Chapter 53: Gu Shanhe

  The sun sprinkled golden sunlight on the Tiger-Killing Ridge, and the Temple of Heavenly Woman welcomed another beautiful morning.

  "Slave... Master... Scoundrel!"

  Gu Yinghua was still nestled in Liu Suizhen's arms, and she spoke in a tone of praise, saying sweet nothings as she continued to bask in the joy of her dreams.

  "She's sleeping again? Forget it, let her sleep a bit longer!"

  Liu Suiyun felt a sense of intimacy with Gu Yinghua, and his thoughts quickly turned to the delightful moment when he woke up that morning, thinking about Gu Yinghua's shyness and courage at the time.

  The white silk symbolizing the chastity of a virgin had been put away by Gu Yinghua, but he couldn't help thinking of her sweet gasps, lovely moans, slightly flushed ear roots, skin as fair as snow, and unexpectedly large nipples...

  Fortunately, having just experienced an extreme pleasure, Liu Suizhen did not regain his vigor, but only kissed Gu Yinghua's forehead.

  "Husband..."

  Gu Yinghua slowly woke up, she lingered in Liu Suizhen's arms for a long time before instructing him to help: "Tell the servants to attend to Young Mistress and help her change clothes!"

  Her red dress, along with her undergarments and inner garments, were all damaged in many places during the fierce battle with Pang Tian Shan, and had been stained with Gu Yinghua's blood several times. However, after being washed by Hei Fa Luo Li's magical rain, all of her clothes had returned to their original state, even emitting a faint fragrance. This would be the most precious treasure among Gu Yinghua's wardrobe.

  Of course, in the process of dressing, Liu Suiyun always slid to where he shouldn't stay. Gu Yinghua called out "get down" but towards Liu Suiyun's roaming devilish hands, she showed a demure and obedient expression, sometimes even offering her own sweetness.

  It took a good half an hour to get dressed, and finally, under Gu Yinghua's sweet scolding, Liu Suizhen helped Gu Yinghua put on her clothes - even though he was actually coming to help with the mess, but Miss Gu just liked him to come and help with the mess.

  "Get down, carry me on your back!"

  After breaking through the last layer of relationship, Gu Yinghua was no longer polite to Liu Suizhen, and directly gave orders. However, there was always a hint of affection in his words that couldn't be dispelled, making them sound more like requests than commands.

  Liu followed the cloud and also knew that she was a new bride, it was indeed inconvenient, so he immediately carried her on his back, then packed up the remaining luggage, and prepared to set off towards Yuanzhou.

  His current state is as good as it gets, and as long as he avoids the strongest few demon beasts in Luoxing Mountain, he can protect Gu Yingquan completely.

  Gu Yinghua's sweet voice came from behind: "Okay, we can set off... huh?"

  The sky had already transmitted a crane's cry, and then Liu Suiyun discovered that two spiritual birds had appeared in his line of sight. He involuntarily grasped the Tianlei Starfall Sword in his hand, ready to engage in battle at any moment - because he had seen a person sitting on the back of one of the spiritual birds.

  However, such an opponent is absolutely difficult to deal with. Even if there is no combat power, as long as it can carry people, it will be like adding wings to a tiger, making the killing power of the cultivator and the warrior grow exponentially, so that the price of the spiritual bird has always been sky-high.

  To know the strength of the Pang family, they couldn't even spare a single spirit bird that could carry a person to chase after Liu Suoyun, although they deployed countless hawks, but all these spirit birds put together were probably not worth as much as a single spirit bird.

  As soon as the opponent made a move, two spiritual birds were dispatched, and Liu Suizhen suspected that this was the strong master behind the scenes who was sent by Pang Tian Mountain. However, relying on his cooperation with Gu Yinghua and the fact that this was his familiar Luoxing Mountain, Liu Suizhen still had some confidence.

  It was just that thinking of it as a real spirit bird, Liu Suiyun didn't know what to do, his heart was always bottomless, he had to tell himself to calm down.

  Just as he was getting anxious, Gu Yinghua declared with a flourish: "Put down your sword, it's my brother, it's my brother!"

  Liu followed Yun up at the time and felt a little relieved in his heart, he blurted out: "Is that Huo Shu's?"

  "Yes, it's my brother, Gu Shanhe."

  As they spoke, the two spiritual birds in front flew closer. Gu Shanhe rode on a golden eagle, which was tall and majestic, with a sharp gaze that seemed to pierce through everything. At first glance, it was clear that this bird was extremely powerful, its strength at least not inferior to that of an ordinary Bone Refining Realm warrior.

  And on top of that is Liu Suiyun who has heard of Gu Shanhe, a name he had heard many years ago.

  The reason is not that Gu Shanhe is an outstanding disciple of the Shenxia Sect, nor is it because Gu Shanhe built his foundation early and has great hope of achieving Jindan. It's also not because this Gu Shanhe is a Weilin Guard of the Great Han State with a salary of 2,000 stones. The reason lies in Gu Shanhe's true identity.

  This Yu Lin Wei, who was sent to Da Han Guo by Shen Xiao Pai, is actually the leader of the secret intelligence agency responsible for Xian cultivators in the entire Da Han Guo. He is particularly fond of doing dirty work and is ruthless, having killed countless Xian cultivators opposed to Da Han Guo. He even personally took down several foundation-stage cultivators of the same rank.

  Gu Shanhe's most famous achievement was that he personally infiltrated the enemy's Great Jin country, pursued and killed a defected Han country loose cultivator, and under the nose of a Golden Dan cultivator, blasted this Han country loose cultivator into a pile of bone powder before making a clean getaway.

  At first, when Liu Suoyun and the Pang family were fighting in the sky, they had to consider whether Gu Shanhe would intervene in this internal conflict of Tianji County.

  After all, this civil war is a real rebellion in some sense. If Gu Shanhe takes action, there won't be anyone in the entire Gu family who can match his strength.

  But all of this was just a meaningless symbol, and only in the mouths of Gu Yinghua and Huo Qiannian did Gu Shanhe's image truly come to life.

  But whether it was Gu Yinghua's closest brother or Huo Qianshu's most worthy of affection, neither was as real as what Liu Suoyun saw with his own eyes.

  No wonder Huo Qianshu would use "one glance to conquer the city" to describe Gu Shanhe, and no wonder the tall, majestic, and open-minded Huo Qianshu would fall in love with Gu Shanhe. These two individuals, Gu Shanhe and Huo Qianshu, can be said to be two extremes that are completely different from each other.

  If it weren't for seeing him with my own eyes, the name Gu Shanhe really has a big deceptive nature. Describing him as "small and delicate" may be somewhat exaggerated, but when he turns his face sideways, he indeed has a complexion like the first snow after a clear sky, with a warm and shy smile that still carries a hint of sunshine. Adding to his slender figure, paired with the majestic golden eagle, Liu Suiyun's first impression was: "So men can be this cute too!"

  Luckily there aren't any cute twin lolis in my house, thank goodness!

  Liu Suiyun couldn't help but exclaim, while Gu Shanhe had already urged the Golden Eagle to fly over, shouting towards the ground in a slightly embarrassed and pleasant voice: "Yinghua, Yinghua, little sister, is that you?"

  "It's me, it's me!" Gu Yinghua was already waving her left hand on Liu Suiyun's back: "Brother, it's me, it's me! I knew you'd come over, you've always been the best, and the one who cares about me the most!"

  Gu Shanhe's Golden Eagle flew in, and apart from the Golden Eagle, he also brought a Crane, which should be the Spirit Crane that Gu Yinghua mentioned could take her to Lingjing Mountain. He glanced at Gu Yinghua's side with great curiosity and asked: "Who is this? Why isn't Qian Shu with you?"

  As soon as Gu Yinghua heard the name Huo Qianshu, she almost burst into tears and said with great difficulty: "We were besieged by the Pang family, Fire Uncle... Fire Uncle used some kind of tyrannical fire-based technique to force out his power in order to cover our breakout from the encirclement, but he was burned to death by the external flames..."

  Huojian Shu could be said to be one of the people closest to him, and thinking of Huojian Shu made her feel even more unbearable. She finally told Gu Shanhe about what happened afterwards: "We killed Pang Tianshan last night, as well as many of the Pang family's disciples. We've finally avenged Fire Uncle."

  Gu Shanhe's voice always carried an unmistakable gentleness and subtlety, but at this moment his originally pale face suddenly transformed into a beautiful snake-like visage: "Tian Ji Pong family, Tian Ji Pong family... What a Tian Ji Pong family, I remember!"

  It's not a good thing to be targeted by such a ruthless and experienced strongman, let alone that Gu Shanhe has countless pawns at his disposal. After a brief pause, he asked another question: "Did Huo Shu leave any instructions before he left?"

  Gu Yinghua lowered her head and exchanged a glance with Liu Suizhen, hesitating for a while before slowly saying the scene of Huo Qianshu's final moments: "When Uncle Huo was about to leave, he said to us that the person he liked most in this life is you, brother..."

  Seeing the astonished expression on Gu Shanhe's face, Gu Yinghua continued: "Fire Uncle also said that he liked the Gu Shanhe who was infatuated with Gu Qingcheng. He couldn't forget his brother's infatuation with Gu Qingcheng! Su Yun, where are Fire Uncle's ashes?"

  Gu Yinghua was the first to call Liu Suizhen's name directly, and Liu Suizhen felt very uncomfortable. It took him a while to react, and he found the ashes of Huo Qianshu from his luggage. It was a simple ceramic jar, but Gu Shanhe carefully wiped it clean, treating it as a treasure, and his eyes became exceptionally delicate.

  "I'm so regretful. If it weren't for the delay of two or three days because of the Supreme Devil Sect's affairs, I would have definitely made it in time. I really would have made it in time!"

  Gu Shanhe said with a tinge of sadness amidst his absent-mindedness: "You don't know, Fire Uncle, I've never actually laid hands on young girls!"

  After a moment of sentimentality, Gu Shanhe returned to being the suave and mysterious leader that Liu Su Yun had imagined. He merely glanced at Liu Su Yun and asked, "You're Liu Su Yun?"

  "Hmm!" Liu Suizhen replied immediately: "Please give me more guidance."

  Gu Shanhe sneered: "If I'm not mistaken, you should be addressed as Xing Ruyue."