Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

"..."

"Ah Zhong, when did you learn to joke around? Hehe..."

“Ah Zhong never dared to joke in front of his master.”

Does that mean what you just said wasn't a joke?

Gao Zhun rubbed his forehead and sighed, "Ah Zhong, you're still too young."

"..." How come he remembered that he was already 129 years old, while the other person was only thirteen?

Time passed day by day until one day, Ah Zhong returned with some truly wonderful news.

"Master, after many days of searching, although no trace of the Yun family has been found, a cultivator accidentally stumbled into the tomb entrance. Now, all the cultivators in Yunzhou City are ready to go and explore the tomb for treasure."

"Ready to go? Have you prepared the black donkey hooves and the tomb raiding talisman?" Gao Zhun asked subconsciously upon hearing this.

"..." Ah Zhong thought to himself: Master, Ah Zhong understands less and less what you are saying.

Gao Zhun knew from Ah Zhong's expression that he had said something nonsensical again, so he tried to make amends: "Ahem... I was talking about some things that should be prepared for tomb raiding, oh no, I mean tomb exploration. I saw them in some professional books before, but those are for ordinary people. We cultivators with cultivation levels should forget about them."

"A professional book describing tomb raiding?" Ah Zhong's gaze towards Gao Zhun shifted again. After a long pause, he took a deep breath and said, "Actually, if Master has any interest in this area, Ah Zhong would definitely follow you. Although digging up graves is a waste of merit, as long as Master likes it..."

"Ah Zhong, shut your head! Having such a wild imagination will lead to dementia. It's an illness, and it needs treatment!" Gao Zhun waved his hand, somewhat exasperated. "Forget it, I can't explain it to you. I was reading a novel, more like a storybook, not some professional guide on tomb raiding. Sigh~ Why am I arguing with you about this? What's the situation with those people from the Xuanyuan family? Have they, especially that Xuanyuan Huanyu, made any moves lately?"

Ah Zhong shook his head and said, "Xuan Yuan Huan Yu and his group also stayed here for a day. Unfortunately, they haven't gone out at all these days, and there hasn't been the slightest movement. Even now that the whole of Yunzhou City is in turmoil, they haven't shown any reaction."

"Eh? That's interesting." Gao Zhun thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up. "Ah Zhong, do you think I, who am staying at the same inn, should pay a visit to the elites of the Xuanyuan family?"

"Logically speaking, that is indeed the case, but since you are not using your true identity, what stance should you take to go there?"

"Yes, I didn't state that I was a member of the Gao family, so what stance should I take when I go there?"

Gao Zhun repeated Ah Zhong's question and then suggested, "Ah Zhong, what do you think about me visiting Xuan Yuan Huan Yu as an admirer? Since Xuan Yuan Huan Yu appeared that day, there have been quite a few admirers, but not many can be as handsome and extraordinary as me. I think I can succeed."

Ah Zhong reminded him, "Um, Master, although you are dressed as a man now, as far as I know, you are a woman..."

"..." Gao Zhun sighed again, rubbing his forehead: "So, Ah Zhong, I was absolutely right when I said you're still too young. So what if I'm a woman? Does being a woman mean I can't admire Xuan Yuan Huan Yu? Admiration is something that transcends gender. I admire my father and my mother, what does that have to do with whether I'm a woman or not?"

“What Master said makes a lot of sense, Ah Zhong will remember it.”

"Knock knock knock." Gao Zhun led Ah Zhong to Xuan Yuan Huan Yu's door and knocked very politely, looking uneasy, as if he were really going to see his long-admired sweetheart.

"The door isn't locked, come in. You're alone."

Gao Zhun, who wanted to knock on the door again, changed her fist to a palm and gently pushed it open. Sure enough, it opened. Thinking about what the other person had just said, she had no choice but to say to Ah Zhong, "Go back to your room and wait for me. Don't linger outside a young lady's door. It would be bad if someone saw you."

"Yes," Ah Zhong replied and went back to his room.

After all, staying here for a day is quite safe. He is not worried that Gao Zhun will encounter any danger in the inn, nor is he worried that Gao Zhun will go outside the inn. After all, according to his observation, his master seems to prefer to stay in the room to make decisions from afar and does not like to step into the public eye.

Upon entering the room, Gao Zhun saw Xuan Yuan Huan Yu sitting at the tea table, where a chessboard was laid out, indicating that she was indeed engaged in an elegant activity.

"Hehe, Miss Xuanyuan has excellent hearing. I haven't even spoken yet, and you already know who it is."

Without even looking up, Xuanyuan Huanyu pointed to the round table next to her with her left hand, which was not holding a cup, and then pointed to the seat opposite her: "The tea is over there, pour yourself if you want some; the seat is here, sit down if you have anything to say."

Upon hearing this, Gao Zhun twitched the corner of his mouth. This guy is quite unique. However, it's worth pondering whether someone who has received a royal education in the Xuanyuan family since childhood would invite him to drink tea and sit down.

"No need for tea. I wonder if I, Huang, would have the honor of appreciating Miss Xuanyuan's exquisite chess skills."

As he spoke, Gao Zhun plopped down opposite Xuan Yuan Huan Yu, after all, she had already made arrangements for her beforehand.

"Huang?" After placing a white piece, Xuanyuan Huanyu raised his head, looked at Gao Zhun, and said in a calm tone, "Shouldn't it be Gao?"

"Hmm?" Gao Zhun feigned a puzzled expression, but her heart skipped a beat. How did the other party know her identity? Could it be that they had seen her at the Gao family before? That didn't make sense; she had no memory of a woman named Xuan Yuan Huan Yu.

Xuanyuan Huanyu gazed at Gao Zhun with a serene expression, still maintaining her calm demeanor: "Since Lord Huangzhu does not wish to reveal his identity, then Huanyu will not ask any further questions. However, could Lord Huangzhu answer a question for Huanyu?"

Gao Zhun knew that emperors were masters of manipulation. Although she didn't know what the other party wanted to ask, she could tell that Xuan Yuan Huan Yu deliberately emphasized the words "Lord Huang Zhu" in her calm tone. So, she decided to play dumb and randomly chose an answer. She pointed to the chessboard in front of her and said with a slight troubled expression, "If Miss Xuan Yuan wants me to solve this chess game for you, then I'm sorry, but chess is not my forte."

"Your Excellency Huangzhu, this is not the question Huanyu wishes to ask." With a wave of her right hand, she stored the chess game between the two of them into her storage ring, straightened her posture, and stopped looking at Gao Zhun, instead looking straight ahead.

"What Huanyu wants to ask is, after the Blood Sea Reflection Array dissipated that day, why did only Lord Huangzhu and your servants disappear without a trace, while we all seemed to have just woken up from a deep dream?" Suddenly, Xuanyuan Huanyu turned her head, staring intently into Gao Zhun's eyes, and uttered each word clearly: "I think that Lord Huangzhu left before us because he woke up from his dream earlier than us, or perhaps, Lord Huangzhu never even entered a dream. I wonder what Lord Huangzhu saw back then?"

Gao Zhun noticed Xuan Yuan Huan Yu's tone; it wasn't a question, but a statement. This made her feel a slight bitterness in her mouth. This was what they called walking into a trap and reaping what she sowed. Why did she have to provoke this woman for no reason?

However, what did Xuanyuan Huanyu mean by that? Did she mean that everyone except her wasn't frozen in place by that man's finger, but rather trapped in a dream? Speaking of which, she never asked Ah Zhong what happened to him back then because she had always assumed it was some kind of heaven-defying magic like time stopping, but now it seems to be just a dream illusion.

However, given the vast area involved, the fact that the man could still trap Xuan Yuan Huan Yu shows that his methods are truly extraordinary.

Seeing that Gao Zhun did not answer her question but instead entered into deep thought, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu realized that she seemed to be completely ignored by this boy who was only about ten years old. Heh, it was the first time that she had been ignored by a peer, and she felt a slight displeasure rising in her heart. Gao Zhun also clearly felt the temperature and air pressure around him suddenly drop and then suddenly rise, which startled her so much that she met Xuan Yuan Huan Yu's eyes again, which seemed to be able to capture people's minds.

Damn it, that's the bloodline talent of the Xuanyuan family, the Emperor's True Eye. With the pressure of an emperor's destiny and powerful mental intimidation, it can make people unconsciously fall into the aura constructed by the other party, willingly submit to the other party, and reveal their innermost secrets to the other party without reservation.

I came here out of curiosity to gather some information, but I hope I don't end up losing everything and getting myself into trouble!

This Xuanyuan Huanyu is indeed extraordinary. No wonder the Xuanyuan clan members of her generation all respect her. As far as she knows, generally speaking, for a large clan like the Xuanyuan family, if one wants to awaken their bloodline talent, they must receive the inheritance from the family's inheritance pool after entering the direct line. Someone like Xuanyuan Huanyu, who forcibly sealed her cultivation at the peak of the Golden Core stage, could not possibly be a direct descendant of the Xuanyuan family, much less have received the inheritance from the Xuanyuan family's inheritance pool. Therefore, the bloodline talent she currently possesses can only have one source—self-awakening.

In any family, those who can awaken their bloodline talent on their own are individuals with extraordinary bloodline concentration, geniuses among geniuses. Unfortunately, Gao Zhun is now facing just such a person...

"Now you can tell me whether you left the dream earlier than us that day, or whether you didn't even enter the dream at all."

Xuanyuan Huanyu, having activated her Emperor's True Eye, was vastly different from her usual self. Her usually icy face now exuded a domineering allure, like a supreme beauty seated on a throne, noble and captivating, making one involuntarily want to prostrate oneself before her...