Chapter 171: Severing All Possibilities of Lin Xuan Taking Disciples
After dealing with Ye Bufan, Gu Qing raised a hand and slapped all of Ye Bufan's followers to death.
Ignoring the prodigies who wanted to come and curry favor, he left the Star Sea Secret Realm and flashed to the boundless starry sky.
He saw Zhimeng roll her eyes at him, her expression helpless yet tinged with a hint of blame.
Gu Qing laughed sheepishly.
He felt a bit embarrassed.
Zhimeng had asked him to sow discord between Luo Rou and Lin Xuan, but instead, he had taken Lin Chuqing out to eat, drink, and be merry.
But this was not his fault.
Who could have thought that Luo Rou, a Venerable Realm expert, still retained mortal habits.
Every day she ate, slept, and ate again, just like a little piglet.
Occasionally, when she felt so inclined, she would hurl insults in Zhimeng's direction from afar, then continue to eat, drink, and sleep. Her mental state could not have been better.
Every time he invited Luo Rou out, she would either find various excuses to refuse or be sleeping.
What could he do?
Stuck with such a pig-like teammate, he was also helpless.
"Gu Qing..."
Seeing Gu Qing, Lin Xuan's face became ferocious, his eyes filled with bone-chilling hatred.
If you asked who he most wanted to kill at this moment, it was not Zhimeng before him, nor Jiang Yu who had aided the villain, but Gu Qing.
Lin Xuan was not a fool; he knew very well that his current predicament was all because of Gu Qing.
Although Jiang Yu had changed her mind long ago, at the beginning, she was still polite and courteous to him, considering their past friendship.
However, Gu Qing had interfered, sowing discord and making him mistakenly believe that Jiang Yu had transferred her affections, causing him to fall out with her.
If he had not become enemies with Jiang Yu, he would not have been isolated and without support in the Star Temple, constrained by its rules.
This led to his sworn brothers and disciples being killed one by one.
Thinking of this, Lin Xuan had an epiphany.
The greatest enemy of his life was not Zhimeng, but the ant before him whom he wanted to kill but could not.
"Master, he's trying to bully the weak with his superior power again. You must protect me." Gu Qing tugged on Zhimeng's long sleeve, his heart full of doubt.
This bastard Lin Xuan, with all his disciples dead, no longer had any reservations. Why didn't he make a move when he saw Zhimeng?
Could he be thinking of getting back together with her?
That should be impossible.
After the protagonist awakens, he surely wouldn't be a simp anymore.
In that case, there was only one possibility: Lin Xuan was no match for Zhimeng. The two had just exchanged blows.
Or perhaps Lin Xuan had another purpose in the Star Temple.
Here we go again... Lin Xuan's eyes turned red, so angry his chest felt like it would explode.
Back then, he had been deceived by Gu Qing's manipulative words. The seemingly intimate yet measured actions made him mistakenly believe that Jiang Yu and Gu Qing were having an affair.
Now he wanted to use the same old trick. Did he think he would fall for it again? What a joke.
Lin Xuan snorted coldly and left with a flick of his sleeve.
Gu Qing guessed correctly. He had indeed exchanged blows with Zhimeng. Although it was only two moves, he had managed to test each other's bottom line.
They were evenly matched; neither could do anything to the other.
If they truly fought, it would take several hundred years to determine a winner.
Therefore, now was not the time to turn against Zhimeng.
Lin Xuan possessed a disciple-taking system. As long as he took in a few more exceptionally talented disciples, he would surely become invincible in the world.
He could not recruit any in the Star Temple, but the Son Coronation Ceremony was about to be held.
The Star Temple had invited immortal sects from the ten thousand realms to celebrate, including many unparalleled prodigies and even sons of destiny.
Lin Xuan wanted to take them as disciples. Once he received the system's rewards and broke through to the peak of the Divine Fire Realm, that would be the death date for Gu Qing and Zhimeng.
Therefore, for the sake of the greater plan, Lin Xuan chose to endure today's humiliation.
Returning to the Star Temple, Lin Xuan went directly to the mountain peak where the immortal sects were being hosted to pay visits.
"He's starting to jump around again."
Gu Qing saw all of this, his expression filled with worry.
A protagonist with a system was the most terrifying.
Because the system could ignore the rules, and once a task was completed, one could receive massive rewards, causing one's cultivation to skyrocket.
"How long do you intend to hold my sleeve?" Zhimeng asked flatly, her voice cold.
"Oh." Gu Qing let go, thought for a moment, and said, "Master, Lin Xuan has gone too far. He shows you no respect at all and has attacked me repeatedly. Are we not going to retaliate?"
This bastard Lin Xuan, relying on his higher cultivation, kept jumping around in front of him.
If he didn't retaliate, Gu Qing felt his thoughts would be stuck.
If not for his lack of confidence in being able to completely kill Lin Xuan, Gu Qing would have wanted Zhimeng to fight Lin Xuan to the death.
Thinking this, Gu Qing added, "Master, Lin Xuan is desperate to take disciples. Why don't we make it so he can't take a single one?"
He believed that with Zhimeng's domineering and ruthless nature, she would surely not swallow this insult.
As expected, hearing this, a sharp glint appeared in Zhimeng's cold and indifferent eyes.
"You're right. It's time to teach him a lesson."
Gu Qing breathed a sigh of relief. A villain was a villain; despite her many flaws, her domineering and ruthless nature had never changed.
By stroking Zhimeng's fur the right way, his objective was easily achieved.
With Zhimeng stepping in, he was guaranteed that Lin Xuan would not be able to take a single disciple.
Without disciples, Lin Xuan's disciple-taking system would be a useless decoration.
However, to be on the safe side, Gu Qing asked, "Master, what do you plan to do?"
"How else could it be done?" Zhimeng was taken aback, then said irritably.
"Don't tell me you think I, your master, would stoop to Lin Xuan's level and personally fight him for those ants?"
"Of course not. You wrong me, Master."
"Hmph, you little schemer."
"Rest assured, I will issue a single decree, and I guarantee no one will dare to take Lin Xuan as their master."
"Master is mighty!" Gu Qing was completely relieved.
After all, the prodigies who could come here were not alone; they all had sects and inheritances.
And Zhimeng, one of the Unrivaled Twin Heroes said to be invincible across the heavens and myriad realms, was famous for her ruthlessness and heartlessness.
She had killed countless people and had destroyed who knows how many sects.
Even if those prodigies desperately wanted to become his disciple, the elders from their sects who followed them would surely risk everything to stop them.
In this way, Lin Xuan would be dealt with without any effort.
Thinking of this, Gu Qing felt a little pity for Lin Xuan.
A dignified Divine Fire Realm expert, condescending to take disciples, using all sorts of persuasion, jumping around, only to fail to recruit a single one.
It could only be said, he deserved it!
"Spare me the flattery." A hint of a smile appeared in Zhimeng's eyes.
"Then, Master, I will go into seclusion."
Having obtained the supreme bone containing the Devouring Law, Gu Qing could not wait to refine it.
If his luck was good enough, the Dao bone might contain an even more powerful Devouring Law.
There were also the lottery chances from Ye Bufan and Zhang Xueyuan; he wondered what treasures he would draw.
"Go on, but do not delay the coronation ceremony."
After Gu Qing left, Zhimeng's eyes narrowed. Her red lips parted slightly, and she spoke words of law and truth.
"Whoever dares to take Lin Xuan as their master will be my enemy, Zhimeng. We will fight to the death, and I will surely destroy their sect and execute their family."
Her voice spread throughout the Star Temple, converging into a decree that hung high in the sky, exuding an aura of immortal and indestructible laws.
A beautiful young woman who had already knelt and was about to kowtow to become a disciple: "..."
She blinked, and a look of panic appeared in her clear, bright eyes.
Before she could move, the old crone behind her, who looked as if a gust of wind could blow her over, instantly hoisted her up.
Without saying a word, her feet seemed to sprout wind and fire wheels, and she disappeared in a puff of smoke.
It was not that she was impolite, but that at this moment, anything she said would either offend Zhimeng or Lin Xuan.
To avoid putting Lin Xuan in a difficult position, it was better to leave first.
Lin Xuan: "..."
Lin Xuan froze for half a second, his calm and composed smile gradually twisting.
"Zhimeng..." Lin Xuan was furious. His roar was like rolling thunder, scattering the decree, forming a divine ability that killed toward Zhimeng.
"Hmph."
Zhimeng snorted coldly, and the soundwave scattered Lin Xuan's divine ability, her gaze icy.
"Lin Xuan, spare the words. I can fight you for a hundred years."
"..."
The hatred in Lin Xuan's eyes was monstrous, and the veins on his forehead bulged.
"Why?"
Killing his disciples was one thing, but why even stop him from taking disciples?
Doing something so tasteless, wasn't he afraid of being laughed at by the world?
"You touch my disciple, and from now on, you can forget about ever taking another disciple. If you take one, I will kill one. If you take a pair, I will kill a pair."
Zhimeng's cold voice spread throughout the Star Temple, sending a chill down the spines of countless people.
Because they knew Zhimeng absolutely meant what she said.
This was a demoness with no taboos.
A woman who dared to destroy her own fiancé and family could be seen to have a cruel, bloodthirsty, and tyrannical nature.
The guests who had come to celebrate immediately sternly warned their juniors not to have any contact with Lin Xuan, and not to become his disciple under any conditions.
In truth, even without the warnings from their elders, they would not have dared.
Zhimeng had already stated it clearly; she would personally intervene and kill them. They wouldn't have enough lives even if they had a hundred.
"It's over..."
"Gu Qing, you truly deserve to die..."
Hearing this, Lin Xuan knew that the plan in his heart was doomed to fail.
Lin Xuan's anger soared to the heavens.
He could have guessed with his ass that this was absolutely Gu Qing's idea, retaliation for his repeated attempts to kill Gu Qing.
At this moment, Lin Xuan's hatred for Gu Qing rose to another level, even heavier than that of a fierce ghost, and he wished he could tear Gu Qing to pieces.
Lin Xuan felt that Gu Qing was simply the bane of his existence, and he swore in his heart that he would do whatever it took to kill Gu Qing first.
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