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Chapter 54: Heart-Devouring Gu, Second Elder's Former Girlfriend

"There's no other way. We also want to keep a low profile, but our strength doesn't allow it." Yun Xiao said, "The exchange will take place in half a year. Fifth Junior Sister, Sixth Junior Brother, Seventh Junior Sister, inform the direct disciples, inner sect, and outer sect disciples. Focus on cultivating well for the next half year. Good performance in the exchange after half a year will be greatly rewarded."

"Yes, Senior Brother!" The elders nodded and left the Elder Hall one after another.

Among this group, the last to leave, Second Elder, stopped and turned back.

"Second Junior Brother? Do you have something else?" Yun Xiao looked at the Second Elder with some surprise.

"Senior Brother... the Step Swaying Golden Lotus of our Tianxuan Sect... should be ripe soon." Second Elder fell silent for a moment, then spoke up.

"Second Junior Brother— you..." Yun Xiao was pondering why Lian Zhengming was asking about the Step Swaying Golden Lotus.

But Lian Zhengming spoke up on his own, "Caiyun's disciple is refining the Golden Silkworm Gu and needs a mild spirit object with dual attributes of gold and water to break the cocoon!"

"You still have contact with Lan Caiyun?" Hearing Lian Zhengming's words, Yun Xiao frowned with some anger.

"Senior Brother, that matter wasn't Caiyun's fault." Lian Zhengming said.

"But the Gu in your body was personally implanted by Lan Caiyun's master!" Yun Xiao said, "Otherwise, how could you still be stuck at the Rising Sun Realm?"

"I know, it's right here!" Lian Zhengming pointed to his chest and said, "Every time I think back, I can still vividly feel the heart-wrenching pain from back then. I even wished to kill that old woman, but... I'm still alive now because Caiyun agreed to many conditions of that old woman to let me live."

"But this Gu is like a knife hanging over your heart, it could take your life at any time." Yun Xiao said.

"Not necessarily, that old woman won't leave Cangyun Province. And as long as she's not within the same province as me, she can't control this Gu." Lian Zhengming said, "Moreover, if I die, the things Caiyun promised her back then won't count."

"You, it's been twenty years, and you still haven't moved on." Yun Xiao shook his head and said.

Twenty years ago, the saintess Lan Caiyun of the Yun Clan in Cangyun Province, while wandering around the mortal world, met Lian Zhengming, who was also traveling in the mortal world. The two went from initial conflicts to playing and teasing each other along the way, and finally, they fell in love with each other.

However, as the saintess of the Yun Clan, Lan Caiyun was the most proficient in cultivating Gu and techniques among all the Yun Clan. Moreover, the Gu she cultivated in her body was the strongest in the Yun Clan. Before the Gu was fully cultivated, she absolutely couldn't lose her virginity, otherwise, all efforts would be in vain.

The importance of Lan Caiyun to the Yun Clan was self-evident. Let's put it this way, without Lan Caiyun, the Yun Clan would lose in the annual Gu battles between the villages of Cangyun Province!

So, upon learning that Lan Caiyun had been seduced by someone outside during her trip, the Chief of the Yun Clan personally came out to capture them, staging a great drama of separating the couple.

It's not that they had to break up the couple, but both of them were young. What if they couldn't control themselves? What would happen to the Yun Clan's Gu battles in the future?

Anyway, back then, Lian Zhengming fled with Lan Caiyun, but in the end, they were still caught by the Chief and people from various villages. In order to prevent the two from being together, the Chief implanted the Heart-Devouring Gu in Lian Zhengming's body.

Moreover, she made it clear that as long as Lian Zhengming appeared within the boundaries of Cangyun Province, she would definitely let the Heart-Devouring Gu pierce his heart and kill him.

Twenty years later, when Lian Zhengming, who was once despondent, returned to the Tianxuan Sect, until now, Yun Xiao thought that Lian Zhengming had let go.

Unexpectedly, he still secretly corresponded. This is truly risking one's life for love.

"The Step Swaying Golden Lotus will be ripe soon." Yun Xiao said, "After the Golden Lotus matures, I can give you a lotus seed. But how will you deliver the seed?"

"No need, Senior Brother. Caiyun said she would let her disciple come and take it in person." Lian Zhengming said.

"Come in person?" Yun Xiao was puzzled, "How old is her disciple? What's their cultivation level? The journey from Cangyun Province to our Lingxi Province  is not short, you know?"

"Her disciple is named Lan Xinxue, nineteen years old. According to her, she has already reached the Gathered Stream Realm," Lian Zhengming said.

"Nineteen years old?" Yun Xiao raised an eyebrow, looking at Lian Zhengming with a sly expression. "Second Junior Brother, you've been clinging to this for twenty years. Tell me the truth, twenty years ago, did you... uh... become intimate?"

"Senior Brother, what are you thinking?" Seeing the somewhat lecherous expression on Yun Xiao's face, Lian Zhengming spoke firmly, "Caiyun and I had just established our relationship back then. It was based on emotions but restrained by propriety. We never did anything beyond that."

"Oh, come on, Junior Brother, why are you getting mad?" Yun Xiao said, "From what you told me, the person coming is named Lan Xinxue, nineteen years old, and still Lan Caiyun's disciple. Can this saintess casually take on disciples? It must be the next saintess, right? And look, nineteen years old... twenty years ago, if you count ten months of pregnancy... wouldn't it be just right? If Lan Caiyun doesn't come and lets Lan Xinxue come instead, it might not be the main task to get the Step Swaying Golden Lotus seed. Letting the daughter meet her father would be the main thing."

"It's impossible, absolutely impossible," Lian Zhengming rolled his eyes, saying, "We did consider it back then, but as luck would have it, just when we were about to, the Chief of the Yun Clan burst in with her men."

"Whoa, Junior Brother, you really made a move back then?" Yun Xiao's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't expect to hear such long-forgotten gossip.

No wonder the Chief went so far as to use the most vicious Heart-Devouring Gu on you. It turns out you almost ruined the future of their village.

"Senior Brother, what— you promised, give me a Golden Lotus seed!" After saying this, Lian Zhengming turned and left the Elder Hall in a hurry.

Watching Lian Zhengming leave in a panic, Yun Xiao sighed and shook his head.

He really didn't want to dwell on the past events, but he couldn't let go of the fact that the Yun Clan had placed the Heart-Devouring Gu in his junior brother's body for twenty years.

If it weren't for the fact that this Heart-Devouring Gu couldn't be removed even by a Void Return Realm expert, and with Lian Zhengming's interference, Yun Xiao might have already gone to the Yun Clan in Cangyun Province and raze them to the ground.

But now, all Yun Xiao could do was watch how his junior brother would resolve this emotional debt on his own.

Troublesome.

Yun Xiao shrugged and glanced at the back of the Elder Hall, saying, "We've been gossiping for so long, and the main character has already left. Why not come out now?"

As soon as Yun Xiao finished speaking, a head suddenly popped out from behind the Elder Hall, belonging to Seventh Elder Liu Muyun.

Then, a head was stacked on top of Seventh Elder's head, belonging to Sixth Elder.

Next, Fifth Elder, Fourth Elder, Third Elder, the heads of the five elders successively peeked out from the side of the door, each with a look of gossip in their eyes. Seventh Elder even said, "Senior Brother, could that little girl who's coming be Second Junior Brother's illegitimate daughter?"

Yun Xiao spread his hands, "Who knows? Aren't you leaving yet?"

Seeing the disappointed expressions of his fellow elders, Yun Xiao added, "When she arrives, just look at whether she resembles Second Junior Brother or not. Then you'll know."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of all the elders lit up.

Including Yun Xiao, all six of them looked at each other.

Then—

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