Chapter 150: The Birth of Gu Nianmo, Gu Jiangming's Unexpected Disciple

Niankong Villa.

Liu Moran holds a scroll in her hand.

The figure in the painting leaps off the paper; with sword-like brows and starry eyes, and a face like polished jade, the tear mole that would normally appear delicate and charming instead looks vibrant and spirited amidst the sharpness of his features.

【You have painted a portrait of Gu Jiangming. Because your calligraphy and painting skills have reached the pinnacle, the portrait you created is full of spirit.】

【And the main reason you founded Niankong Villa was, in fact, to find the missing Gu Jiangming.】

【You know well that in such a perilous world, the strength of one person is far from enough; only by establishing a faction loyal to yourself and possessing a meticulous intelligence network can one go further.】

【When a person's strength reaches its limit, one must arm oneself through other means.】

【The Demon Race relies on the blood ties of their kin, while human cultivators must rely on one another with sects as their bonds.】

【But for traditional sects, relying solely on philosophy and Morality makes it difficult to prevent accidents; only these 'disciples' who have grown up by one's side are truly trustworthy.】

【Niankong Villa is in its infancy; if you want to build a force that can reach every corner of the Nine Provinces, you will still need a long time of effort.】

【Within this year, a total of 9 disciples adopted by Niankong Villa broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage; although their strength is shallow, they are still young and have infinite potential.】

【Her name is Lu Wanjing.】

【You focused your main energy on the state of nurturing the fetus and conserving spirit, and you made extensive preparations in advance.】

【She is only seven years old this year. In a world where demons and anomalies sweep across the Nine Provinces, her father died because of them, and she lived a life of depending on others since childhood. Unfortunately, in the cold winter of last year, her mother died of a cold. You happened to pass by, and at the request of her mother, you felt pity and took her in as a disciple.】

【And she knows even better that in Niankong Villa, she must show her value to the Villa Master to receive favor.】

【But your communication with the Demon Seed has become more frequent.】

【After Gu Nianmo was born, you immediately sealed the Qi flow on his body to prevent the profound energy of the Qilin Divine Blood from leaking out into the Nine Provinces.】

The child Lu Wanjing left a deep impression on Liu Moran; after all, her background was somewhat similar to her own, which easily made Liu Moran feel a sense of empathetic pity.

【Your cultivation did not improve this year; your attention was entirely placed on the matter of nurturing the fetus and conserving spirit, which caused your cultivation to stagnate significantly.】

Many key pieces of information will be retrieved.

Liu Moran nodded; at the end of every year, 【Mie Changsheng】 would give her a summary of information organized by the year.

【Lu Wanjing firmly believes in the principle that diligence can make up for clumsiness; this is the reason for her rapid progress in cultivation.】

【You rested and reorganized at Niankong Villa for a year. During this year, the strategy you chose was—nurturing the fetus and conserving spirit, teaching disciples, and refining cultivation.】

【Her talent is not outstanding, yet she has become the most hardworking among these disciples.】

【Your cultivation stagnated for another year, but under your free-range style of teaching, one person still stood out in Niankong Villa.】

【In the second year, your energy was entirely focused on taking care of your young son, Gu Nianmo.】

But pity is pity; Liu Moran will not give this child too much preferential treatment, because this world is one where the strong prey on the weak. The kindness you show even slightly might, for these children, be the origin of future disasters.

Danger will not give them any hints or leniency.

【After you managed Niankong Villa for two years, it gradually began to show some promise, but the disciples under your command still need a long time to grow.】

And on the other side.

Jiu Jiu of Bohai has her beautiful eyes tightly closed.

【Under two years of cultivation, you constantly explored the origin of the bloodline in your body, and on the path of pursuing the divine blood, you have gone further and further.】

【After you developed the Jingwei Blood, your injuries recovered at the fastest speed, but you noticed that there was an indescribable bloodline constantly flowing within Jingwei, and it seemed that there was an attitude of never giving up within it.】

【You have come out of seclusion.】

【The primary task was to gain control over the Bohai region. You did not act until you were ready, but once you did, you shocked everyone. Under the suppression of your powerful bloodline, you quickly attained the position of the head of the Guhuoniao in Bohai.】

【You executed the cruel and inhumane Guhuoniao in the tribe who fed on the flesh and blood of the Human Race, and began your own rule over the Guhuoniao tribe.】

【You constantly exerted your prestige within the tribe to ensure your position would not be threatened, and prepared to tell the tribe the secrets of the Guhuoniao bit by bit.】

【You chose a time to tell the tribesmen the news that the true identity of the Guhuoniao was Jingwei, which left all the Guhuoniao of the Demon Race in shock.】

【After learning their identity, these Guhuoniao gradually realized what kind of behavior it was to enslave the Human Race.】

【You quietly influenced the actions of the entire Guhuoniao tribe and occupied a place in Bohai.】

【You gathered all the humans near Bohai and planned to select a few talented individuals from among them to be your disciples, laying out your plans accordingly.】

【And within the Nine Provinces, you found out the news that Gu Jiangming was cultivating in the Underworld River.】

【Although you were eager to find Gu Jiangming, you still endured for a while, preparing to make your layout in Bohai perfect before going to search for Gu Jiangming's tracks.】

【In the Underworld River outside the Nine Provinces continent, Gu Jiangming is accepting the baptism of the Underworld River upon his physical body.】

【More importantly, Gu Jiangming had previously been unable to find the core area where the Array Eye was laid out in Heaven and Earth after the Four Thousand Bureau.】

【Under the guidance of Wang Qinghe, Gu Jiangming noticed the mysterious aspects of this place in the Underworld River. Although it is located in a remote area, it can affect the trend of the entire Nine Provinces, because the floodwaters at the end of the Underworld River lead to the entire territory of the Nine Provinces.】

【And Gu Jiangming came here, in fact, to search for the thing that Wang Qinghe has been thinking about during this time.】

【In Wang Qinghe's narration, she told Gu Jiangming that there is something here that has been attracting her arrival.】

【This thing seems as if it should be her magic treasure; it attracts her day and night as if pulling at her heartstrings.】

【Wang Qinghe could not eat or sleep, and her spirit gradually tended toward collapse. Because of this, Gu Jiangming had to find a way to go to the Underworld River to investigate, but he invisibly realized the incomparably bizarre and strange phenomena of this place.】

【Gu Jiangming, who stayed here for two years, gained an insight in the Underworld River, which gave him a deeper understanding of earth-type arrays.】

【At the same time, Gu Jiangming discovered a new magic treasure—the Five Elements Map.】

【Ding—】

【A sword cultivator named Li Junling found the Opportunity you left behind back then. Seeing the words on the stone wall, he was amazed and knelt down repeatedly before the five words 'No-Move Wins Over Move', convinced and admiring.】

【You have formed a master-disciple karma with him, and although you had no intention of taking him in, the reality of master and disciple exists.】

【Li Junling obtained a new Golden Word—《Sword Bone Inscribed in Heart》; his sword talent, under your guidance, broke through to 100 points.】

(End of this chapter)