Chapter 181 Gold Hairpin Pendant (5k)
However, although they saw Xu Zhenguan's performance and knew that he had great potential, they could tell from his behavior and conversation that he must have come from a humble background and that Gu Fangchen was very kind to him.
In the past few days, some of Xu Zhenguan's defeated generals, under the instructions of their family elders, extended olive branches to Xu Zhenguan.
However, Xu Zhenguan remained unshakable in the face of various promises of benefits and was extremely loyal to Gu Fangchen, which shows his character.
Such people are extremely stubborn. They can be made into death warriors, but it is basically impossible to poach them.
The people of the Dugu family can only envy Gu Fangchen's good luck. They don't know where he got such a good subordinate from.
"Well, it's getting late. Today's martial arts performance ends here. Later, I will personally test your lessons."
Dugu Xia stood up and looked at the younger generations who were sitting and whispering to each other, which immediately caused a low wailing, but they still had to bow respectfully and say yes in unison.
The ages of those younger generations ranged from eleven or twelve to the oldest who looked about the same age as Gu Lianxian and was still taking classes and practicing martial arts at a private school at home.
The reason why Dugu Xia agreed to set up a fighting arena directly in the Dugu family these days was because he wanted the younger generations in the family to broaden their horizons.
It is rare to witness such a grand occasion of continuous challenges on the Xiaotian Ranking. This is a rare opportunity and we naturally cannot miss it.
Most of those who can challenge Gu Fangchen are quite powerful. Being able to see a fight of this level at this age will be of great benefit to one's own cultivation.
Moreover, this is also a good opportunity to enhance the influence of their Gusu Dugu family...
There are so many people coming to challenge these days that they have to line up.
However, because Xu Zhenguan became stronger and stronger, the number of people has obviously decreased in the past two days.
Dugu Xia waved his hand, calling for servants to send off those who had failed in the challenge, and dismissed the younger generation before turning around and looking at Gu Fangchen:
"Have you found any clues about what happened back then in the past few days, my lord? If necessary, the Dugu family will also provide full assistance."
"I feel quite guilty about what happened back then, and I want to do my bit to help the princess."
Ning Caiyong shook his head, stepped forward to support Dugu Xia, and said quietly:
"Uncle, you're too serious. The Demon Cult orchestrated what happened back then, and even the dignified King Zhenbei didn't notice. How can you blame the Dugu family for their poor guards?"
Dugu Xia paused, feeling that there was something else behind his niece's words, but things had come to this point, and anyone could see that Gu Fangchen and Gu Yuye were incompatible.
At this time, Ning Caiyong chose to accompany Gu Fangchen to Gusu, which had already made his attitude clear.
Looking at the tone, even if they haven't broken up yet, I'm afraid it won't be long...
Dugu Xia sighed deeply in his heart. His sister was not a good person and passed away early, leaving behind this pair of children who were raised in Jiange since childhood... After all, her surname was Ning and she was not on the same page with them.
If some clues were found out about what happened back then.
I'm afraid there is no possibility of a good resolution.
Gu Fangchen put away the fan, looked at Dugu Xia, and said with a smile:
"Thank you for your kindness, uncle, but I have already sent my men to the Eye Heaven Division. I believe they will be able to find out the truth soon."
Dugu Xia was stunned, hesitated for a moment, frowned and said worriedly:
"This... I also sent people to find the Eye of Heavenly Powers back then, but the Demon Cult had already killed the Eye of Heavenly Powers members guarding this place, leaving no evidence."
"Although the Eyes of Heaven are all-powerful, I'm afraid I won't be able to investigate now!"
"Hey - Uncle, you're wrong. Although the Eyes of Heaven are dead, his eyes are not dead. Not only are they not dead, they can still stare at people."
Gu Fangchen shook his head and said leisurely:
"Although the Jiasi of the Eye Department unfortunately died back then, the Eye Department recently discovered that he managed to leave behind an eye before his death. As long as we can find the eye buried here, we can naturally restore the truth."
Dugu Xia suddenly clenched his hands that were hanging in his sleeves, raised his head and said:
"There's actually such a thing..."
Gu Fangchen said to himself:
"I didn't believe it at first, but the people from the Eyes and Heavenly Department were so confident, so I think they must be quite sure."
He smiled brightly:
"I thought this trip to Gusu would take at least ten days or half a month, but I didn't expect the truth to be revealed so quickly. It's really like searching for something without any effort, don't you think, uncle?"
Dugu Xia released his hand, a look of relief on his face:
"In that case, I can rest assured. You and your son can enjoy yourself in Gusu these few days. It's summer now, and the daughters of wealthy families love to go out together to play on the pleasure boats on the Jiangling River. You are old enough now, so you can go and see if there is anyone you like. Then you can choose a good girl to be the Crown Prince's consort."
He looked at Ning Caiyong and said kindly:
"Didn't Cai Yong also make the prince fall in love with her at first sight on the pleasure boat?"
Ning Caiyong lowered his eyes, tucked a strand of hair behind his ear, and smiled faintly:
"That's all in the past. Why is Uncle bringing it up again and making fun of me in front of the kids?"
"Don't mention it, don't mention it..."
Dugu Xia sighed:
"When people get old, they always like to reminisce. So many years have passed, and time is unforgiving. Back then, your mother was also a playful little girl. You haven't been here for all these years, and I have sorted out many of your mother's belongings..."
Ning Caiyong was slightly touched when he heard this, and looked at Gu Fangchen again.
Although Gu Fangchen was wary of his great-uncle, with Ding Xingfeng watching, and knowing that no one from the Dugu family could hurt Ning Caiyong, he did not disturb them from reminiscing about the past and returned to the nearby courtyard with Xuexiang.
The arena is not far from the yard, so there is no need to worry about being exposed because the distance is too far.
"His Royal Highness."
When passing by the corridor, a servant came towards him and knelt respectfully beside him to pay his respects.
Gu Fangchen suddenly paused and narrowed his eyes:
"I don't think I've seen you at the Dugu family before?"
The servant's face changed, and he made a quick decision, pulling out a handful of poison needles and spraying them at the two men.
Xuexiang stood there in a daze, unable to react.
This poison needle is a physical attack and is obviously ineffective against Gu Fangchen who is in a state of spiritual consciousness.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
Those poisonous needles instantly pierced through Gu Fangchen's body. He then moved his mind and blocked the part that fell on Xuexiang. Then he glared with anger, like a wrathful Vajra, and looked at the servant with cold eyes.
This is a visualization diagram recently obtained from the Eye Heavenly Division. The "Vajra State of Mind" that was realized from it is a technique for suppressing and killing.
Although the so-called eyes actually have nothing to do with Yan Tiansi, it is another side quest in the game, and is only used to deceive the Dugu family.
However, the Eye God is still under his control, so it is easy for him to make a few visualization diagrams.
The servant was stunned by Gu Fangchen's look, horrified and frightened, and almost lost his soul in an instant.
But as a professional assassin, he immediately activated the restrictions set in his mind, and with a last burst of light, he regained a moment of clarity. He gritted his teeth and triggered the final mechanism at the cost of self-destructing his dantian and meridians.
"Bang!"
The assassin died instantly, his entire body exploded from the inside, and turned into a puddle of mud.
“Bang!”
The poison needles that Gu Fangchen had blocked remained suspended in mid-air, and suddenly exploded, transforming into pieces of golden phosphorescence with mist that scattered around.
The mist has five colors, which is very colorful and beautiful.
Gu Fangchen's pupils constricted, and he recognized what it was at a glance—
"Golden Hairpin Pendant"!
This is indeed a poison, but its toxicity is not fatal even for ordinary people, and the antidote is also very simple.
Its name, in addition to its color, is also derived from the effect of the poison.
The golden hairpin fell, and I fell into the mortal world.
This is a fucking potent poison!
Who came up with this assassination plan? What a talented person!
Gu Fangchen twitched his lips and was speechless.
No wonder it could be brought into the Dugu family so blatantly. This thing works on both men and women. Many playful young men from aristocratic families like to use it to add to the fun!
It works quickly and has good effects.
It is normal for him to appear in a noble family, and no one will investigate his origins at all.
Under normal circumstances, the "Golden Hairpin Pendant" will not kill people. The principle of this poison is to stimulate the upper, middle and lower Dantian, open up the upper and lower parts, and make the spirit and qi and blood burst out instantly. As long as the excessive energy and qi and blood are released, there will be no danger to life.
Only by holding it in will your dantian be destroyed at best, or your body explode and die at worst.
But the problem is that the middle dantian is actually the heart, which controls the circulation of qi and blood, and is also the place where the sun rises.
For most people, when they are hit by the "Golden Hairpin Pendant", their heartbeats will be like drums, their blood vessels will dilate, and they will turn into woodpeckers.
However, Gu Fangchen is not an ordinary person.
He still carries the unrefined "heart poison" in his body!
This poison is planted right in the heart!
Relying on the Flower-Picking Seal, he has been suppressing the outbreak of toxicity over the years, and also suppressing part of his Qi and blood, allowing him to remain in a relatively calm state at all times.
This is also the reason why Ning Caiyong has been strict with Gu Fangchen over the years and not letting him do anything wrong.
If he acts recklessly, he might die.
That's why Gu Fangchen said that the person who came up with this assassination plan was truly a talent.
The "Golden Hairpin Pendant" is not fatal at all, but it can serve as a trigger to directly detonate the "poison in the heart"!
The most important point is that the "Golden Hairpin Pendant" is one of the few poisons that can affect the soul at the same time!
Therefore, the poisoned people often feel excited and can fight for seven days and seven nights.
Gu Fangchen is now in a spiritual state. Although there is only a wisp of spiritual thought, it is also his own thought. With his cultivation level, he is not yet at the level where he can cut off a thought without hurting himself.
In order to prevent the poison needle from hurting Xuexiang, his soul directly came into contact with the poison needle.
The moment the poison needle exploded, it also affected Xuexiang.
The lovely little maid opened her eyes wide, looking at the dreamy golden sky. She didn't understand what was going on. She looked at Gu Fangchen in confusion and hurried forward to check if he was injured. She didn't dare to touch him and could only anxiously:
"Your Highness! Are you okay?"
Of course Gu Fangchen is fine.
The puppet body of "Refining Magic" has begun to refine the "Golden Hairpin Pendant". For him, as long as it is a poison that can cause pain, it is his nourishment.
The problem is that after the toxin is refined, it becomes a permanent effect on him, such as his poisonous blood.
And now, why does he want the effect of the "Golden Hairpin Pendant" to last permanently?
Improving Qi and blood is somewhat helpful, but isn't it a bit too much to do it while doing it?
However, in order to prevent the "heart poison" from further exploding and causing his death, he could only refine it. At worst, he could set up an isolation area for it and release it when needed...
Gu Fangchen looked at her maid, glancing at her blushing cheeks:
"I'm fine...are you okay?"
Xuexiang blinked in confusion:
"Me? I feel like... I feel a little hot, so hot! Your Highness, wuwuwu, I'm so hot!"
She soon realized something was wrong. Her face and neck turned red, showing through her fair skin, and she almost instantly broke out in sweat.
The sweat was quickly evaporated into mist by her body temperature and mixed with the hot air from her breathing.
It had just rained in Gushu these past two days, so the weather was still warm and cool, but she was now acting like it was winter, with white smoke coming out of her body.
Xuexiang's mind was also quickly invaded. She felt extremely excited, her eyes were bright, and she looked at Gu Fangchen with energy.
She didn't understand why she felt uncomfortable all over, as if her whole body was boiling, and she desperately wanted to touch something to gain some sense of security.
But the Crown Prince, who is closest to him, is still under the spell of an illusion and cannot touch anyone.
Although Xuexiang did not know how to practice, she remembered the Crown Prince's instructions very clearly.
She could only gasp for breath and stamp her feet anxiously while telling Gu Fangchen about her discomfort. Her bright eyes were soon filled with tears and she was so aggrieved that she was about to cry.
"Your Highness, wuwuwu, what should I do? I'm so hot!"
The wet girl at this moment is like a puppy that has been caught in the rain. She wants her owner to touch and comfort her, but is afraid that she will wet her owner's clothes. She is very anxious.
Gu Fangchen glanced at the corpse next to him and simply set up a simple illusion array, while notifying Xu Zhenguan to come and deal with it.
Then he looked towards the room next to him and said softly:
"Come on, let's go into the room. My temperature is low. You'll feel better if you hold me."
He extended his hand to Xuexiang.
Xuexiang was sweating profusely, her clothes were soaked, and she was almost dizzy from the heat. Just as she raised her hand, she remembered:
"But...but what about His Highness's illusion array?"
Gu Fangchen smiled and said:
"I'll just teach you how to set up a new one later. Anyway, our main goal has been achieved. The Dugu family is afraid that the truth will be exposed, so they can't hold back and will definitely agree to cooperate with the Dao of Love."
"Well... the people from the academy should be here soon."
"When I enter the Wenwu Tower, they won't have time to care whether I'm real or fake... Walk slowly and don't fall."
As he spoke, Xuexiang's weak willpower was completely broken.
Being able to hold on for a few seconds is already Xuexiang's limit.
With the permission of her own prince, the little maid grabbed Gu Fangchen's hand and pressed it against hers.
So cool!
The moment their skin touched, the difference in body temperature made Xuexiang shudder. She kept babbling nonsense, hugging Gu Fangchen and rubbing him hard, with a dazed look in her eyes.
Your Highness the Crown Prince is not lying to me, it really feels so comfortable!
Although Gu Fangchen only has thoughts now, if he has the artistic conception, it can be transformed into reality. It all depends on his own wishes.
The only difference is the duration.
However, his current state is equivalent to his soul leaving his body.
Commonly known as... ghosts.
So the body temperature is very low, there is no body temperature at all.
Let Xuexiang touch her now, just to help her maintain some sanity and walk back to the room by herself.
At the same time, due to Xuexiang's touch, the "mirage array" on his body was broken and began to slowly disappear, and his body became somewhat illusory.
Xuexiang was held in his arms, feeling sticky and clingy. He quickly walked into the room and closed the door.
Gu Fangchen's figure also became very faint, as if it was gradually erased.
This is why he needs the "Mirage Array" to cover up.
The lack of condensed divine consciousness, at first glance, is just a ghost...
Xuexiang was so hot that she was only concerned with taking off Gu Fangchen's clothes. She used her hands and feet to lie on top of him, using this human-shaped ice block to cool herself down. She even started biting his buttons with her mouth, trying to take them off as quickly as possible.
Gu Fangchen looked at the girl on his body speechlessly, flicked his head, pushed her forehead, and said softly:
"look up."
Xuexiang's clothes were almost dripping with water, and she was a little slow to react before she raised her head.
Gu Fangchen lowered his head and kissed Xuexiang's lips.
Xuexiang was not only hot, but also thirsty. She soon took the initiative and greedily sucked up any water sources.
She had no time to care about anything else, she only vaguely felt her body getting colder and colder.
Then she fell on the bed, her legs were lifted up, her embroidered shoes were kicked off, and her wet white stockings were gently taken off.
Xuexiang tilted her head back, closed her eyes, and hugged the young man tightly, feeling various cold touches coming from all over her body.
Her heart was beating wildly, almost as if it was about to explode.
The feeling of being immersed in ice water made her sober up a little, but then her eyes suddenly widened and she felt ashamed.
"Uh... Your Highness, I, I need to urinate..."
"Then go."
She resisted in a panic and whispered, struggling slightly.
But her hands were pressed above her head and she couldn't struggle at all until she arched her back and hugged Gu Fangchen tightly, almost wanting to melt him into her own body.
When Xuexiang came to her senses, she was shocked and her rationality returned.
Because Gu Fangchen no longer existed in front of her.
Xuexiang was suddenly panicked, thinking that she had really rubbed the Crown Prince into her body.
"His Royal Highness?!"
"I am here."
Gu Fangchen's voice rang in her ears, and even her breathing was as clear.
Xuexiang was lying on the messy bed, her face as red as blood, but her eyes were full of surprise and curiosity.
She could feel that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was indeed in front of her, and was even very close to her, but she could no longer see Gu Fangchen.
"This is...um...hard to explain to you. Anyway, relax. I'm here."
Gu Fangchen’s current perspective is also strange.
He is now almost completely attached to Xuexiang's soul, and the two are only one step away from fusion.
The Shinto of this world is very magical.
Shinto monks can exist independently for a long time even without a physical body, and can even abandon their physical body and produce offspring directly through spiritual communication, leaving behind many strange legends among the people.
Therefore, now, the fusion of spiritual consciousness... can also solve the problem.
But now Gu Fangchen only has a wisp of divine consciousness, which may only provide temporary relief. If he wants to completely detoxify, he will have to do it more than ten or twenty times.
Gu Fangchen had just made up his mind when he completely immersed himself in Xuexiang's unreserved and unguarded soul. The two of them blended together like water and milk, becoming one.
Xuexiang bit her lip, and in her trance, she felt herself being turned over.
At this moment, she was clearly the only one in the room, yet she could feel everything she was supposed to feel. It was so strange...
She buried her face in the pillow and covered her restless stomach with her hands.
…
Ying Liangxin hid in the corner, looking cautiously at the young man who suddenly ran to the bed to meditate.
Gu Fangchen had just said that he would let her go free, but in the blink of an eye, his face turned red and veins bulged on his forehead, as if he was about to use violence against her.
But fortunately, his eyes were just red, and he forced himself to meditate immediately.
Ying Liangxin looked at his appearance and was shocked:
"Golden hairpin pendant?"
When she realized this, she felt like her life was over...
But fortunately, Gu Fangchen really did as he said and had no intention of doing anything to her.
Little do we know that all the peaceful times are just because someone is carrying the burden forward...
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