Chapter 37

Ji Mingyue looked at the direction Chen Bali had left, her expression even more complicated.

At this moment, she seemed to understand why her father, the emperor, had wanted her to win the favor of Chen Chang'an.

But... the person she liked came from a powerful family... which was actually a good thing.

And if that were the case... Brother Chang'an wouldn't be bullied by others...

As she was thinking, Chen Chang'an slightly bent his finger and gently flicked her nose, "What are you thinking about?"

"Ah, nothing."

Ji Mingyue quickly lowered her head and said in a soft voice, "I was just thinking... your Eighth Master is really amazing, and his words are so domineering. No wonder you have such a personality."

"Oh? What kind of personality do I have?"

Chen Chang'an asked with a smile.

"Hmm... unwilling to suffer any loss!"

Ji Mingyue thought for a moment and said, "You are completely different from a year ago. Your eyes have more沧桑 (cāngsāng, meaning '沧桑' can be translated as 'worldly wisdom' or 'hardship') and depth, as if... you no longer have the naivety and innocence of the past..."

At this point, she looked at Chen Chang'an with a pained expression, "Brother Chang'an, you must have endured a lot of hardships during the year you were gone, right?"

"It wasn't that bad."

Chen Chang'an smiled and then asked curiously, "Why don't you mind that I killed your royal brother?"

"Ah...?"

Ji Mingyue was taken aback.

She clearly didn't expect Chen Chang'an to ask about this topic. After thinking for a moment, she sniffed and said,

"I don't know, maybe it's because I didn't get along well with my two royal brothers.

Their mothers were also not nice to my mother, calling her a fox spirit...

And they bullied me from a young age...

But you are different, Brother Chang'an. You protected me from a young age..."

At this point, a look of disappointment flashed in her eyes, "But now that you've grown up, you only have eyes for Gu Qingcheng..."

At this point, she lowered her head, her fingers intertwining nervously.

Chen Chang'an was taken aback.

He then remembered that Ji Wentian had many children, and it was quite normal for siblings to have a poor relationship!

After all, there were always power struggles within the imperial family, and sibling conflicts were common.

Thinking of this, the lingering suspicion and wariness in his heart finally disappeared.

He smiled at Ji Mingyue, "Alright, that's all in the past. Let's hurry to the palace."

Ji Mingyue looked up in surprise, seeing Chen Chang'an's warm gaze... it seemed the barrier between them had vanished.

She was overjoyed and nodded her head vigorously.

...

Meanwhile, outside the capital city.

The gray-robed elder from the Jun family, carrying the body of the brocade-clad man, was flying rapidly on a flying boat.

His expression was extremely grim, and he was terrified.

The other guards dared not breathe heavily, their faces full of disbelief.

Finally, one of the guards couldn't help but speak up, "Third Elder, what happened? Why was Young Master killed, and we... fled in panic?"

"Shut up! If you say another word, I'll kill you!"

The gray-robed elder said coldly.

His expression was terrifyingly serious, and now he could only flee as far away from the Great Zhou Kingdom as possible!

The more he thought about it, the more he was terrified!

He, a Holy Emperor, had come to this remote small country, originally thinking he could dominate and crush everything!

But he never expected... that there was a sword expert in seclusion here!

A sword expert...?

He frowned, puzzled.

Who was that person?

And... damn it, he even knew his ancestor... Jun Xinhao!

The way he spoke to Jun Xinhao was like he was lecturing a junior...

Sigh!

Thinking of this, the gray-robed elder sucked in a cold breath, his scalp tingling.

He then accelerated the flying boat even more!

...

At the Gu family.

Outside the main hall of the Gu family.

Gu Qing led everyone, all looking bewildered, standing guard here.

At the same time, Gu Qingcheng and others had also returned from outside.

"Father, we didn't see anyone from the Jun family."

Gu Qingcheng said, puzzled.

"How is that possible?"

Gu Qing was bewildered, "Didn't they enter the capital city? Why haven't they arrived at our Gu family yet?"

The other elders also exchanged glances, a sense of unease rising in their hearts.

"Could they be trying to give us a warning?"

Gu Qingcheng thought for a moment and said, "After all, they are a major family from the Holy Land. If they arrived on time, it would be strange."

The others nodded in agreement, thinking Gu Qingcheng was right.

For such a person, being late was normal.

But soon, they waited for a long time at the entrance of the Gu family, and still no one came.

Everyone in the Gu family became restless.

At this moment, a clan member rushed in urgently.

Seeing his anxious expression, Gu Qing stepped forward and said coldly, "What's the matter? What happened?"

Everyone looked at the person who had come.

"Lord, Miss, something strange has happened," the person said.

"What is it?"

"Chen Chang'an encountered a young master on his way to the palace and had a conflict with him. Later, that person was killed by Chen Chang'an!

And... the young master was accompanied by a very powerful old man, who was scared away by the Eighth Master of the Chen family!"

"What... what?"

Everyone was stunned upon hearing the report.

Gu Qingcheng's face was full of shock, a bad premonition flashing in her mind, "This... this can't be!"

She quickly looked at Gu Qing, "Father, should we use the sound transmission stone to ask? Didn't we get a sound transmission stone to contact them?"

"Qingcheng, are you saying... the person killed by Chen Chang'an was from the Jun family?

How is that possible? The people sent by the Jun family this time must be stronger than last time..."

At this point, he suddenly lost confidence and immediately took out the sound transmission stone, sending a message to the Jun family.

Soon, he received a reply.

It was an extremely angry and murderous "Get lost!!"

Gu Qing's face turned pale, Gu Qingcheng's body trembled, and everyone else was speechless!

"This..."

Gu Qingcheng staggered, as if falling into an abyss, and muttered in a daze,

"How is this possible? Why can Chen Chang'an scare away the Jun family?"

"They are all useless, hahaha, the Jun family is all useless. A mere Chen family can scare them away!"

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"

Gu Qingcheng shouted in a daze, as if she had gone mad, "Besides the Jun family, the Holy Land has three other major families and four great holy sects. I don't believe no one can deal with your Chen family!"

Gu Qingcheng raised her head, her eyes full of hatred!

"It's all your fault, Chen Chang'an, making me a laughingstock in the entire Great Zhou. I will make sure you don't die a good death!"

Gu Qingcheng said, looking at an elder in the crowd, "Elder, come with me to the Holy Land."

The elder nodded and followed Gu Qingcheng out of the Gu family.

Gu Qing, who was usually calm, had a face as dark as a pot bottom, staring blankly at the departing Gu Qingcheng without a word.

He slowly closed his eyes and sighed, "One wrong step, and everything goes wrong!

Chen family, what kind of family are you? So powerful, yet you've always kept a low profile! I hate it!!"

...

At the same time, a thousand miles away from the capital city.

"This damn Gu family actually had the nerve to contact this old man, hmpf!"

"Bang!"

The gray-robed elder from the Jun family fiercely crushed the sound transmission stone.