After Shu Jianyue left, Chong Jiu brought Wei Sheng and Nan Lan to the Gong family.
The Gong family's gates were tightly shut, and the surroundings were as quiet as if no one was there.
Wei Sheng Nan Lan went up and knocked on the door, but it took a while before someone came to answer.
Upon opening the door and seeing that it was Wei Sheng Nan Lan, the butler immediately bowed and asked, "Divine Child, what brings you to the Gong family?"
Wei Sheng Nan Lan glanced inside and said, "This divine son has come to see the Gong family head. Please inform him."
The steward glanced at Chong Jiu, who was wearing a mask behind him, nodded, and opened the door. "Please come in, Divine Child. Please sit and rest in the main hall. I will go and invite the head of the family."
This wasn't Wei Sheng Nan Lan's first time visiting the Gong family, so she naturally knew where the main hall was. She glanced at Chong Jiu and then took the lead in walking in.
Chong Jiu followed leisurely behind him, his eyes fixed straight ahead.
The butler immediately closed the door again after they came in.
Wei Sheng Nanlan turned to the butler and asked, "Why is the Gong family's gate closed? Has something happened?"
After glancing at them, the butler said with a sad expression, "Our second young master has passed away, so we have been closing the doors to visitors recently."
Wei Sheng Nanlan was naturally unaware of this, and was visibly taken aback upon hearing this, "How could Gong Yufu..."
He shouldn't be too surprised. Gong Yufu's cultivation level is not low, and the Gong family's influence in Shenzhou is also not low. Who would dare to touch the second young master of the Gong family?
The butler shook his head, gestured for him to leave, and then left.
Wei Sheng Nan Lan looked at Chong Jiu and gestured for him to enter, leading him to the main hall.
"Gong Yufu was already a Xuanxian at such a young age. Apart from going to the Upper God Realm, no one would dare to touch him anywhere. How could he be dead?"
He was saying this to himself rather than to Chong Jiu.
He simply couldn't understand why anyone in this land would dare to touch him.
Chong Jiu glanced at him without saying a word, then walked past him toward the main hall.
Wei Sheng Nan Lan looked around and said, "The second young master of the Gong family is dead, why is there no commotion? Is there no need for a sacrifice?"
He also felt that there seemed to be fewer people from the Gong family. In the past, there were guards standing every three steps when he came, but now there was only one person standing far away.
Yueqi felt increasingly that the Gong family was probably planning something big. Just as he was about to tell Chongjiu, Gong Chengying arrived.
Seeing the smile on his face, Gong Chengying asked, "What brings the Divine Child to see me, the head of the family?"
When Wei Sheng Nan Lan saw the smile on his face, her eyelids twitched. This didn't seem like someone who had lost his son; he was smiling so happily.
He pointed to the side hall and said, "The person looking for you is inside. Patriarch Gong will know once he goes in."
Gong Chengying was taken aback. The only people who could keep the Divine Child outside while she herself sat inside were either the Divine Lord or someone from the Upper God Realm.
Gong Chengying then straightened her expression and walked into the side hall.
Upon seeing the masked person seated in the main seat, he paused, narrowed his eyes, and without bowing, asked, "And who is this?"
Wei Sheng Nan Lan walked past him and sat down in the seat below Chong Jiu, preparing to introduce, "This is..."
Chong Jiu raised his hand to interrupt him before he could finish speaking, "You don't need to know who I am. I'm here to find out if you know who lives in the Zhong family's ancestral home."
Wei Shengnan and Gong Chengying were both stunned.
Immediately, Wei Sheng Nan Lan understood his intention, lowered her eyes, and concealed her facial expression.
Gong Chengying frowned slightly. "You want to find out about those people? What's your relationship with them?"
"You don't need to ask any more questions, and you're not qualified to ask anyway. Just answer me." Chong Jiu glanced at him indifferently.
Gong Chengying's expression froze, and a surge of anger rose in his heart. However, because he couldn't see through Chong Jiu's identity and Wei Sheng Nan Lan was so respectful to him, he could only hide all his emotions.
"All we've learned is that they came from the Holy Spirit, and that they are the two temple masters and the young master of the Supreme Temple."
Gong Chengying suddenly had an idea and said, "However, they brought two divine beasts with them this time, one is Zhu Yan and the other is Chaotian Hou, both of which are ancient divine beasts."
"I heard there are still some divine beasts that weren't brought up. I wonder how they managed to get so many divine beasts to recognize them as their masters."
As Gong Chengying spoke, she observed Zhong Jiu's expression to see if he was attracted by these mythical beasts.
It should be noted that even gods usually start forming contracts from a young age.
Adult mythical beasts never recognize a master.
Moreover, the divine beasts in the Upper God Realm have extraordinary status, so who would dare to make a contract with them?
There are many mythical beasts in the land of Shenzhou, but they are all very arrogant. Apart from the God Lord who has a contracted mythical beast, the others are basically invited to the family as worship elders at great cost.
When he received the news, he immediately sent Gong Yufu to visit him, but the trip failed.
Later, he suspected that the young master of the Supreme Temple was very likely the person the higher-ups were looking for. Thinking of the divine beasts in the Supreme Temple, he was extremely envious, so he sent Gong Chengxiong there, but he never returned.
He revealed the news of the divine beast that he had tried so hard to obtain, and even Wei Sheng Nan Lan's expression changed, while the person in front of him didn't change his eyes at all, remaining calm as if he hadn't heard anything.
But he didn't know that Wei Sheng Nan Lan's expression wasn't because of the divine beast, but because he heard him say that the people living in the Zhong family's ancestral home came from the Holy Spirit.
He had always believed that the God came down from the upper realm of gods, not from the Holy Spirit.
As Gong Cheng pondered this, he couldn't help but blurt out, "Isn't this deity tempted? Those are two ancient divine beasts!"
"I heard that it is still in its infancy and can be trained."
Chong Jiu glanced at him indifferently, "What, do I look like someone who would covet other people's divine beasts?"
That's all?
Gong Chengying's heart stirred, and she looked at Chong Jiu for a while before asking, "You, you are the God Venerable Lan Qiu!"
Chong Jiu raised her eyelids, looked at him, and said nothing.
For Gong Chengying, this was tacit agreement, so he immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Gong Chengying, head of the Gong family of Shenzhou, greets the Divine Venerable."
Wei Sheng Nan Lan secretly raised a thumb with her hand hidden in her sleeve, marveling at the great wisdom of the deity.
Chong Jiu narrowed his eyes and stared at Gong Chengying for a while before raising his hand.
Gong Chengying didn't need him to say anything more; she immediately spilled the beans and confessed everything.
They suspected that Yu Chuan was the person the higher-ups were looking for, but they didn't know who he was. They only knew that the higher-ups were looking for someone with this characteristic, and Yu Chuan matched the description perfectly except for his age.
So he sent Gong Chengxiong to the Holy Spirit, but he failed to capture them and they even came to Shenzhou. So he sent a message to Duan Lanqiu.
Besides sending Duan Lanqiu to capture Yuchuan, another purpose was to seek revenge.
Gong Chengxiong and Gong Yufu both met their demise after going to find Yuchuan, so naturally their deaths were attributed to them.
Since they are currently staying at the Zhong family's residence, it is not appropriate for the Gong family to intervene. Therefore, inviting Duan Lanqiu is the best course of action.
A deity like him wouldn't be afraid of dealing with a few lowly minions who just came from the Holy Spirit.
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