Gu Bailu was infuriated. Why was her victory baseless?

  Did everybody have to fight with spiritual power in a battle?

  “There is no such rule, but in any case, your method is not the right way.”

  “Your Majesty, whoever beats their opponent is the winner, no matter how they do it. Besides, I fought them fair and square without using any traps, didn’t I? Are you saying this method doesn’t work just because you aren’t capable of it?”

  “Father, she violated the rules of the contest. The world will be in chaos if everybody fights like that.”

  Gu Bailu snorted. “You’re right that the world will be in chaos. Spiritual power will no longer be held up so loftily, and the garbage will have their day.”

  “How arrogant. It was just a petty trick, and you think that you’re so good at it,” said the second prince scornfully.

  “I might not be good at many things, but I’m certainly good at elbowing the second prince.” Gu Bailu smiled.

  Everybody smiled as well. Last time, the second prince was heavily wounded after a gentle nudge from Gu Bailu.

  The second prince was infuriated and the emperor was a little embarrassed as well. The empress dowager thought for a moment before she said, “The Gu family has indeed won. Nobody cares how you win in a real battle as long as your opponent is dead. So, the Gu family is the winner.”

  The leader of the Bai family wasn’t happy. “Your Highness, Your Majesty, it wasn’t stated before the battle that the use of all tricks is allowed. We demand a rematch.”

  Gu Bailu scoffed. “Are there any more candidates from the Bai family?”

  If she remembered correctly, those guys just now were already the best young men of the Bai family.

  “The Bai family is full of talents who all have their own tricks,” said the leader of the Bai family affirmatively.

  Gu Bailu chuckled. “And I’m sure that shamelessness is one of them. Leader Bai, I have no time for a rematch. If you’re unwilling to acknowledge your defeat, let’s have a family contest. Whichever family loses will dissolve itself. Are you up for that?”

  Everybody in the Bai family was furious. How could the Bai family and the Gu family be the same?

  Who did the Gu family have? Nobody except Gu Bailu and her servants.

  But the Bai family was a big one with thousands of descendants.

  “You don’t have the guts to do it? Then you should give up already. You know that you can’t defeat the Gu family.” Gu Bailu turned to the empress dowager. “Your Highness, the leader of the Bai family has acknowledged their defeat.”So, let’s stop wasting each other’s time and just kick them out of the top four families.

  “Who says that the Bai family doesn’t have the courage to take up the challenge? We’ll do it.” A clear voice rang out. Gu Bailu turned around to see a gorgeous man.

  He had a pretty face and was wearing a gray robe, and was as charming as a deity from above. His red lips were full and perfect and utterly kissable.

  He wasn’t as captivating as Feng Qingtian or Gu Yunjing, but he gave off the feeling of a gentle breeze and looked like a heavenly being.

  How could the Bai family have such a gorgeous man?

  There was no way.

  He didn’t seem like he belonged to the Bai family at all.

  522 Don“t Tire Me Ou

  “Are you sure you want to do this?” Gu Bailu finally managed to pull back her gaze to look at the leader of the Bai family.

  The leader of the Bai family whispered something to the gorgeous man, who simply nodded.

  The leader of the Bai family gnashed his teeth. “We’ll do it! You really think that we’re scared of a piece of garbage?”

  Gu Bailu regretted making such a proposal. She didn’t want to fight the gorgeous man, not because she was intimidated but because she was inexplicably drawn to him.

  But it was truly a waste for such a gorgeous man to be part of the Bai family.

  “Then bring it on.” She couldn’t go back on her word now. “However, I want to know if you’re from the Bai family.”

  If he was outside help, then she would get help too.

  “I am Bai Yunyi, from the third branch of the Bai family.” The gorgeous man’s voice was as pleasant as a babbling brook.

  So he really was from the Bai family?

  Chanting secretly, Gu Bailu opened her Heavenly Eye and looked at the servants of the Bai family. From the information in their heads, the man truly was a legitimate descendant of the Bai family.

  “I’m honored to fight you.” Gu Bailu smiled at him.

  Feng Qingtian clenched his fists as his eyes shone with undisguised coldness.

  Damn it, why was that person here?

  Lulu…… was smiling so happily at him.

  He knew Gu Bailu too well. She wouldn’t smile so genuinely if the guy hadn’t left a great impression on her.

  Feng Qingtian closed his eyes. Had he not done enough?

  Bai Yunyi smiled lightly. “Please don’t tire me out.”

  “That will depend on you.”

  Gu Bailu blushed for some reason when the man said not to tire him out in that gorgeous voice……

  It conjured up a lot of irrelevant thoughts.

  This man who was both gorgeous and refreshing was definitely an expert at flirting.

  Bai Yunyi jumped and landed in the arena. Gu Bailu walked up with Ah Luo and Bu Yaolian.

  Bai Yunyi stood in the center of the arena with his hands behind his back, followed by another two men from the Bai family who weren’t as good as the first three candidates but who were just as mysterious as Bai Yunyi.

  “Ah Luo, how about it? Can we defeat them?” asked Gu Bailu.

  “We can’t.” Ah Luo gave a negative answer.

  Gu Bailu knew that while Ah Luo appeared foolish, she was always spot on with her predictions. If she said that they couldn’t win, the opponents had to be a lot stronger than they were.

  Gu Bailu thought for a moment. “The guys from the Bai family are clearly extraordinary. They will definitely be prepared for our tricks. So, this is going to be a very dangerous battle. Bu Yaolian, try your best to hide. This is a teleportation rune.”

  “As for you, Ah Luo……” Gu Bailu whispered something to her.

  Ah Luo grinned and said, “As you wish, my lady.”

  Gu Bailu took off her ink-colored robe and threw it aside, before she summoned Yin Neng. “Yin Neng, my enemies are tough. You better work hard.”

  Yin Neng said unenthusiastically, “You can’t beat him.”

  “Of course I can’t. You only need to keep him occupied.”

  “It really won’t be easy for you to beat him. You should use your brain,” Yin Neng warned her.

  “Okay. I’ll try and escape if we can’t win!”

  After all, she was adept at escaping.

  “How smart of you.” Yin Neng was lost for words.

  523 What Are You Singing?

  “Let’s get on with it.” Gu Bailu cast a rune at Yin Neng as he flew into the sky.

  In fact, the arena wasn’t very large and was only half the size of a football field.

  They had been using evasive maneuvers In the previous battle, which wasn’t a problem for Gu Bailu or Ah Luo.

  However, it wouldn’t be easy for Bu Yaolian to run away this time.

  Their opponents quickly went on the offensive, but Bai Yunyi just stood there and showed no signs of planning to join the battle.

  Bai Yunyi was well aware of Yin Neng’s capabilities, but they had never personally fought each other.

  The other two descendants of the Bai family ignored Ah Luo and attacked Yin Neng together, giving him quite a hard time with their water and fire attributes.

  Gu Bailu frowned. Why were they fighting her alone and not bothering with Bu Yaolian?

  It seemed they had realized that they lost the previous battle because she drained them of their physical strength, so they would deal with her first to prevent her from playing the same trick again.

  “Why are you fighting me? I won’t drain you of your physical strength this time.” Gu Bailu stuck her tongue out at them.

  “Those two have no defenses,” one of the descendants replied.

  “Wow, how bold! I’ll be d*mned if you can actually catch Ah Luo!” While casting enhancement runes on Yin Neng, Gu Bailu distracted the opponents by talking to them.

  Unable to concentrate, the other disciple said angrily, “Why are you so talkative?”

  “Is it any of your business? I like to talk when I fight. I’m going to even sing a song!”

  Gu Bailu sat down and really started singing. “Ah ah oh oh ah ah oh oh ah oh oh ah oh ah ah ah ah……”

  The audience was all lost for words.

  Was it a song?

  It was more like the cries of a ghost.

  “Stop wailing! Are you trying to attract ghosts?” Enraged, one of the descendants punched at Gu Bailu with his spiritual power.

  But with Yin Neng protecting her, Gu Bailu continued singing happily. “That’s really a neat description. It’s your ghosts that I’m attracting!”

  The two disciples looked at Bai Yunyi and wondered why he wasn’t taking any action. They couldn’t beat Yin Neng on their own.

  Bai Yunyi was looking at Gu Bailu strangely. He raised his hand, and a great wind kicked up.

  Clouds covered the moon in the sky and a storm rose.

  Gu Bailu immediately jumped to her feet and gave Bu Yaolian a hand. “Try to hide outside the arena, now!”

  Bu Yaolian was fat and the wind was too strong for her to move in, so she simply dropped and rolled out of the arena.

  By the time she rolled out, her face was bruised and swollen.

  Gu Bailu wasn’t any better. She could barely stand on her own feet without Ah Luo’s help.

  She hurried to establish a few barriers to block the wind around her.

  Damn it. Who was this guy? He was unleashing so much spiritual power.

  “My lady, he’s using multi-colored spiritual power. He’s very strong,” said Ah Luo.

  “We can stop him together.”

  “We can’t.”

  Once again, Gu Bailu realized that too many people out there were better than she was.

  The guy was so formidable that there was no way she would be able to drain him of physical strength.

  Thankfully, that wasn’t her plan.

  524 Using All The Tricks

  “Then this is our last resort.” Gu Bailu took out all her runes and said, “Ah Luo, block them for me.”

  Both Ah Luo and Yin Neng stood in front of her.

  Bai Yunyi’s spiritual power was really overwhelming as it squeezed and twisted Yin Neng’s fleshless face.

  Ah Luo’s slight frame was pressed down as well.

  Not daring to waste any time, Gu Bailu quickly drew a cross-shaped rune and threw it out, illuminating the dark environment.

  She waved her hands and moved about gracefully as she continued to throw out runes which flew into the sky like yellow flower blossoms.

  She kept moving and throwing out runes until they hung everywhere in the air.

  Gu Bailu crossed her arms and chanted, “With all living creatures as the spirit, establish the array!”

  Immediately, the runes which flew out turned into humans. Some became Gu Bailu, some became Ah Luo, and there were Yin Neng and Bu Yaolian too. Dozens of people who looked like the real individuals appeared in the arena. There was no telling who was real and who was fake.

  They all stood there unmoving.

  Gu Bailu called back the cross that she had thrown out, and the bright environment immediately turned dark.

  Yin Neng and Ah Luo stopped holding back Bai Yunyi’s spiritual power, which was absorbed by the dozens of puppets in the arena……

  “Sharing?” Spiritual power sharing?

  Some of the audience who knew this trick cried, “It’s really spiritual power sharing! Her puppets are sharing the damage from the spiritual power!”

  Such formidable spiritual power might be fatal for one person, but if dozens of people shared the impact of the spiritual power, the damage each of them suffered would be insignificant.

  “The sharing isn’t important; the problem is, which of all those people are real?!”

  How could Gu Bailu have created so many phantoms and have them share the damage?

  If they couldn’t detect her and the hostile spiritual power was shared out, how could they defeat her?

  Bai Yunyi frowned slightly. The other two descendants charged into the crowd and tried to eliminate the phantoms, but after they destroyed one phantom, another would emerge elsewhere.

  After they killed a Gu Bailu, an Ah Luo would show up somewhere else.

  “This isn’t just phantom sharing; it’s also an array. As long as the array isn’t decoded, those phantoms are invulnerable.”

  Where were Gu Bailu, Ah Luo and Bu Yaolian?

  Inside the Soul Collecting Bracelet, of course. Every person in the arena was in fact an illusion.

  “I’m going to find out how powerful that Bai Yunyi is……” Gu Bailu chuckled inside the spacious Soul Collecting Bracelet.

  “Lulu, what if he doesn’t use his spiritual power and just waits?” asked Bu Yaolian worriedly.

  Gu Bailu pinched her plump cheek and said, “That Bai Yunyi is clearly a man who is confident in his spiritual power. He will definitely try to defeat our real selves. Even if he really does wait patiently, we can still approach him from the back inside the Soul Collecting Bracelet and ambush him.”

  After all, they were hiding in the dark; it would be very hard for Bai Yunyi to react if Yin Neng attacked him unexpectedly.

  Ah Luo clapped her hands. “That’s great, my lady.”


  525 Understanding Bai Yunyi

  “Don’t be happy yet, not until we win. We have to think of another solution now since our spiritual power isn’t as good.”

  Immense spiritual power didn’t guarantee a victory.

  But spiritual power was the only thing that was appreciated in this world. Everybody would unleash their spiritual power like crazy in order to win.

  It was actually no different from the online games which Gu Bailu had played in the modern era.

  Those who went too crazy while dealing damage were often defeated through subterfuge.

  In this world, people had forgotten that it wasn’t just all about spiritual power; intelligence could also help secure a victory.

  Why else would advisors be needed in a war?

  However, the people in this world didn’t understand that.

  The two descendants returned to Bai Yunyi’s side and asked, “Third Brother, what do we do? They’re invulnerable.”

  They would run out of spiritual power if they kept using it.

  Bai Yunyi smiled and said, “This Miss Gu is interesting. She’s not draining us of our physical strength this time; she’s draining us of our spiritual power.”

  “Huh? Then are we going to fight her or not?” The descendants of the Bai family were stumped.

  They had cooperated many times as a team, and had never once failed.

  Though Bai Yunyi was invincible with his spiritual power, they had always kept a low profile.

  Third Brother wouldn’t have revealed himself if it hadn’t been for Gu Bailu’s repeated provocations.

  It never occurred to them that their opponents would be so unconventional. It was more like children playing than a contest.

  All these phantoms were really confusing.

  “Of course we’ll fight them. We won’t stand a chance if we don’t fight.” Bai Yunyi increased his spiritual power. “Even though those phantoms are sharing the damage from our spiritual power, they’ll still suffer injuries if they aren’t treated in time. With those injuries, they’ll still lose once time runs out.”

  The descendants were enlightened. “That’s right, there’s a time limit to this contest. It’ll be a tie if nobody is defeated, so we have to injure them.”

  Motivated, the two descendants unleashed their spiritual power at the phantoms.

  When one phantom went down, another phantom was generated elsewhere.

  Feng Qingtian clenched his fists. His eyes seemed calm, but his heart was on fire.

  Even though the damage of the spiritual power was shared out, Gu Bailu would still be hurt. How could she get hurt when she was pregnant?

  But he couldn’t go out at this moment. If he did, everything would be in vain.

  Feng Qingtian’s heart was tormented. He was worried that Bai Yunyi would hurt Gu Bailu or that he might recognize her.

  He could only fill himself with wine.

  Gu Bailu was separated from the world outside by the Soul Collecting Bracelet.

  With her Heavenly Eye, however, she could see that the spiritual power which Bai Yunyi had released was turning the arena upside down.

  From his face, he was confident that he could injure them and win this battle.

  He never thought about locating them.

  Gu Bailu had seen it coming. She had had a feeling that it was in Bai Yunyi’s best interest to act as such, instead of seeking an ultimate victory after locating her position.

  Gu Bailu fixed her eyes on Bai Yunyi, who was gorgeous but not aggressively so. He was just refreshing and nice to look at.

  526 Someone Saved Her

  Feng Qingtian was astonishingly and aggressively attractive at first sight.

  This man was different: The more she looked at him, the more agreeable he appeared to her.

  Gu Bailu found it a shame that he was from the Bai family. She would’ve liked him better if he were a friend.

  She didn’t know where this sense of fondness came from; maybe it was just that she was into good-looking people.

  Qian’er, for example, had indirectly hurt her twice, but Gu Bailu never did anything to her.

  Beautiful creatures deserved privileged treatment.

  Gu Bailu calculated the time. The duration of the contest was one hour, and half that time had elapsed.

  Her opponents should be running out of spiritual power.

  Bai Yunyi might be too strong to exhaust himself, but the other two disciples might be vulnerable now.

  If they were killed and nobody died on Gu Bailu’s side, she would definitely be the winner.

  “Ah Luo, prepare to ambush them. Bu Yaolian, hide in the bracelet for now.” Gu Bailu recited a chant and the bracelet moved erratically among the phantoms.

  “Alright, let’s go!” Gu Bailu and Ah Luo passed through the barrier of the Soul Collecting Bracelet.

  Ah Luo took her into the sky and swooped down toward the backs of the two descendants. She unleashed red spiritual power at one of the exhausted disciples, who collapsed before he realized what was going on.

  Gu Bailu, on the other hand, had summoned Yin Neng and cast enhancement runes on him as well. The other disciple also died without a struggle.

  Bai Yunyi realized what was going on and launched spiritual power at them.

  The overwhelming spiritual power was as devastating as the open jaws of Death.

  Gu Bailu was shocked, not expecting Bai Yunyi to have so much spiritual power even after so long.

  Did he have infinite spiritual power?

  “Ah Luo, retreat!” Gu Bailu flew forward and cast runes on Ah Luo, pushing Ah Luo out of the arena.

  But she had no time to escape Bai Yunyi’s spiritual power after saving Ah Luo, and could only set up a barrier.

  It was as fragile as paper in the face of Bai Yunyi’s explosive spiritual power. She was blown away into the sky.

  She closed her eyes. Damn it. Was this how her life was going to end?

  Could she find her nemesis in her next life?

  She was really reluctant to go! Everything had been going to plan, but why was she sacrificed in the end?

  But her side should win even if she died in the end.

  Two people in the Bai family died, and she was the only casualty on the Gu family’s side.

  She regretted not calculating the time properly.

  She had thought that time would run out after she killed the two disciples.

  She hadn’t expected Bai Yunyi to still have time to attack. Even more regretfully, Bai Yunyi seemed to boast infinite spiritual power.

  He was still so young. Was he human at all?

  Gu Bailu felt that her eyes would still be wide open when she died because of her regrets. She could’ve won the battle……

  If only she had calculated the time properly.

  Just as she thought she would be torn to pieces by spiritual power, someone quickly jumped into the sky to embrace her.

  “Who is it? Who would interfere in a personal contest?”


  527 Feng Qingtian“s Sense of Reason

  Some of the audience immediately started shouting. They were clearly from the Bai family.

  Their fury was understandable, as a stranger’s intervention in the game wasn’t fair.

  But someone else said, “I’ve been watching. Nobody else entered the arena.”

  “Then who’s the man up there if it isn’t an intruder?”

  “That seems to be…… the Third Prince of the Bai family!”

  “What? Him?” The leader of the Bai family was enraged as he wondered what Bai Yunyi was up to when he could’ve destroyed Gu Bailu with his spiritual power.

  The death that Gu Bailu had been anticipating didn’t come. She took a deep breath, but she didn’t sense any pain. She hurriedly opened her eyes, only to see a handsome face. She blinked, finding it unbelievable. “You…… saved me?”

  Bai Yunyi lowered his head and looked at her. “I don’t kill pregnant women.”

  “Did you really save me?” Gu Bailu’s eyes widened.

  What happened? An enemy saved her? That had never happened before.

  “Yes. Are you touched?” Bai Yunyi’s lips curved up in a smile.

  Gu Bailu looked at him in a daze. The man’s smile was truly pleasing.

  Perhaps because she had just survived death, Gu Bailu felt incredibly relaxed. She stared at Bai Yunyi and felt that she found the man very familiar.

  “If you save me, I win. I won’t give away my victory just because you saved me.”

  Though she was drawn to him, Gu Bailu hadn’t forgotten why she had been trying so hard.

  She wanted to find her way into the four families.

  “You indeed won. You’re good,” Bai Yunyi admitted.

  The two of them slowly landed from the air.

  Feng Qingtian clutched his cup hard to stop himself from pulling them apart.

  He couldn’t go over, or all his efforts would be for nothing.

  He had to hold back. If he did, he would be able to be with Lulu forever.

  That man couldn’t recognize Lulu, not when part of her soul was missing.

  Gu Bailu was shocked again. This man acknowledged that she was good and had surrendered?

  “But the Bai family will be dissolved……”

  Bai Yunyi replied unconcernedly, “If we’re really good enough, we’ll rise again. It’s not like we’re all dead.”

  Only idiots who weren’t really strong, like the leader of the Bai family, would truly worry about dissolution.

  “Then should I hope that you can lead the Bai family and lift it up again?” asked Gu Bailu.

  “Thank you.” Bai Yunyi quickly accepted it.

  Gu Bailu sweated. It felt like she was taking advantage of him. After all, the man had saved her life without caring about their grudge.

  “But I’ll return this favor.”

  “You should. Don’t forget it.” Bai Yunyi put her down.

  Gu Bailu was a little dizzy when she landed. She had thought she was going to die.

  At that moment, she thought that Feng Qingtian would come and save her. Would he watch her fall into danger? However……

  She looked at Feng Qingtian, who was still sitting there. She couldn’t see his face, and she didn’t want to use her Heavenly Eye.

  No matter what the expression on his face was, she was disappointed, because he was still sitting there.

  Although it was her fault that she hadn’t left the party when he told her to and she even joined the contest, he held back and didn’t risk everything for her safety.

  528 The Bai Family Has Los

  Feng Qingtian was definitely a rational man. If he had intervened, everything he did would be for nothing, and Gu Bailu would still be the focus of that hellish retribution.

  But she wasn’t too happy about his sense of reason.

  Gu Bailu shook her head and decided to let it go, because Feng Qingtian clearly had his own considerations as well.

  “It’s time you recall your shadows,” said Bai Yunyi.

  Gu Bailu scratched her head and said, “Well…… actually…… I only know how to create them; I don’t know how to make them disappear!”

  Those phantoms had been created with runes.

  But they weren’t based on her family skills, but on the 9,999 Spring Harbingers……

  Those runes were made from the fallen blossoms of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers, which had hallucinogenic properties.

  When someone ate the living blossom, they could turn into whoever they wanted and trick everyone else.

  But this use of the flowers wasn’t recorded anywhere because it was too fearsome; the world would be in chaos if anyone malicious learned of it.

  Only Feng Qingtian, who almost became the master of the universe, was aware of it.

  That was why he had protected the 9,999 Spring Harbingers so carefully all this time.

  “Then how exactly did you create them?” asked Bai Yunyi.

  “Well, I can’t tell you that either…… I’m sorry, but I think they’ll disappear after a while.”

  Gu Bailu stood there among her shadows. It was impossible to tell which was real and which was fake.

  Bai Yunyi smiled and said, “You used the 9,999 Spring Harbingers, didn’t you?”

  If his guess was correct, the woman had to have used the 9,999 Spring Harbingers, which could create all kinds of illusions.

  His long journey from Heavenly Wind Empire was definitely worth it.

  Gu Bailu was surprised. “How did you know?”

  There was no point in denying it. Bai Yunyi clearly knew the true use of the 9,999 Spring Harbingers. Then, who was he?

  Did Feng Qingtian know him?

  “Because I was the one who grew them.” Bai Yunyi left the arena and said to the still fuming leader of the Bai family, “Don’t worry, leader. The Bai family will come back even if it’s no longer in the top four.”

  Gu Bailu was still reflecting on what Bai Yunyi said.

  He grew the 9,999 Spring Harbingers?

  The 9,999 Spring Harbingers were legendary flowers. How could he have grown them? Was he an old monster like Gu Yunjing?

  “Your Highness, the Bai family has lost.” Bai Yunyi conceded.

  The empress dowager and the emperor finally came back to their senses. The emperor said in shock, “I didn’t know that the Bai family had such a great talent like you. I don’t think you lost. If you hadn’t saved……”

  “Your Majesty, a failure is a failure. No ifs,” Bai Yunyi said affirmatively. “Charm is an ability as well, and Miss Gu used that to make me save her.”

  The empress dowager laughed and said, “Well said. She really is a capable girl, to exhaust your spiritual power by creating so many illusions.”

  “Yes. I failed because I relied only on my spiritual power and not my brain.” Bai Yunyi acknowledged his failure.

  He had thought that the other side was taking damage. It never occurred to him that they were hiding. He didn’t bother to try and figure out where they had been hiding. After all, he had lost.

  It wasn’t embarrassing to be defeated by such a clever woman.

  He raised his eyes and looked at Feng Qingtian. Was that woman involved with Prince Zi?

  Did he abandon her because the love of his life appeared?

  529 Were You Abandoned?

  Bai Yunyi felt that he was missing something.

  However, this woman was very interesting, and he wouldn’t be very happy if Feng Qingtian claimed her.

  “Your Highness, can the Bai family be dissolved now?” Gu Bailu asked.

  Before the empress dowager could say anything, the emperor opened his mouth. “That was just a joke. How can the Bai family really be dissolved? The aim of the contest today was to pick out the four families for the Sword Test. Now that the Bai family has conceded their defeat, the Gu family can replace them.”

  Gu Bailu asked Bai Yunyi, “What do you think?”

  “It’s not bad that the family isn’t dissolved; otherwise, I would have to move.”

  He was from the third branch of the family; if the family was dissolved, he would definitely have to move out of the house.

  “Then let’s do as His Majesty says.”

  It would be inappropriate for Gu Bailu to object, not after Bai Yunyi just cut her some slack and saved her life.

  Though the Gu family would’ve won even if she died, she was truly grateful to him for saving her life.

  The emperor didn’t expect her to be so considerate, and the empress dowager said in amazement, “Miss Gu, you are truly a magnanimous woman. Since you’re pregnant, you should get some rest now.”

  You invited me to the royal palace when you know that I’m pregnant?

  But the trip was worth it. At least, she had acquired a Holy Fruit, and her spiritual power would increase swiftly with the help of the royal legacy.

  It then suddenly occurred to Gu Bailu that she hadn’t used her spiritual power at all today.

  “Your Highness, I’m a little tired. May I take my leave first?” Now was a good time to leave since Feng Qingtian wanted her out of here sooner.

  “Very well.” The empress dowager nodded and didn’t insist that she stay.

  “Your Highness, I’ll take my leave.” Gu Bailu was about to leave, when Bai Yunyi said the same thing.

  “Okay, off you go. You’re not needed anymore. It’s time to get some rest.”

  The empress dowager could tell that Bai Yunyi was interested in Gu Bailu and wanted to walk her out.

  She certainly wouldn’t say no to such a lovely couple.

  Bai Yunyi caught up with Gu Bailu and said, “I’m going home as well. Let’s go together.”

  “Alright……” The man had saved her life, and he was clearly hoping to leave with her. It would be too embarrassing for him if she refused him.

  She wasn’t such an ungrateful person.

  The two of them left the party, and Gu Bailu looked back. Feng Qingtian was still sitting there, half of his face in the light and half in shadow.

  He didn’t look at her at all.

  Throughout the entire party, he never said anything to her nor looked at her except when they exchanged greetings in the beginning.

  She really appreciated his acting. His performance was so good that she thought it was real.

  Gu Bailu was pretty quiet on the way home. She didn’t know why she wasn’t happy. Her heart felt empty.

  Bai Yunyi was silent as well. When they were almost at the Gu house, Gu Bailu thanked him again. “Thank you for saving my life and escorting me back……”

  “If you’re really grateful, tell me one thing: Is Prince Zi the father of your baby?” asked Bai Yunyi solemnly.

  Gu Bailu nodded. “Yes.”

  Bai Yunyi’s eyes glowed with an unusual light. He asked, “So, he abandoned you even though you’re carrying his child?”


  530 Love at First Sigh

  “He has a new lover, he doesn’t need me now. It’s too sad to talk about. I’m going in. Thank you for what you did today.”

  Gu Bailu covered her face with her cape and got out of the carriage.

  Bai Yunyi rubbed his fingers as he watched her leave, and wondered if the baby really belonged to Feng Qingtian.

  He vanished into the night.

  He soon arrived at a room inside a crowded teahouse. A man in plain clothes was sitting inside. Seeing Bai Yunyi, he said, “You’re here. I heard that you met her today.”

  “You’re well-informed.” Bai Yunyi sat down.

  “I need to know everything about you.”

  “I told you to get rid of the baby. Why is she still pregnant?” Bai Yunyi looked at the man, clearly angry.

  That baby was really a bummer.

  Bai Yunyi wouldn’t care if it was someone else’s child, but since it was Feng Qingtian’s, he was very upset.

  “Relax, she won’t live for much longer. Both she and her baby will die during labor.” The young man poured wine for Bai Yunyi and revealed the face that belonged to the best doctor in the world.

  Bai Yunyi suddenly grabbed his hand. “What do you mean? Both of them will die? I don’t want anything to happen to her. She has to be fine!”

  Mr. Xiao looked at him strangely. “That’s not what you said at the beginning.”

  “I’ve changed my mind. I’m falling in love with this woman.”

  Mr. Xiao: “.……”

  “Are you serious? She and Feng Qingtian had genuine feelings for each other. She’s even carrying his baby. Why are you into her?” Mr. Xiao was lost for words. He wondered what irresistible charm Gu Bailu could possibly have to attract Bai Yunyi when she was pregnant.

  “So what? Aren’t they already separated now?” Bai Yunyi had some wine and said unconcernedly.

  “Do you mean it?” Mr. Xiao frowned. “Or do you just want to make Prince Zi feel bad?”

  He was on close terms with Bai Yunyi, so had agreed to help, but he didn’t know why Bai Yunyi hated Prince Zi so much.

  However, if Bai Yunyi did pick up the woman whom Prince Zi had been with before, Prince Zi certainly wouldn’t feel good.

  Still…… That was pretty outrageous. After all, she was a married and pregnant woman.

  “Why do you think I’m lying? It’s probably love at first sight.”

  Bai Yunyi smiled and said, “That baby bothers me. Do me a favor.”

  Mr. Xiao shook his head. “If you really love her, you should help her save the baby, or she’ll never like you after she learns that you’re behind this.”

  “That does make sense……” Bai Yunyi hesitated. However, he still found it intolerable that the baby was Prince Zi’s.

  “But it’s too late now.” Mr. Xiao sighed.

  “What do you mean? Why is it too late?”

  “Gu Bailu took a pill with the side effect of causing massive blood loss during labor. Both her and her baby will die. I don’t have a cure for that pill,” Mr. Xiao spoke frankly.

  Bai Yunyi stood up and said, “I only asked you to remove the baby!”

  “I could’ve removed the baby, but I would’ve been killed and all your plans would’ve been for nothing, so I had to do it. But the outcome is the same: The baby will never come into this world.”


  531 Do You Really Love Her?

  Mr. Xiao’s plan was good, but it was beyond his expectations that Bai Yunyi would fall in love with Gu Bailu at first sight!

  This man who was fully devoted to cultivation and who didn’t have any interest in any woman had somehow been tempted.

  “Is there any way to save her?” Bai Yunyi narrowed his eyes, unwilling to let anything happen to Gu Bailu.

  It would be the greatest shame if such a clever woman died in labor.

  “No! There’s no cure for that pill of mine,” Mr. Xiao said affirmatively.

  As the greatest doctor in the world, he could instil poison better than a poison master.

  Bai Yunyi walked swiftly over to Mr. Xiao, who was still sitting down, and looked at him. “She can’t die. You must do something.”

  “There’s nothing I can do. The only option is for you to give up on her. She’s already doomed. Stay away from her while you’re not too in love with her yet,” said Mr. Xiao firmly.

  How could Bai Yunyi love her so much after just one fight at the party?

  Some people could be loved, and some couldn’t.

  Bai Yunyi had always been a rational man. He had to be well aware of this.

  “Are you sure there is no solution?” Bai Yunyi asked again.

  “Let me think……” Mr. Xiao recalled all the precscriptions he knew and replied a long time later, “It’s truly impossible. I even made sure that her body would rot immediately after her death to avoid any possibility of a resurrection.”

  “You!” Bai Yunyi grabbed him and said, “You would be dead right now if you hadn’t saved my life before.”

  “That’s not really my fault, is it?” Mr. Xiao felt wronged.

  Everything would’ve been fine if they’d just aborted the baby. Furthermore, he had even specifically stated that Gu Bailu would die during labor if she ate that pill.

  But Ah Luo, Prince Zi and Gu Bailu hadn’t listened to his advice.

  So, that ending was their own fault. Was he really to blame?

  “I really don’t know why Prince Zi suddenly abandoned her again. He really seemed quite concerned about her back then.”

  Mr. Xiao had witnessed Feng Qingtian taking care of Gu Bailu in the middle of the night when he was heavily burnt himself.

  If that wasn’t true love, then what was?

  But it wasn’t. After Yan Anchun was cured and woke up, Feng Qingtian ruthlessly drove Gu Bailu out again without the slightest bit of hesitation.

  If he had known that Gu Bailu was unimportant to Prince Zi, he would’ve at least kept her body intact.

  “He isn’t anxious about her, but about the baby in her womb.”

  “If he’s anxious about the baby, why would he drive Gu Bailu out and tell everybody that it isn’t his?”

  What was the point?

  Bai Yunyi smiled and said, “I know him best. He seems loyal and committed on the surface, but he’s selfish in his bones. He knows there were traitors in his house who caused the accident to his baby, so he would definitely send the baby away.”

  “That makes sense. No one would bother to hurt the baby if it isn’t his.” Mr. Xiao nodded. “However…… Is it just an act, or does he really not care for Gu Bailu?”

  “It doesn’t matter if he likes her now. Since she’s out of his house, she doesn’t belong to him anymore.”

  Mr. Xiao still found it hard to believe. “You really love her?”

  “I don’t know what love is, but I know that she should be mine, and if she has to die, it should be in my arms,” said Bai Yunyi affirmatively.

  532 Old Acquaintance? Nemesis?

  Mr. Xiao looked at him strangely, only to see that he wasn’t lying.

  So…… was Gu Bailu really capable of casting an enchantment?

  But during the couple of months in the cave after he saved her, he hadn’t found anything special about her except for the fact that she had a lot of whimsical ideas in her head.

  “Try and do what you can to save her. I’m leaving.”

  Mr. Xiao hurried to stop him. “You’re leaving? What do we do next? Yan Anchun has almost recovered, except that her face hasn’t been restored yet.”

  Bai Yunyi froze slightly. “Yan Anchun……”

  How could he have forgotten?

  Because of Gu Bailu, he almost forgot that he was here for Yan Anchun.

  “Don’t tell me that you forgot. Aren’t you determined to snatch her from Prince Zi? That’s why I worked so hard to save her!”

  Mr. Xiao felt like he was doing his best but his teammate was really unreliable.

  Bai Yunyi sighed. “I really forgot.”

  “Then should we proceed with our plan? I can’t work with you if you behave like this,” bellowed Mr. Xiao.

  “Of course we should.”

  “How can we proceed if you’re leaving already? I only came out today because Prince Zi had to attend the party in the royal palace!”

  Mr. Xiao had always found Bai Yunyi reliable, smart and strong, and believed that he was the only person in the world who could deal with Prince Zi.

  But unexpectedly, something went completely wrong in the man’s head after he met Gu Bailu……

  “Then let’s sit down and talk about it.” Bai Yunyi decided to focus on business. It hadn’t been easy for him to come down.

  –

  Gu Bailu had no idea that someone had their eye on her. After they returned, Ah Luo fell asleep instantly, but Gu Bailu sat by the window until dawn.

  She remembered her dream of the man watching her being punished from Heavenly Palace Cliff and she wondered why she hated the man so much in her dream.

  She always had the feeling that the man was Feng Qingtian.

  When she was in danger tonight, Feng Qingtian had just sat there and not done anything; it had almost been like a repetition of her dream.

  She could tell that Feng Qingtian loved her.

  But this lover never entered her heart. Gu Bailu had always protected herself by not loving Feng Qingtian too deeply.

  It was a subconscious reaction, as if something from her previous life was still buried in her heart.

  Gu Bailu waited until dawn, but Feng Qingtian never came.

  She had thought that Feng Qingtian would be angry when Bai Yunyi hugged her to rescue her, and that he wouldn’t be able to stop himself from coming over to tell her to keep a distance from Bai Yunyi.

  But he didn’t.

  It was like last time when she and Gu Yunjing had gotten “married.” Feng Qingtian hadn’t come, as if it wasn’t his business.

  How could he restrain himself so well?

  Was his love really deep and profound, or was it just an illusion?

  She could barely tell.

  She longed for the memories of her previous life.

  Also, this Bai Yunyi was extraordinary, and she was inexplicably fond of him, as if they already knew each other for a long time.