Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

Ah Zhong stood quietly to the side, listening to what Gao Zhun had to say. Although his master's thoughts always seemed a bit long-winded, they could surprisingly connect the dots. Coupled with her own conjectures, the results of her analysis were often very consistent with the truth. For this, he admired her greatly.

Seeing that Ah Zhong didn't speak, Gao Zhun knew that the other party never liked to express his opinions. For her, who had a tendency to be a chatterbox, he was a loyal listener, so she talked even more enthusiastically.

"The role the Yun family plays in Yongcheng has been made public through today's Blood Sea Returning Light Array. Although the outside world is currently unaware of this due to the lack of information flow between here and the outside world, there are still many outsiders in Yongcheng. I even suspect that this place is now under the Yun family's name..." Seeing Ah Zhong's strange look, Gao Zhun coughed lightly and steered the conversation back on track: "Well, getting back to the point, I think it won't be long before the Yun family sends someone to explain things. After all, it's hard to defy public opinion. But I wonder how they'll explain it. After all, we outsiders are actually in the wrong, aren't we? For so many years, we've been eyeing the tomb of a powerful figure. In the eyes of the Yun family, we're probably just a bunch of rampant tomb raiders... Uh, it seems that's true..."

As she spoke, Gao Zhun fell into a spell of talking to herself. After spending some time together, Ah Zhong had come to understand some of his master's temperament. Whenever she fell into this state of talking to herself, it was because she had encountered something thorny and difficult to decide, thus falling into a state of anxiety.

It's uncertain how the Yun family will treat these outsiders, but...

“Master, I think you don’t need to worry about how the Yun family will treat us. Even if the worst outcome is a complete falling out, there are still tall people to hold up the sky when it falls, and I will do everything in my power to protect you.” Ah Zhong interrupted Gao Zhun’s pointless anxiety and said sincerely.

Upon hearing Ah Zhong's words, Gao Zhun snapped out of his reverie, narrowed his eyes slightly, a dangerous glint in them, and said calmly, "Are you mocking my short stature, my weakness, or both?"

"Ah Zhong wouldn't dare." Ah Zhong smiled wryly. This was a sign that his master was no longer anxious, but couldn't he please stop making fun of him as soon as he was free from anxiety?

Looking at the sky outside, Ah Zhong had a sudden inspiration and quickly found a legitimate excuse to slip away.

"Master, it's noon. I'm going out to gather intelligence for you."

The words were still echoing in his ears when Ah Zhong had already disappeared. Gao Zhun shook his head and muttered to himself, "It seems that Ah Zhong is still bullying me because my cultivation is weak. Even if I had achieved the Golden Core stage, I would still be far behind him."

If Ah Zhong, who had run away, had heard the person behind him say these words, he would definitely have chosen a more gentle way to deal with Gao Zhun's teasing. But since things have come to this, there's no point in saying anything more.

After Ah Zhong left, Gao Zhun raised her hand, resting her chin on it, and looked at the cuff of her sleeve. She frowned. Could a single advancement have caused such a drastic change in her body? The last time she advanced to Foundation Establishment, it was the same. She thought it was just a coincidence, but now she's advancing to Golden Core and growing as well. Is it because she's still in the developmental stage?

I hadn't noticed it before, but now it seems that the clothes I'm wearing are indeed too small. My original height of about 1.65 meters has increased to 1.68 meters after one advancement, which is almost the same as my previous body. Tsk tsk, what kind of talk is that? It's as if she's some kind of perverted evil cultivator who possesses other people's bodies.

Fortunately, she had considered the possibility of growing taller before leaving home, since her initial plan was to train outside for three to five years. So, she had clothes suitable for her current height in her storage ring. After taking them out and changing into them, she finally felt much more comfortable.

Inside Yunzhou City, there were no cultivators left on the Giant Spirit Platform, and the towering sea of ​​blood had vanished. However, for the next few days, the rain falling within Yongcheng City was crimson. The scent that lingered in the air was not the smell of blood, but rather a faint sense of sorrow. During these days, Gao Zhun stood silently by the window. At first, she would reach out to touch it, but her palms were scalded by the blood-red rain...

After that, she never dared to touch it again.

They simply stood quietly, perhaps holding a cup of fragrant tea, or perhaps with nothing at all, watching the rain fall relentlessly, turning the whole world into a sea of ​​red.

The sky, the earth, the surrounding buildings, the stalls' canopies, and the oil-paper umbrellas weaving through the streets—everything was stained with that blood-red color, an inescapable gloom that seemed to hang over many people's hearts.

"Sigh~" This was the umpteenth time Gao Zhun had sighed today. Only now was she beginning to believe what Mo Nishang had said that day. But so what?

As intelligent as Xuanyuan Huanyu was, she immediately discerned the truth or falsehood in the other party's words, but she could only remain silent, as such matters were far beyond the comprehension of these juniors who had just embarked on the path of cultivation.

As for Mo Nishang's intentions, Gao Zhun coldly drank the tea in his hand in one gulp. Was he trying to leave a shadow on their Dao hearts, causing them to be plagued by inner demons in the future?

Then she was wrong. Although they had only met once, Gao Zhun knew that Xuan Yuan Huan Yu was not the kind of person who could be influenced by these things, and neither was she. As for the other cultivators...

Gao Zhun closed his eyes and carefully recalled the reactions of those people back then. Some were astonished, some were frightened, some were suspicious, and some were angry. They were all kinds of strange reactions, but there was no shame among them. It was probably because there were very few people in the know, or because those people had long regarded such things as normal as eating and sleeping.

With a sigh, Gao Zhun began to resent the Yun family. She had thought they would issue a statement immediately, but they hadn't. Ten days had passed, and they hadn't made a single move.

If she had nothing better to do, would she be here muttering to herself without any reason?

The Yun family is really... I wonder what they're thinking. Aren't they afraid of angering nearly 80% of the forces in the vast Immortal Spirit Continent?

Since learning that Yongcheng was likely the burial place of a peerless expert from the Yun family, many people have revealed their identities, hoping to warn the Yun family, who are still hiding in the shadows. However, the Yun family has not listened to them at all and has not made a sound in the past ten days.

Of course, during this time, neither the righteous nor the demonic forces sat idly by. They did their utmost to find the Yun family's whereabouts in Yunzhou. After all, judging from what they saw that day, a large portion of them had already reached the peak of the Golden Core stage. If nothing unexpected happened, they would soon be sent back to the outside world by the laws of Yongcheng. After so many years of relentless efforts, with half of the truth about to surface, how could those ambitious forces be willing to give up? Thus, the information Ah Zhong brought back these days was full of those people's ugly behavior, almost to the point of digging three feet into the ground, but they still found nothing.

The various forces, in their desperation, began to issue harsh statements through various channels. When Ah Zhong relayed these statements to Gao Zhun, Gao Zhun simply shook his head and said with regret, "After all, they are just juniors from their families. If their clan rules are like the Gao family's, then they are just a bunch of clowns who haven't even entered the direct line, only knowing how to take advantage of others. Even if they leave Yongcheng empty-handed, their sects and families are still in the wrong. I'm afraid the Yun family is so fearless because of this. Moreover, as long as these people don't discover any trace of the Yun family in Yongcheng, no one can say anything to the Yun family. After all, the Yun family's bloodline talent is simply too terrifying."

After much deliberation, Gao Zhun, who had initially thought the Yun family would intervene out of fear of the various forces within Yunzhou City, had actually considered things much more deeply and further. Rather than the other party stepping forward to appease the situation, it would be safer for them to do nothing and quietly remain hidden in the shadows. After all, the Yun family's bloodline talent and foundation were undeniable, and they were already on the moral high ground in this matter. Only the Demon Clan would likely retaliate against the Yun family without regard for the consequences.

But would the Yun family be afraid of the demons' retaliation? As one of the families with the strongest bloodlines, when has the Yun family not been a thorn in the side of the demons? There are no fewer than a hundred conflicts between the two sides every year. What difference would one or two more conflicts make?

"Ah Zhong, I've discovered that none of the major clans on the Immortal Spirit Continent are easy to deal with. The Gao family, the Xuanyuan family, and now there's the Yun family too. Do you think someone as insignificant as me will become a pawn and be manipulated at will?" Even though she had a feeling of being a pawn in someone else's hands ever since she entered Yongcheng.

Ah Zhong twitched his lips. Who would be so foolish as to use someone who could analyze things so meticulously as to use them as a pawn? Wouldn't that be exposing one's entire plan to this person?

Of course, you can't just say it out loud, can you?

Ah Zhong organized his thoughts and said reassuringly, "Master, don't worry. After all, you are the most unpredictable one. No one would take such a big risk to scheme against you."