[{"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-71":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},2323639,4545,"Chapter 71: What Is","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-71",71,"\u003Cp>Li Mochou looked at Xiaolongnu and felt a strange sense of distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaolongnu had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was no longer the pure, innocent junior sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing had learned that Li Mochou’s assassination attempt was motivated by righteous anger on Xiaolongnu’s behalf; his original intent to kill her had faded. He now signaled Cheng Ying to remain behind, stepped forward alone, and said: “Long’er’s heart is utterly pure—I naturally cherish and protect her, and will not let her come to harm. Sister, rest assured.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Gu Qing took Xiaolongnu’s hand; their true qi merged like dew on lotus leaves, instantly becoming one, inseparable. Within this flow of qi, warmth gradually spread through Xiaolongnu’s body, drying the damp clothes she had hastily donned after bathing and her soaked hair—all within the span of a few words, white mist enveloped her entire form, and her strands now stirred lightly in the cold wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the supreme benefit bestowed by the Ultimate Yoga upon their true qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that love?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mochou glared at Gu Qing with bitter hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You only want her body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Qiu Chujī and the others had left the banquet and surrounded the area, but Li Mochou, confident that Xiaolongnu’s presence would guarantee her safety, remained calm and continued pressing Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing and Xiaolongnu exchanged a tender glance, then turned to Li Mochou and said: “If not love, then what? Is there such a thing as ‘doing hate’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is ‘doing hate’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Mochou tasted the phrase, she sensed something was wrong with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xiaolongnu said such things, Li Mochou dismissed them as the innocent babbling of a naive girl; but when Gu Qing said them, she heard mockery. Furious, she lunged forward with a palm strike at Gu Qing’s chest, shouting: “You’ve never heard of ‘doing hate’? This is ‘doing hate’!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This palm was her signature Crimson Thread Divine Palm—ferocious, ruthless, showing no mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing kept his right hand clasped with Xiaolongnu’s; his left hand shot up and pressed hard toward Li Mochou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation was precisely what Gu Qing had engineered—he had no desire to continue arguing with Li Mochou. After all, no matter how much he explained, maintaining a harem was inherently indefensible. He intended to take Xiaolongnu and Cheng Ying into the Ancient Tomb and live there in peace, allowing all three to adjust, so that such gossip would eventually fade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arguing with Li Mochou now would only make him appear hypocritical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he used the phrase “doing hate” to provoke her into attacking, so that they could settle matters with fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crimson Thread Divine Palm was insidiously poisonous; as it moved, its wind carried hidden toxins, surging from all sides. Gu Qing swept his arm horizontally and pushed forward—his palm technique contained extraordinary power, instantly reversing all of Li Mochou’s toxic winds back at her. In one sweep and push, his palm lightly touched hers, then withdrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Excellent skill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mochou’s beautiful eyes narrowed as she studied Gu Qing’s dorsal hand. Her palm carried hidden toxins; by reversing her wind and yet making contact with her skin, he signaled he was unafraid of her poison—and that he restrained himself only to prevent the toxin from harming Xiaolongnu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understanding his intent, Li Mochou restrained her full toxin release. Her palms danced wildly, delivering sharp, piercing strikes straight at Gu Qing’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Gu Qing kept his right hand firmly clasped with Xiaolongnu’s, fighting solely with his left. Li Mochou’s roots lay in the Ancient Tomb Sect; even stripped of its poison, the Crimson Thread Divine Palm remained swift and deadly. Facing this storm of palm strikes, Gu Qing’s single palm darted in and out, slicing or chopping, meeting force with force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the bright moon, in the cold wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whistling winds surged all around, yet Gu Qing and Li Mochou never clashed palms directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their duel, Li Mochou unleashed ten moves while Gu Qing countered with only one. Despite this disparity, she never landed a blow. She watched him holding Xiaolongnu, his body seemingly unmoving—yet when her strikes neared, he felt unnervingly slippery. His minute shifts in stance made her feel that even if she struck, he would evade; his counterattacks, delivered after hers, consistently sealed off multiple directions of her next move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Treading frost, ice approaches…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Chujī, watching from the courtyard, thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Treading Frost Shattering Ice Palm was the most ferocious palm technique of the Quanzhen Sect, its meaning drawn from the I Ching’s line: “Treading frost, ice approaches.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When one treads on frost, one knows severe cold is coming, that solid ice is near—this is a hexagram of change in the I Ching. Gu Qing now applied this palm technique with all motion held in reserve, unchanging yet ever-changing. He targeted Li Mochou’s postural flaws with perfect timing—intent formed, then withdrawn before contact. To wield the technique to this level was nothing short of divine mastery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After obtaining the General Outline of the Nine Yin Manual, Qiu Chujī believed his martial arts had greatly advanced—but even he could not match Gu Qing’s depth and solidity in the Treading Frost Shattering Ice Palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Bu’er and Hao Datong had claimed to see the shadow of Master Wang Chongyang in Gu Qing; Qiu Chujī had refused to believe it. Today, he could no longer deny it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Qiu Chujī felt profound satisfaction. Spreading Quanzhen martial arts was his lifelong dream—but Gu Qing’s immoral lifestyle disqualified him from ever becoming Quanzhen’s patriarch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Santong, Wu Dunru, and Wu Xiuwen watched Gu Qing’s martial arts and felt humbled. If they possessed even half his strength, they would never have chased Li Mochou only to be hunted down by her in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing lightly tapped with a finger, then withdrew instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mochou’s hair flew loose as she was flung sideways. She knew Gu Qing had held back out of respect for Xiaolongnu—but the warped love she saw between them still filled her with resentment. She glared at Gu Qing and Xiaolongnu, then turned and fled, her figure swift as lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when she vanished into the shadows did a long, mournful howl echo from afar—clearly the cry of a heart choked with unresolved bitterness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister probably hates you now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaolongnu, hearing the sound, turned her head to Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing smiled. “I’m not afraid she’ll come to ‘do hate’.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaolongnu caught the double meaning and gave him a reproachful glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing stepped toward Cheng Ying. Before he could speak, she understood his intent, smiled at him, and indicated that letting Li Mochou go was no matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a pity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Du sighed, rarely speaking: “If Grandmaster Gu could have taken Li Mochou’s head, we could have served it as wine appetizer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group had originally planned to drink Xingxiu the Scholar’s wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Santong, still haunted by his wife’s blood feud, heard Hu Du’s words and turned to Gu Qing with a hint of resentment—Gu Qing could have helped him avenge her, yet chose to ignore it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Provoking, are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing glared at “He Shiwo,” stepped forward abruptly, and roared: “How about you as the wine appetizer?” He slapped Hu Du’s face four or five times, leaving him seeing stars, dizzy and reeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gu Qing, what are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Chujī, seeing Gu Qing assault someone, immediately shouted to stop him—then stared at “He Shiwo” in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing’s slaps had dislodged Hu Du’s disguise, revealing half his true face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hu Du?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Chujī moved to seize him. Hu Du, already trembling from Gu Qing’s beating and near him, offered little resistance. Qiu Chujī’s grip and pull fully exposed his real face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiu Chujī laughed bitterly. “You dared disguise yourself and sneak near me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled the entire pursuit, then demanded: “What were you plotting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Du glanced at Gu Qing. He hadn’t expected that a simple provocation would trigger such a violent response. Now, with both Gu Qing and Qiu Chujī beside him, escape was impossible. He sighed and said: “I wanted to get close to these three fools, then infiltrate Xiangyang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Du had judged the Wu family father and sons as utterly incompetent, hoping his taunts would earn their sympathy and deepen their bond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never imagined Gu Qing would act so dishonorably—publicly attacking him and shattering his mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with everything laid bare, he hoped for leniency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wu father and sons heard this and their faces fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Du could be served as wine appetizer—but they three had become the side dishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1441,"2026-06-20T17:04:26.501Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c98514f8469f20a5a769e43231e8f77e99e670a0fa4aebcac758d2a6b007bd90","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-72","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-70",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliving-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-cover.jpg"]