Chapter 1963 - 1546: Changsheng Makes a Move, Dagger Aimed Forward!

Zhou Mu looked at the little woman in front of him, feeling helpless!

What should he say to that?

He knew very well the temperament of his little woman, even more so than others did. Therefore, Zhou Mu had a good understanding of what his little woman truly wanted to do!

Should he stop her?

No!

The thing Zhou Mu least wanted to do in this life was to make the little woman beside him unhappy, so...

If she wanted to cause trouble, so be it. After all, with him around, he wouldn’t let her experience any displeasure!

Gu Changsheng was incredibly smart and immediately understood the meaning of Zhou Mu’s silence. Hence, a look of resolute determination appeared on her bright little face!

Shi Wujue captured the interaction in the eyes of the two people beside him and noted it all, a hint of hidden pain in his long eyes!

How he wished he could be the man standing openly beside Gu Changsheng!

Such mutual understanding, such unspoken communication, their eyes filled only with each other!

Unfortunately, he was not Zhou Mu, and could never become Zhou Mu!

The feeling of being so close yet so far, seeing through yet not feeling—this truly allowed Shi Wujue to constantly experience what it meant to be heartbroken!

Shi Wujue was not one to belittle himself, but beside Zhou Mu, he often felt a sense of inferiority...

This man, his presence may not be that conspicuous, silent as he usually was beside Gu Changsheng, yet his every move seemed to affect the whole world...

At the very least, it affected Gu Changsheng’s entire world!

This realization, as time went on, deeply ingrained itself into Shi Wujue’s heart, leaving endless sorrow aside from unwillingness...

To love someone who loves another...

What kind of feeling is that?

Shi Wujue was experiencing it every moment...

"Hehe..."

At the city gate, Jin Bao the Infant looked down at the little woman below, her pure and simple look felt amused, suddenly hearing the mischievous laughter from Gu Changsheng, Jin Bao’s little face was full of puzzlement...

"You ignorant Southern Border people, what’s so funny?"

Laughter that raised goosebumps all over his body, genuinely a bit creepy, well, no, terrifying the spirit!

"Jin Bao, do you not often appear before people?" Gu Changsheng asked with a mischievous smile, slightly raising her head to look at Baby Jin Bao.

How did she feel that ever since Baby Jin Bao appeared at the city gate, it was as if all prying eyes around it were automatically blocked?

"Yes... This baby is not an ordinary person, how could I appear often before people!" Baby Jin Bao replied at once, with an air of pride.

Gu Changsheng was right, Baby Jin Bao rarely appeared having been asleep for hundreds of years. If it weren’t for this Southern Border person he had a grudge against coming to the Southern Border and violating the city’s rules he set, Jin Bao the Infant felt he could easily sleep for another few hundred years!

Humans, they’re not all good people. Spirits like him appearing before people are definitely scary!

Not everyone, unlike the group of Southern Border people in front of him, could see him without any surprise, almost as if they were unflustered!

"Hehe, that’s good, that’s good..." Gu Changsheng nodded, smiling contentedly, "Jin Bao, aren’t you the essence of Divine Mount Qilian’s mineral vein? What would happen if you left Divine Mount Qilian?"

In Gu Changsheng’s understanding, such a spirit formed from the essence of a place would often shake if disturbed!

The reason for the world’s divine weapons coming from Qilian was because of the abundance of mineral veins in Divine Mount Qilian, the richest in the world, and coincidentally, Jin Bao the Infant before him was the essence of Divine Mount Qilian’s mineral vein...

This led Gu Changsheng to a whimsical thought, only waiting for Baby Jin Bao to confirm...

"Do you know why I need to remove this layer of gold foil? I’ll tell you, if I leave Divine Mount Qilian with this layer of gold foil, then when I leave, the veins of Divine Mount Qilian will be exhausted. But if I can remove this layer of gold foil here in Divine Mount Qilian, its mineral veins won’t be harmed..."

Jin Bao the Infant wasn’t someone with tricks up his sleeve. Although he had lived for a long, long time, as an anomaly appearing so seldom before people, how could he know Gu Changsheng’s crafty mind?

"Haha... That’s even better! Heaven helps me, Gu Changsheng! Heaven helps me, Gu Changsheng!" Gu Changsheng laughed upon hearing this, his laughter as comfortable as could be.

Ever since returning injured from the Star Innate Tower, Gu Changsheng hadn’t felt this happy in days!

It’s often said that when unlucky, even drinking cold water would make you choke. Coincidentally, Gu Changsheng felt like he had been unlucky these days with nothing going right!

But isn’t this in front of her a good thing?

An unexpected boon from the heavens!

Now this banner that descended from the sky is standing lively right in front of me!

Even though Gu Changsheng’s smile was too obvious, even Jin Bao the Infant on the city gate couldn’t help but step back a bit under her gaze, looking wary, he said, "What are you smiling at? What do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? You’ll soon find out what I want to do." Gu Changsheng heard and smirked slightly, a look of determined success flashing across her dark little face...

In the blink of an eye, just as Gu Changsheng’s voice fell, she had already soared into the air from where she stood...

Shooting straight towards the city gate...

"Ah!"

Gu Changsheng’s sudden action frightened Jin Bao the Infant so much that he instinctively stepped back, almost stumbling and falling off the city gate, his heart pounding hard. The slightly golden face of Jin Bao the Infant was full of panic, just when he thought he was really going to fall off the city gate, he felt warmth on his hand...

Jin Bao the Infant’s heart suddenly skipped a beat...

How long has it been?

He had already forgotten how long it had been since he last felt the warmth of a human...

For him, on his journey through life, he was always accompanied by endless veins of ore, an overwhelming stretch of darkness, even the Divine Mount Qilian in front of him, cold and unfeeling...

People...

He wanted to be an ordinary person, to feel the warmth of humans...

To live like a person...

But before, whenever humans saw him, they avoided him like the plague, fearing that he, an oddity, would bring misfortune to them...

"You... what are you doing?" Although Jin Bao the Infant was immersed in the warmth of being held by a human, he still had his guard up. As a Mountain Essence, he was even more sensitive than ordinary people and instinctively felt that something bad was about to happen...

"What am I going to do? I’m going to help you fulfill your wish! You don’t have to look at me with such caution; one look at me and you can tell I’m a good person, right? You need to trust me?" Gu Changsheng wore what she thought was a friendly smile, blinking her big eyes as she spoke.

Jin Bao the Infant’s small hand, covered in pale gold foil, was still in Gu Changsheng’s hand. Hearing this, Jin Bao the Infant gave Gu Changsheng a deep look and then shook his head firmly...

"No! You’re lying; you don’t look like a good person at all!"

Look at this blackness, it matches those coal mines in the mountains!

Humans have a saying: the appearance reflects the heart. For someone as dark as this, their heart must also be dark!

Gu Changsheng was taken aback by Jin Bao the Infant’s words and only then remembered what kind of face she was wearing at the moment!

What is this called?

This is called self-inflicted trouble is hard to live with!

She had made herself look so displeasing to avoid attracting attention; who would have thought there’d be a time when she’d need to rely on her appearance to fool someone?

Alright then...

Gu Changsheng admitted, her current appearance indeed wasn’t all that benevolent...

"Jin Bao, one can’t judge a person by their appearance; appearances are deceiving. I actually have a very kind heart! In this vast world, there’s no one more benevolent than me; you have to trust me on this!" Gu Changsheng felt it necessary to speak on her own behalf to win over Jin Bao the Infant’s trust.

"Really?"

"Of course, it’s true. Because I can help you fulfill your wish!" Gu Changsheng nodded, "Don’t you want to leave Divine Mount Qilian and become an ordinary person? Look at this!"

As Gu Changsheng finished speaking, a crimson light flashed from her palm and landed in front of Jin Bao the Infant’s neck...

As soon as he saw this crimson light, Jin Bao the Infant’s large eyes immediately showed a look of shock, and he exclaimed, "It’s it!"

"Did you get a good look at it?" The corners of Gu Changsheng’s mouth turned up in a bright smile, and she tilted her chin at Jin Bao the Infant, smiling with clear ill intent.

Oh, you pure child, how should I save you?

Haven’t you noticed that the dagger like a thorn in your throat has already fallen into her hands?

"It’s it! It’s it! Disaster-Breaking Chonghua! It’s Disaster-Breaking Chonghua! You... you’re a Southern Border woman, not only that, you hail from the Southern Border Royal Family!"

Jin Bao the Infant is very pure but not foolish!

Upon seeing the Chonghua Dagger, he immediately had suspicions about Gu Changsheng’s identity.

"That’s right, I come from the Southern Border Royal Family. The person who snatched this Chonghua Dagger from your hands back in the day was none other than my unworthy ancestor!" Gu Changsheng smiled with satisfaction, pointing the dagger in her hand at Jin Bao the Infant’s throat, continuing with a smirk, "There’s an old saying among humans: if you’re not family, you won’t enter the same house. Now, I truly admit, I am indeed from the Southern Border Royal Family! Jin Bao, do you know why I came to Divine Mount Qilian?"

Jin Bao the Infant heard and instinctively shook his head. Honestly, he was still immersed in the shock of seeing the Disaster-Breaking Chonghua again, unable to gather his thoughts...