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Naturally, Gu Changge did not give a damn about it. He found it ridiculous how the Great Elder made it sound like he really wanted to be his disciple.
The cultivators of this world never had a good impression of those with a demonic nature, and if someone believed that Gu Changge had innate demonic nature, Gu Changge’s first impression would be worse in their eyes. One’s demonic nature does not expose any aura or anything of the sort. Rather, it shows from one’s behavior.
The Great Elder was greatly disappointed when he perceived this aspect of Gu Changge. He also discovered that Gu Changge had been aiming for the position of Skyward Schloss’ successor since the moment he arrived. Thus, it was easy to guess the reason behind it. There were many secrets hidden in some deeper regions of Skyward Schloss that even ancient existences would be interested in. Furthermore, only the successor or an elder of Skyward Schloss was allowed to step in there. He was absolutely sure that Gu Changge wanted to enter those places. Furthermore, the Immortal Gu Family seemed to have some sort of plan for Skyward Schloss.
Gu Changge had impure motives since the moment he became a part of Skyward Schloss, and many of his actions so far had been just as the Great Elder had expected. Digging out the Daoist Bone of his sister, acting like a tyrant inside the sect, showing no respect to the elders, and so on. As someone who had always walked on the path of righteousness, he would have long expelled him if not for the rules of the sect.
“Xianer has such a high talent and she’s also a young prodigy who has managed to reach her level after that terrible experience. So, this old man will naturally teach her with great care. But why’re you here and pretending to be a good person?” The Great Elder swept a glance at Gu Changge. He was too experienced to not be able to see through the real intentions of the other party.
Gu Changge still had a carefree expression on his face. He was also not angry after hearing the words of the Great Elder and replied with some pity in his voice, “Pretending to be a good person? Great Elder, you really have some deep prejudice against me. It’s not like I’m really looking forward to the day she surpasses me, so why would I need to pretend to be a good person?”
There was no politeness in his tone as he replied, and he did not even bother to call himself ‘junior’. In any case, the Great Elder was not going to take a direct action against him, so there was no need to worry about any consequences. Although the Great Elder was right in saying that he was pretending to be a good person, he did not have any proof to back up his claim.
“You think we’d believe you could have such good thoughts? Why would you dig out her bone to conceal your demonic nature then?” The Great Elder was clearly not willing to let go of this matter. Of course, he would not be making things difficult for a normal junior like this, but he could not help but do so when it came to Gu Changge.
“I don’t get why the Great Elder feels the need to bring it up again. Xianer has already grown a new bone, right?” Gu Changge shook his head, appearing as if the matter involved some hidden secret that he was not willing to talk about.
Hearing his words, Gu Xianer glanced at him in doubt. Was he truly hoping for her to surpass him? Besides, how did he know that she had grown a new bone? Not to mention, Gu Changge had never done anything against her, even when she had always wanted to kill him. She became increasingly suspicious that the incident that happened many years ago might not be as simple as it seemed. That there might be some secret hidden behind it. Gu Changge’s behavior right now was a bit too different from her understanding of him, but she did not ask anything since he did not mention anything about it himself. The grievances she had with him could be not be resolved with a few words, either.
“Since this matter concerns you and Xianer, this old man won’t say anything more about it. So, is there anything else for you to do here besides speaking nonsense?” The Great Elder’s expression became dark as he openly showed his intention to drive the other party away.
Gu Changge said with a calm expression, “As Xianer has become the disciple of the Great Elder, I naturally had to come over to take a look as her older brother. Of course, the most important for my visit is I’m worried that the Great Elder will be too harsh to Xianer because of her relationship with me.”
He was just making up stuff, of course. It was not like it cost him anything after all. His words could be interpreted as ‘I’m worried that even if you’ve accepted Xianer as your disciple, you’ll make things difficult for her because she’s my sister. You might not teach her with enough care, and could even be unreasonably harsh to her.’
Gu Changge naturally said it just to infuriate the Great Elder. The old guy had a trustable character and he would not make things difficult for Gu Xianer due to such reasons, so his true purpose in speaking these words could not be anything else but to infuriate the other party as much as possible. The other reason was to also make Gu Xianer see that her brother was really protective about her. He wanted her to think that he was so afraid of her suffering if she stayed with the Great Elder, that he wanted to make things clear with the Great Elder even at the cost of offending him.
Just as one would expect, the Great Elder immediately became angry when he heard his words. The whole area behind him started to become dark. A terrifying power and force emanated from there and lightning flashed along with the sound of thunder without a pause, as if expressing the fury of heaven. Many disciples of Skyward Schloss were scared out of their wits due to the sudden occurrence. Their legs gave off as they almost kneeled down on the ground.
“Isn’t that the place where the Great Elder resides? What exactly happened there?” A lot of elders also had a changed look on their face as they trembled. It was their first time sensing the anger of the Great Elder in so many years. The master of Flowing Water Palace, Great Elder the Unshakeable. There was a reason he was called like this in the Skywards Schloss, and it was none other than his extremely terrifying cultivation level.
“Gu Changge… you’d better stop your nonsense. How could someone like master to do that sort of thing…?” On the mountain peak, Gu Xianer was also stupefied before she hurriedly shouted with her lovely voice. She never expected that Gu Changge would be here for such a thing and felt extremely complicated in her heart. Saying such words was no different from completely offending the Great Elder, which meant that he would not have an easy life in Skyward Schloss even if he was a direct disciple.
“Excellent. This is the first time someone from a younger generation has dared to speak such words to this old man. Even though I know you said it on purpose to infuriate this old man, I can tell you that you’ve succeed in your attempt.” The Great Elder was not an ordinary person after all. He soon suppressed his fury and stared at Gu Changge as he smiled in anger, “Things might have been different if you didn’t say so, but now that you’ve said it, know that this old man will teach her so well that she’ll be able to suppress you easily! This old man will be fine with stepping down from the position of Great Elder or even making you the successor of Skyward Schloss if she fails to surpass you.”
Even Gu Changge was surprised to hear him make such an oath. He was really not expecting such a favorable thing to happen. Of course, he still looked indifferent as if he did not care about it at all, “I can be relieved now after hearing the words of the Great Elder. I’m really looking forward to that day. This Gu Changge won’t disturb you any longer. I’ll take my leave now.”
Gu Changge had a faint smile as he spoke. He glanced at Gu Xianer before transforming into a divine rainbow as he left the place. He left just as calmly as when he came. As for offending the Great Elder, he did not care about it in the slightest.
It was at this time that the System’s notification sounded his mind.
<*Ding* Fortuitous Lady Gu Xianer’s thoughts about killing you are wavering at the moment. You get 800 fortuity and 4000 fatum as yourreward.>
The first step in his scheme had finally shown some effect.
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On the mountain peak, wind blew through the place and clouds and mist rolled around as silence continued for a while.
Gu Xianer had her head lowered as she did not speak a word. She was thoroughly confused at this moment. She too was aware of Gu Changge’s intention to infuriate the Great Elder. At the same time, he used the words to make the Great Elder decide to pay greater care of her. At this time, she really could not figure Gu Changge out. [Is it not a bad thing for Gu Changge if the Great Elder teaches her with extra care and seriousness? Why would he still try so hard when he would gain nothing in return? Did he want to make up for her suffering these past years, or is he actually conspiring something by doing so?]
Gu Xianner was feeling conflicted. She could not understand Gu Changge’s intentions at all, no matter how hard she thought about it.
After a while, the Great Elder sighed as he looked at Gu Xianer with a complicated expression, “I never expected that someone would play tricks on me like this. No wonder Gu Changge was capable of having his current achievements. He’ll certainly have a seat at the peak of this world in the future.”
If his words were to be spread around, it would definitely cause a huge sensation. When did the Great Elder ever make such an assessment about any person? Not to mention, it was unimaginable for him to be talking about such a thing in a certain tone.
Gu Xianer kept her head lowered as she heard his words. She had no idea what to talk about at such a time as her mind was a mess. He seemed to have no ill-intention for her when she met him at the entrance area the other day. [Is he doing all this to make up for my losses? Is it just because of his nature that he always ends up angering me even when he meant well for me?]
“Xianer, there’s no need to worry. Since I dared to declare that to him, I’m naturally capable of making it true. This junior Gu Changge has seriously angered this old man. The way he behaves can’t simply be described by calling his nature demonic…” The Great Elder said while shaking his head once he calmed down when he saw Gu Xianer saying nothing in response to him.
“Master, why do you think Gu Changge wants to conceal his demonic nature? Is there some other secret hidden behind it?” Gu Xianer raised a question all of a sudden with a confused look. The thought had just crossed her mind. [Gu Changge should be hiding something that is related to his attempt to hide his demonic nature.]
“There could be many reasons for a person to come to have an innate demonic nature, so I’m not clear what happened in his case. However, it should be a secret that he has been hiding all this time. You’d need to go ask him yourself if you want to know about it.” The Great Elder replied. Innate demonic nature was not something that rare, as it was possible for one to have an innate demonic soul, innate demonic energy, and so on. As a result, he also could only sense that Gu Changge had been hiding his demonic nature. He would need to carry out a deep investigation to find out the actual cause. However, he was not really interested to do so, and his only thought now was to teach Gu Xianer properly and make Gu Changge regret the words he uttered on this day.
“Thank you very much, Master. I understand now.” Gu Xianer nodded as she felt she had grasped something she could not earlier.
“He’s too deeply influenced by his demonic nature and a very big reason behind his various actions is the constant influence of this same demonic nature. If he didn’t have such a nature, I’d have no problem taking him in as my disciple.”
The Great Elder sighed once again as he felt that the demonic nature had destroyed an amazing talent.
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Gu Changge was in no hurry to do anything e;se after returning to his palace.
First, he pondered over what he needed to do next. He had totally forgotten about the matter of him offending the Great Elder, as if it was too insignificant to care about. Now that he had given various hints to Gu Xianer indirectly, she would naturally be able to connect the dots in her mind with her intellect. It would force her to be unable to stop herself from wondering about the ‘truth behind the incident’. As for how to arrange for this ‘truth behind the incident’, he was more or less done with planning it all out. Thus he decided to put Gu Xianer’s matter aside for now.
“I need to deal with the matter of the Celestial Path first…” Gu Changge could not help but narrow his eyes. According to his original memories, the Celestial Path that had long disappeared from the world was hidden inside the depths of Skyward Schloss. There was an ultimate fortuitous opportunity in the form of the Celestial Path that he had been conspiring for all this time, and considering the time, this ultimate fortuitous opportunity should have also appeared in the world. The reason he wanted to seize the position of the successor earlier was for this ultimate fortuitous opportunity, as he would have been able to go to the depths of Skywards Schloss then.
“Speaking of which, it’s time to fuse the fragments of the World Seed. Using it alongside my Void Talent might allow me to move around undetected and reap benefits from confusion.” Gu Changge opened the virtual interface and located the three fragments of the World Seed there.
While he was busy thinking about these things, a dark golden carriage that was being pulled by nine phoenix-like ferocious beasts was rushing over to Skyward Schloss. Yue Mingkong, who was dressed in a white gazue dress, was sitting straight inside the carriage. Her fairy-like face looked picturesque and her black and curly hair was worn in a bun，making her look so beautiful that one could lose their mind. She had thin and delicate eyebrows and her beautiful eyes had a sense of serenity. At this moment, she was massaging her forehead with a tired look on her face.
“My good husband, it’s really difficult dealing with you…”
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