Chapter 0: 85. Three Amusing Anecdotes
One day after Yi Chengying awoke, Qin Gou also woke up. The first thing he saw was Gu Feiyan, waiting gently by his bedside.
“Little Yan,” Qin Gou said, taking Gu Feiyan’s fair little hand. “Thank you for waiting for me for so long.”
“Silly Qin, it feels long to you. We only waited for six months outside,” Gu Feiyan said humbly, with a gentle smile.
“Six months is not short.” As he spoke, Qin Gou suddenly reached out and carefully touched his face.
No pleasant power triggered by Dao Heart Marvelous Hands… Oh God, that’s great.
It seems that the mission time limit given by the system is based on the flow of time in the outside world. Otherwise, his future casual relief would send him to the clouds. What terrible luck.
Gu Feiyan looked at Qin Gou with concern. “If only I could have arrived sooner, you wouldn’t have suffered like this. At that time, I had just taken the Burning Melting Blood Ginseng not long ago, and the residual power in my blood could have countered the Eternal Seal Ice. But ultimately, due to… some matters being delayed, I couldn’t help you.”
Hearing this, Qin Gou felt fortunate. “It’s a good thing you didn’t make it. The vast amount of Eternal Seal Ice was absolutely not something a small amount of blood could deal with. But if you, this stubborn girl, insisted on taking a large amount of blood to help me, I’m afraid I would have died of pain on the spot.”
Gu Feiyan pinched Qin Gou’s face in annoyance. “You only say what I like to hear.”
Qin Gou smiled warmly and asked, “Where is A’Yuan? Why didn’t I see her come?”
Qin Gou never forgot the bizarre scenes he had seen in that strange illusion before.
“She’s here, of course. Shall I go get her for you?” Gu Feiyan asked, standing up.
Qin Gou nodded slightly. “Let her come alone. I have something I want to talk to her about privately.”
“Father.”
A short while later, Qin Yuan, tall and graceful, walked into the room. Seeing that Qin Gou had indeed woken up, she was overjoyed and hurried forward, kneeling respectfully by Qin Gou’s bedside.
“Get up and sit beside me,” Qin Gou said softly, stroking Qin Yuan’s smooth, fair little face.
“Mm,” Qin Yuan nodded obediently and sat by the bedside, smoothing her skirt.
“During the time I was sealed in ice, did anything interesting happen in the Cultivation World?” Qin Gou asked with a smile.
“A’Yuan knew you would ask this, so I’ve been trying my best to collect information you might be interested in,” Qin Yuan said with an orchid heart. “The first piece of news is that the Abyss Palace announced that the Demon Emperor will be in seclusion from now on, with no known date of emergence. From now on, all decisions of the Abyss Palace will be jointly managed by the ‘Abyss Seven Sons,’ composed of the seven excellent offspring under Mo Qingyang, and three managers.”
“The Grand Princess is now the leader among the Abyss Seven Sons. And one of the three powerful managers is the Grand Princess’s mother, the Abyss Holy Queen, Lu Zhili, who emerged from seclusion shortly after the Demon Emperor went into seclusion.”
“It is also rumored that Holy Queen Lu Zhili encountered severe inner demons during her seclusion, and her cultivation has regressed instead of advancing.”
“Abyss Holy Queen Lu Zhili…” Qin Gou smiled thoughtfully. He was afraid that the people of the Abyss Palace would later realize that this Holy Queen had not only cultivation problems, but her personal preferences were also vastly different from the scholarly and reserved Ice Affinity Holy Queen of the past.
Fortunately, the Celestial Master himself had escaped!
“By the way, many humans who believed in the Abyss came to inquire about you. However, they inexplicably split into two groups. One side is the Grand Princess’s subordinates, and the other group is loyal to Holy Queen Lu Zhili. They also cared a lot about your safety and said the Holy Queen wished to invite you for a chat at the Abyss Palace! And there seems to be a considerable conflict between these two factions, neither willing to yield to the other. A’Yuan suspects that if I hadn’t intervened at the time, they might have come to blows. This is really strange.”
Hearing this, Qin Gou felt a shiver run down his spine. This Charm Bug was too persistent.
“Before I enter the Abyss again, I must prepare thoroughly,” Qin Gou said with a twitch of his mouth. “What else?”
“Recently, there has been a fierce conflict between the Prestigious Orthodox Sects’ Linjiang Immortal Nunnery and Second Senior Sister’s Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace. A’Yuan is not entirely clear about the cause, but I only know that the Linjiang Immortal Nunnery led people to attack the Mystic Maiden Palace’s Das branch, causing the Mystic Maiden Palace to lose many disciples. In her rage, Second Senior Sister killed one of the Linjiang Immortal Nunnery’s Dharma Aspect True Persons, ‘Diao He Yuan Jun,’ on the spot and casually threw his head outside the mountain gate of Linjiang Immortal Nunnery in broad daylight. It seemed to have temporarily deterred the Linjiang Immortal Nunnery, but this matter has already become known throughout the Cultivation World and will not end here.”
“After all, the death of a Dharma Aspect True Person is a rare sight, let alone one from a major sect like Linjiang Immortal Nunnery.”
“This temper.” Qin Gou nodded, sighing. “Master likes this!”
“Cough cough…” Qin Yuan chuckled and shook her head. “A’Yuan also thinks that although Second Senior Sister is impulsive, the fault in the beginning probably wasn’t hers. But people in the Cultivation World will naturally prefer to stand on the side of the more reputable Linjiang Immortal Nunnery.”
“Master has noted this matter.”
“Yes, there’s one last thing, which you’ll surely find most interesting,” Qin Yuan said with a smile. “It is said that a heroine emerged from the Abyss’s Red Seal City. She led the cultivators to fight to the death against a deadly Beast Tide, beating the war drums fiercely. She danced amidst the blood, her shadow disheveled, a long song lingering under the moon. Although her whereabouts were unknown afterward, she became the ‘faith’ of all the survivors of Red Seal City, with a lifelike sculpture erected high above the city gate.”
“The most interesting thing is that this heroine, known as the Hidden Bamboo Fairy, is named Zhao Xinting.”
“It must be Little Zhao!” Qin Gou’s eyes flashed. “I did indeed leave him in Red Seal City at that time. This kid, worthy of being the former master of the Heaven Concealment Association, knows how to use such a dangerous situation to gain a layer of faith and incense power… If this happens a few more times, he might become Realm Lord. However, he must not think that he can control him just because he becomes Realm Lord.”
“Let alone become Realm Lord, even if Eldest Senior Brother became a Buddha of the Nine Heavens, he would still be unable to move once he saw you,” Qin Yuan nodded and smiled. “These are the three pieces of information A’Yuan has collected for you.”
“You’ve worked hard, A’Yuan,” Qin Gou said, holding Qin Yuan’s little hand and praising her warmly.
“It’s just a small effort,” Qin Yuan said happily with a well-behaved smile upon hearing the encouragement.
Hearing this, Qin Gou’s eyes were as calm as an ancient well. As if casually mentioning it, he said calmly, “If it’s convenient, please ask your mother to come see me soon. I miss her.”
“Ah?” Qin Yuan was bewildered. Didn’t her mother just talk to Old Qin and leave not long ago?
“Is that not possible?” Qin Gou asked tentatively.
“A’Yuan will go inform Mother now.” Qin Yuan stood up and walked out of the room, still confused.
As he watched Qin Yuan’s graceful retreating back, a smug smile played on Qin Gou’s lips…
This way, who would realize that the Celestial Master actually had no memory of who A’Yuan’s mother was?
The reputation of being fickle and unfeeling truly could never be pinned on the Celestial Master!
