You Really Have Feelings for Your Cousin? No Way, No Way
You Really Have Feelings for Your Cousin? No Way, No Way
Near Peach Village, everyone who witnessed this scene couldn’t help but freeze in stunned silence.
Even the few old folks had their eyes wide open, jaws dropped, simply unable to believe what they were seeing.
“This...”
The Peach Village chief helplessly pressed a hand to his forehead.
The other old folks all wore expressions of resignation too.
Gu Xianer would choose to dig out her own Celestial Bone to help Gu Changge.
This surprised them somewhat, but they couldn’t say much about it.
After all, it was a private matter between the two of them. As her shifus, the most they could do was make sure Gu Changge didn’t bully Gu Xianer.
If Gu Xianer wanted to do this, it was hard for them to stop her.
However, the fact that Gu Changge would actually step in to stop her, and even say such words, surprised them somewhat.
And then it made even these old folks blush with embarrassment.
But thinking about it carefully, Gu Changge, as her older brother, speaking to his little sister this way—there didn’t seem to be anything wrong with it.
At that moment, having finished speaking, Gu Changge also released Gu Xianer.
His fathomless, bottomless eyes gazed at her without a word, appearing perfectly calm.
“Wuwuwu... Gu... Gu Changge, what nonsense are you spouting...”
Realizing the meaning of what Gu Changge had just said,
Gu Xianer’s jade-like face instantly flushed with rosy clouds, red to an alarming degree.
Her heart was in a panic, beating rapidly, her voice trembling.
She couldn’t even get her words out in full.
She had never imagined that Gu Changge, who had always been cold toward her, would suddenly say something so tender.
Something about how he’d rather die himself than watch her get hurt like this.
It was just too sappy.
And he said it in front of everyone in Peach Village, no less.
It left Gu Xianer’s head buzzing for ages, as if she’d been struck by a great bell.
Her hands and feet went soft, as if she couldn’t muster any strength.
If it were any other time, she would definitely have talked back to Gu Changge.
But today, with him acting like this, wasn’t it also a sign that he was worried about her, a genuine outpouring of feeling?
This left Gu Xianer unable to find any words to say.
Gu Changge suddenly baring his true feelings had completely caught her off guard.
It looked like this Celestial Bone wouldn’t be getting dug out today.
“What nonsense am I spouting? I’m not spouting any nonsense.”
“I’m merely stating the truth.”
Gu Changge shook his head, his expression returning to normal. “As your older brother, after all, I haven’t fallen so low that I’d need you to dig out your bone to save me. To me, that kind of humiliation would be worse than just dying outright.”
“The grudges between us were settled long ago. You don’t owe me anything, and I don’t owe you anything. There’s no need for you to repay me for anything.”
His voice remained calm and composed.
At this point, if he didn’t make things clear, that idiot Gu Xianer might still go thinking about digging out her bone.
Although she did indeed have experience with nirvana rebirth, whether she could even survive after digging out the Celestial Bone was hard to say.
Let alone growing a third bone again.
Gu Changge didn’t want her taking pointless risks either—after all, what use would digging out the Celestial Bone even be?
The Demonic Energy in his body had long since been dealt with.
Of course, there was no way he could tell Gu Xianer that truth.
“Stubborn!”
“That’s not what you said just now...”
Hearing this, Gu Xianer was somewhat indignant, her clear, beautiful eyes glaring at him.
She still remembered what Gu Changge had just said—he was clearly worried about her safety and didn’t want to see her hurt.
“Isn’t that exactly what I just said?” Gu Changge said with perfect composure.
“Why do you have to be so stubborn? Can’t you just admit that you care about me?”
Gu Xianer huffed.
She wore the look of someone who had seen right through what Gu Changge was thinking.
But in Gu Changge’s eyes, that expression of hers just meant she was asking for a beating.
It seemed he really couldn’t spoil her too much.
“As for the matter of the Demonic Energy, Senior Tao Yao has already told me how to resolve it, so there’s no need for you to cause more trouble in the middle of it,” Gu Changge then said.
“What do you mean, ’cause more trouble’?” Hearing this, Gu Xianer’s whole face was written with displeasure.
Gu Changge shook his head and said no more.
“Since Senior already told me the solution, why did she also tell this idiot about that method?”
Turning, he looked toward Tao Yao, his words carrying a certain deeper meaning.
This Tao Yao might seem gentle and mild, but in truth she had a bit of a “the more chaos the merrier” streak.
Truly demonic nature running rampant.
“Are you blaming me? This was Xianer’s request, after all. Since I said it, that naturally means I have confidence in it...” A voice came from within the Peach Tree, calm as still water, its joy or anger unreadable.
Back then, the fact that Gu Xianer was able to undergo nirvana and give birth to her Celestial Bone—to be honest, it was inseparable from her.
Since she dared to tell Gu Xianer this, she wasn’t afraid of her life being in danger.
“I was the one who begged Sister Tao Yao to tell me. Gu Changge, don’t blame Sister Tao Yao.”
Seeing Gu Changge’s questioning tone, Gu Xianer hurriedly spoke up, a little anxious.
She was afraid Gu Changge would hold a grudge against Sister Tao Yao over this matter.
She knew Gu Changge’s vengeful personality all too well.
Although his current strength couldn’t compare to Sister Tao Yao’s, if Gu Changge truly wanted to move against someone, with the background and power behind him, it would still be quite terrifying.
But speaking of which, the reason Gu Changge would question Sister Tao Yao like this was, at its root, because he was worried about her.
This made Gu Xianer feel a little happy inside.
Since Gu Xianer had put it that way, Gu Changge naturally said no more.
And Tao Yao also fell silent once more, returning to tranquility, strands of divine light cascading down to cleanse the Great Dao injuries of Yao Yao, who slept peacefully beneath the Peach Tree.
This scene left the few old folks sighing with emotion.
In the days that followed,
Gu Changge stayed temporarily in Peach Village together with Gu Xianer.
It had to be said, although this place lay deep within the Land of Abandoned Celestials, the scenery was beautiful, like a paradise on earth.
The morning sun spilled down, golden rays dotting the land, spiritual energy swirling.
As the Peach Tree here stretched its branches, everything was dyed in a layer of gorgeous radiance.
Many spirit birds and auspicious beasts roamed the surroundings, while large ferocious beasts dared not approach.
Although the villagers here didn’t cultivate, their strength and vitality far exceeded that of many cultivators.
In Gu Changge’s view, this was related to Tao Yao frequently combing through and conditioning their bodies.
As the guardian deity of Peach Village, she treated these villagers quite well.
Perhaps it was just as she said—having lived too long, life was boring and tedious, and she needed to find something to do.
During this time, Gu Changge grew considerably more familiar with Gu Xianer’s several shifus.
Through indirect probing, he learned quite a bit about their origins.
Just as he had speculated, Gu Xianer bore two sets of Chosen One templates, and not a single one of her shifus was a simple lamp to snuff out.
Each and every one of them had astonishing origins, having once made illustrious names for themselves in the outside world, and having come here for various unknown reasons.
Their true cultivation, in Gu Changge’s estimation, likely exceeded the Sacred Emperor Realm—perhaps even the sealed-away Nirvana Realm.
As everyone knew, only after a cultivator perfected the Nine Minor Realms within the Sacred King Realm could they attempt to break through to the Sacred Emperor Realm.
Between the Sacred Emperor Realm and the Nirvana Realm, there was actually another threshold, called the Quasi-Nirvana Realm by cultivators.
Only, the Quasi-Nirvana Realm wasn’t an actual realm—it was a term for cultivators who had surpassed the Sacred Emperor Realm but had not yet reached the Nirvana Realm.
Some time ago, the heaven-shaking blade aura that appeared above the Ancient Sea Palace was actually the work of one of Gu Xianer’s shifus.
That shifu of hers, due to some personal matters, had temporarily left Peach Village and gone to the outside world.
Then, upon learning that Gu Xianer had been bullied by the Ancient Sea Palace’s people, he immediately slashed out with his blade, the blade’s gleam instantly severely wounding the current Palace Master of the Ancient Sea Palace.
Combined with the fact that the Gu Family’s old ancestor was also present at the time, they forced the Ancient Sea Palace to seal off its seas for hundreds of thousands of years.
So don’t be fooled by how small this Peach Village was—its true strength was even more astonishing than some of the ancient Forbidden Areas.
With this terrifying background behind her, Gu Xianer could freely challenge even some Cults of Immortality.
From these old folks, Gu Changge also obtained quite a few good things.
In their discussions, given their discerning eyes, they were full of amazement at some of Gu Changge’s insights, feeling that the rumors of his aptitude as a True Celestial Being were no empty words.
The title of number one of the younger generation was well deserved—worthy of being Gu Xianer’s cousin, the one who would one day take charge of the Cult of Immortality and the Family of Immortals.
Once the problem of his innate Demonic Energy was resolved, the entire Beyond would be Gu Changge’s world in the future.
So the few old folks were also happy to pass on a few exquisite techniques to Gu Changge, and Gu Changge naturally accepted everything offered.
After all, his method of farming goodwill in front of everyone had played a huge role.
When he first arrived, they had been quite rude to him, without the slightest goodwill.
Nothing like the courteous treatment now—and he’d incidentally gained quite a few Fortuity points too.
Gu Changge figured it was related to the Fortuity Daughter mission connected to Gu Xianer that he had accepted at the very beginning.
Gu Xianer had no idea what Gu Changge was scheming.
Seeing him getting along so warmly with her shifus, she couldn’t help but feel gratified.
She had been worried that her shifus would still be at odds with Gu Changge.
From another perspective, Gu Xianer actually hoped this period of time could last a little longer.
After all, it was rare to see another side of Gu Changge—he could actually get along well with the village’s group of children too.
In the past, he always gave off a feeling of being high above, coldly overlooking everything, rarely showing this kind of warm, down-to-earth human touch.
And in the blink of an eye, several days passed.
Gu Changge’s figure appeared outside Peach Village.
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A crowd of villagers, including Gu Xianer’s shifus, all came to see him off.
Quite a few children were even very reluctant to part.
Because over these past few days, Gu Changge had taught them many things and given them many gifts, including cultivation scriptures and the like, making many of the children feel that this big brother, like a banished immortal, was a very good person.
After all, someone who was good to children couldn’t be a bad person.
This point was basically a universal consensus about people, and it was also the reason Gu Changge was able to quickly gain the trust of Peach Village’s villagers.
“This junior will take his leave first. If there’s time in the future, I’ll come bother you seniors again.”
At this moment, Gu Changge spoke.
His face carried a faint, gentle smile as he bid everyone farewell, preparing to leave Peach Village.
After all, there were still many matters waiting for him to resolve.
He couldn’t stay in this place forever.
Gu Xianer didn’t plan to leave.
Because of Yao Yao, she planned to cultivate in Peach Village for a while first, and incidentally, her shifus could take the opportunity to give her some guidance.
Although her strength wasn’t weak, compared to the many ancient freaks now reviving, she was still considerably weaker.
From the words of the few old folks, Gu Changge also learned that they were apparently going to give Gu Xianer some special tutoring.
The next time he saw her, her strength would probably have improved quite a bit.
As for Yao Yao,
who knew how long it would take for her to awaken. From Tao Yao’s words, although Yao Yao was her Dao Fruit, she had also been seriously injured in that chaotic lightning tribulation back then.
After all, they were Great Dao injuries, which affected her considerably.
To comb them clean would definitely take some time.
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Gu Changge naturally had nothing to say about that.
“Changge, remember to come back next time. Us aunties really like you.”
“Won’t you stay a few more days? Look at how reluctant Xianer, that girl, is to see you go. How can you be so heartless...”
At this moment, seeing Gu Changge about to leave, several aunties spoke up one after another, teasing, which made Gu Xianer—who had been somewhat listless—suddenly flush bright red.
Gu Changge smiled. “I’ll come in the future.”
“Look at how reluctant Xianer is. Why not stay a few more days?” one auntie asked with a chuckle, looking like she didn’t mind making things bigger.
Who’s reluctant?! Aunties, stop talking nonsense! I can’t wait for this stubborn-mouthed guy to hurry up and disappear from my sight...
Hearing these words, Gu Xianer hurriedly denied it, seemingly afraid Gu Changge would misunderstand something.
“I’d actually love for my ears to have some peace and quiet, so there isn’t always a fly buzzing wuwu beside me.”
Gu Changge glanced at her and said with perfect ease.
“Gu Changge, what do you mean by that? Are you saying I’m annoying in your ear? Then from now on, when you see me, take a detour far away...” Gu Xianer huffed. She hadn’t expected that even before leaving, Gu Changge would still get one last jab in at her.
But Gu Changge could no longer hear these words of hers.
The instant her words fell, Gu Changge transformed into a streak of divine light that shot into the sky, leaving Peach Village directly without the slightest pause.
Gu Xianer was somewhat indignant, waving her little pink fist. “Damn it, that guy didn’t even let me finish what I was saying.”
But soon, the expression on her small face turned somewhat dejected, revealing her reluctance to part.
“Xianer, don’t tell me you really have feelings for your cousin? No way, no way?”
“But you two are siblings...”
Seeing her expression, the several aunties started teasing again.
Gu Xianer glared at them indignantly. “Stop talking nonsense, all of you. And so what if we’re siblings? He’s not my real brother anyway.”
But as soon as those words came out, she felt something was off and hurriedly changed the subject. “The weather’s pretty nice today. This sun is really harsh...”
“Who could have imagined today would come? All of this is truly fate playing tricks on people!”
This scene, however, made her several shifus unable to hold back their laughter.
Then they all sighed one after another, full of emotion.
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After leaving Peach Village, atop a mountain peak outside the Land of Abandoned Celestials, Gu Changge’s figure emerged.
“Master.”
Several figures appeared before him, all with extremely powerful auras and incomparably respectful expressions.
The one in the lead was a creature with the appearance of a Yaksha, whose cultivation was at the True Enlightened Realm.
Among the rest were both men and women, Humans as well as other races—all of them Gu Changge’s followers, each a famous Young Prodigy in their own regions.
After the incident on the Celestial Ancient Continent last time, many Young Prodigies had sought out Gu Changge, intending to follow him.
Gu Changge, with an attitude of accepting all comers, took them all in—after all, many matters could be handed over to them to handle.
For example, this time, having them keep an eye on the matter of the Absolute Yin Heaven.
They had long since received Gu Changge’s instructions and were waiting for him here.