Chapter 290 City Lord (Part 3)
Lu Lingjun's face darkened. He glanced at Gu Yanjing, then looked down at himself: "...You're telling me to brush my teeth at a time like this?"
Is he sick, or is Gu Yanjing sick?
It turns out they were both sick.
Ultimately, the lovemaking ended unhappily. Gu Yanjing went to deal with matters in the city, while Lu Lingjun stayed in Gu Yanjing's room to rest.
This physical body is indeed weak, and the power that the main body can draw upon is pitifully small.
However, what Lu Lingjun could never understand was why he had taken over the body of the chosen one.
Logically speaking, under the rule of Heaven, unless one is destined, the chosen one will not be easily possessed by others. However, Lu Lingjun entered this body in a very strange way.
Surely the Heavenly Dao has weakened to the point where it can easily enter the body of a chosen one of destiny?
Now that the main body is trapped and dead in the Heavenly Realm, he can no longer ask Gu Yuan what his situation is. And now, if he wants to enter the Heavenly Realm with his current identity, it will probably be very difficult.
Tsk tsk tsk, this is really difficult to handle.
It seems that now, the only thing we can do is have Gu Congxin try to contact Shisanqiu to see if Shisanqiu is with Gu Yuan.
Huanhua City remained peaceful. Gu Yanjing's visit yielded no major incidents; he listened to the ministers chatter about trivial matters for a while before returning home.
Lu Lingjun had Gu Congxin contact Shisanqiu in the morning, but received no response. Helpless, he could only go to bed, but he didn't sleep very well.
Now he's a weakling, and Gu Yanjing is half a weakling too. If they encounter someone with a similar cultivation level, they probably won't be able to beat them. Gu Yanjing's physical body can no longer support him using all his strength in combat.
When Lu Lingjun woke up, it was already dusk. His vision was black and he couldn't see anything, but he could smell a familiar scent.
It was Gu Yanjing.
"The Vermilion Bird has arrived." Lu Lingjun smiled and reached out to touch Gu Yanjing's face.
"Hmm, isn't your eye better now?" Gu Yanjing looked at the crooked hand, pressed down the corner of his mouth, and finally moved closer to Lu Lingjun's hand.
“**, it’s not that easy. I only temporarily restored my eyes using spiritual energy.” Lu Lingjun shook his head and leaned over to kiss Gu Yanjing’s cheek.
Although he couldn't see it in front of him, he knew that the person was there, and he would always be able to find his Vermilion Bird.
That's probably what tacit understanding is all about.
Gu Yanjing: Bullshit, I'm doing you a favor.
After spending some time cuddling with Lu Lingjun, Gu Yanjing pulled him out for a walk.
Lu Lingjun had Gu Congxin carry the wheelchair out and pulled Gu Yanjing over to sit down.
"Zhuque, look, now you are my eyes, and I am your legs." Lu Lingjun's eyes had not yet recovered, and he was dressed in plain clothes, looking like he was going to a funeral.
"Shut up, don't curse me, I'm not lame yet." What is this guy implying? Does he hope his leg is really broken and he'll have to push her for the rest of his life?
"Damn it, Suzaku knows perfectly well that's not what I meant." I just wanted to be romantic, how could you interpret that as cursing you?
That's going too far.
"Shut up and walk properly. There's a step ahead. If you trip me, I'll kick you down." Gu Yan was shocked to see that he was about to be pushed down the steps, so he quickly slapped Lu Lingjun's hand down.
"Oh, there's a step ahead. Zhuque, wait a moment, I'll carry you down." Lu Lingjun really couldn't see, and this time he stopped very honestly.
"Can you put your spiritual energy into the right way, like looking at the road?" Gu Yanjing was speechless. Without Lu Lingjun lifting her up, she stood up herself, took Lu Lingjun's hand with one hand, and carried the wheelchair downstairs with the other, reminding him from time to time about the height of the steps.
He felt that his current world was really dangerous, and he was afraid that he would be played to death by Lu Lingjun one day.
However, perhaps because Lu Lingjun appeared sickly in this world, he actually felt a little soft-hearted and couldn't help but show him more tenderness.
Yes, Lu Lingjun is indeed poisonous.
The overall style of Fantasy Flower City is ethereal. Although it has everything, it still pays great attention to appearances, and there are basically no conflicts.
In short, it means being so concerned with saving face that you suffer for it.
However, there are actually quite a few shameless people in this world. For example, even though Gu Congxin had people guarding the entrance to the city lord's mansion to prevent those two bastards, Nan Wan'er and Tuntian, from getting in.
However, he never expected that Gu Yanjing and Lu Lingjun would be able to come out.
Nan Wan'er had been waiting here for half a day, eating some beef and mutton soup for lunch. Sure enough, her hard work paid off, and she finally saw Gu Yanjing.
Yes, Gu Yanjing, who was sitting in a wheelchair.
Nan Wan'er saw this and instantly felt that her chance had come, so she rushed over crying and shouting.
"Brother, my brother whom I haven't seen for eighteen years, what happened to your leg? It breaks my heart to see you like this, I wish I could take your place."
Nan Wan'er's crying was so affected and her cries so sincere that Gu Yanjing's scalp tingled.
"Who are you calling brother?" Gu Yanjing pressed his forehead, the veins throbbing from the noise.
Nan Wan'er's sob was abruptly cut off; she had just eaten too much and suddenly burped, filling the air with awkwardness.
Fortunately, there weren't many people around, so not many people saw it.
As the saying goes, if you're not embarrassed, then it's others who are embarrassed.
Nan Wan'er, shameless as ever, squatted down in front of Gu Yanjing's wheelchair and said earnestly, "Brother, you probably don't know me. I am your half-sister. If you don't believe me, you can check. My bloodline is genuine."
Gu Yanjing looked at Nan Wan'er's serious face, but with a hint of deception in her tone, and his lips twitched. He then slapped her across the face.
"I have no interest in not believing or checking."
He must be crazy to want a sister as eccentric as Nan Wan'er.
"Okay, Your Majesty, I was wrong. I just wanted to be a princess for free. Please don't hit me." Nan Wan'er sat down on the ground with a thud, crying and covering her head.
*Sobbing*
Having finally managed to establish a distant connection with His Majesty, I intended to be a little mischievous, but I almost ended up breaking my leg from all the fuss.
It's really not worth the risk.
"Get up. You don't need to stay in Illusion Flower City. You have other things to do." Gu Yanjing gestured for Lu Lingjun to move him back.
Nan Wan'er's intelligence is so suffocating that it feels like you'll be infected if you stay with her for too long.
"What's going on?" Nan Wan'er, who was good for nothing and ate everything, immediately cowered when she heard there was a mission. She stood obediently and looked longingly at Tuntian.
Gu Yanjing's head was throbbing with shock.
Is this a mission for Nan Wan'er or a mission for Tun Tian?
"Go and find Zhang Ling'er, do your best." Gu Yanjing said, paused, and then added.
With Nan Wan'er's brains, I don't expect her to actually find the person; I just hope she doesn't get herself involved.
"Isn't Ling'er with His Majesty? Oh right, I didn't see my best friend just now. Your Majesty, where did Gu Congxin take her?" Nan Wan'er only remembered after hearing the task.
It seems like someone is missing here.
It seems Zhang Ling'er is really not here, damn it.
Where is her dear best friend?
"He doesn't know either. There's something wrong with this plane. Gu Congxin doesn't know where Zhang Ling'er is either." Actually, now that Gu Congxin is out of Shisanqiu's control, it seems that he's not very useful except for taking them through time.
It's really bad.
"Your Majesty, could you give us some direction? This realm is so vast. If Tuntian and I search like headless flies, we probably won't find it even if we search our whole lives." Nan Wan'er pouted, somewhat worried about her friend and also feeling a bit of a headache.
Having a place that's too big isn't necessarily a good thing.
"The North." Gu Yanjing sensed it.
It was indeed the North, and Zhang Ling'er's soul was there. However, the Heavenly Dao had covered up all the opportunities on the ground where Zhang Ling'er was located in the North, so even he could not sense Zhang Ling'er's situation, and his voice transmission could not reach her.
However, it was impossible for him to travel thousands of miles to find Zhang Ling'er, so sending Nan Wan'er, who had nothing else to do, was just right.
"Your Majesty, the north is full of deserts and glaciers. Are you deliberately retaliating against me because of my marriage agreement with His Majesty Lingjun?"
Nan Wan'er heard the direction and remained silent for a while.
This is quite awkward. The North has everything; it's a really great place.
She had reason to suspect that Gu Yanjing was retaliating.
Gu Yan's face darkened in surprise: "Am I the kind of person who would seek personal revenge?"
Nan Wan'er stuck out her tongue, wanting to say "You are," but she didn't have the guts.
"No, how could that be? I was being petty. Your Majesty, please don't be angry. I'll pack up and go see my best friend tomorrow."
It's a pity that she only managed to stay in Huanhua City for a day and have two full meals before she had to embark on her journey again.
So, her fate was indeed constantly moving forward?
Bullshit! She's clearly been exiled to the frontier.
Nan Wan'er clung to Tuntian's arm, sobbing, and watched as the blind Lu Lingjun pushed the legless Gu Yan away in shock.
"Waaaaah, I curse them to eat instant noodles without the seasoning packet."
"Cursing them won't help; this world is like instant noodles." Tuntian rubbed Nan Wan'er's head, comforting her.
Nan Wan'er: Thank you, and I feel comforted.
Lu Lingjun and Gu Yanjing were so conspicuous on the street that they returned shortly after leaving.
Life went on peacefully, as if nothing had happened. However, one person was missing in Ice Phoenix City, and one person was added in Illusion Flower City.
Even rumors were circulating outside.
Everyone in the city is saying that Ice Phoenix City sent their blind young city lord to seduce their city lord, causing him to look pale and like he's been indulging in excessive sexual activity.
Although the other party's young city lord looked paler and in worse health.
While the surrounding cities outwardly appeared to disbelieve the rumors circulating about Illusion Flower City, they secretly despised the city lord of Ice Phoenix City.
Enraged, the city lord of Ice Phoenix City spat out a mouthful of blood and immediately led his men to find the city lord of Illusion Flower City to demand an explanation.
However, before they even arrived in Illusion Flower City, new rumors began to circulate.
The news that the Ice Phoenix City Lord had gone to demand a formal title for his only son angered the old city lord so much that he nearly died on the way.
Gu Yanjing flipped through the official documents Gu Congxin had sent, frowned, and tossed them into Lu Lingjun's arms.
"Aren't you afraid of angering your father to death?"
This rumor was obviously spread by Lu Lingjun.
However, Gu Yanjing still couldn't figure out where Lu Lingjun came from, spreading gossip to him everywhere.
"What does this have to do with me? This is the first time I've heard this rumor either." Lu Lingjun caught the official document that Gu Yanjing threw at him and started playing the innocent white lotus again.
I must say, they actually put on a convincing act.
"You've been quite good at playing the tea ceremony lately," Gu Yanjing sneered. He took back the official document and casually dispatched a team of men, ordering them to bring back the city lord of Ice Phoenix City alive.
So, eight days later, the city lord of Ice Phoenix City was carried into Illusion Flower City, where he was enthusiastically watched by the entire city, almost causing him to vomit blood again.
Fortunately, Gu Congxin brought the renowned physician from Huanhua City to pick them up; otherwise, the old city lord would probably have been so angry that he died on the way.
Gu Congxin looked at the old city lord who had been rescued again and praised himself for his cleverness in saving the emperor's father-in-law.
He's amazing.
But for some reason, I suddenly felt a chill on the back of my neck, as if someone was talking about me.
Lu Lingjun: You wait.
Gu Yanjing received the envoys at the city lord's mansion as usual. After the old city lord was rescued, he was helped to the banquet, trembling.
In someone else's territory, he sat to the side, looking at Gu Yanjing in the main seat, and then at his son sitting next to Gu Yanjing like a submissive wife. He almost choked on his own blood again, and it took him a while to stop.
"Your father has arrived. He must be missing you terribly. Go and keep him company." Gu Yanjing sat in his wheelchair, appearing quiet and reserved.
Upon hearing this, the old city lord's eyes lit up.
Just let him have contact with his son; he'll find a way to bring him back.
However, to everyone's surprise, Lu Lingjun refused: "No need, I am now the city lord's man."
The man, whose eyes were covered by a white cloth, lowered his head slightly, as if he wanted to distance himself from the old city lord.
The old city lord nearly choked on his own blood, almost suffocating himself. After a while, he couldn't hold it in any longer and had someone help him down to rest.
He never imagined that his momentary greed in wanting to take over Huanhua City would cost him his only son.
He even now suspects that his only son might have taken the wrong medicine. Originally, this child wasn't like this, and he even had some connection with the city lord of Huanhua City.
By the way, it was this child who said that the city lord of Huanhua City was a woman, which is why he agreed to the plan.
However, he didn't even know the city lord of Huanhua City, so how could he know whether the other party was a woman or a man?
All of this seemed to be part of his only son's plan.
how so.
The old city lord pressed his weary heart to his chest, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and ordered the shadow guard beside him to investigate something.
Upon receiving the message, Gu Yanjing read it aloud to Lu Lingjun: "Your cheap father suspects you and is investigating you."
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