Chapter 1757: 859 Origin (Second Update)
Gu Jiao slowed her steps a little, falling slightly behind.
She didn’t hurry to catch up, but instead raised her eyes and took a deep look at him and the Black Wind King.
There’s no doubt, the only ones who could excite the Black Wind King so much were people from the Xuanyuan Family.
So regardless of whether he answered or not, Gu Jiao was certain.
As for who he was in the Xuanyuan Family, Gu Jiao had a vague guess, but it needed further confirmation.
The Ghost King, with a person and a horse… or to be precise, with the Black Wind King; Gu Jiao was just accompanying him, now acting as his little follower.
They walked for quite a while, left the forest, entered another piece of woodland, crossed a stream, and arrived at another hill.
Gu Jiao couldn’t understand where he wanted to take them, and she felt he was going in circles.
Gu Jiao expressed her inner doubts: “Where do you want to take us? Are we going to your ho?”
Tell a direction, I’ll find it myself, and promise not to go in circles.
The Ghost King paused for several seconds, probably thinking about how to say those few words.
Then he thought of it and slowly said: “Sight… seeing.”
Taking Little Ayue to see the scenery of the Back Mountain.
Gu Jiao: “…”
Can we not look at the scenery?
——objection overruled.
Gu Jiao got tired of going in circles, climbed up and lay down on the Black Wind King’s back and fell asleep.
When she woke up, she found herself not in the mountain forest, but inside a wide cave.
The cave walls were covered with Night Light Pearls, illuminating the cave with a gentle glow, while the Black Wind King quietly stood by her side.
As for that… Xuanyuan Family’s Ghost King, he wasn’t there.
Gu Jiao thought he had gone to guard the graveyard again, stood up and went out to look for him, and as soon as she reached the entrance, she saw him sitting outside the cave in the sa posture as he did in the graveyard.
Gu Jiao noticed there was no hostile aura around him, so she walked over and sat down beside him.
The Black Wind King also quietly walked out, looking like he was keeping an eye on his young master, ensuring he wouldn’t be bullied by the old master.
Gu Jiao asked, “Um, can I check your pulse?”
Speaking respectfully when talking to a big shot!
“I’m a doctor,” Gu Jiao said.
He didn’t refuse.
Gu Jiao took his arm, placed three fingers on his pulse, and checked his pulse.
His pulse was strange.
An injury was inevitable.
But it seed he wasn’t just injured; there was an unstable pulse within him.
This pulse was what allowed him to unleash his unfathomable power.
Gu Jiao pondered for a mont and said to him, “Your face is dirty, let wipe it for you.”
With that, she took out a cloth, cautiously approached his face, and seeing that he didn’t refuse, confidently wiped away all the dirt from his face.
When the weathered face was completely revealed to Gu Jiao, her guess was confird.
“I’ve seen your portrait in the Book Pavilion of the National Master Hall…”
“You are…”
Gu Jiao opened her mouth and called out his na.
…
“Hey, hey, hey! Wake up! Where did that kid go?”
In the little hut, Tang Yueshan was shaken awake by Shangguan Qing.
Tang Yueshan could understand a bit of Yan Country’s language, but speaking it was another matter.
“Wha-what?” he asked in Zhan Country’s language.
Shangguan Qing switched to Zhan Country’s language in a second: “I asked you, where did your companion go?”
“Huh? Who are you?” Tang Yueshan had entered the forest and fainted, woke up just now, completely unaware of what happened in between, and hadn’t realized that he had t soone who spoke Zhan Country’s language in Yan Country.
“Ah, forget it!” Shangguan Qing sighed, “I’ll find him myself, that kid… most likely went to the Back Mountain!”
Tang Yueshan looked at Shangguan Qing’s figure, completely confused by what he was saying: “Hey, have you seen my companion? A young man wearing blue clothes, with a red birthmark on his left cheek.”
Shangguan Qing waved his hand: “Probably went to the Back Mountain! I’m looking for him too!”
Upon hearing this, Tang Yueshan rushed to sit up, holding his prized bow and arrow, and followed along.
The night wind blew, making Tang Yueshan slightly more alert.
They were currently in a village in a valley, and the forest ahead was the sa place where he and Gu Jiao had been ambushed earlier.
“This young brother, may I ask what exactly happened just now?” he asked politely.
Shangguan Qing said, “You and your companion were rescued by this Ghost King, but unfortunately, your companion didn’t listen; he was told not to go to the Back Mountain, but sneaked off there in the second half of the night!”
Upon hearing that Gu Jiao was okay, Tang Yueshan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, sneaking off to the Back Mountain? There’s no place in the heavens or earth where that girl wouldn’t dare to go.
The more you say can’t go, the more she’ll insist on going.
Next ti, you just directly say she must visit the Back Mountain; she’ll surely beg off from going.
Tang Yueshan grumbled to himself, suddenly thinking of sothing, turned to look at the masked Shangguan Qing and said: “Young brother, you speak Zhan Country’s language well, are you also from Zhan Country?”
…
Outside the cave, Gu Jiao stared fixedly at the other person’s face.
It was sowhat different from the middle-aged appearance in the portrait, worn by the years, marked by the passage of ti, yet the outline and spirit remained as before.
Gu Jiao called out to him once more.
Perhaps it had been too many years since he last heard this na; he seed dazed for a mont, then murmured for a long ti: “Xuan… Yuan… Qi…”
Gu Jiao confidently told him, “Yes, you are Xuanyuan Qi.”
“Dead…” he said.
Gu Jiao nodded, “That’s not wrong to say, Xuanyuan Qi is dead, but from then on, there is a second Shadow Master in the world.”
“Shad… ow…” His eyes showed a mont of confusion.
It seed he had been stationed in the graveyard for too long, and his spirit was sowhat disoriented. Though he hadn’t lost his mory, many mories were faded and confused.
Xuanyuan Li is the Grand Marshal, Xuanyuan Qi is the General; both brothers are stalwart n of the Xuanyuan Family, feared by both Jin and Liang.
To have ended up like this, it’s really quite lantable.
Gu Jiao whispered softly, “It’s okay, take your ti to think.”
He indeed began to seriously recall.
During this, Gu Jiao did not interrupt him.
Liao Chen always believed that Long Yi killed Xuanyuan Qi, but in truth, Xuanyuan Qi did not die.
Gu Jiao was very curious about what exactly happened between Long Yi and Xuanyuan Qi back then.
And why did he believe he was dead? Why wouldn’t he let “his own corpse” be buried peacefully?
He closed his eyes, completely losing himself in his mind.
Gu Jiao waved her hand in front of his eyes.
“No reaction, huh? So if I attack you now, would I succeed?”
As she said this, Gu Jiao extended two fingers, swiftly poking towards his eyes!
He made no attempt to evade.
Gu Jiao’s fingers stopped just an inch away from his eyes: “Really, huh. Forget it, keep on thinking, anyway, nobody cos over to the Back Mountain.”
Just as she finished speaking, a sneaky sound of footsteps ca from the path ahead.
Gu Jiao glanced at the ditating Xuanyuan Qi next to her, gesturing for Black Wind King to guard here as she went to check it out.
This cave is situated in a remote location; one must pass through a narrow gap between two cliffs before crossing a field of shrubs and thorns to reach the path outside.
When Gu Jiao walked out, she bumped right into soone.
Suddenly, a figure appeared, and Tang Yueshan had his bow and arrow ready.
Gu Jiao said, “It’s !”
Tang Yueshan was startled and focused his gaze on Gu Jiao: “Hey, damn… it’s really you.”
Luckily, I reacted quickly; otherwise, I would have been exposed.
Damn?
Do you all speak so rudely?
Kindred spirits!
Shangguan Qing withdrew his gaze from Tang Yueshan and quickly walked towards Gu Jiao: “You didn’t run into the old Ghost King, did you? Hey! What’s with the blood on your face?”
Gu Jiao calmly said, “Oh, young people, hot-tempered, had a bit of a nosebleed.”
Absolutely not admitting it was because I couldn’t beat that guy!
Not giving Shangguan Qing a chance to spot a flaw, she continued, “Besides, I ran into the old Ghost King.”
Shangguan Qing was skeptical, firmly believing the young man before him was bragging.
With that kid’s skills, the old Ghost King would definitely peg him as an enemy and tear him apart.
Shangguan Qing snorted, “Then tell , where is the old Ghost King? We went to the graveyard just now, and he wasn’t there.”
Shangguan Qing had visited the Back Mountain a few tis, each ti encountering the other at the graveyard.
Gu Jiao said playfully, “So you’ve never been to the old Ghost King’s lair, huh? Familiar friend of the old Ghost King?”
Shangguan Qing, striking a sore spot, spoke angrily, “He invited several tis! I just didn’t have the ti to go!”
Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows, “Oh.”
Shangguan Qing: “…!!”
On the way there, Tang Yueshan had learned from Shangguan Qing that a very formidable character lived in the Back Mountain, though he seed to have so ntal issues, being extraordinarily cautious of martial artists.
I wonder who’s more formidable, or him? Forget it, with these two little ones here, fighting isn’t convenient.
Tang Yueshan said, “Let’s leave here first.”
Gu Jiao looked at the two of them and said, “You go ahead, I have a bit more to do.”
Tang Yueshan asked, “You’re not returning to Quyang tomorrow morning?”
“Probably can’t return, I’ll wait…” Gu Jiao wasn’t sure how long Xuanyuan Qi would ditate, so she paused, saying, “I’ll wait for a few days first.”
She had an exceptionally strong intuition—that she couldn’t leave Ghost Mountain, or she’d never see Xuanyuan Qi again, and forever miss the answers she sought.
Shangguan Qing looked at Gu Jiao with disbelief: “You’re not really going to see the old Ghost King, are you?”
Gu Jiao said, “You shouldn’t worry about . Rather, for you, Xie Xingzhou and the Sword Hall assassins have returned. From what I know about Gongsun Yu, he will never let things rest. Early tomorrow morning, Jin Country’s army will go into the mountains to eradicate bandits.”
Shangguan Qing snorted coldly, “Don’t worry, I have my own plans!”
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