Why was there so much blood on Gu Yuan's waist? Did he get injured while suppressing the Blood Spring and then tear the wound open while helping me detoxify?
I rushed forward in a hurry to check on Gu Yuan. Sure enough, there was a deep wound on his waist. Although the wound had scabbed over, it was obvious that it had torn open several times.
I quickly dashed to the hotel drawer to get the first - aid kit. My heart ached so much that my hands were shaking. Biting my lip, I carefully bandaged his wound. My eyes welled up with tears and they slid down my cheeks.
Gu Yuan, why do you shoulder everything alone? Aren't you exhausted?
"Gu Yuan, who on earth are you?"
"Don't worry. I'm like an indestructible cockroach."
At this moment, Gu Yuan woke up. Seeing my eyes as red as a rabbit's from crying and my eyes fixed on his wound, he actually smiled.
His sickly yet handsome smile had a unique charm beneath his pale complexion.
"You're still smiling! Your waist is injured, and you were so hard - working. Are you trying to kill yourself?" I said with a mournful face, finding it anything but funny.
"If I wasn't hard - working, I couldn't satisfy you. Don't you remember your state last night? You..."
"..."
I raised my hand to cover his mouth, not allowing him to continue. I was so embarrassed.
Gu Yuan's eyes were full of smiles. He gently licked the palm of my hand with his tongue, as if it had licked the very core of my heart.
"But I like it."
I quickly withdrew my hand and looked at my palm, shyly biting my lip.
Sure enough, there's a wildcat hidden in every man's heart.
I pouted, not wanting to talk about such embarrassing topics anymore.
"Bai Qi, how is Bai Qi?"
"You're asking me? How would I know?" Gu Yuan answered helplessly as he slumped against the head of the bed.
I slapped my forehead and said, "I have to go and check on him quickly. What if something happens to him?"
Just as I stood up, Gu Yuan grabbed my waist with both hands and pulled me onto his lap.
"Sure enough, an old flame can't compete with a new love," Gu Yuan said. Was he jealous?
"I just think of him as a child. I'm not that perverted."
Gu Yuan pursed his lips. I carefully shifted my legs, afraid of hurting him again.
"It's okay. The wound isn't serious."
"Since you can heal my wounds, why don't you heal your own?" I reached out and gently touched the wound, feeling heart - broken.
"I wanted to see you worry about me."
"But you shouldn't joke about your life! If something really happened to you, I wouldn't just be heart - broken. I'd die of heart - break."
"For me, this little injury is just a scratch. It doesn't matter."
"I've already said that you need to take good care of yourself before you can take care of others."
Gu Yuan wrapped his arms around my waist and changed the topic. "You're really curious about Bai Qi's past, aren't you?"
Actually, I'm not only curious about Bai Qi but also about him. I just dare not ask about his past.
"You know who he is?"
"I only know some legends. I'm not sure if they're true."
"Then can you tell me about it?"
Gu Yuan asked me to kiss his cheek, and then he told me what he knew.
It is said that in the past, Bai Qi was the most famous war god in the cultivation world. He had remarkable military achievements and once helped the human king unify the country, making great contributions.
He had achieved fame and success and was even on the verge of being enshrined as a celestial being.
However, for some unknown reason, he had a feud with his good brother Huai Ji, who had fought side by side with him on the battlefield. He killed Huai Ji on the spot but refused to answer when asked why. Eventually, he missed the opportunity to be enshrined as a celestial being.
After Huai Ji's death, his soul remained immortal. As a battle - hardened and highly skilled person, he was filled with unwillingness. His resentful spirit lingered in the underworld and couldn't enter the cycle of reincarnation for a long time. Over time, he turned into a fierce ghost and even took the throne of the Ghost Lord among the Five - Path Gods.
The Five - Path Gods were said to bring fortune. Hundreds of years ago, they were deeply loved by wealthy families and were once regarded as the local gods of wealth.
However, the Five - Path Gods didn't require incense but beautiful women for sacrifice to bless the devotees with good fortune.
In the feudal society at that time, the status of women was low. Many wealthy families were domineering and would openly kidnap girls from poor families to offer as sacrifices to the Five - Path Gods.
While Huai Ji was thriving in the ghost world, Bai Qi's situation was rather bleak. He lost the chance to become a celestial being and was oppressed and excluded by the Five - Path Gods. No one dared to take him in, and finally, he became a wandering immortal with no master.
Bai Qi didn't really care. Being a wandering immortal gave him freedom. However, as a war god, he couldn't stand Huai Ji's cruel and lecherous behavior.
In a fit of anger, he overturned all the memorial tablets of the Five - Path Gods in the city and killed all those involved. He even declared that anyone who dared to worship the Five - Path Gods would be killed by him.
However, he spared Huai Ji in private.
Without the offerings and incense, the Five - Path Gods naturally disappeared.
However, Bai Qi's extreme actions and the fact that he spared the most heinous person were reported to the Heavenly Court. The Heavenly Court sent celestial soldiers to interrogate Bai Qi about Huai Ji's whereabouts. Bai Qi refused to say a word and was willing to accept the punishment.
Finally, Bai Qi was executed as an accomplice of Huai Ji, and his soul was sealed in a white fox.
He was doomed to guard the entrance of the underworld forever and was not allowed to take a single step out. Unless a pure and innocent soul was willing to take him out of the underworld, he would surely be annihilated if he stepped out.
After Gu Yuan finished speaking, I finally knew the complex relationship between Bai Qi and Huai Ji.
I thought Bai Qi's merits and demerits were about equal, and he didn't deserve such a tragic end.
Gu Yuan said that the heavenly rules were like that. The chief culprit escaped punishment while innocent people were being punished. This was surely unforgivable. Even when punishing the evil and promoting the good, one should distinguish the primary from the secondary.
Even the great celestial beings believed in the law of cause and effect, let alone those who hadn't become celestial beings yet.
After saying this, Gu Yuan's eyes drooped slightly, as if he had some hidden secrets. This made me even more interested in his past.
"Gu Yuan, I want to ask..." Just as I was about to speak, Gu Yuan interrupted me.
"Alright, stop talking. Go find your little lover with Ji Xiang. He is really capable. If he weren't, how could Hu Qingluan have been so obsessed with him for so long?"
"What little lover? You're so annoying."
Gu Yuan pursed his lips and smiled. "Wasn't he brought out by you? He'll be your little shadow from now on. Hurry up. I still have to deal with Hu Qingluan."
"Why are you so afraid of Hu Qingluan? What kind of deal do you have with her?"
I finally couldn't hold back and asked.
Gu Yuan frowned slightly, and the smile on his face gradually faded.
"Just forget I asked." I rushed out of the door in a hurry.
When I closed the door, I still had a lingering fear. Fortunately, I ran fast. Otherwise, if I angered him, I would be in trouble again.
I quickly ran to the hall to find Ji Xiang. This guy was still acting like a big shot.
"Little sister, didn't you think I was weak? Why are you looking for me?" It was just a joke, but he actually took it seriously.
"Who on earth is so bold to say that our Immortal Ji Xiang is weak? If you were weak, why would Gu Yuan take you into the hall? In my heart, you're even more capable than Gu Yuan."
"Alright, alright. I know you're just flattering me. Be careful not to kick the wrong horse's leg and get kicked out."
I flattered him with a smile and pressed hard on Ji Xiang's shoulder, begging him to take me to find Bai Qi quickly. I was afraid that Bai Qi would really be taken away by Hu Qingluan if we didn't hurry.
I was supposed to be the leader of this hall, but I was doing worse than my subordinate.
Ji Xiang was flattered and finally agreed to take me to the cave for a second visit. To be honest, I still had a lingering fear.
After all, what happened yesterday was still vivid in my mind. If it happened again, we might not be so lucky.
Just as we were about to set off, Gu Yuan walked out of the bedroom. He seemed to sense my hesitation.
"Don't worry. Your little lover isn't far away. Even if you don't look for him, he'll come to you. The most important thing is to check on the uninvited guest in the cave yesterday."
"When I took you away, I quietly knocked off one of the opponent's items. He probably won't notice it so soon. Just help me find it."
"Do you mean the light that disappeared with us?" I asked.
"It seems you were a bit rational at that time. Go quickly and come back quickly."
With a wave of Gu Yuan's arm, the crescent blade appeared with Ji Xiang and me in the cave.
After the fight yesterday, the place was in a complete mess. Even the statue of the Five - Path Gods in the middle was in pieces.
All the memorial tablets had fallen to the ground. When I saw the memorial tablet of Huai Ji in the middle, I got angry.
I stepped forward and wanted to crush it with my foot. My foot landed heavily, but I didn't step on the memorial tablet. What was under my foot scared me so much that I quickly retracted my foot and took two steps back.