3: Chapter 3: The medicine is real, but the feelings involved are another matter!

It was even accompanied by a faint dragon's roar.

Just a single sniff made Su Qingyue feel her depleted spiritual energy stirring.

It was definitely a Divine Pill!

"This is the nine-turn nirvana pill."

Gu Changsheng shook the bottle.

"Just one is enough to give your brother Lin Xiao a new lease on life."

"It might even make him stronger than before."

Hope ignited in Su Qingyue's eyes.

She wanted to reach out and snatch it.

But Gu Changsheng raised his hand, avoiding her.

"Want it?"

Gu Changsheng toyed with the jade bottle.

He looked at her with a half-smile.

Su Qingyue gritted her teeth.

She knew Gu Changsheng certainly had no good intentions.

However.

This was the only hope to save her brother Lin Xiao.

"What... what do you want?"

Su Qingyue asked tremblingly.

Gu Changsheng sat back on the edge of the ice bed.

He placed the jade bottle in his palm and held it out before Su Qingyue.

"It's very simple."

"Let's make a deal."

Su Qingyue looked at him warily.

"What deal?"

Gu Changsheng extended a finger and gently lifted a strand of Su Qingyue's hair.

He brought it to his nose and sniffed it.

"I want you to do something for me."

"As long as you are obedient."

"I will give this Medicinal Pill to that Lin Xiao."

Su Qingyue was stunned.

She didn't expect Gu Changsheng to say that.

Give it to Lin Xiao?

How was that possible?

He was a bad person!

"I don't believe you!"

Su Qingyue shook her head.

"You must be lying to me!"

"How could you possibly save him?"

Gu Changsheng shrugged.

"Believe it or not."

"Anyway, that trash is dying now."

"If you don't want it, I'll just feed this Medicinal Pill to a dog."

Saying that.

Gu Changsheng made a move to throw the Medicinal Pill onto the ground.

"Don't!"

Su Qingyue screamed.

She lunged forward and grabbed Gu Changsheng's hand.

"I believe you!"

"I believe you, okay!"

"Please, don't throw it!"

Large tears began to fall from her eyes.

They landed on the back of Gu Changsheng's hand.

They were scalding hot.

Gu Changsheng looked at her tear-streaked face.

There wasn't a hint of pity in his heart.

Only the pleasure of having everything under his control.

Is this what it feels like to be a villain?

It really is much more satisfying than being the protagonist.

No need for deep-seated hatred or enduring endless grievances.

If you want something, you just take it.

"That's more like it."

Gu Changsheng turned his hand and grasped Su Qingyue's small hand.

He gave it a squeeze.

"Dry your tears."

"I don't like women who cry incessantly."

Su Qingyue hurriedly wiped her face.

She looked at Gu Changsheng with reddened eyes.

"What do you want me to do?"

"As long as it can save brother Lin Xiao, I'll agree to anything!"

Even if it meant death.

Even if it meant...

Thinking of that terrible consequence, Su Qingyue closed her eyes.

Her body trembled slightly.

Gu Changsheng couldn't help but laugh out loud at her look of resignation to death.

"Don't worry."

"I'm not asking you to serve me in bed."

"I don't have much interest in the current you yet."

Su Qingyue snapped her eyes open.

She was somewhat incredulous.

And also somewhat ashamed and indignant.

No interest?

Was she really that unappealing?

"Then... then what is it for?"

She asked.

Gu Changsheng stood up.

He walked to the entrance of the main hall.

He looked out at the pitch-black night sky.

"I will send someone to take you to the Lower Realm to see Lin Xiao."

Su Qingyue was stunned.

Send me to the Lower Realm?

To find brother Lin Xiao?

Happiness came so suddenly that she couldn't quite process it.

"Take this Medicinal Pill and go find Lin Xiao."

Gu Changsheng's voice drifted over eerily.

"Hand it to him personally."

"Watch him swallow it."

Su Qingyue trembled with excitement.

"Re... really?"

"You're really willing to let me go back?"

Gu Changsheng turned around.

His back was to the light.

The expression on his face was hard to see.

"Of course."

"However, before that."

"You must first help me record a Image Recording Stone."

Su Qingyue asked in confusion: "Image Recording Stone? Record what?"

Gu Changsheng walked back.

He pulled a crystal-clear stone from his sleeve.

He placed it before Su Qingyue.

"It's simple."

"Just speak to this stone."

"Tell him that you begged me to spare Lin Xiao."

"In order to get this Medicinal Pill, you are voluntarily staying in the Upper Realm to be my... Dao Companion."

Su Qingyue's face instantly turned deathly pale.

"You!"

"You want him to misunderstand me!"

"No! I can't do that!"

If brother Lin Xiao saw this, he would surely die of heartbreak.

Gu Changsheng shrugged indifferently.

He put the Medicinal Pill away.

"Then there's nothing I can do."

"It seems that in your heart, your reputation is more important than your lover's life."

"Then let him die."

After saying that.

Gu Changsheng turned to leave.

Without a hint of hesitation.

One step.

Two steps.

"Wait!"

Su Qingyue's broken cry came from behind him.

"I'll do it!"

"I'll do it, okay!"

Gu Changsheng stopped.

He didn't turn back.

A wicked smile played on his lips.

The fish has taken the bait.

"Begin."

He threw the Image Recording Stone onto the ground.

"Remember to smile happily."

"Don't let him see that you're being forced."

"Otherwise, the deal is off."

Inside the main hall.

The sound of a young girl's suppressed sobbing could be heard.

Along with intermittent speaking.

Gu Changsheng stood at the entrance of the main hall.

Listening to the sounds from within.

He was in a great mood.

After a while, Gu Changsheng weighed the Image Recording Stone in his hand.

The images inside were still flickering; he glanced at the content and revealed a satisfied smile.

Gu Changsheng turned off the images.

He looked at the girl curled into a ball on the ice bed.

"Nice acting."

Gu Changsheng casually tucked the stone into his sleeve.

Su Qingyue looked up, her eyes as red as ripe peaches.

"Where is the medicine?"

"You said that as long as I recorded it, you would give the medicine to brother Lin Xiao."

Gu Changsheng pulled out the golden medicine bottle.

He twirled it between his fingers.

"I keep my word."

He looked toward the shadows.

"Gu Yi."

A dark figure solidified.

"Your subordinate is here."

"Take Miss Su and set out for the Profound Heaven Continent."

Gu Changsheng tapped the mouth of the bottle.

Gu Yi was startled.

"Young Lord, you're just giving it to him like that?"

"That's a nine-turn nirvana pill; what if that kid actually makes a comeback..."

Gu Changsheng waved his hand to interrupt.

"Make a comeback?"

"With what would he make a comeback?"

"Without his spirit, the higher his cultivation, the more miserable his death will be."

Gu Changsheng stood up.

He walked to Su Qingyue and pressed the medicine bottle into her hand.

"Hold it tight."

"This is your lover's life."

Su Qingyue gripped the bottle tightly.

Her fingers were so forceful that her knuckles turned white.

"I will bring it to him."

Gu Changsheng laughed softly.

"Remember to show him that recording."

"Don't miss a single word."

He leaned close to Su Qingyue's ear.

"If he finds out you were forced,"

"the efficacy of this medicine won't be quite as good."

Su Qingyue's whole body trembled.

She lowered her head, saying nothing.

Gu Yi stepped forward, holding a palm-sized flying shuttle in his hand.

Spiritual energy was poured in.

The flying shuttle instantly expanded, hovering in mid-air.

It was entirely jet-black and covered with complex runes.

"Please, Miss Su."

Gu Yi stepped aside.

Su Qingyue stood up unsteadily.

She gave Gu Changsheng one last look.

In her eyes, besides hatred, there was actually a bit more fear.

She stepped onto the flying shuttle.

Gu Yi Subsequently leaped in after her.

A muffled boom sounded in the air.

The flying shuttle turned into an afterimage, piercing through the clouds outside the hall.

Gu Changsheng walked out of the Cold Moon Palace.

He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking into the distance.

That was the direction of the Lower Realm, and his gaze was playful.