Remember These Words, Don't Forget Them — The Crowd's Shocking Move
Remember These Words, Don’t Forget Them — The Crowd’s Shocking Move
“Pu!”
Gu Changge stomped down with one foot, turning Chu Wuji’s face ashen to the extreme, filled with boundless humiliation and fury.
But there was nothing he could do. He had even used his strongest trump card, yet he was still no match for Gu Changge at all.
Even a casual palm strike required him to pay an enormous price just to resist!
Today, he had finally experienced Gu Changge’s power and terror firsthand. At this moment, he felt utterly stifled and unwilling to accept it.
What made it worse was that Gu Changge had repeated those words — what do you even amount to?
That dismissive, indifferent attitude was what made his pent-up frustration hardest to swallow!
Meanwhile, the surrounding mountain peaks, after a moment of silence, finally erupted like a boiling pot.
The battle had started quickly, but it had ended just as quickly.
Many people had thought that Chu Wuji, being a prince of the Great Chu Celestial Dynasty and a Young Prodigy with numerous techniques at his disposal...
Even if he couldn’t defeat Gu Changge, he would at least put up a fight for a while, exchanging dozens of moves without a clear victor.
But no one had expected that he wouldn’t have even the slightest power to resist.
That’s right — not the slightest power to resist.
From beginning to end, he was crushed the entire way. Even when he finally unleashed his trump card, he was casually suppressed.
At this moment, many disciples couldn’t help but shudder. If even Chu Wuji, a Young Prodigy, ended up like this against Gu Changge, then what about them?
One in the heavens, one on the earth — they were practically like ants in comparison!
“As expected of the man who broke Skyward Schloss’s hundred-thousand-year record. Such strength is truly terrifying — effortlessly crushing another Direct Disciple. And I have a feeling that even if Direct Disciple Chu broke through to the Honoured King Realm, with equal cultivation, he still wouldn’t be a match for Direct Disciple Gu...”
“Indeed. After all, Direct Disciple Gu has been calm and unhurried the entire time, completely composed. Who knows what trump cards he’s hiding?”
The Gifted Lady of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, Yin Mei, listened to the discussions of the disciples nearby, and beneath her veil, an unconcerned smile inadvertently appeared on her face.
Trump cards?
Everyone who had seen Gu Changge’s trump cards was probably dead.
She was likely the only one still alive.
Gu Changge was absolutely the most dangerous person she had ever met — in terms of scheming, shrewdness, and methods alike.
“Gu Changge is no longer someone the likes of us can contend with. No wonder Jin Zhou chose to enter seclusion — he must have seen this coming long ago...”
“From now on, unless our cultivation breaks through again, if we encounter Gu Changge, we’d better choose to retreat.”
Tian Yang and Zeng Tianyuan, the two Direct Disciples, exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
Afterward, they chose to leave the crowd and quietly departed.
Young Prodigies should naturally harbor a spirit of competition, but that didn’t mean they were stupid. After all, Gu Changge’s cultivation had already reached the middle stage of the Honoured King Realm.
How could they compete?
With what could they compete?
Quite a few disciples and elders noticed them leaving and shook their heads in silence. From this day onward, even if Skyward Schloss never appointed a successor, anyone who saw Gu Changge would have to take a detour around him.
Today’s battle was, in a way, a demonstration of Gu Changge’s might.
“Xianer, your big brother stepped in to teach this thing a lesson for you. Aren’t you moved?”
In the arena, Gu Changge turned to look at the still somewhat dazed Gu Xianer and asked with a light chuckle.
At the same time, he applied force with his foot, kicking Chu Wuji in the chest. With a pu sound, blood mist filled the air, and Chu Wuji let out a muffled groan before passing out cold.
Killing him was certainly out of the question.
In full view of everyone, with Chu Wuji being a prince of the Great Chu Celestial Dynasty, someone would definitely intervene.
Gu Changge had no intention of getting himself splattered with trouble either. Making a move against Chu Wuji was merely to let the elders of Skyward Schloss know — as long as he, Gu Changge, was around for even one day, no one else was qualified to be the successor.
Even if they didn’t bring it up, Gu Changge would make sure they knew it.
Over the years, the various elders had been quite guarded against him — even the Great Elder was no exception. How could Gu Changge not know?
Of course, knowing this didn’t bother him in the slightest.
Before joining Skyward Schloss, he had already anticipated such a situation.
Gu Xianer had actually been feeling a tiny bit moved — though she didn’t want to admit it — that Gu Changge had stepped in to teach a lesson to Chu Wuji, who had been annoying and upsetting her.
But upon hearing that teasing, mocking tone, that emotion instantly vanished without a trace, and her face took on a cold, hateful expression.
“My affairs are none of your business.”
Gu Xianer was not the least bit polite to Gu Changge, because there was no need to be polite with him.
The fact that she hadn’t smashed her fist into that face of his was already the result of her utmost self-restraint.
In front of others, no matter what happened, she could always manage to stay calm.
But in front of Gu Changge, she couldn’t help wanting to act impulsively — anger, rage, and all sorts of emotions simply couldn’t be hidden.
“Have you forgotten what your big brother said before?”
Gu Changge put on an expression of “you’ve disappointed me so much,” speaking to himself, completely ignoring the way Gu Xianer looked like she wanted to bite him to death.
When it came to shamelessness, he truly yielded to no one.
“What words?”
Gu Xianer said coldly.
“I can bully you, but others bullying you? That won’t do.”
Gu Changge’s expression turned somewhat meaningful. “This Chu Wuji was most likely planning to watch you make a fool of yourself on the Skyward Path. The condition that old fossil the Great Elder set for taking you as his disciple was breaking my record, wasn’t it?”
“This Chu Wuji had quite the scheme — not only did he want to watch you embarrass yourself, he also spread the news so the whole sect would come running.”
“His intentions are truly despicable!”
“My, Gu Changge’s, little sister — how could the likes of him be allowed to bully her? If anyone’s going to bully her, it’s only me. What does he even amount to?”
As he spoke, his expression turned cold. Hearing these words, Gu Xianer felt the surrounding temperature plummet rapidly and couldn’t help but shiver slightly.
Crack!
Then, accompanied by a crisp sound of bone snapping.
Her beautiful eyes couldn’t help but widen slightly.
She watched as Gu Changge, as if nothing had happened, stomped down with one foot. The already unconscious Chu Wuji let out a pained scream as Gu Changge directly crushed the bones in his hand.
And Gu Changge’s face still wore an indifferent expression, as if he had merely stepped on an ant.
“Xianer, remember these words — don’t forget them in the future.”
Gu Changge looked at her somewhat dazed appearance and smiled faintly. “Aren’t you going to climb the Skyward Path? Your big brother is very much looking forward to your performance. Reaching the step I reached back then shouldn’t be difficult for you, I’d imagine.”
After all, according to the usual script, this Chu Wuji harbored ill intentions, which Gu Xianer would discover.
Then, harboring malicious thoughts, he would attempt to mock Gu Xianer over the Skyward Path matter, conveniently luring the entire sect over to watch her humiliation.
In the end, Gu Xianer’s performance would surely slap everyone’s faces hard — and incidentally slap the face of him, her brother — taking the opportunity to declare her challenge against him.
This script — Gu Changge knew it all too well.
But when it came to playing with scripts, he had countered with one of his own. By now, Gu Xianer’s little head was probably spinning in confusion.
“Gu Changge, you think I can break your record?”
Hearing these words, Gu Xianer came back to her senses. For some reason, her attitude had softened considerably compared to before.
Perhaps it was because of Gu Changge’s actions just now. She thought that if the events of that year had never happened, having a protective and domineering brother like Gu Changge would actually be quite a blessing.
However, the main issue was that she was still very puzzled.
Chu Wuji and everyone else didn’t believe at all that she could break Gu Changge’s record, so why did Gu Changge himself say such things, acting as if he had great faith in her?
This left Gu Xianer utterly perplexed.
Shouldn’t Gu Changge be wearing a look of disdain and contempt, saying, “Just you, Gu Xianer? You think you can reach the step I reached? Stop daydreaming.”
It had to be said, her inner drama was quite rich.
Over the years, thanks to her third shifu’s teachings, she had become much smarter than most of her peers, able to deduce quite a few truths from many matters.
When someone shows unsolicited kindness, they’re after her body.
Gu Changge believing in her for no reason at all was something she simply couldn’t comprehend.
Hearing this, Gu Changge appeared quite frank, shaking his head slightly. “If even your big brother doesn’t believe in you, then who else would? All your hard work over these years — your big brother has seen it all.”
Such words were, of course, complete nonsense.
He had no idea what Gu Xianer had actually been doing. But crafting an image of being unfathomable and bearing deep grievances —
That was definitely the right move.
Hearing these words, Gu Xianer’s heart trembled. What did he mean by this? He knew about all her efforts over the years?
Then why did he do what he did back then? Why did he dig out her bone?
Thinking of this, she found it somewhat hard to believe.
Could there have been some hidden reason behind what happened back then?
Shaking her head, she quickly dismissed this unrealistic notion.
No matter what hidden reasons there were, such a thing could never be justified.
This wasn’t something a single excuse could explain away.
“What are you spacing out for? Everyone’s waiting to watch you take on the Skyward Path.”
At this moment, Gu Changge smiled faintly, interrupting Gu Xianer’s contemplation.
She glared at Gu Changge, only then remembering that she still had to climb the Skyward Path and break Gu Changge’s record.
Immediately, she didn’t hesitate, transforming into a divine rainbow and landing on the Skyward Path.
On the Skyward Path, ten thousand zhang of radiant light instantly surged up. Every step seemed to come alive, bursting forth with hazy immortal essence, as all kinds of mystical phenomena rose and fell between heaven and earth.
Sun, moon, and stars; mountains, rivers, and ancient seas; the turning of the stars; seas turning to dust...
Weng!
Gu Xianer landed on the first step, where dazzling golden light bloomed, like a golden lotus flower in full bloom.
She continued forward.
The second step.
The third step.
The fourth step.
...
Almost without any obstruction, she arrived at the tenth step in one go.
All kinds of radiance enveloped her, immortal music echoed and resounded, and celestial blossoms dotted and bloomed in the void, as if she were the daughter of the Great Dao itself, beloved by heaven and earth.
All the disciples and elders were stirred.
The tenth step — this was already the limit for many inner Sect disciples, beyond which they could not advance another step.
One had to know that in the outside world, they were geniuses chosen from among millions.
Even Chu Wuji, a Direct Disciple and a Young Prodigy renowned throughout the region, had only barely reached the fourteenth step.
And Gu Changge, back then, had reached the eighteenth step!
The eleventh step!
The twelfth step!
...
Soon, Gu Xianer reached the fifteenth step!
Profound mysteries flowed, divine radiance glittered, and wisps of immortal essence emanated, setting off her ascending figure as if she were the young daughter of a Supreme Ruler, carrying an air of ascending to become a Flying Immortal.
After a moment of silence, the place erupted into boiling commotion.
The many disciples and elders were all utterly shocked.
Such talent had already surpassed that of ordinary Young Prodigies. Could it be that Gu Xianer could really break Gu Changge’s record?
Before long.
Gu Xianer passed the sixteenth step. Beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, but her gaze remained resolute.
She swept her eyes over Gu Changge at the foot of the Skyward Path, whose expression was gentle and natural, seemingly full of confidence in her.
For some reason, a vast and terrifying power suddenly erupted from somewhere, and surging Great Dao aura, as if newly born, welled up from within her.
The seventeenth step!
The eighteenth step!
She had arrived at the step where Gu Changge had stood back then!
At this moment, the surroundings erupted into a tsunami of astonished voices. Everyone’s eyes went wide, nearly falling out of their sockets, deeply shocked and finding it hard to believe.
“Direct Disciple Gu’s record from back then has actually been matched again...”
“Coming here today wasn’t a waste at all!”
“Who would have thought she could really make it this far? This is too astonishing, inconceivable, simply unbelievable — like a dream.”
The disciples who had doubted her earlier nearly dug their own eyes out at this moment.
Standing on the eighteenth step, Gu Xianer’s face was pale, her forehead covered in sweat. She felt the terrifying pressure and was clearly at an extremely strenuous point.
However, she still had strength left — she could continue moving forward!
At this moment, many people also believed that Gu Xianer would continue onward and break Gu Changge’s record of the eighteenth step from back then.
But in the next instant, Gu Xianer made a move that nearly made everyone’s eyeballs pop out.
Her face was perfectly calm — and she stopped!
Then... she walked straight back down the way she came, without continuing toward the higher steps!
The mountain peaks everywhere suddenly fell into dead silence.
No one had expected that at this moment, she would actually choose to do this.
This was a golden opportunity to break Gu Changge’s hundred-thousand-year number-one record and make a name for herself!
And she just gave it up like that?