The So-Called Truth of Being Filthy Rich — Sky Emperor Ying's Own Son and the Horse-Feeding Stable Boy
The So-Called Truth of Being Filthy Rich — Sky Emperor Ying’s Own Son and the Horse-Feeding Stable Boy
Watching Gu Xianer’s bristling, fluffed-up appearance.
Gu Changge’s expression remained perfectly calm, not surprised in the slightest.
However, just as Gu Xianer was about to pounce on him and fight for her life, his expression shifted slightly. With a flick of his sleeve, the void before them blurred.
A Space Tunnel appeared.
Gu Xianer felt the world spin around her.
The scenery before her eyes changed rapidly — magnificent mountains, rivers like ribbons, lakes resting below like jadeite, all swiftly receding into the distance.
Behind her came Gu Changge’s aura.
By the time she reacted, she realized Gu Changge had already wrapped an arm around her waist, and they were speeding through the void.
Weng!!
In an instant, Gu Xianer’s mind went completely blank.
She even forgot to wonder where Gu Changge was taking her.
At this moment, all she could feel was Gu Changge’s aura continuously coming from behind her — like warm jade, like gentle sunlight, like a crisp winter spring, carrying a faint coolness.
The next moment, time shifted and the landscape inverted.
The clamor of bustling, lively voices reached her ears.
The two of them had already vanished from the Skyward Schloss and arrived on an extremely busy street in Skyward Ancient City.
Along the street, Cultivators and beings from various powers came and went. Palaces and towers, pavilions and halls stood majestic and grand.
Gu Changge’s sudden appearance clearly caused an enormous commotion.
Numerous beings and Cultivators widened their eyes at once, staring in shock at the scene, clearly unable to react.
“This is... it’s Young Master Changge!”
A Cultivator cried out in alarm.
Almost instantly, a vacuum of empty space was cleared around Gu Changge and Gu Xianer.
During this period, Gu Changge’s might had shaken the entire Boundless Heaven — there was practically no one who didn’t know of his existence.
Now, simply appearing anywhere in public would cause an enormous stir.
Very quickly, the area was packed watertight with Cultivators and beings who had rushed over upon hearing the news.
Many young prodigies of extraordinary origins gazed over with reverence, whispering, “So this is Young Master Changge? I never thought I’d actually see him in person today!”
“The woman beside Young Master Changge — is she that cousin of his? She’s truly refined and otherworldly. One can already see the makings of a beauty that could topple nations!”
The gazes of many young women were drawn to Gu Xianer, and for a moment they seemed quite envious.
“What are you spacing out for?”
At this moment, Gu Changge paid no mind to the surrounding crowd and spoke indifferently, snapping Gu Xianer out of her daze.
She quickly came back to her senses, not expecting Gu Changge to suddenly bring her to a place like this.
That aura from just now had made her heart race — she had even felt a trace of attachment and reluctance to part with it.
“Why did you bring me here?”
Gu Xianer swept her gaze around, somewhat puzzled.
This was clearly just a marketplace common to every ancient city — nothing special about it.
She didn’t understand Gu Changge’s intentions.
“What do you think? You reek of poverty from head to toe.”
Gu Changge glanced at her, frowning, speaking in a tone laced with coldness.
“A single set of cyan robes — are you planning to wear it for your entire life? When the time comes and you return to the clan, you’ll disgrace the entire Longevity Gu Family.”
After all, he had left Gu Xianer hanging for quite some time now. It was time to let her experience his kindness toward her.
Gu Changge had thought this through very carefully.
A silly girl like Gu Xianer couldn’t be bullied all the time — she needed to taste some sweetness too.
Otherwise, Gu Changge wouldn’t have gone to all this trouble of personally bringing Gu Xianer to a place like this.
Speaking of which, this approach was the same as in his previous life. For someone with money-grubbing attributes like Gu Xianer, he needed to show her what it meant to be filthy rich.
Whoever has money is daddy.
It just so happened that the various wealth and resources on Gu Changge’s person were so abundant as to be world-shaking.
“You’re the one who’s poor...”
Hearing this, Gu Xianer immediately grew unhappy.
Sure enough, not a single nice word ever came out of Gu Changge’s mouth.
How was she poor in any way?
Wearing one set of robes for her whole life?
That remark clearly struck a sore spot. She merely liked wearing cyan — how could it possibly be like Gu Changge said, wearing a single outfit for her entire life?
He made it sound like she was unhygienic. She smelled lovely, thank you very much.
“No, this is a rare chance to make Gu Changge bleed money — I absolutely can’t give it up!”
Gu Xianer told herself this.
Then she viciously cursed Gu Changge out in her heart, and only then felt a bit better.
Gu Changge’s expression remained composed, as if he hadn’t noticed Gu Xianer’s changing expressions at all.
And next, just like in his previous life, Gu Changge took Gu Xianer through all kinds of high-end pavilions and halls. Wherever they went, she received the most premium treatment — treatment she normally could never even touch.
This made her grind her teeth in hatred, knowing full well that Gu Changge was deliberately showing off.
But she was just so envious!
The Alliance of Thousand Merchants’ purple-gold card, the Violet Supreme Alchemy Sect’s Violet Order...
From clothing and artifacts, to scriptures and ancient engravings, to spirit pills and sacred medicines...
Whatever caught Gu Xianer’s eye, Gu Changge had only one word: buy. Without the slightest hesitation — he didn’t even look at what it was.
This attitude made Gu Xianer wonder whether Gu Changge had genuinely had a crisis of conscience and planned to properly compensate her.
Clinging to the conviction that she absolutely had to make Gu Changge bleed money.
By the end, Gu Xianer’s eyes grew wider and wider. She simply couldn’t stop spending, her small hands trembling slightly.
She finally discovered that money really was omnipotent.
And this was merely a single hair from nine oxen of Gu Changge’s vast wealth — it didn’t even count as that one hair.
Gu Xianer was so envious her eyes were practically turning green. She wished she could just rob Gu Changge outright.
The flowing fairy dress with wide sleeves that she normally wouldn’t even dare glance at — embroidered from multiple immortal materials, exquisite and gorgeous, like starlight interwoven from the Nine Heavens, flowing with radiant colors, truly a priceless treasure.
Rumor had it that it was left behind by some female Sacred Emperor Realm expert of ancient times.
But the price was exorbitant, and besides looking beautiful, it didn’t have much practical use.
To this day, no one had shown interest in it.
Yet Gu Changge merely noticed the longing in her eyes and immediately, without hesitation, bought it outright.
This filthy-rich display made Gu Xianer’s breath catch involuntarily.
And at that moment, she finally discovered Gu Changge’s sinister intentions — from now on, she could never again live frugally like before.
She would definitely run short of money.
Would she have to go back to her old trade of knocking people out with a club, or cling tightly to Gu Changge’s thigh?
After all, once you’ve eaten delicacies from mountains and seas, who could still stomach chaff and leftovers?
This guy was truly too wicked! He even schemed against her in this!
“Gu Changge, you’re truly too despicable...” Gu Xianer couldn’t help but fume.
Gu Changge hadn’t expected this girl to actually see through his intentions. It seemed her head hadn’t gone completely dizzy yet.
“Then how about you return everything you bought to me?” he asked flatly.
“No way.” Gu Xianer quickly glared at him. Something that had fallen into her hands, and he wanted it back?
Dream on!
Besides, she had bought these things with her own ability — why should she return them?
...
Meanwhile, among the Ancient Royal Families — the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan.
Palaces and towers stood in magnificent grandeur.
Beside a rather crude stable.
A youth in plain clothes, with a youthful, fair face, suddenly froze slightly, then came to his senses.
It looked as though he had just awakened from a long daze.
“Why am I here?”
The youth murmured to himself.
His expression was still somewhat lost. Then he clutched his head, feeling as though it was about to explode.
Pain!
Pain!
Unbearable pain!
All kinds of memories flew about like shattered fragments, beginning to reassemble.
After a long while, the youth’s eyes widened in shock as he looked around, taking in this unfamiliar environment.
One moment ago he had been cultivating inside the Sky Emperor Palace, and the next moment, his vision went black... and he had seemingly become a stable boy responsible for washing and feeding the Pegasi.
“Why have I suddenly become a stable boy? Even my face isn’t mine. Other than my memories, nothing is mine...”
The youth’s expression was filled with shock, unwillingness, disbelief, and all manner of complex emotions.
He murmured the question, simply unable to believe any of this was real.
“Could some senior be playing a joke on me? My father is Sky Emperor Ying...” The youth’s face darkened as he spoke toward the unseen void before him.
Though his features were ordinary, he carried a heart-palpitating might.
This was the terrifying authority that only one in a high position could possess, that only those who dwelled at the summit could display.
However, even after the youth finished speaking, the void before him remained deathly silent.
Apart from the stable behind him, the surroundings were so quiet he could hear his own breathing.
His words had no effect whatsoever.
“Why have I suddenly become another person, when I know nothing of this person’s memories? What kind of method is this?”
The youth’s expression turned extremely ugly, and he couldn’t help clenching his fists.
“Could it be that my soul and this stable boy’s soul were swapped — he became me, and I became him?” The youth quickly calmed down and began analyzing seriously.
But the more he analyzed, the more uneasy he became, and dense fury welled up in his heart.
He simply couldn’t comprehend what kind of method this was.
Why would it swap two people’s souls out of nowhere?
Even his father, at his peak when all clans bowed to him in reverence, could not possibly have possessed such a method.
He was Sky Emperor Ying’s own son, his talent unsurpassed in his era, unmatched by anyone, unable to find a single worthy opponent.
But his father had felt that attaining the Dao in that era would hinder his future achievements, so he sealed him away, preserved until now.
He had been cultivating inside the Sky Emperor Palace all along, never stepping half a pace outside — he had never even encountered an enemy.
Why would he suddenly encounter such a ghostly, unfathomable method?
“Could it be the work of one of my father’s old enemies?” The youth was utterly unwilling to accept this. He was of imperial heavenly lineage — his status and bloodline were noble beyond measure, unmatched in this world.
As long as he emerged into the world, he could surely command all the ancient clans and achieve what no one else could.
But now, out of nowhere, everything had been stripped away, and he had become a lowly stable boy. How could he accept this?
“Don’t let this Prince find out which little thief dared to seize everything of mine!” His expression was extremely cold and sinister.
Just as he was gritting his teeth and muttering to himself, a little maid’s voice came from outside the stable.
“Chu Fan, have you fed the xiaojie’s Pegasus yet? She’s going to the Longevity Gu Family to attend the birthday banquet of Young Master Changge’s mother. Don’t you dare delay the xiaojie’s important matters.”
Hearing this, the youth named “Chu Fan” clenched his fists even tighter. That was not his name — he was called Ying Shuang!
But now, he had no choice but to use this name.
Meanwhile, in a boundless expanse of void immeasurably far from this place.
Within a magnificent palace where Divine Chains of Order flickered, floating and sinking amid primal chaos.
“I... I’ve actually become Sky Emperor Ying’s offspring?”
A youth with a handsome countenance, wreathed in immortal aura and dressed in five-colored immortal robes, suddenly opened his eyes.
Within his eyes at this moment was nothing but dense, wild ecstasy.
His entire voice trembled, as if struck by an impossibly enormous pie falling from the sky, his head spinning dizzily.
He had never imagined that after simply going to sleep, he would wake up as the very person he had dreamed of becoming!
Before this, he had been nothing but an ordinary horse-feeding boy, orphaned and parentless, taken in by xiaojie Yin Mei.
Then, through xiaojie Yin Mei’s pity and favor, she bestowed upon him a cultivation technique, which set him on the path of cultivation!
Otherwise, who knows where his bones would be buried by now!
“I’m now Sky Emperor Ying’s own son, the most nobly born of all the Ancient Royal Families...”
His heart was filled with excitement and wild joy, and he could feel the terrifying power and talent this body possessed.
Although he had no memories, that didn’t matter!
As long as he was careful and cautious, no one could discover anything unusual about him!
Thinking of this, Chu Fan couldn’t help but laugh wildly in his heart — no, wait, he was called Ying Shuang now!
He didn’t care in the slightest why he had woken up from a nap to become Sky Emperor Ying’s own son, cultivating inside the Sky Emperor Palace.
There was no need to care about such things.
Now... he had already replaced the previous Sky Emperor Ying’s son.
He was the Sky Emperor’s son!
“Yin Mei, you are mine...”
At this moment, an emotion that had never existed before appeared in his eyes.
This was ambition — also called possessiveness!
...
Soon, half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
The matter of the Longevity Gu Family’s matriarch holding a birthday banquet shook all the great sects and lineages of the Beyond.
During this period, practically every power was dispatching experts to come and present congratulatory gifts.
For a time, the territories outside the Longevity Gu Family’s domain grew extremely lively.
Every day, one could see all kinds of ancient warships, chariots, and divine vessels rumbling past.
Amid the rumbling, numerous terrifying auras crushed through.
Radiance dazzled, flowing colors shimmered.
There were white jade flying vessels rivaling mountain peaks, and warships the size of stars.
Immortal qi curled around them, the charm of the Dao flowing naturally. All who descended here were sects and powers from every region.
Now, whoever received an invitation from the Longevity Gu Family — not a single sect or power dared not come.
Even the other powers that didn’t qualify would still dispatch experts to deliver congratulatory gifts.
Though they couldn’t enter the Gu Family’s mountain gate, leaving behind a gift could still express their sentiments.
And during this period, within the Gu Family’s mountain gate, among the outer islands.
Countless divine lights streaked back and forth, an extraordinarily lively scene.
Enormous Godly Islands floated and sank one after another, auspicious radiance streaming in ten thousand rays, countless signs of good fortune.
Spiritual qi dense and hazy, immortal mist surging.
...
Within the mountain gate.
All kinds of primordial giant beasts that blotted out the sky moved about, their blood qi soaring to the heavens, yet they were used as laborers to haul cargo.
“Envoy of the Ancient Rhino Clan arrives, presenting a pair of Ancient Rhino Horns!”
“Presenting ninety Immortal Essence Pills!”
“Presenting three million jin of Immortal Spring Water!”
...
Numerous guests called out their congratulations outside the Longevity Gu Family’s mountain gate, presenting their gifts.
“A pair of Ancient Rhino Horns? Those are divine materials that can be refined into secret treasures — they can probably no longer be found in this era.” Outside the mountain gate, an arriving Great Sect elder sighed with emotion.
Behind him followed many junior disciples, all witnessing the Longevity Gu Family’s splendor for the first time, utterly shaken.
“These Ancient Rhino Horns are already first-class treasures in our eyes, but to the Longevity Gu Family they’re not worth mentioning. They’d probably find them a waste of space even hanging on the walls of their treasure pavilion.”
“As for that Immortal Spring Water, it’s said to come from the heart of Fallen Moon Ice Lake at the northern extreme of the Boundless Heaven. A hundred thousand years yields but a single spring, and one spring amounts to less than half a kilogram.”
“I heard the Gu Family’s young master loves tea. This Rhino Clan clearly came prepared...”
The many Cultivators who had come to offer gifts couldn’t help but discuss among themselves, astonished by each and every gift.
By comparison, the things they were going to present seemed rather shabby.
And at that moment.
Chi!
From the eastern horizon suddenly came the cry of phoenixes.
Nine black divine phoenixes were pulling a chariot, passing through the high skies. No one blocked their path as they descended toward the depths.
The many guests looked over in shock at the sound, their eyes collectively widening.
“Which power is this? To actually draw such a phenomenon from the Longevity Gu Family?”
“Acting as if no one else exists, charging straight through — how rude!”
“And no one even stopped them?”
Some Young Prodigies from very distant regions couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.
Many of those beside them were also visiting this place for the first time, clearly equally shocked and puzzled.
A Gu Family clansman leading the way nearby couldn’t help but smile, “That is Princess Mingkong’s chariot. She is the future mistress of this household...”
Hearing this, everyone finally understood.
Many Young Prodigies couldn’t help but feel yearning in their eyes, then sighed with deep regret.
They had naturally heard of Yue Mingkong’s name.
But the flower already had its owner. Their admiration could only leave them with sorrow.
As the phoenix chariot sped over from that direction, a terrifying pressure seemed to circulate.
And soon, Cultivators from all the various sects and great teachings made their way toward the inner islands.
Upon the Godly Islands below, auspicious radiance and brilliance soared into the sky, waves of immortal music and Dao sounds reverberating — incomparably mysterious, striking awe into the heart.
A divine bridge appeared, wafting with the fragrance of flowers, dazzlingly resplendent.
Like a rain of light drifting down, crystalline and translucent, within which Dao sounds chimed in unison, displaying profound and wondrous techniques.
“Honored guests, this way please!”
Many Gu Family clansmen appeared, smiling as they gestured in invitation.
“The Longevity Gu Family’s foundation! Truly not to be underestimated!”
“This grandeur is far more ancient than even my Longevity Wang Family’s.”
Wang Zijin, dressed in men’s attire and accompanied by Xiu Er, was walking in with the Longevity Wang Family’s contingent. Seeing the foundation all around her, she couldn’t help but laugh softly.
Soon, the guests who had arrived first stepped onto the divine bridge and strode forward directly.
Beneath their feet, radiance sparkled as if traversing space, and they arrived at the far end.
At the very front lay a pure land.
Clouds and mist drifted ethereally. High in the sky, the crowd faintly glimpsed enormous palaces one after another.
White clouds drifted leisurely, immortal mist curled and billowed, blocking their view and making the palaces appear all the more towering.
Before the palaces stood Gu Changge, who had long since returned to the Longevity Gu Family, dressed in spotless white robes that made him appear all the more transcendent and otherworldly.
Wearing a smile, he was exchanging greetings with many young peers.
“Brother Gu! We meet again!” Seeing this, Wang Zijin couldn’t help but step forward and say with a smile.