But It's an Innate Demonic Nature — If Your Husband Dies, You'll Become a Widow
But It’s an Innate Demonic Nature — If Your Husband Dies, You’ll Become a Widow
Inside the great hall, numerous guests had gathered, and the atmosphere was incomparably lively. All of them were great figures from various powers, existences that ordinary people wouldn’t even dare to dream of meeting.
Quite a few supreme experts who were suspected to have long since passed away in meditation had also come here in person to present congratulatory gifts to Gu Changge’s mother.
In truth, in their hearts, among all the Longevity Families, the Longevity Gu Family was the most mysterious and ancient.
It seemed to have stood unshaken since the most ancient of times.
Having endured countless calamities, it always gave people the feeling that even if the myriad worlds collapsed, it would not fall; even if the heavens themselves perished, it would endure. No one knew just how terrifying the Longevity Gu Family’s foundation truly was.
But no matter... what power it was, none dared to underestimate them.
Even Wang Zijin’s expression was secretly shaken. She noticed an existence of terrifying seniority from the Mortal Palace, flashing past like a startled swan toward the great hall deep within the Gu Family, seemingly intending to pay a visit to an old friend.
All of this couldn’t help but secretly alarm her. Although the Longevity Wang Family also bore the name of Longevity, compared to the Longevity Gu Family, it always seemed to fall just a little short.
“What it lacks is foundation!”
In the end, she shook her head and murmured softly, realizing that her own horizons had been too narrow.
She had originally thought that, as a Transmigrator, she could survey the entire world, but she discovered that her vision really had been too narrow — she had underestimated too many people and powers.
For Wang Zijin, who had always been confident, with everything within her expectations, this was nothing short of a massive blow.
“Xiaojie, I told you that you underestimated the prodigies of this world. Many people are now saying that unless those Imperial Scions or Ancient Imperial Princes emerge, or those Young Kings who once dominated the world, no one among the younger generation will be a match for Young Master Changge.”
Xiu Er’s eyes were filled with admiration for Gu Changge, like a little fangirl worshipping him to the extreme.
Hearing this, Wang Zijin smiled instead. “Now I’m actually a little hopeful that those world-dominating Kings will emerge. I’d also like to see just what level Gu-xiong’s strength has reached.”
Looking at Gu Changge, a spirit of competition couldn’t help but rise in her heart.
Before this, such a feeling had been completely absent.
Because from Gu Changge, she felt pressure — she simply could not see through him at all.
If not for the concern of exposing her own identity, she would have been unable to resist sparring with Gu Changge.
In the magnificent great hall, the guests were all enjoying themselves, discussing various matters and then offering their congratulatory words.
Gu Changge’s father, Gu Lintian, also appeared. His cultivation was terrifying and vast, already reaching an unfathomable level.
He appeared at the seat of honor, his features blurred, conversing with all the guests.
In the end, the conversation inevitably turned to the younger generation.
Without question, Gu Changge was naturally the most dazzling one of this generation. Even experts of the older generation dared not slight him when mentioning him, treating him with reverence.
The affair of the Celestial Ancient Continent had shocked the world.
No one dared imagine that such a thing could have been accomplished by a young man.
But the facts were exactly so.
Young Master of the Longevity Gu Family, Successor of Skyward Schloss, Young Master of the Primal Celestial Temple, Successor of the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, ruler of the Celestial Ancient Races... With so many halos upon him, people could only marvel, left speechless for a long time.
In terms of might and prestige, no one among the younger generation could compare with Gu Changge anymore.
Even Yue Mingkong fell short by more than half a measure.
Gu Changge was the face of the Longevity Gu Family. Hearing these words of flattery, the many Gu Family members and the assembled clan elders all appeared quite pleased, their faces glowing with honor.
In life, who doesn’t like hearing pleasant words, words of flattery?
Although many of Gu Changge’s methods were chilling and hardly glorious, all in all, the assembled Gu Family members were still very satisfied.
Especially since Gu Xianer had also been brought back by him and reunited with her family branch, which had more or less dissolved quite a bit of the estrangement.
In their view, Gu Changge’s status as Young Master was only right and proper.
With such a Young Master, why worry that the family would not prosper?
Their judgment back then... had indeed been wrong.
“Mingkong-jiejie...”
In a corner of the great hall.
Gu Xianer, whose features were exquisitely beautiful, dressed in a flowing fairy dress with wide sleeves, her temperament cold and proud like a flawless spirit,
was currently holding onto Yue Mingkong, speaking in a low voice.
“Xianer...”
Yue Mingkong’s face carried a gentle warmth.
The two caught up with each other. They had parted after entering the Celestial Ancient Continent back then, and only now could they meet again, so there was much they wanted to say.
After returning to the Longevity Gu Family, all of Gu Xianer’s treatment — whether in status or position — had instantly risen to the level of the Gu Family’s treasured pearl.
For a time, she had been somewhat unable to adjust.
But such a matter had clearly been approved by the Gu Family’s various clan elders and the family head.
Gu Xianer gradually adapted.
However, she had not forgotten her original intention. So she made all sorts of indirect inquiries to the clansmen of the various branches, especially the clan elders of her own branch, asking about what had happened back then.
After all, she had sworn to uncover Gu Changge’s hidden secrets.
And as a result, she really did discover some clues.
The midwives who had delivered Gu Changge back then had long since left the Gu Family, their whereabouts unknown.
But clearly, they had been dealt with by Gu Changge’s branch.
This made Gu Xianer’s heart tremble. She wasn’t stupid in the slightest — she could naturally see the reason for doing this. When Gu Changge was born, something must have accompanied it.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have triggered such a huge reaction.
Everyone who knew about it back then had been quietly and secretly disposed of.
All of this looked flawless, without a single crack, but such an obvious loophole — anyone with discerning eyes who wanted to investigate would know at a glance that Gu Changge’s branch was actually trying to conceal something.
In Gu Xianer’s view, what they were concealing was Gu Changge’s greatest secret.
Very quickly, she quietly told all of this to Yue Mingkong.
In the entire Longevity Gu Family, apart from Yue Mingkong, probably everyone else, even if they knew of this matter, would keep it taboo and not dare speak of it.
At this moment, after hearing these words, Yue Mingkong also fell into deep silence.
“You mean that when Changge was born, something had already gone wrong...”
“All these years, Changge he...”
Yue Mingkong spoke, her brows tightly furrowed. Many things, she didn’t know how to say.
She was speculating whether the matter Gu Xianer spoke of had a deep connection to the change in Gu Changge’s temperament between the previous life and this one.
Moreover, whether Gu Changge’s purpose in going to the Overworld was also related to this matter.
In that instant, she felt something flash through her mind like lightning.
As if, as long as she grasped this one thing, she could unravel all these mysteries.
This was very important!!
Gu Changge’s parents were clearly also hiding something, not prepared to tell her.
This matter was perhaps precisely the secret Gu Xianer was now speaking of.
“Mm. All these days, I’ve felt that when Gu Changge dug out my Daoist Bone back then, it was premeditated. Even now, I still think so...”
“First he provoked my hatred toward him, then found a way to return the Daoist Bone to me, and in between he deliberately acted cold toward me, intending to make me hate him.”
“He was actually trying to temper me, but my strength still couldn’t match his, which disappointed him greatly.”
Gu Xianer nodded as she spoke, laying out all the speculations she had formed over these days.
Especially her analysis of Gu Changge’s actions and behavior.
She was never stupid to begin with, having been carefully taught by many old fellows. It was only in front of Gu Changge that she repeatedly hit walls, making her seem a bit silly.
At this moment, many sharp gleams flashed through Gu Xianer’s eyes.
She did not doubt her own judgment.
In the few days since returning to the Longevity Gu Family, she discovered that the clansmen of her branch were not only not being suppressed within the Gu Family now, but in the distribution of cultivation resources, they were actually receiving considerably more than before.
While this was partly Gu Changge’s branch making amends, on the other hand, wasn’t it also an expression of guilt and an accounting for what happened back then?
Gu Xianer herself bore not the slightest hatred toward the Longevity Gu Family.
“Now, as long as we can find out what exactly appeared when Gu Changge was born back then, triggering all these subsequent events...” Gu Xianer said, her delicate brows tightly knit.
This kind of feeling — the fog about to disperse yet still incomparably blurry — made her practically want to go crazy. She wished she could cut open Gu Changge’s heart and see what he was really thinking.
Yet all the Gu Family clansmen looked completely baffled, as if they knew nothing.
This could only mean that Gu Changge’s branch had hidden the events of that year far too well.
“Back then, when Shifu was on the mountain peak, he said Gu Changge had an Innate Demonic Nature. Could it be this matter...? Though afterward he also said that Gu Changge’s actions, while seemingly demonic, were not truly demonic.”
Gu Xianer muttered, recalling the words the Great Elder had spoken when he met Gu Changge on the mountain peak back then.
She remembered this sentence very clearly; she still hadn’t forgotten it.
“Innate Demonic Nature?”
Hearing this, Yue Mingkong was slightly stunned, suddenly thinking of the fact that Gu Changge bore the inheritance of the Immortal-Devouring Demonic Art.
However, she had never heard of anything special about the previous Successors of Demonic Arts.
They had merely obtained this inheritance by chance and then begun cultivating it, bringing calamity upon the world.
There shouldn’t be anything special connecting the two matters.
Yue Mingkong felt that she needed to investigate this matter carefully next.
Innate Demonic Nature.
Many things could contain an innate demonic nature. For prodigies, possessing an Innate Demonic Soul, Innate Demonic Energy... was even more so.
Which reason exactly would make the branch behind Gu Changge conceal it so carefully, not letting the clansmen or the outside world know?
And why had Gu Changge struck at the tiny, young Gu Xianer back then, digging out her Great Dao Bone?
Carrying such doubts, Yue Mingkong returned to her seat.
As for Gu Xianer, she was never interested in such occasions to begin with.
After glancing at Gu Changge, who was conversing with quite a few Young Prodigies, she left the great hall, planning to adjust her cultivation state in preparation for awakening her Gu Family bloodline in the Nirvana Pool.
Entering the Nirvana Pool within the Gu Family’s Ancestral Hall.
Such an opportunity was extremely rare even within the Longevity Gu Family.
No more than five people per generation.
Because the cost of opening the Nirvana Pool was incomparably enormous and staggering — even the Longevity Gu Family would feel a slight pang of pain.
Some of the materials needed to open the Nirvana Pool diminished with every use, and replacements could never be found again.
For the young clansmen who entered it, the benefits and fortunes could be called heaven-defying.
Gu Xianer was also quite tempted by this. It could raise her cultivation, even though she would be entering it together with Gu Changge when the time came.
Afterward, in the great hall wreathed in immortal mist.
The wine feast began. The Immortal Wine was fragrant, its color rich and mellow, brewed for at least a million years.
After a few cups, without using cultivation to dispel it, all the guests became somewhat drunk.
Even quite a few Sacred Realm existences were tipsy.
This was the wonder of Immortal Wine — people of different cultivation realms tasted different flavors from it.
The immortal fruits and delicacies at the banquet were even more countless, fully displaying the Longevity Gu Family’s foundation.
Such as the Divine King Fruit.
A palm-sized fruit, crystal clear, within which one could see a mass of celestial spirit energy swirling.
Beyond that, it also contained World Principles and Dao charm, which could help Enlightened King Realm cultivators forge their Primordial Spirit.
It was extremely hard to find in the outside world.
Many guests tasted it and felt spiritual energy dissolve within their bodies, then a mysterious energy surge into their Knowledge Sea.
Their Primordial Spirits also became a few degrees purer.
When the banquet reached its halfway point.
Many young prodigies also took this opportunity to begin sparring with one another, testing and verifying their skills.
Numerous heavenly-pride maidens directed their gazes toward Gu Changge, seemingly harboring secret affections, carrying admiration.
They exchanged blows and competed before Gu Changge.
But their moves were not fierce or forceful — instead they were full of grace, immortal intent fluttering, like fairies descending to the mortal world, like dancing, pleasing to the eye.
For a time, many young men’s eyes went wide, filled with envy and jealousy.
“When will we ever get so many heavenly-pride maidens to dance for us!”
“Comparing people to people really makes one die of envy. How can a man as perfect as Young Master Changge exist in this world?”
Quite a few young prodigies had to admit that Gu Changge’s attractiveness to women was enormous.
And in the blink of an eye, the middle of the month had arrived.
“What a pity. After looking all around, I haven’t seen a single person with any real ability. What a waste of the great expectations I had.”
“Thinking it over, I’m just too strong. Among the prodigies of this generation, apart from naturally extraordinary ones like Wang Zijin, I’m afraid no suitable candidate can be found.”
Gu Changge was dressed in plain white robes, handsome and divinely elegant, his figure tall and straight.
His face carried a faint smile, drawing the secretly admiring gazes of quite a few heavenly-pride maidens.
Unfortunately, apart from Yue Mingkong beside him, no one could hear the regretful words coming from Gu Changge’s mouth.
His gaze swept over the many Young Prodigies nearby, including Wang Zijin, Ye Langtian, and others, seemingly quite disappointed.
Hearing these words, Yue Mingkong’s expression was very calm; in her mind, she was still thinking about what Gu Xianer had told her.
Her immortal countenance was flawlessly beautiful, her eyes lustrous, her dark hair smooth, dressed in a gorgeous yet elegant long gown, sitting shoulder to shoulder with him.
She glanced at Gu Changge beside her and said nothing.
If it had been before, hearing Gu Changge sigh so calmly and composedly,
she would certainly have felt a chill down her back, developing deep wariness and vigilance toward him.
Because it meant Gu Changge was plotting something — just like last time, when he threw the blame of the Successor of Demonic Arts onto Ye Ling’s head.
Him saying this now clearly meant he was setting his sights on someone again.
Only now, Yue Mingkong didn’t feel there was anything wrong with this... It was very natural, not surprising in the slightest. She even felt that this kind of Gu Changge was the one she was most familiar with.
Before her, without any scruples, saying these things to himself.
As if talking to himself, yet clearly deliberately saying it for her to hear.
“Mingkong, won’t you help your husband solve his troubles?”
At this moment, Gu Changge’s face carried a smile, and he casually reached out to grasp her delicate, boneless jade hand beneath the seating mat.
Yue Mingkong froze. This was the first time since their parting last time that Gu Changge had taken the initiative to speak to her.
Especially in such an intimate manner.
She was dazed, her head suddenly feeling a little dizzy, momentarily unable to figure out Gu Changge’s intentions.
Clearly, those words at the Mountains of Horizons in the Celestial Ancient Continent last time had hurt him, ultimately causing their relationship to drop to freezing point.
Could it be that he no longer minded, that he had forgiven her?
This made Yue Mingkong’s heart unable to help but feel a burst of delight.
“How should I help you?”
Very quickly, Yue Mingkong spoke, forcing herself to calm down.
But her heart still beat very fast. No matter what, she could never remain calm in front of Gu Changge.
She had originally thought that a rift had formed between her and Gu Changge, and that regaining his forgiveness and trust would become incomparably difficult.
After all, Gu Changge’s thoughts were hard to fathom, impossible to guess.
Gu Changge had a place for her in his heart, but not a large one.
Regarding this notion, Yue Mingkong had never changed it.
Only... she was willing to wait for Gu Changge, to wait for the day when Gu Changge’s heart would truly open for her.
“Mingkong, tell me, what should your husband do now? I can’t find a suitable scapegoat. These young prodigies are all too weak in strength, and the truly weighty figures haven’t shown themselves yet.”
“And very soon, the people of the Mortal Palace will probably come looking for your husband.”
“When your husband dies, you’ll become a widow.”
Gu Changge wore a smile as he whispered into her ear. To outsiders, this looked like the intimate gesture of a young couple.
And Gu Changge also seemed to have genuinely encountered difficulties, seeking advice from Yue Mingkong.
Yue Mingkong paid no heed to Gu Changge’s teasing words. Calming down, she asked, “Isn’t that ancient freak named Wang Zijin the best candidate?”