Chapter 0: 19. Eternal Night Marquis, Gong Wumeng
“Or perhaps, if that’s the case, why did I pledge allegiance to the Nine Saint Monarch in the first place? On the surface, I found a master, but in reality, I took on a disciple who needs more guidance than I do?”
” Lust at first sight?” Jing Liyu blurted out.
“You’re asking for a beating!”
“No, let me think. Actually, the reason for that kind of relationship was because both of you taught and guided each other in many things. For instance, the Saint Monarch taught Senior Brother cultivation, and didn’t Senior Brother also teach the Saint Monarch what ** is?” Jing Liyu stated, believing her reasoning was sound.
“Jing Liyu, are you… suddenly telling an ancient dirty joke?!” Qin Gou stared blankly at the fair and innocent little face before him.
“The Saint Monarch said it herself,” Jing Liyu replied.
“Then it’s nothing…”
Qin Gou suddenly started to strongly believe that he had simply misunderstood. This word ‘love’ indeed referred solely to ‘great love.’ Otherwise, if the Nine Saint Monarch, a pure girl from the Abyss, could utter such an ambiguous and vulgar remark, she must have been corrupted by some old scoundrel.
Not long after, the two found Jing Shixue.
She confirmed that she indeed agreed to Xiao Lizi temporarily traveling with Qin Gou, and her words were true. When Jing Shixue then brought up Zhao Xinting and specifically asked if Little Zhao had a Dao Companion, Qin Gou was genuinely startled.
Although Jing Shixue’s complete words were that she wanted to help Brother Zhao, as the Cloud Tiger Beast King, she had always been a famous matchmaker in her clan, and she was genuinely addicted to matchmaking… This immediately dashed Xiao Lizi’s wild thoughts.
However, it also made Qin Gou realize, could it be that because she was younger and more bashful than Xinting from the ‘Western Heaven Realm’? Currently, Little Zhao was still hesitating whether to reveal the truth, and it was likely that if this continued, many bizarre misunderstandings would arise.
Several hours later.
Qin Gou sensed a Spirit Power Transmission. After carefully reading it, he muttered to himself, “It seems she should also be near the border of the Beast Land right now? Otherwise, how could this transmission have been sent and received so quickly.”
With that, Qin Gou found the Pond Spirit. After expressing his pleasant cooperation with her, he also stated his intention to depart.
“Fellow Daoist Qin, are you leaving so soon?” the Pond Spirit said regretfully.
Qin Gou nodded slightly and comforted her, “No choice, we have too many people, it would be too much to trouble you, Fellow Daoist Pond Spirit.”
“Indeed, this is the first time our Sacred Flame Pool area has had so many guests,” the Pond Spirit sighed helplessly but did not try to force them to stay. She cupped her fists and said, “Fellow Daoist Qin, I hope we meet again.”
“We will. Look.”
As he spoke, Qin Gou condensed the Spirit Power Transmission he had obtained earlier into a delicate and small transmission token and handed it to the Pond Spirit. “I have a friend named ‘Duoyu,’ whose background is quite similar to yours, Fellow Daoist Pond Spirit. She can essentially be considered your senior. I’ve already sought her consent through transmission, so from now on, you can use this transmission token to communicate with Duoyu and learn the way of ‘transforming into human form and entering the world.'”
“Transforming into human form and entering the world? If I can truly achieve this, I can freely walk in an even vaster world! Fellow Daoist Qin, I…”
“You don’t need to be so polite, Fellow Daoist.”
Looking at the suddenly very excited Pond Spirit, Qin Gou smiled gently, “It’s not too late to thank me when you have truly transformed successfully.”
“Yes! But I wonder, where should I find Brother Qin then?”
“It seems Pond Spirit has also seen that I am always restless? Purple Ridge Arc Moon Mountain. Now, once your spiritual power fluctuations enter the Arc Moon Mountain range, I will sense it immediately.”
“So that’s how it is. And after that, Fellow Daoist Qin will have Fellow Daoist Xie Yu make a move and directly teleport me, making it convenient for us to meet?”
“What?” Qin Gou was quite confused. “When did Xie Yu gain the ability to teleport you? She would have to plant a mark on you first. Could it be that you, Fellow Daoist Pond Spirit, voluntarily accepted Xie Yu’s mark?”
“Yes, back in Yan Shang’s Little Profound Realm, with my permission, Fellow Daoist Xie Yu was able to easily move some of the Sacred Flame Pool Water. This greatly increased Fellow Daoist Xie Yu’s strength at the time. I thought it wouldn’t hurt, so there’s no need to rush to remove this mark.”
“Ah Chi.”
“Hmm?”
“You will be my good brother for life, Qin.”
…
Leaving the Sacred Flame Pool area, as Qin Gou and the others intended to leave the Beast Land directly, they parted ways after exchanging transmission tokens with Shang Yong and his daughter.
Of course, Qin Gou also earnestly and repeatedly urged Shang Yong to protect Xiao Yi well in the future and not to let such an accident happen again. After all, after losing Shang Jieyi, how much his temperament would change, even if Shang Yong himself did not know, Qin Gou and Little Chair remembered it vividly.
On the Spirit Boat.
The group discussed and decided to split into two groups. One group would head directly to Gucheng Mountain to obtain demon crystals, while Qin Gou himself had to go to the Abyss with Jia Ren beforehand.
The reason, of course, was regarding the Abyssal Divine Bridge, for which the System had promised him an equivalent exchange.
Suddenly, a semi-transparent spiritual power butterfly appeared before Qin Gou.
This was also a Spirit Power Transmission from someone else, but Qin Gou found this spiritual power fluctuation quite unfamiliar. It was only after capturing it that he suddenly understood the sender’s identity.
Her name was Gong Wumeng. She was from the Sea Race ‘Eternal Night Marquis’ clan and was a Little Saint Monarch, one of the residual soul/emotion fragments of the Nine Saint Monarch, named ‘Beisi.’
A long time ago, after rescuing Ye Qishuang from Shen Hao Secret Realm along with Zhao Xinting and Little Chair, Qin Gou made a deal with Beisi to quickly find Ao Banwei. Not only did he let Gong Wumeng, who had attempted to impersonate Banwei on Tongmeng Island, go, but he also hoped they would defeat other residual soul/emotion fragments, and they would all present a united front until the very last moment.
One point about Gong Wumeng that left a deep impression was her unwavering belief that her mission, besides reviving the Nine Saint Monarch, was also to continuously search for a pure-blooded Eternal Night Marquis of the opposite sex and to do everything in her power to continue the Eternal Night Marquis bloodline with him.
However, the System had repeatedly and emphatically stated that besides the Eternal Night Marquis bloodline inheritance fluid that Qin Gou currently possessed, there had been no other pure-blooded Eternal Night Marquises in the Cultivation World for thousands of years. Gong Wumeng’s appearance was ultimately due to the divine bloodline of the Nine Saint Monarch. The System had also explained multiple times that since it explicitly stated it was rewarding the host with a lost bloodline inheritance, it would never substitute a fake for the real thing or mix them up.
Otherwise, he could deal with it as he saw fit.
“This is the first time Gong Wumeng has sent me a message in such a long time.”
Muttering to himself, Qin Gou carefully examined this Spirit Power Transmission.
“Fellow Daoist, how have you and Ao Banwei been recently? I know your strength is immense, so everything must be going smoothly. I also have good news on my end; I am finally about to fulfill my long-cherished wish and will officially hold my grand wedding soon. My Sea Race always takes these ceremonies very seriously and needs to host guests from all sides on that day. However, I don’t have many close people among the Little Saint Monarchs. Instead, ‘Sister Beisi’ seems to have a deep impression of Ao Banwei, so she specifically asked you, Fellow Daoist, if you two would be willing to come and join us? After all, I also know that between you two, the one who truly makes the decisions is actually Your Excellency…”
“Pfft.”
For a moment, Qin Gou couldn’t even finish reading the message. He put down his teacup, his eyes filled with disbelief.
“Ah Chi!!”
