Chapter 251: Ointment, Jade Foot!

Chapter 251: Ointment, Jade Foot!

Regarding the Red Robe Sage’s reminder, Gu Haitang merely smiled without saying much.

He had naturally considered these matters.

However, right now things were not as dangerous as the Red Robe Sage had described.

On the contrary, it was a time of opportunity!

As long as he himself could breakthrough to the Moon Unification True Monarch Realm, even in the Central State, he would be able to support Gu Changge, his junior!

Unless he did something that would force the Holy Lands to exterminate him, otherwise having a True Monarch supporting him, would be more than enough for him to cultivate safely to the Ninth Grade, so no Great Power above Ninth Grade would make a move on him easily!

As for conflicts with his peers…

Gu Haitang could not think of anyone of Changge’s generation who had the mettle to compete with him.

Sacred Body…

Not even Central State has ever seen a living Sacred Body!

Just the strength that lad displayed on the Back Mountain last time was enough to suppress enemies across two Great Realms.

Once he breaks through to the Seventh Grade Unlimited Realm, and if he goes to Central State,

It means he could at least suppress someone of the Eight-grade Heavenly Gate Realm!

Even if he encountered a Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm, not to talk of suppressing them, he would be unharmed just by protecting himself!

In this way, if everything went smoothly, there really wouldn’t be much danger, as long as he didn’t reveal too many of his trump cards, so as not to arouse envy from others.

And once the lad breaks through to the True Monarch Realm above Ninth Grade…

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Then no one would be able to stop his progress!

“Hehe, there’s no need for you, Daoist Fellow, to worry over this.”

“The lad knows what he’s doing.”

Gu Haitang stroked his beard, smiling as he spoke casually.

This Red Robe Sage from the Dongfang Family was merely shocked by one of the lad’s Innate Divine Abilities.

He thought it was an Acquired Dao Body.

But in reality, that was just the tip of the iceberg for the lad.

His real trump cards, even I cannot confidently claim to know them all now.

The mastery of that Heavenly Tribulation Power alone is something other cultivators wouldn’t even dare to dream of!

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“You of the Gu Family spirited away my Ming Yue’s girl. It won’t do if the lad dies.”

The Red Robe Sage twisted his mouth, speaking as if he were willing to worry over the lad.

Being no kin of his, it was merely due to the relationship with Ming Yue that he would remind him extra.

Moreover, from what he could tell now, Ming Yue girl truly had set her heart.

Unexpectedly, among the many heroes of Central State, none captured her heart, but upon a single visit to the Northern Domain, she fell for the Gu Family.

What a twist of fate…

“Daoist Fellow might as well come and rest for a while in the Gu Family’s Back Mountain.”

Knowing that his Gu Family had gotten the better deal, Gu Haitang didn’t argue further and simply took the lead to go, nodding his head.

The Red Robe Sage, seeing this, followed without objection and went directly to the Gu Family’s Back Mountain with him.

However, once he was within the layered arrays of the Gu Family’s Back Mountain,

His gaze involuntarily drifted towards the depths of the back mountain, precisely where the three black coffins were located.

“Unexpectedly, apart from you, the Gu Family has two others above Ninth Grade.”

“They seem even stronger than I had imagined.”

“Although it’s a pity that those two probably don’t have much lifespan left, do they?”

The Red Robe Sage spoke with a bit of surprise but soon calmed down.

“Hehe…”

“Of course, it cannot compare to the heritage of the Dongfang Family of Central State, but my Gu Family is still impressive in the Northern Domain.”

Gu Haitang was not surprised that the other could see through the ruse, as both were of the Sage Realm, the arrays could not fool him.

Besides, those black coffins didn’t need to be hidden too deeply; showing them off added to the deterrent effect.

If they were really hidden, who knows if people would think the Gu Family lacked strength, eventually leading to a desperate confrontation that no one wanted to see.

…

At this moment, outside the Gu Family Mansion, although many cultivators had dispersed,

Still, there were all sorts of discussions in the city.

“The Young Master Gu only had to take one look to replicate the exact Heavenly Rank Divine Skills?”

“If that’s so, his Comprehension is too defying, impossible!”

“Would I lie to you? I witnessed it with my own eyes outside the Gu Family Mansion!”

“Could it be that the two knew each other beforehand?”

“Miss Dongfang might have long been enamoured with Young Master Gu, intending to act out this scene in order to marry him.”

“To avoid awkward explanations to the Central State families?”

“Your words do make some sense, Daoist Fellow, but I feel it’s not an act…”

“In any case, even if he learned this Divine Skill in advance, it doesn’t change the fact that his power is astonishing!”

“You have no idea, at that time that one sword move made even Sixth Grade Refining Void Realm cultivators feel they couldn’t resist, yet it was easily blocked by Young Master Gu!”

“Too strong…”

“Earlier rumors claimed Young Master Gu had not cultivated for eighteen years; it seems to have been a ruse, deliberately hiding such a genius!”

The discussions in the city would not take long to spread across the entire Northern Domain.

However, the Gu Family would provide guidance…

To avoid causing any trouble for Gu Changge.

In the past, facing such matters, the Gu Family’s approach was mostly to suppress the news or reduce the spread of the message.

But later they found that this was virtually ineffective, so they opted for another guiding method, which was to exaggerate every rumor tenfold!

Like last time, it was actually a Heavenly Rank Supreme Treasure, but it was rumored to be an Immortal Artifact; even when it reached the Imperial Family, no one believed it.

This time would be simple…

Immediately there were Deacons of the Gu Family spreading rumors in the city that the Young Master now could even suppress a Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm with but a single hand, no big deal at all!

The rumors started to become increasingly exaggerated.

And yet… most cultivators didn’t care about the authenticity of the rumors, merely passing them on as a bit of fun during idle chitchat.

...

Gu Family, Young Master Palace.

Dongfang Mingyue followed him back here and couldn't help but look around.

Seeing where he lived, she couldn't help but remark, "This Young Master Palace of yours, why does it feel like the most luxurious building within the Gu Family Mansion?"

"Shouldn't the dwellings of the Family Head or the Supreme Elders be better?"

Hearing her question, all Gu Changge could do was reply helplessly, "The elders insisted on building it; previously, this Young Master was just living in a randomly picked residence within the Inner Court."

Dongfang Mingyue nodded slightly.

But she quickly understood.

Given the strength and talent he had shown, it made sense that the Gu Family would treasure him.

If he felt discontented and lost his closeness to the family, that would be an unacceptable loss for the Gu Family…

"Did you hide your Root Bone?"

Dongfang Mingyue couldn't help but ask the question which was weighing on her mind as she watched him search for the appropriate Elixir.

"I did conceal some of it," Gu Changge nonchalantly replied, continuing to search the shelves of the Young Master Palace for an Elixir Bottle.

Speaking of which, the Young Master Palace had no shortage of anything.

The elders had not only prepared several wooden shelves filled with Elixirs for him but had even set aside a room almost packed with various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and Spirit Stones.

So much so that he didn't need to visit the family's Treasure Vault, he could find everything he needed right here.

Soon, he found the Elixir and casually handed it to Dongfang Mingyue, "Take one orally, another turn to powder and apply externally, and your wounds will heal quickly without leaving any scars."

"Thank you..."

Dongfang Mingyue took the Jade Bottle. This trip to the Northern Domain, she really hadn't brought much with her, not even bothering to carry ordinary Elixirs.

After all, she had sneaked away...

Faced with Gu Changge's kindness, she didn't refuse and accepted the Elixir with open hands.

Opening the Jade Bottle, she poured out two Elixirs and directly tossed one into her mouth to swallow.

She didn't even look to see what kind of Elixir it was; she trusted that someone with Gu Changge's caliber of talent wouldn't stoop to petty tricks to harm her.

Moreover... she had now lost herself to him.

There would be no reason for him to harbor ill intentions.

Following Gu Changge's instructions, she then turned the other Elixir into powder using her Spiritual Energy and gently applied it to her wound.

It wasn't a serious wound, just a skin injury caused by a slash of Sword Qi.

If she used her Spiritual Energy, she could also recover, but with Elixirs, she would heal perfectly, without the slightest trace.

After she applied the ointment to both her arm and neck,

she stopped her actions and simply looked at Gu Changge without speaking.

"Uh... you can use any of these rooms, just pick any," Gu Changge said, noticing she needed more privacy to apply the medicine and promptly pointed towards those rooms.

It so happened that since they had only just moved to the Young Master Palace, Qingqing and the others hadn't had the chance to pick rooms yet; they were all vacant.

"You won't peek, will you?"

Dongfang Mingyue headed towards one room but suddenly turned her head to throw the question at him without any particular reason.

"Definitely not," Gu Changge nodded decisively, indicating he wasn't that kind of person.

"..."

"Hmph."

Dongfang Mingyue fell silent for a moment before snorting coldly and entering the room.

This left Gu Changge somewhat perplexed.

Was there something about his answer that had displeased her?

The heart of a woman is like a needle at the bottom of the sea...

Should he sneak a peek then?

Better not...

"But why haven't the wives returned yet?"

"Uh... it couldn't be intentional, could it?"

Gu Changge suddenly frowned upon realizing an issue. He had been back for half a day, and by rights, the wives should have arrived by now, even if they were slow.

Yet, there was still no sign of them.

Perhaps...

They were providing him an opportunity to be alone.

How thoughtful!

Indeed, as he guessed!

At this moment, the three women had returned to the courtyard from earlier.

Yuan Youbai still somewhat perplexed, asked, "Didn't we move? Why have we come back?"

"Of course, to see if we left anything behind," Wang Yue said with a smile, "Youbai, do you want to check if you've forgotten anything?"

Hearing her say this, Yuan Youbai decisively shook her head, showing her Space Ring to indicate that all her belongings were inside.

"That Miss Dongfang came to the Gu Family to take Youbai to Central State."

"Right now, she might just be negotiating with Lord Jun about how to take you away."

"So better stay put here."

Wang Yue saw her excuses weren't working, so she quickly spun another story.

"She can't. Lord Jun definitely won't agree."

"Also."

"Didn't she also lose to Lord Jun? She'll have to be his wife in the future."

"How could she take Youbai back to Central State?"

Yuan Youbai decisively shook her head again, showing no concern.

Seeing this, Wang Yue suddenly paused.

That's not right, why does this youngster seem to have grown significantly smarter?

Previously, if they scared her by claiming something about Lord Jun, she would be frightened and anxiously ask if it was true.

But now, things had changed.

"Be good and cultivate here for the day, and we'll return to the new home tomorrow."

Liu Qingqing also noticed that her Spirit Intelligence seemed much higher, but she didn't want to concoct any more excuses, so she simply spoke up.

"Oh!"

Yuan Youbai nodded sensibly after hearing this.

Why didn't you say so earlier?!

Scaring me when I'm clever now!

...

Young Master Palace, inside a room.

Dongfang Mingyue stood in front of a bronze mirror, casually removing the Strong Clothes from her upper body, leaving only the white cloth wrapped around her chest.

She carefully applied the powder made from the Elixir to her wounds.

The slight stinging sensation made her frown slightly.

But at this moment, her mind was filled with countless thoughts.

“Did he actually accept me…”

Dongfang Mingyue furrowed her brow, uncertain.

After the battle had ended, he had said that if he lost, she would be his wife and he would bring her back to heal.

But before that, he had seemed to think that being betrothed to her would be at his disadvantage.

For a while, Dongfang Mingyue couldn’t figure out what he was really thinking.

When the wounds on her front were almost treated,

she turned around, planning to apply the elixir powder to the two cuts on her back herself in front of the bronze mirror.

However, her actions suddenly halted and she raised her eyebrows slightly, a plan forming in her mind.

If she was unsure, then she might as well try and see.

“Are you still outside?”

Dongfang Mingyue softly asked towards the door.

“What is it?” Gu Changge’s voice responded.

“I can’t reach the cuts on my back… can you help me?”

Dongfang Mingyue hesitated for a moment but decided she had to try to find out if he had any feelings for her.

Biting the bullet, she reached out for help through the door.

Gu Changge, who was outside, was taken aback by her words.

Can’t reach?

How could she not reach?

Her figure was slender; she wasn’t some kind of giant unable to reach behind her back.

And even if her hands couldn’t reach, spiritual energy surely could, right?

Just as he was considering what Miss Dongfang really wanted,

another voice came, “Didn’t you say that I am already your wife now, and yet you’re unwilling to help with even this?”

Hearing this, Gu Changge’s eyebrow twitched.

He thought to himself, that’s right!

He wasn’t at a loss anyway.

So, he pushed open the door and saw Dongfang Mingyue standing in front of the bronze mirror, her back to him, baring her fragrant shoulders.

However, the scene wasn’t as racy as he had imagined; her upper body was not bare.

Through the mirror, their eyes met.

Gu Changge felt she might be blushing, but due to the mirror, he couldn’t see clearly.

Yet he still stepped forward.

Now, with three wives to his name, he was no longer the naive novice, nervous at the sight of a woman.

Standing behind her, Gu Changge didn’t move.

But Dongfang Mingyue couldn’t stand the silence and blurted out, “Why are you just standing there?”

“Give me the elixir then,” Gu Changge said helplessly.

“Oh…” Dongfang Mingyue then realized she had been too nervous and forgot to pass him the elixir.

She had nearly used up the elixir powder anyway, so she took out another pill from the Jade Bottle and tossed it over her head behind her.

Gu Changge accurately caught the elixir and effortlessly turned it into powder with spiritual energy.

Looking at the shallow cuts on her back,

he lifted the powder with his fingertips imbued with spiritual energy and began to meticulously apply it to the wounds.

Dongfang Mingyue pursed her lips slightly.

Her heart was pounding wildly at the moment.

Although there were many Central Province Talents who had challenged her to become the Dongfang Family’s son-in-law,

she had never had intimate contact with a man.

She hadn’t even held hands with anyone.

Yet today, alone with a man in a room, she could distinctly feel the warm touch gliding over her back.

Inexplicably, she shied away.

“It tickles…” Afraid Gu Changge might misunderstand, she quickly explained.

Gu Changge didn’t say much but seriously applied the elixir powder to all of her wounds.

After a while, he stopped his motions.

Dongfang Mingyue quickly covered herself with her upper garment.

Then she turned to face him,

wanting to say something but not knowing how to start.

“Go and sit down.”

Gu Changge pointed to the bed and spoke in an indisputable tone,

as if issuing a command.

“This… this is too soon.”

Dongfang Mingyue bit her lip but shook her head in refusal.

She thought to herself, she really hadn’t seen it coming—was this guy really so impatient?

With matters like this, she deserved some time to prepare, right?

He had seemed so indifferent before, but now he was suddenly in a rush… was it all an act?

“What’s too soon?”

Gu Changge raised an eyebrow and pointed to a cut on her calf.

“…”

“Nothing, nothing.”

She then realized she had misunderstood.

Being alone in a room with a man, her mind had already wandered who knew where, filled with unseemly thoughts.

For a moment, she felt her face burning with embarrassment and quickly sat down on the bed, looking down.

Gu Changge stepped forward and casually rolled up the leg of her trousers, then began to apply the elixir.

She watched him silently, her lips pursed throughout.

Seeing his earnest manner, he didn’t seem to harbor any other intentions—

he was completely focused on applying the ointment to her wounds.

But Gu Changge also noticed that even her shoes seemed to have a cut.

Acting on the principle of helping to the end without wasting elixir,

without a word, he started to take off her shoe.

Her delicate and warm Jade Foot fell into his hand, and without any particular thought, Gu Changge began to apply the powdered medicine.

Except, Dongfang Mingyue really seemed to be ticklish.

Her Jade Foot squirmed in his grasp.

Gu Changge couldn’t help but hold it firmly.

This allowed him to perfectly apply the powdered medicine.

Only then did he have the leisure to appreciate the softness in his hand.

Tsk…

No wonder they call it a Jade Foot—the feel was indeed comparable to warm jade.

“Have you… touched enough?”

Dongfang Mingyue, who had thought he was solely focused on applying the medicine without any other intention,

noticed that he had finished but had not let go for a long time.

She couldn’t help but ask with blushing cheeks.

“Yeah, enough,” Gu Changge nodded and finally let go.

Her Jade Foot swiftly retracted, and Dongfang Mingyue sat on the bed, wrapping her arms around her legs.

She stared at Gu Changge with pursed lips.

She really couldn’t tell what his intentions towards her were!

To say he had no interest in her seemed incorrect…

“Do you want to become Daoist Couple with me?”

“I mean… even if we don’t consider the Dongfang Family’s situation.”

“Following your heart… would you be willing to become Daoist Couple with me?”