Chapter 385

"Snap!"

Gu Qing took a bite of the flat peach. It was crisp and melted, full of juice. Just by taking a bite, there was immortal true Qi filling his body, tempering the true Qi of the Sun Jiuyang Jiuyang Zhenjing, and extending Gu Qing's lifespan.

From crossing the tribulation to becoming an immortal, the essence of Gu Qing's life had already changed. Taking a bite of this flat peach made his body even lighter. As his magic power flowed, he advanced another level.

"Eat."

Gu Qing signaled to the Seventh Princess.

The Seventh Princess lowered her head and smiled lightly, remembering that today, after learning that the Jade Emperor wanted to wipe out Yao Ji's whole family, she had boldly left the Heavenly Palace to report the news and met this "wild brother." Looking back, she had even snatched her own father's flat peaches. She had grown up in the Heavenly Palace since she was young and knew that the Heavenly Rules were heartless, usually never overstepping in the slightest. These successive violations, on the contrary, made her feel a long-lost freedom in her heart.

"Snap!"

The Seventh Princess boldly took a bite, her eyes curving, full of smiles.

Her rebellious phase had arrived.

Gu Qing smiled, feeling that when he met the Jade Emperor, he should dye his hair yellow.

"The taste of this flat peach is indeed good."

Nezha chewed the flat peach, pocketing all the remaining four flat peaches, preparing to return to the mortal world, give one to Master Taiyi, and give two to his parents...

"Brother, where are you going in the future?"

The Seventh Princess looked at Gu Qing with smiling eyes.

After the storm in the Heavenly Court, the Seventh Princess was prepared to go find Gu Qing.

"I heard that in the Chan Sect, there is a Master Yuding. In the mortal world, I should go find him."

Gu Qing told the Seventh Princess his goal honestly.

In *Investiture of the Gods*, Master Yuding was Yang Jian's master, teaching Yang Jian the Eight-Nine Profound Art, making Yang Jian the most promising disciple of the third generation of the Chan Sect. In *Lotus Lantern*, Master Yuding's setting was the "Chan Sect Forbidden Book Catalog," with a photographic memory, knowing all the secrets of the Chan Sect, but he didn't know how to use them very well himself. But Master Yuding also taught Yang Jian and later transformed into Subhuti, teaching Sun Wukong.

These two were top combat powers in *Lotus Lantern*.

Yuding was also a truly good teacher.

Gu Qing also wanted to explode some things from Master Yuding.

"Him!"

Nezha cultivated under Master Taiyi and naturally had heard of Master Yuding's name. He curled his lips and said, "It's not as good as finding my master."

Master Taiyi truly taught him things and truly gave him magic weapons.

Gu Qing pinched Nezha's hair bun and said, "Isn't your master in seclusion?"

Nezha nodded, thinking of the master who had always doted on him, and didn't know if his master could handle the trouble he had caused this time.

"Sister, I'll go down to the mortal world first."

Gu Qing grabbed the Seventh Princess's hand again and said in a low voice, "If you want to find me, go to Mount Hua, use your magic power, and reflect the sunlight back. I will sense it."

The Seventh Princess's eyes lit up and she said, "Then you are more powerful than Big Brother Golden Crow!"

There are ten Golden Crows in the Heavenly Court, among whom the Great Golden Crow has the deepest magic power and is most valued by the Jade Emperor and Wang Mu. But this ability to reflect light and observe the world is something the Great Golden Crow doesn't have.

"Your brother is very powerful!"

Gu Qing revealed a pure smile.

To a certain extent, Gu Qing, who cultivated the Sun Jiuyang Jiuyang Zhenjing, is more agile in mobilizing the power of the sun than the ten Golden Crows. But the ten Golden Crows are the sun itself, which is also true. In the future, when Yang Jian kills his cousin with one slash, Chang'e blocks Yang Jian to avoid the last Golden Crow being killed, all for the sake of the common people of the world.

Gu Qing was also waiting for that time.

If he could obtain the corpses of the nine suns and practice the "Nine Yang Manual," then who in this world could resist?

"Alright."

Gu Qing looked at the Seventh Princess and Nezha, said goodbye solemnly, and said, "My identity is not suitable for staying in the Heavenly Court for a long time, it will cause trouble for you, so I'll leave first."

Next was the muddy water between Nezha and Ao Guang, which Gu Qing didn't want to wade through.

"I still have to wait for Ao Guang here..."

Thinking of this matter, Nezha could only say goodbye to Gu Qing.

After saying goodbye, Gu Qing looked at the Seventh Princess and then at Nezha. He pinched a seal, used the Seventh Princess's Cloud-Vertical Technique, stepped on the clouds and left, drifted out of the Heavenly Court, turned toward the mortal world, and then changed direction, heading straight for the Moon Palace.

The moonlight was cold.

The Moon Palace was magnificent.

Gu Qing arrived here quietly. Caiyun Xianzi Chang'e was dancing alone in the Moon Palace. Her ribbons flew, her steps were light, and her dance posture could be called peerless. In such a dance, Gu Qing felt the nostalgia for the past, the impermanence of time, and the loneliness deep into the bone marrow.

"How desperate must one be to dance such a dance."

Gu Qing gave a sharp critique of Chang'e's dance.

The dance posture closed, Chang'e stopped, her ribbons like smoke and mist, her gaze shooting cold light.

"Caiyun Xianzi Chang'e, greetings."

Gu Qing cupped his hands toward Chang'e.

"Rude!"

Chang'e said coldly. Her dance posture could be called peerless, and every move and stillness could convey emotion. The dance posture just now was a product of her emotional movement, which could have moved the heart and conveyed emotion. But seeing this dance posture, not only was Gu Qing not moved, but he used a condescending way to critique it, which instead made Chang'e feel a bit like a clown.

"Actually, I can empathize very well."

Gu Qing said lightly, "It's just that I was born unable to shed tears, which made the Caiyun Xianzi misunderstand."

Hearing this, Chang'e looked at Gu Qing in surprise, as if trying to figure out if it was true or false.

Gu Qing barely revealed a trace of grief and said, "Perhaps my tears were all shed in my past life."

This made Chang'e feel apologetic instead. She came to Gu Qing, bowed gracefully, and said, "Many things have happened in the Three Realms recently, making me unable to adapt for a while..."

Chang'e apologized to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing smiled lightly.

In *Lotus Lantern Prequel*, Yang Jian learned to fly and accidentally flew in front of the dancing Chang'e. Thinking of his mother in Chang'e's dance, he shed tears and cried, gaining Chang'e's favor. Gu Qing came here and saw Chang'e dancing, one cold and one hot, one pull and one tug, directly making Chang'e feel apologetic.

Lao Jian, you just learn it!

"Caiyun Xianzi Chang'e."

Gu Qing looked at Chang'e steadily.

Seeing this, Chang'e focused her eyes, watching Gu Qing in front of her make a posture of drawing a bow and shooting an arrow. Although there was no bow or arrow in his hand, Chang'e's eyes were hazy, and she felt that this arrow was aimed directly at her heart.

"Whoosh!"

Gu Qing released the "bowstring" lightly.

At this moment, Chang'e saw the shadow of an old friend and couldn't help herself anymore, throwing herself fiercely into Gu Qing's arms. Drops of tears followed that beautiful face and flowed onto Gu Qing's neck.

At this moment, the ice wheel on the clouds melted.

At this moment, the osmanthus trees in the Moon Palace were fragrant.

Gu Qing gently wrapped around Chang'e's slender waist, forehead against forehead, eyes meeting. Looking into Chang'e's eyes, he said in a hoarse voice, "Caiyun Xianzi, I am not him." Although Gu Qing could push Chang'e down naturally now, Gu Qing did not take advantage of the situation.

Doing such things, Gu Qing didn't want the other party to have her ex-husband in her heart and eyes, treating himself as a substitute, so he took the initiative to confess, saying, "I just came to this world and learned this archery."

Chang'e nodded repeatedly, then threw herself into Gu Qing's arms and cried bitterly.

Gu Qing held this round of the clearest and coldest full moon, gently sniffing the fragrance in her hair. In this Moon Palace, he felt this moment of warmth.

"Eh..."

A third person's exclamation came from the Moon Palace.

Chang'e raised her head, saw Yao Ji's figure, and hurriedly jumped out of Gu Qing's arms, distancing herself from Gu Qing.

"I have governed the four heavens of the Desire Realm for many years, and this is the first time I have felt you move your heart."

Yao Ji was wearing armor, like a female war god of the Heavenly Court, walking step by step to the front of Gu Qing and Chang'e. When looking at Gu Qing, she even smiled and signaled to Gu Qing, thanking him for his previous report and rescue.

"What are you here for?"

Chang'e lowered her eyes, her figure gradually becoming lonely, as if she had become a cold fairy living apart from the crowd again.

"I want to entrust you to cover the whereabouts of the Yang family."

Yao Ji looked at Chang'e, her eyes gradually filled with tears, and said, "I know that I can escape for a while, but not for a lifetime. As long as I don't surrender for one day, the Heavenly Court will not let us go. So after I settled them down, I wanted to come to the Heavenly Court to plead guilty, hoping to use myself to exchange for a few dozen days of peace for them."

A few dozen days later, decades would have passed in the mortal world, and the Yang family should have been able to pass safely.

"Why not let them study under a master, learn a set of skills, let Yang Tianyou and you be a long-term couple, and live together as a family?"

Gu Qing asked.

This was clearly a better choice.

"I govern the Desire Realm, I know the Heavenly Rules best..."

Yao Ji said tragically, "This is where I was wrong."

Chang'e frowned, looking at her good sister.

"What's more, the immortals of the Chan Sect are all in seclusion recently."

Yao Ji said helplessly, stating a desperate fact. Recently, all the immortals of the Chan Sect had to be in seclusion for seven years, and the Primordial Heavenly Lord of Mount Kunlun would not see her either. After Yao Ji arranged for the Yang family to go to Mount Hua, she felt that continuing to shrink in Mount Hua was just lingering on in a steadily worsening condition, so she stood out voluntarily to fight for a chance for her family.

"I am the Jade Emperor's sister, even if I broke the Heavenly Rules, he wouldn't kill me."

Yao Ji said, "Being able to let them live well, everything is worth it."

Hearing these explanations from Yao Ji, Chang'e lowered her head and sighed, nodding repeatedly.

"Recently, the ten Golden Crows in the Heavenly Court don't dare to go out, and Marshal Tianpeng is an old friend of yours, you can completely act."

Gu Qing tried to make a suggestion. This was clearly a game that could be operated, why surrender directly?

"Wouldn't that implicate Marshal Tianpeng?"

Yao Ji shook her head and asked curiously, "Why don't the ten Golden Crows dare to go out?"

"Because Hou Yi's archery has appeared."

Chang'e spoke lightly from the side, saying, "Someone shot an arrow toward the South Heaven Gate at the Guanjiang Estuary, shooting the Great Golden Crow unconscious directly. Seeing this, the Jade Emperor and Wang Mu didn't dare to let the ten Golden Crows go out easily."

This Hou Yi and the Golden Crows were also wonderful opponents widely circulated in the Three Realms. After all, Hou Yi's 0:9 record back then was too brilliant, affecting the current "Hou Yi" and the current Golden Crows.

"Guanjiang Estuary?"

Yao Ji's gaze turned quietly, looking at Gu Qing.

"That's right, it's me."

Gu Qing admitted frankly.

Yao Ji hesitated for a moment and thanked Gu Qing again, knowing that it was Gu Qing's arrow that allowed their Yang family to escape death.

"The current Yang family is all in the temple on Mount Hua."

Yao Ji entrusted Gu Qing and Chang'e, saying, "That is the place where Yang Tianyou and I fell in love. Please..." Yao Ji couldn't say the words that followed. After all, the Yang family was related to the Heavenly Rules. If she asked Gu Qing and Chang'e to protect them at all costs, it would also implicate them.

Yao Ji bowed lightly to Gu Qing and Chang'e, her body drifted, and she flew toward the direction of the Jade Pool.

This was Yao Ji's own choice. Gu Qing and Chang'e stayed in the Guanghan Palace, watching Yao Ji's figure go further and further away.

"She finally experienced the taste of love."

Chang'e's voice carried a bit of coldness and a bit of touch.

Gu Qing looked at Chang'e, smiled at her, then nodded and said, "Caiyun Xianzi Chang'e, I also came to the Heavenly Court to see you because of this archery. Next, I will return to the mortal world."

Today, he had pulled enough of Chang'e's emotions. Continuing to follow Chang'e would not lead to any more conversation, so Gu Qing simply said goodbye. As for everything else, let Chang'e savor it slowly.

Chang'e's footsteps moved slightly, her wrists lifted lightly, wanting to hold him back, but in the end, she didn't reach out her hand, watching Gu Qing's figure leave the Moon Palace and head toward Mount Hua in the mortal world.

"Are you going to protect the Yang family?"

Chang'e watched Gu Qing's figure go down, her heart hanging up quietly.

Mount Hua.

There is a temple in this place, which is the place where Yao Ji and Yang Tianyou shared a heart back then. The Yang family is all here now. Gu Qing flew to Mount Hua, not only for the Yang family but also for Master Yuding.

In the original plot, the tiger demon whose tendons and bones were broken by Gu Qing would snatch Yang Chan to be his mountain-stronghold mistress. Yang Jian followed behind, fusing the "Celestial Eye" in despair, and then a round of counter-killing, stunning Master Yuding who was watching from the side. Only then did he want to take Yang Jian and Yang Chan as disciples... Although there were too many coincidences in this series, if Yang Jian was on Mount Hua, Master Yuding was likely there too.

His gaze was like sunlight, searching up and down Mount Hua. He saw Yang Tianyou's figure in the temple, and then while observing left and right, he finally saw a lecherous Daoist priest. His body descended, he came to the priest's side, and patted his shoulder.

"Ouch... what are you doing..."

Gu Qing's move startled the lecherous Daoist priest. After a sharp shout, the whole person squatted on the ground.

Gu Qing reached out, lifted the lecherous Daoist priest up, looked at his eyes, and said with a smile, "I see you lecherously looking at the man inside, you really don't look like a good person. I came to protect that man..."

"Nonsense!"

Hearing this, the lecherous Daoist priest said angrily, "If I don't look like a good person, what do I look like?"

"I see you..."

Gu Qing approached the lecherous Daoist priest and said, "Like a gay man."

This remark made the lecherous Daoist priest furious. He glared at Gu Qing and said, "How can you insult someone's innocence like this? I see you look like a gay man!"

Gu Qing looked at the lecherous Daoist priest's exasperated appearance and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hey hey."

Just at this time, a round-faced, bearded man with a sturdy body and a Guanjiang Estuary accent suddenly appeared. Looking at Gu Qing and the lecherous Daoist priest, he said, "What are you talking about? Can I join?"

???

Gu Qing and the lecherous Daoist priest looked at each other, both threw punches, and attacked this person heavily!

(End of chapter)