Completely Off Guard Around Her, Like a Little Fox That Stole a Chicken
Completely Off Guard Around Her, Like a Little Fox That Stole a Chicken
Inside the palace, Gu Xianer wore a flowing immortal dress, her figure especially tall and slender, which only set off her snow-like skin all the more—radiant, fair, and captivating.
Being teased like this by Gu Changge, she immediately grew a bit displeased. Her delicate wrist moved as she tried to swat his hand away.
“What? Getting upset now?”
Gu Changge dodged her incoming little hand and couldn’t help but chuckle.
“Why do you have to laugh in such an annoying way?”
Gu Xianer glared at him. Seeing Gu Changge laugh like this made her want to step forward and tear that face of his apart.
Had she said anything wrong just now?
In what way was she not beautiful and adorable?
“Did I say anything wrong?”
Gu Changge looked at her with great interest. This girl was as confident in herself as ever.
With that washboard figure of hers, who knew where she got the confidence to say such things.
“What’s with that look in your eyes?”
Seeing Gu Changge’s gaze sweep over her body, Gu Xianer puffed out her chest in dissatisfaction.
But she quickly deflated a little as she realized she really didn’t seem to have much to back it up.
Feeling somewhat dejected, she thought of An Yan, with whom she was on good terms.
The two of them were about the same age, yet when it came to figures, the difference was like heaven and earth.
Still, given her personality, there was no way she would take a loss at a moment like this. She immediately huffed, “You know what? All I have to do is crook my finger, and my admirers would trample the Gu Family’s mountain gates flat.”
“Oh? Well, do you believe that with a single word from me, no one in the entire vast Beyond would dare entertain that thought?”
Gu Changge pinched her nose, a faint smile on his lips.
“You can’t be that domineering...” Gu Xianer was quite displeased and reached out to swat his hand away.
“The more you say that, the more I’m going to do it.” Gu Changge smiled faintly.
Gu Xianer rolled her eyes at him. “Fine, whatever you want.”
She knew that with Gu Changge’s personality, he was absolutely capable of doing such a thing.
Besides, if he did, that would be fine too—otherwise those admirers were like a swarm of buzzing flies, which she found truly annoying.
“Whatever I want, huh?” Gu Changge smiled.
Gu Xianer looked at him suspiciously, feeling there was something more behind his words.
But the next moment, her delicate body suddenly stiffened, rosy clouds rising on her cheeks. She wanted to break free, but she was no match for Gu Changge’s strength.
Her whole body instantly fell into his embrace.
Thump!
Gu Xianer felt her mind go blank. Her normally terrifying Physique couldn’t muster a shred of strength at this moment, and her limbs went a little weak.
“Let go of me.”
She quickly came to her senses and glared at Gu Changge. Remembering what he had just said, she couldn’t help but let out a hum through her nose.
“Weren’t you just criticizing and mocking me a moment ago? Saying one thing and meaning another...”
Gu Changge smiled, unbothered. Looking at her pretty face so close to his, he suddenly said, “Xianer.”
“Eh...”
Gu Xianer’s heart fluttered under his gaze, and her voice suddenly became stammering, lacking her usual confidence.
“Gu Changge... you... you’re not allowed to bully me, or I’ll never talk to you again.”
“In your heart, am I really someone who only bullies you?”
Gu Changge wore a faint smile. Then, resting against her head, he gently closed his eyes and said, “You little girl, you’ve got a wicked mind.”
“You’re the one with a wicked mind. I feel like you were just about to bully me.”
Gu Xianer froze for a moment, then huffed, sensing that Gu Changge didn’t actually seem to intend anything.
She breathed a sigh of relief inwardly, yet somehow felt a faint sense of loss.
Gu Changge was hardly the type to remain unmoved with a beauty in his lap—so did that mean she just wasn’t attractive enough?
And while Gu Xianer’s thoughts ran wild, she noticed the soft sound of breathing by her ear. Her shoulder sank, and turning her head to look, she found that Gu Changge seemed to have... fallen asleep?
This left her somewhat dazed.
Once cultivators reached a certain realm, they actually didn’t need rest or sleep. Most of the time, when tired, they simply meditated, needing to stay vigilant at all times.
Even she would only sleep properly when she returned to Peach Village, where her mind could relax in utter peace, with nothing to think about and nothing to worry over. And it was precisely at such times that a cultivator was at their most vulnerable.
That Gu Changge would fall asleep at a moment like this surprised her somewhat—it meant he was completely off guard around her.
“That’s right... after all, back then he was even willing to entrust his life to me.” A tender look surfaced in her expression.
“He usually lives in such dazzling glory, basking in endless limelight, but he must actually be very tired.”
“There are far too many things he has to consider and scheme over.”
Gu Xianer looked at Gu Changge’s brow, still furrowed even in sleep, and suddenly sighed softly, reaching out to smooth it with her fingers.
Her heart felt heavy. If only her cultivation were a bit stronger, she could be of help to Gu Changge.
Whether it was the matter of the Demonic Heart or facing powerful enemies, she could lend a hand—instead of how things were now, where Gu Changge had to send subordinates to protect her safety.
Then, seeing that Gu Changge seemed to be sleeping very soundly,
Gu Xianer’s crystalline, captivating eyes suddenly fixed on him. Then, as if thinking of something,
rosy clouds rose on her face. She turned her head, leaned in, and gave him a quick, light peck—like a little fox that had just stolen a chicken.
These past days, news of the battle between the Beyond and the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains at the Aether Abyss spread rapidly, shocking the many worlds neighboring the Boundary Marker Sea.
Many beings among the various Daoist traditions and powers of the distant Beyond were all struck with alarm—followed by delight.
This battle had brought them far too many surprises. But in the end, the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains had suffered heavy losses, and a stable passage had been carved straight through the Aether Abyss—that much was beyond question.
As of now, the All-Repelling Force within the Boundary Marker Sea could hold out for three months at most.
Within the Beyond, across its various skies, boundless mists surged to the heavens, auras reigning supreme over the cosmos.
Numerous terrifying figures, their dharma bodies limitless and exceeding a million zhang in height, began stepping out from their clan grounds—crossing ten million li in a single stride, tearing through the universe to descend upon this place.
If the timing proved right, three months from now, the Beyond would raise its armies and attack Sky Deer City.
On the side of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, the various clans were also deliberating over the matter.
At the same time, they were vetting everyone, intending to root out the spies the Beyond had planted among them.
The fact that a passage had been punched through the Aether Abyss this time clearly meant someone had betrayed the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.
Zhao Yunze, as the Young Master of the Great Cloud Domain, sensed something was wrong at the first moment and issued orders.
Although Xiao Yang knew it was the Sky Deer Goddess who had betrayed the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, his words carried little weight, and he worried about alerting the Sky Deer Goddess’s spies, so he remained constantly vigilant and cautious, not daring to say much.
He knew that the Formation Core of Sky Deer City was currently not in the Sky Deer Goddess’s hands, so if the Beyond wanted to breach the barrier, it wouldn’t be so simple.
Which was to say, Sky Deer City was safe for the time being.
The Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains consisted of the Eight Wastelands and the Ten Domains.
The Ten Domains were incomparably vast, with powers and clans standing in great numbers and countless lineages.
But the Eight Wastelands, true to their name, were extremely desolate, shrouded in miasma, with very few cultivators living there.
Instead, there were quite a few ferocious beast tribes. Beyond that, within the Eight Wastelands there were also extremely special races—ones that had never participated in the wars during the Beyond’s past invasions.
Now, with the situation dire, all of the Ten Domains set out for the Eight Wastelands to seek out their leaders and discuss the matter together.
The beings who ruled a Domain or a Wasteland were at minimum at the True Daoist realm.
And not ordinary True Daoists at that—they had walked far down that path.
What had happened at the Aether Abyss had left every clan battered and broken, their losses devastating.
Even Zhao Yunze, who had been unrivaled sixty million years ago, was wounded in battle against the Beyond’s leading figure.
The entire Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains were thrown into panic, a feeling of impending catastrophe hanging over all.
Every cultivator and living being could sense the Beyond’s terrifying determination to launch its invasion.
Then, news spread that the three True Daoist-level elders of the Black Tortoise War God Clan, the Green Clan, and the Nine-Headed Golden Bird—who had gone to the Aether Abyss—had all perished, setting off world-shaking waves.