Chapter 110 You Do Have Feelings for Him
The wind swept away the clouds, and thunder was about to strike.
A flock of crows circled beneath the dark clouds, their cries mournful and piercing.
Bai Yuheng frowned as she watched the crows slowly gather together, and then countless crows gradually transformed into a black mass, revealing their true form.
A man dressed in black with flowing hair and a bewitching face hidden behind a half-mask floated in the air, his heterochromatic red and blue eyes surveying everyone on the field.
There was a momentary pause when my gaze swept over someone.
However, the person in sight was soon completely blocked by a tall figure.
"..."
Noticing the wariness and anger in the man's eyes, Gu Pingzhi turned his gaze back to Prince Gong, who had let him out.
"What business do you have summoned me here?"
Prince Gong, who was usually arrogant, became respectful when faced with the strangely skilled monster before him.
"Venerable Baiyu, please lend me your help!" Prince Gong cupped his hands, his eyes glancing with difficulty at the dying Yin soldiers, his heart filled with resentment, just one step away!
The title "White Jade Venerable" was a self-proclaimed honorific title given to Gu Pingzhi.
Gu Pingzhi merely glanced at them upon hearing this, and with a wave of his hand, the dejected Yin soldiers seemed to have absorbed some powerful tonic, their malevolent aura surging, forcing the besieging soldiers to retreat in defeat.
"Such a simple matter, and I have to step in?"
Gu Pingzhi glanced at Prince Gong indifferently, his disdain barely concealed. Prince Gong blushed, but with a grand plan in mind and needing Gu Pingzhi's help, he could only swallow his anger.
Prince Gong bowed apologetically, with a fawning smile.
Gu Pingzhi withdrew his gaze, intending to launch another attack, but was unexpectedly struck by a golden light and quickly dodged.
He looked over and saw a head pop out from behind the tall man, his eyes fixed on him.
Gu Pingzhi curled his lips and asked with a smile, "Don't you recognize me?"
Bai Yuheng was surprised to find that it really was him.
She didn't want to reveal her identity yet, but this person didn't have that much sense.
"I never expected that you would emerge like this after only a century. I admire you." Ignoring the anxious look on Prince Gong's face, Gu Pingzhi chatted leisurely with Bai Yuheng. "I thought the formation from that year would have completely annihilated you."
"Heh." Bai Yuheng's face turned cold. She thought to herself that it really was him. He colluded with the demon and monster realms, causing chaos in the three realms, and then tried to eliminate her in the forbidden formation. Fortunately, she used her primordial spirit as a seal to seal those demons in the Four Directions Mirror. She retorted, "It's only been a hundred years since I last saw Venerable Bai Yu, and you've become like a stray dog, actually engaging in the business of helping others seize power. I was thinking that the seal from back then could also lock you in the Four Directions Mirror."
The two engaged in a heated exchange, neither giving an inch. Gu Pingzhi seemed to relive the flavor of those old days in the exchange, and then burst into laughter.
"Emperor Hengluan is becoming more and more interesting to talk about these days! Compared to how cold and boring she was back then, she is now exceptionally attractive." After saying that, he stared at her with an extremely complicated look, looking at her youthful appearance, as if he had returned to the time when they first met.
"Emperor Hengluan!?" Cui Mingcan almost choked on his saliva upon hearing this. He stared blankly at Bai Yuheng, then at Pei Yuan, who had a calm expression, then at Li Tiankuo, who was just as astonished as he was, and then at Cen Ying, who was still in the palace. He breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was not the last to know.
Then, he stared at Bai Yuheng with eyes that shone with adoration, ignoring even the unfriendly gaze from his Uncle Pei. His starry eyes were fixed on Bai Yuheng, and he didn't even dare to blink: "Yu'er! You, you, you, you are actually Emperor Hengluan!!! You are Emperor Hengluan who sacrificed himself a hundred years ago!?"
Bai Yuheng gave him a forced smile.
In Cui Mingcan's eyes, this meant she had admitted it!
"I never imagined my good friend would be the famous Empress Hengluan!!!" Cui Mingcan turned and shouted to Li Tiankuo on the city gate, "Little Kuo, Little Kuo, did you hear that!!! Yu'er is actually an elder of the Tianyan Sect!!!"
When the elder appeared, Bai Yuheng's eyelids twitched, and she felt her age suddenly increase.
“…Hmm.” Li Tiankuo looked at her with complicated eyes. He hadn’t expected this. He had thought that since she was of that kind of status, there was even less possibility between them… Li Tiankuo’s heart sank, and endless sorrow filled his heart. However, he also felt a little relieved. Fortunately, he hadn’t spoken his feelings out loud… But he felt more regret that his feelings had come to nothing.
"Hmph, now is not the time for you to reminisce!" Princess Jing'an suddenly shouted sharply, "Gu Pingzhi! Come save me!!!"
Gu Pingzhi, who had been looking at Bai Yuheng, turned around upon hearing the sound. Princess Jing'an struggled to look over, but when she saw him, her face lit up with joy: "Gu Pingzhi! I'm here!"
Gu Pingzhi frowned, disliking that this person called him by his full name, and even more disliking that she interrupted him and Bai Yuheng while they were reminiscing. He frowned slightly, but with just a gentle gesture, Princess Jing'an's smile vanished abruptly. She stared at him in disbelief, blood trickling from the corner of her lips.
"Jing'an!!!" Prince Gong's eyes were bloodshot, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He trembled all over, hooked the large knife at his feet, and leaped fiercely and swiftly to slash at Gu Pingzhi.
"You who harmed my daughter, you deserve to die!!!"
Gu Pingzhi exerted only a little force, and Prince Gong was gripped by an invisible hand around the neck, hanging in the air without even being able to touch Gu Pingzhi.
Seeing how powerful this person was, the other soldiers also felt fear. However, seeing that the enemy commander had been killed and that they still had so many immortal masters on their side, and even His Majesty was there, they managed to suppress their fear.
"Who gave you permission to interrupt me!" Gu Pingzhi's face was contorted with rage, his heterochromatic eyes gleaming eerily. He resembled a demon from hell, and every word he uttered sent chills down one's spine. "Truly useless! I shouldn't have chosen you in the first place!"
"Snap!"
With a crisp sound, Prince Gong's eyes widened as he felt his head being severed from his body.
"What is the purpose of training these ghost soldiers?"
Gu Pingzhi smiled when he heard her question: "What else could it be? Naturally, it's because I want to rule the Three Realms."
He spoke with confidence and ease, showing no fear that others might ruin his plans.
Bai Yuheng stared at him intently.
Gu Pingzhi's lips flattened as he met her gaze. It was as if he had finally noticed Pei Yuan, who was glaring at him warily beside her. His smile vanished: "Is this the disciple you dote on?"
Bai Yuheng nodded and remained silent.
Gu Pingzhi suddenly laughed: "Your disciple doesn't seem to regard you as his master..."
A pair of sharp eyes scrutinized him.
Pei Yuan returned the look.
"Do you know that your disciple harbors treacherous intentions towards you?" Gu Pingzhi showed no awareness of sowing discord, his words hitting Pei Yuan's sore spots with every sentence. "I didn't expect that after so many years, your reaction would be so slow. You couldn't even see through someone's wolfish ambitions. Could it be that you were deceived by someone..."
Before Gu Pingzhi could finish speaking, Pei Yuan, with a cold face, struck him.
Gu Pingzhi smiled: "It seems you were right."
After saying that, he also engaged him in battle, his face calm and collected, but every move he made was deadly.
Bai Yuheng, fearing that Pei Yuanzhong might secretly harm her, and not understanding the extent of Gu Pingzhi's treachery, also joined the battle.
Cui Mingcan dealt with the ghost soldiers.
As the two clashed, it was unclear how many forbidden techniques Gu Pingzhi had mastered, but each move aimed directly at their vital points, his techniques ruthless and his angles cunning. Even Bai Yuheng felt that this man, whom she hadn't seen for many years, had improved considerably in skill.
"How about you, Empress Hengluan?" Gu Pingzhi laughed. "Aren't you no longer the ignorant fool you were back then?"
Bai Yuheng laughed, "So what if it is? So what if it isn't? It's just a low-class evil trick."
Gu Pingzhi pursed his lips, his heterochromatic eyes gleamed even brighter, and his murderous aura spread out. The Yin soldiers below sensed his anger and their strength grew stronger. They advanced like a whirlwind, forcing the Jinwu Guards and the city's garrison to retreat in defeat.
Bai Yuheng could naturally sense his anger, but she was not afraid.
His skills were superb, and she was naturally no less skilled than him.
With Pei Yuan by her side, she refused to believe that the two of them couldn't defeat him alone.
A fierce battle was taking place here, and the soldiers on the city wall were also fighting hard, killing the ghostly soldiers who had climbed the wall.
No one noticed that the masked woman in black and purple who had come with Princess Jing'an had quietly disappeared.
The guard watching over her quietly collapsed to the ground.
A figure in black flew straight toward the three people locked in battle.
Bai Yuheng and Pei Yuan barely managed to dodge the attack from Guihua.
She was stunned: "It's you!"
Guihua smiled: "We meet again."
Bai Yuheng had thought that after severely injuring her in Jiangzhou and Luoshui Village, she wouldn't be out so quickly, but she never expected to encounter her in the capital. And now it seemed that she was on the opposing side, with every move aimed at her.
"Are you in cahoots with him?" Bai Yuheng looked at Gu Pingzhi, then at Guhua. She had some idea of Guhua's identity, but she couldn't believe it at the moment.
Gu Pingzhi also glanced at the woman who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and couldn't help but feel curious.
Guihua said, "Of course not... but, like him, I want to kill you."
"..."
Pei Yuan thrust his sword forward, but Guihua dodged it by tilting her head. She smiled and said, "You're truly sincere towards her. If you knew about me, would you feel the same sincerity?"
Pei Yuan frowned, looking at her with disgust. Although he didn't know what she meant, a ripple suddenly appeared in his heart, and a sense of familiarity arose.
"...eloquent and flattering."
Bai Yuheng also drew her sword and charged forward. The four of them became entangled. Although Gu Pingzhi and Guihua were not allies, they were now facing each other, so they didn't mind joining forces.
As if by unspoken agreement, the two exchanged blows, the sparks flying everywhere foreshadowing the intensity of the battle, which was almost evenly matched.
Bai Yuheng blocked the sharp sword that Guhua swung down. Their eyes met, one pair of crimson-gold eyes and the other pair of black-purple eyes, both reflecting each other's image.
“You are me,” Bai Yuheng asserted.
Guhua paused for a moment, then laughed: "Hahaha, you're not so stupid, Your Majesty."
"..." Bai Yuheng pursed her lips, her eyes cold. "You have repeatedly obstructed us. Are you looking for the Four Directions Mirror?"
Bai Yuheng never expected that when she obtained half of her primordial spirit, the other half of her primordial spirit would also manifest as her.
If she wasn't mistaken, it must have been Gu Pingzhi's doing. When they became close, he placed a curse on her, causing her to lose her five senses, seven emotions, and six desires, thus slowly creating another version of her.
Guihua laughed: "Although I am you, I am different from you, and I am not entirely you."
Bai Yuheng pursed her lips. Her wickedness must have manifested in her sins, her hatred, her desires…
Bai Yuheng glanced at Pei Yuan, who was fighting Gu Pingzhi, out of the corner of her eye.
Guihua naturally saw it too, and smiled even more happily: "Your Majesty, I felt it..."
Bai Yuheng took a few steps back, watching her cover her heart with her hand, and smiled charmingly: "Your heart is beating for him."
Bai Yuheng's face turned cold, and she struck out with a palm.
Guhua smiled even more happily.
They laughed uncontrollably, as if they had received some interesting toy or witnessed something incredible, which was utterly despicable.
Undeterred, Guihua continued to provoke her: "Your Majesty, stop hiding it. I can feel it all. Your feelings for him—"
Seeing Bai Yuheng's face grow increasingly dark and cold, he smiled even more happily and spoke slowly and leisurely.
"There is indeed affection."
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