BSI Chapter 554 - 178: Fools Enamored by Life’s Betrayals, Divine Wood Conceals Dragons and Tigers
Chapter 554 - 178: Fools Enamored by Life’s Betrayals, Divine Wood Conceals Dragons and Tigers
This once long-legged maid has now become a hot figure in the Divine Wood Hall, responsible for the Eastern City Defense of the Triple Gate, controlling the secret soldiers of the Eastern City Defense.
In the late autumn, her long legs remained, clad in white trousers, her hips slightly uplifted,
while her delicate body was wrapped in a brocade robe,
her hair styled into a bun on top of her head. As she walked briskly, she exuded the demeanor of a beautiful lady, no longer akin to a palace maid.
On this day, she went to a teahouse under the Cyan Robe Building for a drink, when suddenly someone approached and discreetly slipped a note to her.
When Gu Yaojue looked at it, her beautiful eyes were as calm as a still lake,
she nonchalantly got up and went to the depths of the secret chamber in the Cyan Robe Building.
The flickering candlelight revealed the figure of a man on a large chair in the depths.
Gu Yaojue could hardly believe her eyes.
The white hair was gone.
The wrinkles were gone.
The old master had returned to his appearance when he married the young lady.
"Master."
The calm in Gu Yaojue’s eyes completely disappeared, transforming into ripples on the surface of a peach blossom pond, as she threw herself into Li Yuan’s arms.
Wang Hiran tactfully left.
Gu Yaojue used her little fairy’s clinginess, making Li Yuan itch.
She had only Li Yuan as a man, unlike Princess Consort Yin who was detached from worldly matters, treating beauty as a weapon, but whose heart was set on the path.
She missed the master very much, not knowing how many times she reunited with him in her dreams during the quiet nights.
Li Yuan discerned the thoughts of the beautiful woman before him.
He released the restraints on both sides, hanging the clothes and pants aside, and carried the beauty horizontally.
The end of her lotus-like long legs still sported soft beige boots, which swayed like branches bearing peaches when she was lifted.
Her body was tilted downwards.
Li Yuan approached...
The yearning from this long separation ignited once again here.
After a long time, Gu Yaojue, with a lazy demeanor and alluring charm, sat before the mirror to comb her hair.
After finishing, she sat back beside Li Yuan, her eyes full of emotion as she said, "Master, you’ve returned, it must be due to a major event, right?"
Li Yuan replied, "Knowing it’s a major event, you still act like this?"
Gu Yaojue said earnestly, "One must maintain calm in the face of major events."
Li Yuan froze for a moment because he realized this girl was speaking with colorful tones.
Her "calm" was pronounced in the first tone, not the fourth...
Li Yuan was speechless.
Gu Yaojue giggled, "I only act coquettish in front of the master. You’re my only man, if I don’t show this side to you, who else would see it?"
Li Yuan suddenly felt that Gu Yaojue also had the potential to become a White Lotus Demoness...
This girl was clever and dependable, and worth trusting.
He had not misjudged her, nor did he misplace his protection before leaving.
Li Yuan briefly pondered, and said directly, "Qing Hancheng has quietly allied with the Lotus Sect. It may either doom everyone here, or eliminate dissidents and have the entire Divine Wood Hall join the Lotus Sect."
This statement shocked Gu Yaojue into speechlessness for a long time.
Her eloquent little mouth abruptly fell silent.
She even exclaimed in disbelief, "Impossible."
Quickly, she added, "It doesn’t make sense."
Li Yuan said, "Not only don’t you believe it, but I also don’t believe it.
However, this news is unequivocally certain.
To put it briefly, I came this time to take you away...
You, Ping’an, Huayin, Shuixiang.
If possible, I’d like to take a copy of the Divine Wood Hall’s Visualization Image and Cultivation Skill for you to continue your cultivation."
Gu Yaojue gradually calmed down, first smiling as she said, "If the master truly wants to take the family away, it’s more than just the four of us."
Li Yuan’s mind turned quickly, and he said directly, "That brat found himself a wife?"
Gu Yaojue held up three fingers.
Li Yuan asked, "Three?"
Gu Yaojue nodded, "Two children have already been born, and one is still expecting."
Li Yuan exclaimed, "Didn’t you Martial Artists worry that marrying and having children would hinder your cultivation? How did that brat manage to marry three and even have kids?"
This sudden increase in generations made him somewhat inexplicably anxious.
Was he a grandfather now?
Moreover, suddenly having three daughters-in-law made the difficulty of withdrawal higher.
Gu Yaojue said, "Ping’an said... cultivation was too simple, and he wanted to add some challenges for himself.
So, he wanted to shoulder the burden of marriage and children, take everything on, to give himself more challenge."
Li Yuan: ...
Gu Yaojue said, "Seven years ago, just after you first wrote me a letter, he broke through to the Fifth Grade.
Seven years have passed, and he’s nearly at the perfection of the Fifth Grade, with five lines of Source Blood condensed...
He even told me that, if you hadn’t restrained him at the Sixth Grade back then, he might have progressed even faster.
However... even though Ping’an is conceited, he is very grateful to you.
He always says he resents his old man because all the methods the outsiders could use to kill him were used up by his old man in advance, making his life lonely as snow."
"That brat..."
Li Yuan lamented.
He then looked at the beautiful woman beside him; Gu Yaojue’s stats were also Fifth Grade, but only "1210~1280," figures which evidently resulted from the absence of a Spiritual Artifact.
So, he said with a smile, "You and Huayin must have also broken through to the Fifth Grade, right?"
Gu Yaojue said, "I originally wanted to give the master a surprise, well, now our family all lives together.
There are abundant resources in the Triple Gate, I’ve benefited from Sister Xuejian’s favor, consuming plenty of resources, and went on quite a few adventures with her.
But still, I cannot compare to the young lady’s talent.
The young lady broke through four years ago and became an Elder; now her demeanor is cold as frost, indifferent to everyone, that the son-in-law might not recognize her.
As for me... I barely broke through at the beginning of this year.
Currently, Weapon Forgers are scarce, and the few in existence are all pondering intensely on how to forge a Fourth Grade Spiritual Artifact to confront the Lotus Sect.
Therefore... I still don’t have a Spiritual Artifact."
Li Yuan smiled and said, "How can a woman of Li Yuan be without a handy weapon? If they won’t forge one for you, I’ll forge one for you."
Gu Yaojue stood up, and like an agile dove, bowed gracefully, then giggled and said, "Thank you, master. Yaojue has no way to repay you, let’s sleep together tonight."
Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "I’m not entering the Triple Gate."
Gu Yaojue said, "Let’s sleep outside the city...
I got word that Ping’an will be heading out for training in a few days.
He often stops by my estate before setting off, and then departs.
By then, master can follow him, and when you’ve gone far, the father and son can reunite.
As for the young lady and Sister Shuixiang, they’ve also started executing missions, currently out fighting the Lotus Sect, so they’re not in the city now."