Looking at Luo Zichen and Gu Li, Gu Tao couldn't help but complain, "You two are not a good match at all, you don't look like a couple at all!"
"Hey, you brat! What do you mean we don't look like a married couple?" Gu Li glared at him.
“My father and mother look like a married couple!” Gu Tao said, feeling aggrieved. “I wonder how they are doing. I haven’t been back for a long time. They must be very worried about me.”
Gu Li scoffed, "What's there to worry about? As long as the two of them are together, nothing can stump them. It's actually easier for them when you're not around!"
Gu Tao looked at Gu Li with disdain, "It's obvious that you and my father don't get along. You can't even say a nice thing!"
"You brat, you got a problem with me, don't you?!" Gu Li was so angry he was puffing out his beard and glaring at his opponent.
Luo Zichen couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. "Alright, you two stop arguing. Now quickly tell Xiao Tao what happened."
Hearing that the two of them had something to say, Gu Tao's expression immediately turned serious. "Does Aunt have something important to tell me? Tell me, and I will remember it!"
"This space is a place that Gu Li and I found in the Outer Heavens. A hundred years ago, we found a cave with a door inside. This door can connect to the gates of various worlds, and you just came here through that door," Luo Zichen explained.
"Moreover, every world actually has such a door, but behind the door is a place that ordinary people cannot reach," Gu Li said. "It is either a place of extreme cold or extreme heat, or it is guarded by powerful divine beasts, making it very difficult for anyone to discover."
"What about Thousand Absolute Fortress? The steward said that the people of Thousand Absolute Fortress have transcended life and death. They say they are immortals?" Gu Tao asked curiously.
Luo Zichen shook her head and said, "There are no immortals. No one in that space can become an immortal. It's just that because they eat food with abundant spiritual energy that I and Gu Li grow, their bodies age very slowly, and their physical abilities awaken faster as well."
"Awakening? What is that?" Gu Tao asked in confusion.
"Don't you know about the Nine Springs Realm?" Gu Li asked. "How did you come to this world?"
Gu Tao scratched his head. "My grandfather brought me here. He said my father was in this world and told me to wait for him to come and pick me up at the Quanjiu Orphanage. So I stayed at the Quanjiu Orphanage, but because I wasn't used to this world, I was in a state of hibernation until my father came looking for me and I woke up."
"Quanjiu Orphanage?" Gu Li frowned and muttered, "Quanjiu... could it be Jiuquan?"
“It must be. Although we have never had any connection with the Nine Springs Realm, the fact that Gu Yan used this name means it must be related to the Nine Springs Realm.” Gu Li immediately confirmed his idea.
Luo Zichen thought for a moment and asked, "Is the Quanjiu Orphanage still open?"
Gu Tao shook her head. "Aunt Momo has stopped running it, so it's no longer open."
"Mo Mo?" Luo Zichen asked, "Who is that?"
"It's Aunt Lin Momo. Father mentioned that she's from the Lin Alliance." Gu Tao recalled Gu Liyan mentioning Lin Momo's identity.
"It's this girl!" Gu Li couldn't help but laugh and say, "I didn't expect her to be in this world too."
Gu Li still remembers that he had taken over Lin Meng's body. He guesses that Lin Momo is still afraid and resistant when she sees Gu Li.
"It seems many old acquaintances have gathered in this world," Luo Zichen said. "Shall we go take a look?"
“Well, that’s fine. There are some things that need to be clarified with Xiao Li in person.” Gu Li nodded.
Luo Zichen looked at Xiao Tao and said, "I called you here to tell you that we are the master and mistress of Qianjue Fortress. The head of the family will eventually belong to your father, and you will be the young master."
"Everyone in Thousand Absolute Fortress now is someone we brought from other worlds. In their previous lives, they were elites from the Nine Springs Realm. They ate spiritual vegetables, and their bodies are different from ordinary people, which is why we didn't let them enter the world and live in seclusion here."
At this moment, Gu Li interjected, "Let's not delay, let's go out and find Xiao Li."
The three of them arrived at Qianjue Fortress through the gate that Gu Tao had come from.
This was the first time Gu Cheng had seen Gu Li and Luo Zichen. He knew Gu Li's identity from their conversation and immediately knelt down respectfully, saying, "Greetings, Master and Madam."
Gu Li said, "There's no need for such a grand ceremony. Once we're outside, the kneeling and bowing are no longer required."
Upon hearing Gu Li say that they were going to "go out," Gu Cheng excitedly asked, "Master, do you mean we can leave Qianjue Fortress?"
Gu Li nodded. "That's right. Gather everyone together and prepare to leave."
"Yes, yes!" Gu Cheng excitedly ran to inform the others.
There were fewer than fifty people, but Gu Tao knew that every one of them was a strong person, although the oldest looked to be only in his thirties and the youngest was the same age as Gu Tao.
Gu Li addressed the crowd, "You have guarded this Thousand Absolute Fortress for nearly a hundred years. Today, as the founder of Thousand Absolute Fortress, I announce that you are all free to leave Thousand Absolute Fortress and enter society. All actions must comply with the laws of society and must not be violated!"
"Yes!" everyone answered in unison, their voices filled with excitement.
"Take the remaining spirit-seed vegetables and go down the mountain in batches!" Gu Li waved his hand and spoke.
Everyone was overjoyed to be able to leave Qianjue Fortress. Like Gu Tao, everyone was tired of spending their days admiring the same scenery and eating the same monotonous food, which was good for their health!
However, Sakura was the happiest, as she was able to leave Thousand Fortress without any punishment.
Because the group from Qianjue Fort was too large, the first group to descend the mountain consisted of Gu Tao, Gu Li, Luo Zichen, the butler Gu Cheng who drove the car, and Xiao Ying, whom Gu Tao insisted on bringing along.
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