"Silly girl, don't go around talking about death from now on. As long as your Big Brother is alive for a single day, forget about these bastard brats, even if the Jade Emperor himself descends, he won't be able to lay a finger on you. Live well, don't be afraid of anything. I'll be there soon."
Hearing that Gu Qingfeng really intended to come, Lan Feier, Shui Yunruo, and even Su Hua inside the venue all felt a pang of worry. They didn't know if Gu Qingfeng was just talking or if he truly dared to come.
His Golden Core formation had failed, and he was severely injured. Yet here, experts were as numerous as clouds, and most of them had come specifically for him. The moment he showed his face, he would likely die without a proper burial.
Xiao Jinr asked worriedly, "Ah... Big Brother, are you really coming?"
"Of course. Idle hands are the devil's workshop."
Gu Qingfeng's words were utterly arrogant, prompting everyone present to curse him for not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth, nor the difference between life and death.
As long as he was around, even the Jade Emperor couldn't do anything?
What kind of person dared to spout such ignorant, boastful nonsense?
To be honest.
Many people present had heard Gu Qingfeng boast before. Lan Feier, Shui Yunruo, and the others had heard it more than once. They truly couldn't understand if this guy Gu Qingfeng was mentally ill or just missing a few screws.
What did he mean by 'idle hands are the devil's workshop'?
Was this a matter of being idle?
Right now, nearly all the experts from the Four Directions Great Domain were here, waiting to kill this guy.
And he actually said 'idle hands are the devil's workshop'.
That relaxed, casual, and indifferent tone was as if he was just going to watch some excitement, making it utterly incomprehensible.
"Big Brother, Jin'er thinks you'd better not come... There are so many of them..."
"Your Big Brother doesn't really want to come either, but hiding forever isn't a solution. You can hide today, but not tomorrow. You can dodge the first day of the month, but not the fifteenth. I can't spend my whole life in hiding, can I? Next time we meet, these bastard brats will still be hopping around blindly. Since they're all gathered now, it's perfect. Saves the trouble of endless harassment later. Might as well settle it thoroughly."
"Big Brother, you... how are you planning to settle it?" Xiao Jinr frowned and asked, "You're not going to kill people again, are you...?"
"Killing people... Ah!"
The voice from the Soul-Link Bracelet didn't sound like a response to Xiao Jinr, but more like a sigh, giving off a feeling of extreme helplessness. It was the kind of weariness that came from repeating the same thing day after day, year after year, until it bred disgust and irritation.
Immediately after, another voice came from the Soul-Link Bracelet. It wasn't Gu Qingfeng's voice, but someone else's, seemingly scolding Gu Qingfeng.
"Kid Gu, didn't you say killing people has made you disgusted and irritated? When you go later, if you can avoid taking action, don't. And... ah... forget it. If you don't kill a few, those bastard brats won't know fear. Then it'll be endless trouble again. You'd better take action."
The two seemed to be chatting casually. After a moment, Gu Qingfeng's helpless sigh came again: "This business of killing people... really! Thinking about it carefully, in this lifetime of mine, I haven't done a damn thing worthwhile. All I've done is this killing business. Killing people has made me feel nauseous, like I want to vomit..."
"You damn brat, back in the day, you'd get into a fight every three days, kill someone every six days, wipe out a sect every nine days, clean house completely every half year, and unleash a great massacre every year... The number of people you've killed in your life might damn well be more than this old man has ever seen... And you're only now getting sick of killing? If I were you, right now, forget killing people, even seeing people would make me sick..."
"Get lost! I'm talking to Little Jin'er here, don't spout nonsense. You'll scare her... Get lost over there."
Others might not recognize it, but Su Hua, Lan Feier, and the others could tell that besides Gu Qingfeng's voice from the Soul-Link Bracelet, there was also Huode's.
However, the things Huode said—forget Lan Feier and Shui Yunruo, even Su Hua, who had lived two lives, felt her scalp go numb and a chill run down her spine upon hearing them.
If these words had come from anyone else, none of them would have taken it seriously. But they came from Huode's mouth.
They all clearly remembered: at Liu Ren Mountain, Huode advised those people not to call for their sect ancestors, or they would all die. And that's exactly what happened.
At Cloud Mist Sect, Huode advised Su Hua not to make a bet with Gu Qingfeng. Su Hua lost. Later, Huode also advised her not to give Gu Qingfeng a massage, or she'd have bad luck. And then... she really had bad luck...
At the Taixuan Platform, Huode said Gu Qingfeng's musical attainments were peerless in the world. And they truly were peerless.
He also warned the Ten Little Hidden Dragons not to provoke Gu Qingfeng, or the consequences would be unimaginable. And that's exactly what happened...
At the ruins of Cloud Mist Sect, Huode once again warned the Ten Little Hidden Dragons to leave, or they would die...
And the Ten Little Hidden Dragons and the others all died...
Huode understood Gu Qingfeng very well, and everything he said came true.
Could it be that what he said this time was also true?
A fight every three days? Kill someone every six days?
Wipe out a sect every nine days?
Killed more people than Huode had ever seen?
What a joke! Huode had cultivated for several hundred years; the number of people he'd seen was countless. Who could possibly have killed more people than he had seen?
Was that even possible?
That Gu Qingfeng was neither a reincarnated expert nor a soul-possessing rebirth. How old was he? At most in his twenties, right?
Even if he treated killing as his daily bread, it would be impossible!
And in this lifetime, he hadn't done anything worthwhile, only this business of killing?
Killed until he felt nauseous and wanted to vomit?
How many people would that take?
What kind of concept was that?
No one could imagine.
Lan Feier, Shui Yunruo, and the others all suspected that Huode was up to his old tricks of being deliberately mysterious again. Su Hua thought so too. Even though every time Huode was 'mysterious,' it wasn't actually mysterious, they still thought so, because the things Huode said were just too outrageous...
Outrageous beyond belief...
"Big Brother... was that Grandpa Huode talking just now?"
Perhaps Huode's words had frightened Jin'er. The little girl frowned deeply and asked, "Big Brother, was Grandpa Huode talking about you just now, with all that stuff about killing people?"
"Don't listen to Huode's nonsense. He's just joking around."
"Jin'er thought Grandpa Huode was talking about Big Brother... It scared me to death..."
"Don't be afraid, Jin'er. Your Big Brother is a good person, a really good person. This business of killing people, I rarely do it..."
Just as Gu Qingfeng's voice was coming from the Soul-Link Bracelet, Huode's deeply aggrieved voice suddenly cut in: "Damn, I can't take it anymore... These words are really grating on the ears... I say, Kid Gu, even if you're making up lies, can't you be a bit more believable? Aren't you blushing when you say these things? Aren't you ashamed? Touch your chest, do you even believe it yourself? Little Jin'er might be young, but she's not a three-year-old child. Are you trying to fool a silly girl?"