She couldn’t recognize Feng Qingtian or Gu Yunjing, but Bai Yunyi was weirdly familiar to her. That was strange.

  Right…… What about Gu Yunjing?

  If Yan Anchun had recovered, Gu Yunjing should be fine now.

  Gu Bailu stood up and performed a divination with runes, but she couldn’t find Gu Yunjing at all.

  How were Gu Yunjing, Feng Qingtian and Bai Yunyi related to her?

  She couldn’t have been in love with all these three men in her previous life, could she?

  Unable to fall asleep, Gu Bailu simply began to cultivate. By the time she was done, three days had passed.

  She finally realized that each of her training sessions lasted three days after she gained spiritual power.

  After a meal, Gu Bailu performed a divination again to try and figure out exactly where Gu Yunjing was.

  To her surprise, the water in the basin rippled and displayed Gu Yunjing’s alluring face.

  Gu Bailu jumped back in fear. “You…… Gu Yunjing?”

  “Is my face scary?” Gu Yunjing scratched his chin and asked oddly.

  “Anybody would be scary, suddenly jumping out like that! Where are you? I’ve been looking for you,” said Gu Bailu quickly.

  Gu Yunjing chuckled. “Why? Did you miss me?”

  “Don’t flatter yourself. Tell me exactly what happened. Why did you use your shadow to endure the Heavenly Tribulation for me? What do you want?”

  How could she possibly return such a huge favor?

  “I didn’t want anything to happen to you. More than anybody else, you must live a good life.”

  “Why? Why do I have to live a good life? Why are you willing to do so much for me? You know that I can’t repay you.”

  “Because I love you. Why are you asking such stupid questions?” Gu Yunjing replied matter-of-factly.

  “Then why do you love me? Was I as beautiful as a flower in my previous life or what? Why do all of you love me?”

  Gu Yunjing burst out laughing. “Silly girl, isn’t it a good thing to be loved? Why are you so upset about it?”

  “The problem is that it doesn’t make sense. Tell me who I was in my previous life and why all of you loved me.”

  Gu Yunjing said solemnly, “You were just you. You were a human being, like you are now. A living, energetic human being.”

  “What? I was human? Not a deity?” Gu Bailu couldn’t believe it. She had only been a human being?

  How did she ascend if she had been human? Gu Yunjing and Feng Qingtian both loved her, and she even killed the Heavenly Emperor, but she had only been a human being?

  “Don’t you like being human? You never wanted to cultivate and become a deity,” Gu Yunjing said when he saw the disappointment on her face.

  “I thought I was the most beautiful deity whom all of you loved.”

  “Hahaha. You were indeed beautiful, and we all loved you. Mankind sacrificed you to Heavenly Palace Cliff, but you survived and won the appreciation of many deities.”

  Gu Yunjing seemed to be in a good mood and revealed a lot of things to her.

  “Then, was there a guy named Bai Yunyi among the people who loved me?” asked Gu Bailu.

  Gu Yunjing’s face changed slightly. “What did you say?”

  “Bai Yunyi.”

  “Why is he here?” Gu Yunjing raised his hand and calculated. Was Heavenly Palace Cliff starting to take action?

  Why did they send Bai Yunyi down? Why Bai Yunyi?

  534 Flowers From Mr. Bai

  Gu Bailu’s hellish retribution wasn’t over yet. Was Bai Yunyi here to save her or to set up more trials?

  “Exactly who is he?” asked Gu Bailu curiously.

  Gu Yunjing looked at her and asked, “Has he been in touch with you?”

  “We had a match a couple of days ago. He even saved my life.”

  “Don’t get in touch with him again. I’m not sure whether he’s friend or foe. Nobody will like it if he learns our plan,” said Gu Yunjing gravely.

  Gu Bailu’s heart jumped. “Was he sent by Heavenly Palace Cliff?”

  Did Heavenly Palace Cliff send Bai Yunyi, and he wasn’t an acquaintance from her previous life at all?

  “He has never entered the reincarnation cycle and has always worked for Heavenly Palace Cliff. Years ago…… forget it. Just keep your distance from him.”

  “If the fact I was replaced during the heavenly retribution is found out, will you and Feng Qingtian suffer as well?”

  Gu Yunjing nodded. “Feng Qingtian and I have never been able to defeat the heavens, no matter how good we are. I hope you remember my words.”

  Gu Yunjing disappeared after saying that, and the basin of water returned to its original clear appearance.

  Gu Bailu was quite bummed. She had a lot more questions to ask. How could he run away?

  If Bai Yunyi was an enemy, why was she so predisposed to like him?

  That was strange.

  But she didn’t think that Gu Yunjing would lie to her, not when he had sent out his own shadow to help her through the retribution.

  “My lady, the third prince of the Bai family sent flowers again.”

  Hearing Ah Luo’s voice, Gu Bailu walked out and saw that Ah Luo was arranging a pot of Dancing Orchids which were in splendid bloom despite the cold winter.

  “Flowers from the third prince of the Bai family?” asked Gu Bailu bewilderedly.

  “Yes, my lady. The third prince of the Bai family has been sending flowers every day for the last few days. Since you couldn’t meet his people, I had them leave.”

  “What flowers did he send?”

  ” Dancing Orchids, like these ones. The butler says that these flowers are very precious in winter. I think they’re beautiful, so I placed them here.”

  Gu Bailu looked at the window, only to see a row of Dancing Orchids, which indeed looked very pleasant against the white snow outside.

  Bai Yunyi…… seemed to be more romantic than he appeared.

  However, after the two acres of 9,999 Spring Harbingers which Feng Qingtian had given her, she couldn’t be moved by ordinary flowers anymore.

  But why on earth was Bai Yunyi giving flowers to an abandoned pregnant woman?

  People would definitely gossip.

  If he was an enemy, why was he doing this?

  Had he recognized that she was the person that should have taken the retribution?

  “Ah Luo, don’t just take anything that people give you.” Gu Bailu was a little worried. Why didn’t Ah Luo ask her before accepting the flowers?

  The people of the Gu house were just as unreliable as Ah Luo.

  “Lulu, why can’t you accept them? Everybody in Pale Emperor City now knows that the third prince of the Bai family is courting you and wants to marry you.” Bu Yaolian’s fat body pushed inside.

  Just watching her walk, Gu Bailu felt tired for her.

  “Try to lose some weight. Don’t eat so much when your metabolism isn’t as good as Ah Luo’s!”

  She suspected that if Bu Yaolian grew any fatter, she would have to roll instead of walk.

  “What’s metabolism?” Bu Yaolian was stumped.

  “Nothing. Just eat less. You’re not like Ah Luo, who doesn’t gain weight however much she eats. Right, why are you here?”


  535 Intense Pursuit by the Third Prince of the Bai Family

  “My grandpa said that I now belong to the Gu family since I fought for the Gu family the other day. He threw me to the Gu house. So……” Bu Yaolian hugged her and said, “Lulu, you have to support me. I’ve been abandoned by my family.”

  Gu Bailu pushed at her hands and said, “Okay, got it. Just let go of me!”

  A hug from this girl definitely wasn’t a good thing.

  She almost strangled Gu Bailu.

  Bu Yaolian released her and said, “I’m so happy! I can live with Lulu and learn from you again!”

  Gu Bailu looked at her and asked, “Did your grandpa send you to learn from me because he thinks I’m capable?”

  Bu Yaolian shook her head. “No, no, no. My family business is quite huge. When I helped you the other day, many people thought that the Bu family is associated with the Gu family…… However, the Bai family has a lot of connections……”

  So, if Bu Yaolian wasn’t kicked out, these connections wouldn’t do business with the Bu family anymore, which would be a huge loss.

  Therefore, her grandpa could only throw her to the Gu family.

  “Okay, I get it. Whatever it is, I’ve got your back.”

  Delighted, Bu Yaolian stood up and was about to jump on Gu Bailu again.

  Gu Bailu hurriedly dodged her. She said, “Pull yourself together, I’m still pregnant. Tell me: Why does the third prince of the Bai family want to marry me?”

  Why had the world changed again after her training?

  The one thing that hadn’t changed was that she had become the center of public attention again.

  “I heard that the third prince of the Bai family told his parents that he’s going to marry you. His parents strongly opposed it and even swore to cut him off, and the third prince of the Bai family really left……”

  Gu Bailu’s eyes twitched. “So, the third prince of the Bai family cut himself off from his parents in order to marry me?”

  Bai Yunyi, what are you doing?

  You’re here to rain hellish retribution on me. I certainly can’t let you recognize me.

  “No. His parents are unwilling to let their only precious son go. They’ve changed their attitude and said that he can marry you if you abort the child.”

  “D*mn it! Have I shown any interest in the Bai family at all?”

  Gu Bailu really didn’t know what to say. Had she ever said that she would marry him?

  “The third prince of the Bai family said that he likes you the most and sends gifts every day despite his family’s objections. Now, it’s the third prince of the Bai family and not Prince Zi who is the most popular person in Pale Emperor City.”

  “Why? Do they all like this sort of courtship?”

  “Because the third prince of the Bai family has hybrid spiritual power!”

  Hybrid spiritual power was extremely rare!

  “So, he’s so bold because of his hybrid spiritual power?”

  “That’s right. Even the emperor and the empress dowager have talked to his parents, saying that they can arrange a wedding if he really likes you.”

  D*mn it!

  “So, none of them plan to ask for my opinion?”

  Someone else had almost decided her life for her while she was training in seclusion.

  Bai Yunyi was a man with hybrid spiritual power. That was pretty intimidating.

  “The third prince of the Bai family said that no wedding will be held until you agree, and that he’ll pursue you until you accept his proposal……”

  Gu Bailu was lost for words.