Chapter 0: 38. Cultivating a Pretty Boy to Become a Queen
Although Qin Gou had been left behind with Gu Feiyan, he was now waiting outside the hall, leaving only Gu Jinghong and his daughter inside. It seemed they intended to discuss some private matters that were not for outsiders’ ears.
Not long after, Gu Feiyan walked out of the hall with a thoughtful expression.
Qin Gou stepped forward and asked, “Did the Cult Master summon me inside?”
“No need.”
Gu Feiyan, with her dark eyebrows slightly furrowed, said, “Let’s talk as we walk.”
As they walked side by side, they strolled at a leisurely pace.
Gu Feiyan occasionally glanced at Qin Gou’s face, wanting to say something but hesitating.
Qin Gou chuckled, “Do you suddenly realize I’m actually quite handsome? Xiao Yan’s taste has improved too.”
“Nonsense,” Gu Feiyan gave Qin Gou a playful glare and asked seriously, “Did you really succeed in entering the ‘Azure Emperor Painting Scroll,’ that peerless cultivation technique?”
“Indeed.” Qin Gou nodded. “Did the Cult Master already tell you?”
“Since you’ve decided to lend me a helping hand, this is naturally no longer a secret to me. When my father told me, I truly couldn’t believe that I had found such a treasure by simply taking a bath.”
“Don’t describe me like soap, okay?”
“What do you mean?”
“Cough, cough, nothing,” Qin Gou shrugged.
Gu Feiyan didn’t dwell on it. Instead, with a hint of melancholy in her eyes, she said, “You should know, I also tried to cultivate the ‘Azure Emperor Painting Scroll.’ I even held the entire nine-layer cultivation technique in my hands and desperately studied it for three days and three nights. I even memorized the entire technique backward and forward, but I could never find a way in.”
“Perhaps this cultivation technique was inherently created for those who possess the ‘Enlightenment True Body,'” Qin Gou comforted her gently. “Xiao Yan, you don’t need to be discouraged. With your “Breaching Illusion Eye” Natal Spirit Tool, even in the entire Cultivation World, it is an extremely powerful and precious existence.”
“That’s different. It seems you still haven’t grasped the power of the ‘Azure Emperor Painting Scroll.’ Well, your Natal Spirit Tool is probably still in its nascent stage…”
Halfway through her sentence, Gu Feiyan’s eyes widened drastically as she stared intently at Qin Gou. “Why do you have two Natal Spirit Tools? You have the Multi-Treasure Sacred Body!?”
Qin Gou nodded sheepishly. “I don’t know if it counts as the Multi-Treasure Sacred Body; naturally, two Natal Spirit Tools have emerged.”
“Does my father know about this?” Gu Feiyan’s voice lowered.
“No, I haven’t reported it to the Cult Master yet,” Qin Gou replied truthfully.
“As expected of our sect’s top seed,” Gu Feiyan said with a wry smile, sighing. “Compared to people, one could die of frustration. My adopted sister, Xiao Mu, is truly fortunate.”
“Don’t mention her,” Qin Gou’s face instantly turned purple.
“What’s wrong? Didn’t you openly admit your admiration for Xiao Mu in front of Elder Yuan Zhen back then?” Gu Feiyan chuckled teasingly. “I didn’t realize it before, but you’re quite a player. You clearly had some expectations for me in your heart, and then in the blink of an eye, you became Xiao Mu’s fiancé. It’s a pity for that little fatty who ate and lived with you… what was his name again? Chen Keshua? He followed such a ‘philanthropic’ bad man like you.”
“What does Chen Keshua have to do with this?” Qin Gou felt utterly bewildered.
“You know perfectly well what it has to do with,” Gu Feiyan blinked her watery beautiful eyes slyly.
“Chen Keshua and I are just…”
“Just friends? Right?” Gu Feiyan gave a thumbs-up, showing a look of “just as I thought.” “Ruthless and unfeeling, a natural villain. You will surely achieve great things in the future. As expected of our Seed Demon Sacred Cult’s top seed, Master Qin.”
Qin Gou: “…”
“Stop.”
Suddenly, Gu Feiyan stopped walking. Her gaze swept across the surroundings, and she said calmly, “On the way here, why do other disciples keep giving us strange looks?”
“Perhaps they find it novel that I can walk alongside you,” Qin Gou replied indifferently.
Indeed, along the way, whenever they encountered areas with large gatherings of disciples, people would cast peculiar glances and point fingers at him in private.
“I don’t think so.” Gu Feiyan pointed at a nearby female disciple and said coldly, “Come here.”
“Senior Sister Gu.” The female disciple felt a pang of fear and quickly approached, her eyes revealing apprehension.
“What are you discussing?” Gu Feiyan questioned.
The female disciple hesitated for a moment and said, “The incident where Senior Brother Qin was pursued and killed just now was quite a spectacle, and many people saw it. Now, the Eldest Young Master’s faction is spreading rumors that it’s because Senior Brother Qin attempted to join the Eldest Young Master’s ranks, but because he was lowly and weak, the Eldest Young Master didn’t even bother with him, so he ordered his men to beat him out… This matter has already spread widely, and Senior Brother Qin has become a joke within the Sacred Cult.”
“Now… seeing Senior Brother Qin walking with Senior Sister Gu, everyone thinks that after being rebuffed by the Eldest Young Master, Senior Brother Qin immediately defected to Senior Sister Gu’s side. Truly…shameless and ignoble.”
Qin Gou gasped. Gu Xunhe was truly a vicious fellow.
Gu Feiyan immediately dismissed the female disciple. Her beautiful eyes sparkled, and she said to the surrounding disciples with a chilling voice, “Some people actually believe such foolish talk. You all can throw away your brains if you don’t need them. This young lady wants to see which dog’s eyes dare to glance askance again?”
Instantly, there was silence. Many disciples lowered their heads or quickly turned their faces elsewhere, and no one dared to steal glances at Qin Gou anymore.
Gu Feiyan extended her fair, small hand and gracefully linked her arm with Qin Gou’s. Their skin was in close contact, appearing intimate. Qin Gou could even faintly feel the softness of Gu Feiyan’s side.
“Let’s continue walking. Let’s see who dares to gossip anymore.”
“Ding. Congratulations to the host for directly contacting Gu Feiyan’s body. The ‘Enlightenment True Body’ ability has been successfully triggered, and familiarity with Gu Feiyan’s physical structure has increased by three.”
Qin Gou said with a wry smile, “Do you have to go this far? With so many people watching in broad daylight, if this gets out, it won’t sound good and will greatly affect your reputation.”
Gu Feiyan met Qin Gou’s gaze, her eyes burning, and said word for word, “I won’t let my people suffer any grievances.” Then, she added with self-deprecating humor, “Besides, hasn’t my reputation already gone from bad to worse? ‘The Sacred Cult’s Fiercest and Most Evil Demoness,’ ‘Calamity Beauty,’ adding ‘Pretty Boy Cultivating Queen’ wouldn’t be too bad either.”
