Chapter 193: Gu Qing is the one who is as handsome as a jade tree in the wind

"Lady Wang, you wouldn't want the martial arts world to know that your father is Ding Chunqiu, would you?"

"Lady Wang, you wouldn't want the martial arts world to know about the secret manuals inside the Langhuan Jade Cave, would you?"

"Lady Wang, you wouldn't want Yuyan to know that her father is someone else, would you?"

"Lady Wang, you are full of flaws; shouldn't you wipe away your sweat first?"

Under Gu Qing's verbal interrogation, Lady Wang felt her chest heaving, her head covered in sweat, and having no power to parry, she could only nod and lead Gu Qing toward the Langhuan Jade Cave.

"You guarantee that you will not harm me or Yuyan, right?"

Before opening the mechanism of the Langhuan Jade Cave, Lady Wang looked at Gu Qing and asked.

Gu Qing knew too much about Lady Wang's affairs, and Lady Wang also knew she had no ability to fight back; Gu Qing's guarantee to her was her only glimmer of hope.

"Of course."

Gu Qing promised.

Only then did Lady Wang lead Gu Qing into the Langhuan Jade Cave.

It was dusk, and outside, the floating light was brilliant and moving, but inside the Langhuan Jade Cave, candles had been lit early. When Gu Qing and Lady Wang arrived, a young lady was flipping through a book in front of a desk; only after hearing Lady Wang address her as Yuyan did she turn around.

When this young lady had her back to Gu Qing, her slender figure was already fully displayed. Now, as she turned her face slightly, she was as beautiful as a fairy, with a faint childishness between her brows that made her seem like a flower containing a stamen or a pearl just formed. Although she did not have twelve-tenths of color, she carried a kind of inner clarity, and combined with the book she held in her hands, she was like a fairy holding a book.

"Mother..."

Wang Yuyan called out, her gaze naturally turning toward Gu Qing.

Wang Yuyan had always been spinning around the two places of Mantuo Shanzhuang and Swallow Dock. Among the eligible men she encountered, only Murong Fu was refined, handsome, and extraordinarily dashing, which naturally made Wang Yuyan fall for him. But at this moment, when Wang Yuyan saw Gu Qing, she felt as if the descriptions in books like "face like jade," "wind-swept jade tree," and "gold-like appearance and jade-like quality" had suddenly become reality, causing her to unconsciously steal a few extra glances.

"This is Gu Qing. He came to Mantuo Shanzhuang with Deng Baichuan and the others to browse a few secret manuals in the Langhuan Jade Cave."

Lady Wang introduced him.

As soon as Wang Yuyan heard he was brought by Deng Baichuan, she naturally felt he was a new friend of Murong Fu, and naturally felt a few more points of favor. She smiled beautifully and asked, "What secret manuals do you want to read?"

She was familiar with all the secret manuals inside this Langhuan Jade Cave.

"The secret manual for the Little Formless Art."

Gu Qing responded with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Lady Wang's expression changed slightly.

"I have heard that the Little Formless Art is an extremely powerful Daoist internal energy technique, but I have never seen it."

Wang Yuyan said.

"You will see it very soon."

Gu Qing's gaze had already swept around the surroundings. He walked straight to a bookshelf, looked at the handwriting "The Green Ox Goes West, the Purple Qi Comes East," opened the plywood inside, and took out all the books within.

Gu Qing was very clear about this stuff.

Wang Yuyan took the account book and looked at the 'Jia' volume, which first had a chapter of the *Dao De Jing* written on it.

"The ancients who were good at the Dao were subtle, mysterious, and penetrating, so deep that they could not be known. Because they could not be known, one can only describe them with difficulty: cautious, as if crossing a river in winter; hesitant, as if fearing the four neighbors."

This described those who had attained the "Dao Discipline," with spiritual and marvelous responses, profound and unfathomable, subtle and formless, and changes that were penetrating—which was exactly the mystery of the Little Formless Art.

Gu Qing flipped through the Little Formless Art. What was written on it were secret texts that required someone knowledgeable to decipher. Gu Qing used his merit to first memorize all the content, then compared it and said, "Ding Chunqiu has the sixth volume?"

This Little Formless Art had a total of eight volumes, and one volume was currently missing.

Wang Yuyan naturally knew of Ding Chunqiu, and her gaze followed to Lady Wang.

"Correct." Lady Wang nodded.

The greatest guarantee that Mantuo Shanzhuang could survive in the Wu Lin for so long, and that Madam Wang dared to directly take action against the son of a court official, was Ding Chunqiu, the Old Monster of the Starry Constellation, whom everyone in the Wu Lin wanted to beat up. Ding Chunqiu would also frequently find time to return to Mantuo Shanzhuang to browse the secret manuals and contemplate Wu Gong.

Originally, when Hearing Jiumo Zhi stole the Little Formless Art from Mantuo Shanzhuang, it was missing one volume. Now that Gu Qing saw it was incomplete, he was not surprised. If he wanted to truly collect all the secret manuals, he would still need to meet Ding Chunqiu or Li Qiushui.

Gu Qing looked at Lady Wang and asked, "Do you know the secret code inside?"

The novel also depicted the secret code, but the content was very little. If he could fully understand the secret code, Gu Qing could also contemplate the mysteries of the Little Formless Art in advance.

Lady Wang shook her head and said, "I don't understand it."

Madam Wang would only think of practicing the Little Formless Art after Duan Yu took Wang Yuyan away from Mantuo Shanzhuang and she met Ding Chunqiu. This could be considered guarding a treasure mountain while not knowing how to study it.

Gu Qing handed the secret manual back to Wang Yuyan, swept his gaze over Lady Wang's chest, and said, "I understand it."

Lady Wang's brain had grown right there.

Lady Wang was so angry she pursed her lips, and her gaze hurriedly looked at Wang Yuyan, watching as Wang Yuyan took the secret manual and stared fixedly at Gu Qing's hand.

!

Lady Wang looked carefully and saw that the back of Gu Qing's hand was as crystalline and translucent as jade, and this skin was even better than Wang Yuyan's.

"The Longevity and Eternal Spring Art?"

Lady Wang suddenly asked.

In the newly revised version, the "Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies, I Alone Am Honored Art" was changed to the "Longevity and Eternal Spring Art," and one of its special effects was the ability to remain forever young.

When Qiu Chuji practiced the martial arts of the Quanzhen Sect, he could maintain his youthful appearance, with his face unchanged for over a decade. When Xiaolongnu practiced the martial arts of the Gumu Sect, she could also maintain her youthful appearance, with her face unchanged for over a decade. When Yue Buqun practiced the Purple Mist Secret Manual, he was nearly sixty, but suddenly experienced a rejuvenation, looking like a man in his forties.

Maintaining one's youthful appearance was basically an incidental effect of profound internal energy, but this Eternal Spring Art carried a bit of an eternal effect.

"More or less."

Gu Qing said indifferently. As the husband of the two Yihua Palace Masters, Gu Qing naturally knew the mysteries of the Bright Jade Art. After practicing the Bright Jade Art, one could remain forever young and become younger the more one practiced. In *The Proud Twins*, after Yao Yue broke through the ninth layer, in just a few days, when Xiao Yuer saw her, he felt Yao Yue had become a few years younger.

Lady Wang's heart stirred, and just as she was about to speak, she saw that Gu Qing was already browsing the secret manuals in the Langhuan Jade Cave on his own.

The current Gu Qing had already attained profound martial arts, and everything he saw had a perspective of looking down from a high vantage point. However, Gu Qing's pursuit of martial arts never stopped. Now, as he browsed the secret manuals, he would memorize any marvelous moves he happened to find, while ordinary moves were used to enrich his own martial arts perspective.

This speed of browsing was extremely fast. Wang Yuyan stood to the side, feeling that Gu Qing didn't look like he was reading, yet he was flipping through the books very seriously.

Before they knew it, two hours had passed, and suddenly there was a noisy sound outside.

After hearing this voice, Gu Qing put down the secret manual in his hand and walked toward the outside. When he neared the entrance, a matron from Mantuo Shanzhuang came to report.

"Madam, we have caught that adversary."

Once these words were spoken, Madam Wang immediately came out, and Wang Yuyan followed behind her. After arriving in the courtyard, they saw Mu Wanqing, dressed entirely in black, being tied up by the matrons of Mantuo Shanzhuang, with some people from the Murong family nearby as well.

"Madam."

Deng Baichuan said, "After we learned that this young lady was the assassin, we rushed to gather manpower and finally managed to catch her."

This could also be considered the Murong family making amends to the Wang family.

Lady Wang's gaze passed over Deng Baichuan and looked at Mu Wanqing, who was dressed entirely in black.

Gu Qing, however, spoke with a smile, saying: "Miss, is this the way you chose to come to Mantuo Shanzhuang?"

Before coming to Mantuo Shanzhuang, Gu Qing had invited Mu Wanqing, but Mu Wanqing insisted on coming by herself.

Now, hearing Gu Qing's question, Mu Wanqing turned her face away directly.

(End of chapter)