But he had gotten all the revenge he needed, and the whole Town of the Blue Goats also became Qi Guan Rui’s territory alone, there was nothing that could stop him anymore.
But at that time, Qi Guan Rui began to feel very bored.
Those foolish people were very boring, the Town of the Blue Goats was very boring, all of it was very boring.
That’s right, now that Qi Guan Rui had gained the natural ability to devour, if he wanted to up his own martial power, he just needed to devour other people’s achievements. He didn’t have to train hard with his own efforts. In the inherited memories of the Sky Devouring Python, there were countless, recorded knowledge of martial skills. Whatever he wanted to know, he just retrieved it from there and didn’t have to use energy and go search for it. If he wanted money, he had many puppets who could make profits for him, so what else was there for him to work hard for?
Once there were no goals, he lost many interests.
The people he’d once thought of as family, the looks of others, and honor, in the current Qi Guan Rui’s eyes, they had all turned into trash.
But, just as Qi Guan Rui was trying hard to think of something worthy for him to play around with, he suddenly realized there was a certain power surveillance over this town.
Without a miss, and by using his snake gu, he quickly discovered the owner of that power.
…It was the city governor of Tian Du Cheng?
Qi Guan Rui smiled.
He rubbed the Yupei that hung around his neck as his eyes turned dark.
Zi Ju Shu Bai…he still remembered why he had suddenly run to the back of the mountain. Why he’d suddenly had to dig up this piece of Yupei, and also why he’d jumped off the cliff.
The root of all that, was Zi Ju Shu Bai.
But no matter how much he’d wanted to interrogate his friend from his childhood at the time, after receiving power, he’d sought revenge against the town first.
But this piece of Yupei had become an item he always carried on him.
…Zi Ju Shu Bai always brought him good luck, wasn’t that right?
The city governor of Tian Du Cheng’s goal was to watch over all the martial towns, but it seemed like he only observed the major events on the surface, and hadn’t known that he, Qi Guan Rui, was actually Gu Shan.
Then, he’d use a fake identity and go see his old friend from a long time ago.
He wondered, would Zi Ju Shu Bai disappoint him?
With such a goal in mind, interest suddenly grew within Qi Guan Rui. He quickly organized everything and by himself, he stepped on the road towards Tian Du Cheng.
Entered the city, found the City Governor’s Palace, and entered the City Governor’s Palace.
The whole process had been extremely successful, the attitude of martial artists within Tian Du Cheng was better than any other martial artists he had seen before. And the peaceful and joyful scene of Tian Du Cheng suddenly made him feel like it was a bit eye piercing…but was also a bit interesting.
Zi Ju Shu Bai had already become a High Leveled Wu Jun, what kind of changes would he also have had?
Covering up many of his thoughts, Qi Guan Rui took out the Yupei and requested to see the city governor.
Then, in the unexpected, but yet also expected presumption of his, he saw him.
What Qi Guan Rui hadn’t thought was that, not only had Zi Ju Shu Bai remembered him, he was also very protective of him.
It was just as if…they hadn’t separated at all since young.
Was it fake, or his real intention?
He decided to observe slowly.
The Qi Guan Rui who’d once thought of also turning Tian Du Cheng into one of his puppet cities, temporarily gave up on his plan.
Of course, Gu Bai hadn’t known at all, that the psycho protagonist he was most afraid of, was already welcomed into the City Governor’s Palace joyfully by him. After some research, he was happy, a rare occasion, that he’d made a friend who would show his true self.
And since they were good friends and brothers, Gu Bai hadn’t held back on his pointers either. Just as he’d thought, the level difference between him and Xiao Gu Shan was way too far off. In the future, once he’d succeeded in escaping out of the psycho protagonist’s shadow, then he could go out and travel with Xiao Gu Shan, having two people on a trip together would be more interesting than just one person after all.
The shut-in otaku Gu Bai, who had been shut-in for ten years, expressed that the entertainment value of this place was just way too low. Even if he liked to stay in, he should also go out for some fresh air from time to time.
But the Gu Bai, who had returned to his study room after he’d finished teaching Qi Guan Rui, was now looking at a file, his face was calm, but inside he was conflicted.
This file was the type of thing of seeking for an ally[1].
In this world, for any city, town, or family with authority and power, there would always be some rogue cultivators, or well experienced martial artists, who came over to seek a safe place. That kind of event was usually relaxing and common, even to Gu Bai, he had gone through many of those in his years.
But the martial artist who’d just had to ask for an ally, his identity really wasn’t…easy to consider.
Lian Hengwu.
The name didn’t sound too special when heard, and when put in a novel, he’d be just about the rate of a high leveled fighter.
But in this novel, he was quite a well-known character in the beginning.
Gu Bai held his forehand.
That guy was the enemy of the Qi Guan Family, the culprit who, even though he hadn’t killed the protagonist, had destroyed the protagonist once, ahhh!
What a real tragedy…
Lian Hengwu, as a High Leveled Wu Jun, had pretty good skills, so why would he have had bad blood against the Qi Guan Family? That was because, many years ago, the Qi Guan Family had once killed off a small family. Lian Hengwu was the one orphan who had survived in his family.
The orphan grew up and went through many hardships to obtain all the power he had, so of course, he’d come back to seek revenge. But the one and only reason why the Qi Guan Family was able to have control of the greatest income source of Town of the Blue Goats, was because they supported a High Leveled Wu Jun in their family. He was older than Lian Hengwu, and he hadn’t dared to just simply go up against him and to defeat the Qi Guan Family with just his own power hadn’t been realistic either.
Later, Lian Hengwu had found out that a genius had sprouted from the Qi Guan Family. If he allowed that genius to grow, then he was gonna have even less of a chance to destroy the Qi Guan Family in the future. So, on a dark and windy night, he’d used that time, and destroyed that genius.
It could’ve been said that, for the protagonist Qi Guan Rui to fall into the dust again, that guy was the very root of it all.
In the normal plotline, Qi Guan Rui should have gone through layers of events to realize that Lian Hengwu was his enemy, and find Lian Hengwu’s traces after he’d experienced some events. Then devour him alive, and transformed his power into his own.
As for the event of his finding Lian Hengwu, that also happened right after Tian Du Cheng became a dead city.
But as of now, Tian Du Cheng was still standing and Gu Bai hadn’t married the protagonist’s fiancée either. He’d originally thought that he was about done with avoiding the danger of the protagonist slaughtering his city.
But, why did that guy Lian Hengwu still come?!
Protection, protection my ass protection!
If I protect you, then who’s gonna protect me?!
Gu Bai knew, without any mistake, the protagonist should already have had the power of a Beginner Wu Jun by this time. Even though he himself was two levels above him, but he still couldn’t stand against the other’s scary-ass ability. Even if Gu Bai put his life on the line when the time came, once the protagonist turned into the Sky Devouring Python, even with heavy injuries, his result would still be death.
In reality, such things as requests for protection, they were usually an excuse to seek an ally.
Lian Hengwu, as a High Leveled Wu Jun, he really only came to seek ally with Tian Du Cheng, planning to basically be a freeloader here.
Of course, he also wanted to borrow the power of Tian Du Cheng to end the Qi Guan Family. Something he couldn’t do by himself, with this big of a martial city, then it would still be possible.
This type of thing happened way too much, if Lian Hengwu’s enemy hadn’t been the protagonist, then Gu Bai wouldn’t want to reject a High Leveled Wu Jun either.
And just like how, under normal circumstances, no one would’ve rejected a High Leveled Wu Jun, if Gu Bai rejected Lian Hengwu, how was he supposed to explain that decision to the people managing Tian Du Cheng?
Even if he was the city governor, wouldn’t he also have to find a reason?
So, without a miss, Gu Bai started to…be really troubled.
And yet, he also couldn’t talk about it with anyone else.
Then, the sounds of door knocking were heard.
Gu Bai was shocked, and he lifted his eyes to look.
There was no one else in the study room aside from him, even his most loyal Da Quan Jia had had other stuff to take care of.
Then who could it be at this time?
Gu Bai rubbed his face, and his face was naturally stone, “Come in.”
The one who came in had a tall, slender figure, he was as gorgeous as a fairy tree, kind and full of mannerism, with a smile like the spring breeze…Gu Xiao Shan.
Qi Guan Rui smiled warmly, “Gege.”
Gu Bai’s eyes softened a little, “Xiao Shan, you finished training?”
Qi Guan Rui closed the door, “I’ve practiced for two sichens now…Gege, it’s time for your meal.”
Martial artists had great appetites for food, and if they missed one meal, they might not have enough power.
Gu Bai was a bit stunned as he realized it was already past noon.
The people within the City Governor’s Palace all respected, and were also afraid, of how strict he was, so they usually didn’t dare to disturb him. He hadn’t thought Xiao Shan would remember.
He suddenly felt so moved inside!
Gu Bai looked at Qi Guan Rui and felt very conflicted internally.
Qi Guan Rui smiled slightly, “Does Gege have something complicated that you can’t solve easily? If Gege doesn’t mind, maybe I can lend an ear.”
…Boi, you’re so understanding and considerate!
Gu Bai thought for a bit, then opened his mouth vaguely, “If there’s someone really powerful trying to ally with you, but that person had offended another person that you’re very frightened of, what should you do?”
Qi Guan Rui thought about it.
Someone wanted to ally with Tian Du Cheng? To be viewed as powerful by a High Leveled Wu Jun, then that person also had to at least be at that level. But who was out there that could make Zi Ju Shu Bai scared? The Tian Du Cheng controlled lands within thousands and thousands of square miles, the amounts of High Leveled Wu Juns were also limited. Then that meant, it was someone from a place even further away?
In an instant, he’d made hundreds of turns internally, but hadn’t exposed any of it on his face, instead, he thought about it for a while, then spoke up, “Then it’ll depend on whether or not it’s worth it.”
Gu Bai looked at Qi Guan Rui with no expression, “How should I calculate it?”
Qi Guan Rui muttered deeply, “If the benefits that person can bring you greatly surpasses the loss you receive from the to-be-frightened-of person, then accept it; if vice versa, then don’t accept it.” He smiled, and his eyes softened again in an instant, “But, that is still only my thoughts…it’s a really shallow thought, I hope Gege would not view it as laughable.”
Once Gu Bai heard it, he also felt that he had made this way too complicated.
If he rejected him, the most there would be is just Lian Hengwu holding hatred for him. Plus, he was gonna immediately be turned into cannon fodder by the protagonist, what did being hated matter?
As for those people who managed the place, he could just use the reason “A mighty High Leveled Wu Jun came to seek an ally, but had an unclear reason, they may be planning something against them” to reject him, then that would be explainable.
If he took in Lian Hengwu, it would be just like taking in a scalding hot yam, if the protagonist got lured here by him, then he would lose his life!
All those messy thoughts from earlier, when stood in front of his life, what did it all matter?
He couldn’t carry any hope at having good luck in this instance!
Qi Guan Rui saw that Gu Bai wasn’t speaking at all, and thought the other hadn’t thought his idea was good, so his eyes shone a bit and spoke again, “Gege can also meet up with the person first, then think about it…”