Chapter 168 Extra·Gu Jingyao

"Thank you for your help, senior!"

Without waiting for the woman in plain white clothes and with a grateful face to say the next word, Gu Jingyao waved his hand and left the place nonchalantly.

As he strolled through the woods, the sound of wings flapping behind him gradually became clearer. Gu Jingyao raised his lips slightly and said with a smile, "You, you still remember to come back to me, haven't you offended some big guy and are looking for my help?"

The majestic goshawk landed on the ground with its wings folded, its feathers tinged with a faint golden hue. It first used its beak to clean the blood and flesh that had stained its chest feathers from the previous fight, then raised its head and replied, "Of course not. I've been with you for so many years, big brother. I absolutely cannot let you down!"

"Oh, who was it that provoked a Purple Cloud Black Duck of the Heavenly God Realm last time and almost broke its wings? If I hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid that guy would have become a bird in the dish." Gu Jingyao's eyes were full of mischief.

Cang Chen defended himself awkwardly, "That's because that stinky bird was the first to try to steal the things."

"Brother, let's not talk about that anymore," he said, leaning forward flatteringly, enthusiastically changing the subject. "Brother, where are we going next? Walking must be tiring. Why don't you get on my back and rest for a while?"

Gu Jingyao just smiled and said nothing. He walked for a long time before slowly saying to Cang Chen, "Your personality is quite different from what I imagined."

Cang Chen touched his head with his wings, not quite understanding why his elder brother said that. He followed him eagerly: "Brother, don't you want me anymore, brother? We agreed at that time that if you help me get revenge, I will follow you from now on. Now that the revenge is done, if you don't want me anymore, what should I do?"

Gu Jingyao laughed. He had forgotten about it, but he didn't expect Cangchen still remembered it.

"I don't want to abandon you, it's just... Cangchen, now that your revenge is over, maybe you should learn to find your own way." He looked at her with a gentle gaze, as if he was looking at a junior who hadn't found his future path yet, with tolerance and encouragement.

Cang Chen was stunned. "But Boss, I don't know what else I can do besides following you. I just want to follow you."

"It's okay, you can follow me until you figure it out."

The figure of the young man in front was as tall as a pine tree. Cang Chen tilted his head and thought for a while, but still couldn't figure it out. He flapped his wings and hurriedly caught up with the figure as light as ink.

He hesitated for a long time before asking, "Brother, I've been curious about something for a long time. I know you humans all look young, but brother, I just want to know, how old are you?"

"Hmm, age..." Gu Jingyao turned his head, his eyes suddenly becoming vague and distant. "I don't really remember. Has it been that long?"

It has been so long that the world has changed and many old friends have been buried in that war. Only he is still alive in this world, continuing to search for the illusory future.

"Cang Chen, have I ever told you that I came here specifically to find you?"

His voice still retained the clarity of youth, just like his face, forever stuck in that prime time between adolescence and youth. No one would believe that this outstanding young man had walked through an endless amount of time alone.

"Ah," Cang Chen was puzzled, "Boss, you came to see me, what's so special about me?" He asked himself, he was really an ordinary beast in the restricted area.

Gu Jingyao smiled and said, "There's really nothing special about it. What's special is that I had a dream, and then I wanted to look for the phantom in the dream."

Dreams were a rare thing to him, especially when there was no sign of other people's interference in the dream.

To this day, he still has many enemies, but he doesn't take them seriously. He kills them when he meets them, and doesn't go out of his way to hunt them down if he doesn't meet them. As he said when he was young, he gives his enemies time to catch up, and then makes them look up to him.

It was not a new trick of the enemy, but just an ordinary dream, even with a little fragrance. This was too luxurious for someone at his level.

He had been cautious, he had tried to explore, and finally, he became curious about the other self in the dream.

It’s so nice that there is always someone to accompany the familiar yet unfamiliar self.

The first half of his life was extremely smooth. He was born with supreme bones and his family devoted all their efforts to cultivating him. However, he was unwilling to be a genius in a greenhouse. No genius grew up in the family's doting, and his pride would not allow it.

So he rejected his family's arrangements and embarked on the road to supremacy alone, joining the battlefield of all races at an unprecedented young age. Only the baptism of war and fire could be the best medicine to ripen the supreme bone.

He seeks a breakthrough between life and death, and enjoys fighting when his life hangs on a thread. Occasionally, he would feel disgusted that the self in his dream is too delicate. Whenever he gets bumped or bruised, he would cling to his sister and act like a spoiled child, just like a baby who has not been weaned.

They are two completely different people.

The him in the dream was weak as a child and was spoiled. His tone was soft and delicate when he spoke. If he didn't have the same parents and background, he really doubted that this was just a stranger with his name.

God knows, when he was young and ignorant, he never acted like this towards his parents.

However, despite this, he gradually came to believe that this might be another real world, another possible self.

Their worlds were similar yet different. He lived alone, without brothers or sisters, and had never met Elder Wen or Elder Tian from the Five Elements Sect, nor did he have close friends like Aruo. He advanced too quickly, surpassing both friends and enemies, leaving them far behind. He didn't care.

The pursuit of power is a desire that people in this world are born with, and he is no exception.

Beyond this, as a strong person, he must bear the responsibility of protecting the weak and safeguarding the greater good of the world. This is also natural. The world should not be destroyed to build the foundation of one person, and the weak also have a reason to exist. This is the moral principle he firmly believes in.

So even though there was no murderous vengeance, he still confronted the leader of the Xiantian Sect, not for anything else, just to protect thousands of innocent lives.

But why, he couldn't help but feel curious about the other world, and even took the initiative to go to the restricted area to look for similar shadows in that world?

It doesn’t matter, just do it if you want to.

Gu Jingyao arrived at the restricted area and did not encounter the big bird, but instead saw a familiar, wounded eagle. From the eagle, he learned that his mother, brothers, and sisters were killed by a vicious tiger, leaving him alone. The meaning of his life now is to avenge them.

"That evil tiger is already halfway to the divine realm. You are just a small Taoist temple. How can you seek revenge?"

Little Eagle turned his head away in embarrassment and stubbornness, unwilling to give up. He said viciously, "So what if he's only half a step into the God Realm? I'm still young, and my talent is better than his. I can handle it!"

Gu Jingyao smiled softly: "How about this, I will teach you how to take revenge, and after you have taken revenge, how about you follow me?"

The little eagle's eyes rolled around, knowing that this was a strong man, so he sold himself out without hesitation. He flapped his wings on Gu Jingyao's hand and said, "It's a deal. I'll follow you and you'll help me get revenge!"

"No problem. By the way, do you have a name?"

"The name they all call me is the bird."

Gu Jingyao laughed so hard that he fell backwards: "From now on, your name will be Cangchen."

"Cangchen, I like this name! Cangchen, Cangchen..." The little eagle jumped a few times on the ground, repeating his own name over and over again, looking very happy.

No matter what, from now on, Gu Jingyao will always be accompanied by a giant snow-white eagle.

Time in the restricted area differs from that in the outside world. It's chaotic yet follows certain patterns, a relic of antiquity. Many of the people I saw in my dreams are now dead, but this young eagle is very young. Gu Jingyao followed the markings of the Divine Palace, and sure enough, the two figures had long since vanished in the passage of time.

In the end, the only similar flower he found was this stupid eagle.

He was not surprised by this, but just felt a little regretful.

In his pursuit of power, he might occasionally feel a bit lonely, but he didn't regret his choice. On the road to power, loneliness was inevitable, and he had long been accustomed to it.

But I still want to meet the sister in my dream, no, it should be my younger sister. Will she be surprised?

Will she...understand me?

The morning light shone through the curtains. Gu Jingyao moved his tightly closed eyelids and opened his eyes.

He was a little surprised, surprised that he actually fell asleep here defenselessly and had such a dream.

"Ayao, are you awake?" There was a knock on the door.

Gu Jingyao instantly felt very happy and went to open the door to greet them. Tang Lingnan patted his head with a distressed look on her face. "You must be so tired! You even fell asleep last night. I asked my brother, ahem, a friend to take you back to your room. Make sure you get enough rest from now on."

"Yeah." Gu Jingyao curled his eyes and did not correct Tang Lingnan's wrong idea.

Tang Lingnan noticed his particularly good mood and asked curiously: "What's wrong? Did you have a beautiful dream?"

Gu Jingyao curled his lips and smiled, "I guess so. I dreamed of a poor guy, and since he was so pitiful, I was merciful and didn't bother with him."

"Let's not talk about this, sister," he showed a wet look like a deer, and his voice was tender and soft, which matched his weak and delicate face without any sense of incongruity.

"You've been with them for so many days, can't you leave some time for your poor brother? I came last and got the least time, I'm going to make a fuss."

Tang Lingnan's heart softened immediately, and she agreed, "Okay, okay, I'll definitely make time to take you out for some fun today."

What fun is there in a person’s journey to becoming an immortal? Look, he is truly the winner.

【Author’s words】

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