"And then? What's his name? What's his Daoist title? And where is he from?"
Hearing that Qiānlíng knew the mysterious Great Lord's surname was Gu, Mu Lingyao immediately poured out all the questions in her heart.
"He only told me his surname is Gu, nothing else."
"Ling'er, why didn't you ask him more!"
Qiānlíng looked like she was about to cry. "Do you think I didn't want to ask? But if he doesn't want to say, there's nothing I can do."
"That's true."
Mu Lingyao scratched her head, murmuring, "Surname Gu, and it's the 'Gu' meaning 'ancient'. Just knowing a surname isn't much use. There are countless people in the world with the surname Gu. But, Ling'er, since he was willing to tell you his surname, if you kept pressing, you probably could have found out his identity, right?"
"I don't dare to casually inquire about his private affairs anymore."
Before, not knowing how terrifying Gu Qingfeng was, Qiānlíng hadn't cared. But now that she knew, she truly didn't dare to pry recklessly. Just thinking back to when she had questioned Gu Qingfeng's identity on the floating island made her feel a lingering fear. She was also grateful that Gu Qingfeng hadn't held it against her; otherwise, even if she had ten lives, it wouldn't have been enough for him to kill.
"Ling'er is right."
Bai Susu said, "You must remember, never casually investigate his identity in the future. Otherwise, if you anger him, the consequences would be unimaginable. You've witnessed his strength. If he wanted to kill you, it would be simpler than crushing an ant."
Huadiexianzi, Qiānlíng, and Mu Lingyao all nodded. After witnessing Gu Qingfeng's terror, they clearly understood that with his power, erasing them would indeed be easier than crushing an ant.
"Not only should you not casually investigate his identity, but you should also try to stay away from him in the future. It's best not to have any interaction with him at all."
As Bai Susu's voice came, Mu Lingyao said, "Sister Susu, we won't casually investigate his identity from now on, but there's no need to stay away from him, right? He's not a bad person."
"How long have you known him? How do you know he's not a bad person?"
"Although I haven't known him for long... I feel he doesn't seem like a bad person. Moreover, the Great Lord lived in the Xiaoluo Secret Realm for decades. If he were truly a bad person, Ling'er and Qiānniǎo probably wouldn't have survived until now."
Qiānniǎo also nodded and said, "Sister Susu, Sister Yao'er is right. Little Drunkard—oh no, the Great Lord—he really isn't a bad person. Not only is he not bad, but he's also very easygoing. He's been like that all the years he lived in our Xiaoluo Secret Realm. If not for coming to Fengyue Small World this time, we wouldn't even have known he was this powerful."
Bai Susu sighed. "You are all too young. In this world, there is no absolute distinction between good and bad people. A good person can become bad in an instant, and a bad person can also have moments of mercy. Although I don't know what kind of existence he truly is, nor whether he is good or bad, the fact that with a single shout on the floating island he frightened three people to death, with a single kick on the Tower of Stolen Gold he sent Dan Lei's limbs flying in a bloody mess, and especially with a single shout he shattered the meridians and dispersed the Immortal Energy of thousands—based on this alone, it indicates a terrifying problem."
"What terrifying problem?"
Bai Susu looked at Huadiexianzi and the others, her expression solemn. "He has definitely killed countless people in the past."
"Ah! Killed countless people?"
Mu Lingyao was shocked. "But he didn't kill a single person on the Tower of Stolen Gold. He only shattered their meridians and dispersed their Immortal Energy."
"That's exactly why I say you're too young! Do you think killing is difficult? No! Not at all. Killing is simple—just raise the blade and drop it. For example, if you fight someone whose cultivation level is inferior to yours, you might kill them with one move. But can you shatter their meridians with one move? Can you disperse their Immortal Energy with one move?"
As she spoke, Bai Susu pointed, transforming a spirit fruit on the table into four small snakes. "With your strength, killing these four small snakes is easy, right? Try to see if you can injure the snakes' meridians and shatter their gallbladders without killing them."
Huadiexianzi and the other three knew these four small snakes were transformed by Bai Susu, so they had no reservations. They began to cast spells, trying to injure the snakes' meridians and shatter their gallbladders without killing them.
However.
After they acted.
Qiānniǎo directly messed up and killed the snake.
Mu Lingyao did manage to shatter the snake's meridians and gallbladder, but the snake was also reduced to a bloody, mushy pulp.
Qiānlíng controlled her strength quite well, but she was too gentle, only injuring the snake's skin.
Among the four, Huadiexianzi controlled her strength the best. Without killing the snake, she shattered its meridians and gallbladder. Unfortunately, she only shattered a small part of the meridians, and the gallbladder only cracked. Still, the snake was on the verge of death.
Huadiexianzi and the others tried several times but couldn't succeed. Either their power was too strong or too weak. Controlling this precision was truly difficult.
Bai Susu gently pointed, and the snakes immediately became still. When the others probed with their divine sense—good heavens—the snakes' meridians were completely shattered, and their gallbladders were crushed.
"Sister Susu, how did you do that?"
Bai Susu continued gravely, "This requires not only micro-level control of divine sense, the changes deduced by the mind, lightning-fast reactions of thought, and precise mastery of power but also a thorough understanding of the snake. Only then is it possible. I can do it because my true form is a snake, so I understand snakes very well."
"But humans are different. Because each person's cultivation level is different, their fortunes are different, and their physical bodies and Immortal Energy are different. He shattered the meridians and dispersed the Immortal Energy of thousands with a single shout. Do you know what kind of concept that is? Do you think this only shows his immense strength? No! Far from it. The meaning behind this is much more terrifying than the power of that single shout."
"What... what do you mean?"
Mu Lingyao and the others were completely stunned by Bai Susu's words.
"As I said earlier, to disperse someone's Immortal Energy with one move, the power must be controlled with perfect precision—not too strong, not too weak. Too strong might kill them; too weak might not injure them at all. This requires judging based on the opponent's cultivation level. Don't forget that the cultivation levels of those thousands of people varied greatly. Yet he could shatter their meridians and disperse their Immortal Energy with a single shout."
"What does this mean? It means he had a thorough understanding of the cultivation levels of those thousands of people. In other words, his divine sense is so powerful that with a single sweep, he can see through everything about his opponents."
Huadiexianzi and the others listened, their hair standing on end, horrified. "How is that possible!"
"I also thought it was impossible, but the facts are as such. Otherwise, he absolutely could not have crippled thousands with a single shout."
After saying this, Bai Susu flicked her hand. As light blossomed, thousands of snakes of various sizes densely filled the waterside pavilion. With a point of her finger in the air, some of the thousands of snakes were sent flying in a bloody mess, some were torn apart, some only had their skin injured, and some remained completely unharmed.
"Just like these small snakes, they vary in size and can withstand different amounts of force. With one move, I might be able to annihilate them, but I absolutely cannot shatter their meridians and crush their gallbladders."