Sorry for the delay. I don't even have time to read on my own. Stupid Exams...urg!
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It was as if a massive hurricane was now on top of her and she could feel the heat as if the sun was falling on her. Before it hit Gu Xijiu, she already felt like she was going to be burnt alive. She closed her eyes and prepared to bear the attack!
"Gu Xijiu!" Suddenly, she heard a familiar sound. She felt heat and pain in her body, but somehow, her body sank.Everything in front of her dispersed like the clouds. She suddenly opened her eyes and found herself in the room. There was no upper bound, and the Penalty Fairy was missing as well.
She was shocked. Was that just a dream? Or was it true that her soul had been taken to the upper bound? She closed her eyes and tried to scan her body. She did not sense anything wrong. If she were really struck by the golden thunder, she would have suffered severely. Was that really just a dream?
Maybe it was the curse-like scream before the golden giant died that had left a strong impression on her and made her have such a strange dream.
She did not feel relieved. She sat down for a moment and let her spiritual power travel through her body for a round. She still could not feel anything wrong. She let out a sigh and felt relieved.
Sure enough, it was just a dream. When she was struck by the golden ball of light, she actually heard Di Fuyi. She looked around just to check if he was there. She was alone in the room and did not see Di Fuyi. Obviously, he did not come.
She looked outwards at the sky and it was still dark. Then, she looked at the hourglass. It was around five in the morning. It was still early, but she did not want to sleep anymore. She decided to meditate.
This meditation was particularly long. When Gu Xijiu opened her eyes again, it was already bright outside, and the sun had been risen to the middle of the sky.
The directed audio spell beside her flashed repeatedly. Gu Xijiu was shocked. This was the special spell between her and Di Fuyi. Did he finally take the initiative to contact her?
Gu Xijiu had wanted to arrogantly hang his call. However she was afraid that he really had something urgent, so she finally answered it.
"Xijiu, can you hold the salvation ceremony for the wraith in the grievance wall today? If those grieving spirits are not salvaged today, they will miss the golden hour and will no longer have a chance to be reincarnated. They can only wait for the punishment from heaven to dissipate their souls" After she answered the directed audio spell, Di Fuyi had not stopped giving her orders and did not even greet her.
Gu Xijiu paused and said, "What about you?" Wasn't it supposed to be his task to do so?
"I have other things to take care of. I can't get out of here now at the moment. Good girl, please help to hold this ceremony. I will ask the four heaven's gift disciples to go and help you. All the tools and ingredients are ready, and you just need to follow the procedures."
Gu Xijiu frowned. Di Fuyi did teach her the procedures of helping the dead to rest in peace. It would not be a problem for her to handle it for only a few souls. However, there were more than a 100 thousand wraiths inside the grievance wall! To help them rest in peace, they must be released first.
It was too marginal to use her spiritual power to handle them. She told Di Fuyi about her concern. Di Fuyi smiled. "Do not worry, I'll teach you a salvation array. It can be done if you use this large salvation array. Although it will consume a lot of spiritual power, there is no danger"
He did not wait for Gu Xijiu's reply and quickly went through the essential notes of the large salvation array through the directed audio spell.
After all, Gu Xijiu had been living with him for eight years. She could immediately understand many professional terms that were mentioned by Di Fuyi. She was smart enough so she could learn it quickly after listening to it.
Di Fuyi was not assured. After he finished talking, he asked her to repeat it. Only then did he feel relieved. "Xijiu, start to prepare for it. I will wait for your good news."
Gu Xijiu could not stand it anymore and asked, "Are you going to see me today? Are you not on your way?"
"Good girl, I don't have time today. I will go tomorrow. We'll meet again tomorrow." Di Fuyi's voice was soft, but it was also very magnetic.
"What are you doing? Where are you?" Gu Xilu always felt that he had something to hide from her.
Di Fuyi did not speak. Gu Xijiu waited for a while but still did not get his response. She bit her lips and asked, "Is it a top secret of the heavens that cannot be revealed?"
"Smart!" Di Fuyi praised her. "Alright, there's not much time. Quickly prepare and don't miss the golden hour." After he finished this sentence, he switched off the directed audio spell.
Gu Xijiu looked at the directed audio spell in her hand and felt inexplicable anger in her heart. Top secret!? Top secret!? She hated those words! Everything he did not want to tell her was always a top secret!
She was angry, and her palmWhen she realized it the directed audio spell in her hand had turned into ashes.
She remained silent. Well, it seemed that God did not want her to contact him too frequently,so the only way to contact him had now gone.
Although she was the one who made this spell, it required at least three days for her to make a new one. She wondered if Di Fuyi could stand not talking to her for three days. Once he could not contact her, he would come to find her for sure
She jumped up and began to prepare.
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The soul salvation process could not be performed when the sun was at its brightest as it would make the wraiths be scattered by the sun. It could not be done when there was no sun either. Once the sun went down, the power of Yin would be strengthened, and the power of the wrath would also increase. By then, she would not be able to salvage them but might even be overtaken by them.
Due to the above two reasons, the salvation ceremony was conducted when the sun was somewhat subsiding.
The sky was gold due to the sunset, and the clouds were red. At the north of the house of the fake Celestial Master Zuo, there was a high platform built.
The height of the platform was about 30 feet. There were nine pillars set up by the Bagua matrix. There were eight children under each pillar. Each of them wore vestments and stood in a circle.
On the high platform, the four heaven's gift disciples were standing at every corner. They also wore their own robes. When the wind blew, their robes fluttered along as if they would fly away with the wind.
Gu Xijiu was standing at the center of the high platform. She wore a white robe with her sword in her hand which made her look stunning.
Under the high stage, there were eight valiant warriors. Each of them was strong and full of masculinity. There were a total of 100 warriors to form a team. Each team wore a suit-colored armor, so there were eight teams with different color suits and they all surrounded the high platform in the middle.
This salvation ceremony required a lot of people to help, so it attracted the people of the entire capital. Everyone arrived at the place to witness the ceremony.
Of course, there were troops around the station to maintain order so the people could only stand outside the circle and watch the ceremony from far.
Although it was quite some distance away, everyone still saw the person who conducted the ceremony.
Gu Xijiu, who wore a white robe, looked very conspicuous. She had very dark hair and a beautiful appearance, so when she stood on top of the high platform she had a unique aura.
She was not the same girl who used to be bullied by her siblings. She looked calm and steady. It gave people the feeling that she came from heaven and made people want to worship
Gu Xietian was there as well. He was in the military crew responsible for maintaining the safety of the kingdom. He felt so proud of his daughter who was standing on the tower.That was his daughter! She was way stronger than anyone else in his family!
'Sigh. Her mother and brother passed away too early. Otherwise, they would be so happy if they got to see this! It's all my fault! Was it possible that Luo Zhanyu was indeed Tiannuo? They look quite similar, and the time he was trapped in the forbidden land was almost the same as the time when my son ran into the Dark Forest. If I am not mistaken, he should be Tiannuo!'
In fact,Gu Xietian paid a visit to Luo Zhanyu yesterday using his daughter's name. However, Luo Zhanyu seemed to intentionally avoid Gu Xietian as he did not manage to find him.
At the moment, Luo Zhanyu was in the audience talking to his buddies. He did not look in the direction of Gu Xietian.
'Level nine!This boy is so capable!He managed to achieve a level nine spiritual power at such a young age!' He remembered Gu Tiannuo was already a genius since he was very young.
He was much better than his second son, Gu Tianchao.In fact,Gu Xietianloved Tiannuo, and he only neglected him when he was angry with his mother. He was full of regret!
Although the fake Celestial Master Zuo has died, plenty of his evil doings were still present. There was no guaranteed safety even though Celestial Master Zuo got all of them executed in the last few days. Hence, he needed to be alert just in case they would come and make a mess today. Therefore, all the military crews had been sent to ensure high security.
Gu Xietian was the chief general of the security operation today; he did not only instruct the military crew nearby but also arranged many spies and secret agents in the crowd. Once they see any suspicious target, they should bring them to him immediately.A soldier ran over to report and requested for assistance because there was a suspicious man on the rooftop in one of the buildings.
"General, the red-clothed lady is very suspicious. She has been standing under the shade on the rooftop and never moved her gaze away from the tower. Also, she just stood there invisibly as though she doesn't want to be seen by anyone," the soldier reported.
Gu Xietian moved his gaze to the direction where the soldier was pointing. Instantly, he got a buzz in his head! Indeed, the red-clothed lady was standing under shade, and she seemed to use a spell to make herself partially invisible. No one would notice her without paying enough attention!
Since she was partially invisible, Gu Xietian could not see her appearance. However, he could tell that was Luo Xinglan! The body figure and auraThat wasdefinitelyLuo Xinglan or a clone of her!
His heart almost popped out. He immediately took a few steps forward as he wanted to have aclearerview. However, the lady seemed to have noticed something and glimpsed at him. Gu Xietian almost forgot to breathe when their gazes met in midair. Unfortunately, the lady only took a glance at him, which was followed by a high leap and she suddenly disappeared in the air.
"AhLan!" Gu Xietian shouted as he leaped into the air and disappeared in the same direction. Unfortunately, Gu Xietian did not manage to catch the lady because she was too fast! In the blink of an eye, she disappeared without any trace, and he had no idea which direction to go.
Gu Xietian was standing at the spot where the lady stood earlier. He could barely smell her elegant odor. At the same time, his brain was blank, but he could recognize the unique fragrance which solely belonged to her.
'Was that her?'
'Did she survive? Could she be still alive?'
'Was it possible? She jumped from such a high place, and all her spiritual power was sealed by him'
'Moreover, it was already so many years ago, how could she still look the same as before? In fact, she looks even more beautiful than the old days!'
'She looks younger than thirty years old'
'She's beautiful and charming just like how she looked in the old days.'
Gu Xietian could not help but look at himself. His hair and beard have turned white; he has aged!
'Perhaps, that is not her but just someone who looks like her? Otherwise, she had no way to maintain such a nice appearance with only a level five spiritual power.'
She looked even younger than the time when she wanted to leave him!
'Perhaps, that is her younger sister?'
Unfortunately, this theory could not betrueas she was the only child in her family.
Gu Xietian's heart was racing as he stood there idly. A sound of applause shocked him. He immediately raised his head and saw that Gu Xijiu began to move on the tower.
Her actions were swift but graceful as several spells formed in her palms. A few haloswere stackedon one and another which produced a colorful light.
Tian Jiyue and the rest were very familiar with the procedure of the ritual as they used to watch Di Fuyi conduct it as well. All of them were surprised with Gu Xijiu's skill as it was very similar compared to the one Di Fuyi used to perform.
Hua Wuyan was particularly impressed. She never took Gu Xijiu seriously because she did not think a little girl as young as Gu Xijiu could make anybigimpact. Not to mention surpassing her and the other heaven's gift disciples. However, she managed to achieve a level ten spiritual power though they had not met for only eight years!
Hua Wuyan only managed to reach level nine and a half. She thought that was considered fast and that it would impress Di Fuyi. Unfortunately, she never expected that Gu Xijiu would excel far beyond her.
Hua Wuyan had very complicated thoughts when she glimpsed at Gu Xijiu.In fact,she was agitated at how Di Fuyi used to look at Gu Xijiu differently. However, she could not deny it anymore.
A cyclone appeared around the tower as the spellswere completed, and it rushed like a tornado toward the mansion of the counterfeit Celestial Master Zuo.
A moment later, a loud sound of a building collapsingwas heardfrom afar. After a while, the cyclone returned rapidly with black mist and evil wraithssurroundingit.
Creepy and eerie sounds of sobbing and howlingwere heardas though many were crying and whaling. The temperature at the square decreased dramatically as the cyclone returned and the crowd quickly took a few steps back.
Although thewraithsin the black mist were clashing with each other, it could never break through the white glowing cyclone at the outer layer. Thus, even though the wraiths were ferocious, they could not form any threats to the crowd.
The cyclone and the black mist moved to the tower right away. The four heaven's gift disciples worked together to launch their power, while Gu Xijiu slowly flew intomidairfrom the tower. Her elegant palmsformed a giant ball above her head.
There were plenty of black clouds in the sky above the tower. However, it could not cover Gu Xijiu's white dress. She looked powerful and mighty.
The crowd was terrified when they saw so many evil wraiths. Besides that, they also worried about Gu Xijiu not being able to suppress the evil spirits at such a young age. Any mistake would bring chaos to them.
Fortunately, things went well. The crowd finally learned that Miss Gu could also handle the situation even if Celestial Master Zuo were not around! She could also complete the ritual ceremony! Perhaps, she was now as capable as Celestial Master Zuo? Who knows, she might be better than Celestial Master Zuo!
In the past two years, the wrongdoings of counterfeit Celestial Master Zuo had caused many negative impacts to Celestial Master Zuo's image,and many citizens hated him so much.
Although the truth hadbeen revealed, some of the citizens were still unconvinced.They no longer admired or respected him as passionately as they did eight years ago.
In fact,the citizens subconsciously wished someone reliable could replace Celestial Master Zuo. Coincidentally, Gu Xijiu made a good fit for their wish! Most importantly, she was one of their own as shewas raisedin the Feixing Kingdom.
Therefore, the crowd could not stop cheering passionately when Gu Xijiu performed the salvation ritual ceremony on the evil wraiths. Their voice was even louder than when Celestial Master Zuo performed the ritual ceremony!
The entire squarewas occupiedwith loud applause and cheers followed by Gu Xijiu's name repeatedly called by the crowd when the last batch of evil wraiths disappeared in the air after the salvation ritual ceremony.
Gu Xijiu's name seemed to be magical now as it got many people excited as they called her name. Gu Xijiu looked at the audience as she stood on the tower. It was a sea of people.
She took a breath, and she knewshe was watched by a million people. That made her recalled a song lyric. 'You're enjoying the light of glory in the crowd of a million'
She remembered when she just traveled to this eraandshe was caught and forced to undergo a test by Di Fuyi. Back then, hewas highly respectedby the citizens, and everyone had to kneel out of respect wherever he went. However, she was like a rat which everyone despised.
Back then, she envied him so much to the extent she swore in her heart to achieve a similar glory as he did and eventually able to stand side by side with him! At that time, both of them were so different. However, she could finally fight side by side with him now!
Although she achieved her goal, she did not feel as excited as of how she imagined it in her head. She was exhausted from the ritual ceremony because it consumed a lot of her spiritual power. In fact, she almost failed at the latter stage just now. Fortunately, she managed to endure and finally accomplished the mission.
Therefore, the citizens had even more respect for her. However, why did Di Fuyi not come? It was the best time to win their trust again. The counterfeit had ruined his reputation; she thought he was supposed to grab the opportunity to gain theirtrustagain. Howurgentwas the thing he needed to do? Perhaps, something was wrong with his health? Many questions began to float in her head... She could not wait to rush over and take a look at him.
The ritual ceremony finally ended. However, the crowd did not seem to intend to leave astheywere still cheering and talking about it.
When Gu Xijiu was about to get down from the tower, Hua Wuyan walked toward her with a smile. "Congratulations, Miss Gu! Based on your progress, you will soon surpass Celestial Master Zuo! Although Miss Gu is not a heaven's gift disciple, you're way better than all of us! You deserve all these blessings," said Hua Wuyan.
Gu Xijiu glimpsed at her because she knew Di Fuyi was the reason for Hua Wuyan being sarcastic. Since she was relatively helpful earlier, Gu Xiju decided not to be calculative. Thus, she just nodded and wanted to leave.
Suddenly, Hua Wuyan grabbed her hand. "Miss Gu, come on, let's be close," said Hua Wuyan.
Her initial intention was to make Gu Xijiu feel pain on her fingers. Unfortunately, she realizedher spiritual power was being absorbed by Gu Xijiuright at the moment she held her hand!
She was panic! "What What kind of black magic are you using?!"
Subconsciously, Hua Wuyan struggled. However, the more she struggled, the faster her spiritual power leaked out! She panicked.
Gu Xijiu was shocked for a moment as well. She knew Hua Wuyan wanted to embarrass her. Hence, she only exercised her spiritual power to resist it. However, she was surprised that she was able to absorb her power!
Hua Wuyan possessed a very high level of spiritual power. However, in just a short time, Hua Wuyan's face has turned pale, and her legs were numb.
"Let go! Let go!" Hua Wuyan wanted to shout. However, she was too weak to do so and eventually had a blackout.
When Gu Xijiu regained her consciousness and let go of her hand, Hua Wuyan could not stand still anymore and slumped in front of Gu Xijiu.
No one knew what was going on. All they witnessed was that Hua Wuyan shook Gu Xijiu's hand and suddenly knelt to greet her. Everyone was shocked as well.
Someone shouted after a short silence. "Cool! Miss Gu is such a talented person! Even the heaven's gift disciple, Overlord Hua, from the Yinyang clan respects her so much! Miss Gu is the strongest!"
Indeed, the man's words left a strong impression on the crowd which eventually led to everyone applauding again.
Hua Wuyan's face turned green while Gu Xijiu pursed her lips because she had no idea what to say at this moment. Long Siye walked over and glimpsed at the two of them.
Qian Yueran was confused. "What's wrong?" he asked.
Tian Jiyue seemed to have noticed something. "Overlord Hua, what's wrong?"
"She absorbed my spiritual power!" Hua Wuyan finally spoke. Her voice was soft, but it shocked them!
Among practictitioners, absorbing spiritual power from other people was considered as a black magic, and it was also a forbidden evil martial arts hated by them.
Qian Yueran could not believe it. "How is it possible?! Miss Gu hasbeen practicing authentic Kung Fu..."
Tian Jiyue looked extremely stern. "Overlord Hua, we should not simply make any accusations! Miss Gu is a disciple from Tianju Hall, and she is also the person Celestial Master Zuo trusts the most. Hence, it is impossible for her to practice such an evil martial art!"
Long Siye also agreed. "I knew Xijiu for such a long time and I have never heard that she could absorb other's spiritual power. You must be confused."
"Almost half of my spiritual power has been absorbed by her! No wonder her internal abilities got such a great improvement in recent years! Apparently, she relies on absorbing foreign spiritual power to make herself stronger!" Hua Wuyan who was extremely weak, said with anger.
Fortunately or unfortunately, her voice was extremely soft as she was still weak. Otherwise, the entire square would be able to hear it! However, a few of the heaven's gift disciples heard it as several pairs of eyes were gazing at Gu Xijiu now.
Gu Xijiu had no idea what was going on as well. However, she knew she did absorb Hua Wuyan's spiritual power, and she could not deny it. She took a deep breath, and all of a sudden, a strong wind blew toward the square. A man slowly landed when she was about to say something. "What's going on here?" asked the man.
Gu Xijiu's heart skipped a beat. It was Di Fuyi; he was finally here!
Instantaneously, everyone bowed to greet Di Fuyi while Hua Wuyan's eyes sparkled. "Fuyi, you're finally here! Miss Gu absorbed my spiritual power, you must defend me"
Di Fuyi did not look at Gu Xijiu but asked Hua Wuyan right away, "Are you serious? Do you have any proof?"
Hua Wuyan was stunned and paused for a moment. "I I shook her hand just now and instantly, I lost more than half of my spiritual power! It disappeared in the blink of an eye!"
Di Fuyi's gaze finally shifted to Gu Xijiu.
His gaze was cold, and Gu Xijiu felt a chill deep inside her heart. She wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in her throat after she saw his glare.
Di Fuyi did not speak but grabbed Gu Xijiu's hand right away. Gu Xijiu's heart skipped a beat. Although they have been married for eight years and had experienced countless intimate moments, her heart still raced uncontrollably when he grabbed her hand.
"I didn't" Gu Xijiu wanted to say, 'I didn't intend to do that'. However, she did not manage to say it because Di Fuyi's spiritual power had already been absorbed into her body.
A moment later, he let go of her hand and moved his gaze back to Hua Wuyan. "None of your spiritual power is inside her body!"
Hua Wuyan was startled. All the absorbed spiritual power would usually be stored in the body of the individual. It would be stored in the body for at least half a day.
However, Hua Wuyan and Gu Xijiu shook each other's hands only about 15 minutes ago. Therefore, it was impossible that the spiritual power was not stored in Gu Xijiu's body if she absorbed Hua Wuyan's spiritual power. Everyone understood this theory because they were all the experts in martial arts.
"Impossible! She just absorbed my"
Di Fuyi casually added, "Are you sure the reduction of your spiritual power did not happen during the ritual ceremony earlier? I think it is very common for you to lose quite an amount of spiritual power after performing such a challenging ritual."
Long Siye and the rest also nodded. Indeed, it consumed at least 1/3 of their spiritual power.
"How could that be possible? I don't believe it!" Hua Wuyan shook her head unbelievably.
Di Fuyi's gaze turned icy. "So you don't even trust me anymore?"
"I'm No I'm just"
Di Fuyi casually added, "Qian Yueran, come and check on her so that Overlord Long can settle this matter!"
Qian Yueran walked over and placed his fingers on Gu Xijiu's pulse. A moment later, he shook his head as he looked at Hua Wuyan. "Indeed, I can't trace any of your spiritual power in her body. Wuyan, I guess it was just an illusion because you're exhausted."
Hua Wuyan was speechless even though her mouth was opened. Qian Yueran was quite close to her; hence, he would never lie to her.
"Overlord Hua, since you made quite a great contribution to the salvation ceremony, I'll let this incident slide. However, I'm afraid I can't grant you any mercy if this ever happens again!" Hua Wuyan was shocked to the extent she said nothing as she watched Di Fuyi leave with Gu Xijiu.
Di Fuyi left four bottles of pills behind. It was eighth-grade pills which were known as the most premium medicine to restore spiritual energy. Each of the heaven's gift disciples got one, and it was the reward given by The Lord since they were accommodating during the salvation ceremony.
On the riverbank beside Hu City, Gu Xijiu was sitting on a big rock while Di Fuyi was standing beside her watching the river as though he was thinking of something.
Gu Xijiu did not expect him to bring her here. "Why here?"
Di Fuyi glimpsed at her. "I thought you wanted to meet me here yesterday?"
He half-jokingly asked, "So, did you jump into the river last night? I'm surprised you managed to learn this strategy. First, you cry, followed by throwing a tantrum, and then attempting to commit suicide"
Gu Xijiu wanted to kick him. "Are you saying I'm a shrew?"
Di Fuyi sighed. "I feel you're behaving like an ordinary women nowadays. Anyway, what was going on just now?"
Gu Xijiu paused and decided to tell him the truth. Thus, she told him every single detail. "I have no idea how this happened because I've never encountered the same scenario before."
Di Fuyi silently listened to her. All of a sudden, he grabbed her wrist!
Gu Xijiu was in pain and subconsciously used her spiritual power to resist it. Suddenly, Di Fuyi's spiritual power rushed directly into her palm! Just as when she shook hands with Hua Wuyan earlier, the spiritual power that had been sucked in had disappeared before it went through her elbow joints.
Even though Di Fuyi was mentally prepared and immediately let go when he noticed something was not right, his spiritual power had been consumed. However, Gu Xijiu did not absorb any of the spiritual power into her body.
Gu Xijiu bit her lips tightly, and Di Fuyi also frowned. He asked her about any abnormalities recently.
Gu Xijiu thought for a moment and finally recalled the dream. She told Di Fuyi about the contents of the dream. In the end, she guessed. "Is this because of the dream? Is this the punishment for killing a fairy from the upper bound?"
Di Fuyi seemed calm. "It was just a dream, it can't be true. If killing a fairy was to be punished, then I'm the main culprit, they should punish me and not you."
Gu Xijiu looked at him carefully. Suddenly, she grabbed him pushed him down on a big rock.
Di Fuyi looked at her with a slight squint, but he did not struggle. He seemed like he wanted to laugh. "What you are doing?" Gu Xijiu tightened her lips and lifted his hand to remove his clothes.
The river was cold and the big rock was chilly. Di Fuyi was undressed until he was almost half-naked. He finally lifted his hand and held her thin wrist. "Baby, are you trying to play with me over here?"
Gu Xijiu did not blush but held his hand. Her voice was wicked. "Yes, believe it or not, I will rape you and then kill you."
Di Fuyi simply opened his arms and said, "Okay, come on!" He closed his eyes and pretended to be under her control.
Gu Xijiu was speechless.
She did not really want to rape him.She gave him a glimpse and said, "You have thought too much!"
She started to examine him carefully.
There were no injuries on his body and his pulse was stable. His skin was white and elastic with a healthy glow. There was no poison of any kind in his body either.
At last, she calmed down and helped him to buckle his robe. She looked at him seriously. "What have you been hiding from me recently? Fuyi, we have been husband and wife for eight years, I hope that you don't have any secrets from me except unless they are related to the heavens. I hope that we can be honest with each other. I don't want to live in the dark"
Di Fuyi looked serious. "Why do you say so?"
Gu Xijiu was blunt. "You have been cold to me recently! And you are also ambiguous about our marriage. Do you know that our marriage is not shown on the marriage records in the Feixing Kingdom? I am still single by law"
Di Fuyi sighed. "Xijiu, you have overthought! The counterfeit had left a lot of mess for me to clean up. I have been very busy with these things. Anyway, we are married, and we only lack a ritual. Why are you so anxious? I don't have to have a simple ritual. If we are going to have it, we must do it grandly. However, I really have no time now"
Gu Xijiu said, "But...but..." Somehow she felt something was not right, but she did not know what it was.
Di Fuyi patted her on her shoulder. "Don't think about it. You're tired. Go back and rest. We'll talk about our wedding when we have time."
When he finished his sentence, the jade tablet on his waist lighted up. He glanced at it and spoke to Gu Xijiu, "I still have something to do. Let me send you back?"
Gu Xijiu pulled his sleeve. "What's the matter? Can I help you?"
"No, you're tired enough. The main task for you is to rest! Well, let's go, I'll send you back."
He pulled her hand and walked away.
Gu Xijiu did not move. "If you have something to do, then you can go first. I want to take some fresh air here."
Di Fuyi did not force her. "Well, don't spend too long over here. You should go back to rest."
He turned around and disappeared. It was once again deserted on the river bank. Gu Xijiu stood there feeling very uncomfortable.
According to her intuition, she felt that Di Fuyi had been cold to her. Was she too sensitive or were her feelings unjustified? Gu Xijiu raised her hand and threw a stone into the water. The pebble hopped on the water several times before falling into the water. However, the splashed ripples lingered on the water and persisted. As if it was the lake in her heart.
She stood there breathing the fresh air for a while. Suddenly she laughed and felt relieved. She had been feeling emotional recently, and it was not her style! There were many things to do now. Why should she be affected by this matter? She was finally ready to go back to sleep!
Gu Xijiu turned and suddenly paused. Long Siye was standing not too far away and was staring at her. The two pairs of eyes met with each other. Gu Xijiu laughed and walked straight to him. "Instructor Long, when did you come?You have been quiet for so long and almost scared me!"
Long Siye went forward. "Xijiu, did you feel anything wrong?"
Gu Xijiu shook her head. "There is nothing wrong with me."
Before she finished her sentence, Long Siye grabbed her hand! He realized that some of his spiritual power had leaked.
Gu Xijiu was shocked. She struggled out of his grip. "What are you doing?"
"Hua Wuyan was right! Am I right?" Long Siye asked.
Gu Xijiu took a step back and frowned. "Are you coming to judge me for her?"
Long Siye shook his head. "Xijiu, I don't care about her. I only care about you! What's going on? Did you practice anyblack magic? However, this is detrimental to others and not beneficial to you. It will create trouble for you and people will treat you like a demon."
Gu Xijiu rubbed her eyebrows and briefly told him about her experience. Long Siye was very interested about her dream and asked her for a lot of details.
After he finished questioning, he processed all the information for a moment and came to a conclusion. "Xijiu, this suction skill is not a blessing but a punishment! It is the punishment for killing the fairy!"
Gu Xijiu looked at him and waited for him to continue. "I've heard this story from a long time ago. A rabbit from the upper bound turned into a man and came to our world and created a lot of troubles. It was then killed by a monk. As a result, the monk had a dream. His dream was very similar to yours. He was about struck by golden thunder in his dream. After he woke up, he found that he could suck people's spiritual power... Do you know what his consequence at the end was?"
"What was it?"
"At first, he could only suck people's spiritual power when he fought with them. However, after a while, it developed to the extent where he would suck people's spiritual power once he touched them. He could not hug his wife and his son. He was being chased away by the people like a demon. In the end, his wife, and son drew a line from him and his son even sent people to kill him! He could not bear with the pressure, and eventually, he committed suicide"
Gu Xijiu remained silent.
She looked at her own hands and imagined that she would later suffer the same fate. How could she get along with Di Fuyi in future? Her heart felt as though it was squeezed by something.
Subconsciously she did not want to believe in it. "This was just a story you have heard... Some legends are after all, legends. There is a lot of fake information and facts could be twisted. Perhaps he had practiced some evil skills and did not want to share it with everyone. Thus, he created such a story"
Long Siye looked at her for a moment and sighed. "Xijiu, usually you are not someone who does not want to accept facts. You always face it directly whenever there is any difficulty."
Gu Xijiu remained silent.
Long Siye patted her shoulder. "Rest assured, even if you are subjected to such a punishment, there is still a solution. When I heard about this story, I was very unconvinced. I was not happy that we could do nothing when we were being punished by the upper bound. Later, I met a patient with similar symptoms and found that after he was struck by the golden thunder, there were some changes in his body. It was just like being affected by nuclear radiation that caused mutation on the body's genetics"
Long Siye mentioned a few terminologies in this regard. These terms were like uncommon for lay people, but it was easy to understand for Gu Xijiu who had the same knowledge.
After Long Siye researched for several years, he finally discovered that this kind of punishment did not harm the soul. It only caused the body tissues to change. There was no medical treatment for genetic mutation. There was only one solution to change body!
Coincidently, Long Siye was studying cloning at that time and wanted to find a guinea pig. Thus, he cloned a body for that man. After the man was reincarnated from the cloned body, the horrible punishment disappeared too.
However, as the clone body was just a trial for Long Siye, it had some defects. The spiritual power of the clone was not as good as the original body, and it could not develop at all. As a result, that man had lived with the cloned body for another 40 years, and he finally died.
When Long Siye briefly explained it, Gu Xijiu was excited!
She was now in a cloned body. If the punishment cursed this cloned body, she could change back to her original body! Her original body was still placed in the mermaid palace!
After she knew the solution, Gu Xijiu felt relieved.
Long Siye was planning to create a cloned body for her but Gu Xijiu rejected his kindness. She said that she had her own way to solve it.
Long Siye sighed and did not force her. He sent her back to the general's house.Before he left, Long Siye said very seriously, "Xijiu, no matter what difficulties you encounter, please remember that I will always be by your side!"
Gu Xijiu felt warm, and she nodded. "Yes, I will remember it!"
Long Siye finally left.
Gu Xijiu looked at his back and had a deep thought. Long Fan was still sealed in Long Siye's body and did not have any sign of waking up.
She remembered Di Fuyi used to tell her that Long Fan's soul was much stronger than Long Siye's. If there were no interference from the outside, Long Fan would thoroughly 'eat and melt into' Long Siye's body. He would own Long Siye's memories too.
Although Long Fan had been sealedaway, he was still very strong. Di Fuyi had to reinforce the seal once every month. It had been almost a month now since he last did so. Gu Xijiu was not sure if Di Fuyi remembered to do it.
She returned to her room. At first, she thought of contacting Di Fuyi to talk about the seal but she suddenly remembered that she had destroyed it and she had to create a new one. Hence, she was not able to contact Di Fuyi at the moment. She pondered for a while and contacted Li Mengxia. She asked her to help investigate someone who had been rescued by Long Siye before.
After all, Li Mengxia was the owner of Anying Hall. The secret agents from Anying Hall were specialized in investigating information. Immediately after Gu Xijiu took a quick nap, she already received the information.
The information was exhaustive. There was indeed such a man 40 years ago who had this strange disease. Once he had contact with someone, he would suck the spiritual power of the other party until the other party died. After that, this man went to seek help from Long Siye. Long Siye took three years to cure his strange disease. However, after that man recovered, his skills hadgreatly deteriorated and he became an ordinary man for the remainder of his life.
It matched with what Long Siye had told Gu Xijiu, and it proved that Long Siye did not lie. After Gu Xijiu was clear with this, she felt secure in her heart.
She calmed down and started to create a new directed audio spell. Two days later, she finally had a new one. The first thing she did after she finished making the spell was to contact Di Fuyi. This guy had been missing over the past two days and she did not receive any news about him at all. He did not even show up in front of her which made her feel uncomfortable.
When she turned on the spell, she asked, "Celestial Master Zuo, where are you now? Are you free to talk to me for a few minutes?"
Di Fuyi was silent for a while. Then, he said, "Look up."
Hmm? Gu Xijiu looked at the sky through the opened window. She saw that Di Fuyi was standing on a tree in the courtyard and looking at her with a smiley face. He opened her arms to her.
Gu Xijiu was shocked. She leaped through the window and landed in front of Di Fuyi. However, she did not go into his embrace. She held her hands in front of her chest and glanced at him. "Celestial Master Zuo, are you asking for a hug?"
Di Fuyi took a step forward. "Come to me. Let me take a look at you."
Gu Xijiu stared at him with a look of distastefulness. "There is nothing for you to look. I am still the same. You've been seeing me for eight years. Are you tired of seeing me?"
Di Fuyi lifted up his hand and pulled her directly into his arms. He kissed her on her forehead. "Are you complaining and blaming me because you have missed me so much?"
Gu Xijiu's body was slightly stiff. Although she still looked unhappy, her heart had been pumping quickly. She was hard-mouthed. "You have overthought! I did not miss you at all! I am very busy. If you don't come, I will soon forget about you!"
It had been many days since she hugged him. She missed it. However, she still wanted to stand strong with her pride, so she did not hug him this time. Her two hands were still hanging beside her body and did not hold his waist.
She was a strong and self-centred woman in front of other people. Other people had already worshiped her as a god.
However, when she was in front of him, she was like a child. She would throw a tantrum. She liked to be hugged. She would even cry for him.
Di Fuyi put his finger on her nose. "Stupid, you burnt the directed audio spell. I have been wanting to contact you for the past two days but failed. Once I finished my work, I came to see you right away."
After he explained his story, Gu Xijiu felt better. She tried to tease him, "It's all because of you" If he were not cold to her and made her worry so much, she would not have accidentally burnt the spell.
"Yes, it's my fault." Di Fuyi admitted his mistake. He used his chin to rub her head. "Don't be angry anymore, okay?"
Gu Xijiu was not angry with him. After all, he had an important role in handling any tasksfrom the heavens.
When Da Yu solved the floor issue, he did not go back home even though he passed his house three times. Di Fuyi was much more powerful than Da Yu, and he did not come to see her for only two days.
Gu Xijiu finally gave him an annoyed face and hugged him back. "It's rare for you to come and see me at my doorstep. Are you coming to see me once and then leave?"
Di Fuyi smiled and used his arm to hold her waist. "Let's go. I will take you out to play!"
...
The fake Celestial Master Zuo had created a lot of mess in the past two years and made people live a difficult life.
After Di Fuyi was back, he had to fix things for the people. He had to help to reorganize the officers and to clean up the mess after the war. Some things needed his personal intervention.
He deserved to be the master of this continent. It took only ten days to restore this continent. A lot of people who lost their homes had now returned to their homes. Those who farmed continued to farm, those who fished continued to fish. Everyone had slowly returned to their normal life.
When Gu Xijiu walked on the street, she could already feel this change. Although most people still looked pale, they were more energetic than before.
Gu Xijiu could be considered as the limelight these days. Almost everyone on the street knew her. She was like a celebrity being surrounded by fans. The people greeted her warmly and said hello to her everywhere she went.
Di Fuyi was dressed in a long green robe and stayed beside her. He weakened the aura of his body, and also covered half of his appearance, so the people did not recognize him. People thought that he was a friend of Gu Xijiu, and ignored him.
Of course, he was still alluring to the ladies. There were many girls attracted by his stunning appearance. They secretly explored him.
Gu Xijiu finally understood why Di Fuyi liked to wear a mask to cover his face when he was in public. It was because once he traveled with his original appearance, he could easily be recognized!
Now that he was dressed casually and stayed beside her, he looked gentle and soft without his usual strong aura. He even looked like a noble man who was traveling together with her.
Gu Xijiu was not good at dealing with such scenes. After she answered with a few sentences, she pulled Di Fuyi and disappeared.
Her actions led the people to feel that she was mysterious. The more mysterious she was, the higher her status. Hence, the peopleworshipped her even more. Some people even bowed in the direction where she disappeared and prayed to her like a god.
After a few minutes, Gu Xijiu asked Di Fuyi a question at a secluded alley.