On the other side, Xu Shu’s team started whispering among themselves.
"Hey, why do those two seem to be fighting over Brother Xu?" said Xiao Yingrong, a seasoned player in the brothel, directly hitting the nail on the head.
"No way, right? That little guy looks a bit girly, but how can a man get jealous?" Yan Shan muttered.
Yan Huoxing’s expression was a bit unnatural. "Could it be that Brother Xu swings both ways? This, this, this..."
As soon as he said this, everyone opened their mouths in surprise.
Ali rolled her eyes and said with a light laugh, "You guys are really blind. Look at that person’s waistline. Even though they’re deliberately hiding it with their clothing, how could that be a man? That’s clearly a woman."
"A woman? No way, where would you find a woman that small?" soone blurted out crudely.
"...Oh." No one said much, but Ali, Xiao Yingrong, Jiang Biyun, and others exchanged glances, instinctively straightening their backs, waves of shock rolling over them.
"What’s wrong with being small?"
The sudden cold, murderous voice startled everyone.
Looking back, they saw that the speaker was Lu Bingwei, ranked 314 on the list of experts, nicknad "Microwave."
Her gaze was indifferent as she looked over everyone. Underneath her noble Heavenly Master’s robe, she was as calm as still water, utterly impoverished.
"No, no problem at all."
Everyone bowed their heads, suddenly silent as cicadas in winter.
"Fighting over soone?"
Xie Xiaochan slightly narrowed her pretty eyes and muttered, seemingly displeased for so reason.
Not long after.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Xu Shu finally reached a conclusion over there.
He put Gu Pan down, patted his chest, and said, "Co on, we’re all on the sa side. For the sake of Xu Longxiang, let’s calm down for now, and leave any discussions for after we leave the ruins. How about it?"
After so communication, Xu Shu preliminarily concluded, confirming his earlier suspicion that Gu Pan was not wrong. Gu Yue Ming likely had awakened an additional personality or will that didn’t originally belong to her.
Gu Pan’s intent, of course, was to "purge them completely," wanting to return to a clean and original Gu Yue Ming.
But Xu Shu, while not saying it out loud, had his own thoughts. He wanted to slowly figure out what kind of "will" Gu Yue Ming had gained.
This was not only out of curiosity towards a potential "kindred spirit" but also a sense of responsibility.
If she truly shared the sa dual-consciousness heritage as he did, it would only be right to bridge the gap, helping Gu Yue Ming and Gu Pan reconcile, just as he had done by integrating himself.
However, if it was caused by sothing strange, then other plans might be necessary.
Of course, what he thought in his heart and what he said were different, which is where Xu Shu excelled in linguistic art.
Gu Yue Ming, unbeknownst to the ulterior motives of this "patron," gave a gentle smile to Xu Shu and said, "In that case, I’ll leave it to you to decide, little uncle."
Gu Pan, with a slightly stern expression, said, "I’ll let you off for now, but you owe an explanation later."
"Then let’s all make peace for now!"
Xu Shu held Gu Yue Ming’s hand with his left and Gu Pan’s with his right, placing their hands together.
Gu Pan frowned, looking sowhat hostilely at Gu Yue Ming, but in the end, reluctantly touched her hand and then pulled back.
"That’s more like it." Seeing this, Xu Shu clapped his hands and said to Gu Pan, "So, teacher, how should I address you later? Shall I call you Gu Qian?"
This "teacher" instantly softened Gu Pan’s previously tense expression. But after a mont of silence, she said quietly, "Call Jun Moxiao."
"Okay." Xu Shu nodded, then widened his eyes, "Huh? Jun Moxiao? I rember now, you’re the one who..."
"Exactly! Don’t laugh!"
Gu Pan interrupted Xu Shu’s spellcasting quite unhappily and then suddenly said, "Why have I added you so many tis, and you never accepted as a friend? You rebellious student!"
"You only added once, right? At that ti, I didn’t know Jun Moxiao was you. I thought you wanted to insult ." Xu Shu said innocently.
"Is that so?"
Gu Pan looked at Xu Shu, half skeptical and half scrutinizing, seeing his innocent face, seemingly not lying. She decided not to delve any deeper and said, "Alright, I’ll forgive you for now. After we leave here, I’ll send a post, and you better add . By the way..."
She nudged her head towards Gu Yue Ming, implying with her expression that Xu Shu should keep an eye on her and not let her get away.
Xu Shu imdiately understood, "No problem. By the way, why are you here at Death Report Ridge?"
Gu Pan replied without any reservations, "I got a triggering item and ca here to explore the secret realm."
"What a coincidence, too." Xu Shu smiled.
"Hmm." Gu Pan first nodded.
Then Gu Yue Ming suddenly asked, "What triggering item?"
"What’s it to you?" Gu Pan glared at her.
"Hehe." Gu Yue Ming, feeling a little awkward, wasn’t angry. She stayed smiling, hiding behind Xu Shu.
She seed to understand now that her niece-in-law was still hostile towards her, her strength inexplicably superior. She truly had to rely on Xu Shu to avoid her severe punishnts.
Gu Pan looked at Xu Shu and then at Xie Xiaochan and others not far behind him, then turned to glance at her own team.
After a mont of thought, she suddenly asked, "Are your friends trustworthy?"
Xu Shu’s heart stirred, "What do you an?"
Gu Pan signaled him to lean closer and whispered in his ear, "Since you’re here with this group, you must have obtained a key to the Dark Mother Goddess Church?"
Xu Shu shook his head, "Nope. We didn’t get the key; it’s a triggering item from another place."
"No key?"
Gu Pan was montarily stunned, looking at the already "ashes to ashes" Anthropomorphic Treasure Hunting Team on the ground and asked in confusion, "Without a key, why did you follow them here?"
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