Chapter 88: The Two of You Are Both Renegades in the Monster World!

Gu Zhangqing did not hesitate; he gave his shoulders a slight shake, and the long sword on his back left its sheath. Without holding back in the slightest, he sent the sword flying straight toward Gu Jiangming.

The true nature of Miss Jiu Jiu.

Others might not be clear about it.

But how could he not be?

A woman who could even deal with monsters was bound to be somewhat sinister.

Is one's life more important, or is beauty more important?

Gu Zhangqing believed that one's life was more important.

With this sword strike, he used his lifelong cultivation, willing to pay any price, even if it meant severing one of Gu Jiangming's arms.

After all, this world was too dangerous; if losing an arm could save a life, it was entirely worth it.

Gu Jiangming naturally noticed the sword flung from the teahouse.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this strike was indeed fast enough.

It was as if it had erupted suddenly; few people could react with their naked eyes, and it was not until the sword was about to hit the ground that the crowd erupted in alarm.

However, Gu Jiangming's Foundation Establishment Stage was also built on solid practice, not to mention that along the way, he had taken the opportunity to spar with others everywhere to get a feel for the life of a wandering martial artist.

In his view, the energy attached to this sword was soft and weak; it should be the strike of a martial artist, not a cultivator.

Gu Jiangming gripped his sword, his expression calm. Subconsciously, he stepped forward to stand in front of Jiu Jiu and took the initiative to meet the attack. Tingshuixuan left its sheath, and a cold light flashed.

Gu Jiangming slashed through the long sword descending from the sky, cutting it clean from the blade to the tip.

To prevent the split sword from losing force and flying toward the people on either side, Gu Jiangming lifted one hand in the air, using his Spirit Qi to catch the two halves of the Flying Sword and slowly lower them to the ground.

The entire process took only a few breaths of time.

"What?" Gu Zhangqing could not suppress the astonishment in his heart and could not help but blurt it out.

He had used his full strength for this strike, naturally not wanting Gu Jiangming's behavior to cause Miss Jiu Jiu any displeasure.

But who could have imagined that Gu Jiangming's energy would be so profound, exceeding Gu Zhangqing's imagination.

For martial artists like them, being able to attach internal energy to a sword and keep it condensed for a period of time was already a feat.

Yet, from Gu Jiangming's entire body, a type of energy surged that was extremely similar to internal energy, but far purer.

If it weren't for the fact that the method of circulating his internal energy was still that of the Gu Family Heart Method, "Facing the Heavens."

Gu Zhangqing would have directly suspected that his son had been swapped.

Or was it that this son, who rarely spoke to him,

had actually been hiding so deeply?

By comparison, Liuyu's reaction was clearly more exaggerated. She stared at Gu Jiangming's figure, dumbfounded, with that faint trace of Spirit Qi echoing in her mind.

So much so that she even forgot to ask why Gu Zhangqing had suddenly attacked.

This person is a cultivator, right?

This person is definitely a cultivator!

Then why didn't he see that Jiu Jiu is a monster?

This makes no sense.

Shouldn't a cultivator who is bent on slaying demons and eliminating devils draw their sword against a monster with righteous indignation?

Both of their expressions were very complex.

Because the current development of events had already exceeded their basic understanding.

And at this moment, Gu Jiangming's hand involuntarily pinched Jiu Jiu's hand; it felt icy, and there was an indescribable smoothness to it.

Not only did I hold it, but I also dared to sneak a touch.

But the next second, Jiu Jiu increased the force in her hand, making Gu Jiangming instantly behave himself.

She lowered her voice and said, "Jingshi is a restricted area; no armed fighting is allowed. Come with me quickly."

"Although Northern Wei is rotten, under the feet of the Son of Heaven, we still need to show some restraint."

Jiu Jiu had already recognized the origin of that Flying Sword from just now. She was truly quite annoyed; she hadn't expected that the father-in-law she had saved on a whim would end up ruining her plans.

But Gu Jiangming was completely bewildered now.

He did not know what the plot of the Reincarnation had been changed into by Jiu Jiu, but looking at this situation, the things Jiu Jiu had done in advance would only be more than he had imagined.

Originally, Gu Jiangming thought that by relying on his familiarity with the plot, he could achieve a perfect speedrun to a certain extent. After all, in an era where Spirit Qi was scarce, achieving Heavenly Foundation Establishment in thirty days—among the Human Race, wasn't that the mark of a peerless genius?

But who could have predicted that the one truly speedrunning was Jiu Jiu.

Without thinking too much, Gu Jiangming had already been half-led, half-dragged by Jiu Jiu to a mansion in Guanzhong. The greatest advantage of a long-lived species was that she could accumulate wealth for a sufficiently long time.

Getting a decent residence was simply not a problem.

"My mother also lives here. You don't need to pay her any mind when the time comes; we'll live our own lives." Jiu Jiu still briefly explained the current situation.

Without that stupid dragon around, it felt like many things could be done without obstruction.

"Ah?" Gu Jiangming was bewildered again.

Returning to the Reincarnation this time, how had so many plot points that weren't there before been added, and he even had an extra mother-in-law.

Come to think of it, the first main quest in his Reincarnation plot was to find his father, whose whereabouts were unknown.

Back then, he treated the Reincarnation Simulation like a game, but now that it had become reality, it made Gu Jiangming feel somewhat between laughter and tears. To have a father appear out of thin air—what kind of situation was this!

Next time he reincarnates, it would be fine to set him up as a reincarnation with Heaven and Earth as his father; it doesn't necessarily have to force a background on him. Anyway, he is using his own original body.

Or simply let him be someone else's father; starting off as the head of a sect would also work.

【Default settings adjusted.】

?

You could have said so earlier if you could adjust them!

Just as he thought of this.

A person entered from the courtyard gate; their features were somewhat similar to Jiu Jiu's, with a plump figure, peach-blossom cheeks, and red lips, possessing an extremely mature charm.

Gu Jiangming thought that this must be Jiu Jiu's mother, so he immediately stopped looking.

Although a man cannot help but be attracted to a beautiful woman, the problem was that his wife in this Reincarnation was watching from the side, and Gu Jiangming was not so lustful that he couldn't walk the moment he saw someone.

A particularly critical point: the other party was his mother-in-law.

Liuyu muttered a few times; she had never expected that Jiu Jiu would bring someone home on their very first meeting.

What she expected even less was that Gu Jiangming could actually settle in with such peace of mind.

Although it is fine for demons to just follow their hearts, such speed, even in the demon world, would be considered deviant.

"That is my mother," Jiu Jiu introduced casually.

She brewed a pot of tea for Gu Jiangming and placed it on the table in the courtyard.

Liuyu thought it was tea brewed by her own daughter for her, so she took it.

Jiu Jiu glanced at it, didn't pay it any mind, brewed another cup of tea for Gu Jiangming, and said to her mother, "This is my husband."

"Pfft—" Liuyu had just taken a sip of tea and immediately choked it out.

Love at first sight is understandable.

Moving in on the first day of meeting is not impossible either.

But calling him husband already—isn't the progress a bit too fast?

You two only just met today, right!?

At the speed you two are falling in love, I don't even dare to imagine how things will develop later.

Furthermore, there was one point that Liuyu had found very strange earlier: that as a cultivator, she couldn't tell the other party was a demon, which could be understood by Jiu Jiu's profound cultivation.

But our daughter Jiu Jiu, it is impossible for her not to see that Gu Jiangming is using Spirit Qi.

What on earth are these two doing?!

No!

Liuyu suddenly smelled an irrepressible fragrance from Gu Jiangming; the closer she got, the more she could detect that sweet scent.

It seemed as if Gu Jiangming's pores were constantly emitting some kind of refreshing, pure Spirit Qi, completely different from the Spirit Qi of today's Heaven and Earth, which was full of rot and many impurities.

What kind of special constitution is this?

Liuyu fell into an inexplicable shock once again; it was mainly because she was narrow-minded and hadn't seen such a situation in hundreds of years.

The concentration of Spirit Qi in the entire residence was even constantly rising because of this; Gu Jiangming was like a spirit spring, constantly gushing Spirit Qi from every pore in his body.

"I approve of this marriage."

Although Liuyu could not see Jiu Jiu's underlying intentions, looking at it from a results-oriented perspective, every time Jiu Jiu did something, she never suffered a loss.

Since she did this, she must have her reasons, so Liuyu, as her mother, had no need to stop Jiu Jiu.

More importantly, with Gu Jiangming's current cultivation, he should be unable to break Jiu Jiu's defenses; our daughter absolutely wouldn't suffer the slightest loss.

What harm could it do for her, as a mother, to offer a few words of verbal support?

At this moment, a voice rang out in Gu Jiangming's mind.

【Footsteps sounded outside the gate; it turns out Bu Gu from the Six Fan Sect has come knocking. On the surface, he seems to be investigating the brawl you were in at the market, but in reality, he is fishing for information on why you snuck into the Du Mansion last night.】

【Spies from Northern Wei have been stationed around the Du Mansion.】

【After your tracks from last night were exposed, you sensed someone watching you in the dark, but you did not expect it to be someone from the Northern Wei imperial court.】

Sure enough, someone knocked on the main gate.

At the same time, the 【Mie Changsheng】 in Jiu Jiu's mind was also performing corresponding deductions.

However, the information she and Gu Jiangming had was different.

【Bu Gu from the Six Fan Sect has come knocking; he wants to investigate Gu Jiangming's actions in the capital these past few days.】

【Hint: Gu Jiangming seems to still be investigating the case of the Du family's extermination.】

(End of chapter)