His laughter subsided as he looked at Gu Sheng, his tone carrying a hint of seriousness.
"Rest assured, since I have recognized you, this old man will not do anything to you. After all, my precious granddaughter is still waiting for you to take her to the Central Province to find a trace of vitality."
"Senior naturally won’t do anything to me."
Gu Sheng, however, was ungrateful and directly revealed.
"It’s not entirely because of recognition, but because senior doesn’t dare to, and cannot. In the Central Province, the only places that can resolve the hidden danger of the Holy Gu Spirit Body are the Heaven-Burning Holy Land and the Evil Flame Holy Land, which focus on Fire Element cultivation methods.
Sending Miss Yaoyao to the Heaven-Burning Holy Land might still leave room for negotiation, but if sent to the erratic and eccentric Evil Flame Holy Land... with Miss Yaoyao’s physique, it is hard to predict whether it would be a blessing or a curse. Senior can’t afford to gamble on that, so at this moment, I am actually the safest choice."
Qidiao Wu’s smile instantly froze, and he completely collected his mind, his gaze towards Gu Sheng now not only admiring but with a touch of apprehension. This young man’s meticulous mind and precise grasp on the human heart are simply frightening! He pondered for a moment and tentatively asked.
"Then what about the near-ancient early Gu technique inheritance you mentioned before?"
"We can definitely discuss it."
Gu Sheng nodded.
"Consider it a part of the sincerity of the collaboration."
With that, he did not wait for Qidiao Wu to respond, directly separating a strand of pure spiritual power, wrapping it with a fragment of memory he had screened, containing the basics and some core mysteries of the Gu technique, and sent it straight towards Qidiao Wu’s brow.
Qidiao Wu hesitated slightly but still let down a part of his sea of consciousness defense, accepting this spiritual power.
In an instant, a piece of ancient, obscure, yet complete systematic information pointing directly to the great path of Gu technique slowly unfolded in his mind like a scroll.
The concepts, techniques, and understanding of the source of Gu worms in it were far deeper and more exquisite than his Five Poison Divine Sect’s inheritance! Especially when he "saw" the true name imprint branded at the inheritance’s source—
"Lan Liyue?!"
Qidiao Wu was as if struck by lightning, his whole being jolted fiercely, bolting upright, pupils contracting sharply to pin-sized, his face full of unbelievable shock, staring dead at Gu Sheng, his voice slightly altered due to extreme astonishment.
"You... how do you know the true name of His Majesty the Poison Emperor?! This... this is impossible! The name of the Poison Emperor, even on the oldest stele of our sect, is only partially recorded, long since wiped out from history, where did you learn it from?!"
Looking at the out-of-control Qidiao Wu, Gu Sheng also felt a slight ripple in his heart, as a piece of past life memory surfaced in his mind.


It was precisely because of this experience that since Qidiao Wu mentioned the Holy Gu Spirit Body, Gu Sheng never planned to send Qidiao Yaoyao to the Heaven-Burning Holy Land. Suppressing with ordinary Fire Element Martial Artists is just treating the symptoms but not the root cause; only fundamentally resolving the Spiritual Body’s hidden danger is the right path.
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