She Is Gu Changge's Person, the Divine Source Master Appears
She Is Gu Changge’s Person, the Divine Source Master Appears
During this period of time, the person Jiang Chen missed and worried about the most—Xiao Ruoyin absolutely ranked first.
Even his good friend Niu Tian could not compare to Xiao Ruoyin.
That was why Jiang Chen had been so overwhelmed with excitement when he saw Xiao Ruoyin just now, nearly revealing himself to her on the spot.
Although the Blood King Ginseng was precious and worth a fortune, in Jiang Chen’s eyes, it could not compare to a single smile or frown from Xiao Ruoyin.
Unfortunately, his actions had been far too abrupt. Not only had he failed to earn even a shred of her goodwill, she had instead taken him for some frivolous lecher.
This made Jiang Chen secretly curse his own stupidity, wishing he could slap himself across the face.
He was just about to open his mouth to explain when he suddenly heard the words of the several fellow disciples behind Xiao Ruoyin, and nearly spat out a mouthful of pent-up blood, his face going utterly sullen.
It would have been fine if Gu Changge hadn’t been mentioned—but the moment Gu Changge was brought up, the hatred and fury in Jiang Chen’s heart became impossible to suppress.
He couldn’t help but recall how, back in the territory of the Vermilion Bird Empire, Gu Changge had hunted down and slaughtered Niu Tian and the others to the last.
Gu Changge was merely wearing a mask of disguise.
Poor Xiao Ruoyin, even now, still believed that Gu Changge was some kind of good person, unable to see his true face, admiring and worshipping him endlessly.
For a moment, Jiang Chen wanted to reveal his true identity and confess everything to Xiao Ruoyin.
But he didn’t dare.
In this vast Kunwu City, who knew how many forces and orthodoxies were trying to curry favor with Gu Changge.
If he dared to say such things to Xiao Ruoyin, countless people would surely come looking for trouble with him.
So Jiang Chen could only choose to endure it with clenched teeth at this moment, no matter how stifled and aggrieved he felt inside.
“If this xiaojie wants this Blood King Ginseng, then bring out a million Spiritual Stones in exchange.”
At this moment, Monk Pu Du seemed to have noticed Jiang Chen’s embarrassment. He smiled faintly, stepped forward, patted Jiang Chen on the shoulder to bail him out, and then addressed Xiao Ruoyin and the others.
Meanwhile, the crowd on the third floor was still somewhat stunned by Xiao Ruoyin’s earlier words, their brains slow to catch up, and they began sizing up Xiao Ruoyin and her companions from head to toe.
After all, it involved Gu Changge...
It seemed that this woman in white before them was quite familiar with Gu Changge.
“From the Skyward Schloss... no wonder...”
Many people’s expressions turned solemn as they finally remembered that Gu Changge had yet another identity.
The Successor of the Skyward Schloss!
The prime candidate for its next Palace Master.
“Since this xiaojie knows Young Master Changge, then this old man will take this Blood King Ginseng for a million Spiritual Stones.”
“However, with this old man’s current cultivation, I’m far from being able to use such a thing. Why not take this opportunity today to offer flowers to Buddha—gift it to this xiaojie, and form a good karmic bond.”
At this moment, a white-haired, withered-looking old man spoke up. He had been standing in a corner all along, quite unremarkable.
Now, a sharp gleam flickered in his eyes before he smiled and spoke.
As he spoke, he unhesitatingly produced a million Spiritual Stones, spiritual energy surging like a tide, radiance shining brilliantly, intending to exchange them for the Blood King Ginseng.
Seeing this scene, the expressions of many in the pavilion changed drastically.
“Wu, you old dog, you’re a clever one!”
“What sharp foresight...” someone couldn’t help cursing inwardly, regretting that they hadn’t been the first to say such words.
Although spending a million Spiritual Stones hurt the wallet, the meaning it represented was entirely different!
After all, this woman’s relationship with Gu Changge was clearly not simple—one could tell she was someone who could reach Gu Changge.
So if they could use her words to enter Gu Changge’s field of vision, it would be worth more than anything to them.
What was a mere million Spiritual Stones?
Xiao Ruoyin was also quite shocked at this moment, clearly never expecting that someone would be willing to spend a huge sum to buy this Blood King Ginseng just to gift it to her.
The whole thing felt too dreamlike.
Even Jiang Chen and Monk Pu Du’s expressions stiffened slightly.
Of course, Xiao Ruoyin understood that this was because her fellow disciples had mentioned Gu Changge in their earlier conversation.
She was, after all, a modern person, with a quick and agile mind. Almost instantly, she figured it out—these people wanted to curry favor with her so they could enter Gu Changge’s field of vision.
“Young Master Gu’s name alone is enough to make people act like this...”
“If he were to descend here in person, who knows what enormous waves it would stir up.”
Xiao Ruoyin’s eyes shimmered with a strange light, her thoughts drifting and tumbling.
She was, in truth, a woman who knew how to leverage her own advantages.
So after inexplicably arriving in this bizarre and dazzling fantasy world, the first thing she did was ensure her own survival.
Once her safety was secured, she gradually adapted to this world’s environment.
Then, upon learning of Gu Changge’s astonishing identity and status, she understood clearly: if she wanted to go far in this world, she had to find a way to gain Gu Changge’s protection.
So during her time at the Skyward Schloss, she would often, intentionally or otherwise, mention to others how she and Gu Changge had once talked through the night.
On top of that, she had been personally delivered to the Skyward Schloss by Gu Changge.
Over time, in the eyes of many Elders and disciples, Xiao Ruoyin was essentially Gu Changge’s person.
Even many Elders had to treat Xiao Ruoyin with caution, not daring to slight her.
Of course, Xiao Ruoyin was smart. She knew everything had its limits—going too far was as bad as not going far enough—and she worried that if Gu Changge learned of this, he would be displeased.
So every time people misunderstood her relationship with Gu Changge, she would always refute and explain.
This method seemed useful, but in reality, the more she explained, the guiltier she looked.
In everyone’s eyes, her explanations were merely due to maidenly shyness.
And this was exactly the effect Xiao Ruoyin wanted. Sometimes she even wished the entire Beyond’s forces and orthodoxies would know.
She, Xiao Ruoyin, was Gu Changge’s person.
“Xiaojie, according to the servants’ report, someone in one of our Merchant Alliance’s Stone-Gambling Stalls has cut out a million-year-old Blood King Ginseng.”
Meanwhile, deep within Kunwu City, inside a magnificent and resplendent palace.
A woman with a soft, seductive face, enchantment woven into her very being, was propping up her delicate, exquisite chin, listening somewhat absentmindedly to the report from outside the hall.
Behind her, nine snow-white, fluffy fox tails swayed idly, and a slender, fair hand gently stroked them, making her narrow her eyes in languid comfort.
“A million-year-old Blood King Ginseng—in the past, it would have been enough to alarm quite a few old fossils.”
However, hearing the report from outside the hall, Yin Mei shook her head lightly, appearing rather unconcerned, and said,
“But now, with all the great sects and orthodoxies of Kunwu City involved, a single million-year-old Blood King Ginseng is hardly worth mentioning.”
“Have someone keep an eye on who cut out this item.” Gu Changge set down his teacup, looking somewhat thoughtful.
He had a premonition that he was about to meet an old acquaintance.
“Yes, Gongzi...” Yin Mei rose and walked toward the outside of the hall.
“Qingxuan, what do you think the chances are of your Ji Family rescuing your Founding Ancestor this time?”
After Yin Mei left, Gu Changge suddenly smiled faintly and asked Su Qingge behind him.
After leaving the Ji Family, he had come straight to Kunwu City, though without drawing anyone else’s attention.
As for Ji Qingxuan, she had returned to the Chaotic Star Territory.
The one currently by his side was Su Qingge—in other words, the Ji Family’s heaven-blessed daughter “Ji Qingxuan” in everyone’s eyes...
“If we could have Young Master Changge’s help, the chances would probably be much greater.” Su Qingge clearly hadn’t expected Gu Changge to suddenly ask her this, and she paused for a moment.
But her answer was still watertight.
Gu Changge smiled faintly and asked nothing more.
Su Qingge was the true Successor of Demonic Arts, while the Fortuitous One Jiang Chen was the inheritor of the demonic seed that Gu Changge had personally crafted.
With the two of them now gathered together in Kunwu City, things were bound to become even livelier.
Inside the Stone-Gambling Stall, although Xiao Ruoyin declined several times, the Blood King Ginseng still ended up in her hands, without her spending a single Spiritual Stone.
The withered, aged old man, though pained at heart, still wore a beaming smile on his face, feeling that this million-plus Spiritual Stones had been well spent.
“To think a Blood King Ginseng was cut out here today—who knows whether it was this fellow’s luck, or whether he truly has the skill.”
Several disciples of the Skyward Schloss fixed their gazes on Jiang Chen, looking him up and down with great curiosity.
By now, Jiang Chen had also regained his composure. He understood that to make Xiao Ruoyin see Gu Changge’s true face, he would have to find another way.
Then Jiang Chen glanced at Xiao Ruoyin, communicated with the Artifact Spirit of the Celestial Boat of Creation in his mind, and began selecting raw stones.
Since even Xiao Ruoyin couldn’t see through his true identity now,
what did he have left to worry about?
Right now, the gazes of all the heavens of the Beyond were converging here, and Kunwu City was the center of everyone’s attention—it was the perfect opportunity for him to make his name.
“Today’s Stone-Gambling Stall shall be my opportunity.”
Jiang Chen said silently in his heart.
Soon, as the crowd’s expressions shifted from shock to awe to dumbfounded stupor, streak after streak of dazzling radiance illuminated the place.
One raw stone after another blossomed with its original brilliance in Jiang Chen’s hands.
All kinds of rare treasures and divine objects were cut out from within, and toward the end there were even some exceedingly rare Immortal Crystal shards, misty and hazy like vapor, making the eyes of many of the older generation present turn red with envy.
Clearly, Jiang Chen cutting out the Blood King Ginseng was not a matter of luck—he truly possessed the ability for it.
“Could it be that the legendary Divine Source Master has reappeared? Seeking heaven and earth to fix the universe, probing yin and yang down to the Nine Netherworlds.” An old man’s voice trembled as he suddenly remembered something, unable to believe it.
“Little brother, what is your origin, that you’re actually even more formidable than the most accomplished old Source Masters in Kunwu City?”
Everyone present was stunned, watching scene after scene unfold—especially the various divine objects cut out from those raw stones—nearly rendered speechless.
Streak after streak of brilliant radiance bathed the place in dazzling splendor.
Xiao Ruoyin was also astonished. She never imagined that in such a short time, this man who gave her a faint sense of familiarity would cut out so many divine objects.
Every single one of them was immensely valuable, and some even contained special properties that could provoke fierce competition among cultivators.
“Can he actually see through the rare items hidden within the raw stones?”
Many people stared at Jiang Chen without blinking.
Xiao Ruoyin’s gaze shifted slightly.
She had some understanding of the raw stones in Stone-Gambling Stalls. She knew these stones had been permeated by a special aura of rules, making it impossible for cultivators to probe what was hidden inside with their divine sense.
At such times, even if a Sacred Emperor Realm expert came in person, or even a Quasi-Emperor or a True Daoist made a move, they might not be able to see what was hidden within these raw stones.
Yet Jiang Chen seemed to know exactly what was hidden inside each and every raw stone, with pinpoint accuracy, never once making a mistake.
Soon, news of this place sprouted wings and spread, causing a huge sensation within a small circle.