Chapter 96: The Beginning of the Chaos of the Hundred Families

The person standing outside the door is none other than that.

It is precisely Her Highness the Dragon Lady of the South Sea, who formed a bond with Gu Jiangming ten thousand years ago.

To this day, Gu Jiangming has not thought of a reasonable way to resolve the "shura field" problem, but the biggest problem is...

That damn thing shouldn't even be a shura field to begin with, okay?!

Her Highness Long Xi's feelings for him are not love, and the relationship between them is not some so-called romance.

Which bastard was it that confused the normal logical concepts, making Her Highness Long Xi dwell so obsessively on a husband-and-wife relationship?

Regarding this matter, Gu Jiangming is truly wronged.

At the beginning, when he didn't know that 【Mie Changsheng】 could affect reality, he sought out romantic entanglements—Gu Jiangming pleads guilty; he does not intend to make a plea of innocence for himself.

But the problem is, later on, he learned that the consequences of recklessly seeking romantic entanglements would bring about all sorts of causal relationships, and if things went poorly, he might even be "hunted down" by others.

Gu Jiangming's main strategy is to avoid it whenever he can.

However, Gu Jiangming now has to endure a tragic battlefield he shouldn't have to, without even any room to explain himself.

She is doing this, on one hand, to make Long Xi clearly distinguish who is the master here and who is the guest.

This is the first time Gu Jiangming has seen such a gentle smile from Jiu Jiu, so this clearly hides a "mystery."

She feels that the cultivation of the woman before her has improved once again; in her current state of extreme Spirit Qi deficiency, it is difficult to be certain of dealing with Jiu Jiu.

The deep meaning behind asking Gu Jiangming to pour tea for Long Xi lies right here; this is a disguised way of hinting at and provoking the other party.

Regarding many things that were previously incomprehensible, after doing it all over again, Jiu Jiu has become increasingly sensible and is no longer overly rigid.

For a big man like Gu Jiangming who never observes the details of a confrontation, it is truly too difficult for him to perceive the deep meaning in this kind of war without smoke.

I can still hold on!

And Jiu Jiu, who was resting in the mansion, had already learned of Long Xi's arrival through the information from 【Mie Changsheng】, but at this moment, she is much more composed and cannot act as wantonly and indulge her demonic nature as before, ready to fight at the slightest disagreement.

Moreover, she is constrained by the issue of Spirit Qi.

Long Xi glanced at Jiu Jiu.

On this point, Jiu Jiu is even more exceptionally overbearing.

But isn't this kind of calmness exactly what he has been dreaming of?

Although Jiu Jiu is not very thorough in interpersonal relationships, she hasn't gone through a Reincarnation for nothing without making any progress.

Let it be a shura field then.

Now, the channel for communication has arrived.

I, Gu Jiangming, conduct my life as I see fit; why would I need to explain myself to others?

"Come in and let us talk." Jiu Jiu's tone is much calmer, lacking the overbearing manner she had when she first met Long Xi.

If the two of them were to spare no effort to reveal their true forms just to fight to the death, that would be the highest level of entertainment.

On one hand, it is also to let Gu Jiangming state his own position.

Jiu Jiu is quite satisfied with this.

The Spirit Qi within Long Xi's body is being used up bit by bit.

After all, Jiu Jiu, who is trying to Change Reincarnation, is starting over.

He feels that this is missing a platform for communication.

The main wife should have the bearing of a main wife.

However, Gu Jiangming thought deeply for a moment but could not grasp the deep meaning within, so he followed the ordinary way of hospitality, honestly pouring a cup of tea for Long Xi and placing it in front of her.

Moreover, Jiu Jiu vaguely sensed that the relationship between Long Xi and Gu Jiangming is not the kind of relationship she had imagined.

She took over the position where Gu Jiangming had just been standing, and the composure and elegance of a mistress were embodied in Jiu Jiu.

However, being able to explain things clearly here is better than fighting to the death after returning to the present world, and until now, Gu Jiangming has not found a way to break the deadlock.

Gu Jiangming does not see the trickery in this at this moment.

And right now, Gu Jiangming absolutely does not want to become the comedian in this entertainment.

Previously, she and Jiu Jiu fought fiercely because Long Xi smelled the heavy hostility on Jiu Jiu.

When you start to use force, you have already lost half the battle.

The friendship between us must be a single rope.

"Jiangming, help me pour a cup of tea for Miss Long." Jiu Jiu smiled at Gu Jiangming with a gentle expression.

But

What should be done about Wang Qinghe's situation?

If it is said that... Long Xi still has room for explanation, the things that happened between Wang Qinghe and Gu Jiangming seem to have no room for explanation at all.

Gu Jiangming is quite surprised that this meeting is so calm.

A soft knife, making the other party retreat in the face of difficulties, is the correct solution; it is elegance.

Thinking back on the previous hard knife, Jiu Jiu felt that she had lowered herself; she was clearly the legitimately married wife of Gu Jiangming, yet she ended up looking like the one who had been abandoned.

This time, Jiu Jiu did not deliberately cause trouble for her and Gu Jiangming, so naturally, Long Xi would not make a move either.

Feeling threatened.

The tense mood suddenly relaxed.

The most abstract thing is that after the Reincarnation ends and he returns to the present world, he still has to witness the incompatible magical battle between Jiu Jiu and Long Xi.

And although Jiu Jiu's soft knife is very direct.

But the problem is, Her Highness Long Xi is almost completely unaffected; as soon as the hot tea was poured, she took a sip.

"It tastes much better than the tea at my home." Long Xi's expression does not reveal her inner fluctuations, but the words she speaks are sincere.

She disdains to lie.

Perhaps because Spirit Qi is scarce in this era, this kind of tea leaves, which for some reason contain a faint trace of Spirit Qi, have also become much better in taste.

【Long Xi's behavior of dodging the question left Jiu Jiu feeling deeply frustrated.】

Looking at the innocent-looking Long Xi before her, Jiu Jiu did not know why she was so angry.

Even though she knew clearly that this foolish dragon had no intention of deliberately seducing Gu Jiangming, Jiu Jiu just had a nameless fire burning in her heart.

Before welcoming Long Xi, Jiu Jiu had made full preparations to give the other party a show of force.

This show of force did not succeed, and instead, she felt as if she had been "humiliated."

"The tea is good tea, but after all, this is my home." Jiu Jiu revealed a smile and said: "Miss Long has come from afar; although you are a guest, this residence is small after all and cannot accommodate Miss Long's stature."

The sudden sharp words caused the atmosphere in the entire air to change abruptly.

"Eh, it is a bit small. My Dragon Palace is much larger than this, I don't know by how much. How about... you all come home with me?" Long Xi thought for a moment and said: "It is spacious there, it's just that living alone is a bit lonely."

This can be countered?

Gu Jiangming did not sense the clues in Jiu Jiu's words at first, but with this sentence.

The "dagger revealed at the end of the map" in Jiu Jiu's words could be said to be glaringly obvious.

That initial rhetoric was just to declare that this residence was her home turf, paving the way for the latter sentence.

The meaning was that she welcomed Princess Long Xi to visit here, but did not welcome Princess Long Xi to live here.

But what Long Xi said was too bright and too generous, and invisibly, she also revealed her own strength.

Gu Jiangming finally knew why natural innocence defeats scheming.

Having said that.

You all have too many petty thoughts; from the moment Long Xi Enter the Room, how many moves did you, Jiu Jiu, secretly make?

If Gu Jiangming hadn't carefully pondered the deep meaning behind these words, he truly wouldn't have realized that Jiu Jiu and Long Xi were already fighting a battle in the dark.

It's just that this time, what they were competing in was no longer cultivation.

But conditions in every aspect.

You monsters also cannot avoid falling into clichés at such a juncture, unable to help but take out the areas you excel in to compare with others?

Jiu Jiu took a deep breath at this moment; if she were to haggle over every ounce now, it would make her appear petty.

At first, seeing this foolish dragon's pure nature, she thought she could settle the other party in a few words.

But she did not expect that this pure nature was completely disguised; in just a few sentences, she, Jiu Jiu, was plunged into an unfavorable position.

The worst part was that Jiu Jiu could clearly perceive that Gu Jiangming's heart was wavering.

Because the information provided by 【Mie Changsheng】 had already hinted at this news.

【You perceive that Gu Jiangming's heart has already wavered; he wants to let Miss Long Xi stay here for a period of time.】

In fact, with the help of 【Mie Changsheng】 to fathom this layer of information, Jiu Jiu had to seriously consider it.

Completely opposing Gu Jiangming's idea might lead to an event where intimacy drops.

During the previous 【Reincarnation Simulation】, Jiu Jiu had already realized this situation.

It was mainly because this foolish dragon perfectly utilized empathy; although she didn't know what exactly happened between Gu Jiangming's past life and Long Xi ten thousand years ago.

But when Long Xi pointed out that she lived alone, if she, Jiu Jiu, still dared to continue "suppressing" her, it would inevitably cause Gu Jiangming's displeasure.

And Gu Jiangming had to admit that when Long Xi said that sentence, his heart wavered.

Firstly, Long Xi came to find him; secondly, Long Xi regarded him as her only friend and treated him sincerely; thirdly, Long Xi only had Gu Jiangming as a friend left in this world.

The key problem was that Long Xi had also saved his life more than once.

A scumbag and a person who doesn't act like a human are on the same path.

There was no better path to choose.

Gu Jiangming cast his gaze upon Jiu Jiu.

Jiu Jiu and Gu Jiangming's gazes met.

【You have been with Jiu Jiu for a while now, so there is already a considerable amount of tacit understanding between you and her.】

【From her eyes, you can see that Jiu Jiu hopes you will give her a way out; the meaning of refusal was already stated earlier, and now it is not easy to change her attitude, as doing so would truly damage her face.】

"Miss Long has saved my life several times, and this time she has come from thousands of miles away, alone and helpless. Jiu'er, why don't you let her stay for a while?" Gu Jiangming saw the hint from 【Mie Changsheng】 and smoothly continued the conversation.

The title "Miss Long" was his own attitude; since he wanted to keep someone, this matter of stance had to be made clear so as not to provoke Jiu Jiu's unhappiness.

"For your sake, letting her stay for a while is not impossible." Hearing Gu Jiangming say this, Jiu Jiu felt much more comfortable in her heart.

Long Xi's expression changed slightly; although she didn't quite understand what Gu Jiangming and Jiu Jiu were talking about.

But Gu Jiangming's distant address and the intimate pet name for Jiu Jiu caused Long Xi's mood to fluctuate greatly.

She puffed out her cheeks, and the unhappiness on her face could be seen by anyone with eyes.

Seeing the change in Long Xi's expression, Jiu Jiu felt much more pleased; after being frustrated several times in a row, she finally gained an advantage.

But Gu Jiangming couldn't help but complain in his heart.

A classic case of just smoothing over one side, and the other side starts to feel resentful.

"By the way, where is your mother?" Gu Jiangming immediately changed the subject; chatting about this now would surely trigger new emotions.

Gu Jiangming discovered that apart from the panic he felt the first time, he was now much more experienced in facing such occasions.

Once is strange, twice is familiar.

Now it is practice makes perfect.

"Last month, my mother spent over a thousand taels of silver without doing anything, so I specifically introduced a business for her, which can be considered adding a few bricks and tiles to the family." Jiu Jiu said.

A new status bar popped up in 【Mie Changsheng】 in Gu Jiangming's mind.

【Liuyu: Out on an errand.】

There are not many monsters like you who are law-abiding and earn silver by their own ability.

Just at this moment, someone suddenly broke into the courtyard from above.

【You have triggered a new special event—The Hunted Northern Wei Imperial Family.】

Blood was gushing from her shoulder, and upon seeing Gu Jiangming, she clearly lost some of her composure.

But after a brief moment of distraction, she simply said, "Many thanks."

She then vanished from sight and left this place.

Gu Jiangming had not yet realized what was happening when the mansion's gate was kicked open by someone.

"Essence Refining Guard on official business."

The person who entered was a burly man in his thirties; he wore simple armor and raised his hand to order his subordinates to search the rooms.

However, the other party's style of conduct was clearly far more overbearing than that of Bu Gu from the Six Fan Sect; it was obvious he was accustomed to being tyrannical in his daily life.

He walked in and took out his Essence Refining Guard waist token.

"Let's see who dares," Gu Jiangming said with a light shout, applying the Grotto-Heaven Eye activation method from the memories of the Shushan Dao Venerable, his pupils glowing with golden light.

"It's a scion of a noble family." The burly man immediately barked, "All of you, stop."

He immediately and skillfully took a silver ingot from his waist and presented it respectfully, "It was my subordinate's lack of manners; having offended you, my lord, I hope for your forgiveness."

"This is silver for the apology; we are also acting on behalf of the Imperial Court, and I hope you can understand, my lord."

His attitude of shifting from arrogance to obsequiousness was very fluid.

However, Gu Jiangming's reaction was also extremely fast.

As soon as he activated a mystical technique like the 【Grotto-Heaven Eye】, the other party recognized it and even addressed Gu Jiangming as a 'scion of a noble family,' which clearly showed that new changes had already occurred in the current Northern Wei.

"Who are you pursuing?" Gu Jiangming saw that the other party had added a layer of identity for him, so he went along with it.

"Rebels of Northern Wei." The burly man said coldly: "The current Emperor is righteous and destroys his own kin, being exceptionally wise. Many children of great clans who were not heavily used in the past due to the Partisan Prohibition Disaster are now mostly being put to great use."

"Since you are a scion of a noble family, you naturally would not harbor such a source of chaos."

"I offended you just now."

The burly man waved his hand, signaling for them to take their leave.

And after this so-called Essence Refining Guard left, Jiu Jiu's expression turned gloomy; if it weren't for the fact that starting a massacre here would easily cause unnecessary trouble.

Just now, Jiu Jiu was afraid she would have been unable to resist wanting to kill all these people before her until not a single one remained.

This was the courtyard she had bought with great difficulty using the silver she had saved up over who knows how many years.

It was the door that was kicked open, but it was Jiu Jiu's heart's blood that was trampled upon.

She could not endure it.

The Shushan Physiognomy Technique was activated; Jiu Jiu wanted to remember these bastards covered in blood and burdened by Karma Fire.

It was impossible for her not to vent this anger.

Just you all wait!

And in 【Mie Changsheng】, pieces of information lit up.

【After Tianming Di passed away, the situation in Northern Wei took a sharp turn for the worse. The noble families lurking in various places no longer hid themselves. Although the influence of noble family cultivators had been repeatedly reduced under the constant suppression of events like the 'Burning Books and Forbidden Arts' and the 'Partisan Prohibition Disaster,' many people were still secretly practicing their family's Technique Formulas and mystical arts. They called themselves recluses, but in reality, they were just afraid to show their heads easily under the suppression of the Northern Wei Imperial Family.】

【These people were all waiting for a good opportunity in the dark.】

【And clearly, now that the Northern Wei Imperial Family had lost the inheritance of the "Heavenly Emperor Solitude," they no longer had the ability to suppress noble family cultivators. After the successful uprising of the Liangzhou Yin Clan, more and more people realized that the offensive and defensive positions of the world had changed.】

【Back when you were in seclusion at Shushan, uprisings broke out everywhere in the dying Northern Wei. Countless commoners started riots, and noble family cultivators were the ones inciting public opinion among them.】

【The Northern Wei Imperial Court, meanwhile, was constantly maneuvering, fighting, and suppressing rebellions against these people.】

【You started such an era of strife ahead of time; the collapsing Northern Wei Imperial Family shattered at a single touch, and the turmoil of the situation was even greater than before.】

【The current Northern Wei Imperial Court is controlled by the Guanzhong Pei Clan, and noble family cultivators have once again seized the initiative.】

【But because no single family is in a position of absolute advantage, many places have begun to disregard the 'Imperial Decrees' falsely issued by the Pei, and local noble families have profited from this, governing their own regions.】

【History calls this—the "Heavenly Bright Change."】

【It is also—the beginning of the "Hundred Schools Rebellion."】

(End of this chapter)