All things are not advisable
Finally, she seemed to have picked up on something.
A-Qiu circled back to the bed and stared at the empty bed for a moment.
She finally noticed a nearly invisible trace of blood in the corner, its color almost black.
Without further ado, A Qiu jumped onto the bed.
The curtain fell instantly, and at the same time, A Qiu found the mechanism hidden under the bedding and activated it.
Suddenly, everything went dark, the bed inside overturned, and she fell completely down.
As soon as she landed, she heard a strong gust of wind and someone struck her on the head with a palm strike.
A Qiu immediately recognized that the palm strike possessed a powerful and pure force, but strangely, it also carried a hint of ferocity.
The strong wind pressed down on her face, making it impossible for her to see. She could only rely on her senses to counter the attacks.
Even so, she was already overwhelmed by the opponent's lightning-fast combo. And the opponent's moves were so fast that she didn't have a chance to speak.
Within a few moves, A Qiu knew that this person's skill was superior to hers, and that his technique was very strange, specializing in unorthodox methods, unlike any other martial arts school.
The fact that they're currently evenly matched is only because the opponent seems to be suppressing some kind of toxin within their body. It appears that after each round, the opponent needs to recover, thus giving A Qiu space to breathe and respond, allowing him to avoid falling behind.
Who knew that Gu Yi not only had a secret room under his bed, but also that a strange person was lurking in the secret room.
Judging from the opponent's intentions, they did not want to kill her, but rather to capture her alive.
A Qiu grew increasingly anxious as she fought, for she had not seen Gu Yi since entering Jinlingtai. Jinlingtai was shrouded in mystery; who knew what Gu Yi's fate was?
She quickly stepped back, finally gaining an opening, and shouted, "Excuse me!" A flash of cold light appeared from her sleeve, and the "Assassination of Qin" was already in her hand.
Tonight, her task was to perform as a white-robed dancer, and she hadn't originally brought any weapons. However, she remembered her master's nighttime incursion into the Forbidden City, Gu Yi's serious injury, and the fact that the Grand Eunuch Rong Yu had taken the tiger tally from Gu Yi to mobilize the Imperial Guards. Furthermore, the white tiger's incursion at the palace banquet meant the Emperor and the Pei family would certainly not let the matter rest. Tonight was destined to be a turbulent night.
Therefore, she dared not be presumptuous. After the banquet, she first returned to Tangli to retrieve the "Assassination of Qin" item to carry with her, and then came to find Gu Yi.
Now, however, she was very glad she had made that decision. Because without the assassination attempt on Qin, let alone finding Gu Yi, she herself would have had a problem escaping.
The Southern Dynasty palace was indeed a place where hidden talents and masters emerged in great numbers.
But when the other party saw the "Assassination of Qin" blade, he paused slightly, as if he recognized something.
Ah Qiu wouldn't let this opportunity slip by. She lunged forward, thrusting her dagger straight at him. A sliver of cold light, like moonlight and starlight, swept straight toward her opponent's chest.
With A Qiu's "Rainbow" strike, the opponent either gets hit by the dagger or manages to dodge it; there is absolutely no third possibility.
A series of clanging sounds arose, like the clear whistling of swords, reverberating endlessly.
A-Qiu instinctively felt that the blade in his hand had sliced through a long strip of metal, which was why it made that sound.
Because the dagger was short and could only be used for close-range thrusts, A Qiu was extremely close to her opponent. As the dagger moved and the opponent shifted slightly, one hand, like an iron arm in a golden cage, wrapped around her waist, while the other hand reversed the blade and lightly struck her wrist with the hilt until the "Assassinate Qin" sword slipped from her grasp.
Then, A Qiu felt himself being pinned down by the other person, his hands were bound, and he couldn't move.
A Qiu was terrified. Since her debut, she had never experienced such a situation—weapon slipping from her hand, her entire being firmly restrained. Her fear was beyond words.
This man's martial arts skills were also quite strange, completely without any rules. He seemed to use a sword, but the sword is the noblest of all weapons, yet he used a precious sword as if it were a breastplate.
At that moment, the sword was right in front of her throat.
A Qiu looked down. The sword was engraved with unique and ancient patterns, its surface gleaming like a silver mirror.
She recognized it at a glance; it was the "Louyue" sword that Gu Yi used to fight against his master!
Startled, A Qiu looked up and met the other person's gaze.
Upon seeing this, she was so shocked that she couldn't utter a single word.
The person before her was clearly Gu Yi, yet he was completely different from his usual self. He was looking down at her, his long, snow-white hair flowing freely, and his once deep and bright eyes, now a pale gray, held a strange and arrogant mockery.
A chill ran through A Qiu's heart. She tentatively asked, "Gu Yi?"
The other party did not answer, but instead brought the sword a little closer and said coldly, "You want me dead that badly?"
He lowered his head again, almost touching her face, and said, "Can't we wait a little longer?"
Ah Qiu felt a strange discomfort as he pressed firmly against her, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why. Intuitively, she knew it was Gu Yi in front of her, but she didn't know why he was acting this way.
She shouted angrily, "What's wrong with you! Let me up! Men and women shouldn't touch each other. Did you learn your martial arts from beasts?!"
When she used the "Spirit Ape Thrust Technique" to fight Gu Yi before, Gu Yi criticized her in the same way. Who would have thought that she would return the favor to him now?
She hadn't initially suspected that the person opposite her was Gu Yi, precisely because his martial arts were so erratic and tainted with an evil aura, so different from Gu Yi's pure Xuanmen cultivation method. Appearance can be faked, but martial arts are not so easy to fake, because decades of immersion in the fundamental cultivation method inevitably reveals clues in the details.
Gu Yi stared at her for a moment, then laughed. A Qiu felt a strange sense of danger, but it was a kind of danger she was unfamiliar with.
There was a special kind of burning intensity in Gu Yi's eyes.
He did indeed pull her up from the ground, and A Qiu felt a little relieved, thinking that at least this person wasn't too crazy.
The next moment, Gu Yi pinned her against the wall and said slowly, "If I don't let go, what can you do about it?"
With their chests pressed together, the situation was ambiguous, and the implication in Gu Yi's words couldn't be clearer. Even if A Qiu was stupid, she would know that he was deliberately being frivolous.
In the past... thinking back carefully, it wasn't entirely unheard of, but Gu Yi's style has always been reserved, never so blatant as this time, as if he was clearly there to flirt with you.
A Qiu said helplessly, "Gu Yi, do you know who I am?"
Gu Yi's dark eyes, which had occasionally flashed with a fierce look and were clear yet playful, now showed a hint of confusion and bewilderment.
A Qiu smiled wryly, "He doesn't even recognize me, yet he dares to flirt with me. Young Master, you really are indiscriminate, accepting all comers!"
Gu Yi understood what he meant, and he tilted his head and said, "No, it's not that. It's because you're beautiful."
This was the first time Gu Yi had admitted to A Qiu that she was beautiful. Caught off guard by this remark, A Qiu paused, then regained her composure and said, "Then you weren't just lusting after her looks."
She regretted saying it as soon as she finished speaking. Gu Yi was not in his normal state now; if she reminded him of something, wouldn't she be in real trouble? A chill ran down her spine as she tried to subtly push away his arm that was around her.
Her words did indeed remind him.
Gu Yi tightened his grip on her arm even more subtly than she did, almost breathing on her lips as he said, "Why can't I be attracted to beauty?"
Ah Qiu almost cried out, "You're Master Gu! The role model and idol in the hearts of the people! The famously indifferent to women and pure-hearted Master Gu Yi, who is the one everyone admires!"
But upon closer examination, these reasons seem rather far-fetched. Who says Gu Yi can't be attracted to women? Does he really need to care what the world thinks?
Ah Qiu said with difficulty, "...You are injured."
Because of the injury, it is not advisable to do anything, especially to have lustful thoughts.
Gu Yi chuckled, withdrew his arms from her body, and said, "You've finally given me a decent reason." Then, his tone turned indifferent, and he said, "Get lost."
As soon as he withdrew his hand, he left her body. A chill ran through A Qiu, and she felt strangely unaccustomed to it.
She had grown accustomed to the warmth of his touch on her skin.
He stood with his back to her, his white hair flowing like snow, his figure tall and solitary.
Gu Yi didn't recognize her now, treating her only as a stranger who had taken advantage of his injury, but for some reason, he let her go.
He has changed in some ways, but not in others.
He's still the same Gu Yi who doesn't harm the innocent.
A-Qiu's feelings were very complicated.
She remembered that several times when she had accidents, Gu Yi carried her back to Jinlingtai.
Then, in a half-dreaming, half-awake state, she clung to Gu Yi, wanting a hug.
Gu Yi was unwilling, but he endured it.
Shouldn't I reciprocate and make a small sacrifice in return?
The temperature of Gu Yi's body that had been covering her was much lower than usual.
A Qiu stared at the white-haired figure for a long time before finally moving towards him step by step.
Gu Yi remained motionless, neither surprised that she didn't leave nor wary of her suddenly attacking him from behind.
Ah Qiu stood almost against his back, then mustered her courage and wrapped her arms around his waist.
This was the first time she had ever embraced a man while fully conscious and rational. Deep down, she knew she could no longer dismiss it as naiveté.
Her heart was pounding.
She wasn't unaware of the danger Gu Yi was in at that moment. Yet, she still embraced him wholeheartedly and without reservation.
She caught that familiar scent of Gu Yi again—a scent as cool as ice and as bittersweet as grass and trees. This scent reminded her that he had once been someone she knew intimately and was incredibly close to.
So no matter what happens, she will stay with him.
If she could see Gu Yi's expression at that moment, she would have noticed that the instant she wrapped her arms around his waist, Gu Yi's eyes, which had been indifferent as if they had lost all life, suddenly widened in surprise, his gray pupils dilating instantly.
His deep, slightly hoarse voice traveled through her back, gently vibrating her ear, which was pressed against his waist.
"Now that you've decided to stay, you can't leave."
A Qiu was shaken. She didn't know if he was saying these words to her or to any woman who appeared beside him at that moment.
He said we couldn't leave anymore, but how long was the deadline?
Is it forever?
But she simply nuzzled Gu Yi's back gently and replied, "I'm not leaving."
Gu Yi's body temperature began to rise. Soon, suddenly, even the woman holding him could feel this abnormality.
Before she could react, Gu Yi had already turned around and lifted her up in his strong arms. She was so close to him that she could almost hear his heartbeat.
A-Qiu asked in horror, "What do you want to do?"
Gu Yi's gray eyes gazed intently at her, a mixture of strange confusion and peculiar passion, with a rare hint of clarity.
"Of course, I'll do whatever I want to do right now."
As if afraid she might change her mind, he added, "You can't refuse."
He put her down, bent down to her, and with a gentle pull, untied her sash.
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