Chapter 313 Lord City Lord (26)
"I still feel something's not right. There's something I've overlooked." This scheme of Heaven's will is too easily thwarted; it doesn't seem like the work of Heaven's will.
“Perhaps Heaven’s purpose is not you; it wants someone else?” Lu Lingjun pondered for a moment.
These words were like a wake-up call. Gu Yan suddenly realized that Zhang Ling'er and that brat Gu Qiqi looked very similar.
Zhang Ling'er is a completely undeveloped version of Gu Qiqi, and since she grew up in the Heavenly Realm, her personality inherently carries the ruthlessness and indifference unique to the gods of the Heavenly Realm.
If properly nurtured, she might develop in a different direction, becoming an obedient and well-behaved Gu Qiqi.
She was able to truly replace Gu Qiqi.
This scheme is rather malicious.
She didn't take a liking to Gu Yanjing, but instead became interested in the people around Gu Yanjing.
"So, my foolish disciple is probably really out of control now." Gu Yanjing crushed the tea leaves in his hand, stood up, and used a divine power to explore the cause and effect between himself and Zhang Ling'er.
They are master and disciple, cultivators, and their relationship is the deepest karmic bond outside of father and son, Daoist partners, and descendants.
If he wanted to find Zhang Ling'er, it should have been easy, but now he has lost track of her again.
It was exactly the same as when Zhang Ling'er was trapped by the Dao Seed last time.
"I reckon Tuntian and Nanwan'er are in trouble too." Lu Lingjun nodded, then exclaimed to Gu Yan, "Jiaojiao, look, isn't this like playing a dungeon? You pass one level, and another one comes along. The final boss is the Heavenly Dao."
Gu Yanjing pushed away the tea in front of him: "You're such a clumsy player who can't even play a game, yet you know about bosses." Rare indeed.
Lu Lingjun smiled and didn't refute. He knew that Gu Yanjing was just in a bad mood and wanted to provoke him.
He'll always get it back somewhere else, like in bed.
Gu Yanjing waited for half a month, and the group from the temple, which was like a pyramid scheme, tricked people into profiting from them—no, it was a group that tricked believers—finally arrived in Huanhua City.
The leeks of Huanhua City had long been waiting to be harvested. As soon as they saw the temple's carriage, they all knelt down, and the guards opened the gates of the city lord's mansion without any prompting.
Gu Yan was shocked: ...Did I raise a bunch of traitors and good-for-nothings?
Guard: Yes.
Surprisingly, the temple's Holy Master did not appear; instead, the Second-in-Command, the Holy Maiden, came to pay their respects with Tuntian and Nan Wan'er.
Calling it a visit isn't quite right. I don't know what the Holy Maiden is usually like, but standing in front of Gu Yanjing, she was like a white lotus flower, but not at all weak. On the contrary, she had a somewhat aloof and aggressive air about her.
"I heard that these two are friends of the city lord, and they were passing through this place, so I specially escorted them to meet with the city lord." The saintess led her people in, and the servants had opened the door to Gu Yanjing's study in advance.
She entered with her entourage in a grand manner, and everyone took it for granted, considering it an honor.
Gu Yanjing couldn't help but laugh, glancing at the couple who had been through so much trouble to get here.
The couple had endured a long and arduous journey. Although the boss had been extremely harsh, he hadn't taken good care of them either. They were disheveled, pale, and emaciated, looking exactly like they had been abandoned by their domineering CEO in his beloved Africa for three months.
"Friends?" Gu Yanjing chuckled lightly, his tone laced with undisguised sarcasm.
Nan Wan'er, being rather obsequious, immediately chimed in, "Oh dear, what are we? How could we possibly be friends of the city lord? It would be an honor for us to serve as his servants."
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