If It's Xianer, I'll Agree to This Request — Acknowledging Her Identity to the World
If It’s Xianer, I’ll Agree to This Request — Acknowledging Her Identity to the World
She was actually still very worried that Gu Changge would refuse the Great Elder’s request. If that happened, all her earlier speculations would be overturned.
The Great Elder saying this was, in truth, a way of protecting her.
Gu Changge’s mind was unfathomably deep; no one could grasp it.
Right now, he truly bore her no ill will, but who knew whether he still hid many unknown motives?
Who could be certain of what the future held?
At this moment, seeing the Great Elder, Gu Xianer, and Gu Nanshan all turn to look at him in unison,
Gu Changge had long since prepared his answer. His expression unchanged, he smiled faintly and said, “As for the Great Elder’s request, I’m afraid Changge cannot casually agree to it...”
Hearing these words, the expressions of all three changed instantly. The color drained from Gu Xianer’s small face as if in a flash, turning somewhat pale.
Her body trembled.
She gripped the corner of her skirt tightly, with such force that her knuckles turned slightly white.
Did Gu Changge saying this mean he still intended to eliminate her as quickly as possible?
“Gu Changge, you...”
The Great Elder’s face turned cold. Being unable to swear on his Dao Heart meant Gu Changge truly harbored ulterior motives toward Gu Xianer, that he couldn’t promise not to harm her.
How could he trust Gu Changge then?
Gu Changge acted as if he hadn’t heard the Great Elder’s words, continuing to speak on his own. Only, his tone, falling on Gu Xianer’s ears, had already turned incomparably cold.
“Doesn’t the Great Elder think this request is far too excessive? Having me swear on my Dao Heart that I won’t harm my own enemy by any means — wouldn’t that mean that from then on, I could only wait for death, letting this enemy come take my life?”
“A request like this — if it were you, Great Elder, could you agree to it?”
Gu Changge smiled faintly.
At a time like this, he naturally had to seize control of the conversation.
“This matter...” The Great Elder also frowned. “It was my oversight.”
He had overlooked one thing: if Gu Xianer wanted to kill Gu Changge in the future, what was Gu Changge supposed to do?
Sit and wait for death, surrender without a fight — was he only allowed to wait for death?
Such a thing was clearly impossible.
Unless Gu Xianer also swore on her Dao Heart, willing to let go of all her hatred?
He shook his head. That was even more unrealistic. He had only considered protecting Gu Xianer and completely forgotten about Gu Changge — and this was someone who refused to suffer even the slightest loss.
At this moment, Gu Xianer also came to her senses.
This request was indeed excessive for Gu Changge. Given his personality, he definitely wouldn’t accept it.
If it were her, being asked to swear on her Dao Heart that she would never harm her own enemy in the future,
would she be willing? Only if there was something wrong with her brain.
Unless that enemy held special meaning to her.
Having figured this out, she understood, but still felt a faint, indistinct sense of loss.
So Gu Changge still regarded her as an enemy?
Just as all sorts of thoughts flashed through the three’s minds, Gu Changge spoke again, saying earnestly,
“However, since this person is Xianer, then this request... I can agree to it.”
What?!
Hearing this, Gu Xianer froze on the spot, her eyes involuntarily widening slightly.
She simply couldn’t believe her ears.
She even suspected she had misheard.
Gu Changge had said so much, yet in the end, he actually chose to agree?
Such an excessive request, and he agreed to it?
Did he really intend to keep her, this hidden danger, around, letting her in the future...
For a moment, all kinds of complicated emotions surged in her heart... joy, delight, excitement, bitterness — like a seasoning bottle had been smashed, truly a mixture of all five flavors.
“I told you Changge had his own painstaking considerations...”
Gu Nanshan quickly reacted and spoke up as well. Although he was also puzzled as to why Gu Changge would agree, that didn’t stop him from saying this, praising Gu Changge for doing the right thing.
From the standpoint of the family’s greater cause, this was naturally the outcome they most wanted to see.
As long as Gu Changge agreed not to harm Gu Xianer, everything else would be easy to handle.
Of course, Gu Nanshan had no idea that behind Gu Xianer, there were actually several terrifyingly powerful masters hidden, as well as a Peach Tree of world-shaking, unimaginable origins.
All of this, Gu Changge had taken into account; he wouldn’t casually gamble with his own life.
“Since you say so, then I hope you’ll keep your promise. A Dao Heart oath — if violated, you should be clear about what consequences it brings.” The Great Elder came back to his senses, then nodded, his gaze complicated.
He felt... had he misjudged Gu Changge? Although his actions were shrouded in towering Demonic Energy, he truly hadn’t reached the point of utter derangement.
The bone-digging incident — could there be some hidden story behind it?
The Great Elder glanced at Gu Xianer, who stood there in a daze, an indescribable light flowing in her eyes, and shook his head.
This matter — it seemed he’d have to find a time to talk to her about it.
“Innate Demonic Nature?” The Great Elder pondered over this matter. At first, he hadn’t been interested in it at all. But now, he very much wanted to get to the bottom of it all.
Afterward, Gu Changge said with complete composure, “Now, can the Great Elder rest assured?”
Even if Gu Xianer harbored killing intent toward him, Gu Changge could suppress her with a casual wave; he wasn’t the least bit afraid of her stirring up any trouble.
Besides, where would Gu Xianer find any killing intent toward him now?
As for swearing on his Dao Heart? Gu Changge didn’t think such a thing had any effect on him. Had he sworn on his Dao Heart too few times?
If swearing oaths actually worked, what would be the point of going back on one’s word?
“I hope you won’t disappoint this old man.” The Great Elder nodded.
“Then I’ll trouble the Great Elder with the matter of the Celestial Ancient Dragon Clan,” Gu Changge said with a smile.
With the Great Elder stepping forward, it represented the attitude of the entire Skyward Schloss. When the time came and Gu Changge appeared again, with his status as a disciple of the Skyward Schloss, he refused to believe the Celestial Ancient Dragon Clan wouldn’t submit.
As long as he controlled this force of the Celestial Ancient Dragon Clan, ruling over all the Celestial Ancient Races would become much easier.
Gu Changge’s appetite was huge; he wouldn’t be satisfied with just this.
His current target was only the Celestial Ancient Races, but soon it would extend to infiltrating the other Dao lineages and powers of the Boundless Heaven.
When he could truly rule over the entire Boundless Heaven,
that would be the moment he revealed his sharp claws and fangs to the entire Beyond.
Soon after, the Great Elder’s figure vanished; he headed once more to the Celestial Ancient Continent.
Since he had promised Gu Changge, he would see it through.
“Xianer, are you very moved by your big brother right now?”
At this moment, Gu Changge looked toward the still slightly dazed Gu Xianer and couldn’t help asking with a light chuckle.
There was no need for Gu Xianer to answer.
He actually already knew the answer. In the System’s notifications, he had once again obtained a large sum of Fortuity points and Fatums from Gu Xianer.
“Who’s moved by you? You harbor ill intentions.” Coming back to her senses, Gu Xianer couldn’t help glaring at him, retreating several steps to keep her distance from him.
She was hiding her rapidly beating heart.
“That’s good, then.”
The smile on Gu Changge’s face also vanished, turning calm. “Remember what I told you. Don’t harbor any other feelings toward me. In the end, the one who regrets it will only be you.”
“Gu Changge, stop talking nonsense. Who’s harboring other feelings toward you?”
Having her thoughts seen through, Gu Xianer was like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, glaring at him fiercely.
This was the second time Gu Changge had said these words to her.
The first time, perhaps it could have been a coincidence.
But the second time — what did that mean?
At this moment, Gu Xianer even had the illusion that Gu Changge had already foreseen the future.
Her heart, which had been overflowing with joy just moments ago, suddenly became irritable.
“Changge...”
Seeing Gu Nanshan about to speak, Gu Changge’s gaze shifted slightly, and then he smiled, speaking first,
“Old Ancestor, rest assured.”
“Acknowledging Xianer’s identity is actually very simple for me — it’s merely a matter of a single sentence.”
Gu Nanshan nodded and shut his mouth.
Although he was an Old Ancestor, he couldn’t possibly force Gu Changge to do something he was unwilling to do.
After all, Gu Changge was now the face of the Longevity Gu Family, and its Young Master besides — not to be lightly insulted.
If Gu Xianer’s identity were made known to the world by him, the Old Ancestor, then the Longevity Gu Family would inevitably lose all face, becoming a laughingstock for the various Dao lineages and great sects.
He still had to care about his dignity; he couldn’t casually do such a thing.
So now, Gu Nanshan rather wanted to know how Gu Changge planned to do it.
“Gu Changge, I don’t need you to prove my identity at all. I don’t care for it.” Gu Xianer’s words toward Gu Changge remained as impolite as ever.
“Then I’ll just sit back and watch the show, watching how the Ancient Sea Palace takes revenge on you. How about that?” Gu Changge asked casually.
Being this tsundere — he wasn’t going to indulge her.
The Ancient Sea Palace, this chess piece he had been plotting around until now, naturally had to be put to use.
Of course, if Gu Xianer continued to be stubborn, Gu Changge would let her understand what a real beating meant.
“You...”
Gu Xianer secretly gritted her teeth. If it weren’t for the Ancient Sea Palace’s overwhelming numbers and deep foundations, why would she be afraid?
This Gu Changge really looked down on people.
At worst, when the time came, she’d flee back to Peach Village.
No matter how strong the Ancient Sea Palace was, could it command the sea races to come kill their way there?
“Stop making a fuss. Be good. Your big brother specially prepared this opportunity for you.”
“You were always meant to be the little princess of the Longevity Gu Family, the pearl in everyone’s palm...”
“This is the identity you should have.”
At this moment, Gu Changge looked at her, a perfectly measured gentle smile appearing on his face as he spoke.
Gu Xianer had never seen Gu Changge look so gentle. For a moment, she was stunned.
Her little head buzzed, and she didn’t quite catch his last sentence.
Only the words “stop making a fuss” echoed in her mind.
Gu Xianer suddenly felt her face burning hot — at this moment, it was definitely as red as a boiled crab.
...
The news that the many sea race experts of the Ancient Sea Palace had set out toward Skyward Ancient City quickly shook the entire Boundless Heaven, drawing countless Cultivators and living beings to come watch.
As an ancient power that had ruled the Boundless Sea for countless years, the might of the Ancient Sea Palace was absolutely beyond question.
Many Cults of Immortality and Supreme Dao Lineages were quite wary of it, ordinarily unwilling to provoke it.
This time, the incident of the Skyward Schloss Great Elder’s female disciple killing the Ancient Sea Palace’s Seventh Princess within the Celestial Ancient Continent caused an enormous sensation.
Many Cultivators believed the Ancient Sea Palace would be furious and would pressure the Skyward Schloss into handing over this female disciple.
Gu Xianer’s identity was no secret in the Boundless Heaven nowadays.
Surnamed Gu, yet not acknowledged by the Longevity Gu Family.
This meant Gu Xianer was very likely from an exiled branch of the Longevity Gu Family, cast out of the clan.
Yet she had killed the Ancient Sea Palace’s Seventh Princess.
Many Cultivators felt the Longevity Gu Family couldn’t possibly oppose the vast and ancient Ancient Sea Palace over a clan member who had been cast out.
That would not be a wise move.
And the Great Elder of the Skyward Schloss very likely couldn’t protect Gu Xianer.
No matter how powerful he was, he couldn’t contend against a supreme power, and the entire Skyward Schloss couldn’t possibly make an enemy of the Ancient Sea Palace over a single disciple.
So when the Ancient Sea Palace came charging over with numerous Ancient Battleships in a menacing manner, many people had already predicted how things would unfold.
Some with complicated feelings, some with regret, some with pity... they all felt deep sympathy for that young girl whose talent was said to be so formidable it could rival Gu Changge’s.
The Ancient Sea Palace clearly just wanted an explanation.
That was why they hadn’t gone to the Longevity Gu Family, but instead rushed toward the Skyward Schloss!
Rumble!
At this moment, ten million miles east of Skyward Ancient City, the area was filled with boundless stretches of battleships, blotting out the sky, their momentum astonishing.
Terrifying auras swept forth, setting heaven and earth trembling.
The many beings of the Ancient Sea Palace — shrimp soldiers and crab generals from the deep sea — with blue runes soaring skyward like vast stretches of azure ocean.
Their eyes brimming with sky-piercing killing intent, they charged straight toward the region where the Skyward Schloss stood.
“It seems the Ancient Sea Palace has come in full fury; a confrontation is unavoidable! To seek justice for their Seventh Princess, they’re clearly enraged to the extreme.”
“A contest among the younger generation — if your skills fall short and you get killed, do you still have the face to demand justice?”
Hearing this, a nearby Cultivator couldn’t help frowning, deeply scornful of the Ancient Sea Palace’s behavior.
“You can’t put it that way. Only when the backgrounds behind both sides are equal does it count as a contest among the younger generation. If a nobody with no backing offends another heaven’s pride, can that be called a contest? That can only be called courting death,” another Cultivator said with a cold laugh.
“True enough, painfully realistic,” the others sighed.
“Though I heard the situation back then actually didn’t have much to do with that Gu-surnamed girl. Rather, she was the one being hunted, and in her moment of peril, the Longevity Gu Family’s Young Master Gu Changge appeared. Seeing his own clansman being bullied, in his fury he suppressed the Ancient Sea Palace’s Seventh Princess.”
“Afterward, that Gu-surnamed girl killed the Seventh Princess, and the feud was set in stone.”
“Yes, that Gu-surnamed girl is truly to be pitied. Aside from the Great Elder, probably no one will protect her, right? Facing such a huge commotion and show of force from the Ancient Sea Palace, the Longevity Gu Family hasn’t reacted at all.”
In every ancient city, Cultivators were discussing it.
As they spoke, they shot into the sky, transforming into divine rainbows, following behind to watch the excitement.
They had no idea of the Longevity Gu Family’s many secrets, much less that quite a few supreme experts were hidden at Gu Xianer’s side.
No matter how domineering the Ancient Sea Palace was, it actually couldn’t do anything to Gu Xianer.
On this point, Gu Changge had long been perfectly clear.
But that didn’t stop him from using the Ancient Sea Palace — a force that was basically experience points for Gu Xianer — as a chess piece.
Rumble!
Tens of thousands of sea race beings blotted out the clouds in the sky; their terrifying might could be heard from millions of miles away.
They appeared outside the Skyward Schloss.
“Hand over the murderer!”
“Skyward Schloss, hand over Gu Xianer!”
“Give the Seventh Princess justice!”
They were all shouting, their momentum shaking the heavens.
Above the Ancient Sea Palace’s battleships, a blue-haired general appeared. He was of medium build, his eyes cold and indifferent.
“Skyward Schloss, hand over Gu Xianer!”
He was the sea race’s Grand Commander Haomiao, also shouting loudly, intending to pressure the Skyward Schloss.
This time, the Seventh Princess’s death had provoked the Sea King’s wrath.
The sea races within hundreds of millions of miles had all been affected, punished by the Sea King.
Now, the blue-haired general stepped forward, holding a great blue halberd, manifesting a terrifying aura.
The surging pressure of the Sacred Lord Realm, vast and boundless, transformed into a matchless Sacred Lord Dharma Body standing in the sky.
Blotting out the heavens, incomparably terrifying, its eyes like vast lakes, instantly covering the entire firmament.
Runes and laws formed long chains, coiling around the radiant halberd in his hand.
The terrifying pressure of the Sacred Lord Realm, shaking heaven and earth, was displayed without reservation.
Countless Cultivators and living beings, witnessing and feeling it firsthand, all widened their eyes, unable to breathe.
Speculation was one thing, but seeing it with their own eyes was another matter entirely.
“A Sacred Lord’s true form!”
“The Ancient Sea Palace is truly enraged, to even dispatch a super expert of this level.”
The Cultivators were all terrified, their faces pale, retreating toward safe ground.
If a battle broke out then,
a single strike from a Sacred Lord — even its aftershock — was far beyond what they could withstand. They would be instantly destroyed in body and soul, scattered into nothing.
“This is actually a Sacred Lord!”
The many elders of the Skyward Schloss also had drastic changes of expression at this moment. Facing this terrifying pressure directly, even their divine souls felt as if they would freeze and crack.
They were merely at the Sacred Realm level of cultivation; facing a Sacred Lord, only death awaited them.
“The Great Elder hasn’t returned to the Skyward Schloss yet. What do we do now? Go invite the other old monsters?” Their expressions turned heavy for a moment.
They weren’t clear about the many grudges between Gu Xianer and Gu Changge; at this moment, they still thought that without the Great Elder appearing, no one could stop that Sacred Lord of the Ancient Sea Palace.
Even their Palace Master’s cultivation had only reached the Sacred Noble Realm.
“Gu Xianer is the Great Elder’s disciple. The Ancient Sea Palace has come in full fury, but they surely won’t dare go too far.”
Just as the expressions of the Skyward Schloss’s elders and disciples were all turning varied,
a divine rainbow streaked across the sky, and immediately after, a slender figure appeared.
Peerlessly beautiful, her dress fluttering, her bare feet whiter than snow, standing upon the void.
It was none other than Gu Xianer, her small face bearing a calm and composed expression.
Facing the vast and terrifying Ancient Sea Palace beings outside the mountain gate, she was utterly unafraid, her expression serene and tranquil, without the slightest trace of fear.
“I’ve come.”
Gu Xianer said lightly.
For a moment, heaven and earth fell silent. Many Cultivators and living beings stared at her in shock, never expecting that at a time like this, she would actually dare to show herself of her own accord.
One had to know, before her stood tens of thousands of Ancient Sea Palace beings, hiding who knew how many experts.
And before her was even a terrifying Sacred Lord Realm existence!
Where did Gu Xianer get her confidence and courage from?
The Longevity Gu Family hadn’t made a statement, the Great Elder hadn’t appeared, and the Skyward Schloss had chosen silence.
Her figure standing there appeared so frail and alone.
“The little girl has some nerve, knowing to come deliver herself to death? That’ll spare you some torment.”
The sea race’s Grand Commander Haomiao looked coldly at Gu Xianer and said indifferently, his words seemingly already sentencing her to death.
“Do you know how the Seventh Princess died?” Gu Xianer’s expression was very calm and cool as she asked lightly.
“How did she die?” Grand Commander Haomiao’s face turned cold, his brows furrowing.
The tens of thousands of sea race beings behind him were also incomparably enraged at this moment, never expecting Gu Xianer would dare bring up this matter.
This made their fury soar to the heavens; they wished they could cut Gu Xianer into a thousand pieces.
“Because she bullied me.”
Facing the hateful and furious gazes of all the sea race beings, Gu Xianer’s expression remained very calm as she spoke thus.
“You...”
Grand Commander Haomiao was enraged. He never expected that at this juncture, with no one daring to stand up for her, Gu Xianer would still dare provoke them.
Her talent for courting death was truly second to none.
He suddenly swung his great hand, and terrifying pressure transformed into a gigantic golden palm, upon which Dao patterns and Sacred Lord laws gleamed, as if bearing destructive might that could crush everything.
The void trembled and directly shattered!
However, at this moment, a pill shot over, blooming with dreadful light.
A sword light slashed out from within it, completely shredding Grand Commander Haomiao’s pressure.
Immediately after, Gu Changge walked unhurriedly out of the void.
At this moment, endless immortal qi wreathed his body, his aura rising without limit, the phantom of a Great Dao dharma body slowly emerging behind him.
“A Sacred Lord, I see. But making a move against such a little girl — don’t you think it rather lowers your own status?”
He laughed lightly, directly facing the terrifying pressure of this Sacred Lord Realm existence.
It wasn’t that Gu Changge intended to show off, but that he needed exactly this kind of opportune moment.
Since the Ancient Sea Palace had thrown itself onto the muzzle of his gun, he naturally had to make the scene even bigger — that way, the shock and sensation it caused would be even greater.
Gu Xianer recalled what Old Ancestor Gu Nanshan had told her earlier, telling her to boldly and confidently step forward.
With an Old Ancestor who could slap a Sacred King Realm existence to death with one palm by her side, along with many powerful trump cards in hand, Gu Xianer naturally wasn’t worried about her safety.
So she had walked out without hesitation.
But she hadn’t expected that the Old Ancestor wouldn’t make a move — instead, it was Gu Changge who, just like last time, stood in front of her.
“Could this be his way of acknowledging my identity to the world?” Gu Xianer stared blankly at Gu Changge, her glass-like eyes unblinking.