gu Xianer.
“Ancestor, is this true?” Hearing this, Gu Xianer was also stunned for a moment.
It wasn’t that she doubted the truth of Gu Nanshan’s words—she just felt that such a thing wasn’t realistic.
First of all, would the rest of the Gu Family agree? After all, this matter concerned the face of the Longevity Gu Family.
Now, Gu Changge was the Young Master of the Longevity Gu Family, the Successor of Skyward Schloss... with all these supremely noble identities, how could they be stained with a blemish?
For the sake of the bigger picture, most of the Gu Family’s elders clearly wouldn’t side with her on this matter.
Otherwise, why would she have drifted outside all these years, far away from the family?
Although Gu Nanshan was an esteemed Ancestor with powerful cultivation, his say within the Gu Family was actually less than that of the Family Head.
After all, behind every branch, who didn’t have a few Ancestors?
If every little thing required an Ancestor to step in, then the family wouldn’t need a Family Head to make decisions at all.
Besides, there was the most important point.
How would Gu Changge react to this matter? Given his personality, would he do something that harmed himself to benefit others? Even if there were some hidden hardship or secret, he couldn’t possibly reveal it easily.
All of this, Gu Xianer had actually considered long ago.
So when Gu Nanshan brought it up first, she shook her head slightly, feeling it was impossible.
Her current strength was nowhere near enough to make the Gu Family take her seriously, let alone rival Gu Changge.
Although the Gu Family had good family values, on top of that foundation, everything had to serve the family’s long-term interests. Gu Nanshan’s decisions and actions were no exception.
“Xianer, don’t worry. With your Ancestor here, I will definitely get you justice for what happened back then.”
Gu Nanshan’s face froze—he hadn’t expected Gu Xianer’s reaction to be so calm.
That, in turn, made his own confidence seem rather lacking.
He also knew that with Gu Xianer’s current strength, it was hard to make the entire family take her seriously... at most, he could pressure Gu Changge so that he couldn’t secretly harm her.
But that seemed rather useless.
Judging from Gu Changge’s recent actions, he really didn’t seem to harbor any killing intent toward Gu Xianer—a point that left even Gu Nanshan baffled.
Otherwise, why would he have made up that nonsense about Gu Changge having some hidden hardship?
“Is that so? Since you say so, Ancestor, then I’ll just believe it.” Gu Xianer said earnestly at this point.
But in her crystalline, beautiful eyes was a look that clearly said, “As if I’d believe you, you old coot.”
Gu Nanshan felt a bit embarrassed for a moment.
Toward this granddaughter of his line, he truly felt affection, and deep guilt in his heart—he genuinely wanted to make up for all the hardship she had suffered over the years.
“Gu Changge has his hardships. Xianer, you must believe that the family has never held any malice toward you...” Gu Nanshan said again.
“What exactly is Gu Changge’s hardship?” Gu Xianer asked.
“...” Gu Nanshan shut his mouth.
He also wanted to ask what hardships Gu Changge had—he wanted to know too!
But he truly hadn’t expected that Gu Xianer wasn’t doubting his words at all; she was simply puzzled, asking in earnest.
Gu Nanshan didn’t answer.
Gu Xianer didn’t ask further.
In her view, this matter definitely involved an enormous secret—so big that even the Ancestor couldn’t speak of it lightly. Everything would have to wait for her to unravel it herself.
“Gu Changge, one day I will uncover your secrets...” Gu Xianer clenched her jade fist, swearing this in her heart.
Afterward, the three of them didn’t linger. The main purpose of the Great Elder and Gu Nanshan coming here had been to protect Gu Xianer, fearing something might happen to her.
Once the training ended, the various great lineages would all pour in, and any member of the younger generation remaining here would be in danger.
Soon, the Great Elder waved his sleeve, and the void before them blurred, a passage appearing. He led the two of them away from the Celestial Ancient Continent, intending to return to Skyward Schloss.
Gu Nanshan was, after all, an Ancestor-level figure of the Gu Family.
Having crossed billions of li of space to come here, now that the matter was resolved, the Great Elder naturally had to host him properly.
However, just as the three left the Celestial Ancient Continent and returned to the mountain peak where the Great Elder usually cultivated in seclusion, all their expressions froze in unison.
A white-robed young man with a natural expression, his ink-black lustrous hair bound by a dark ribbon, his face carrying a warm smile and an otherworldly grace, was already waiting there.
...
“Princess Mingkong, you had people stop this servant—what is your intention?”
Meanwhile, in the Boundless Heaven, in a grand ancient city eighty thousand li from Skyward Schloss.
High in the sky, a dazzling, radiant carriage had stopped, surrounded by several figures with powerful auras blocking its path.
From within the carriage came a charming, gentle voice.
A woman in a red dress sat within, nine fluffy snow-white fox tails swaying in the void, held in the arms of two maids.
It was none other than Yin Mei.
At this moment, her face bore a bewitching, seductive smile, tinged with an indescribable meaning.
The carriage driver outside was an Enlightened Noble Realm expert, yet even his expression was now grave.
“Xiaojie, these people are very strong!”
“It’s fine. I trust Princess Mingkong is reasonable and won’t make things difficult for a weak woman like me.”
Yin Mei’s voice carried a faint smile, as if she wasn’t worried at all.
Outside in the void, terrifying fluctuations like a boundless sea surged and churned, horrifying to the extreme.
From all directions, numerous experts appeared, surrounding the carriage.
Their divine senses swept across the eight directions, overwhelmingly domineering.
Dong!
Heaven and earth trembled, ripples erupting through the void, so much so that the cultivators in the distance preparing to watch the excitement all let out muffled groans, their blood and qi roiling, utterly horrified.
Then they retreated as far as they could, not daring to approach at all.
These people’s origins were too terrifying!
They didn’t dare imagine it.
“You overstepped. You shouldn’t have gotten so close to him.”
A transcendent, otherworldly woman of peerless beauty stepped through the void. Hearing Yin Mei’s words, her voice was calm and cold.
With every step she took, brilliant lotuses of the Great Dao bloomed in the void, one after another.
It was as if silver light transformed into immortal runes, branded into the void, manifesting here with terrifying might.
It was none other than Yue Mingkong, who had left the Celestial Ancient Continent.
At this moment, immortal radiance enveloped her body.
Her features were blurred, her eyes deep and calm, her wide sleeves fluttering, her expression utterly without ripple.
Her eyes were like gemstones, beautiful beyond compare—truly a peerless elegance.
The words she spoke also carried the coldness and dignity of a supreme empress.
Yin Mei sat within the carriage, seemingly unsurprised by Yue Mingkong’s purpose.
Back at the Mountains of Horizons, when she saw Yue Mingkong, she knew her relationship with Gu Changge would be noticed by her.
In Yin Mei’s view, such a trivial matter probably meant nothing to Gu Changge.
Gu Changge wouldn’t care at all.
After all, she was merely one of his chess pieces—her place in his heart couldn’t possibly compare to Yue Mingkong’s.
With Yue Mingkong’s intelligence, how could she fail to notice all of this?
So Yin Mei had long known that Yue Mingkong would come looking for her.
She just hadn’t expected Yue Mingkong to move so fast—she had only just left the Celestial Ancient Continent, and Yue Mingkong had come straight after to intercept her.
Such a forceful and decisive approach certainly matched the rumors.
Yin Mei also knew that this future empress’s possessiveness toward Gu Changge was extreme—she would not tolerate any other woman coming within half a step of him.
Everything now was the best proof of that.
At this moment, hearing those words, Yin Mei couldn’t help but smile. “Princess Mingkong, you’re too overbearing. If Master knew about all this, do you think he would be angry?”
“This Palace doesn’t care about such things.”
Yue Mingkong said indifferently. She understood Gu Changge well—she knew he could never be moved by Yin Mei; at most, he was using her.
But before that, she had to make Yin Mei understand: don’t entertain any unnecessary crooked thoughts.
Besides, she rather hoped Gu Changge would be angry with her—that would at least show she still held some place in his heart.
What Yue Mingkong feared was Gu Changge adopting an indifferent attitude toward the matter.
Neither blaming nor inquiring.
“Oh? It seems Princess Mingkong has quarreled with Master? Had a falling out?”
Hearing this, Yin Mei’s smile turned somewhat strange—she had detected the faint trace of loneliness and melancholy in Yue Mingkong’s words.
She was naturally gifted at grasping such subtle emotions.
That was how her acting could reach such flawless heights.
In that instant, Yin Mei noticed Yue Mingkong’s hidden emotions and felt a sudden realization.
No wonder when Gu Changge left the Celestial Ancient Continent, Yue Mingkong wasn’t by his side.
It seemed the two had very likely quarreled at the Mountains of Horizons.
And the problem most likely lay with Yue Mingkong.
At first, Yin Mei had greatly envied Yue Mingkong—of all the women in this world, she was definitely the first to be treated so by Gu Changge.
But now... she seemed to glimpse a faint sliver of hope in it.
She didn’t want to remain a chess piece, a tool in Gu Changge’s hands forever. She also hoped Gu Changge would truly look at her, even once.
“How did you know?” In Yue Mingkong’s eyes, a terrifying divine light suddenly emerged, condensing into a radiant Lunar Seal containing dreadful divine might.
“Naturally, I saw it.” Yin Mei said with a smile.
By now, she no longer held the same wariness toward Yue Mingkong as before.
So what if her power and strength were inferior to Yue Mingkong’s?
Her current usefulness to Gu Changge was absolutely something Yue Mingkong could not replace.
At a juncture like this, as long as Yue Mingkong wasn’t stupid, she wouldn’t dare kill her.
Yue Mingkong also feared being loathed by Gu Changge.
And that was precisely the opportunity Yin Mei could exploit.
“Aren’t you afraid this Palace will kill you?” Yue Mingkong said coldly. As a regressor, she didn’t take Yin Mei seriously at all.
She had shown herself merely to warn her.
“No. Kill me, and Master perhaps won’t blame you—but Princess Mingkong, you’d better think it through. From then on, you may never be able to walk into Master’s heart again.”
“Have you thought through that consequence?”
Yin Mei spoke with a smile, separated by the carriage, choosing at this moment to confront Yue Mingkong head-on.
“Are you threatening this Palace?” Yue Mingkong’s eyes instantly turned deep and cold to the extreme, her aura surging as if she could destroy ten thousand li of mountains and rivers with a wave of her hand.
A fox spirit actually dared to provoke and threaten her—this was something she had never expected.
Most importantly, what Yin Mei said was precisely the thing Yue Mingkong had always worried about most...
“No, I’m merely explaining everything clearly for Princess Mingkong.” Yin Mei shook her head.
“Of course, if you don’t kill me, then from now on, Princess Mingkong, you’d better be careful. There are many things I can help Master with, that you cannot.”
“Master’s heart—let’s see who wins it first?”
Yin Mei paid no heed to Yue Mingkong’s coldness and killing intent, speaking on her own.
Her own methods were by no means weak.
Now that she had grasped Yue Mingkong’s weakness, she naturally had to make good use of it.
In her view, these words struck right at Yue Mingkong’s heart.
“Heh, laughable.”
However, to Yin Mei’s surprise, Yue Mingkong showed no anger at this. Instead, her gaze held more of a mocking sneer.
“You think the likes of you can win Gu Changge’s heart?”
Yue Mingkong’s voice was calm, yet tinged with faint derision and contempt, not taking Yin Mei’s words to heart at all.
She never worried that Gu Changge would be moved by other women.
It was just that seeing women other than herself by his side made her feel sour and uncomfortable.
Even knowing that those appearances were all an act Gu Changge put on, not his true self.
She would still feel this way.
No one understood Gu Changge better than Yue Mingkong.
Yin Mei’s confidence, in her eyes, was nothing but ignorance and daydreaming—so much so that Yue Mingkong couldn’t even be bothered to care about Yin Mei’s earlier insolence.
“However, from your words, this Palace has come to understand a truth: blocking is worse than channeling...”
“Everything must be traced to its root, rather than trying to change what is now.”
Yue Mingkong said.
At this moment, she had already gotten the answer she wanted.
She would not give up her goal, nor would she do anything pointless at a time like this.
Even with her rebirth, she was powerless to stop Gu Changge—so why not simply change her approach?
“What do you mean, Yue Mingkong?”
Yin Mei asked, her brows tightly furrowed, directly addressing Yue Mingkong by name.
She couldn’t understand why Yue Mingkong was so certain she couldn’t win Gu Changge’s heart.
She refused to believe it!
However, Yue Mingkong did not answer Yin Mei’s question. She left the place, waving her jade hand.
All the experts before her transformed into divine light, soaring into the sky and vanishing, no longer blocking the way.
“If you truly can do it, perhaps that would be a good thing too.” Yue Mingkong’s voice drifted over from afar.
“Why...” Yin Mei was momentarily dazed within the carriage.
...
By the shores of the Boundless Sea.
Eastern Edge.
Here there had once been an ancient aristocratic family, enduring for millions of years, from the distant past until now.
It had experienced prosperity, decline, seclusion, and revival, dominating this region.
Unfortunately, some years ago, it offended the Primal Celestial Temple, and numerous experts struck out forcefully.
That ancient family was directly annihilated, wiped out completely.
Its former grounds were now a desolate ruin.
Traces of great fires stretched all the way.
Broken walls and crumbling ramparts, wild grass growing rampant.
Shattered corners of walls, bricks and tiles—all revealing the prosperity of bygone days.
The scene was bleak, and passing cultivators occasionally glanced over, their eyes filled with sighs of emotion.
“Ah, back then the Immortal Sun Family was so powerful—in Eastern Edge, a single word from them and no one dared object. A stamp of their foot would shake the earth. And now, not even a trace of them can be found.”
“The Primal Demonic Temple ravages all sides—how terrifying! Even a power like that was destroyed just like that!”
Many old-timers sighed with emotion.
“But no matter how powerful a family is, there comes a time when the curtain falls. Who told them to offend a power they shouldn’t have offended, to offend people they shouldn’t have offended...” The person beside them also sighed.
“Shh, keep your voice down. Some things can’t be said. Have you forgotten what happened to the Feathered Clan on the Celestial Ancient Continent recently?”
“Watch your words, watch your words!”
One of them immediately shuddered and said.
Thinking of that news, they all fell silent in unison, fear showing in their eyes.
And just then, a sound like crashing waves, like a great tide surging into the sky, suddenly came.
The sound was incomparably vast, ringing out from a distant place.
From the shores of the Boundless Sea.
Every cultivator in the entire ancient city heard this tremendous sound, and many figures broke through the air, looking toward the source of the noise.
Sss!
Seeing the scene there, everyone was utterly shocked, sucking in a cold breath.
That place was originally the Boundless Sea, the territory of the sea race.
Occasionally, members of the sea race would come bringing sea goods.
But today was different—there was a surging fleet of warships rushing over, countless in number, blotting out the sky, their radiance soaring to the heavens, terrifying fluctuations spreading from afar.
An enormous blue banner fluttered in the wind.
Ancient Sea Palace!
Seeing this, everyone was stunned—the Ancient Sea Palace, leading numerous sea race forces, had actually come killing their way out of the Boundless Sea!
Someone instantly connected it to what had happened on the Celestial Ancient Continent.
The Seventh Princess of the Ancient Sea Palace had met her doom, killed by a young girl named Gu Xianer.
Could it be that the Ancient Sea Palace, in its fury, had come for revenge over this matter, to demand justice?
Soon, this news spread rapidly, resounding through the various ancient cities of the Boundless Heaven in no time, causing a huge sensation.
...
Meanwhile, at Skyward Schloss, atop the mountain peak, clouds and mist surged, and the mountain breeze blew.
Everything seemed ethereal and lofty, like an immortal realm in the mortal world.
“Oh, the Great Elder and the Ancestor are back?”
Gu Changge, who had been drinking alone at the stone table, sensed the commotion. With a smile on his face, he rose to receive them.
A stretch of void blurred, and a passage appeared.
The three figures who walked out of it wore varied expressions, but none of them looked pleased in the slightest.
Why was Gu Changge waiting here so early?
The satisfied smile on Gu Xianer’s little face froze.
In her big eyes, for a moment, there was nothing but indignation and confusion.