Chapter 276 The Martial World (Twenty-Four)
"What's so interesting about it? It's not some amazing treasure." Gu Yanjing took a sip of fruit tea, ate a pastry, and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
"If he's not some extraordinary treasure, then what about me? Am I Zhuque's treasure?" Lu Lingjun rested his chin on his hand, staring straight at Gu Yanjing opposite him.
Gu Yanjing pretended not to hear these words or see this look.
I won't listen to this bastard's chanting.
"Let's go take a look." Lu Lingjun stood up, walked around to Gu Yanjing's side, and tied up Gu Yanjing's loose hair.
Having spent too much time in modern worlds, he habitually reached for the rubber band on his wrist, only to find it empty.
"Jiaojiao, bring me a hairpin." Lu Lingjun sighed and poked Gu Yanjing's cheek.
Gu Yanjing threw a hairpin at him in annoyance: "Just switch Su Youyi back, you're so annoying."
Lu Lingjun paused in tucking his hair, and when he spoke again, his tone had changed: "Does Zhuque dislike me? Well, I am old and faded, and I can't compare to those young girls."
This is very much Su Yi-you's intention.
Gu Yanjing's face stiffened, and he instantly became extremely irritated.
"Are you sick? Su Youyi is you, isn't she? How long are you going to keep being jealous? Can you stop making a scene?" Gu Yan stood up abruptly, his long black hair falling down, looking utterly stunning.
However, his outbursts were full of scumbag quotes.
Even their tone of voice was the same.
Lu Lingjun's smile vanished, and he looked at Gu Yanjing indifferently: "I'm jealous, yes, I'm jealous because I care about Zhuque, just like Zhuque never gets jealous of me because she doesn't care about me."
In comparison, Gu Yanjing seems even more like an irresponsible scumbag.
"Who says I've never been jealous? When it came to your relationship with An Yu, I..." Gu Yan was so angry that she blurted out something without thinking, only realizing her mistake halfway through her sentence.
Damn it, Lu Lingjun is trying to trick him into revealing information.
Sure enough, seeing Lu Lingjun's eyes suddenly light up, he felt a sudden itch in his hand.
"How is Zhuque?" Lu Lingjun stepped forward, his hand landing near Gu Yanjing's ear, his voice seductive.
I don't know where they learned those tricks.
However, even so, Gu Yanjing, despite being perfectly sober, was finding it difficult to cope.
I can't take it!
"Don't do this, you're not acting like a proper person." Gu Yanjing pushed Lu Lingjun's face away with difficulty.
Unexpectedly, the other person's hand hooked around his neck, pulling him down to the ground.
"Jiaojiao, decent people don't get to eat meat." Lu Lingjun hugged the person who had thrown herself into his arms, and took a bite of the tender flesh on Qing's neck.
Gu Yan was shocked to hear the other person's soft laughter. He tried to get up angrily, but the other person had his arms around his waist, and after struggling for a while, he could only roll around on the other person.
Lu Lingjun sensed Gu Yanjing's movement and laughed out loud with great pleasure.
"Get off me! It's broad daylight, you're violating etiquette!" Gu Yan was so angry when he heard the laughter that he punched Lu Lingjun in the chest, causing Lu Lingjun to cough up blood.
"Zhuque, you're killing your husband!" Lu Lingjun weakly released Gu Yanjing's waist, feeling his chest burning like fire with every breath.
"So what if I kill someone? Can't I kill my husband to prove my Dao today?" Gu Yanjing got up, not forgetting to kick Lu Lingjun's butt.
"Ouch, ouch, it hurts! Jiaojiao, it hurts so much! Jiaojiao, have pity on me and help me up!" Lu Lingjun rolled over, protecting her stomach, one hand covering her chest, the other outstretched, looking at Gu Yanjing with expectant eyes.
Then, Gu Yanjing left without looking back, completely heartless.
"Jiaojiao, where are you going? Wait for me." When Lu Lingjun saw Gu Yanjing about to leave, his chest pain and vomiting of blood stopped, and he quickly got up.
This demeanor is quite similar to Su Youyi's.
"Let's go see the male lead." Upon hearing this, Gu Yanjing slowed his pace slightly.
"The male lead isn't some big treasure, why bother watching him? You might as well watch me, I have a big treasure too." Lu Lingjun's voice came.
Nan Wan'er, who had just stepped into the courtyard to ask if anyone had enough to eat, heard this and immediately retreated silently.
This is too wild, in broad daylight.
"Big baby" and all that, hahaha, damn, I never would have guessed, Lu Lingjun is such a flirt.
Gu Yanjing hadn't seen his adopted son from this world for a long time, not counting the last time he watched from Nan Wan'er's courtyard.
However, his adopted son is truly in a sorry state now.
"When you left, you said you would kill me one day, but now, because of a woman, you've become like this."
Gu Yanjing stood with his hands behind his back in Mo Lanzhi's villa. The heavy guards and top-ranking experts outside could not stop the two of them.
"Father, Feng Wuyai, Su Youyi, are you here to laugh at me?" Mo Lanzhi sat in his wheelchair, utterly despondent.
However, as soon as they saw Gu Yanjing and Su Youyi arrive, they immediately seemed to gain energy, their eyes gleaming with a fierce light.
"Yes, we came to take a look. Seeing my junior brother in this state, my master and I are relieved." Lu Lingjun didn't explain who he was, but nodded and looked Mo Lanzhi up and down.
"Let's leave now that we've seen it all. This isn't a good place." Mo Lanzhi's fierce glint vanished as he looked at the two men with amusement, and he wearily closed his eyes.
He's already at his wit's end; why drag others into this?
"You do have some conscience after all." Lu Lingjun grasped Gu Yanjing's hand, ignoring the other's terrified gaze, and squeezed it even tighter.
"You two, you two, you have no regard for human ethics!" Mo Lanzhi was so angry that she spat out a mouthful of blood when she saw that Gu Yanjing had not shaken off Lu Lingjun's hand. She pointed at the two of them, trembling, and then fainted from anger.
The subordinates who were watching from the sidelines wanted to come up and help Mo Lanzhi, but Lu Lingjun stopped them in their tracks.
Half an hour later, a huge fire broke out in the courtyard. The fire was so big that it could not be extinguished and the sky looked like it was about to be set ablaze.
Lu Lingjun led Gu Yan to the outskirts of the city and threw the unconscious Mo Lanzhi to the ground.
"This is the first time you've saved a male lead." Lu Lingjun looked at the person on the ground and sighed.
In the past, Gu Yanjing would have mostly taken advantage of the situation and killed the person.
I would never leave it overnight.
"Gu Yuan said it would be useful to keep it." Gu Yanjing looked at the half-dead person on the ground with disgust in his eyes.
He didn't want to stay either, okay?
"What use is this?" Lu Lingjun wiped his hands and glanced at the sky.
It's still quite early.
"You should ask Gu Yuan about that; he didn't tell me either." Gu Yan waved his hand in surprise, turned around, and left.
"Zhuque, let's go for a walk in the street. I'll take you to the gambling den." Lu Lingjun was always good at coaxing Gu Yanjing to be happy.
He would take Gu Yanjing to do whatever Gu Yanjing liked.
He could give Gu Yanjing whatever she wanted.
"Okay." Gu Yanjing hesitated for a moment, then, remembering the money he had lost in the previous worlds, he finally nodded.
Just like every gambler, I'm unwilling to accept defeat.
However, half an hour later, Gu Yanjing casually threw away the last bit of silver in his hand. After losing it all in one round, he refused the casino boss's offer to lend him money.
"Does Zhuque still want to play? I brought some more silver." Lu Lingjun stood to the side watching Gu Yanjing play, and when he saw that Zhuque had lost all her money, he didn't forget to give her another purse.
"No need, let's go." Gu Yanjing was bored with losing and casually stuffed the silver into his pocket.
Just then, a panicked commotion suddenly erupted outside, as if someone was being arrested.
Gu Yanjing and Lu Lingjun weren't the type to watch the show, so after asking the boss where the back door was, they left through the back door.
However, to their surprise, soldiers were waiting outside, and they were the ones who were to be arrested.
Gambling dens always have back doors, so that some customers have a way to leave in case they want to avoid those who come to seek their confidants.
Such backdoors are usually readily available to the boss with just a question, let alone government officials.
Therefore, Gu Yanjing was not surprised to see the group of government officials at the back door, but he felt that the leader of the group looked somewhat familiar.
Sure enough, the Chinese man cupped his hands in greeting and began to flatter him.
"Lord Feng, how have you been? This must be your esteemed disciple. I met him at the martial arts tournament five years ago. He overshadowed all the young geniuses in the martial world back then. Not bad, not bad."
"You came here today just to praise my disciple?" Gu Yanjing was not happy after losing for half an hour, and his tone was impatient.
"Of course, it's not just for these reasons. Today, I, Yan, have come to recruit members of the Fengming Sect on behalf of the imperial court. The court is willing to set up official positions and honors for the two of you, and asks you to serve the court."
Yan Yuxia cupped her hands in greeting again, her attitude remaining very polite.
But none of the people around them left; instead, they seemed to be gathering even closer together.
It looks like they want to trap the two of them.
"Your Excellency, when I enter the court, I will surely be the supreme ruler of the world. I would not even deign to look at a mere honorary official." Gu Yan raised an eyebrow at Yan Yuxia, his disdain evident.
This Yan Yuxia was also the head of a sect, but later she led all her disciples to surrender to the imperial court.
Now, his disciples have long been scattered throughout the court, and he himself has become a lone commander, ultimately left to be at the mercy of others.
"Insolence! Your words are treasonous! Guards, seize them!"
Yan Yuxia was probably thoroughly persecuted by the court. Upon hearing Gu Yanjing's words, she immediately became so angry that she ordered the two of them to be arrested.
Gu Yan chuckled, lightly touched the ground with his toes, and took off, directly leaping over the increasingly tight circle and dodging the thrusting sword.
Lu Lingjun was left in the middle of the circle, holding his sword horizontally in front of him to catch the swords thrusting from all around.
No one can see it.
"Master is so disloyal, leaving alone without taking his disciples with him." Lu Lingjun turned his sword and flicked it back, instantly breaking the surrounding swords in two.
"You won't die." Gu Yanjing turned to the side, caught Yan Yuxia's slashing broadsword with his bare hands, and twisted it with his backhand.
The hundred-pound broadsword was immediately broken in two: "Your sword isn't very sturdy."
Gu Yanjing threw away the half of the blade he had broken off, tossing it on the ground as if he were about to kill someone.
Sure enough, when Yan Yuxia saw that the two hundred swords passed down in her sect were gone, she was so angry that she was about to fight Gu Yanjing to the death.
However, an ant can never shake a tree.
The corpse burned by the Vermilion Bird Fire quickly turned into black ash, and Lu Lingjun silently sent a wisp of breeze over.
So the piles of black ash immediately dispersed, as if nothing had happened.
"Let's go back." Gu Yanjing withdrew his hand, tucked it into his sleeve, and unconsciously rubbed the corner of his sleeve.
"Okay." Lu Lingjun took two quick steps, forcefully pulled Gu Yanjing's hand, and squeezed it twice in his palm.
"Suzaku, what did you see when you killed him?"
He had just felt it; Gu Yanjing's hand trembled when he set the fire.
Gu Yanjing is a veteran of the battlefield; he wouldn't act like this.
"It's nothing," Gu Yanjing refused to say.
"Is the evil energy starting to affect you again?" Lu Lingjun slid his hand to Gu Yanjing's wrist and squeezed it tightly.
Gu Yanjing's wrist wasn't thick; it was just the right size for him to grip. When he pulled it over, he saw that it was indeed covered with thick, bluish-black veins.
The last karmic backlash wasn't like this.
Last time it affected his soul, but now, this karma seems to be devouring Gu Yanjing's physical body.
"When did this start? I didn't see it before." Lu Lingjun gripped Gu Yanjing's wrist tightly, so hard that Gu Yanjing felt pain.
Gu Yanjing remained silent.
Lu Lingjun scoffed: "You're even keeping this from me now, Zhuque. I am your Daoist partner, someone you can entrust your back to."
They've been so close these past few days, it's impossible for him not to notice the changes in Gu Yanjing, unless Gu Yanjing is deliberately suppressing and hiding it from him.
Gu Yan thought for a moment and shook his head: "You are not. In this world, there is no one I can truly entrust my back to."
Lu Lingjun is not an option, Pan Feng is not an option, and Gu Yanci is also not an option.
Gu Yanjing carried the hatred of being abandoned by the gods and demons of the primordial era, and deep down he was unwilling to believe anyone.
"I can, Suzaku. No matter what happens, I will protect you. Even if I can't protect you and I'm about to die, I will take my heart out of my chest and give it to you so that you can live well."
In the quiet alley, Lu Lingjun looked at Gu Yanjing walking beside him and suddenly felt a surge of anger that overwhelmed his reason. He raised his hand, pushed Gu Yanjing against the wall, and leaned down to kiss him.
"Zhuque, can't you see my heart? I've shown it to you, and I've given you half of it. Can't you trust me?"
Lu Lingjun pinned Gu Yanjing against the wall and kissed him so hard he couldn't breathe.
Even though it was Gu Yanjing who was being bullied, Lu Lingjun cried first, and his tears fell onto Gu Yanjing's face, burning Gu Yanjing so much that he shivered.
"Lu Lingjun, let go." Gu Yan gasped, raising his hand to wipe away Lu Lingjun's tears.
How old are you? Still spouting nonsense all the time. Do you really think Su is interested in you?
However, before she could even raise her hand, Lu Lingjun grabbed it and pressed it firmly against the wall, and his kiss landed on her again.
Suddenly, his belt was pulled open. Gu Yan was still dazed when he was startled: "Lu Lingjun, are you crazy? It's daytime, and we're outside."
"I'm going crazy, you've driven me insane."
He waited for Gu Yanjing for so long, begged Gu Yanjing for so long, but all he got in return was Gu Yanjing's disbelief and his concealment of the truth.
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