The sect is full of evildoers, but I am the eldest brother.

Shangguan Zimo spent the next few days on Zizhu Peak. However, Gu Junming's daily life in the sect was far beyond Shangguan Zimo's expectations.

If you haven't seen it with your own eyes.

He really couldn't believe it.

The dignified third in command of Xiaoyao Tower, the ghost-fearing master with a jade face and white robe, the Sword Master who used to roam freely across the five domains, has now fallen into this state.

He would stay in bed every morning and go to bed at 11:00 PM every night. He would eat on time and didn't need to be fed by others.

Life is just a straight line with full self-discipline.

But that's it.

Shangguan Zimo was extremely surprised. This was exactly the daily routine of an ordinary person!

At first Shangguan Zimo thought that Gu Junming was like this because he had lost all his cultivation.

Until later.

He found that Gu Junming was actually enjoying it and was immersed in playing badly.

Old Gu...you never thought about recovery at all!

"recover?"

Gu Junming looked at Shangguan Zimo with a strange expression and asked, "I have food, drink, shelter, sleep well, and delicious food every day. Why do I need to recover?"

"Isn't this what I've been busy with for most of my life?"

Shangguan Zimo was stunned by the question.

What is the purpose of their cultivation? Is it to achieve immortality, power, or freedom without regrets?

He did this to avoid being looked down upon.

What about Lao Gu? What is he looking for?

It seems that among them, only the third in command, who likes to travel around the world with a sword, truly lives his own life.

"But, but..."

Shangguan Zimo hesitated, unable to articulate the reason. He wanted to tell Gu Junming...

If you continue to be so dull.

In the future...he might become lonely.

“There aren’t so many buts.”

Gu Junming waved his hand casually and smiled brightly, "As a human being, the most important thing is to live in the present."

"Old Gu...are you really willing?"

"What if I'm unwilling?"

Gu Junming asked again, but Shangguan Zimo was still speechless and didn't know what to say.

"Second brother, sometimes we need to be more open-minded. There are actually not so many unforgettable troubles in this world."

"I have also wandered, hesitated, and lost myself, but second brother..."

"That still doesn't change the facts."

He stretched his limbs vigorously and stretched lazily. "Why not try to accept it, accept my current cowardly self, and live more freely in the few remaining days... Besides, I'm not a coward, am I?"

Gu Junming knew that Shangguan Zimo could not accept him now, after all, the latter had never really hit rock bottom;

And with those past events that were worthy of praise from the world, Shangguan Zimo felt even more sorry for Gu Junming's present.

"You and I are not talking about the same thing."

Shangguan Zimo shook his head slightly, hesitating again and again, but still unwilling to give up:

"Is there really no way?"

"Of course there is a way..."

Gu Junming rolled his eyes in thought, as if recalling something. Shangguan Zimo felt a glimmer of hope when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What method?!"

"Change your body, and it should be fine."

Shangguan Zimo: “…”

Listening to the Lord's words is like listening to the words.

Taking the existing memories and exchanging them for a new body that can be used for cultivation, to put it nicely is to be reborn in a new body and continue the previous relationship, otherwise it is like taking over someone else's nest and occupying someone else's body.

With their current means, they might be able to try this method, but since it concerns the soul, without the help of an expert, if something unexpected happens, their soul will be scattered and they will die.

But at the moment, it seems that the Yama Hall cannot be relied upon to master the "Soul Separation and Soul Concentration Technique". The only one who can be relied upon is...

There is only the "grafting" technique of Baihua Palace.

"Do you...want to try it?"

Shangguan Zimo asked tentatively.

If Gu Junming nodded, he could go to Baihua Palace this time and swallow his pride to beg the "Peach Blossom Fairy" and promise some difficult-to-fulfill conditions.

Maybe Song Zhitao can come to his rescue.

Besides...

Lao Gu and Goddess Song are old friends. As long as he asks, the goddess will not refuse.

"What do you think?"

Gu Junming smiled gently and looked at Shangguan Zimo with a harmless expression.

But Shangguan Zimo sighed and said with a wry smile: "You are kidding me again, I am serious!"

"Second Master, your idea is very dangerous. You need to pay more attention to your position."

"Even if I have the intention, people have to be willing, right?"

"And..." Gu Junming twitched his lips and said teasingly, "Have you forgotten your original intention?"

"When I was weak, I was bullied. Now that I'm powerful, I've become the person I hate the most..."

"Is this the result you want?"

"I......"

Shangguan was speechless for a moment.

When they met in prison in the past, the eldest brother was taciturn, the third brother was leisurely and carefree, and the fourth brother was even more fearless.

Only he hated the world and complained all day long, denouncing his own incompetence and weakness.

I made up my mind at that time that I would start from a small beginning and head towards the top of the mountain.

Let all those who despise him, laugh at him, and humiliate him only be able to stand at the foot of the mountain and look up at his back!

And now, Shangguan Zimo has indeed done it.

He is the second in command of Xiaoyao Tower, Young Master Yu with a golden face pattern, and the person who holds the ultimate power in the tower.

Hundreds of tribes came to congratulate him and all the people looked up to him, but as he walked on the road ahead, he seemed to have gradually lost something. What exactly it was, Shangguan Zimo couldn't figure out.

Friends often tease him that he has become indifferent and has less and less free time, but is this really the case?

He just wanted to keep himself busy and temporarily forget the pain of his old friend going to Beixuan and never coming back.

But when they met again, time had passed and the old friend had changed his name to "Gu Junming" and lived in seclusion in the mountains.

All the laughter in the past is like the flow of time that can only be recalled but can never be returned, which makes people sigh.

"I don't know if this is right, but my intuition tells me, Lao Gu..."

"This shouldn't be your final destination!"

Shangguan Zimo took out a jade yellow mask that he had kept for a long time, looked at it, and said with nostalgia:

"This is what you gave me for safekeeping. I always carry it with me."

"Now, it's time to return it to you."

But Gu Junming just glanced at it briefly, then reached out and pushed the jade mask back, "Keep it as a souvenir."

This extremely plain sentence seemed like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

This made Shangguan Zimo feel very sad.

"Well, seeing something reminds me of someone..."

He smiled bitterly.

"I'm sorry to have bothered you these past few days." Shangguan Zimo put away his mask and put on a smiling face again. "This time I'm going to the Flower Palace to see if I can persuade them to replace your portrait. That way, I can put an end to this troublesome situation."

"Sorry to trouble you."

After that, Shanggong Zimo bowed, turned around and left, and Gu Junming did not see him off.

I sat there until the sunset in the evening.

Gu Junming sighed dejectedly, "Oh, I don't want to walk up and down the mountain on these broken steps..."