Chapter 8: Could it be that this husband I picked up is actually a genius of Qimen?

By this point, Gu Jiangming had already realized just how high the degree of freedom in *Mie Changsheng* truly was; he had previously assumed there were restrictions in many areas, so he had been somewhat restrained in his performance.

He had not made any life-risking attempts in a grand or unrestrained manner.

Of course, *Mie Changsheng* was not an online game after all, so it did not provide any so-called mandatory main questline.

Gu Jiangming had to think for himself about what exactly he wanted to do.

Now, to organize his thoughts.

The point of a son avenging his father's grudge was beyond doubt.

Gu Jiangming was inevitably going to find trouble with Baishou Yao, especially since this fellow had nearly killed him.

Eliminating Baishou Yao was what Gu Jiangming held in his heart, and what he considered to be the shining, glorious Shushan Sword Sect.

"A great man born between Heaven and Earth should carry a three-foot sword to establish an unparalleled legacy."

Gu Jiangming did not deny that he had been saved by the Celestial Master Mansion of Longhu Mountain this time, and even his successful mastery of arts had deep origins with the Celestial Master Mansion.

However, the Celestial Master Mansion of this world and Gu Jiangming's philosophy were in conflict.

While he was indeed grateful for the Celestial Master Mansion's life-saving grace, it did not mean Gu Jiangming would follow the path of the Celestial Master Mansion or agree that their methods were correct.

What this Celestial Master Mansion emphasized was the cycle of the five elements, advocating a path of balance; they did not want to actively disrupt that balance and subscribed to the philosophy of letting things take their natural course.

From the perspective of a direct victim, the Celestial Master Mansion was clearly failing to act.

By the time they arrived at a leisurely pace, the people were already dead.

Those who were saved were lucky, but what about those who weren't? In Gu Jiangming's vision, the Shushan he founded would ideally have disciples who would descend the mountain of their own accord to enter the world and practice the path of saving the people amidst the red dust.

If they encountered demons doing evil in the world, they would take action to subdue them.

If they did not encounter demons, they would act as healers to provide relief to the impoverished commoners.

As a transmigrator, Gu Jiangming certainly did not have such an extreme mindset that he had to exterminate all demons.

In so many films and television shows, demons were also divided into good and evil, so the attitude Gu Jiangming advocated was more about hoping practitioners could take the initiative to protect the human world from being harassed by monsters, rather than the Celestial Master Mansion's approach of inaction and letting things run their course.

With these thoughts in mind, Gu Jiangming's most urgent priority now was to improve his own hard power.

Without strong professional capability, how could he talk about founding the Shushan Sword Sect and becoming famous throughout the world!

【You have begun arduous training in the Celestial Master Mansion's practice room.】

【You temper your physique, cultivate your will, strengthen your divine sense, study the Qimen of the Celestial Master Mansion, and begin to analyze the operating methods of these Qimen, attempting to carve out your own Grotto-Heaven as soon as possible.】

【Your train of thought is clear and precise, which allows you to enter a state of mind free from distractions.】

【In this state of mind, your cultivation speed has been greatly increased.】

【You recall that Zhang Tianze once marveled at your deep Fortune and your clear, extraordinary natural talent.】

Gu Jiangming now somewhat suspected that perhaps he had died too many times in previous Reincarnations, causing this Reincarnation to be blessed by the stars as if it were under some mysterious protection.

【During a practice session of Qimen, you mastered the family-transmitted mental cultivation method "Facing the Heavenly Palace," and miraculously derived a new Qimen technique—Cave Heaven Eye.】

【Qimen "Cave Heaven Eye": Can glimpse half a strand of Heavenly secrets; by observing the movement trajectories of Demon Power and the Qi of Heaven and Earth, you can judge the opponent's attack movements in advance. (Your probability of cracking, dismantling, and predicting the opponent's moves has increased.) (This Qimen is a universal-type Qimen.)】

【Congratulations, you have obtained the exclusive dynamic special effect for the Qimen "Cave Heaven Eye."】

【"A single glance can glimpse the secrets of all phenomena."】

【The conditions for learning "Cave Heaven Eye" are: "Facing the Heavenly Palace" at Great Perfection, and proficiency in using the Qi of Heaven and Earth for cultivation.】

"What's quite strange is that this world has no systematic cultivation realms," Gu Jiangming mused. "The people of the Celestial Master Mansion judge strength based on the number of Qimen a person has mastered."

"I seem to be able to establish a system to define these cultivation realms more clearly."

Hearing his own voice appear on the screen, Gu Jiangming felt a bit strange, but seeing the exclusive dynamic special effect of 【Cave Heaven Eye】, an inexplicable sense of pleasure firmly took root in Gu Jiangming's heart.

Gu Jiangming then watched the effects and special effects of using 【Cave Heaven Eye】 as displayed in the animation.

When 【Cave Heaven Eye】 was used on screen, a pale golden gas would appear above Gu Jiangming's eyebrows; during battle, it would provide guidance and prompts based on the opponent's invisible Demon Power and the Qi of Heaven and Earth.

Currently, the only people with the conditions to learn the Qimen 【Cave Heaven Eye】 should be him and Jiu Jiu.

Gu Jiangming certainly did not want himself and Jiu Jiu to be separated by the divide of life and death.

As his only romantic interest, Gu Jiangming was bound to want to take Jiu Jiu along to cultivate and become a Daoist companion for life.

Once he achieved great success in his cultivation at the Celestial Master Mansion, his first priority would be to help Jiu Jiu enter the Dao, so that he would not have to worry about what happens after a hundred years.

If he had a full meal, he would naturally share it with Jiu Jiu.

When Gu Jiangming married, he promised Jiu Jiu that he would treat her with true feelings for the rest of his life.

Gu Jiangming could not bring himself to do something as vulgar as deceiving an AI's feelings.

【Ever since you had a moment of enlightenment and created a new Qimen on your own by combining your training at the Celestial Master Mansion with "Facing the Heavenly Palace," your insight into Qimen has become deeper, and your speed in mastering Qimen has been greatly improved.】

【Heavenly Gang Five Thunders, Ghost Exorcism and Soul Binding, and Rebirth Heart Discourse are all Qimen you learned at the Celestial Master Mansion.】

【And every year, you would descend the mountain to return home and accompany Jiu Jiu.】 【In the fifth year, you decided to leave the Celestial Master Mansion and return to the mortal world.】

【You taught your exclusive Qimen "Cave Heaven Eye" to your wife, Jiu Jiu, without reservation.】

【And you told Jiu Jiu that this Qimen was a school he created himself through enlightenment from his family's Unique Learning, and that he was the only person in the world who knew this Qimen technique.】

Seeing this scene, Jiu Jiu mostly found it somewhat amusing.

By this time, she had already somewhat accepted the fact that she had a husband who was a member of the Human Race by her side.

However... regarding Gu Jiangming's whimsical ideas, Jiu Jiu could only thank him for his good intentions.

Humans' Qimen could not be learned by demons; there were only a few specific Qimen that demons could learn.

But for someone to be able to create a Qimen that even demons could use, that person was undoubtedly a person of brilliant talent.

Because the way demons and the Qimen-adept Human Race cultivated was different, it was impossible for any human to specifically research a Qimen for the sake of demons.

Besides, this blockhead Gu Jiangming probably didn't even know she was a demon.

Admittedly, Jiu Jiu could feel Gu Jiangming's true feelings for her and his meticulous care for her.

But she still had a very clear understanding of how much her husband was worth.

After all, before this, he was so weak that he couldn't even withstand a casual blow from Baishou Yao.

However, the next second, Jiu Jiu suddenly discovered that things were not as simple as she had imagined.

【You have learned Gu Jiangming's Qimen—"Cave Heaven Eye"】

This was actually real?

Could her husband, who looked so silly, really have researched a Qimen, and one that could even be used by the Demon Race? As Jiu Jiu looked at the effects of this Qimen, her beautiful eyes fell into deep self-doubt.

It was not that this Qimen was not strong; on the contrary, it was too strong.

Its effect was actually to break techniques, predicting the opponent's movements and the methods they were about to cast in advance.

In a combat situation, the magnitude of the advantage gained by knowing what your opponent is going to do a step ahead of time goes without saying.

Something is not right. Could it be that this husband she picked up is actually a Qimen genius who hadn't found the right path for himself before, but now that he has, he has suddenly become enlightened overnight?

The next second, Gu Jiangming told Jiu Jiu what he had learned at Celestial Master Mansion.

"What? In five years, besides the Qimen he created himself, he also learned three Qimen arts from Celestial Master Mansion, totaling four Qimen techniques."

"As long as the Shi within his body can keep up with the consumption of these Qimen arts, his current strength might already be able to rival mine."

In this world, is there really such a person who can ascend on the spot just by having an epiphany overnight?

If he were polished for a few more years, wouldn't he have the chance to become a new Celestial Master on Longhu Mountain?

Bu... but with such a great momentum, why would he come down the mountain? He should go back and continue his cultivation! Jiu Jiu was suddenly somewhat puzzled.

Immediately, a thought slowly appeared in her mind.

H... he wouldn't have come down the mountain early because he was afraid that with my mortal body, I wouldn't live until the day he finished his studies and came down, would he? This blockhead! You would be better off studying on the mountain than coming down to find me at this time.

I am a Great Demon, how could I possibly die after living only a hundred years!

Thinking of this, Jiu Jiu immediately wanted to manipulate the character on the screen to urge Gu Jiangming to hurry back to Longhu Mountain to continue his studies.

And at this moment, she also felt a little bit of shame in her heart.

When she and Gu Jiangming got married, she thought that after a hundred years the song would end and they would part ways; Jiu Jiu had never thought about finding a way for Gu Jiangming to Mie Changsheng.

In fact, she is a demon, and she couldn't think of a way to help an ordinary person find Mie Changsheng.

However, she had not expected that Gu Jiangming had not forgotten her while studying on the mountain.

She suddenly thought of a scene from when they had just gotten married.

That was the first time she had eaten something called osmanthus cake.

She actually rarely ate human food, but Gu Jiangming had taken her to eat all kinds of novel desserts in Northern Wei. 【"This pastry is delicious, right?" He said while holding a piece of pastry: "After you marry me, you will be my wife."】

【"As long as I have a full meal, there will naturally be a good one for you."】

【At that time, you only said to him softly—'How vulgar.'】

Deep in Jiu Jiu's heart, a faint sense of guilt welled up.

"Hmph, I also saved his life once. Although he doesn't know it yet, an eye for an eye; neither of us owes the other."

Jiu Jiu explained to herself in her mind.

"However... whoever dares to bully you, I will take their life!"

Unknowingly, the bits and pieces of things happening on the screen had already slowly captivated Jiu Jiu.

(End of this chapter)