Truly the Work of Fate — You're a Decent Enough Shifu
Truly the Work of Fate — You’re a Decent Enough Shifu
In their eyes, Gu Xianer had most likely been threatened by Gu Changge, which was why she had brought him here.
But they couldn’t figure it out — where on earth did Gu Changge get the audacity to do this? Did he not take this bunch of old fossils seriously at all?
Was he relying on his status as the Young Master of the Gu Family?
“Gu Changge, what is the meaning of this? Do you think we’re easy to push around?”
“To be this arrogant, delivering yourself right to our doorstep? Xianer, don’t be afraid. With your shifus here, if this Gu Changge dares threaten you, we will absolutely not let him leave this place alive.”
“Even if it means offending the Longevity Gu Family behind him, we won’t hesitate!”
At once, several of the old fossils spoke up, their words icy cold as they stared at Gu Changge, radiating killing intent and frost.
They looked fully prepared to strike and suppress Gu Changge the moment talks broke down.
One had to know — under pressure like theirs, an ordinary person would have long since collapsed to the ground in terror, soul trembling, unable to even stand.
But Gu Changge did not.
His expression remained calm and composed, as if he couldn’t feel it at all. He didn’t speak either, standing there like someone detached from the mortal world.
This sight made the hearts of the old men sink.
This Gu Changge was clearly no simple figure, and he had likely made thorough preparations before coming — he simply wasn’t afraid of them at all.
“Shifu, you’ve all misunderstood. Things aren’t like that at all. Will you please listen to my explanation?”
Seeing this scene, Gu Xianer had long anticipated it, but she still didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Of course, her heart felt very warm.
Her several shifus were willing to offend even the Longevity Gu Family for her sake.
She also understood that no matter how mysterious and powerful her shifus were, they couldn’t possibly be a match for the family behind her.
Hearing Gu Xianer’s words, the old men’s brows remained tightly furrowed, wondering if something had gone wrong with her head — or had she been possessed by some evil influence while out?
What misunderstanding could there possibly be in all this?
Between her and Gu Changge lay a blood feud as deep as the sea.
Back then, Gu Changge had taken advantage of her youth to dig out her Great Dao Bone, nearly killing her. Had she not been blessed with great fortune, she would now be nothing but a mound of yellow earth.
On top of that, the clansmen behind her had been suppressed and exiled...
How could a hatred like this be resolved or erased by a single word of “misunderstanding”?
For a moment, they all felt certain that Gu Xianer must have been coerced, deceived.
Or perhaps the clansmen behind her had fallen under Gu Changge’s control, and he was using them to threaten her.
“Junior, I advise you to be smart and stop playing tricks. Before us, no scheme or plot will be of any use...”
The village chief of Peach Village stared coldly at Gu Changge, trying to catch even the slightest crack in his expression.
Yet Gu Changge remained calm and composed from beginning to end, his tone without the slightest ripple.
“If you qianbei feel there’s a problem, you’re welcome to make a move. Why waste so much breath?”
“What nerve! Are you threatening us?”
Gu Xianer’s Third Shifu spoke up, his voice icy. He was deaf, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t hear Gu Changge’s words.
Once one’s cultivation reached a sufficiently profound level, having these organs or not made no difference at all.
“Gu Changge, can’t you say a few words less? Have you forgotten what you came here for?”
Gu Xianer was quite exasperated by Gu Changge’s attitude of remaining completely impervious no matter who he faced.
So she could only speak up like this, reminding Gu Changge to think of Yao Yao.
Taking this opportunity, she also sent voice transmissions to her several shifus, telling them everything that had happened between her and Gu Changge during this period — causing their expressions to shift rapidly, turning complicated.
“There’s actually such a hidden story behind all this?”
“This is too hard to believe.”
After hearing it all, the village chief of Peach Village furrowed his brows tightly at once.
What Gu Xianer said didn’t seem to have anything wrong with it in their view — especially since it was only through Gu Xianer’s careful unraveling of threads that she had discovered this secret from various clues.
Otherwise, who knew how difficult it would have been to discover.
Detail after detail left the old men in silence.
After all, judging from Gu Xianer’s words, the credibility of the matter had increased hundreds of times over. One had to know that Gu Changge had never confessed anything to her from start to finish — everything had been discovered and investigated by her own efforts.
“Innate Demonic Nature? Which kind caused it?”
“If that’s the case, then it’s indeed possible. Judging by the Longevity Gu Family’s conduct, they really don’t seem like the sort to do such a thing.”
“So the events of that year actually hid such a secret — and the few of us just wronged the lad?”
Figuring all this out, the old men’s expressions turned somewhat embarrassed.
If this hatred could be dissolved like this, that would be for the best. They didn’t want Gu Xianer carrying a blood feud on her shoulders forever.
Looking at her now, she seemed much happier and more at ease than before.
The mortal enemy she once hated to the bone now stood right before her, yet not only did she not hate him — she was even defending him.
This was truly the work of fate playing tricks on people!
“What are you looking at?”
However, just then, a gentle, melodious voice suddenly sounded in everyone’s ears, like the music of heaven itself, carrying an ethereal, immortal quality.
“Lord Tao Yao!”
The villagers of Peach Village all grew excited, prostrating themselves one after another toward the peach tree at the village entrance, kowtowing repeatedly.
Back when the village chief and the others had yet to arrive, it had always been the peach tree at the village entrance that sheltered their safety, generation after generation, never changing.
Toward this peach tree, they held reverence from the bottom of their hearts.
Only, in recent years, Lord Tao Yao had rarely spoken. Everyone had assumed it had fallen into slumber — none expected it to suddenly speak today.
“Lord Tao Yao actually spoke on her own initiative today...”
“And she’s speaking to this fellow, no less.”
The village chief and the other old men were also somewhat astonished.
Though their own origins were great and ancient, they still couldn’t compare to the mysterious peach tree before them, so they treated it with great respect as well.
Apart from rare occasions, Lord Tao Yao never spoke.
For her to take the initiative to speak to Gu Changge today was somewhat strange.
“Nothing much. I just feel that the aura on you, qianbei, is somewhat similar to Yao Yao’s.”
Gu Changge said slowly, withdrawing his gaze from studying the peach tree.
That it would speak on its own initiative didn’t actually surprise Gu Changge.
Yao Yao’s uniqueness — it had surely sensed it.
As he spoke, Yao Yao behind Gu Changge also looked curiously at the peach tree.
The unease and worry from before had already dispersed; now there was only a natural familiarity.
As if the peach tree before her was inextricably tied to her — more like family of her own blood.
“Between her and me, there is indeed a deep connection.”
“I can sense what she thinks, and she can likely sense my existence as well.”
From within the peach tree, the melodious voice came again, still gentle and soft, without the slightest malice or ill emotion.
“Shifu, I think I can sense her existence... like a big sister...”
At this, Yao Yao also spoke up, her little face carrying confusion and a trace of bewilderment, along with a sense of closeness — she couldn’t help wanting to approach the peach tree.
Gu Changge pondered in silence, as if falling into deep thought.
“Could it be that Sister Tao Yao and Yao Yao really share some kind of connection? Isn’t this too much of a coincidence?”
Hearing these words, Gu Xianer was greatly surprised.
When she first said she’d bring Yao Yao to Peach Village, it was only to try their luck. Her main purpose had been to ask her shifus whether they had any solution for Gu Changge’s condition.
She truly hadn’t expected something like this to happen.
“Come over to my side.”
From within the peach tree, the voice sounded once more.
Yao Yao hesitated for a moment. She felt the other party wouldn’t harm her, but she still asked Gu Changge for his opinion.
Gu Changge nodded, his voice very calm.
“Yao Yao’s existence, to this junior, is far more than just a disciple. I hope qianbei harbors no ill intentions toward her...”
“Otherwise, qianbei will learn what regret means.”
Of course, he knew this peach tree would definitely not harm Yao Yao, but the harsh words still had to be laid down first — after all, it was a chance to farm favorability.
“Interesting. You’re actually threatening me?”
The voice from within the peach tree seemed to pause slightly, then a heavenly, bell-like laugh rang out. “What Yao Yao thinks, I can feel it all. You, as her shifu — you’re doing a decent enough job.”
Weng!!
All of a sudden, the peach tree trembled gently, its branches and leaves dazzlingly radiant.
Immediately after, a vast white fog appeared from all directions, the laws of heaven and earth descended, and the sounds of the Dao rang out in waves.
Even the old men of Peach Village couldn’t see what was happening within.
Only Gu Changge noticed that after Yao Yao walked over, a breathtakingly graceful figure faintly appeared within the peach tree. With a wave of her jade hand, immortal light cascaded down across the sky, merging into Yao Yao’s body.
It was as if the other party deliberately wanted him to notice.
Moreover, Gu Changge felt a pair of eyes — soft and calm like autumn waters, as if able to see through the entire universe —
falling upon him from over there, as though trying to see straight through him.
Gu Changge’s expression remained calm and indifferent, while countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
Then, at his heart, with a weng, strands of Innate Demonic Nature emerged.
Yet his face showed not the slightest abnormality.