Chapter 41: The Abandoned Young Master Long Aotian
While waiting for news from Xiang Gucheng in agony, Wu Lingnan spent the first month at Huaqing University in a mixture of pain and joy.
In Huachen College, where there are more teachers than students, professional courses are taught one-on-one, while casual courses involve students studying happily together in large classrooms and other courtyards. During this period, all kinds of harsh whipping and training made Wu Lingnan feel as if he had returned to his youth and found the happiness of not daring to relax under the watchful eyes of his mother.
Through the hardships of sharing battle formations, treasure hunts, and other bizarre missions, Wu Lingnan's camaraderie with the other five deepened, and their mutual understanding deepened. She came to realize that the saying "one cannot judge a book by its cover" is indeed true.
For example, Bai Wanyan appears to be an expert in relationships, but is actually a novice, relying solely on charm and mental attacks to forcibly lower one's intelligence. He is a king in theory, but a complete novice in practice. Jingkong appears to be a genius, and indeed he is one. In his presence, Wu Lingnan always feels like he is being cared for by an elder, and after teasing him a few times, he never dared to provoke a monk again. As for Pei Yichen...
Wu Lingnan exclaimed: The King of Volumes is so terrifying!
Pei Yichen, the contemporary test-taking champion, was busy attending classes, setting up stalls, working in the training room, the library, and the arena every day. After Wu Lingnan secretly observed him for a month, she couldn't help but be shocked by his hard work and perseverance, and shed worthless tears for her own inaction.
You know, even during the time when she worked the hardest, Wu Lingnan fought hard for two days of vacation in January, while Pei Yichen had no rest for the entire month, his schedule was extremely full, and most importantly, he relied entirely on his own initiative.
Inspired by Pei Yichen, the king of the exam, Wu Lingnan was determined to turn things around and restore the glory of the Five Immortals Sect. But after pushing herself for a few days, Wu Lingnan advised herself: a combination of work and rest is the right way. The ancients emphasized teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. This state of frantic practice and study was not suitable for her, so she felt at ease and resumed her original training plan.
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"Here, for you." Xiang Gucheng leaned over and placed a glass of lemonade on Wu Lingnan's desk. He then stood up, lightly hooked his finger, and with a "swish" sound, he tilted his head back slightly and brought the can to his lips. The sweet drink then entered his mouth, and his sexy Adam's apple rolled up and down.
Hearing the sound, Wu Lingnan recovered from his sleepy state and said thank you in a daze. The sweet taste of lemonade was refreshing, making Wu Lingnan's confused mind a little clearer.
She never expected that the water lessons from another world could still be so hypnotic. She was a cultivator in the enlightenment stage who could theoretically go without sleep for dozens of days, but she still couldn't withstand the hypnotic skills of the teacher on the stage. Such skills must be very profound.
Seeing Wu Lingnan like this, Xiang Gucheng curled his lips slightly and said, "How about tonight at 9 o'clock, Xiangyuan Community?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Lingnan suddenly came to her senses. This was good news! She quickly calculated her schedule. Great, there was nothing urgent tonight, and the dormitory area had no access control, so she could get started!
She nodded solemnly, indicating that she understood and would definitely arrive on time.
After struggling through the day's classes, Wu Lingnan couldn't wait to verify her guess. She even arrived at her destination an hour early, a rare occurrence. She entered a small shop nearby and began to wait anxiously, her mind full of random thoughts.
As she was feeling restless, time passed like an age, but finally, the hands slowly reached nine o'clock.
"It's really strange that you can arrive so early."
Xiang Gucheng's voice of pretended surprise sounded behind him, and his transparent figure slowly emerged. She felt a little jealous in her heart. She, his junior sister, always showed up on time for the things she had agreed to do with him, and now that it involved Pei Yichen, she was extremely concerned.
Wu Lingnan didn't bother to appease her senior brother's jealous mood. She straightened up anxiously and asked anxiously, "How is it? Did you find out anything?"
Xiang Gucheng pulled out a chair and sat down opposite Wu Lingnan. He didn't keep the topic a secret and said thoughtfully:
"With my current strength, I can't explore the deepest details of the Pei family, but there are still some traces left over from decades. The Pei family was far less prosperous in the past, and their servants have changed a lot, but I still managed to find some things."
He leaned back in his chair and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Junior sister, your suspicion is indeed justified."
Wu Lingnan held her breath and concentrated, her heart pounding and her ears perked up. She didn't want to miss a single word that came out of Xiang Gucheng's mouth.
"The wife of the Pei family's patriarch, Pei Yichen's mother, disappeared after giving birth to Pei Yichen. According to the news released by the Pei family, she unfortunately passed away due to illness. However, I found out that within a few days after Pei Yichen was born, a large number of people in the Pei family were replaced. It is said that Pei Ningheng was also attacked at that time and had to recuperate for a long time. Don't you think it's interesting?"
Wu Lingnan frowned, and thinking of the rumors she had heard from others before, she was suddenly shocked. "I remember that it was around that time that the Patriarch of the Pei family, after recovering his health, unexpectedly broke through from the early Jindan stage to the late Jindan stage. It was thanks to the Patriarch's success that the Pei family was able to seize the opportunity and become the new super family in the capital."
"That's right." Xiang Gucheng nodded slightly. "This all sounds quite coincidental." He changed the subject and asked, "Junior sister, I don't know much about your lineage's Gu technique. Do you know if you have love Gu in Miaojiang?"
Wu Lingnan was silent for a moment. Even though no one was around, he cast an occlusion spell before speaking softly, "...My mother told me that love Gu is the biggest lie the Miao people have woven into the world. Brother, you believe there are holy Gu that can bring back the dead, but do you believe there are love Gu that can control another's emotions and even their will?"
Her eyes were filled with thoughts as she murmured, "Even the world-famous charm of Qingqiu Tushan can't imprison a person's mind for such a long time."
Xiang Gucheng said nothing, he just listened silently. He knew that what his junior sister was saying was probably one of the deepest secrets of the Miao witchcraft lineage.
"After hearing this, Senior Brother, you should understand." Wu Lingnan took a deep breath and revealed the true nature of the rumor that had spread for thousands of years. "The love Gu that people yearn for and fear is actually called the puppet Gu. In the end, the lover is no longer a human, but a living dead controlled by the puppet Gu. Those infatuated Miao women are just playing a game of house that they know very well."
"So, it's definitely not what you think, Senior Brother. The Pei family patriarch is definitely not infected with the love insect."
It is true.
Xiang Gucheng felt a sense of certainty in his heart. He had long suspected the legend of the love Gu. Ever since he was sent to Miaojiang, his elders had warned him not to provoke the beautiful girls in Miaojiang easily and to stay away from them.
Come to think of it this way, their tradition in western Hunan is to turn unfaithful lovers into zombies, while the tradition in Miaojiang is to string lovers together as puppets. They seem like a strange match.
"In that case, my original guess is no longer valid." Xiang Gucheng touched his chin, but fortunately, if it was really his master, it also indirectly proved that his master was definitely not a love-brained person. You know, when he found out about this news, he got goosebumps all over the floor when he thought of his master's gorgeous face. The reason was simple: his character was too unreliable.
At this moment, Wu Lingnan also recalled his mother's face as if by telepathy, and couldn't help shivering.
"Let's go." Xiang Gucheng stood up, put his hands in his pockets and looked back at Wu Lingnan. "Luckily, I have a second-hand plan. This Xiangyuan community was a cemetery many years ago. My little ghost told me that the personal maid who once served Madam Pei is buried here."
Wu Lingnan was puzzled. "Building a house on a cemetery? Both the buyer and the seller are quite brave."
"Well, now it's new science, and we don't care about those things anymore. Besides, housing prices are so expensive, who cares whether you are dancing on someone's grave or not." Xiang Gucheng didn't care about it at all. It was hard to imagine that he, a sorcerer with the corpse ghost vein, actually believed in new science so much.
"...What you said makes so much sense that I can't refute it." Wu Lingnan hurriedly followed.
The two of them thieves passed through the defense formation of Xiangyuan Community, successfully concealed the perception of the Taoist friend on night watch, and entered the interior of the community. In a remote garden path, Xiang Gucheng finally stopped.
"Yes, it should be here."
As he finished speaking, his hair and sleeves moved without wind. Under the bright moon, the street lights in the community suddenly went out. Miraculously, no resident reacted to this. The yin energy in the area was so strong that the garden, which had been well-maintained, suddenly became spooky.
Xiang Gucheng raised his eyes, and saw complicated black patterns rising from his neck and slowly climbing up his eyelids. He chuckled lightly, with an evil look on his face.
A yellow talisman emitting a faint glow floated in front of him. Xiang Gucheng bit his fingertips, blood gushing out. He quickly wrote on the yellow talisman, shouting:
"The gates of heaven and earth tremble, the netherworld opens wide, and all the three souls and seven spirits are captured. From the azure sky to the underworld, the Ghost King has given his orders, how dare we disobey? Return quickly!"
The wind was blowing violently, and ghosts were everywhere. As Xiang Gucheng put down his last stroke, the black light became brighter. In the blink of an eye, Wu Lingnan saw that everything in front of him had returned to peace. A few steps ahead, a transparent soul slowly condensed and appeared in front of the two of them.
The young woman looked at them in confusion. As her soul returned, her memory gradually became clearer and her gaze gradually became lively. Gradually, except for her slightly transparent figure, she looked no different from an ordinary person at first glance.
"Huh—luckily, she still had some cultivation in her life, so her soul didn't fragment and disappear quickly like an ordinary person. Although she has some memory loss, it's not a big problem." Xiang Gucheng stretched his muscles, and the mysterious pattern on his face faded. He clapped his hands and smiled.
"Well, our protagonist tonight has finally appeared."
【Author’s words】
Miaojiang and Xiangxi were once labeled as evil sects and were hunted down by everyone. There is a reason for this, hahahahahaha
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