Su Hua had no idea what Gu Qingfeng's true body was all about. Not only had she never seen anything like it, she had never even heard of such a thing before. Suppressing the curiosity and confusion in her heart, she continued her examination. Soon, another matter that left her utterly astonished came to light.
She discovered that the meridians within Gu Qingfeng's body were in a state of absolute chaos. Various meridians were tangled together in an intricate, complex mess, like thousands of vines twisted into one. It was as chaotic as could be.
How could anyone have meridians this chaotic?
She didn't know. She wasn't clear.
Since she wasn't using her Divine Sense to probe, she could only rely on touch, getting a rough idea. The specific details weren't too clear to her.
Immediately after, she discovered another bizarre thing about Gu Qingfeng's body—Gu Qingfeng actually had no acupoints.
This fellow was clearly at the Purple Mansion cultivation level. Yet, one must open all the acupoints in their body to be able to establish a Purple Mansion. How could he have no acupoints?
Yes.
None. It wasn't that they weren't opened; they simply didn't exist at all.
Not even a single one.
Every human being has acupoints. Even those who aren't cultivators have them; they're just not opened. How could he have none?
Su Hua simply couldn't hold back any longer. She released her Divine Sense to conduct a detailed examination. But the moment she began probing, Gu Qingfeng's voice came through.
"Sister Su, a massage is a massage. Why bring out the Divine Sense?"
There was nothing inherently wrong with the statement itself, but the teasing tone Gu Qingfeng used to say it made Su Hua feel quite awkward. After all, using Divine Sense to probe someone without permission was an extremely impolite act. It was like trying to break down someone's door and barge into their home without consent. In many situations, such behavior was met with disdain.
Su Hua wasn't unaware of this. It was just that her curiosity was simply too overwhelming. She hadn't been able to resist, almost instinctively releasing her Divine Sense. Now that Gu Qingfeng had detected it, she felt very embarrassed. She immediately apologized, then offered an explanation.
"Young Lord Chiyan, it's like this... The Great Sublime Spring-Return Finger involves many techniques for massaging meridians and acupoints. I discovered your meridians are extremely chaotic, and you also seem to lack acupoints. So, I wanted to try using my Divine Sense to examine more carefully. I am truly very sorry."
"Is that so?"
Gu Qingfeng glanced at her and responded with a smile, "I failed my Foundation Establishment, which caused an abnormal transformation in my physical body. That's how I ended up like this."
Su Hua had heard Ouyang Ye mention this before. However, in her understanding, while failing Foundation Establishment could indeed cause abnormal physical changes, this fellow's transformation was just too exaggerated. Not only were his meridians chaotic, but his acupoints were completely gone. Driven by curiosity, she asked further, "Establishing a Purple Mansion requires opening acupoints, right? If you have no acupoints, how did you manage to establish your Purple Mansion?"
Gu Qingfeng shrugged. "I just muddled through and somehow managed to establish it."
Nearby, Huode, squatting on the ground and smoking his large pipe, watched Gu Qingfeng spouting such nonsense with a straight face, feeling immense disdain in his heart.
Chaotic meridians?
No acupoints?
And muddling through to establish a Purple Mansion?
Others might not know, but Huode knew very clearly. He had asked the same questions before. He still remembered clearly Gu Qingfeng saying that, if he wished, his meridians could change however he wanted. Even the lines on his palm could transform into thousands of meridians. As for acupoints, he could have as many of those as he wanted. If he wished, a single drop of his saliva could contain billions of acupoints.
Those were Gu Qingfeng's exact words.
Huode hadn't understood it back then, and he still didn't understand it now.
However, the one thing he was certain of was that Gu Qingfeng could no longer be measured by normal standards. His existence had long since transcended the benchmarks of ordinary cultivators. Even monsters among monsters, freaks among freaks, would be considered normal people in front of him.
Clearly, Su Hua was being misled by Gu Qingfeng's bizarre nature.
Huode felt sympathy for her, and he also hoped she would know when to stop and not continue probing Gu Qingfeng.
Because he knew better than anyone just how terrifying Gu Qingfeng's existence was. If she continued probing, there would only be two outcomes. The first: being scared to death.
Yes, scared to death.
Back in the day, Huode had witnessed with his own eyes someone using Divine Sense to probe Gu Qingfeng, only to drop dead on the spot from fright.
They were truly scared to death.
And it wasn't just one person. It was a whole group—tens of thousands of people from an entire sect. Anyone who used Divine Sense to probe him was scared to death on the spot.
If not for that, a saying wouldn't have spread throughout this world:
"Better to ascend to the Nine Heavens to comprehend heavenly secrets, or descend to the Nine Nethers to investigate earthly divinations, than to ever dare pry into the mind of the Chixiao Monarch."
And that was just back then. Who the hell knew how much more terrifying Gu Qingfeng had become after his stint mixing it up in the Heavenly Realm?
That was the result of probing without permission. If Gu Qingfeng were to open his mind and allow you to probe, the consequences would likely be even more terrifying than being scared to death.
You would feel the heavens were unjust. You would feel life was utterly bleak. You would feel you were nothing but trash, an ant.
Back when Gu Qingfeng was cultivating in this world, every time he broke through a realm, it would either shake heaven and earth or move ghosts and gods to tears. He would either condense a pile of Golden Cores, nurture a devouring Nascent Soul, or create a soul manifestation that blotted out the sky and sun...
As the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. In many cases, ignorance is a very good state of mind, at least when it comes to cultivation.
Precisely because you know little, you can cultivate with greater peace of mind. But if you were to learn about Gu Qingfeng's situation, you would feel that the Golden Core you painstakingly cultivated was nothing but a glass marble. The Nascent Soul you nurtured through nine deaths and one life was just a suckling infant. The soul manifestation you finally cultivated after thousands of years of effort was just a pathetic shadow...
When you finally survive the Three Disasters, Six Difficulties, and Nine Tribulations to become an Immortal, only to have him roar with such might that you cough up blood from your mouth and nose, you would truly feel all hope was lost.
You would feel utter despair. You would feel cultivation held no meaning whatsoever.
Huode had profound personal experience with this. Back when he learned of Gu Qingfeng's situation and witnessed those Immortals descending from the Nine Heavens only to be slaughtered by Gu Qingfeng like pigs and dogs, leaving not a single scrap behind, Huode completely lost any mood for cultivation.
Cultivate my ass!
Even those damn Immortals descending from the Nine Heavens were so fragile. With just one slap from Gu Qingfeng, they'd die just like that. What was there left to cultivate?
So, from then on, Huode simply couldn't be bothered to cultivate anymore. It was pointless. Even if you cultivated to become an Immortal, you'd still be just as vulnerable when you met a true expert. Since that was the case, you might as well live a carefree life now. Otherwise, after all the hardship of cultivating to immortality, you'd just get slapped to death by someone. That would be the worst luck imaginable.
Looking at Su Hua, who wanted to probe Gu Qingfeng, Huode shook his head and sighed. Although he knew Gu Qingfeng wouldn't do anything to Su Hua, Huode still remembered that Gu Qingfeng had said earlier that Su Hua's motives weren't pure and that she needed to be taught a lesson.
He was almost certain that the so-called lack of acupoints, chaotic meridians, and even the request for Su Hua to serve as a maiden attendant were all steps in a trap Gu Qingfeng had set step by step. And clearly, Su Hua had already taken the bait and was now walking step by step deeper into it herself.
The train of thought is clear now. Five chapters will continue to be updated tomorrow!