Chapter 1998 - 1578: Lige Leaves the Tower, Forbidden Existence!

Originally, when Gu Changsheng saw that Elder Jin’s injuries were so severe that he needed to be carried out by others, there was still a trace of guilt in his heart!

After all, it was Gu Changsheng who struck out at Elder Jin in a fit of anger, and what she didn’t expect was that Elder Jin was actually so seriously injured!

Because of the Divine Soul Injury, Gu Changsheng couldn’t control his own power very well. This, Gu Changsheng already understood in his heart. If Elder Jin wasn’t sporting such a gloating expression, Gu Changsheng might have helped to heal him a bit!

However, at this moment, looking at Elder Jin’s carefree and gloating demeanor, Gu Changsheng was truly baffled, completely unable to understand what kind of trickery he was up to!

"Indeed, enemies meet on a narrow road, Shui Mu, what are you doing here? Relying on your martial arts skills to take up mercenary tasks?" Jin Luoyi said angrily, glaring at Gu Changsheng and his group as he spoke resentfully.

"What else? Take a stroll?" Since these two from the Jin Family were not worthy of sympathy at all, Gu Changsheng certainly wouldn’t waste sympathy on them and immediately retorted with a not-so-pleasant look.

"You!" Seeing this, Jin Luoyi was instantly choked with anger, and after glancing at the three people behind them wearing veils, his confidence surged. He arrogantly laid down harsh words, "Fine! Then just wait and see, I really want to see what kind of mercenary tasks you can take on. If you can take on mercenary tasks, I’ll crawl out of here on my knees!"

Saying this, Jin Luoyi flung his sleeve and was the first to walk into the main building of the Mercenary Alliance.

Elder Jin was carried along as their group grandly made their way inside, looking as majestic as could be!

"Utterly clueless!" Gu Changsheng looked at the departing Jin Luoyi and others entering the main building, a face full of disdain.

Talking about crawling out on his knees, as if Gu Changsheng was very willing to bet with him!

Sorry, Gu Changsheng really didn’t take these people to heart. If there was anyone in Jin Luoyi’s group that could make her take notice, it would only be those three people wearing veils, who dared not show their real faces!

The two women and one man always gave Gu Changsheng a very dangerous feeling. Every time she saw them, Gu Changsheng felt a sense of impending danger.

"Let’s go." Zhou Mu walked past Gu Changsheng, took her hand, and their group headed towards the main building of the Mercenary Alliance, but it was still early. The employment slips taken down the previous day hadn’t been sorted out yet, and the staff of the Mercenary Alliance were busy, continuously posting employment slips on a wide wall inside the main building...

Each employment slip listed the employer’s requirements, along with the offered amount of Smelting Currency. The Mercenary Alliance categorized them based on the simplicity of the tasks, rearranging from high to low before posting them...

Waiting for the latest employment slips to be posted was relatively dull, so Gu Changsheng’s group found some seating. As luck would have it, Jin Luoyi and others sat right across from them...

This was great, on one side was a seething anger with eyes flashing like daggers, while on Gu Changsheng’s side, it was like nothing happened, not even sparing a glance at them!

Being in Smelting City, situated halfway up Divine Mount Qilian, waiting to take on mercenary tasks to venture deeper into Divine Mount Qilian, Gu Changsheng didn’t know that at that moment, a slender figure, in an extremely sorry state, staggered out of the Star Innate Tower a few days after she left the Tashi Tribe Imperial City, with an expression full of panic and fear...

Lige, under the persuasion of Mu Wanxuan, unwillingly agreed to Mu Wanxuan’s request to follow Gu Changsheng and his party into the Smelting Tower. However, upon reaching the first level of the Smelting Tower, Lige, who practiced Ninjutsu, was discovered by Gu Changsheng. Soon, Lige realized she couldn’t find any opportunity to strike because Gu Changsheng’s vigilance was too high, leaving no openings. Moreover, she herself underwent various tests in the Smelting Tower, barely escaping with her life...

"Elder Sister! Elder Sister!"

Staggering and not caring about the strange looks from everyone on the streets of Tashi Imperial City, Lige used all her strength to return to the inn.

Sitting in a wheelchair, anxiously waiting for Lige’s good news, Mu Wanxuan shivered upon hearing Lige’s voice. Seeing Lige burst into the room, she anxiously asked, "Lige, you’re back, did you succeed? Did you succeed? Is Gu Changsheng dead?"

Staggering back onto a chair and table, Lige heard Mu Wanxuan’s words, and a flash of hurt passed through the urgency in his eyes...

At this moment, his elder sister was most concerned about Gu Changsheng’s life and death, and didn’t even bother to ask about his own condition...

Is this elder sister still the one who cared for him dearly in his childhood memories?

Is his decision to defy orders and stay on this continent to protect his elder sister right or wrong?

For the first time since Lige and Mu Wanxuan reunited, he began to doubt whether his decision was right or wrong!

"Elder sister, let’s not talk about anything else, put Gu Changsheng aside! Come with me now, immediately, let’s go!" Shaking his head, dismissing the hurt in his heart, Lige said urgently.

"Lige, what are you saying? What do you mean by putting Gu Changsheng aside? Is it possible that Gu Changsheng isn’t dead? You went into the Star Innate Tower with her, you promised me you would act! How can she not be dead?" Upon hearing this, Mu Wanxuan on the wheelchair immediately turned ferocious, her hoarse voice grinding like a millstone, making the listener’s skin crawl.

"Taboo! There exists a forbidden presence in the Star Innate Tower on this continent! I have the Power of Perception bestowed by the Heavenly Master; I sensed that power! Elder sister, listen to me, it’s the greatest secret of this continent, Gu Changsheng and others have touched the edge of that taboo, everything will slowly unfold! When the taboo is opened and the truth comes to light, it will be the time when this continent sinks, elder sister, come with me now, let’s leave here, we can set sail and return to the Heavenly Kingdom! Otherwise, no one will be able to save us!" Ignoring his injuries, Lige staggered two steps, grabbed Mu Wanxuan’s hand, and said urgently, "If we delay further, even if the Heavenly Master arrives, he can’t save us, elder sister, set aside your hatred first, come with me, quickly come with me!"

"No! I’m not leaving! If I leave, Gu Changsheng will be able to live well, how can I let her live well? I want her to live worse than death! Worse than death!" Mu Wanxuan on the wheelchair cried hysterically upon hearing this.

In Mu Wanxuan’s heart, the hatred for Gu Changsheng had become an obsession, one that wouldn’t rest until death.

"Even if you don’t leave, you can’t do anything to her! Even the existence of the taboo is opening doors for her! What can you do to her?" Lige became even more anxious upon hearing this, almost shouting as he continued, "Does elder sister remember the last scene seen in Linyuan City? The Nine-Layer Thunder Penalty Heavenly Tribulation descending from the Nine Heavens, the Slaying the Gods calamity, does elder sister remember? In that Nine-Layer Thunder Penalty Heavenly Tribulation, I sensed the power of the Heavenly Master, yet Gu Changsheng walked out alive! The Heavenly Master is the supreme existence of our Heavenly Kingdom, even his power couldn’t kill Gu Changsheng, what can you do to her? Elder sister, those taboos are not for us to touch, come with me, or we will leave no bones behind, what is there to talk about revenge?"

Lige’s words left Mu Wanxuan startled, unable to hide a trace of panic on her face.

The scene seen at the Linyuan City arena inadvertently replayed in Mu Wanxuan’s mind, the kind that startled gods and ghosts, the scene she awoke from midnight dreams drenched in sweat.

Yet she didn’t know, in the tribulation Gu Changsheng encountered, the involvement of the Heavenly Master Lige spoke of, and more accurately, at this moment, even Mu Wanxuan didn’t quite understand Lige!

She only knew that behind Lige was another powerful force far from this continent, she knew Lige was strong, had a high status, and was her long-lost sister, but other than that, she knew nothing!

Also, what Lige said further confused Mu Wanxuan completely!

"But, Gu Changsheng is still alive, I hate her, I want her dead..." Thinking of the scene in Linyuan City, Mu Wanxuan showed a hint of hesitation.

"We can’t decide her life and death! Even the Heavenly Master’s power from afar couldn’t take her life, which shows there must be another mystery about her! In the Star Innate Tower, I received the Heavenly Master’s summons to return to the Heavenly Kingdom immediately, to wait until the dust settles here! Elder sister, come with me, if we don’t leave, we’ll be deeply enmeshed in this continent’s destiny and won’t come to a good end!" Seeing Mu Wanxuan’s emotional fluctuation, Lige immediately spoke again, "Wait for the dust to settle, for the play to end here, the Heavenly Master will lead us to sweep across this continent and start a new era! Regardless of whether Gu Changsheng can survive until then, if she can, when the Heavenly Master arrives, as long as I’m here, you can naturally decide her fate!"

"Elder sister, the taboo on this continent even limits the Heavenly Master, you can’t continue to be blinded by hatred and remain stubborn!"

Lige spoke sincerely, and Mu Wanxuan finally listened, but her hatred for Gu Changsheng had surpassed everything. Whenever she saw her wheelchair, her severed tendons and tongue, Mu Wanxuan’s eyes showed complete unwillingness!

"But, what on earth is it? What is it you’re talking about?" Mu Wanxuan’s eyes were full of reluctance, though Lige’s words moved her somewhat, she couldn’t help but ask...