If I Kill Him, We Become Enemies — Actually, I'm More Interested in You
If I Kill Him, We Become Enemies — Actually, I’m More Interested in You
“Big sister, I’m fine. Sorry for making you worry.”
Hearing Jun Yao’s concerned words, Jun Fan smiled and shook his head slightly, as if he had already recovered.
Listening to the System’s notification sounds in his mind, Gu Changge glanced at Jun Fan with great interest.
He then took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly, “Actually, regarding the mastermind behind this assassination attempt, I imagine the Quelling Chaos King already has a good idea of who it is.
The Solar Heavenly Blade has reappeared in the world, and the tomb of Jun Bufan—the Solar Demon Overlord’s own son, who should have perished six thousand years ago—now stands empty.”
“So Yao Xi suspects that Jun Bufan merely faked his death back then, and is now hiding somewhere, secretly orchestrating all of this from behind the scenes.”
“What Young Master Changge says... I have also suspected as much. The Night Demon was once a great general under the Solar Demon Overlord, with astonishing strength. Aside from... the Solar Demon Overlord’s descendants, there is likely no one in this world who could command him.”
“So I too suspect that Jun Bufan only faked his death back then, and that all of these assassinations are being directed by him from the shadows.”
Hearing this, the Quelling Chaos King nodded, his expression grave.
Gu Changge smiled and said, “Because of this matter, Yao Xi has specially searched every corner of the Demon World, and has now finally found Jun Bufan’s most likely hiding place.”
“Jun Bufan’s hiding place?”
The Quelling Chaos King’s expression shifted repeatedly, deeply shaken.
Jun Fan had been paying close attention to the conversation between Gu Changge and his father, and at this moment his heart was equally shaken.
He too wanted to know where exactly Empress Yao Xi had traced things to.
But at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief. From the looks of it, Empress Yao Xi had not yet grown suspicious of him.
“Back then, the Solar Demon Overlord had a son and a daughter. Six thousand years ago, Jun Bufan faked his death. Although his elder sister Jun Ruoxi did not participate in that battle, she later carved out a territory for herself somewhere in the Demon World, turning it into a Forbidden Area of the Demon World. For thousands of years, no one has dared approach it.”
“So Yao Xi suspects that Jun Bufan is actually hiding within that Forbidden Area right now.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly as he continued speaking.
Of course, these words had absolutely nothing to do with Empress Yao Xi.
At this moment, she was still busy screening the various young prodigies—how would she have time to consider such matters?
However, Gu Changge didn’t mind giving her a hand. After all, the hatred between her and Jun Bufan was not yet thorough enough.
The reason Jun Bufan had never gone to see his sister all these years was precisely because he worried about implicating her. It was clear that Jun Bufan’s feelings for his sister ran quite deep.
But this also happened to be Jun Bufan’s weakness.
Even if the Solar Demon Overlord was still alive, when he eventually showed himself, both his son and daughter would be in Gu Changge’s hands. Gu Changge refused to believe he would remain unmoved.
To catch a big fish, one needed bait that would make it bite.
“Jun Bufan’s sister, Jun Ruoxi?”
Hearing this, the Quelling Chaos King’s expression changed once more, and he said with great solemnity, “Then may I ask, Young Master Changge, does Her Majesty the Empress intend for me to lead troops there to purge the area?”
Jun Fan struggled to keep his face calm as he looked at Gu Changge, seated at the head with a smile on his face like a young deity. But in his heart, monstrous waves surged—an icy, murderous fury.
At this moment, he wished he could tear Gu Changge to pieces.
Across two lifetimes, he had never hated anyone this much—not even Xi Yao could compare.
He didn’t believe these words came from Xi Yao. They sounded far more like Gu Changge’s own scheme.
To use Jun Ruoxi to force him out of hiding—what vicious methods, what a venomous mind this Gu Changge had!
“That is exactly right. Furthermore, Jun Fan’s performance at the summit of the Sacred Mountain this time earned Yao Xi’s great praise. She believes that in the future, Jun Fan will surely become a pillar of the Demon World.
Therefore, she intends for you, Quelling Chaos King, and Jun Fan—father and son—to lead troops there for the purge. If you find traces of Jun Bufan, all the better. If not... then capturing Jun Ruoxi would also be acceptable...”
Gu Changge took a sip of tea and said with a smile.
Hearing this, the Quelling Chaos King’s expression immediately turned solemn, and he vowed, “I am grateful for Her Majesty the Empress’s great favor. My son and I will certainly not fail her trust.”
“Fan’er, why haven’t you come forward to thank Her Majesty the Empress and Young Master Changge for their high regard?”
At this, he waved for Jun Fan, who stood behind, to step forward, his face full of gratification.
Among the younger generation of the Demon World today, no one else had been entrusted with such an important task by Empress Yao Xi like Jun Fan.
If he rendered great merit this time, his power and influence would surely surpass that of the Marshal of the State.
“Jun Fan thanks Young Master Changge and Her Majesty the Empress for your regard. I will certainly not disappoint you.”
Hearing this, no matter how ice-cold Jun Fan’s heart was, he dared not show the slightest abnormality. He stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Gu Changge.
At this moment, he swore in his heart that one day, he would personally cut Gu Changge into a thousand pieces and tear his corpse into ten thousand fragments, to vent the hatred in his heart.
“In that case, I can rest assured.”
“What Yao Xi wanted me to convey is... all of this. Then I shall take my leave first.”
Gu Changge smiled at these words, seemingly quite satisfied with the attitudes of the Quelling Chaos King and Jun Fan.
He then made no plans to linger, preparing to rise and depart.
“Take care, Young Master Changge.”
Seeing this, the Quelling Chaos King rose to see him off.
Gu Changge nodded, but when he walked past Jun Yao,
he paused slightly. Looking at her suddenly flustered appearance, he couldn’t help but smile and say, “This must be... Miss Jun Yao, correct? I heard from Yao Xi that your tea artistry is excellent. If you ever have time, I would... rather like to seek your instruction.”
“Ah... Young Master Changge...”
Jun Yao never expected Gu Changge to suddenly strike up a conversation with her, much less call out her name in one breath. Her head went dizzy, and she simply couldn’t process what he was saying.
“Yao’er, Young Master Changge is speaking to you!”
Seeing this scene, the Quelling Chaos King’s face lit up with delight, and he hurriedly scolded, “What are you doing?”
Hearing this, Jun Yao suddenly snapped back to her senses, a blush spreading across her face.
Somewhat shy, she lowered her head, too embarrassed to look up at Gu Changge, and said, “I’m free any day. Young Master Changge may come whenever he likes.”
Gu Changge seemed somewhat surprised, then smiled and said, “In that case, three days from now, I shall come to seek instruction in Miss Jun Yao’s tea artistry.”
With that, he lingered no longer and departed directly with his entourage of powerful figures.
Watching Gu Changge’s figure disappear from sight, Jun Yao’s face was flushed red, her head still spinning.
“Fan’er, did you see that? Young Master Changge actually spoke to me on his own initiative, and he even knows my name...”
“Tell me, am I dreaming?”
This surprise came so unexpectedly that she wondered if she was dreaming.
However, hearing these words, Jun Fan’s expression appeared rather gloomy.
“I’m not feeling well. I’ll go rest first.”
He shook his head and quickly left. Jun Yao found it a bit strange but didn’t think much of it.
Her beautiful eyes sparkled as she fantasized about the scene three days from now, full of anticipation, wishing the three days would pass quickly.
After leaving the Quelling Chaos King’s residence, Gu Changge did not have Bai Lian’er and her brother take him to the so-called herb-growing grounds. Instead, he returned to the palace where he usually rested.
Bai Lian’er and Bai Hua were still deeply shaken, unable to recover from what had just happened.
Others might not know that Jun Fan was... Jun Bufan, but they knew.
And now, Gu Changge actually planned to have Jun Fan lead troops to besiege his own sister.
This method was truly ruthless and vicious.
They also didn’t know whether Gu Changge had already learned of Jun Fan’s true identity.
Because at this moment, they themselves could hardly protect themselves.
Relying on the intuition she had honed over the years of hiding behind the scenes and running the Nephrite Breeze Pavilion, Bai Lian’er was almost certain that Gu Changge already knew her and Bai Hua’s identities.
What Gu Changge had said on the street back then was most likely just to toy with the two of them—and they had nearly taken it seriously.
Concealing all their auras, plus the Jade Pendant left by her father that could hide them from heavenly secrets—none of it had been of any use.
Bai Lian’er didn’t know how Gu Changge had seen through their identities, and that no longer mattered now.
If she were alone, she had a thirty percent chance of escaping from Gu Changge’s grasp.
But right now, she had Bai Hua, a burden, at her side.
And she couldn’t bring herself to abandon him...
The only thing she could do was... surrender and accept capture.
This feeling of powerlessness at being constrained made her deeply uncomfortable.
“Perfectly fine as you are—why do you insist on putting a birthmark on your face?”
Just as Bai Lian’er’s thoughts churned, Gu Changge spoke, his voice carrying a note of amusement, interrupting her train of thought.
Bai Lian’er came back to her senses, looked at Gu Changge, and said, “I don’t know what Daren means by that.”
“Big sister...”
Bai Hua looked at Gu Changge with some fear.
Although his mind was sometimes a bit slow, he could also sense that things had become... very wrong.
Gu Changge had not had them lead the way to any herb-growing grounds. Instead, he had brought them back to the palace and dismissed everyone else.
What this meant was self-evident.
“Nothing much. I just think that birthmark on your face isn’t very pleasing to look at.”
Gu Changge said casually.
Bai Lian’er looked at him indifferently and said, “Then I must apologize. This birthmark is something I was born with. Since it offends Daren’s eyes, perhaps Daren should let me leave.”
Gu Changge’s gaze fell on her face, and he suddenly smiled. “And what if I say no?”
“Then I can only continue offending Daren’s eyes like this.”
Bai Lian’er met his gaze without the slightest fear.
“Is that so? Then it seems you intend to keep playing dumb with me.”
Gu Changge said nonchalantly, “But this act of yours puts me in a rather difficult position.”
Bai Lian’er put on a look of complete incomprehension. “I don’t know what Daren means by that. Forgive this foolish little woman, but I cannot understand.”
“It’s fine if you can’t understand. Perhaps after I kill him, you’ll be able to.”
Hearing this, Gu Changge smiled faintly, and as he finished speaking, his palm reached forward.
The void instantly blurred, and a terrifying power, like a surging tidal wave, crushed down toward Bai Hua, whose expression changed drastically.
He didn’t even have time to react before a giant hand formed from Gu Changge’s divine ability seized him in the void.
“Big sister, save me...”
Bai Hua’s face was deathly pale with terror. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and immediately afterward came the cracking sounds of breaking bones—his internal organs were rupturing.
If Gu Changge hadn’t been controlling his strength, in that instant just now, Bai Hua’s entire body would have exploded, destroyed in body and soul on the spot.
Watching this scene, Bai Lian’er’s expression also changed. She coldly swept a glance at Bai Hua—if her father hadn’t entrusted him to her, she would never have bothered with such a useless burden.
Nor would she have been constrained by Gu Changge.
“What does Daren mean by this? My brother and I have no grievance or enmity with you. We ordinarily make our living gathering herbs and have never provoked any enemies.”
Quickly, Bai Lian’er took a deep breath and spoke calmly. Although Gu Changge had very likely already learned her and Bai Hua’s true identities, until the very last step, she still didn’t want to voluntarily confess and admit to any of it...
“No problem. Once I kill him, we’ll have a grievance.”
Gu Changge smiled breezily.
Bai Lian’er’s face froze—she hadn’t expected Gu Changge to say such a thing.
And as his words fell, a teeth-aching sound of shattering bones rang out from the void. Bai Hua screamed, his face full of terror, unable to endure such agony.
“Big sister, save me...”
His voice carried indescribable fear and pain.
“You can’t even endure this little bit of suffering? You really are a waste.”
Bai Lian’er’s face was ice-cold.
Though she cursed Bai Hua so, she couldn’t possibly sit by and watch him die before her eyes.
At once, she looked coldly at Gu Changge and said, “Let him go, or you’ll never get what you want.
My life isn’t worth much, and I’m not afraid of death.”
When she founded the Nephrite Breeze Pavilion, she had already put her own life and death aside.
As an assassin, one’s life was never one’s own. No one ever knew whether, on some assassination mission, they might remain there forever.
For... Bai Lian’er, the task her father Bai Kun had entrusted to her was just like any other mission.
If she lost her life in the course of this mission, that too was her own choice.
Life and death taken lightly—everything left to fate.
So she was not afraid of Gu Changge’s threats.
“The way you put it does make some sense. Your life is indeed worthless to me.”
Hearing this, Gu Changge smiled and released Bai Hua. “Now, isn’t it time you showed some sincerity?”
Bai Lian’er watched him coldly, her eyes devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
“What sincerity do you want?”
she asked.
“The sincerity I want is actually quite simple. I don’t like the way you look right now—it turns my stomach. I must say, you’re quite successful, at least when it comes to being nauseating.”
Gu Changge shook his head slightly. Hearing these words, Bai Lian’er was momentarily stunned—she hadn’t expected that the sincerity Gu Changge spoke of would be this.
Then she gave a cold laugh. “I didn’t expect you to be such a shallow person.”
But as her words fell, her features shifted and changed, returning to her original appearance.
Her disguise techniques were extremely sophisticated and endlessly versatile. What they altered was not merely the surface—even her bones, flesh, and aura were remoulded. Even supreme beings capable of seeing through one’s Source would find it difficult to detect anything amiss.
Of course, this method of remoulding bone and condensing flesh was extremely painful—a technique from the Killing Emperor Legacy—but it allowed for the greatest degree of secrecy and disguise, making it nearly impossible to see through.
“Now that’s... much easier on the eyes.”
Gu Changge nodded slightly, looking her over once more. Due to her special constitution, Bai Lian’er exuded an astonishing allure.
However, his expression didn’t change much.
“It seems the Killing Emperor Legacy has indeed fallen into your hands. This face-changing technique—even a Sacred Emperor Realm being would find it hard to see through.”
“So this was your real goal?”
Bai Lian’er’s expression shifted slightly.
Although rumors had circulated in the outside world all these years that the mysterious owner of the Nephrite Breeze Pavilion possessed the Killing Emperor Legacy, it had never been confirmed.
Gu Changge didn’t answer her question. Instead, he said directly, “I can release your father, and I can also make the Demon World abandon its hunt for him.”
“What are your conditions?”
Bai Lian’er stared at him intently. “If you keep your word, I will naturally hand over that... Brocade Bag. Otherwise, even if you kill me, you’ll never get it.”
“No, you seem to have misunderstood me.”
Gu Changge waved a hand to interrupt her, smiling. “Compared to that Brocade Bag, I’m actually more interested in you.”
Bai Lian’er naturally knew what Gu Changge meant by this.
She looked at him coldly, falling into thought.
Gu Changge was in no hurry. As far as he was concerned, whether it was the Brocade Bag or Bai Lian’er, he wanted both.
Bai Lian’er had single-handedly run the Nephrite Breeze Pavilion for all these years—her skill and methods went without saying. Though its foundations couldn’t compare to old-established assassin organizations like Pagoda and Neraka, its surface strength was already not far behind.
Secretly cultivating an assassin organization would, for Gu Changge, absolutely bring more benefits than drawbacks.
“How am I supposed to trust you? Someone like you is very hard to believe.”
At this moment, Bai Lian’er abruptly raised her head, her gaze icy as she stared at Gu Changge, seemingly demanding a definite answer.
Gu Changge was not surprised. He smiled. “It’s not a question of how you can trust me—it’s that right now, you can only trust me.”
“Your father, the force behind you, and this burden of a junior brother of yours—their lives and deaths are all in my control. Who else do you think you can trust right now?”
“Of course, you could also choose not to care about them. It wouldn’t cost me anything.”
Bai Lian’er fell silent, weighing the gains and losses in her heart.
Someone like Gu Changge was not worth trusting. But if she didn’t trust him...
Today, she would very likely die—but Bai Hua would definitely die.
Her father would die. And the force she had painstakingly built over six thousand years, having lost her, would quickly fall apart.
But if she agreed to Gu Changge’s terms, from this day forward, she would have to obey his commands and submit to his control...
“I understand.”
Bai Lian’er was silent for a moment, then nodded.