Clan sisterf?
Gu Qing’er is actually this King Realm expert’s clan sister?
At that moment, everyone finally understood why Gu Changqing was standing up for Gu Qing’er.
But wasn’t Gu Qing’er’s family just a small clan without even a single Tribulation Realm cultivator?
How could they possibly be connected to a King Realm expert?
This…
No matter how hard they found it to believe, the truth was right in front of them.
“I was wrong, Senior! I won’t dare anymore! I didn’t know Gu Qing’er was your clan sister, I… sob sob…”
Gu Yuexuan immediately dropped to her knees, kowtowing over and over again as she cried and begged for mercy.
But Gu Changqing remained unmoved.
Shhhk—
A spirit sword pierced straight through her chest, and the life force in Gu Yuexuan’s body quickly faded away.
On the other side, Elder Wang Zhong from Chenxin Pavilion, who had been blasted away by a single strike from Gu Changqing, managed to return to the sea vessel.
At this moment, his internal injuries were extremely severe.
Looking at Gu Yuexuan’s corpse, his feelings were complicated, but he didn’t dare to say a single word.
Gu Changqing took Gu Qing’er and left, but before leaving, he said something:
“To have raised a daughter like that, her father probably isn’t much better.
Tell your Pavilion Master to execute him.”
“Not long from now, I will visit Chenxin Pavilion.
If that Vice Pavilion Master is still alive by then, everyone in your Chenxin Pavilion will die.”
With just a few words, he directly determined the fate of the Vice Pavilion Master.
After speaking, Gu Changqing left with Gu Qing’er, walking through the air, leaving the Chenxin Pavilion members too terrified to even breathe loudly.
Everyone looked at each other.
As for feeling sad?
Not really.
In fact, quite a few disciples even felt a bit of schadenfreude.
Gu Yuexuan completely brought this upon herself.
In the sect, she had always been arrogant and overbearing.
Many people had suffered under her bullying but dared not speak out.
This time, she ran into someone she couldn’t afford to offend.
Serves her right.
Elder Yang walked over and glanced at Wang Zhong.
“Are you alright, Elder Wang?”
Wang Zhong shook his head.
“I won’t die. That senior held back.”
Of course he held back.
Otherwise, with his mere seventh-level Tribulation Realm cultivation, he wouldn’t have been able to block even a casual strike from a King Realm expert.
“I just don’t know how I’m going to explain this to the Vice Pavilion Master when I get back… sigh…
When we left, he specifically told me to take good care of Xuan’er…”
“I’m telling you, Old Wang, did you get hit so hard you turned stupid? Explain? Explain to a dead person?”
“Dead person?”
Wang Zhong suddenly came to a realization —
It seemed he really had been knocked silly.
…
Three days later, Gu Changqing and Gu Qing’er arrived at Haiyue Island.
Haiyue Island wasn’t very large.
There was only one city on the island, named after the island itself — Haiyue City.
Gu Changqing’s timing was perfect.
In just two days, the biggest auction house in Haiyue City, the Haiyue Auction House, would be hosting a grand auction.
A lot of rare treasures would be up for bidding.
The Haiyue Auction House was jointly controlled by the island’s three great Half-King families.
Gu Changqing planned to attend the auction first, and then accompany Gu Qing’er back to the Gu Family on Wangqin Island.
On their way, they would pass Chenxin Island, where Chenxin Pavilion was located.
Gu Changqing’s earlier warning had not been a joke.
If, when the time came, he found out that the Vice Pavilion Master was still alive or had fled, then there would be no need for Chenxin Pavilion to exist anymore.
Meanwhile—
At Chenxin Island, the home of Chenxin Pavilion.
The Pavilion Master, Vice Pavilion Master, and all the senior members of Chenxin Pavilion had already gathered, preparing to welcome back the disciples and elders returning from their training expedition.
Not long after, when one ship after another docked at the port, it marked the return of all disciples and elders who had gone out for training.
The Pavilion Master of Chenxin Pavilion was dressed in a blue robe.
He didn’t look very old — about forty years of age.
This Pavilion Master was no ordinary figure.
Over twenty years ago, Chenxin Pavilion had been just another obscure little sect in the Lanxi Archipelago.
But ever since he took over as Pavilion Master, in just a couple of decades, Chenxin Pavilion had grown rapidly, becoming one of the strongest sects in the entire archipelago.
He was considered a legendary figure, and even now, he was still relatively young.
There was real hope that he might one day step into the King Realm.
The Vice Pavilion Master of Chenxin Pavilion was named Gu Ming —
an old man with snow-white hair, a Peak Ninth Stage Tribulation Realm expert, second only to the Pavilion Master himself.
Today, he was in a very good mood.
He had found the spirit wood his daughter had asked him to find — she wanted to use it to decorate her room.
He was looking forward to giving her a pleasant surprise when she returned.
The Pavilion Master of Chenxin Pavilion had no sons.
His daughter was born to him in his later years — his only child — and he treasured her immensely.
Whatever demands Gu Yuexuan made, he would do his best to satisfy them.
The reason Gu Yuexuan had grown so willful and unruly was, for the most part, because of Gu Ming’s excessive spoiling.
As more and more disciples and elders returned, Gu Ming finally spotted Wang Zhong among them and hurried over.
“Elder Wang, you’re finally back! Where’s Xuan’er? Quick, quick, I’ve prepared a surprise for her!”
“She’s been pestering me these past days, saying she wanted a piece of Spirit Origin Wood to decorate her room.
I searched high and low, but in the end, I managed to find one!”
Looking at the excited little old man before him, Wang Zhong simply shook his head.
“Spirit Origin Wood? Good timing — you can use it to make her a fine coffin.”
Huh?
Gu Ming froze, thinking he must have misheard.
Coffin?
What did he mean?
But Wang Zhong ignored him and instead turned toward the Pavilion Master and the senior members of Chenxin Pavilion.
“What are you all waiting for?”
Before returning, Wang Zhong had already sent a message ahead to the Pavilion Master —
because he was worried Gu Ming might try to run.
If Gu Ming escaped, then all of Chenxin Pavilion would have to perish alongside him!
A wave of inexplicable dread welled up from deep inside Gu Ming.
He instinctively wanted to retreat, but—
Boom—
The Pavilion Master of Chenxin Pavilion, standing right beside him, suddenly struck,
smashing a palm into Gu Ming’s back!
“Pfft—”
A mouthful of blood sprayed from Gu Ming’s lips as he stared at the Pavilion Master in disbelief.
One blow — seriously injured!
“Pavilion Master… why?”
“I, Gu Ming, have always served Chenxin Pavilion with loyalty and dedication over the years… I have never once betrayed the Pavilion… why?!”
“Because of your precious daughter,”
the Pavilion Master said coldly, his expression utterly calm.
“She provoked someone our Chenxin Pavilion cannot afford to offend.”
“A King Realm expert.”
And not just an ordinary King Realm expert.
A King who had, with a single sword strike, slain a King-level demon beast —
at just around twenty years old!
The meaning of that… he understood all too clearly.
This King Realm cultivator was not only monstrously talented but also very likely hailed from a major force —
a Holy Land or Divine Court!
Only forces of that level could possibly nurture such a monstrous prodigy.
A King Realm at twenty years old —
just thinking about it was terrifying.
“I warned you long ago: if you kept indulging your daughter like that, sooner or later it would cause a disaster.
You didn’t listen.”
“That King Realm expert said clearly — if you don’t die, everyone in Chenxin Pavilion will.”
“So don’t blame me.
Blame yourself.
Blame your precious daughter.”
“And as for saying you’ve never wronged Chenxin Pavilion —
do you even believe that yourself?
You really think I don’t know about your dirty dealings behind the scenes?”
“Go. Go accompany your daughter.”
At that moment, all the elders of Chenxin Pavilion moved to surround Gu Ming.
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