Free Web NovelChapter 1729: Chapter 1339: Who Is the Hidden Manipulator?
After Diao Chan shivered, her movements were nothing if not swift, dashing away at lightning speed!
Gu Changsheng, soaking in the bathtub, only heard the sound of the door closing, and then, the whole world seemed to fall silent...
She couldn’t help but reflect on Diao Chan’s earlier words...
Yes indeed!
Compared to many in this world, she was already living a good life!
No, to be more honest, she should be standing at the top of the pyramid. In this feudal era, in a time of superstition and the divine right of kings, Gu Changsheng had already become the emperor appointed by the deities to rule a region...
Her image in the people’s hearts was unattainable, sacred, and inviolable!
She was the faith of her subjects, the leader followed by those under her...
Yet, she always felt unhappy...
In her heart, there was always a missing piece...
And that missing piece of her heart was now lying quietly in the next room, in that placed coffin...
Cold and silent, filled with the breath of death...
Though troubled by love, she was far from becoming obsessive!
She had always been carefree and used to living casually, and even when it came to love, she believed that mutual non-owing and companionship was love. She wasn’t a toddler at three; she had seen too many separations and reunions, and felt much helplessness...
She was already the mother of Little Bao, and long past the age of having beautiful visions of love...
With her head submerged deeply in water, relaxing her entire body, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but muse...
Love is something everyone desires simply because it cannot be easily attained!
And the love she wanted, she had already received...
Zhou Mu!
She had grown accustomed to his giving, accustomed to the warmth he provided, like a continuous trickle, filling her whole being...
She liked it this way, quietly companionate...
As for Shi Wujue...
The debt of gratitude was like a mountain; even if Gu Changsheng had the idea of letting go, his presence was undeniable. It seemed to be increasingly becoming a deadlock...
Gu Changsheng didn’t think she’d be the one to undo the knot, because the one who tied it wasn’t her. She clearly hadn’t done anything!
This peach blossom came too late and too unexpectedly. If he had come earlier, Gu Changsheng might have been able to haggle with her evildoer, and at least fight for some benefits for her future...
However, this peach blossom branch appeared out of nowhere, growing all knotted and tangled, making it really difficult for Gu Changsheng, someone not good at dealing with emotional matters, to handle!
Holding her breath underwater until nearly drowning, Gu Changsheng finally cast aside her melancholy and splashed back to the surface...
If she couldn’t straighten things out, then let it be chaotic. After all, no one gave her a knife sharp enough to cut through the tangled mess!
She might as well give up and abandon the treatment!
At this moment, Gu Changsheng never thought that one day, this emotion that made her so conflicted would truly not be a chaos of threads. What she couldn’t imagine was that the steel knife to cut through this chaos would be handed to her by Shi Wujue himself...
People, after all, don’t have eyes to see ahead or behind; no one can look five hundred years forward or back. Even Little Monk Bu Jie, that little trickster, Gu Changsheng felt he was half bluff, only with some things seeming quite credible...
Having soaked enough, and her fatigue eased considerably, Gu Changsheng weakly climbed out of the bathtub, picked up the brocade handkerchief placed nearby, and dried her naked self, looking left and right, and then...
And then Gu Changsheng exploded!
"Diao Chan! Where are my clothes? Are you trying to make me streak?"
Damn it!
At first, she thought Diao Chan, that careless maid, hadn’t placed the clothes properly and they were just too far away. But after searching all around, she really couldn’t find any clothes to wear after the bath!
This truly was...
Gu Changsheng jumped in anger!
"Madam, please rest assured, when the Son-in-law and they return, the staff will naturally bring the clothes to you. Don’t worry, we won’t really make you streak!"
Diao Chan’s muffled voice came from outside the room!
Hearing this, Gu Changsheng felt a surge of anger!
But looking at the big brocade handkerchief only wrapped around her, going out like this?
Oh, come on!
Gu Changsheng was someone with dignity!
If she really went out like this and was seen, how would she live? How many people would she have to kill to keep it a secret?
Wrapped in the brocade handkerchief like a bath towel, she cursed Diao Chan several times in the room; the fatigue after the bath soon overwhelmed Gu Changsheng...
Helplessly, she finally crawled onto the bed...
And then...
Then her head hit the bed, and Gu Changsheng’s mind, already muddled like porridge, instantly transformed from the Itinerant World into chaos...
One has to admit, Gu Changsheng is truly a broad-minded person!
When it comes to being carefree, there’s really no one who can do it more thoroughly than her!
Soon, Gu Changsheng’s consciousness was swept away by the darkness...
Under the same sky, far from Yanmen Pass on the sprawling grasslands, two figures were fighting fiercely...
When the Medicine Immortal Old Man raced his two old legs there, all he saw was these two locked in fierce combat on the boundless grassland...
The silver moonlight fell upon the grasslands, reflecting the pasture grass swaying like a green carpet in the wind, and further highlighting the two slender silhouettes fighting, making their heroic figures even more dashing...
"Hah! These two brats sure know how to pick their battleground, look at this endless wild land, a perfect place to showcase their skills..." His old face wrinkled up like a bun, the Medicine Immortal Old Man lay on the ground, watching the fight unfold between the two, constantly calculating in his mind...
Judging by their appearance, both seemed to be lacking inner strength; it seems none of them got any rest after their outing!
Both of them are lacking inner strength; if I intervene and separate them, what’s the likelihood of a full retreat?
These two lads are truly a bit extreme; their moves in wide, sweeping arcs are truly dizzying to the Medicine Immortal Old Man’s old eyes...
Squinting his old eyes, the Medicine Immortal Old Man looked for any opportunity to separate them while calculating his full retreat, with a bit of unwillingness in his heart...
His old self is indeed living a life of toil...
"Whoosh!"
Just as the Medicine Immortal Old Man lay in the grass, looking for an opportunity, a slight sound pierced the air, coming from not far beside him...
The Medicine Immortal Old Man’s instincts kicked in at the sound as he widened his eyes, spotting a silver needle emitting a dark, cold light, flying towards the two in combat...
Poisonous!
That was the Medicine Immortal Old Man’s first thought!
As a Doctor, and also skilled in using poison, the Medicine Immortal Old Man was more sensitive to poison than ordinary people!
"Who?"
As soon as he spoke, the Medicine Immortal Old Man couldn’t care less about whom the poison needle was aimed at; he raised his old hand, and a stream of inner strength shot towards the silver needle...
The one who released the poison needle was obviously slightly outmatched by the Medicine Immortal Old Man, thus the Medicine Immortal Old Man’s immediate interference successfully altered the needle’s direction!
Nonetheless, even so, the poison needle flew far under the hindrance of the Medicine Immortal Old Man’s inner strength, demonstrating that the one who released the poison needle was no ordinary person!
The Medicine Immortal Old Man dared not be negligent!
Those two fighting brats didn’t seem to be truly enraged yet; he should first catch the person who struck from the shadows during their duel!
With his old eyes, he looked toward the direction the poison needle was shot from, and the Medicine Immortal Old Man suddenly became much more serious!
Hah!
He sure wants to see who’s so foolish as to dare strike from behind; his inept disciple had repeatedly urged him to bring these two boys back alive, isn’t this disrupting his mission?
This cannot be tolerated!
One must admit, it’s rare for the Medicine Immortal Old Man to be this serious; he does not wish to face his inept disciple with failure!
Very soon, the Medicine Immortal Old Man noticed the grasslands not far from him moving...
The movement was swift, and the Medicine Immortal Old Man didn’t hesitate, immediately moving to follow!
The little trickster dared to strike from the shadows before me; I’ll show you what it means to catch the mantis while the oriole watches from behind!
His old face was full of determination, and the Medicine Immortal Old Man moved with surprising speed!
However, very soon, the determined look on the Medicine Immortal Old Man’s old face vanished...
Godfather!
This is serious!
The one striking from behind isn’t easy to deal with either!
That stealthy pace, could it be...
A Master of the Primordial Transformative Realm?
When he used inner strength to deflect the poison needle earlier, the Medicine Immortal Old Man was aware that the newcomer definitely had skills, but pursuing them now, his heart suddenly became more anxious!
Once leaving his secluded place, he realized just how many masters existed in the world!
This piece of grassland is truly something; in one night, it welcomed four Masters of the Primordial Transformative Realm!
The two fighting, and these two in pursuit!
"Where are you running, little thief!" The two reluctant to fight, the Medicine Immortal Old Man saw his oriole behind a mantis tactic was not going to work, so he gathered his inner strength and sent a shout towards the pursuer...
The one running away from the Medicine Immortal Old Man, sneaking through the grass, halted suddenly upon hearing the shout, a thoughtful look flashed across the face under the black clothing...
The Medicine Immortal Old Man was eagerly giving chase, but when the person ahead suddenly braked, he couldn’t stop his old arms and legs from crashing right into that person...
