Chapter 229: The Way to Seek Death

The small statue of the two-tailed civet cat was the ancient Shikigami that Zhang Gui obtained on Giant Snake Head Island after breaking the "Tantei" ancient well clan of the Seven Countries of the Eastern Sea Road of Yingri.

Although with his reserve of extraordinary knowledge, he couldn't see its true origin at all, he had already tested its usage and knew it was a rare treasure.

That was why he took it out to show off, tempting Zhen Ciyun to help keep an eye on Zhang Jiujiang.

But explaining it too clearly would make him seem too mercenary, and directly revealing his ignorance.

So he slowed his voice and said mysteriously:

"Miss Zhen should have heard of the unique treasure of the island nation Yingri, the Shikigami.

This is it.

If you smear it with blood, it can evolve into a cat demon that can be large or small, and its two tails are like wind blades.

Within a hundred paces, it cuts heads like cutting grass; against a thousand armored soldiers in formation, it can break them in one go!"

Zhen Ciyun curiously took the two-tailed civet cat statue from her sister's hand and played with it carefully for a moment.

"It is indeed a Shikigami.

And it is an ancient Shikigami of the 'Sixty-Six Ancient Clans of Yingri.'

Judging by it, it should originate from the 'Wind God Civet' lineage of the Gujing family, and it is worth a city.

In peaceful times, it would be very simple to exchange it for a manor with forty or fifty thousand mu of paddy fields."

Even if it were a more arrogant noble family child, giving away tens of thousands of mu of paddy fields casually would inevitably feel a heartache.

But Zhang Gui's true identity was the True Dragon Sovereign, and just on his basic base, Giant Snake Head Island, there were hundreds of millions of mu of fertile land.

His bearing was naturally different.

What he cared about was not the value of the "Civet Feng'er," but its true origin.

"Noble Lady Ciyun has good insight..."

"Just call me Ciyun, or Sister Zhen."

"Then I will call you Ciyun."

Although Zhang Gui was not naturally greedy for beauty in his two lifetimes, he had dated several female companions in his previous life to solve his physiological impulses as a mortal.

It was just that in this life, because he was reincarnated into an extraordinary world, he was obsessed with those thoughts of:

'Only those whose great power returns to themselves are the right path;

Those with great divine abilities should fight the world alone;

Taking longevity as the thought, everything else is dirt.'

And he simply forgot 'humanity's great desires.'

However, this also shows that at this moment, his basic desires as a 'human' were becoming less and less.

He wouldn't even have those primitive impulses triggered by hormones and body hormones if he didn't deliberately think about them.

It just echoed a hidden word used by the Supreme Daoist of the ancient 'Thirty-Three Heavens' to describe himself:

'Only the Supreme can forget emotions'!

However, Zhang Gui was not sitting high in the Doushuai Palace of the 'Thirty-Three Heavens' now, but living in the mortal world.

Being repeatedly shown favor by a beautiful little girl, he slowly stopped being stiff.

However, he still wouldn't take the initiative.

Hmm, I wonder what the allusion of the Sixty-Six Ancient Clans of Yingri is?

And what is an ancient Shikigami?

'Civet' sounds like the flower name of a demon god, is that right?"

"You are truly a natural great spirit!

You have the meaning of the ancient poetry immortal Li Taibai, 'scattering ten thousand gold and returning again'."

Zhen Shijing was a free and easy person who didn't care about external things; seeing that Zhang Gui was not happy with things, but valued insight, she couldn't help but praise him.

Just at this time, a conversation sound faintly rang outside the door.

Before long, the maid who had been consciously guarding the door since the two masters were receiving guests in the main hall turned out from behind the screen.

"Miss, Second Miss, Young Master Gu has brought Young Master Xu Hong."

"Don't see him, don't see him.

He actually became Qian Guanhai's dog-leg today, going against Sister Chonghe; it's truly unreasonable."

Zhen Shijing shouted first with a gloomy face.

As the words fell, a loud explanation had already sounded outside the door.

"You know what the situation is today, and I have no choice."

"Young Master Gu, you and our two young ladies are family friends; you should know their temperaments.

If you force your way in, it won't look good for each other's face.

It also makes it difficult for us maidservants."

Zhang Gui in the room heard that the last words were the voice of Zhen Ciyun's maid named Zhen Hongmei.

He lowered his voice very understandingly:

"Since it's a family friend coming to smooth over misunderstandings, otherwise I'll avoid it for now.

The more it is at this time and place, the more you need to be as united as possible.

You must know that gathering sand into a tower..."

"They are all bastards who change with the wind without leaking a bit of news beforehand.

Making friends and uniting with such people is not as refreshing as breaking off relations.

To avoid being stabbed in the back."

Zhen Shijing was still angry.

Zhang Gui finally noticed a trace of abnormality at this time, opened his mouth, and stopped speaking.

Zhen Ciyun beside him smiled and softly solved the mystery.

"The one speaking outside is Gu Rongjin, the youngest son of the 'Poyang Gu Family' head.

He grew up with Shijing as childhood sweethearts.

Originally, their temperaments were very compatible, and little Gu listened to her very much.

But since meeting a few new friends at the 'Xianhe Study,' he had his own ideas.

The two of them started to disagree.

It's not just today.

Before, they would argue for a while and then leave by themselves."

"Isn't this a licking dog waking up? It's a happy event that people love to see."

A thought flashed through Zhang Gui's mind, but he couldn't say anything in his mouth.

He could only pick up the teacup and pretend to drink tea.

The 'little licking dog' outside who hadn't completely woken up was still dawdling there.

There was also a gentle voice that seemed to be his friend, helping out in a reasonable and orderly manner.

Zhen Shijing became more and more angry as she listened.

Inadvertently catching a glimpse of Zhang Gui drinking tea in boredom, shaking his head, she couldn't help but knock on the tea table.

"Zhang Longhu, you asked my sister to help take care of your cousin and gave away an ancient wonder.

Then if I am also willing to help you look after Senior Brother Jiujiang, can you help me with a small favor?"

"Yes, my moral standard is actually not high.

And I have always held a 'theory of original sin' view toward unfamiliar noble family children.

If you really hate Gu Rongjin's occasional disturbance.

Just find a group of classmates to leave the 'Xianhe Study' with him whenever you want.

Without the protection of the array, he will definitely not come back alive."

Zhen Shijing was stunned, and looking at Zhang Gui's sincere expression, she felt the hair on her back stand up.

But she was, after all, a direct young lady of Huayu Zhen Ji; she took a deep breath, pondered for a moment, and said softly:

"Gu Rongjin is not necessary, but the few poor family children around him are truly eye-catching."

"If there are many people, it can't be so sloppy.

In four days, I will leave the 'Great Wolf Capital'; find a way to get them to the dock area on the west side of the outer city.

You don't need to worry about the rest."

Zhen Shijing looked at her sister upon hearing this.

Zhen Ciyun nodded.

"I believe Zhang Longhu has this ability.

But Shijing, you have to think clearly.

Actually, Gu Rongjin is still fierce in appearance but cowardly in heart, good at planning but indecisive, at least for now; he is not a good match for you.

Are you asking Zhang Longhu to take action once because of this?"

Zhen Shijing said with a smile:

"No matter how powerful Zhang Longhu is, after he becomes my brother-in-law, can he be stingy in helping me fight?

And those guys surrounding Gu Rongjin are too tactless; some even asked me about your preferences.

It is clear that they see you are always gentle and easy-going, mistakenly thinking your temperament is good, so they have ulterior motives.

Just this point is the way to seek death."