Chapter 69
Su Xuan had imagined what Gu Shuo would look like more than a thousand years ago.
Even though he was upset before he traveled through time, he still secretly imagined it in his mind.
Wearing a brocade robe, a belt, and a jade hairpin in his black hair, Ah Shuo must be a graceful young man, as elegant as orchid and as graceful as bamboo.
However, imagination was completely different from reality, and Su Xuan was stunned at this moment.
In other words, his eyes were fixed.
The Gu Shuo standing in front of him at this moment... is so, so handsome!
Seeing him like this, Gu Shuo smiled.
The four people behind him were still in a daze. One of them trembled and said, "Wei...Wei Tong?"
How could Wei Tong smile so gently and charmingly at this young lady? Could Wei Tong be possessed by an evil spirit?!
Gu Shuo tilted his head and said, "I have something to say to the young lady. You guys proceed according to the plan first. I will meet you later."
Four people: So you drive them away just like that?!
Su Xuan also came back to his senses and whispered to Ye Yun and Yan Ning'an, "I'll come back to see you later too?"
Yan Ning'an and Ye Yun were still in a daze. They said in a daze, "Oh, no, it's okay. We were going to act separately anyway..."
Ye Yun added dazedly, "Oh, right, I didn't finish what I was saying. Be careful if you run into the Night Guard's boss. He kills monsters without blinking an eye. He's super scary."
The four people behind Gu Shuo: "......"
Them: “…You are monsters?”
Ye Yun and Yan Ningan: “???”
The younger brother who had nearly teased Su Xuan just now twitched his lips and said, "I don't think you need to worry. The Night Guard leader, who 'kills demons without blinking an eye', probably won't do anything to you, but he will probably do something to this young lady in red."
"The young lady in red" Su Xuan was dazed, but suddenly she came to her senses, opened her eyes wide, and looked at Gu Shuo in shock.
Gu Shuo smiled: "Whether I'm scary or not, Ah Xuan should know best."
Su Xuan... Su Xuan blushed and glanced at him.
Everyone else: “…………”
They're talking about killing monsters, what are you talking about?! Don't think they didn't see the pink bubbles!
The four Night Walkers, Ye Yun, and Yan Ning'an all wiped their faces and said, "Let's go, let's stop talking. We've already eaten and are very full!"
After they left, Su Xuan quickly dragged Gu Shuo into an empty room, closed the door, and pounced on him: "A Shuo!"
This pounce had restored his usual enthusiasm, no longer awkward. Gu Shuo pulled Su Xuan into his arms, sighed contentedly, gently rubbed Su Xuan's head, and asked with a smile, "Is this Yan Ning'an's witchcraft?"
Su Xuan had black hair draped over his shoulders and wore a long red dress embellished with flowers, which made his skin look even whiter than usual.
Of course, the male skeleton is still there, but Gu Shuo is a lover who sees beauty in everything. Now, the more he looks at Su Xuan, the more interested he becomes.
Su Xuan quickly recounted what had happened since they traveled through time, and then asked anxiously, "What about you? What's going on over there? Are you the leader of the Night Guard?"
"Yeah." Gu Shuo laughed.
When Gu Shuo woke up, he found himself in the Gu Mansion.
Although his soul traveled into his own body from more than a thousand years ago, his memory did not recover at all.
Later, he dismissed the servants and thought for a while alone. Although he was not sure whether he was the only one who had experienced soul travel, in short, they needed to reconcile, and the key point of the reconciliation was naturally Zong Ning.
Just then, the Night Guard came to report the murder case that happened in Anpingfang last night. After a moment of thought, Gu Shuo decided to go to Chunyue Pavilion with them tonight.
And he and Su Xuan did successfully reconcile.
Su Xuan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. As expected of Ah Shuo, he was very meticulous even when acting alone. He had even fooled several Night Guards so much that they didn't even realize that their boss had been replaced.
Su Xuan said, "The only thing that's a bit off track for us is that Xian Mo has figured out our identities, but he and we have the same goal, so there shouldn't be any major problems for now..."
Perhaps it was because he had finally confirmed Gu Shuo's safety, and a big stone fell from his heart. Su Xuan chattered incessantly, as if he always had a lot to say.
Gu Shuo just listened to him with a smile, but as he listened, he suddenly frowned, turned his head away and coughed twice.
Su Xuan paused and asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Is your throat uncomfortable?"
It was also when Gu Shuo coughed that Su Xuan realized that something seemed wrong. Why did Gu Shuo's face look a little pale?
Oh, right, just now a night guard said, "The boss is just getting better"—
"A Shuo, are you sick?" Su Xuan touched Gu Shuo's cheek, trying to feel Gu Shuo's physical condition.
However, the next second, he and Gu Shuo both paused slightly.
——Because his perception was blocked.
Gu Shuo refused his spiritual touch.
The atmosphere became tense for a moment.
Gu Shuo immediately held Su Xuan's hand: "Ah Xuan..."
Su Xuan looked at him and said, "What are you hiding from me again?"
Gu Shuo was speechless.
Su Xuan said calmly, "A Shuo, I told you I'd be angry if you did this. I know everyone has their own secrets, but if you insist on hiding every major secret from your lover, I don't know how others feel, but I can't continue this relationship."
Gu Shuo tightened his grip on his hand slightly.
Occasionally, figures passed by outside, and the sounds of singing, dancing, and teasing came from the surroundings where the sound insulation was not very good. Only in this room, the two people looked at each other in silence.
After a moment of silence, Gu Shuo closed his eyes and said slowly: "Ah Xuan, I'm sorry, I just don't want you to worry too much. After all, this is in the past, and we came here for Zong Ning's matter. I don't want you to be distracted by me."
As all the defenses that Gu Shuo had set up around his spirit body were removed, Su Xuan's spiritual tentacles also penetrated into Gu Shuo's spirit body.
With just a slight touch, Su Xuan's expression changed drastically.
——Gu Shuo’s spiritual core is only half.
The spiritual power in his body was surging and violent, so violent that it seemed like it could crush Gu Shuo at any moment!
This is not a spiritual power shock that a human can withstand at all, even if Gu Shuo is a half-demon——
Su Xuan's throat tightened. "What's going on? You should have a whole spirit core, why is there only half left?!"
Gu Shuo smiled bitterly. He was afraid of Ah Xuan's reaction.
He started coughing again.
Because of the chaotic impact of the powerful spiritual power in his body, his body had become extremely fragile. When Gu Shuo passed through the corridor in the mansion before going out in the afternoon, he heard the servants whispering.
"Can Alang live to be twenty-six like this?"
"Hush, you're risking your life, saying such things!"
"Why……"
The other servant's sigh was actually also full of sorrow and regret.
However, not only did Gu Shuo not die before the age of twenty-six, he even revived more than a thousand years later.
When he revived, his spirit core became complete, and his body was no longer weak, but became healthy and strong, just like any normal person.
Before he fell into deep sleep, or to be more specific, what happened more than a thousand years ago?
The half of his spiritual core in his body at this moment should have been his innate possession, inherited from his father or mother, whom he had yet to meet. So what later filled the other half of his spiritual core, granting him endless life?
——It is impossible that it still comes from his parents, because if they could do this, he would not be sick at this age in this era. There must be some obstacle.
They were getting closer to the truth, but more mysteries seemed to arise.
No, perhaps the puzzle has already been half solved.
Gu Shuo held Su Xuan's hand tightly.
——If his other half of the soul core was given by someone else, then the person who gave him the soul core was only one person besides his father or mother.
Gu Shuo didn't know how to describe how he felt when he figured this out.
He vaguely remembered the information Yan Yue had recorded when Su Xuan came to the Monster Bureau to register - all of Su Xuan's past memories had disappeared, and he only remembered that he had fallen into a deep sleep because his spirit core was shattered.
In fact, so far, except for Su Xuan, they have never seen a generation of monsters that can be reborn after the spiritual core is broken. This is almost a one in a billion probability, or it can be said that it is a persistence that can only be shown by one in a billion individuals.
Because Su Xuan's situation was special, the Monster Bureau finally decided to give him some subsidies to help him integrate into modern society as soon as possible.
Su Xuanle happily accepted the subsidy and left happily, as if he was not bothered by what he had encountered in the past, how painful it was when his spirit core was shattered, or how long and difficult the recovery process would be.
...But what exactly caused his spiritual core to shatter?
…
Su Xuan examined the half spiritual core in Gu Shuo's body with a stern face. No matter how he looked at it, it was the half that was born, probably inherited from his father or mother.
Half a spirit core carries enormous spiritual power, but receiving half a spirit core with a half-demon body will only lead to Gu Shuo's early death!
How could this happen? Gu Shuo clearly lived for more than a thousand years—
Suddenly, it was like a light flashed through my mind.
Su Xuan caught a thought and looked up suddenly. Gu Shuo was looking at him quietly. He didn't know how long he had been looking at him. There were complex emotions in his dark eyes. Obviously, he had the same idea as Su Xuan.
——That half of the spirit core might have been given to Gu Shuo by Su Xuan.
When this thought passed through his mind, Su Xuan subconsciously relaxed his body.
Yes... yes, if he knew more than a thousand years ago that there was only half a spirit core in Gu Shuo's body, and that this man could be drained of his body by this half spirit core at any time, he would definitely not sit idly by. How could he let Ah Shuo die like this? Even if Ah Shuo did not accept it, he would still stuff that half spirit core into Ah Shuo's body.
But soon, Su Xuan relaxed again and felt something else in Gu Shuo's complicated eyes.
Su Xuan was startled. After realizing what was happening, he tightly grasped Gu Shuo's hand and shouted, "Don't think about that!"
"Ah Xuan."
"Do you know how important a human is to a monster, that a monster would cut off half of its soul core and give it to a human?!"
"Ah Xuan..."
"That person is definitely someone the youkai cannot afford to lose. He is definitely worth half a spirit core, or even a whole one!"
Su Xuan said: "After splitting off half of the spirit core, it takes a very long time for the monster to grow a complete spirit core again. It is indeed possible that I died during this period, but Ah Shuo——"
He held Gu Shuo's face and said, "You are definitely not the reason for my death. You can only be the reason for my rebirth!"
Gu Shuo's pupils suddenly constricted.
Su Xuan said hoarsely, "Examples like mine are rare, right? Once a monster's spirit core is broken, it's broken. Almost no monster can heal a broken spirit core. I used to think I was just lucky to be resurrected, but if there really is something pulling me, making me keep working towards rebirth—it must be you!"
Those five words made Gu Shuo's Adam's apple roll and his heart tremble.
"I must have thought that Ah Shuo had a complete spiritual core, and that he would live a long, long time and wait for me in the future, so I had to work hard to wake up!"
Su Xuan's eyes turned red.
Gu Shuo moved—he pulled Su Xuan into his arms, his voice low and hoarse: "Ah Xuan..."
Su Xuan hugged him back and said sullenly, "So you are not allowed to think about anything else. Aren't we doing well now?"
Gu Shuo hugged him tightly, absorbing his breath, and was speechless for a moment.
After a moment, he laughed helplessly.
The more he got to know the person in his arms, the more difficult it became for him to resist.
But Gu Shuo deeply loves this irresistible guy. It should be said that only Su Xuan can make his heart so excited.
Gu Shuo gently rubbed Su Xuan's head and whispered, "Ah Xuan, what I was thinking just now was that even though it might be because of me that your spirit core was shattered more than a thousand years ago, even so, I still love you, and I hope you love me as much as I love you. Is it too much for me to think like this?"
"No way!" Su Xuan said loudly.
"Will I be by your side when your soul core is shattered and your body is destroyed?"
"It would be better if you weren't there. There's nothing to see!"
Gu Shuo hugged Su Xuan tighter.
"But it must have hurt."
"Then just hug me and kiss me now," Su Xuan raised his head, held Gu Shuo's face, and said, "A Shuo, if you kiss me, I will definitely not feel any pain."
Gu Shuo's breathing stopped.
He held the back of Su Xuan's head and kissed him hard.
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