She Can Learn, The Trouble the Mortal Palace Has Encountered
She Can Learn, The Trouble the Mortal Palace Has Encountered
To Gu Changge, the matter of the Ji Family siblings was actually very simple.
It was nothing more than telling the outside world with a single statement: the Ji Family was now under his protection.
This would make the Ji Family’s hostile forces wary, not daring to act against the Ji Family lightly.
So his having Ji Chuyue stay behind was equivalent to agreeing to the two siblings’ request, giving the outside world a signal.
After all, there were quite a few forces eyeing the Ji Family, and now Ji Chuyue and Ji Yaoxing had suddenly left their family and come to the Longevity Gu Family.
Many people were watching from the shadows, paying close attention.
In the end, Ji Chuyue stayed here, while Ji Yaoxing returned to the family.
What did that mean?
As the little princess of the Ji Family, Ji Chuyue, in her travels outside, represented the face of the Ji Family in certain respects.
She was now at the tender, flower-like age, with no marriage agreement binding her, and at such a critical juncture she had gone to the Longevity Gu Family and then stayed the night there.
As long as the Ji Family’s hostile forces weren’t stupid or blind, they could all see what this meant.
Neither Ji Yaoxing nor Ji Chuyue was foolish; they instantly understood Gu Changge’s intention.
“Thank you, Young Master Changge.”
“Your great kindness and virtue—our Ji Family will never forget it. We will engrave it in our hearts, remembering it for all eternity.”
The two of them became incomparably grateful, their voices trembling slightly, to the point that they didn’t know how to begin expressing their thanks.
Before coming here, they had both been prepared to be turned away by Gu Changge.
But they never expected that in the end, Gu Changge would still agree to their request. This kindness alone was worth the eternal remembrance of every member of the Ji Family.
Not to mention that it had also been Gu Changge who helped the two of them escape from Kun Mountain before.
“We owe Young Master Changge far too much.”
Ji Yaoxing thought silently to himself, glancing at his younger sister beside him, whose face was tinged with rosy color.
Ji Chuyue understood what her brother meant. She nodded somewhat bashfully, feeling her face burning hot and her heart beating fast, not daring to raise her head to look at Gu Changge.
“Senior Ji Shengchu once showed great kindness to the billions of living beings of the Beyond. Now that the Ji Family has encountered such a calamity, how could I stand by and do nothing?”
Gu Changge did not turn around. At this moment he sighed softly, as if lamenting and regretting the plight of the entire Ji Family.
Ji Yaoxing said solemnly, “No matter what, at a critical moment like this, Young Master Changge is willing to aid our Ji Family. This is a great kindness, and our Ji Family will never forget it for all eternity.”
Before this, he had always harbored pride in his heart, feeling that among the younger generation he was no inferior to anyone else.
He appeared humble on the surface, but in truth he didn’t think much of it in his heart, believing that if the Ji Family recovered its former glory, he could absolutely become one of the most dazzling and powerful Young Prodigies in the Beyond.
His fear of Gu Changge had stemmed from power and status, but now, his feelings toward Gu Changge were genuine admiration and reverence.
Gu Changge smiled and waved his hand. “Daoxiong Yaoxing need not be like this. To me, this is merely a trivial matter.”
Although Gu Changge spoke lightly of it, not taking it to heart,
Ji Chuyue and Ji Yaoxing were both now extremely grateful to him.
Afterward, having received Gu Changge’s assurance, the gloom in Ji Yaoxing’s heart finally dispersed. He let out a long breath, then took his leave.
On his face, which had been clouded with worry these past days, a smile appeared, confident and high-spirited.
“Brother...”
Seeing him leave, Ji Chuyue suddenly felt uneasy, appearing utterly at a loss, for a moment not even knowing where to put her hands.
After all, in the palace right now, there were only her and Gu Changge.
Gu Changge’s Godly Island was situated here, and he usually cultivated in this place.
Ji Chuyue had been pampered since childhood. Although she didn’t have the arrogant temper of a spoiled young lady, she had also never served anyone before.
Now standing behind Gu Changge, she only felt as if thorns were pricking her back, restless and unable to sit or stand at ease, not knowing what she should do.
Gu Changge had told her to stay.
Right now, her mind was filled only with what Gu Changge had just said, and in an instant she imagined many things, her two small hands twisting together.
The first time she met Gu Changge was back when she was searching for the Tower of World Domination near the Purple Mountains.
At that time, Gu Changge, together with his fiancée Yue Mingkong, the Crown Heir of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty, was heading to the Heavenly Ruin Gate.
It was also there that she first met Jiang Chen. Learning that he couldn’t enter the Heavenly Ruin Gate due to his talent, she gave him the opportunity to join it.
It was also at that time that Jiang Chen confessed to her that he possessed the inheritance of a Divine Source Master and could help her find the Tower of World Domination.
Ji Chuyue placed the restoration of the Ji Family’s glory above all else, so she naturally chose to believe Jiang Chen.
Back then, Ji Chuyue felt that Gu Changge, as the heir of the Longevity Gu Family with power reaching the heavens, was simply not from the same world as her.
So although she respected him, she actually held an indifferent attitude toward him.
Even later, when she learned that Gu Changge was searching for the Tower of World Domination, she hid it from him and went to the Purple Mountains together with Jiang Chen and the others.
But it was precisely because of that incident that she deeply experienced what power truly meant.
Later, their whereabouts were tracked by Chen Ning’er, and the Ji Family, worried about offending Gu Changge, went so far as to deliver the hard-won Wheel of World Domination to him.
Originally, there would have been no further intersection between her and Gu Changge.
But Ji Chuyue never imagined that Gu Changge would become the savior of the entire Ji Family.
Nor that today she would be standing behind him, so shy and nervous.
All of this could only be called the tricks of fate.
She knew clearly that after the events at Kun Mountain, she indeed harbored an indescribable admiration for Gu Changge.
Because he truly was a man so perfect that no flaw could be found in him.
Ji Chuyue believed that any woman in this world who came into contact with him would develop such feelings.
Even back in the dungeon of Kunwu City, when Gu Changge toyed with her like that right in front of Jiang Chen,
Ji Chuyue hadn’t been angry—she had only felt somewhat embarrassed and flustered.
“Rest assured, after today, the various orthodoxies and forces should no longer dare to set their sights on the Ji Family.”
At this moment, seemingly sensing Ji Chuyue’s nervousness, Gu Changge ahead of her chuckled softly and spoke.
Hearing his gentle, natural voice, warm as jade, Ji Chuyue’s mood inexplicably relaxed considerably.
“Mm, mm, I understand.”
Ji Chuyue nodded like a chick pecking at rice, then in a mosquito-like voice, she said softly, “Chuyue doesn’t know how to repay Young Master Changge’s great kindness and virtue. I truly have no way to repay it...”
Gu Changge smiled, turned around, and interrupted her. “So you’re planning to offer yourself in marriage?”
Ji Chuyue hadn’t expected Gu Changge to say it so bluntly. The rosy color on her face deepened, and she lowered her head, even more bashful.
She suddenly remembered that when she was very young, an old granny by her side had teased her, saying that in the future, if she met a man who had shown her great kindness,
then when it came to repayment, she should first look at how the man looked.
If he looked average, then it would be “in my next life I’ll be an ox or a horse to repay you.”
If he was good-looking, then naturally it would be “I offer myself in marriage.”
At the time she had purely thought the granny was joking, but today, for some reason, looking at Gu Changge, these words surfaced in her mind.
“Young Master Changge, you surely don’t lack women like Chuyue by your side, but if you don’t disdain me...”
She raised her eyes, carefully watching Gu Changge’s expression, as if afraid that saying one wrong word would incur his displeasure.
Gu Changge smiled casually, neither confirming nor denying it.
If Jiang Chen weren’t already dead, who knew what he would think seeing this scene.
Actually, the Fortuity points on Ji Chuyue were not low. Following the normal trajectory and tropes, she might well have become one of the female leads by Jiang Chen’s side.
But Jiang Chen was dead after all. As for how the future trajectory of Ji Chuyue, this pending female lead, would unfold, that was no longer something Gu Changge needed to think about now.
In the past, he might have thought about farming some Fortuity points, some Fatums, and the like.
But now, that was temporarily unnecessary.
“Come to my side and speak.” Gu Changge smiled faintly, gesturing for Ji Chuyue to walk over.
“Yes, Young Master Changge.”
Ji Chuyue’s voice stammered slightly. With her head buried low, she walked forward, revealing a stretch of pale, slender neck, like a startled little deer in the mountain forest.
“Do you still remember what I said to you in Kunwu City?” Gu Changge smiled faintly, reaching out to rest his hand on her hair.
“I... I remember.”
Ji Chuyue nodded. Naturally, she could never forget the scene in that dungeon.
“Then do you know why your brother insisted on having you come?” Gu Changge asked with apparent interest.
At this moment, Ji Chuyue naturally didn’t dare lie. She could only answer honestly, her voice trembling slightly, “Because my brother wanted me to curry favor with and please Young Master Changge, so that you would save our Ji Family.”
“Oh, it seems you’re quite honest.” Gu Changge smiled.
Ji Chuyue thought he was going to blame her and hurriedly raised her eyes, explaining, “But Young Master Changge, you didn’t make things difficult for me or my brother, and you agreed to help our Ji Family. My brother and I are both extremely grateful...”
“But I can see that you don’t seem to be here willingly. Rest assured, after some time has passed, you may return to the Ji Family on your own. I won’t force you to stay.”
Hearing this, Gu Changge’s face still wore a faint smile as he spoke.
Ji Chuyue hadn’t expected Gu Changge to say such a thing. She was stunned for a moment, and her heart was suddenly filled with sourness and complexity, along with a few traces of indescribable loss.
In her view, this was just Gu Changge’s way of saying he didn’t think much of her.
How could something like this possibly be unwilling, forced?
Even at a critical moment of great calamity for the family, her brother would never wrong her.
“Chuyue knows she’s clumsy and doesn’t know anything, and doesn’t know how to win Young Master Changge’s favor. But actually, all these things Chuyue can learn. Whatever Qingxuan and the others can do, I can do too. I’m no worse than them.”
As if having deliberated for a long time, Ji Chuyue suddenly mustered her courage, raised her eyes, looked at Gu Changge, and spoke, wanting Gu Changge to give her a chance.
However, Gu Changge merely smiled faintly at this, neither confirming nor denying it.
Since Ji Chuyue wanted to learn, then she could learn slowly. Gu Changge didn’t have that much time to waste on her.
The Ji Family’s matter was naturally resolved once Ji Yaoxing returned to the family.
In the current Beyond, even forces and orthodoxies with no connection to the Gu Family whatsoever didn’t want to provoke Gu Changge at a time like this.
Since Gu Changge intended to shelter the Ji Family, the various forces could only extinguish their thoughts and intentions of moving against the Ji Family.
In the following days, Ji Chuyue seemed to adapt to her current life. Setting aside her status as the Ji Family’s little princess, she began asking and learning from the maids who usually served Gu Changge about his various habits and preferences.
She believed in one principle: constant dripping wears away the stone.
Starting from one small thing and accumulating, one day she would surely be able to move Gu Changge.
However, after staying in the clan for a few more days, Gu Changge took Ah Da and left the Gu Family, heading for the territory where the Mortal Palace was located.
From Yue Mingkong’s side, there was still no news of the master of the Sword of World Domination, so Gu Changge was in no hurry.
It just so happened that during this period, the Absolute Yin Heaven calamity was extremely severe. Bearing the title of the Mortal One, it wouldn’t be justifiable for him not to go take a look.
On Jiang Chuchu’s side, she had indeed found several regions where the Absolute Yin Heaven calamity had erupted.
It’s just that with her current abilities, she couldn’t resolve them yet.
Since Gu Changge wanted to collect the Source of the Eternal Overcast, he would have to make a trip to find her anyway.
At the same time, in the Beyond, the Sky Domain.
As the central region of the most prosperous and ancient territory,
a towering palace standing tall into the clouds was situated here, grand and sacred, like an Immortal Palace standing upon this land.
The palace was built with magnificent splendor, with flawless white jade and pure glazed glass as its tiles, million-year-old purple-gold sandalwood as its eaves, and pure black obsidian starstone paving its floors.
Grand and ancient, majestic and solemn, with immortal qi thick as the sea surging within, it was like a Celestial Realm.
This palace overlooked the endless ancient cities and old pools stretching below.
The great hall rose and sank with the rising sun and setting moon, runes interweaving across it.
At every moment it reflected the stars of the nine heavens and the cosmos itself, like a supreme divine throne, also displaying the transcendent status of this place.
Before the hall’s gates hung an enormous immortal plaque, with purple Immortal Gold as its base and golden Immortal Gold inlaying the characters.
Upon it were written three ancient characters: Mortal Palace.
One could see that between heaven and earth, thousands upon thousands of silver threads were madly surging toward this place, converging into it, appearing sacred and pure white.
These silver threads were precisely the kowtowing worship and chanting of living beings and cultivators from all corners of the world toward the great accomplishments of the Mortal One.
At this moment, a breathtakingly beautiful woman dressed in flawless white robes, her face covered by a gauze veil, sat cross-legged within the great hall.
Her skin was fair and delicate, her dark eyebrows like a painting, her eyes like flawless black gemstones, flickering with moving luster.
However, her expression was very calm. Apart from stillness, no other emotion could be seen.
It was as if she had been born this way, or as if she had cast aside the seven emotions and six desires.
This was none other than Jiang Chuchu, one of the two Saintesses of the Mortal Palace.
Before her now rested a condensed Golden Fortuity Crown, and one could see the silver threads converging into the Mortal Palace all surging toward it.
She was currently cultivating with the aid of this Golden Fortuity Crown. Wondrous sounds of merit, like a vast abyssal sea, manifested in every direction.
It was precisely the divine artifact Gu Changge had left at the Mortal Palace back then. Jiang Chuchu had later discovered that cultivating beside it brought extremely rapid progress.
Weng—
As she cultivated, many strange phenomena manifested in this place.
Vague figures of immortals, one after another, grand and mysterious, seemed to be chanting scriptures, rising and falling behind her, as if about to cross time and space from ancient eras.
“Reporting to the Saintess, in the southwest of the Sky Domain, news has come again of an eruption of the Absolute Yin calamity. The neighboring Great Yu Celestial Dynasty has already sent people to investigate...”
“Should we send people to take a look?”
But just then, an old woman in white suddenly hurried over from outside the hall, reporting with a somewhat anxious expression.
Hearing this, Jiang Chuchu furrowed her dark brows, stopped her cultivation, and asked, “How many eruptions of the Absolute Yin Heaven calamity does this make this month?”
Although she cultivated day and night, racing against time,
faced with the suddenly erupting Absolute Yin Heaven calamity, she was still powerless, without the slightest solution.