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Translator: Fate
Translation Checker: Silavin
There was no need to talk much about the Sky Deer Goddess’ appearance. With her ethereal and wise exterior, and her eyes that held some kind of transcendent holiness, the Sky Deer Goddess looked as though she was untainted by this world, and her beauty only belonged in dreams. But at this moment, she was saying with her mouth about her being a concubine, in a rather resentful tone at that.
This shocked the Third Mountain Elder, who opened his eyes wide in disbelief. However, the Sky Deer Goddess didn’t look or sound like she was lying. To the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, her identity was transcendent and noble. She would never say such words so easily.
Meanwhile, Gu Wudi somewhat believed her. There was no better explanation for why she, the Sky Deer Goddess, would accompany Gu Changge, a person from the Upper Realm.
This also showed how terrifying of an identity Gu Changge had, for the Sky Deer Goddess to willingly say such words. Gu Wudi couldn’t help but feel envious. Even the Successor of the Nine Great Mountains had to be respectful in the presence of the Sky Deer Goddess.
“Is this a joke, Sky Deer Goddess?” The Third Mountain Elder’s expression quickly returned to normal, but the shock still remained in his eyes.
“I don’t think I need to be joking right at a time like this,” she replied with a smile, putting on a thoroughly convincing act. “Isn’t that so, my dear?”
She then lightly blinked as she looked at Gu Changge who was beside her. He could smell the bewitching fragrance drifting off of her.
“Can’t you act more dignified in front of others?” Gu Changge seemed a little resigned when he gently wrapped his arm around her slender waist. His eyes held the right amount of tender pampering. He knew what she was up to. She must have expected that he would not ‘eat‘ her because of her Nine Mysteries Yearning Physique that was why she was so confident about putting on a show and saying something like this in public.
However, Gu Changge had never been one to get the shorter end of the stick. Even if there was currently no solution to the problem of the Nine Mysteries Yearning Physique, he could still easily take advantage of her.
A faint pink appeared on Sky Deer Goddess’ cheeks when she felt a warm feeling coming from her waist. She could feel a chilly aura at the tip of her nose, as if Immortal Ice was placed in front of it.
She snorted softly and broke free from Gu Changge’s hold. “And shouldn’t you keep your hands to yourself in front of outsiders, my dear?”
Seeing this, the Third Mountain Elder no longer had doubts. Instead, he had a cautious look on his face as he guessed Gu Changge’s identity. After all, he must be someone terrifyingly important for the Sky Deer Goddess to say that he was her husband. The news that she became someone’s concubine might cause an uproar in the whole Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains if word ever got out.
“May I know who this is? To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?” The Third Mountain Elder asked with a slightly solemn expression.
Hearing this, the Sky Deer Goddess smiled again and explained, “You may call my husband Young Master. You don’t have to worry about his identity.”
“I see.” The Third Mountain Elder cupped his hands respectfully at Gu Changge. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Young Master.”
Being the experienced person he was, the Third Mountain Elder had already gotten the gist of it from these few words.
Although the Nine Great Mountains were aloof and detached from the world. Mighty enough to not care about the rest, no one could say for sure if any hidden Families were more ancient than it. Likewise, had contact with those in the Immortal Realm, or had the blood of the Immortals flowing in their veins.
He subconsciously wondered about Gu Changge’s identity, but despite thinking of all the possibilities, the Third Mountain Elder didn’t even consider the possibility of Gu Changge being someone from the Upper Realm. After all, to him, this was impossible. There was no way the Sky Deer Goddess would be so close to someone from the Upper Realm.
After all, the Upper Realm had been an enemy that had been trying to invade Sky Deer City all this time. As the one responsible for guarding Sky Deer City, the Sky Deer Goddess wouldn’t want to be associated with them in any way.
The Third Mountain Elder calmed down, and the look on his face returned to normal as he asked, “May I know what brought you here to the Nine Great Mountains, Sky Deer Goddess?”
He had a feeling that she was here because of the invasion of the Upper Realm in. After all, Sky Deer City might need the support of the Nine Great Mountains. [Now that I think about it, this can be used as a reason to persecute Second Mountain Elder.]
“The main reason for my visit this time is to see Eldest Senior Sister, who had left Sky Deer City and came here. I would like to know how she is doing,” The Sky Deer Goddess replied with a smile, sounding convincing enough to not raise any doubt. Of course, this was one of her goals in coming here.
“You mean Chen Suyun?” The Third Mountain Elder slightly furrowed his eyebrows. He didn’t know much about the supposed grudge between Chen Suyun and the Sky Deer Goddess. All that he knew was that the two used to be Senior and Junior Sisters to each other. That they were both candidates to be the next Sky Deer Goddess. Although Chen Suyun has been a disciple for a long time, her cultivation couldn’t compete with that of her Junior Sister. Later, for reasons unknown, Chen Suyun left Sky Deer City and came to the Nine Great Mountains to study under the Second Mountain Elder.
“She’s the one.” Sky Deer Goddess slightly nodded.
The Third Mountain Elder’s eyes flickered slightly as he was calculating the gains and losses.
[Chen Suyun is now the Eldest Senior Sister in the Nine Great Mountains, and she is fairly prestigious among the disciples. It would be embarrassing for the Nine Great Mountains if the Sky Deer Goddess came to seek revenge. However, the Sky Deer Goddess must be aware of how much of a problem this could be, which is why she has her husband to accompany her. It also seems like it is with her husband’s identity that she has the confidence to come here.]
With these thoughts in mind, the Third Mountain Elder let out a smile and suggested, “Chen Suyun is the disciple of Second Mountain Elder. You will have to go to the Second Mountain if you want to see her. But this must have been a long journey for you. How about resting here for the time being? I will get my disciple to inform Second Mountain Elder. What do you think, Sky Deer Goddess?”
Hearing this, Sky Deer Goddess seemed to ponder over it for a while before she looked at Gu Changge beside her and blinked. “How does that sound, my dear?”
After all, at the end of the day, all decisions were up to Gu Changge to make. She had no say in this at all.
“How about we do as Third Mountain Elder said? You are in no hurry anyway,” Gu Changge replied with a small smile, the expression on his handsome face remained gentle and natural the whole time.
“In that case, why not take a rest first, and I’ll send my disciple to the Second Mountain to inform of your arrival.” The Third Mountain Elder smiled and ordered Gu Wudi to arrange a place for Gu Changge and the Sky Deer Goddess to rest.
There were many magnificent yet simple Mystic Mountains and palaces, designed completely different from the current era around the Third Mountain. Light lingered in the mountains, and dense, colourful mist flowed. All kinds of heavenly herbs were planted in the medicine fields, and disciples were dedicated to taking care of them.
“Young Master, please rest here for now.” Gu Wudi brought Gu Changge and the Sky Deer Goddess into a magnificent hall and then dutifully retreated. With his life in Gu Changge’s hands, Gu Wudi didn’t dare to have any disrespectful thoughts. He had also told Gu Changge all the secrets about the Nine Great Mountains that he knew on the way to the Third Mountain.
After seeing Gu Wudi leave, Gu Changge thought for a while in the hall, and then took out his Chaos Purple Scripture to deduce who was the Fortuitous One this time. Although he had not seen the Fortuitous One with his own eyes, he already knew who it was from Gu Wudi’s words alone.
*Hmm!* A burst of glistening purple light appeared on the Chaos Purple Scripture as inexplicable energy descended. An image suddenly appeared on the sort of blurry mirror-like surface.
“What kind of secret treasure is this?” The Sky Deer Goddess looked over with a strange gaze. She could feel how extraordinary this secret treasure was, how it could peer into Fortity and karma. It was as if it could deduce both the past and the future.
However, Gu Changge ignored her and kept looking at the image that emerged in the Chaos Purple Scripture.
He saw a stormy night where the sky and earth were shrouded in darkness. Occasionally, lightning flashed across the sky like a beast baring its teeth and claws, illuminating the dark. A horrific killing was taking place in a palace hidden in a misty forest.
Within a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometres, divine light flickered, and a sea of runes with a terrifying momentum swept in all directions, destroying everything. It was earth-shattering. Many died tragically in this battle, jointly resisting the invasion of the foreign enemies. There was another team that was quietly escorting a baby hidden in a swaddle as they intended to tear through space and escape from this place.
[Could it be this baby? He is Xiao Yang of the Nine Great Mountains, the Fortuitous One this time?] Gu Changge’s eyes naturally fell on the baby in the image while he thought. He could see Xiao Yang’s family had encountered a terrifying sneak attack.
Those who escaped after breaking through space had obviously been prepared for the invasion for a long time. They were also powerful, most likely surpassing the Sacred Emperor Realm.
Even so, this battle destroyed Xiao Yang’s family, leaving only ruins in the end.
Of course, some survived the ambush and slipped away by luck. However, in Gu Changge’s eyes, this was in line with how there would always be building blocks in front of a Fortuitous One. Naturally he expected that Xiao Yang had suffered and held a deep grudge.
[I wonder if those who attacked his family belonged to the Upper Realm or the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains?] Gu Changge squinted as various thoughts flashed in his mind.
Generally speaking, the remnant family members of the Fortuitous One had to be somewhat special. They either possessed some kind of great treasure which could be coveted by all, or they could have some kind of special bloodline or physique, and were hated or revered by others.
[Green blood… Loses their mind when they fight… Eyes turning golden… Increase in strength… Could it be that Family? If so, they may have inextricable karma with the Immortal Gu Family. It has been more than twenty years now. How wonderful.] Thinking of this, Gu Changge suddenly thought of something. [I’ll need to make time to send a message back to my Family and check with them.]
He guessed that Xiao Yang had something to do with the Family of Protectors of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains. In fact, Xiao Yang could be one of those who successfully escaped back then.
Gu Changge still remembered that the Immortal Gu Family had ordered a group from the Family to exterminate the Family of Protectors in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains more than twenty years ago. The timeline did make sense if that was the case.
The strength of the Protectors of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains’ bloodline lay in their ability to summon Immortal Heroic Souls from the universe. As long as their bloodline survived, these souls could be considered to be Immortal.
The Family even built a cemetery in their own Spiritual Sea to bury the Masters from different generations. Even if these Souls had fallen countless years ago, they could recall these Souls from the universe and fight side by side again.
Once, during a battle with the Upper Realm, a Protector summoned an Immortal Soul. Even though it was from a Remnant Immortal, it caused terrifying damage to the Upper Realm Army.
The Immortal Gu Family had been planning for a long time to wipe out the Protectors more than twenty years ago, and they finally chose to strike when the Protectors were at their weakest. That was when the Head of the Protectors failed to breakthrough and was seriously injured. In addition, his child had just been born, and his wife was weak.
Although their bloodline was strong, only a handful of them could summon Heroic Souls. Moreover, there weren’t a lot of members as they had always been in a state of seclusion.
Gu Changge was in awe of how anyone managed to escape even under that planned-out full-scale attack.
[But Xiao Yang just had to bump into me! I wonder how far his luck can take him this time?] Gu Changge waved his sleeves and kept the Chaos Purple Scripture.
Although the Sky Deer Goddess was a little curious about the image that emerged in the Chaos Purple Scripture just now, she was tactful and didn’t ask. Some things were better left unknown.
“Three days later, Second Mountain Elder’s disciple will compete with Gu Wudi for the right to guard the Celestial Seal of the Nine Mountains. The Nine Great Mountains do no doubt our intentions. That might be the best time for us to act,” she said with a smile. Her eyes were shining brightly as holiness and demonic nature coexisted in her. She didn’t sound like she cared about the Nine Great Mountains at all.
Gu Changge was intrigued when he heard her words. “What is this, Celestial Seal of the Nine Mountains?”
Even though Gu Wudi would suppress his cultivation to be in the same as Xiao Yang in the competition three days later, they had a Three-Strike Pact to fulfil. Gu Changge thought that Gu Wudi would lose for sure.
After all, in the face of a bet made with a Fortuitous One, especially when they had to fulfil a Three-Strike Pact, a cliche everyone was most familiar with, the result was predictable. The Fortuitous One would defeat him right when none of them expected much of him, and eventually win the bet.
Gu Changge had seen this cliche play out far too many times.
Gu Wudi’s Fortuity itself was vague and insubstantial, and there were too many other factors. Not to mention, Xiao Yang himself was tougher than he seemed to be, and he had many tricks up his sleeve. Therefore, according to how the story would normally flow, Gu Wudi would lose three days later because of his carelessness, and the Celestial Seal of the Nine Mountains would fall into Xiao Yang’s hands.
The Sky Deer Goddess thought for a while and told Gu Changge what she knew. “I have only heard that the Celestial Seal of the Nine Mountains is the foundation of the Nine Great Mountains. It had accumulated the Power of Faith, Fortuity, destiny, and many other things of the Nine Great Mountains over the years. It is extremely mysterious. It is a supreme treasure beyond the Nirvana Grade. The reason the Nine Great Mountains have been able to hide here for so long has a lot to do with it.”
Gu Changge nodded as his heart skipped a beat. [That is to say, if the Nine Great Mountains were an independent world, the Celestial Seal of the Nine Mountains would be a world treasure that could suppress one’s Fortuity?]
Soon, news about the Sky Deer Goddess’ arrival at the Nine Great Mountains spread from the Third Mountain, causing uproar everywhere. Even though the disciples of the Nine Great Mountains had not left this place for many years, they were no strangers to the Sky Deer Goddess.
In the eyes of many, she held the important responsibility of guarding Sky Deer City, like the Nine Great Mountains was protecting the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains. But her reason for her arrival here this time appeared to be quite an unfriendly one. It was related to a former Senior Sister of hers, Chen Suyun, who was now the Eldest Senior Sister of the Nine Great Mountains. There was a lot of enmity between the Sky Deer Goddess and Chen Suyun, and it seemed that the Sky Deer Goddess was here to resolve this matter.
Many disciples of the Nine Great Mountains were extremely surprised by this. Some were even angry, thinking that she was here to seek revenge. Not only that, she was accompanied by a young man she claimed was her husband. However, the identity of that young man was mysterious. Even the Third Mountain Elder treated him courteously and with respect.
This incident quickly spread among the mountains of the Nine Great Mountains, causing great commotion.
