209: Lv Qingmei: I feel conquered

Zhang Mingqiang was stunned.

Sun Anjian was shocked.

They were captured again?

It seemed right, yet something felt off.

Gu Liangyuan flicked his long sleeve, and the Heavenly Net around them instantly dissipated:

"I presume you two wouldn't go back on your word, would you?"

Gu Liangyuan knew that the best way to deal with people who had high moral standards was moral blackmail, which was why he used this method.

At this moment, the two brothers, Zhang Mingqiang and Sun Anjian, looked up at Gu Liangyuan, feeling as if Gu Liangyuan stood on the moral high ground, pointing fingers at them.

After a series of shifting expressions, Sun Anjian immediately knelt on one knee:

"Sun Anjian pays respects to the Peak Master."

Seeing this, Zhang Mingqiang, though still feeling indignant, also knelt down:

"Zhang Mingqiang pays respects to the Peak Master."

Gu Liangyuan laughed heartily: "You two, please rise quickly."

After helping them up, Gu Liangyuan waved his hand, bestowing two Cultivation Techniques upon them:

"These two Cultivation Techniques are both among the Eight Revolutions Profound Skill. One scroll is called 'Seven Emotions Refining Heart.' When cultivated to its depths, it can conjure seven Clones slightly weaker than oneself. Combined with your spatial Law, Sun Anjian, it will be invincible."

"The other scroll is the 'Yellow Court Incomplete Manual,' a Soul Refining secret art of my Forget-Love Peak, which can make up for your deficiencies in Divine Soul, Zhang Mingqiang."

After the two accepted the Cultivation Techniques, before they could even express their gratitude, Gu Liangyuan continued:

"I appoint you as Taishang Protector Elders. You will not be commanded by anyone else, only by me."

"I hope you will not let these two Cultivation Techniques down and will reach the Body Integration realm soon."

The two lowered their heads to look at the Cultivation Techniques in their hands, and when they looked up at Gu Liangyuan again, all indignation in their hearts completely vanished.

As top Elders of Hongyun Palace, the Cultivation Technique they Cultivated was merely an Incomplete Manual of the Hongyun Art, comparable to a Seven Revolutions Profound Skill.

They never expected Gu Liangyuan to bestow two Eight Revolutions Profound Skill Cultivation Techniques right away, and ones that were perfectly suited to them at that.

They had only just joined Forget-Love Peak!

A scholar would die for his confidant. At this moment, the two completely accepted Gu Liangyuan in their hearts:

"Thank you, Peak Master!"

"Ding, congratulations to the Host for completing the Zhang Mingqiang and Sun Anjian mission. The Karma Law has been issued."

Looking at the loyalty value of the two brothers, which directly rose to eighty, Gu Liangyuan admired them even more.

Loyal and righteous, keeping their word, and they even had a light gold panel.

Such people were even rarer than those with a gold panel in the deceitful Cultivation World.

Coupled with the Karma Law rewarded by the System, Gu Liangyuan felt that this mission was truly a great gain.

However, if he could use morality to make them surrender, others could also use the same method.

He still needed to raise their loyalty to one hundred as soon as possible.

According to the System's introduction, one hundred meant absolute loyalty; even if it meant their lives, they could not betray him.

Gu Liangyuan asked the two:

"Tell me, why are you here?"

Hearing Gu Liangyuan's question, a struggle clearly flashed across their faces, but in the end, they spoke:

"Our Scarlet Cloud Palace Young Master once used the Hongyun Secret Art to borrow Luck from Mo Chen. According to the Hongyun Secret Art, once the Luck of the person from whom it is borrowed runs out, they will die immediately."

"But Mo Chen not only didn't die but prospered all the way, so our Scarlet Cloud Palace Young Master felt that Mo Chen was a person of great Luck, which is why he sent us brothers to observe with the Luck-Observing Mirror."

"As for Jun Ao Zhi, we don't know the specifics, but we only know that the Scarlet Cloud Palace Young Master has coveted the Jun Family's Luck for a long time. It so happened that a person named Xiao Fan appeared, and the two immediately hit it off, setting up a scheme to use Yue Hong, the top courtesan of the Immortal Sound Pavilion, to seize the Jun Family's Luck."

"We heard that Jun Ao Zhi once appeared at the Ten Thousand Sects Assembly, which is why we were told to investigate him as well and find a way to abduct Jun Ao Zhi back to Central Continent."

After listening to Sun Anjian's words, Gu Liangyuan was thoughtful.

In his previous life, while in the countryside, he had heard old people talk about those unscrupulous landlords who were tyrannical in their daily lives, and the common people could do nothing about them. So, they would teach the landlord's sons to indulge in drinking, gambling, and whoring to destroy the landlord's foundation.

It seemed that the Scarlet Cloud Palace Young Master was using this method against the Jun Family.

Jun Ao Zhi's Infatuation Gu should also have been placed by him.

He just didn't expect to meet himself and cure Jun Ao Zhi of his simp syndrome.

Gu Liangyuan beckoned: "Let me see the Luck-Observing Mirror."

Sun Anjian didn't hesitate this time and directly handed the Luck-Observing Mirror to Gu Liangyuan:

"This Luck-Observing Mirror is a low-grade spirit treasure, refined with the Hongyun Secret Art, and many Elders possess one."

"It has no other function; it can only be used to observe others' Luck."

Gu Liangyuan used his Investigation Skill to examine it and found that it was indeed exactly as Sun Anjian had described.

He picked up the Luck-Observing Mirror and shined it on himself, only to see himself as a chaotic blur, nothing clear could be seen.

He then shined it on Lü Qingmei and found a nascent Phoenix, formed by Luck, hovering endlessly above Lü Qingmei's head.

Looking at the Zhang Mingqiang and Sun Anjian brothers, he found that only pillars of Luck Qi shot up into the sky above their heads, without forming a materialized shape.

Gu Liangyuan understood that the Luck observed with this Luck-Observing Mirror was exactly the same as what he saw with his Innate Divine Eyes.

However, his own heavenly secrets were chaotic, so the Luck-Observing Mirror could not discern them.

But these only showed a person's current Luck and could not reveal their future Luck.

His Investigation Skill, however, could directly reveal a person's Luck attributes and future achievements.

For example, before Qianqiu and Song Xianer became his disciples, their Luck was not apparent.

Only after he helped them activate their talents did their Luck gradually manifest.

Even so, it showed that Hongyun Palace had deep attainments in the Dao of Luck.

After some thought, Gu Liangyuan felt that he should tackle one thing at a time. He would first complete the Cult Leader Immortal Assembly, and then have a good fight with those hostile forces.

With this in mind, Gu Liangyuan returned the Luck-Observing Mirror to Sun Anjian:

"Alright, I understand. I still have business at the Jade Pond. You two can return to Forget-Love Peak on your own."

Saying that, he tossed his waist identity token to the two:

"With this token, find Song Rentou. He will arrange everything for you."

Seeing Gu Liangyuan's actions, Lü Qingmei, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but gently tug at Gu Liangyuan's sleeve.

But before she could speak, Sun Anjian, who had taken the token, voiced Lü Qingmei's concern:

"Peak Master, you spent so much effort to subdue us brothers. Aren't you afraid that we brothers will just escape, making all your efforts go to waste?"

Gu Liangyuan laughed heartily, then led Lü Qingmei and turned to leave.

His figure instantly vanished, leaving only a voice echoing between heaven and earth:

"Do not use someone you doubt; do not doubt someone you use. Are you doubting my judgment, or are you doubting your own integrity?"

The two looked in the direction Gu Liangyuan had disappeared, listening to the words carried on the wind, and felt a warmth in their hearts.

This feeling of being unconditionally trusted was something they had never experienced in Hongyun Palace.

Seeing their loyalty rise to eighty-five, Gu Liangyuan's lips curved into a smile.

Lü Qingmei looked at Gu Liangyuan's smile and the confident aura emanating from him, and for a moment, she was utterly captivated.

She asked herself, if she were Gu Liangyuan, she would definitely not be as composed as he was.

She would surely keep the Zhang Mingqiang and Sun Anjian brothers by her side and Cultivate them for a period before feeling at ease.

Women are all attracted to strength, and Lü Qingmei, who was once the Taishang Sect Leader, was no exception.

At this moment, she felt that Gu Liangyuan had conquered her in every aspect, whether it was his cultivation, his magnanimity, his courage, or his strategic planning.

Lü Qingmei: Feeling conquered.