Chapter 76 Chapter 76 Qin Sheng can't help himself
Gu Mailan has been guarding here for decades and is very familiar with the situation here, so Qin Sheng doesn't need to go any further.
Time was urgent and there was no time for them to have a deeper conversation. Qin Sheng could only discuss with Gu Mailan how to contact each other in the future. The magnetic field in the forbidden area was so chaotic that even the watch didn't work, and there was no possibility of a mobile phone signal.
He originally considered letting the noodles stay here, but Gu Mailan guessed that the noodles must be of great use, otherwise Qin Sheng would not come here and take the risk to bring them with him, so he did not agree.
"I will go out to look for you every two days at midnight when the Yang energy is weak. Don't take any risks for me."
With Gu Mailan's current level of cultivation and the solidity of her soul, she would be fine if she went out at night. Before, she was more concerned about the fact that there were several foundation-building cultivators guarding the Hanyan Forest, so she did not dare to go in and out casually. She was worried that even if she left successfully, it might be difficult to find a chance to come back. Once she couldn't come back, her cultivation would gradually regress, she would lose her mind and turn into a ghost.
But Qin Sheng had just told him that there were only two Foundation Establishment cultivators left outside, and even those two might not be as advanced as hers.
After all, even though she was a ghost cultivator, she had to rely on her own exploration. However, she had sufficient Yin energy for her cultivation, unlike the increasingly scarce spiritual energy in the outside world. It was good enough for her to maintain her realm in the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Her son had obviously had another adventure, and she had no intention of asking more questions. It would be a shame if such a blessing was lost due to her curiosity. In her opinion, people's advantages did not need to be made known to everyone, they just needed to be brought out at the most critical moment.
Just like Qin Shihao never knew that she had hidden many collected firearms in her dowry.
Before they parted, Xu Zhaoyi suddenly asked, "Uh, we seem to have forgotten to tell Auntie about Gu Qingyue. After all, he's a descendant of her family. If we're going to kill him, shouldn't we let Auntie know?"
Qin Sheng was silent suspiciously for a few seconds, and Xu Zhaoyi's gaze towards him gradually changed from suspicion to gloating.
He remembered that Qin Sheng caught up with him a little later than he went into the water, so he must have done something bad!
As expected, Qin Sheng touched the tip of his nose and said honestly: [He should be dead by now.]
[Even if he's already dead, I have to say this. Don't be afraid. If he dares to set his sights on you, I'm a decisive person like Auntie. I won't blame you for some unknown relative or descendant.]
[Since she won't blame me, then...]
[Don't argue. You know the difference very well. It's not like you can skip the process just because you know the result. You told her that, it just means you care about her feelings.]
Xu Zhaoyi poked his waist and told him to hurry up and stop dawdling. Qin Sheng had no choice but to explain Gu Qingyue's existence to Gu Mailan, emphasizing that this guy had ill intentions towards him and had sneaked into his room tonight, so he had to kill him, otherwise both he and Xu Zhaoyi would be at risk of being exposed.
It omitted the fact that he caught a fish monster, bit through Gu Qingyue's femoral artery, and then threw his lower body into Luoxing Lake, creating the illusion that he died on the way out.
There's no need to explain such a bloody matter in too much detail.
Gu Mailan raised an eyebrow and said, "Don't worry about my thoughts. Although people's hearts are complicated in this world, someone who treats you well for ten years may also do something to hurt you, leaving you unsure how to face him. But someone like this who has harbored malicious intentions from the beginning is just a simple damned person to you. His last name, Gu, doesn't make him innocent, but makes him even more damned, isn't it?"
She had no affection for the current Gu family. Her parents who gave birth to her had long passed away, and they had never helped her during their lifetime. She did not blame them at that time because she realized in time that no one could be relied on, and it was better to rely on herself than on others.
But the Gu family is now relying on the secrets she revealed, and has been deliberately plotting against her children, passed down from generation to generation. This has really exhausted the last bit of face maintained by blood ties.
Qin Sheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.
Then he took Xu Zhaoyi out of the forbidden area. The moment he passed through the water barrier, his alert heart suddenly sounded an alarm. Without thinking for a second, he turned around and hugged Xu Zhaoyi. Noodles activated the teleportation and sent the two of them back to Qin Sheng's room.
[What’s going on? What just happened?] Xu Zhaoyi was still in shock. He didn’t know what had happened. The only thing he was sure of was that the star stone necklace in front of him was still hot.
Qin Sheng pulled him to lie on the bed, and his clothes were scattered all over the floor in the process, which looked very indescribable.
Gu Qingyue must have been discovered missing. I just sensed a Foundation Establishment cultivator spying on the lake bottom.
Normally, the old man should have confirmed his safety as soon as possible in this situation, but probably when he was sending people over, he received the news that Gu Qingyue's body was found in Luoxing Lake, so the fact that there was no one in his and Xu Zhaoyi's room was not discovered.
Xu Zhaoyi exclaimed in astonishment: [This was too dangerous. I was almost exposed. Could it be that Qin Xing woke up?]
[Very likely.] Qin Sheng reaffirmed the necessity of killing Gu Qingyue. If this guy didn't die, and woke up unexpectedly before the expected time like Qin Xing, tonight would be dangerous.
I don’t know whether Gu Qingyue didn’t kill Qin Xing because he wanted to leave a way out for himself, or because he showed mercy, or because he simply didn’t consider this issue.
Almost got them into trouble.
Noodles crawled out to check the situation and came back to report. The facts were similar to what Qin Sheng guessed, but the person who woke up first was not Qin Xing, but the guard who was knocked unconscious by Gu Qingyue and thrown into Qin Xing's room.
It looks smart, but the actual operation is full of loopholes. This is not a child's game of house, but a real risk of losing one's life if one is not careful. If one does not have this decisiveness, one should not do bad things.
Qin Sheng was very dissatisfied with Gu Qingyue. He hated people who were bad but not completely bad the most. He killed him without hesitation as if he had done something wrong.
But it was clearly Gu Qingyue who attacked him first. If he was really powerless and the other party succeeded, one can imagine what kind of "exploration and research" he would experience after being taken back to the Gu family.
After wearing the Lingxi ring for a long time, Xu Zhaoyi and he actually developed a certain level of telepathy. Without Qin Sheng expressing it, Xu Zhaoyi guessed what he was thinking.
[You're right. Your situation doesn't allow you to be soft-hearted. Besides, with Gu Qingyue's actions, unless you surrender and let him take you away, it's only a matter of time before he's discovered by the Qin family and dies here. The time of death won't exceed an hour.]
As he spoke, he leaned closer and placed a gentle goodnight kiss on Qin Sheng's lips. He then continued, "Auntie is right. He actually had ill intentions towards you and acted on them. He deserves to die. He won't become innocent just because he left room for others. At least not for us."
His kiss had no other meaning, he just thought Qin Sheng, who was cursing in his heart, was a little cute and wanted to kiss him.
Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, Qin Sheng looked at him intently for a while, and suddenly leaned forward towards him.
It was obvious that this action was an impulsive one that was not well thought out, because Qin Sheng quickly came to his senses and stopped. At this time, the distance between their lips was less than a finger's width, and their breathing was almost intertwined.
Shock and annoyance appeared simultaneously in Qin Sheng's eyes, which had widened. He stood there in a daze, as if he had no idea what he was doing, and didn't even step back in time.
Xu Zhaoyi looked at him with bright eyes.
He pursed his lips and smiled, "Don't be polite with me. I've never been polite with you anyway. If you want to kiss me, go ahead. I won't demand that you respond to my feelings immediately just for a kiss."
Qin Sheng was very generous to him. Without confirming their relationship, he allowed him to kiss and hug her. He should also be more generous to Qin Sheng.
Nothing wrong.
Qin Sheng smiled after hearing this. Of course, he would not be fooled by the other party. He just reached out and rubbed Xu Zhaoyi's hair, in return he got a slightly regretful roll of the eyes.
What he had just done was purely a moment of weakness. The appearance of Gu Mailan had a greater impact on him than he had imagined. He had never considered before whether what he did would appear to be too cruel. He was a villain to begin with and did not have such high moral standards for himself.
This is very strange. Logically speaking, he is not Gu Mailan's son at all. The original owner and Qin Feiyuan are the same soul. It is normal for his soul to sense Gu Mailan since she is so good to him, but he is not the original owner. This body is the biological child of Qin Kangnian and Wu Yunlian. He should not be affected by anything.
Could it be that, like what is written in many time-travel novels, there is still some residual consciousness of the original owner in his body?
Qin Sheng asked Noodles to scan his body.
Noodles scanned the area and found nothing unusual: [What's wrong? Did the teleportation make you feel unwell?]
[No.] Qin Sheng thought for a moment and asked: [Can’t you really tell me who I was before?]
Noodles exclaimed, wondering why he suddenly asked this, but still replied: [It is like this. Because we didn’t have this rule before, many people voluntarily accepted the golden finger given by the system and became taskers.
But the setting of a novel is one thing, and when things actually happen it is another thing. The human heart is something that even we ourselves find difficult to control. After coming here, we cannot let go of the things in the previous world and cannot start a new life well.
However, they had already died in their original world for various reasons, and they could not return. Therefore, this rule was later established that those who traveled between different worlds must format their memories like drinking Meng Po soup.]
Qin Sheng pondered for a moment, and he could understand the significance of this rule. Unlike Xu Zhaoyi who was reborn in his original world, the time traveler needed to abandon the feelings of the past, which was ethically correct.
However, he realized a problem from Noodles' words and asked in a rather elusive tone: "So, before the original owner was sent to another world, you also formatted his memory?"
[Yes!] Noodles replied as a matter of course.
Qin Sheng's bad premonition became stronger.
[Comrade Noodles, I'd like to ask, how did you operate for us at that time?]
Noodles felt a strange chill on his back, and couldn't figure out why Qin Sheng was asking this, so he could only honestly say, "It's just about taking out the original owner's soul, formatting their memory, and then putting your formatted soul in, and then sending the original owner away!"
[…Are you sure there is no mistake?]
Given this guy's past record of treating his colleagues like wild chickens and swallowing them up and then vomiting them out, Qin Sheng was not very confident about this.
Could it be that it simply took out the real Qin Sheng's soul, formatted it, and then stuffed it back in, and finally sent the time traveler to reincarnate?
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The author has something to say: I was going to take a day off today because I was sick, but my damn obsessive-compulsive disorder forced me to write it out anyway. I just didn't want to stop updating. The number of words is a bit short, I will update more tomorrow, please forgive me [heart]
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