"The Heavenly Emperor has committed numerous evil deeds. Everyone has the right to punish him. You were born to take his place. But you just won't listen to my advice. You're so willful and insist on being with a mere pawn. Mother is really disappointed in you. I've already made a deal with Yinggou. After I join him in eliminating the Heavenly Emperor, he will surely set you free and assist you to ascend the throne. By then, you won't have to suffer the Heavenly Tribulation anymore."
"Isn't all this your well - calculated scheme, Bai Xiangjun?"
When I heard the last few words, I was completely shocked.
Gu Yuan called Xi Nu Bai Xiangjun at the end. I always thought Bai Xiangjun was a man.
Unexpectedly, Bai Xiangjun was a woman, and she was even Gu Yuan's mother.
Xi Nu gave a cold laugh and asked, "Sure enough, I can't hide it from my good son... All this is the only way I can think of."
I pressed my ear against the stone door and continued to listen to Gu Yuan.
Through the stone door, I could only catch a general idea.
It turned out that after Chi Yu's physical body was locked in the blood pool, three souls soon emerged.
Yinggou's soul was sealed by Gu Yuan and was already fragmented. The snake - scale spirit was put into a sachet by Gu Yuan, and Chi Yu's soul was taken into Gu Yuan's heart.
Gu Yuan lied that the snake - scale spirit was lost. The Heavenly Emperor was furious and wanted to execute Gu Yuan and Xi Nu at first. But since he urgently needed Yinggou to be released again, he demoted Gu Yuan and Xi Nu to the mortal world, making them two nameless immortals.
After Gu Yuan suffered the Thunder Tribulation, Xi Nu also left him.
Because the Thunder Tribulation was so painful, he used alcohol to numb himself. After the Mid - Autumn Festival one year, for some unknown reason, he lost his memory and the sachet.
The only thing he remembered in his mind was to find someone, someone who made him yearn day and night.
Actually, it was Xi Nu who took the sachet. She wanted to piece together the snake - scale spirit but found that it had already recognized its master.
Gu Yuan was its only master.
Xi Nu hated the Heavenly Emperor and the Celestial Realm even more. So she buried herself here. She learned a set of evil skills somewhere. The former Xi Nu was dead, and from then on, she presented herself as Bai Xiangjun.
Gu Yuan traveled in the mortal world, still looking for the person in his memory. Taking this opportunity, Bai Xiangjun sent Man Yue with the sachet to meet Gu Yuan.
The familiar smell unique to his memory made him develop a special affection for Man Yue, which led to the subsequent misunderstandings.
Man Yue was Bai Xiangjun's subordinate. After she used her beauty to turn the two brothers against each other, she committed suicide.
Gu Yuan, who didn't know the truth, had the ability of the snake - scale to heal. Man Yue once told him that the sachet could carry a soul. Moreover, the snake - scale spirit had already recognized him as its master. So it was natural for him to want to use the sachet to revive Man Yue.
Just like this, while reviving Man Yue, the real snake - scale spirit was pieced together invisibly and became Lan Chiyu today.
But Bai Xiangjun underestimated my position in Gu Yuan's heart. After searching for thousands of years, he finally found that I was the one he had been yearning for.
There was a part where Gu Yuan's voice was very soft. Even when I tried to listen closely, it was almost intermittent. I could hardly hear it at all.
After that, the tomb was extremely quiet, but I heard the last sentence clearly.
Gu Yuan and Xi Nu didn't know what deal they had made, but anyway, Gu Yuan compromised. He promised Xi Nu that he would follow her arrangements from then on and would no longer object to her.
I really wanted to hear clearly what they were talking about. I even wished I could stick my ear out to listen.
"What are you doing?" A scolding voice suddenly came from behind me.
I instinctively looked back and saw that it was the unscrupulous Xue Liang.
I got angry just at the sight of this despicable villain, but I couldn't show it.
When looking at him, there was a look of panic on my face.
"I'm looking for the Third Master. I got lost, so I came here. This door is too heavy. I can't push it open."
"Indeed, this door is a bit heavy. For someone like you..." When he looked at me, his face was full of indescribable expressions.
It seemed that he had nothing good to say about my current appearance. He was probably still wondering how Gu Yuan could take a fancy to someone like me, an ugly duckling.
However, he was a sycophant. He was really good at judging the situation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have served the Heavenly Emperor for thousands of years and still been a favorite. In the end, he only got the punishment of being demoted to the mortal world.
Now he was Xi Nu's subordinate. Since his master was Xi Nu and Gu Yuan was Xi Nu's son, Gu Yuan was naturally his master too.
When he saw me, even if he didn't look at my face, he had to look at the Buddha's face. Although he seemed very respectful on the surface, I could still see the strong disgust in his eyes.
"This door is really not easy to open. But the two masters are having a conversation. I think it's better not to go in..."
Xue Liang had a very loud voice. Before he finished speaking, the stone door had already opened.
Gu Yuan walked out of the main tomb chamber and gave Xue Liang a sidelong glance.
Then he glanced at me and only said one word: "Go."
I lowered my head and carefully peeked into the main tomb chamber. I saw that Xi Nu was wearing a mourning dress and a mourning mask on her face. When she saw me looking at her,
she actually took off the mourning mask. This was a shock. When I saw Xi Nu's appearance, I almost screamed.
No wonder she always wore a mask. Her once - pretty face was completely gone. There were no facial features under the mask. It was just a pale face. It would be more appropriate to call her Wuxiangjun (the faceless lord) rather than Bai Xiangjun.
I quickly withdrew my gaze and didn't dare to look at her anymore. I followed Gu Yuan's steps without daring to stop for a moment.
I didn't even realize it until Gu Yuan stopped. My head directly hit his solid back.
"Ouch..."
The pain distorted my face. I raised my hand to rub my head.
Suddenly, my forehead felt cold. Gu Yuan's hand had already touched my forehead before me.
The cold touch took away all the burning pain on my forehead. It was very comfortable.
"Does it still hurt?" he asked gently.
I really hadn't heard Gu Yuan speak to me so gently for a long time. I looked at him in complete surprise and even forgot to answer him.
Gu Yuan rubbed my forehead and then slowly put his hand down.
"Let's go. After you go out of this door, call your friends and leave here. Never come back again."
Only then did I snap out of his tenderness. He had already brought me to the tomb's exit.
"Do you mean... I can leave?" I looked up at Gu Yuan's face. My heart was very contradictory. I both wanted to leave and was reluctant to leave.
There was a smile in Gu Yuan's eyes. That smile could melt the whole world.
"Silly girl, go quickly. From today on, you're free. No one will ever bother your life again. Don't forget to call your friends and leave together after you go out."