Chapter 277 The Martial World (25)
When Gu Yanjing returned, Lu Lingjun carried her back on his back. Her legs were too weak to stand or walk.
In the secluded alley, Lu Lingjun carried Gu Yanjing on his back, walking steadily. The person on his back was wearing a coat, which swayed in the night wind.
It's already evening.
"Zhuque, you have feelings for me, don't you?" Lu Lingjun held Gu Yanjing's buttocks and couldn't help but pinch them.
Gu Yanjing was exhausted but couldn't fall asleep. She wrapped her arms around Lu Lingjun's neck and tightened them, but didn't answer.
"Zhuque, did you want to strangle me, murder your husband, or did I just hit the nail on the head?" Lu Lingjun leaned back and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Zhuque, do you believe me today? Today, your back belongs to me." Lu Lingjun turned his head and kissed Gu Yanjing's head, which was resting on his shoulder.
Even if Suzaku doesn't trust him, he can still get Suzaku to entrust her back to him.
"Shut up, why are you talking so much?" Gu Yanjing felt a pain in his spine when he heard this. The shoulder blade that had just been pressed down was probably bruised by now.
"Is Zhuque angry because she's embarrassed? Did I hurt you just now?" Lu Lingjun stopped. There was an orange tree not far ahead; it was already orange season.
Lu Lingjun didn't shut up, but Gu Yanjing did, remaining silent like a taciturn person.
"I'll apologize to Zhuque for stealing the oranges." Lu Lingjun placed Gu Yanjing on the steps by the roadside and kissed Gu Yanjing's forehead.
Gu Yanjing followed Lu Lingjun's gaze and looked ahead. There was an orange tree that peeked out from behind the wall. The lush green tree was laden with ripe oranges, so heavy that the branches bent over and could be reached with a wave of the hand.
"Don't go." Gu Yanjing saw the tree and immediately remembered the two times he had been chased for two miles for stealing fruit from others. He reached out to stop him.
However, Lu Lingjun was now full and wanted to be mischievous.
When the familiar scene reappeared, only this time it was Lu Lingjun who ran away in fright, carrying Gu Yan in his arms.
Lu Lingjun threw the three oranges he had just stolen into Gu Yanjing's arms, and then he picked Gu Yanjing up and ran away. If you didn't know better, you would think that there was not just one person chasing after him, but an army.
Finally, after running for two miles, the people behind stopped chasing. Lu Lingjun found a place, put down the exhausted Gu Yanjing, and peeled the orange from Gu Yanjing's arms.
"Zhuque, try the orange I stole for you. If it's delicious, I'll go steal some more for you." Lu Lingjun specially broke off a segment and handed it to Gu Yanjing's lips.
Gu Yan was startled by the sour smell and refused to eat it, keeping her mouth shut.
"Eat it yourself, it's so sour."
"Then let me give you a taste first. If it's good, you can try it." Lu Lingjun's hand was pushed away, and he put it in his mouth.
Then, his eyes became so sore that he couldn't open them.
"Heh." Gu Yanjing couldn't help but sneer as she looked at him.
Lu Lingjun gritted his teeth and gave Gu Yanjing a gentle smile: "It's sweet, Zhuque, have a taste."
Gu Yanjing looked at his clenched jaw and patted his cheek: "Swallow it before you talk to me."
In the end, those three oranges were mercilessly thrown on the ground.
Finally, they arrived home. Zhang Ling'er had prepared dinner and placed it in the yard, thoughtfully adding a heat-preserving array.
Lu Lingjun pulled Gu Yanjing to eat, and only spoke when they were almost finished eating.
"Zhuque, I'm going back to the Heavenly Realm tonight. I'll leave Su Youyi to keep you company."
Gu Yan was taken aback: "What are you going back for?"
Didn't they say they wouldn't care about their own father's remains?
Lu Lingjun brewed a pot of green tea for Gu Yanjing, his expression calm: "Go back and see if there's any way to remove the karma on your body."
"It's no use. The resentment of the primordial gods and demons will eventually need to be sealed somewhere." His body was just right.
When he was still an unborn egg, Gu Yanci had already instilled him with malevolent energy. He was used to so much evil.
The evil energy within him ensures peace in the Three Realms, but if it were released, it would likely bring calamity to all living beings.
His elder brother had worked so hard to make the Three Realms so prosperous, and he didn't want to destroy it.
"Have you thought about how much longer you can live? Zhuque, look at your hands, look at your body now. You're about to collapse, you know that?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Lingjun couldn't help but become agitated again, and stood up to grab Gu Yanjing's wrist.
Gu Yanjing was already thin, and now the veins on his hands were bulging, with a faint black aura swirling around them, making him look quite terrifying.
"I've held on for eighty days already, and there's still a long way to go." Gu Yanjing withdrew his hand and silently pulled up the corner of his sleeve to cover his wrist.
"Gu Yanjing, you're so stubborn. The day you die, I'll come and join you." Lu Lingjun looked at his empty hand, smiled, and clenched his fist.
"Go away, you've been really bothered lately." Gu Yanjing turned her head away from him, feeling only a headache.
Why is this man so hard to please?
Lu Lingjun was driven away, but he didn't care and left, leaving Su Youyi behind.
However, this time Su Youyi possessed Lu Lingjun's memories, and even some of Lu Lingjun's temperament.
Gu Yanjing slept very restlessly that night, but in the middle of the night, he suddenly felt himself being hugged.
It was Lu Lingjun's scent. He mistakenly thought that Lu Lingjun hadn't left, so he leaned against the other's chest and finally fell asleep peacefully.
However, when Gu Yan woke up the next day, he was surprised to find that the person who had held him all night was Su Youyi, not Lu Lingjun.
Lu Lingjun wouldn't look at him with that conflicted expression.
"Zhuque is awake." The entanglement in Su Youyi's eyes dissipated, and she lowered her head to kiss Gu Yanjing's forehead.
"Don't expose your little schemes to me. Get up." Gu Yanjing looked at the person, found it boring, and pushed the person away to sit up.
"Vermilion Bird." Su opened his mouth.
Gu Yan was startled, but turned around and interrupted, "Shut up, call me Master."
"Heh, Master, am I really not as good as Lu Lingjun?" Su Youyi sat on the bed with a sad expression, looking completely dejected.
"Aren't you two the same person? Why are you making such a big deal out of it?" Gu Yanjing finished dressing and didn't turn around. His back view looked exactly like that of a heartless scumbag.
“How can this be the same? Master knows perfectly well that we are two different people.” Su Yiyou stood up and couldn’t help but reach out to pull Gu Yanjing’s hand.
How could he be Lu Lingjun?
He is just Su Youyi, Su Youyi who was raised by Gu Yanjing and is Gu Yanjing's only disciple. He has no relationship with Lu Lingjun.
He refused to believe that he was merely Gu Yanjing's alter ego, or even just a prop left behind by Lu Lingjun to amuse Gu Yanjing.
"I knew you guys were being dramatic, but I didn't expect you to be this dramatic." There's a limit to being dramatic, you know.
Gu Yan was startled and pulled his hand away.
He doesn't like people touching his hands now; you can easily see the blue veins all over them, which are unsightly and frightening.
However, Gu Yan was shocked to discover that his comment about someone being pretentious had offended them, and they had turned into a yandere and blacklisted him.
Damn it, Zhuque's illustrious reputation has been ruined again by Lu Lingjun.
The male protagonist's own storyline has gone completely awry. He was betrayed by the person closest to him, so his descent into darkness is inevitable. Now, he's holed up in a small mountain villa, recovering from his injuries and waiting for the day he can make a comeback.
However, the male lead is just naturally gifted, so making a comeback is very easy for him.
However, Gu Yanjing's side is in big trouble. The imperial court has been keeping an eye on the Jianghu for a long time, and now they have finally found an opportunity. Regardless of whether it was the righteous or the evil side that committed the crime, the first place they went to was Fengming Sect.
What kind of place is Fengming Sect? It's the number one sect in the martial arts world, and its leader is Feng Wuyai, who is also the number one person in the martial arts world.
However, news leaked from the martial arts world indicated that Feng Wuyai was not at Fengming Gate, so the imperial court immediately dispatched the Six Doors to mobilize local troops to attack Fengming Gate.
The local prefect of Fengmingmen had a close relationship with the sect. Upon receiving the news, he immediately sent a letter to Gu Yanjing, urging him to bring his apprentice back quickly. If all else failed, he could simply surrender to the imperial court and become Gu Yanjing's colleague.
The prefect and Feng Wuyai actually had a good relationship; they were childhood friends who grew up together. However, Feng Wuyai inherited the manor, while the prefect went on to become an official.
Later, the two also fell out because of Bai Mengxian. The prefect disliked Bai Mengxian's falseness, but Feng Wuyai was blinded by love and insisted on marrying her.
Later, the two broke up.
Now, they are both over twenty years old. Although they don't see each other often, they get along very well with their subordinates and have a strong brotherly bond.
Now, at this critical moment, this person has sent a message directly, showing that he still cares about Feng Wuyai.
It's a pity that Feng Wuyai is dead, leaving only Gu Yanjing who can't remember anyone at all.
"Master, shall we go back?" Su Youyi had just finished eating with Gu Yanjing and was cleaning up the dishes.
He absorbed Lu Lingjun's memories and became just like Lu Lingjun, indifferent to worldly matters.
In this world, apart from Gu Yanjing, there is nothing that can make him care about anything.
"How about I clear the dishes while you and your senior brother go talk to each other?" Zhang Ling'er, who had been pretending to be invisible, quietly took the dishes from Su Youyi's hands and smiled as she invited the two of them out.
Damn, I'm so tired.
"Does Master still want the Phoenix Cry Sect, or does Master want the world?" Su Youyi sat down with Gu Yanjing under a tree in the courtyard.
Gu Congxin, who was perched in the tree, saw the two people coming and silently flew away, landing on the wall.
On the other side of the wall, Nan Wan'er climbed up the ladder to watch the play.
"What are Your Majesty and Su Yiyou talking about?" Nan Wan'er poked Gu Congxin's wings.
"This is just the beginning, keep your voice down or you'll get hit." Gu Congxin moved to the side, and below, Tuntian handed over a plate of melon seeds and snacks for Nan Wan'er to watch the show.
The two people ate melon seeds and snacks while looking at the conversation below.
Sure enough, these two never disappointed them; from the very beginning, they were trying to seize the throne from under the young emperor's backside.
"If I want it, can you get it for me?" Gu Yanjing already knew that there were people watching the show, but he just couldn't be bothered to pay attention.
"If Master wants it, this disciple will naturally bring it to Master." It's just a world; if Gu Yanjing wants a few, he can bring a few to Master.
“You’re just a mortal now, at most a little better at fighting than others. Do you think you can single-handedly kill that little emperor?” Gu Yanjing casually flicked a leaf that had fallen from the tree.
In this world, the young emperor sits on the throne, while the old emperor is obsessed with the art of immortality and has become engrossed in alchemy. After passing his position to his youngest son, who poses the least threat, he went to Wudang Mountain to become a monk.
However, they did not spare the court politics, and in the end, the young emperor was just a puppet.
"Killing the young emperor is nothing. How about I kill the retired emperor for my master?" Su Youyi shook his head, his eyes full of youthful vigor.
Gu Yanjing really couldn't understand where this guy got his confidence from: "With your cultivation level, you'd probably be better off delivering vegetables."
Is Lu Lingjun possessing me, making me feel invincible?
The old emperor was surrounded by many powerful martial arts masters, probably even more closely guarded than the young emperor.
Su Youyi was indignant: "Master, I haven't even done it yet, how did you know I was going to deliver the vegetables?"
In his master's eyes, Lu Lingjun could call him Vermilion Bird, but he could not; Lu Lingjun could conquer the world for him, but he could not.
He was never as good as Lu Lingjun.
"Alright, alright, if you want to go, then go ahead." Gu Yan waved his hand and stopped trying to stop him.
Young people always need to experience some setbacks.
"Will Master accompany me?" Su Youyi suddenly looked at Gu Yanjing with anticipation.
"I'm not going." Gu Yanjing refused without even thinking.
"Master, please go. Then this disciple thanks you greatly." Su Youyi nodded, as if he hadn't heard the refusal, and said to himself.
This level of proficiency clearly indicates that it's been going on for more than just a day or two.
With just a few words, the two of them decided to abandon their plans to go back and protect the Phoenix Cry Sect, and instead turned around and went to kill the old emperor.
Nan Wan'er and Gu Congxin listened with great interest, munching on melon seeds.
Then, the next day, Gu Yanjing and Su Youyi set off, and Nan Wan'er, along with Tuntian, Zhang Ling'er, and Gu Congxin, dragged their families along with them.
Gu Yanjing's head throbbed with shock: "We're going on an assassination mission, what do you mean by bringing your families on a sightseeing trip?"
Nan Wan'er was intimidated by the gaze and honestly shrank behind Tun Tian, but still stubbornly defended herself.
"Oh dear, it's just killing someone, what's the big deal? Besides, we're not going sightseeing, we're going to help. Maybe Su Yiyou is injured or something, there's a doctor here."
As she spoke, Nan Wan'er pushed Tun Tian forward a little.
"Heh, doctor?" Su Yiyou glanced coldly at Tuntian upon hearing this.
He vividly remembered that it was this very person who had forced him to drink a bowl of medicine, which had made his fever even worse.
“I’ve recently studied medical texts, and I think I could be a part-time doctor.” Tuntian felt uncomfortable being stared at, especially by that face.
She looks exactly like Lu Lingjun; if you weren't familiar with her, you might mistake her for Lu Lingjun himself.
However, he had indeed consulted a doctor, and he was fine after taking the medicine he prescribed himself.
Blackened System: You still owe me money for eighteen antidote pills, you bastard, pay back your debts.
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