Chapter Eighty-Seven Surprise

  In the ruined and dark palace, Xiao Gu closed his eyes and sat quietly, while Zhao Lao stretched out a finger to point at Xiao Gu's brow.

  Looking at the two of them, they seemed to be extremely exhausted. Zhao Lao didn't speak, panting heavily, and even his coughs were non-stop, while Xiao Gu was sweating profusely, his entire body trembling uncontrollably, his face turned a ghastly pale color.

  Imprinting one's own cultivation experience on another person's soul was originally an extremely difficult task, perhaps for the ancient emperor Zhao at his peak it wasn't a big deal, but now after ten million years of bitter struggle, Zhao is almost exhausted, and this burden is not ordinary.

  Xiao Gu was also unbearable, branding some things into his soul, like carving words on his own body, that kind of deep-seated feeling was simply indescribable.

  If it were just pain, Xiao Gu wouldn't be so miserable. What's even more unbearable is that a strong cultivator at the peak of the ancient emperor realm has had how much experience? With Xiao Gu's soul strength, it's almost impossible to bear the swelling pain, making one want to live or die.

  It wasn't until much later that Xiao Gu felt as if he had almost bitten his silver teeth to pieces, and this indescribable pain slowly came to an end.

  Is it finally over? Xiao Gu almost let out a sigh of relief, and almost fainted as he collapsed to the ground.

  Although he hadn't fainted yet, it wasn't far off. Zhou's body was extremely weak and his soul was exhausted beyond compare. Compared to fighting against the likes of Sheng Tianwang for three days and nights, this was even more tiring. If not for a stubborn will holding on, Xiao Gu would have probably fainted already.

  However, when Xiao Gu noticed Zhao Lao's situation, he was suddenly shocked awake.

  "Old Zhao, are you alright?" Xiaogu struggled to hold back his discomfort as he helped the stumbling Old Zhao up.

  At this time, Old Zhao's face was flushed bright red, with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, and a hot aura surrounding him. His lips were pale, and his eyes shone with excitement and madness, startling Xiao Gu.

  "It's okay, haha, finally there's hope," Zhao Lao excitedly muttered incoherently, tightly grasping Xiao Gu.

  "What's going on? What's hopeful?" Xiao Gu muttered inexplicably.

  "Master, no..."

  Just as Xiao Gu was in a state of extreme anxiety, a figure suddenly burst in, and it was Jian Yi. Seeing Zhao Lao's appearance, Jian Yi, who had always been calm and collected, suddenly had red eyes.

  "Junior brother, how can you treat your master like this? Do you know..."

  "Alright, Jian Yi, it's not what you think. I also have to thank your junior brother, otherwise this injury of mine would really be beyond hope."

  Fortunately, Zhao Lao interrupted Jianyi's words in time. Otherwise, Xiao Gu would have suspected that Jianyi might suddenly erupt and chop himself into seventeen or eighteen pieces. Looking at Jianyi's completely red eyes, Xiao Gu didn't suspect a thing.

  "What? Master, you're saying your injury is looking up?" Jian's sword paused in mid-air.

  He naturally knew Zhao Lao's situation, a whole ten million years of suffering, how terrifying it was. At first, Zhao Lao still held onto hope, but after all methods failed, he had already given up.

  Never thought that Zhao Lao would say he found hope now, this makes Jian Yi who regards Zhao Lao as a close relative extremely excited.

  "Not bad, didn't expect it, didn't expect it!" Zhao Lao burst out laughing, feeling an unspeakable sense of relief and joy, even with his peak ancient emperor's temperament, he couldn't help himself.

  One hundred thousand years of despair have finally come to an end, and now I can taste the sweetness. What a feeling is this!

  "It's great, it's great," muttered Jian Yi beside him, as if in a trance.

  What's going on? Xiao Gu was momentarily stunned. Judging from their expressions, it seemed that Old Zhao might be saved, but hadn't they said earlier that there was no way to save him? What exactly is going on?

  Watching the two excitedly, Xiao Gu could only temporarily hold back his curiosity.

  After a moment, Zhao Lao finally restrained his emotions with great willpower and looked at Xiao Gu.

  "You're surprised, aren't you?" Zhao Lao said before Xiao Gu could even open his mouth to ask the question that was on his mind.

  "For a hundred thousand years, I have been searching for various methods to eliminate the curse but all failed. Originally, I thought there was no hope at all, but just now, I suddenly gained some inspiration from the depths of your mind, which made me think of a solution," Zhao Lao said with a profound gaze at Xiao Gu.

  "What? It's related to me?" Xiao Gu was somewhat incredulous.

  "Not bad, I didn't expect you to have such good fortune, it's truly unimaginable," Zhao Lao laughed heartily.

  "Hey, why do I seem like I don't know anything?" Xiao Gu looked at Zhao who was over the moon with a gloomy expression.

  "Haha, there are some things you will know in the future, and remember, never let anyone else enter your mind again, otherwise, even a king may not be able to protect you," Zhao said solemnly.

  "I understand," Xiao Gu said solemnly. Although he didn't know what was at the bottom of his own sea of consciousness, it could make Old Zhao so tense, which showed that it was not ordinary.

  "Alright, you all go back first. I need to reverse my life and death and recover my previous cultivation, which will probably take some time. If you're willing, go out and gain some experience for a while, don't worry about anything," Zhao Lao instructed.

  "Yes, Master," Jian's body trembled with excitement.

  "Alright," Xiao Gu nodded, anyway he seemed to have no chance of going out for the time being.

  "Xiao Gu, you can go too. Don't worry, if any of the older generation's strong masters take action, someone will stop them. The Divine Palace is not as simple as what you see," Zhao Lao said with a slight smile, seemingly seeing through Xiao Gu's thoughts.

  "Hmm, okay," Jingong was not simple, and Xiao Gu could naturally see that.

  There are ancient emperors like Zhao Lao at the peak of power, how can it be just an ordinary sect's leader, the background of the Divine Palace is absolutely not simple.

  But in this way, it's actually cheaper for myself.

  ……

  As he walked towards Xiaoyao's attic, Xiao Gu still had a dizzy feeling.

  It's inexplicable. I chose a declining Enforcement Peak, and then the old peak master told me in his twilight years that he was a strong man in the ancient Emperor's boundary 100,000 years ago.

  Then, he himself got a great transformation, and because of his own reason, the originally hopeless Old Peak Master was saved, and he also knew that there were some mysterious things in his sea of recognition, which even interested the Emperor.

  All of this gave Xiao Gu a dreamlike feeling.

  If it weren't for the things in his mind and the feeling of numbness all over his body, Xiao Gu thought he had just dreamed it.

  Dragging his exhausted body, Xiao Gu struggled onto Xiaotou's small bed and didn't even have the thought of moving again, falling asleep in a daze.

  ……

  Xiao Gu was woken up by Xiaoyao's scream, and the sun was already high in the sky.

  "You dead pervert, big wolf, waaah, why did you take my bed?" Little Yaotou stood with her hands on her hips, glaring fiercely at Xiao Gu who was lying on the bed.

  "Ah, how did I end up here?" He opened his eyes to find the scorching sunlight shining directly into them, causing him to subconsciously shrink away. It was clear that Xiao Gu had not fully woken up yet and hadn't even recalled what had happened before.

  "You, you came here by yourself, what are you doing here, lazy worm, slept for three days already, taking up someone's bed," the little girl said with a pout.

  "Three days, how could I have slept for so long?" Xiao Gu rubbed his chin, and finally recalled what had happened before.

  "This is, seemingly an unexpected event," Xiao Gu's face turned slightly red, he had unknowingly run to the bedside of Liu Qi Xue and slept for three days, which made him feel somewhat embarrassed.

  However, at that time he only remembered wanting to find a place to sleep, and subconsciously came here, saw the bed and lay down, without considering anything else.

  "Alright, I was wrong," Xiao Gu admitted directly. When it came to arguing with the little girl, Xiao Gu didn't have the guts.

  "Hmph," the little girl proudly raised her head, with a look that said "good for you for knowing better".

  "Hey, where are you going? Come back here," the little servant girl who was just thinking of how to extort money from Xiao Gu suddenly found that Xiao Gu was walking out slowly and calmly, and immediately became anxious.

  "Eh, what's up? Anything wrong?" Xiao Gu looked up with a bewildered expression.

  "You, you, you think that's it?!" The little girl was furious, she had never seen anyone like this before, sleeping in someone else's bed and still looking so innocent.

  It's all over just like that, Xiao Gu is inexplicably strange, it's very obvious that he didn't even realize the issue, seemingly casually sleeping in someone else's girl's bed, shouldn't there be some sort of indication?!