The Value of Staying by His Side, a Terrifying Talent for Alchemy
The Value of Staying by His Side, a Terrifying Talent for Alchemy
Seeing the Lin Family members withdraw, Gu Changge pondered for a moment before suddenly calling out to Lin Qiuhan.
“Young Master Gu...”
Lin Qiuhan was slightly stunned, and once she reacted, her heart couldn’t help but race, her face burning hot.
In front of so many clansmen, Young Master Gu was asking her to stay?
Did Young Master Gu have something to say to her?
Or could it be... that Young Master Gu also had feelings for her?
She began to let her imagination run wild, her expression turning somewhat shy.
“The Family Head has raised a fine daughter indeed...”
This scene brought joy to the faces of many Lin Family Elders, though they also felt a twinge of envy—after all, their own granddaughters were nowhere near as beautiful as Lin Qiuhan.
As the youngest and most beautiful Elder of the Superior Dao Academy.
With hair like flowing clouds and a fair, jade-like face.
She truly had the capital for it, with countless suitors among the younger generation, and now it seemed she had also caught the favor of this young lord.
This made many in the Lin Family very happy.
Many young men felt sour in their hearts, while many women were envious—in short, the emotions were complicated and varied.
The Lin Family Head also revealed a smile, giving Lin Qiuhan a meaningful look, his heart finally at ease.
“Thankfully Qiuhan is obedient and sensible, sparing me worry...”
If they could use this to draw closer to Young Master Gu... the Lin Family Head was already fantasizing in his heart, feeling quite delighted.
Ming Lao was also thinking that if the Young Master truly liked her, when they returned to the Beyond, they could bring Lin Qiuhan along as well.
She happened to be his descendant, so she could be looked after.
Of course, the most important factor was whether the Young Master liked her.
After the Lin Family members all departed.
The area before the hall returned to quiet.
“I must thank Qiuhan-guniang for personally delivering spirit cakes last night.”
Gu Changge smiled casually, his face once again wearing that calm, elegant expression from yesterday.
Yesterday he had worn dark robes, but today he had changed into white garments, his long hair loosely tied—less of that noble, lofty air, and more of an immortal grace.
Lin Qiuhan was dazed for a moment.
She had to admit, purely in terms of appearance, few men in this world could compare to Young Master Gu.
“Does Young Master Gu like them?”
Hearing this, Lin Qiuhan felt a bit delighted.
Yet she couldn’t help but grow nervous—normally at the academy, she never experienced such emotions.
“The taste was quite good, and there was even a trace of pill intent within, which surprised me somewhat.”
Gu Changge said with a smile, offering a casual compliment.
His reason for keeping Lin Qiuhan behind actually had a purpose, though he was also somewhat curious.
As a woman connected to the Fortuitous One, her Fortuity points were actually not low—a full two hundred plus points.
Ordinary Cultivators had only a few points, or even no Fortuity points at all.
This amount was already quite frightening.
Take Su Qingge, for example—she started at around three hundred points, but now it had nearly risen to over five hundred.
During this period, something must have changed about her.
Gu Changge knew she was exceptionally intelligent and harbored quite a few secrets.
However, he didn’t ask, waiting for the day Su Qingge would confess to him of her own accord.
But as for someone like Lin Qiuhan, aside from being beautiful and having decent cultivation talent, Gu Changge couldn’t find anything special about her.
He wasn’t a man who thought with his lower body.
A bit of fun was fine, but he wouldn’t keep her by his side the way he did Su Qingge.
As for those two hundred plus Fortuity points, Gu Changge could easily use some tricks to make Lin Qiuhan completely devoted to him.
Just as the answer he had received when he previously asked the System.
For those with great Fortuity who were not Fortuitous Ones, making them submit would likewise grant Fatums.
As for the exact amount, it depended on their Fortuity points.
To put it bluntly, in Gu Changge’s eyes, Lin Qiuhan was nothing more than a tool for farming Fatums.
Before she demonstrated the value she ought to have, Gu Changge would not keep her by his side.
So in keeping her behind, Gu Changge was also taking a chance to test things out.
“Pill intent?” Hearing this, Lin Qiuhan was slightly stunned—this was the first time she had ever heard of such a thing.
Dao intent, sword intent, blade intent...
She had heard of all of those, but pill intent alone was new to her.
Su Qingge, on the other hand, had some understanding—she often perused ancient texts and had heard of it before.
“Casually making some spirit cakes, yet they contain a pill intent that even grandmasters of the Guild of Alchemy don’t possess—Qiuhan-guniang is truly remarkable.”
Gu Changge smiled. Seeing this, how could he not understand?
“I don’t know alchemy...”
Lin Qiuhan was a bit embarrassed by Gu Changge’s praise.
Never having even touched alchemy.
This was what could be called a terrifying talent for alchemy.
If Lin Qiuhan had been born into one of the great alchemy sects of the Beyond, she would undoubtedly become a divine maiden of the alchemical dao, her future prospects limitless.
As expected, those close to a Fortuitous One were never simple.
Still, not bad—his effort hadn’t been wasted.
Gu Changge thought to himself, the smile on his face undiminished as he said to Lin Qiuhan, “Qiuhan-guniang, since there’s nothing much to do, why don’t you show me around the city today?”
“Ah... yes, yes...”
Hearing Gu Changge say this, Lin Qiuhan suddenly felt as if she had been struck by a pleasant surprise, her head spinning dizzily.
...
Last night, the Lin Family’s sealing of the city and lockdown of the void had left all the Cultivators in the entire ancient city restless, everyone speculating about what had happened.
After all, just that morning they had heard that the Lin Family’s legendary Founding Ancestor had returned from the Beyond and was holding a grand banquet.
Yet by nightfall, something major seemed to have occurred.
The entire Lin Family was furious, searching for someone.
Many Cultivators speculated endlessly, wondering who had provoked or offended the Lin Family.
With the Founding Ancestor’s return, the Lin Family’s might now stood unmatched by nearly any force in the entire Central Sky Domain.
The many Cultivators and living beings of the ancient city were thrown into panic.
Finally, word leaked out through unofficial channels—someone had used vicious means to attempt to harm that young lord from the Beyond, intending to frame the Lin Family for it.
In the end, the culprit was found, and it turned out to be none other than the Lin Family’s infamous good-for-nothing, Lin Tian.
Many found it unbelievable.
The matter sparked widespread discussion among Cultivators, leaving them shocked.
After all, many across Middle State now knew of that young lord from the Beyond’s terrifying origins and extraordinary status—to move against him was simply courting death.
And these past few days, Middle State had been far from peaceful.
In the other eight domains.
Many powerful Holy Lands and dynasties with legacies exceeding a hundred thousand years sent representatives to the Lin Family, bearing lavish gifts, preparing to pay respects to its Founding Ancestor and that mysterious young lord.
The venue for the Great Conference of Middle State’s younger generation was even moved to the ancient city where the Lin Family resided—said to be a unanimous decision by the various Holy Lands and dynasties.
As for their intentions, many Cultivators had guessed them.
According to news from the Eastern Barren.
The reason Supreme Stygian Holy Land was able to overawe the other Holy Lands and become the absolute overlord of the Eastern Barren in one stroke.
Could be credited in no small part to the Supreme Stygian Saintess, known as the Eastern Barren’s number one beauty.
So many Holy Lands and dynasties wanted to imitate this—if one of their own disciples could catch that young lord’s eye, it would be a meteoric rise, a supreme fortune great enough to make their ancestral graves emit auspicious smoke.
After all, even the Lin Family’s Founding Ancestor from thirty thousand years ago was said to be that young lord’s old servant.
Such a status was simply terrifying beyond belief, leaving countless Cultivators shaken, all eager to catch a glimpse of that young lord’s true face.
For a time, the ancient city where the Lin Family resided became incredibly lively, with forces from every sect and faction arriving daily.
Even many ancient races emerged into the world, hailing from the various Ancient Mystic Mountains—beings whom even the great Holy Lands ordinarily had to treat with caution.
The Ancient Mystic Mountains could be said to be the forces with the closest ties to the Beyond, rumored to be branches of certain lineages and clans from the Beyond.
Ordinarily, any being who walked out from them would be treated as an honored guest by the great Holy Lands.