Gu Qingfeng had not intended to disturb Xiao Jinr and was preparing to leave quietly, never expecting to be discovered. Since that was the case, he could only reveal himself to bid farewell.
Though Jin'er was young, she was very sensible. She knew Gu Qingfeng had important matters to attend to, and despite the reluctance in her heart, she said nothing about it, merely holding onto Gu Qingfeng tightly for a long time without letting go.
"Be good, Jin'er. Wait for me, I'll come find you when I'm done."
"Mhm! Big Brother must be careful! Jin'er will wait for Big Brother forever, work hard on cultivation, and hope that one day I can help Big Brother..." Gu Qingfeng smiled and gently tapped Xiao Jinr's delicate nose, stroking her hair. He, too, felt somewhat reluctant to part with the little girl.
Beside them.
Su Hua stared intently at Gu Qingfeng, her flawless face wearing an exceptionally complex expression—one of disbelief, even more so of an inability to accept.
Yes.
Disbelief.
Especially when this wisp of spiritual consciousness conjured by Gu Qingfeng appeared, it made Su Hua almost unable to believe her own eyes.
This wisp of Gu Qingfeng's spiritual consciousness burned slowly like a flame—a flame that was dark, cold, and silent, yet domineering and peerless, as if it could incinerate all things between heaven and earth, inspiring awe in those who beheld it.
This spiritual aura was all too familiar to Su Hua. To be precise, she could never forget this kind of silent, dark, cold flame-like spirit.
Because this dark, cold spirit had taken liberties with her twice before.
The first time, her body had been seen clearly by the owner of this wisp of spirit. The second time was even worse—every inch of her skin had been touched by the owner of this wisp of spirit.
Su Hua had lived two lives. In this life, she was the unparalleled fairy revered by all in the world; in her previous life, she had been honored as a Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden. Ordinarily, whether ghosts, monsters, immortals, or demons, all treated her with respect. Let alone being physically molested, she had never even been verbally teased. Yet now, not only had her body been seen completely, but every inch of her skin had been... touched...
Su Hua had never suffered such a profound humiliation.
She had been searching for that lecherous scoundrel all along.
Just before coming to the Great Northwest, she had even gone so far as to use the Heart Divination to divine his whereabouts, but alas, she had not managed to track him down.
Ever since being molested, she had dreamed of catching that fellow.
Unfortunately, even now, she still did not know who he was or where he was.
What she never could have imagined was that the spirit that had taken liberties with her would appear in Xiao Jinr's dream. And even more unimaginable was that this person turned out to be Gu Qingfeng—the one who had turned to ashes and then returned from death!
Perhaps the truth was too shocking, leaving Su Hua momentarily unable to react. She stood there dumbfounded, at a loss, even feeling as if the heavens and earth were spinning and her spirit was on the verge of collapse.
Over here.
After bidding farewell to Xiao Jinr, just as Gu Qingfeng was about to leave, Su Hua's voice rang out: "Wait! Stop!"
"Sister Su, what is it? Do you have something to say?"
"Do I have something to say? Heh... That's a really good question..." Su Hua let out a bitter laugh, staring at Gu Qingfeng as she asked, "Do you remember me?"
Her question left Gu Qingfeng utterly baffled. "Sister, what do you mean?"
"What do I mean? Heh... Gu, do you know I've been looking for you for a very, very long time... I never could have imagined that the bastard was actually you!"
"Bastard?"
"You're still pretending to be clueless in front of me now, heh... Do you really think I'm blind?"
"I say, Sister Su, can you speak a bit more clearly?"
"Gu, you lecherous scoundrel! You took liberties with me, molested me, time and again. Do you think I don't know? Do I need to make it any clearer?"
"Liberties? Molestation? Sister, when have I ever taken liberties with you..." As he spoke, Gu Qingfeng suddenly froze, instantly realizing something was wrong. Thinking it over carefully, he immediately understood the crux of the matter. Earlier, he had been solely focused on investigating Xiao Jinr's dream and had forgotten that Su Hua recognized his divine sense. From this wisp of his spiritual consciousness, she would naturally know he was the one who had teased her inside the Mysterious Era fragment.
He had just been wondering why Su Hua was suddenly saying such inexplicable things—calling him a bastard and a lecherous scoundrel. So it turned out she had discovered him. Looking at Su Hua's beautiful eyes filled with rage, Gu Qingfeng knew this woman would definitely be too angry to let it go and would try to fight him. This was Xiao Jinr's dream realm; fighting here would be inconvenient. Without another thought, he instantly vanished.
"Jin'er, work hard on your cultivation. I'll come see you later!"
Just as Gu Qingfeng disappeared, Su Hua vanished as well.
That night!
The moon was dark, the wind high, and dark clouds gathered densely.
In the void, fierce Gang Winds howled forth.
As Gu Qingfeng's figure appeared, Su Hua's figure also manifested in succession.
Here.
Su Hua was no longer the transcendent, radiant, holy, and exquisitely beautiful Nine Heavens fairy who seemed untouched by mortal dust. Standing amidst the Gang Wind, her three thousand strands of black hair flew wildly in the savage gale, her snow-white robes fluttering madly. Her flawless face wore an exceptionally stern expression, her beautiful eyes brimming with rolling fury. Her chest heaved unevenly, the flames of her anger as if ready to erupt at any moment.
"Do you think you can run away?"
Su Hua spoke word by word, her voice icy to the bone, so cold it seemed to still even the Gang Wind in the void. She stared fixedly at Gu Qingfeng, the fury in her eyes growing ever more intense. If looks could kill, Gu Qingfeng would have long been drenched in blood, turned to ashes and annihilated.
Compared to her, Gu Qingfeng appeared much calmer.
Standing in mid-air, his long hair unmoving, his sleeves still, his handsome face wore a carefree expression. Even the smile at the corner of his mouth remained as teasing as ever. "Sister, if I wanted to run, you wouldn't be able to find me. I'm just here to clear up the misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding? You still have the face to talk to me about a misunderstanding?"
"Well, it is one. Initially, after leaving the Mysterious Era fragment with you, I didn't know you were bathing at the time... It was just a coincidence, and besides, I didn't know you then."
"You really didn't know me at the time, but what about later? Hmph! When I first met you in the Great Northwest, you had already recognized me, yet you deliberately said nothing, acting as if nothing had happened, pretending not to know me. And what's even more despicable is that after taking liberties with me in the Mysterious Era fragment, you still made me give you a shoulder massage at Yunxia Sect, you shameless bastard!!"
"You recognized me long ago, kept refusing to say anything, teased me repeatedly inside the Mysterious Era, even said your name was Chijiu Ye and told me to come find you. Do you have any shame left!"
"The first time you took liberties with me, the second time you clearly knew my identity, yet you not only... didn't explain, but also... also physically molested me... You... you shameless, despicable dead lecher!"
"Sister, the second time, I originally wanted to tell you, but you didn't give me a chance. You came at me ready to fight right away. If I didn't fight back, you wouldn't let me go. I could only restrain you..."
"You bastard! Go die!"