Chapter 305: Chapter 158: The Losers’ Alliance?
"Where is Chu Xuan, I need to find him!"
Just a day ago, Gu Jianjia ignored the other family members and took her daughter on the Purple Fragrance Carriage, heading straight to the Purple Heaven Jade Mansion.
Unexpectedly, after Gu Haitang woke up, she insisted on going to find Chu Xuan.
Gu Jianjia sighed, held her daughter’s hand, and said, "What’s the point of going back to him now?"
Haitang looked haggard, wiped her tears and choked, "Chu Xuan must think that I’m deceiving him, that I really betrayed him, that’s why he’s so heartbroken, but I didn’t..."
Gu Jianjia shook her head, "You shouldn’t rely on the fact that your second granduncle spoke for you at the wedding; that was to save face for the Shangguan family, not wanting the wedding to be canceled."
"In the end, the marriage was still broken off. You deliberately concealed it, which violates the family rules. Once you return to the clan, you will surely face punishment by the family laws, maybe even..." Gu Jianjia’s face suddenly turned a bit pale.
"In short, don’t go back for the next few years. Stay in the sect and cultivate diligently. I’ll try to mediate on behalf of our family."
"With your extraordinary aptitude and physique, your future is limitless. I don’t think those old men would bear to punish you harshly."
"Once things blow over, and your cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul Stage or Soul Emergence Stage, they’ll be even more unwilling to act against you."
Gu Haitang, who had been thinking only about Chu Xuan, was now puzzled by her mother’s words, "At most, a family punishment, what more could they do?"
Gu Jianjia shook her head, "Don’t ask too much. Rushing back to Chu Xuan is useless. Previously, when he cut ties with you so resolutely, he probably won’t see you again."
Hearing this, Haitang’s heart ached, "It was a misunderstanding, a real misunderstanding. I can’t let this misunderstanding continue."
At the same time, she deeply regretted her foolish actions. If she had confessed everything to Chu Xuan in that valley at the Ruo Wood Secret Realm, surely he would have believed her.
Or when visiting her mother with him, she could have brought up the matter, which would have been a good opportunity.
But Gu Haitang was too afraid of losing Chu Xuan and wanted to wait until after the marriage to provide more assurance.
In the end, when Qingqing exposed everything, she panicked and denied it flatly, and was mercilessly revealed by Qingqing, leaving a very negative impression on Chu Xuan.
Thinking about it, Gu Haitang harbored even more hatred towards Qingqing. If it weren’t for that woman, if that woman hadn’t been involved...
"Mother, I must go back once, please." As Gu Haitang spoke, she was about to kneel in supplication.
Gu Jianjia, however, held her back, frowning, "For a man, you’ve lost all your spirit. How will you avenge your father in the future?!"
Gu Haitang got up, ashamed, "I promise, after seeing him once, I will return to the sect to seclude myself in cultivation immediately."
She also knew that the marriage couldn’t take place anytime soon and only hoped to resolve the misunderstanding first. Otherwise, if this negative impression strengthened over time in Chu Xuan’s heart, it would be harder to resolve in the future.
Gu Jianjia coldly said, "Then unless you’ve reached the fourth stage, I won’t allow you to leave seclusion."
Gu Haitang had just entered the third stage not long ago, and breaking into the fourth stage would take at least ten years, despite her great talent. The thought of not being able to see Chu Xuan for so many years filled her with bitterness.
But she knew her mother’s temperament; once she decided on something, no one could change her mind.
So Gu Haitang gritted her teeth and agreed, "Alright."
...
Chu Xuan said he would stay at the Feixian Temple for a few days, but he actually stayed for seven.
During these days, he spent his time reading Daoist scriptures and occasionally guiding He Shuosheng and A Yue in their cultivation.
Shuosheng’s aptitude was slightly better than He Yao’s. Even though He Musheng’s cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, it was enough to help lay the foundation for his disciple.
Chu Xuan also addressed some of Shuosheng’s cultivation queries, and his master would shamelessly come to listen in.
A Yue was completely clueless about cultivation, relying solely on instinct to absorb the essence of the sun and moon.
Although Chu Xuan wasn’t a Demon Cultivator, since she had taken on human form, some basic cultivation techniques could be adapted for her.
However, A Yue wasn’t too enthusiastic about it. Even after Chu Xuan examined ’A Qing’, his aptitude was so poor that sensing Spiritual Qi was barely possible, just slightly better than being completely unable to cultivate.
So Chu Xuan simply instructed ’A Qing’ to practice a set of exercises designed for strengthening the body, figuring that living to seventy or eighty shouldn’t be a problem.
A Yue wasn’t willing to train diligently, naturally not wanting to live that long, as it would reduce her time with ’A Qing’.
Chu Xuan wouldn’t force them, letting the couple make their own decisions.
During these days, his mind gradually settled. He hadn’t forgotten Ming Yu, Qingqing, and Haitang, but he wasn’t as obsessive, and his Dao heart became even clearer.
Meanwhile, Chu Xuan contemplated his future.
Since Gu Haitang’s words couldn’t be fully trusted, Chu Xuan considered the possibility that all information about himself had been exposed to the Shangguan family.
Might they have already detected, through various clues, that he was the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable or the reincarnation of a Demon Venerable?
Judging by the Shangguan family’s conduct during the wedding, it didn’t seem like he had been exposed; or maybe he had been, but they were playing the long game, using Haitang to plant a mole by having her marry him.
Considering the many enemies of the Celestial Evil in the past, if the Shangguan family broadcasted this information, countless cultivators would attempt to encircle and kill Chu Xuan.
Although many of the older-generation cultivators were no longer around, and not many grudges could persist for six to seven hundred years.
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