Chapter 182 A Grand Show Unfolds in Front of Xun'er (Part Two)

"Ho... How is this possible..." Gu Xun'er's hands holding He Gu began to tremble.

Had the Dou Sheng Expert of their Family just fallen like this?

It was as if the Gu He opposite them had only lightly moved a finger, and with a breeze, Gu He had crushed the three little ants of the Family with his finger.

"I have dragged you down..." He Gu, supported by Gu Xun'er, murmured, pulling Gu Xun'er back to her senses.

"No, no, you didn't drag me down..." Gu Xun'er said.

Clearly, she was the one who was wrong; she had underestimated Gu He's strength and had dragged an innocent person like He Gu into this.

The corpses of the three Elders of the Family were dragged into the trunk of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, becoming its nutrients.

At this moment, Yun Yun and the other two women stopped their attacks on Gu Xun'er and returned to Gu He's side.

Gu He glanced lightly at Gu Xun'er and said indifferently, "What trash..."

"With just this little bit of strength, you still want to compete with me? You overestimate your capabilities."

Gu Xun'er gritted her teeth in anger, one hand clenching into a fist, pressing four small cyan crescent marks into her palm.

He Gu clearly sensed Gu Xun'er's resentment; he lowered his head, a dark glint flashing in his eyes, and then whispered a sentence into Gu Xun'er's ear.

Gu Xun'er was clearly stunned, and ignoring Gu He's expression, which she saw as highly provocative, she began to pay attention to He Gu's words.

Gu He seemed to have no interest in hunting down Gu Xun'er; he glanced lightly at her, then took the three women toward the center of the Bodhi Ancient Tree to accept the trial.

The three entered the illusion created by the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but the illusion was not difficult for them, and they would surely come out soon.

After hearing He Gu's words, Gu Xun'er's expression was even more shocked than when she had seen the three Elders fall:

"Do you really have a secret technique that can kill Gu He?!"

He Gu nodded again, his gaze exceptionally resolute.

Gu Xun'er did not believe that He Gu would be joking at this moment.

Along the way, He Gu had shown great concern for her; perhaps He Gu really did have a secret technique capable of defeating Gu He?

But since He Gu had only spoken of it now, he clearly had his own concerns.

After realizing this, Gu Xun'er asked directly:

"This secret technique must have activation requirements, right?"

He Gu leaned close to Gu Xun'er's cold, delicate face and said in a gentle tone, "Using my body as the method of sacrifice."

"This is my Family's secret technique, only those with a connected Bloodline can use it."

"My Family is a small Family, but we offended many forces. My father used this secret technique to protect my young self, sacrificing himself to kill enemies who came to our door that were several Ranks stronger than him, only then did he manage to protect me..."

He Gu said with feigned ease, "My father told me that this secret technique cannot be used lightly, because... once you use it, you will die."

Gu Xun'er's arms trembled even more; while searching for a Medicinal Pill for healing in her storage ring, her eyes turned red, and she said,

"No, no... I don't want that..."

Gu Xun'er could not describe what her mood was at this moment.

She knew there were many large and small families in the Central Plains; every Family and force had more or less its own trump cards, some direct and clear, others mysterious and strange.

And what He Gu said was likely true; their Family's secret technique was very powerful, even capable of allowing He Gu, a Ninth Revolution Dou Zun, to kill a Dou Sheng, but the price was—a life for a life.

"Eat quickly, this is a healing Medicinal Pill..." Gu Xun'er deliberately stopped herself from thinking further and fed He Gu a Medicinal Pill.

He Gu obediently ate the Medicinal Pill, and his wounds healed in an instant, flesh and bone regenerating.

Looking at He Gu's wounds, Gu Xun'er suddenly remembered that the wound on He Gu's arm had been sustained for her. At the time, the situation was critical, the woman using the blue wind sword had the intention of attacking her, but He Gu had raised his long spear and blocked it... and was wounded as a result.

Gu Xun'er's heart felt as if it had been heavily struck.

"Thump."

"Thump."

She seemed to understand her heart at this moment.

She hurriedly grabbed He Gu's uninjured arm, fearing that He Gu might do something foolish, and said urgently, "Do not use your Family's secret technique! You are the most important person in my heart! None of them are as important as you!!"

However, after she finished saying this, she wanted to hug He Gu, whose wounds had just healed, but found that she could not move her legs at all, and she could not use her Qi.

She couldn't move her feet because He Gu had immobilized her, and she couldn't use her Qi because Gu He had set up a protective barrier around her.

"He Gu?! You immobilized me? You...?"

He Gu's expression was very gentle, revealing a touch of youthful uninhibitedness and determination, his eyes shining with a light filled with love.

"Xun'er, I like you." He Gu said softly.

With an extremely gentle movement, he hugged Gu Xun'er, then leaned against Gu Xun'er's ear and said:

"Our Family's secret technique is only activated for those we want to protect; right now, I just want to protect you."

Gu Xun'er was already in tears; her dark eyebrows were like a painting, but now they were knitted in distress, and beautiful teardrops fell, leaving tear tracks that dripped onto the corner of her cyan skirt.

"No... don't...!" Gu Xun'er could speak, but found she could only cry out in a choked voice.

The stubbornness and determination in the young He Gu's eyes deeply touched Gu Xun'er; it was a pure love she had never seen in all her life.

At this moment, the scales in her heart had slightly lost their balance.

What Xiao Yan? He was simply not comparable to He Gu!

Xiao Yan was dead, and Gu Xun'er commemorated him, hiding her love, seeking revenge for him... but she could not and did not want to sacrifice He Gu!

Because of He Gu, Gu Xun'er's love for Xiao Yan turned into dust at this moment.

She only wished that time could turn back today, so she could return to the moment when they looked at each other on the first floor of the Bailan Hotel!

She didn't want to seek revenge anymore!

She, Gu Xun'er, did not want to seek revenge for Xiao Yan anymore!

He Gu, don't die!

"It's not worth it... it's not worth it..." Gu Xun'er murmured.

He Gu smiled lightly, his eyes carrying a hint of relaxed gentleness, and then he raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of Gu Xun'er's eyes.

"Xun'er, I want to make you happy."

"You hate Gu He, so I will kill him; you want to take revenge for the person in your heart, so I will fulfill your wish."

"No... I don't want you to do that..." Gu Xun'er tried to break free from the immobilization Spell He Gu had cast, but she could not break free no matter what.

Gu Xun'er had many protective Magic Treasure on her, but these Magic Treasure only activated when she was in danger; she was only immobilized now, not under physical attack, so those Magic Treasure were ineffective.

And He Gu had already begun to set up a Formation around the Ancient Tree.

Gu Xun'er could watch helplessly as He Gu took out a sharp dagger, slit his own arm, and let the bright red blood flow out,

The blood, enough to fill a wine glass, was dripped by He Gu into a pentagram; then, He Gu measured the distance, took a few steps, cut another blood mark on his wrist, and repeated this...

Gu Xun'er could not move, but her vision, hearing, and sense of smell were normal, and even exceptionally sharp due to her cultivation; she could smell the thick scent of blood, which was challenging her nerves called "love" bit by bit.

"He Gu, don't use the secret technique, I like you too...!"

"Let's be together, okay? I don't want you to die...!" Gu Xun'er shouted loudly, afraid that He Gu wouldn't hear her.

However, He Gu had definitely heard her, but his actions did not stop; he only turned his head to look at Gu Xun'er and smiled slightly,

"Don't worry, Xun'er, it will be done soon."

Gu Xun'er shook her head desperately—this was the only action she could do now.

"He Gu, I don't want to seek revenge anymore, I won't seek revenge!"

"I... I want to follow you, wherever you go, I will go, let's wander the world together!"

At this moment, Gu Xun'er had completely let go of all her inner knots, and even the Gu Family had been pushed to the background by her.

She could not return to the Gu Family, not be a person of the Gu Family; she now only had one thought, which was that He Gu must not die!!

However, He Gu's movements remained very firm; he was clearly not affected by Gu Xun'er.

The Formation was being perfected by him.

...

This secret technique was completed before Gu He broke through the Bodhi Ancient Tree's illusion and gained the appreciation and reward of the Ancient Tree.

Gu Xun'er was still fixed in place.

At this time, the Bodhi Ancient Tree shone with great green light, and a black figure, accompanied by three beautiful female figures, appeared in front of the giant tree crown and slowly landed.

They were the group of Gu He who had obtained the Opportunity.

However, at this very moment, a sudden change occurred!

Gu He, who had just been chatting and laughing, suddenly had a ferocious expression,

"Who is it?! Get out here!!" His face flushed red, blue veins appeared, "Who is harming me!"

Yun Yun and the other two women appeared very flustered, "What's wrong?"

"What happened?"

Gu He suddenly seemed unable to bear it, spat out black blood from the corner of his mouth, and knelt down halfway.

At this moment, Yun Yun and the other two women also discovered the pentagram killing Formation around the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

"It's you!" Yun Yun's figure flashed, appearing in front of He Gu, but before she could attack, He Gu spat out blood and fell to the ground, unable to get up.

He Gu died; this was the final step of the killing Formation, at least that was how Gu Xun'er saw it.

She saw He Gu die; the young man was so gentle and handsome even in death, and before he died, he seemed to look at her, his eyes full of love... and regret.

This gaze was full of brokenness, instantly shattering the last resistance in the bottom of Gu Xun'er's heart.

"Boom!"

And Gu He also fell to the ground at this moment.

His colorful strange fire no longer rose, and the power of the Dou Sheng Expert level dissipated in the air—

Signaling the fall of this Dou Sheng Expert!

He Gu's secret technique had really succeeded...

But Gu Xun'er's heart had never ached like this before.

He said: "My name is He Gu, 'He' as in straw, 'Gu' as in hometown, meaning meeting spring in one's hometown."

He said: "I would like to ask the second-place Young Miss Xun'er... to name this most beautiful mare in the small town."

He said: "Xun'er, I like you..."

Now, He Gu was dead, did that not also signal that Gu Xun'er's heart had died?

Gu Xun'er had finally managed to peel away that love for Xiao Yan and fell in love with such a young man, but the young man had died right before her eyes, and the only thing he had done wholeheartedly before dying was to fulfill Gu Xun'er's regret.

How could this not move people, make them love him, and feel regret?

"He Gu..." Gu Xun'er murmured his name.

She found that she could move again, because the young man who had cast the immobilization Spell was dead, but at this moment she felt as if she were truly frozen.

She stood for a long time... a very long time...

Until the three women brought by Gu He collected Gu He's corpse; they ignored Gu Xun'er, and only after they left did Gu Xun'er blankly come to He Gu's corpse.

"Fool..."

"Big fool!"

Gu Xun'er knelt beside He Gu's body, holding his hand, which was covered in dagger wounds, crying her heart out.

"Couldn't you think of yourself... why for me... why for me!"

The Bodhi Ancient Tree in the distance seemed to sense fresh corpses, and swung a green vine over; Gu Xun'er hurriedly swung out a blast of Qi, striking the vine back.

She held He Gu's body and stared blankly for a long time.

Until the Bodhi Ancient Tree came to harass her again, Gu Xun'er slightly regained her senses; she wiped away her tears, and the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame rose curlingly on her delicate palm, exceptionally beautiful.

The next moment, she ignited He Gu's body. The moon-white robe turned to ash and scattered in an instant, and He Gu's bones also turned into white ash powder.

Gu Xun'er seemingly calmly took out a cool, smooth white jade box from her storage ring and carefully put He Gu's ashes into it.

"He Gu, let's go home..."

"Let's go back together... go back and get married."

She hadn't reached that step with Xiao Yan, but she wanted to complete it with He Gu.

...

In reality, the real Gu He had already found a safe place to rest.

He was going to count his spoils.

His Clone had passed the Bodhi Ancient Tree's illusion test; the Bodhi Ancient Tree had many negative emotions for some reason, and it wanted to ask Gu He to help it clear them.

This brings us to the fact that in the distant ancient times, a mysterious Dou Di discovered the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and was attracted by the powerful life force it contained, so he developed greed for the Ancient Tree.

Although the Bodhi Ancient Tree was powerful, it was not good at fighting, and could only barely struggle against this mysterious Dou Di.

Until the second Dou Di appeared in the world, the Bodhi Ancient Tree joined forces with the second Dou Di and successfully killed the mysterious Dou Di.

However, the mysterious Dou Di was not willing to accept failure, and his resentment would not go away, constantly eroding the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree had been injured, so the Dou Di's negative emotions had accumulated.

It mentioned that it needed to use strange fire to refine its bodhi seed, in order to purify the Dou Di's negative emotions.

Gu He's Clone naturally agreed to the Bodhi Ancient Tree's request, "Of course I can."

His Clone could use the same abilities as him.

And his current strange fire, after tempering and Fusion with various strange fires, could already rival the top three on the strange fire ranking list, and clearing negative emotions was simply a breeze.

Before long, Gu He had completed the treatment of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree generously waved its tree vines, "What reward do you want?"

"Anything is fine, but I think you are the longest-living life and the oldest creature in the Fighting Qi Continent, so you shouldn't be too stingy."

The Bodhi Ancient Tree seemed to laugh, "Of course not."

"I will give you a chance to meditate under the Bodhi Tree."

"And I will also gift you the bodhi seed."

It flicked its branches, and more than a dozen bodhi seeds emitting silver-green light appeared in the sky. Gu He had Yun Yun collect them, and then the Bodhi Ancient Tree prepared to grant Gu He a meditation session, but Gu He said,

"I am a bit pressed for time and am afraid I cannot meditate under the tree, but I have a Magic Treasure that can preserve your meditation session. Please condense the Opportunity into a physical object and place it in my hands."