[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t":3,"chapter-living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-18":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Living Among All Heavens, Achieving Immortality Through Merit",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2323586,4545,"Chapter 18: Seeking the Five Greats to Propose","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-18",18,"\u003Cp>Ni Mo Xing’s corpse lay on the ground; this place was no place to linger, so Gu Qing and the others did not stay long, heading instead to a nearby market where they found a tavern and sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Ni Mo Xing gone, the Mongol masters in Shaanxi were no longer a threat, so the group sat together openly at one table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We came to Shaanxi to deliver a letter to the Quanzhen Sect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sitting down, Guo Fu explained why they were here, producing the letter addressed to the Quanzhen Sect—it was an invitation from Guo Jing to hold a Heroic Gathering to unite the Wu Lin of Central Plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On the way, we heard from the Beggar’s Sect that Elder Hong was nearby, so we wanted to pay him a visit, but we ran into Ni Mo Xing instead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Dunru’s face was bruised and swollen, yet he still looked presentable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelu Qi openly revealed his identity: as the second son of the Mongol chancellor, he had been exiled from court and came here to escape danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one treated Yelu Qi as an outsider because of his Mongol heritage; Cheng Ying and Lu Wushuang also introduced themselves. They had all met as children—with Yang Guo, Guo Fu, and the Wu brothers—but back then, under the shadow of Li Mochou, their families had been in frantic haste, and with time passed, they had forgotten each other, only feeling surprised when mentioning the Lu Family Estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Shi, which sect are you from? How could your martial arts be so high?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Ying cast a sidelong glance at Gu Qing; before she had even revealed her true face, he had directly proposed marriage, leaving her flustered—and naturally, she began to pay attention to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing paused for a moment, realizing his identity could no longer be concealed, and said plainly: “I am Gu Qing, a Qing-generation disciple of the Quanzhen Sect. I used a false name during my travels to avoid bringing trouble to my sect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu replied as if it were obvious: “So you’re from Quanzhen.” She recalled how Gu Qing had slapped the Wu brothers first, realizing he had insulted the Quanzhen Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard that Master Ma Yu and Master Sun Bu’er of the Quanzhen Sect were married in secular life, and after joining the sect, they became fellow Daoists.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelu Qi whispered a reminder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yelu Qi was Zhou Botong’s disciple; though he practiced Quanzhen martial arts, he never formally joined the sect, so he could marry—but now that Gu Qing claimed a Daoist identity, he could not marry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing asked how to marry Cheng Ying, which violated Quanzhen rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rules are rigid; people are flexible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing paid no mind to such rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Gu Qing’s indifference, Yelu Qi said nothing further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Gu Qing has considerable talent in poetry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Er began praising Gu Qing: “In this, he carries the spirit of his ancestor Qiu Chuji. When we were together, he once recited… ” Liu Er recited “Autumn Thoughts in Pure Sky,” then looked at Cheng Ying and said: “Master Gu is both cultured and martial, and strikingly handsome.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison, Liu Er felt Cheng Ying was overmatched by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Ying savored “Autumn Thoughts in Pure Sky” carefully; having grown up under Huang Yaoshi, she had studied poetry and verse, and after reflecting, she looked at Gu Qing, her eyes gleaming with quiet admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu glanced between Gu Qing and Cheng Ying, a flicker of resentment rising in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu’s beauty rivaled Huang Rong’s—she drew attention wherever she went—but Gu Qing, a man of such distinction, had ignored her entirely, yet shown favor to Cheng Ying, a woman wearing a human-skin mask—this made Guo Fu feel overlooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did you get that human-skin mask?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu suddenly asked Cheng Ying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Ying touched her face and said to Guo Fu: “I won’t hide it from Miss Guo—it was left to me by my master.” Here, she revealed another layer of her identity: she was Huang Yaoshi’s final disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In seniority, Huang Rong was Cheng Ying’s senior sister, so Guo Fu, facing Cheng Ying, ought to call her “Little Aunt.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing news of Huang Yaoshi, Guo Fu was pleased, taking Cheng Ying’s hand and saying: “So you’re my grandfather’s disciple!” Then she turned to Gu Qing: “Did you hear that? This is my grandfather’s disciple. When my father courted my mother, one of the Five Greats—Elder Hong Qiugong of the North—personally came to propose, and my father had to pass several trials… If you want to marry this disciple of my grandfather, you must get one of the Five Greats to propose for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu was deliberately making things difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s too easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing said directly: “I saved you—Guo Jing, the Great Hero, must owe me a favor. Now Guo Jing himself is a figure equal to the Five Greats. I’ll use the debt of saving you to ask him to propose for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing’s calculations were sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu refused outright: “My grandfather hasn’t returned to Peach Blossom Island in years; my father and mother are deeply worried and can’t find him. Even if my father knew where he was, my grandfather wouldn’t come out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you want to propose, you must find one of the traditional Five Greats.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eastern Heretic, Western Poison, Southern Emperor, Northern Beggar, Central Divine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing nodded again: “Finding the traditional Five Greats is easy too.” In less than a month, Hong Qiugong would die on Mount Hua; Gu Qing could subtly influence events, bring Hong Qiugong to Huang Yaoshi, and then propose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easy too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Fu hadn’t expected her deliberate challenge to be met with two “easys.” She smirked and said: “You must accomplish it first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a deal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing and Guo Fu made their pact, then turned to Cheng Ying: “When I find one of the Five Greats, where should I go to propose to Huang Yaoshi?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My master is always wandering.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Ying said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was about to give the location, she realized she had been maneuvered into it—she hadn’t even decided yet, and now the steps had advanced to arranging a marriage with one of the Five Greats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such matters depend on fate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Ying rose and pulled Lu Wushuang up, preparing to take leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Wushuang gazed longingly at Yang Guo, who involuntarily stood and took her to the next room to teach her advanced Gusu Palace martial arts, urging her to train hard so Li Mochou wouldn’t find her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Yang Guo, he did not return with Guo Fu and the Wu brothers; his sole thought was finding Xiaolongnu. After the banquet, everyone bid farewell, and Yang Guo walked alone, solitary and adrift, feeling the vast world and endless sea of people—nowhere to turn, no clue where to find Xiaolongnu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yang Guo, what a coincidence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing, sword in hand, happened to be heading the same way and greeted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“… ”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Guo looked at Gu Qing and thought it was far too inconvenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1197,"2026-06-20T17:04:26.501Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4e476a052e3e6975e1607605b783955b30e95cc328097e905997e47aed617bfe","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-19","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-17",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliving-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-cover.jpg"]