Fu Linglong's eyes turned cold. "Do you still remember that I once said that Gu Masters need to use their heart's blood to raise Gu, which would make their bodies very weak and require different methods to nourish them?"
I never expected that Gao Hongyuan would use his heart's blood to nourish the demon Gu King, and that his way of nourishing himself was by drinking the heart's blood of a young boy!
I remember my master telling me that some Gu practitioners, in order to recover their health, would not hesitate to kill young children and drink their heart's blood as a tonic.
It turns out that Gao Hongyuan was using the blood of children who failed to refine human gu to nourish himself while he was refining human gu.
Not a single bit is wasted!
"Fifth Master, how often should we drink this heart's blood?" Su Ruojin asked.
“If you’re raising ordinary Gu, once every one or two months is enough. But the demon Gu king that Gao Hongyuan is raising will need more. It should need to drink it about once every ten to fifteen days. Otherwise, even if it doesn’t die, it will become very weak.”
This means that at least one child will die every fifteen days!
Gao Hongyuan has been raising this demonic Gu King for over twelve years, and the number of children who have died at his hands is countless!
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
The door opened, and there was Yuan Hong.
Su Ruojin noticed that Yuan Hong's eyes were slightly red and became anxious. "Yuan Hong, what happened?"
"Sister Jin, I want to stay in Xiaoyue."
Su Ruojin was taken aback for a moment. "Yuan Hong, do you know what staying in Xiaoyue means for someone of your status?"
Yuan Hong nodded. "Sister Jin, I know. If I stay in Xiaoyue, I have to fight for the throne. If I fail, I might not survive."
But Sister Jin, since I am the prince of Xiaoyue, my birth destined me to bear responsibility. I cannot stand by and watch Xiaoyue fall into the hands of someone like Gao Hongyuan.
Yuan Hong's heart was shaken time and again when he saw his birth mother, Yun Pin, become like that, and later when he saw Gao Hongyuan harm so many children.
If it were only Consort Yun, he could take her back to the Great Chu and take good care of her for the rest of her life, which would be considered fulfilling his filial duty.
But he can just leave, but what about the people of Xiaoyue, what about these children?
They may escape this time, but can they escape next time?
Some of these children are only four or five years old. If we let them go home now, they might be caught by Gao Hongyuan's men again soon.
Yuan Hong had already heard about Ji Yanzhuo's situation from Su Ruojin. With such an emperor and such a national advisor, Yuan Hong dared not imagine how many more children would die at Gao Hongyuan's hands after they left.
Furthermore, Gao Hongyuan is still raising some kind of demonic Gu King, making it even more unclear what will happen in the future.
That's why Yuan Hong kept thinking about this issue on his way back from Poyun Peak.
Jin-jie taught him from a young age that a man should be responsible and know what he should and shouldn't do.
He knew that if he returned to the Great Chu, with the protection of Sister Jin and the Regent Prince, he would be able to do anything smoothly throughout his life and would not have too many worries.
If he stays in Xiaoyue, his sister Jin and brother-in-law can accompany him for a while, but not for a lifetime. He can only rely on himself.
“Yuan Hong, are you really sure? This path will be much more difficult than any other path you could choose,” Xiao Yanchu said.
“Brother-in-law, I’ve made up my mind. Sister Jin once said that a true man should have the world in his heart and take it as his responsibility to protect all living beings. Before I knew my own background, I wanted to be a great general and protect the people of Great Chu. But now I am the Prince of Xiaoyue, and I must protect the people of Xiaoyue.”
Whether they are the people of Great Chu or the people of Xiaoyue, they are all the same and have the right to live a happy life.
"My brother-in-law has enabled the people of Great Chu to live a good life, and I also want the people of Xiaoyue to be able to live like the people of Great Chu." Yuan Hong said, his eyes shining.
Seeing Yuan Hong like this, Su Ruojin felt conflicted. She was pleased that Yuan Hong had grown up, but also felt sorry for him for choosing this path, knowing that his future would be much harder.
Putting aside how difficult the struggle for the throne is, even if Yuan Hong successfully ascends to the throne, governing a country well is not an easy task. He can no longer simply stand behind her and Xiao Yanchu and live his own life.
"Good, well said!" Xiao Yanchu praised, "Yuan Hong, do whatever you want to do, your brother-in-law supports you."
"Thank you, brother-in-law." Yuan Hong bowed respectfully to Xiao Yanchu.
Yuan Hong knew, of course, that if he wanted to sit in that position and enable the people of Xiaoyue to live a good life, he would need the help of his sister and brother-in-law.
Su Ruojin stopped trying to persuade him. She remembered that her fifth master had told Yuan Hong that he could not return to the Great Chu. Perhaps some things in this world were already destined.
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