Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 26 Lü Ling'er
Bai Xiangtian struggled to resist the heat, and suddenly felt a malicious intent. He opened his eyes abruptly and found a pair of eyes staring at him with a smile. He immediately became alert, but soon realized something was wrong. They were almost pointing at Gu Xiaoxing, and he asked in surprise: "You... How is it possible? Don't you use your cultivation to protect yourself?"
Bai Xiangtian couldn't help but be surprised. After ten days of scorching heat, although his physical body had improved a lot, it was still far from reaching the level of Gu Xiaoxing who could easily withstand the heat with his physical body alone.
"There's nothing I can do! It seems that my bones are still stronger." Gu Xiaoxing sighed, and suddenly exclaimed, "Hey! Senior Brother Bai, what's going on? Why is your cultivation weakening? Where are the mid-grade spirit stones? Take them out and replenish them!"
Gu Xiaoxing taunted back and seemed to be asking for a beating, but he felt that there was nothing to worry about in the current situation.
"A villain is getting ahead..." Bai Xiangtian snorted coldly, and his expression suddenly changed. Especially when he saw the other party suddenly took out a big fishhook, he panicked, "What do you want to do? Don't come over here!"
Gu Xiaoxing raised the hook in his hand, showing a friendly smile, and said: "Come on, nephew, call me uncle."
"Don't even think about it! Mr. Gu, let me tell you, my father is the second-generation chief elder. If you dare to touch me, you'll be dead!" Bai Xiangtian looked at the big hook that was getting closer and closer, he was frightened and immediately said angrily.
"You dare to threaten me!" Gu Xiaoxing glared with fierce eyes, and the big fishhook produced countless barbs as it spewed out light.
Bai Xiangtian was so frightened that his hair stood on end. He gritted his teeth and roared, "I will fight you!"
Gu Xiaoxing retreated instantly. He had actually been on guard! He had used this kind of sudden and unexpected attack before. Then he saw the opponent suddenly offer a bag and "swoosh" the person into it. He did not react until the bag slowly fell.
There was a moment of silence in the furnace. Who could have thought that while Bai Xiangtian was shouting about fighting to the death, he would actually be killed in an instant.
"Hahaha! You didn't expect that, did you? What can you do to me, Mr. Gu?"
Gu Xiaoxing walked closer and picked up the bag. The sound came from the bag. He pinched and shook it, and it seemed to be just an ordinary bag. The inside of the bag was pitch black, and he could not feel anything when he put his fingers in.
"Don't waste your energy. There is a world of its own in the Qiankun bag. This item is a treasure bestowed by my uncle. Not to mention you, even someone who has reached the Foundation Establishment Stage cannot open it!" Bai Xiangtian's voice was proud in the bag.
"Then why didn't you take it out earlier?" asked Gu Xiaoxing.
Bai Xiangtian was choked by the question. Did he mean that although he could take him in, he couldn't let him out? This was a life-saving method that would only be used as a last resort. There was a wisp of his uncle's consciousness in the Qiankun bag, which could attract Master Bai himself. He was already asking for help. Although he might be scolded by Master Bai, it was better than being insulted when his spiritual power was exhausted.
Seeing that the other party stopped talking, Gu Xiaoxing directly threw the Qiankun bag out. In fact, he was just trying to scare him. The other party had been in the furnace for so long without taking any action. Although he didn't know whether he was stupid or had principles, he would not really do anything to him for this reason.
"Forget it. He is my nephew after all. Well... I'll let you off this time, but I won't do it again!" Gu Xiaoxing coughed dryly, but found that the Qiankun bag he threw out suddenly floated up again.
"Greetings, Master Bai!" The clear voice of Lu girl rang out in the cave.
Gu Xiaoxing was stunned at first, then overjoyed. Two tears were squeezed out instantly by him. He even used his cultivation to wrap the tears so that they would not be evaporated by the heat. He cried miserably, "Uncle Bai, save me!"
Outside the cave, Master Bai took a quick look with his spiritual sense and suddenly showed a strange expression on his face. With a wave of his hand, the furnace cover rose up and the Qiankun bag turned into a stream of light and flew out in an instant. Gu Xiaoxing was about to jump out with it, but the furnace cover suddenly fell down heavily.
His heart seemed to fall to the bottom of the valley . He immediately burst into tears and screamed.
"Uncle Bai, don't go, don't leave Xiaoxing behind! Uncle Bai, save me... It's so hot in the furnace, it's so painful..."
For a long while, Gu Xiaoxing cried more and more sadly, but Master Bai’s tears did not come back. Instead, the weak voice of Lu Yatou was heard first.
"Little brother, are you okay?" There was concern in the innocent girl Lu's eyes. Even though her master said that the person in the furnace was a bad guy, she couldn't help but ask when she saw the person crying heartbreakingly.
Gu Xiaoxing paused, his old face inexplicably reddened. He estimated that Master Bai would not come back, so he simply stopped crying. Almost instantly, the tears on his face evaporated. He coughed dryly, inadvertently changed the subject, and said, "Little girl, what's your name?"
"My name is Lu Ling'er." The little girl blinked and tilted her head. Gu Xiaoxing's slow reaction seemed to make her a little confused, and she answered subconsciously.
"Are you the Fifth Elder's closed disciple?" Gu Xiaoxing asked again.
Lu Linger nodded, then quickly shook her head. In fact, Gu Xiaoxing in the furnace couldn't see it either, as the furnace wall blocked her spiritual consciousness. She continued to talk to herself, "You are a bad guy. Master doesn't allow me to talk to bad guys."
"Little girl, I'm not a bad guy. The one who was taken away just now is. He relied on his background to steal my brother's things..." Gu Xiaoxing briefly described his experience of being captured. "Look, my brother is still being punished here, but he has been taken away. It's all because he has a backer!"
"Really?" Lu Linger blinked her big eyes, not quite believing it.
"Of course, my brother never lies. Remember, his name is Bai Xiangtian. You can tell he is a bad guy just by listening to his name. If you see this kind of bad guy in the future, you should splash him with water..."
Inside the alchemy furnace, Gu Xiaoxing was bored and started teasing the little girl from time to time.
After a long time, their conversation gradually took a strange turn...
Lu Linger suddenly puffed up her face and said angrily: "Little brother, you are lying. Linger is not ugly. Everyone says that a lady is graceful and elegant. How can she be more beautiful the fatter she is!"
When discussing this issue, Gu Xiaoxing argued and asked back: "Then what do you think is beauty?"
"Beauty is..." Lu Ling'er hesitated for a long time before saying, "Beauty is a pretty ... a pretty body..."
"Superficial!" Gu Xiaoxing shouted, shocking the little girl. "What you said is all external. Whether a person is beautiful or not should be judged by the inside. If the soul is beautiful, everything is beautiful!"
Lu Linger pouted and frowned as she thought, looking very adorable. Thinking carefully, it seemed that her master had said something similar before. Since her master said so, it must be right. Inner beauty is the most important. Her brows gradually relaxed and there was a look of recognition in her innocent eyes.
"Ahem... But, inner beauty is invisible to outsiders, so sometimes outer beauty is just as important, but you are wrong." Gu Xiaoxing cleared his throat, "What is beauty? Beauty is perfection, just like the immortal road, the realm of cultivation, also known as perfection; like the reunion of good friends, the gathering of relatives, reunion is also beautiful. Do you... understand?"
"I seem to understand a little bit..." Lu Linger didn't actually understand what she understood, but the more complicated the words she listened to, the more reasonable it seemed to her. Since her little head couldn't figure it out, she just followed other people's thoughts. She felt that what the little brother said was right, and admiration gradually began to appear in her eyes.
"So... beauty is perfection, beauty is reunion, that is, round and complete, not slender or plump. How can you be beautiful without being plump..." Gu Xiao said earnestly, becoming a big liar, "Look at you, you are too thin..."
Lu Ling'er subconsciously looked at herself, then she held her mouth tightly and burst into tears, tears falling down her cheeks. "It turns out...it turns out that Ling'er is really...really ugly! Wow..."
Gu Xiaoxing was stunned. Why did she cry? He obviously didn't know how simple the little girl's mind was. He quickly comforted her, "Ling'er, don't cry. You should learn from your brother and have a heart that never gives up and becomes beautiful, because being strong is also a kind of beauty!"
Lu Ling'er sobbed and stopped crying, "Yes! Ling'er listens to little brother!"
Suddenly, a terrifying divine consciousness descended upon Gu Xiaoxing, and thunder rumbled in his mind and soul, exploding so deeply that he could not tell the difference between heaven and earth.
"You bastard, you are bullying my disciple. Today I will refine you into a blood pill!"
As soon as the voice fell, there was one more person in the cave, it was the fifth elder. He just raised his hand and pointed, and the whole alchemy furnace glowed brightly with unparalleled power.
"don't want!"
A delicate cry sounded, and Lu Ling'er spread her hands and protected the alchemy furnace. There were tears on her face, but her eyes were full of stubbornness. "Little brother didn't bully Ling'er, and Master doesn't allow you to bully little brother!"
The Fifth Elder's face froze and his expression became somewhat ugly. Gu Xiaoxing was still in shock and had not yet fully recovered. At that moment, the space around him seemed to collapse and crush him into pieces.
Only Lu Linger's expression remained unchanged and she looked determined.
The Fifth Elder's gloomy expression suddenly collapsed, and he sighed, "Little Ancestor, can't you give your master a little face?"
With a wave of his hand, the furnace returned to its original state, and Gu Xiaoxing escaped the disaster temporarily, of course, only temporarily. Then, he pulled Lu Linger over and asked gently. It was hard to believe that the notorious Fifth Elder would be so kind and gentle in front of his disciple. When he heard about the external, internal, and spiritual beauty, he was stunned for a moment. Although Lu Linger's words were very vague and there were some strange places, he also had some guesses.
He thought it was because this girl was simple-minded and was moved to tears, but he didn't know that his ten-year-old disciple had been indoctrinated with strange ideas.
Despite Lu Linger's best efforts to defend herself, the Fifth Elder just felt inexplicably unhappy with Gu Xiaoxing.
"Boy, if you dare to make my disciple cry, you will have to pay the price. You can escape the death penalty, but you can't escape the punishment of living. However, if you can survive, it will be a blessing!" These words were transmitted to Gu Xiaoxing's ears through his spiritual consciousness.
The version Lu Linger heard was this: "Boy, I'll give you a chance."
Inside the alchemy furnace, Gu Xiaoxing cried, while Lu Linger smiled happily.
It seems to confirm the saying that it’s not that there is no retribution, it’s just that the time has not come yet.
